Mahadasha, karma, and all that

[astrostudent]

Namaste,

The result of a combust or debilitated planet's mahadasha (or the mahadasha of the atmakarak) is going to be disastrous. And especially if it happens to be a planet like Saturn or Venus, the mahadasha period is going to be nearly 20 long and hard years.

What advice do we give someone in that case - surely, we can't ask the native to 'wait' 20 years and then everything will be fine? The only solution is appeasing the deities, although I am not sure how that can help, considering Vedic mantras must be very precise for them to have any effect. Plus one can't beat karma by merely trying to appease the deities.

So what is the reasonable course of action? Must we ask the native to see the 20 years as some sort of penance where they can accrue good karma?

Astro

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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namasté

Namaste,

The result of a combust or debilitated planet's mahadasha (or the mahadasha of the atmakarak) is going to be disastrous.

Which daśā system is at work ? Is it viṁśottarī¹ daśā ( 120 years) which is a uḍu ( a lunar mansion or constellation ) based system or is a rāśi based system being considered?


If viṁśottarī daśā , from where does the daśā start? The lagna, moon, or 1st or 5th nakṣatra from the moon ?
Why does one care?
If the daśā¹ is initiated from the lagna or the moon, then what is being evaluated is phalitia¹. The other locations consider āyus¹ .


Then one may have an opinion on what is possibly ~disastrous~

praṇām


words

• phalitia फलित - producing consequences; bearing or yielding fruit; fulfilled , developed , accomplished
• āyus आयुस् - life , vital power , vigour , health , duration of life , long life
• based upon dās 'to give'
• More on this '120' idea here : http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=7268

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté

Which daśā system is at work ? Is it viṁśottarī¹ daśā ( 120 years) which is a uḍu ( a lunar mansion or constellation ) based system or is a rāśi based system being considered?

Another daśā system, yet still uḍu ( a lunar mansion) based : mahāṛṣi (mahārishi) parāśar says,
If the birth (of the native) is in Krishna paksha (or the dark half of the month) or at night in sukla paksha (the bright half of the month)
and that Rahu is in a quadrant (kendra) or trine (trikona) from the lord of the lagna ( that location is also called the paka lagna).

I find this rule applies often ( it's in my chart) then we use aṣṭottarī ( 108 year) daśā system... some spell ashtottari.

See this post if there is interest : http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2626&highlight=ashtottari

praṇām

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté

Namaste,

The result of a combust or debilitated planet's mahadasha (or the mahadasha of the atmakarak) is going to be disastrous.

mahāṛṣi (mahārishi) jaimini says that graha's in debility or exaltation, if associated with the house of income ( the 2nd house) gives tremendous results.

So, what if the house in question as you mention is debilitated in the 2nd; then what occurs? Is there a disaster? Perhaps this can happen if the income proves to yield more attachment to the world - this would be the orientation for a sādhu. Yet would it not be to the advantage of the householder? to a king, a minister, a broker ?

praṇām

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté

Another daśā system, yet still uḍu ( a lunar mansion) base... I find this rule applies often ( it's in my chart) then we use aṣṭottarī (108 year) daśā system... some spell ashtottari.

If one evaluates when people are born ( day or night births, bright half or dark half of the month) we will find, on average, the aṣṭottarī daśā system will apply about 25% of the time.


Now why is this of interest ( to me) ? It is because you will find no ketu maha-daśā ( major period) called out. Also if we look to another system called the ṣodaśottarī daśā system ( 116 years), there is no venus maha-daśā called out.


Contast this to the viṁśottarī daśā ( 120 years) system, all 9 graha's have maha-daśā-s for each graha called out.


Now how can this be?

praṇām