title: "Class 93 — Tritiya Janma Shanti & BPHS Revision: Creation Cosmology (Chapter 1)" class_number: 93 source_file: v93.txt tags: [tritiya-janma, remedies, bphs, parasara, narayan-dasha, creation-cosmology, srishti, jivatma-paramatma, divisional-charts, d6-shashtamsa]

🕉️ Class 93 — Tritiya Janma Shanti, Narayana Dasha Q&A & BPHS Chapter 1 (Srishti)

"We finished remedial measures in BPHS once. Now we are going to revise astrology — we go back to the beginning and do real astrology." — PVR Narasimha Rao

📋 Table of Contents

• Opening & Chapter Location
• Tritiya Janma Shanti — The Remedy
• Q&A: Narayana Dasha — Three-Part Soul Analysis
• BPHS Restart: Chapter 1 — Srishti Karma Kathana
• Maitreya's Questions to Parashara
• Who Should Receive This Knowledge
• The Three Shaktis and the Cosmic Hierarchy
• Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha
• Ahamkara, Brahma, and Creation
• Jivatma and Paramatma in All Beings
• Grahas and Their Paramatmansa
• Cross-References
• Sanskrit Terms

🙏 Opening & Chapter Location

Class opens with Parampara invocation and Om Hare Rama Krishna.

BPHS Chapter completed: Tritiya Janma Shanti Adhyaya — Chapter 95 in Santhanam's version.

New beginning: BPHS Srishti Karma Kathana Adhyaya — Chapter 1 (revision restart).

👶 Tritiya Janma Shanti — The Remedy

Condition: Tritiya Janma — birth after three children of the same sex.

• Three boys → girl born (or)
• Three girls → boy born

Sanskrit verse:

Sutattraye sutaa janma tattraye suta janma cet. Tadarishtabhayam jneyam pitrumaatrukuladvaye.

Risk: Danger (arishta) for the family on both father's side and mother's side (kula dvaye) — grandparents, uncles, aunts.

[!NOTE] The probability of this situation occurring today is extremely low — roughly 1 in 80,000 given modern family sizes. In ancient India with large families, it was perhaps 1 in 8.

Timing

• End of sutakanta (post-birth impurity period: 11–21 days) OR any auspicious day

The Four Devatas

In most other Gandanta remedies Brahma is not mentioned; here he is specifically included.

Procedure

1. Select an Acharya (Vedic scholar)
2. Perform Graha Yajna (Navagraha homam) — Graha yajna puraskaram
3. Establish four idols of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesha, Indra on a pile of grains (dhanya rashi) with kalasha
4. Read four Rudra Suktas — and Shanti Suktas
5. One pure Brahmin reads the Sukta while the Acharya offers samidha (twigs), ghee, tila (sesame seeds), and cooked rice
6. Homam for Brahma and all devatas (especially the four)
7. Srishtakrut mantra offering to Agni: Agnaye Srishtakruthe Idam Mama
8. Purnahuti (final offering)
9. Abhishekam of the newborn and entire family (both paternal and maternal relatives if accessible)
10. Dana to ritvigs, brahmin feeding
11. First see baby's reflection in a bronze vessel/plate (kamsya patra) before looking at baby directly
12. Distribute grains, clothes to the poor and orphans (deena anatha)

flowchart TD
    A[Sutakanta ends\nor auspicious day] --> B[Select Vedic Acharya]
    B --> C[Graha Yajna + Setup\n4 idols on dhanya rashi]
    C --> D[Homam for Brahma\nVishnu Mahesha Indra]
    D --> E[Rudra Suktas + Shanti Suktas]
    E --> F[Purnahuti + Srishtakrut mantra]
    F --> G[Abhishekam of\nentire family]
    G --> H[First view baby in\nbronze vessel reflection]
    H --> I[Dana to brahmins,\nfeed poor and orphans]

🔭 Q&A: Narayana Dasha — Three-Part Soul Analysis

Q: In Narayana Dasha, one-third of a sign's period belongs to that sign itself (e.g., 12 years → 4 years for the sign). If Dasha sign = Cancer (= Lagna), what do we see?

PVR's answer: Consider:

1. The nature of the sign (e.g., Cancer = fruitful, emotional, productive)
2. What house it is from Lagna (1st house = wellbeing, health, overall self)
3. What house it is from Arudha Lagna (e.g., 8th house from AL = sudden changes to image)
4. Houses from various Arudhas and Badhaka Lagna

D6 (Shashtamsa) application: When the Dasha sign becomes active, see how it manifests in D6 for health events.

Narayana Dasha's three-part soul analysis: each sign's period has three sub-segments — one for sign significations, one for planet aspects, one for Arudha effects.

🌌 BPHS Restart: Chapter 1 — Srishti Karma Kathana

Maitreya's Questions to Parashara

Katham srusti riyam jata jagadastyalayach katham. Kasthanam bhusithanam cha sambandham vada vistarat.

"How did this creation happen? How does it end? What is the link between the bodies in the sky and the bodies roaming the Earth?"

Parashara's invocation before teaching:

Athaham paramam brahma tachchaktim bharatim punah. Suryam natwa grahapatim jagadutpatti karanam.

He first bows to:

1. Paramabrahma (the Supreme Being)
2. Bharati (Saraswati, Brahma's Shakti)
3. Surya — the cause of the birth of the entire creation

He calls Jyotisha: "the eye of the Vedas" (Vedaneyam) — not just a limb but the very eye.

"Parashara says he heard this from Brahma's own mouth directly." — PVR

🎓 Who Should Receive This Knowledge

Shantaya guru bhaktaya sarvadaa satyavaadinae aastikaaya pradaatavyam.

Nadeyam parishishyaaya naastikaaya chathaaya va datte pratidinam dukham jaayate.

"Do not give this to an atheist or arrogant stubborn person — every day you will get unhappiness from it."

[!WARNING] Teaching Jyotisha to an unworthy student generates intense karma for the teacher — Parashara implies daily suffering, indicating the magnitude of the karmic debt involved.

🌌 The Three Shaktis and the Cosmic Hierarchy

Vyaktaavyaktastribhiryuktah kachate'nanta shaktimaan. Sattva pradhaana shriishaktirbhushaktishcha rajogunaa. Shaktistriteeyaayaa proktaneelaakhyaadhvaantaroopini.

The Supreme Paramapurusha (expressed and unexpressed) is accompanied by three Shaktis:

[!NOTE] Parashara does not name the Supreme Being (he says Vyaktaavyakta — expressed/unexpressed). One may call Him Narayana, Sadashiva, or simply Paramapurusha — all are valid from different perspectives.

🌀 Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha

flowchart TD
    P[Paramapurusha\nVyaktaavyakta] --> S1[Sri Shakti — Sattva]
    P --> S2[Bhu Shakti — Rajas]
    P --> S3[Neela Shakti — Tamas]
    S1 -->|Inspired| V[Vasudeva]
    S3 -->|Born from| Sank[Sankarshana\nTamas]
    S2 -->|Born from| Pr[Pradyumna\nRajas]
    S1 -->|Born from| An[Aniruddha\nSattva]

🧠 Ahamkara, Brahma, and Creation

Pradyumno rajasaashaktyanrudha sattvayaayutah. Mahan sankarsanaajjaatah pradyumnadjata'hankrite.

The chain of manifestation:

flowchart LR
    A[Paramapurusha] --> B[Three Gunas arise]
    B -->|Rajas = Pradyumna| C[Ahamkara — the I-sense]
    C --> D[All distinct Devatas arise]
    D -->|Sattva from Aniruddha| E[Brahma — Creator]
    E --> F[World Creation]

• Why Rajas first? Rajas creates differentiation (I am this, I am that). Without Rajas, there is no separate I-ness.
• Brahma from Aniruddha (Sattva): The purest creative force comes from Sattva, channeled through the I-ness birthed by Rajas.

Different Puranic accounts: Devi Rahasya in Markandeya Purana gives a Mahalakshmi-centric account. Neither is wrong — they are different perspectives on the same ineffable truth.

🌟 Jivatma and Paramatma in All Beings

Sarvesha cheva jiveshu paramatma virajate. Sarvam hi tadidam Brahman stitam hi paramatmani.

"In all beings, Paramatma shines. All of this creation is stationed within Paramatma — and Paramatma is within all."

Sarvesha cheva jiveshu stitam hamsa dvayam kvachit. Jivamsho hyadakah tadvat paramam paramatmansakah kila.

Within every being there are two amshas:

• Jivamsha — the living/animate aspect
• Paramatmamsha — the Supreme Being aspect

🪐 Grahas and Their Paramatmansa

Suryaadayo graha sarve Brahma kamad visadayaha. Yete chanye cha bahu paramatmansa adhikaaha.

Implication for astrology: The planets are not "just balls of rock" — they are beings with a higher proportion of the Cosmic Consciousness. That is why they have the ability to influence and guide human destiny.

"The way to increase Paramatmamsha within you is through practice — sadhana." — PVR

🔗 Cross-References

📝 Sanskrit Terms