Shri Bhrigu Samhita Santhan Upaya Khanda-1BW

Children Related Remedies Pages - 1 – 20 Translated by SA Volunteer Editor: Chandrashekar Sharma Project Head: Yenbeeyes

A ‘Mission Saptarishis’ Initiative

॥ अथ श्री बृग ु संहहता संतान उऩाम खंड प्रा० ॥ ॥ Shri Bhrigu Samhita Children Remedies Volume ॥ Introduction:

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age Bhrigu is considered as the father of Hindu Astrology. Different stories abound as regards Maharshi Bhrigu. Brahma was entrusted with the task of creation of the world and to assist him, he wished to have a person and thus was born Bhrigu and so called as Manasa-Putra (born out of the mind) of Brahma. It is stated that Bhrigu was one of the seven great sages popularly referred to as Saptarshis. The names of Saptarshis given in ancient Hindu texts vastly differ. But the name of Bhrigu finds a place in Krishna Yajur Veda Sandhya Vandana Mantra as also in Mantra Shastra. We also find a reference to Sage Bhrigu in the Vayu Purana where he is shown present during the great Yagna of Daksha Prajapati. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna refers to Sage Bhrigu by saying “among the rishis, I am Bhrigu.” It is mentioned in Rig Veda that Bhrigu was the first person to acquire Agni while assisting Brahma in the creation of the world. The meaning of the word “Bhrigu” itself is “radiant”.

It is believed that Bhrigu was the first compiler of predictive astrology and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita, the astrological classic written during the Vedic Period, Treta Yuga most probably around 3000 BC. He had two wives Khyati and Pulauma. His son Shukra (Venus) was the Guru of demons. Shukra was very dear to the sage and we find that the compilations appear as conversation between Sage Bhrigu and Shukra. It is interesting to read stories involving the sage. Readers can find many stories through Internet sites. But we must know how the monumental work of Bhrigu Samhita came into existence. On the bank of the now nonexistent river Saraswati, many great rishis gathered to conduct a Maha Yagna. Immediately after four years of creation of the world and its human beings, the supreme powers realized that the human species were faced with many problems and were in deep pain and suffering. To alleviate the sufferings it was decided to conduct the Yagna. At that time Narad Muni who was present there raised a question as who would be the Master or Head for the conduct of the Yagna. All the rishis were of the opinion that the Trimurthis viz. Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are the only right persons for the task. But Narad said not all three can be the head; only one out of the three can take the lead. So the task was entrusted to Bhrigu to select the one out of three to be the head for the yagna. In the manuscript that is available with us there are two pictures which are reproduced below in this document. The first one shows the congregation of rishis along with Bhrigu ready to depart for testing the 3 Lords and selecting the right person among the three. The second picture is that of Bhrigu hitting Lord Vishnu on his chest. Now let us go on with the story. Bhrighu first went to Brahmalok disguising himself as a Brahman. At that time Brahma was busy writing Vedas and did not pay any attention to the visitor who stood in front of him. Bhrigu got infuriated and thought that when he cannot see a person just standing in front of him, how he is going to realize the problems of the mankind. So he cursed Brahma saying that he is unfit to be the creator of the world and that he will not be worshipped in this world. Immediately Brahma realized his folly and asked forgiveness from the rishi saying that he is the creator and if he be not allowed to do the creation work, the world will come to a zero. Bhrigu realized that he has infact been a little harsh on Brahma and modified his curse saying that he will be worshipped only in one place on the earth and it will be at Pushkar. Next Bhrigu went to Kailash to see Lord Shiva and find out if he is capable of undertaking the task of performing the Yagna for the well being of the humanity. When he reached Shiv Loka, he was stopped by Nandi Deva guarding the gates of Kailash saying that Lord and Goddess are sporting fun at that time and no one can see him now. In spite of

Bhrigu telling Nandi deva that his work is urgent, he was adamant and did not permit Bhrigu to enter inside and also did not accept Bhrigu‟s request to carry the message to Lord Shiva. At this Bhrigu got annoyed and cursed Shiva that no one will ever worship you in this world. After this Lord Shiva realized what happened but it was late as the curse had already been given. Lord Shiva requested Bhrigu to forgive him and said that it was all due to ignorance. Then Bhrigu realizing that his curse has indeed been a harsh one, modified it saying that as it cannot be taken back, you will be worshipped in the form of Linga and not in his original form. Now two of the Tridevs were unfit to lead the Yagna and so with the hope that Lord Vishnu will live up to his expectations, he set upon his journey to Vaikunt, the abode of Lord Vishnu. To test Him he entered Vaikunt without the Lord‟s permission and saw that Lord was resting at that time with Lakshmi seated beside him. There was no reaction from the Lord which infuriated the rishi and he kicked Lord Vishnu on the chest (Look at the second picture). That strike by the Maharshi on Lord‟s chest left a foot print there and is known till date as “Shri Vats”. Lord Vishnu got up after the hit and realized what happened. On realizing that the Maharshi had hit him with his foot, he asked him, “Maharshi, are you hurt in your feet? My chest is strong but your foot is not so strong.” Hearing these words the Rishi was moved and at once he was pleased and decided that Lord Vishnu is the right person to be that Master for the Yagna. But the reaction of Goddess Lakshmi was quite different. She could not bear the disrespect shown to her husband that too in front of her. So she cursed the maharshi that henceforth she will never visit Brahmins and they will all live without wealth. On hearing this curse, Maharshi told his reason of his visit to Vaikunt and Lakshmi realized that since the Rishi had come with a good intention, she said that the curse given will become null and void and the Brahmins will be liberated if they worship Lord Vishnu. It is after this incident that Maharshi Bhrigu set upon writing the famous book of astrology “Bhrigu Samhita” with the blessings of Lord Ganesha and Mata Saraswati. Maharshi collected nearly 5 million horoscopes and wrote predictions for their full life. During foreign invasions of India by Muslim warriors from the north west in the 12th and 13th centuries, the invaders captured these prime assets of the Brahmins (as they were in their custody). The destruction of Nalanda University library destroyed thousands of horoscopes compiled by the Maharshi. Only a small percentage of the monumental work remained and is now scattered with the Brahmin community in various parts of India. It is believed that 45 million charts can be drawn if we have all the compilations of the Maharshi. Now coming to this part of the translation, we have in our possession the following manuscripts of Bhrigu Samhita:

बृग ु संहहता संतान उऩाम खंड (Bhrigu Samhita – Children Upaya Volume)

Which we present by way of translation to the Astrological community and we hope it will be received well by the readers. We also wish to place our sincere thanks to the provider of the manuscript Mr. Sreeram Srinivas who passed a scanned version to the publisher of Saptarishis Astrology way back in 2006 promising that he would initiate the translation project via his contacts but due to professional commitments he was unable to do. This manuscript seems to be a scanned version of a printed copy done in Meerut city and translated in hindi from Sanskrit. The name of the Meerut Pandit is not clear in the available text. We salute him for bringing this out. SA Team has relied mainly on the Sanskrit portion and at times the original translation into hindi was found to be not so accurate in our humble opinion but translations are one area where scholars easily differ is to be borne in mind. We collected around 7 translators from the SA Team way back in early 2011 & started group translation. We wish to thank the translators as well as our Sanskrit Editor Mr. Chandrashekhar Sharma, Project Head Mr. Yenbeeyes who were kind enough to devote their valuable time and energy in bringing out this document in the present form. Finally we wish to thank the patience of each team member involved who were humble enough to go through various drafts, accept that the process of translation into a foreign language is not an easy task. Readers are provided with Sanskrit shlokas so that they can double check the translations before prescribing remedies. Saptarishis Astrology-Editorial team

Bhrigu Samhita – Picture 1

(Confluence of Rishis)

(Sri Bhrigu – Son Of Brahma)

(Rishi-rishi-rishi)

This picture shows all Rishis and Advisors entrusting Shri Bhriguji, the task of testing the Tri-murtis (Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva). In the center of the picture is Shri Bhriguji Maharaj, on his way to perform the task. Bhrigu Samhita – Picture 2 In this picture, Shri Bhriguji Maharaj kicks Lord Vishnu and Shree Lakshmiji curses him. Lord Vishnu

Goddess Mahalakshmi Bhrigu Muni

Method To See Results Using Children Upaaya Volume

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t is appropriate for the person who desires to show the birth chart to come with a pure heart and mind (शुद्ध चित्त) and offers flowers, sweets and fees/reward to the astrologer

(who is being shown the birth chart). The (three step) method to examine the birth chart, which is brought by a person to know about his child, using this text, is thus: 1

1. From the birth time, find the Ghatis leaving out the palas. 2. The house for children is the 5th, so add 5 to the Ghatis obtained in Step 1 and save the result. 3. Now use the Chakra drawn on next page. (NOTE: The Chakra is like a table and has several numbers in it, each number in a separate rectangle). Ask the person who has come to show the birth chart and is desirous to learn about his child, to place his finger on the Chakra. Add the number that he places his finger on, to the result obtained in 1

A Ghati is a measure of time equal to 24 minutes. Another measure of time, Pala is equal to 24 seconds. The

birth time, also referred to as Ishta Ghati (इष्ट घडी) is specified in Ghatis and Palas that have elapsed since sunrise. For example, say the sunrise on a particular day is at 6:30:00 AM. The Ishta Ghati of a person born at 7:44:00 AM on this day is 3 Ghatis and 2 Palas (74 minutes from sunrise).

Step 2 above to obtain the final number or sum. Read both sides of the Page/Card ु (सपा) bearing the same number as the final number or sum. The card will have the true story, if the Lord wishes, of the person who has the question. If someone doesn‟t have a birth chart, then use the time that the person arrives to make the Prashna Chart (Chart drawn with the time of query as the time of birth) and use the above method with this Prashna Chart, and if the Lord wishes, the result will be good.

Original Chakra as appearing in the manuscript 1 42 43 84 85 126 127 168 169

2 41 44 83 86 125 128 167 170

3 40 45 82 87 124 129 166 171

4 39 46 81 88 123 130 165 172

5 38 47 80 89 122 131 164 173

6 37 48 79 90 121 132 163 174

7 36 49 78 91 120 133 162 175

8 35 50 77 92 119 134 161 176

9 34 51 76 93 118 135 160 177

10 33 52 75 94 117 136 159 178

11 32 53 74 95 116 137 158 179

12 31 54 73 96 115 138 157 180

13 30 55 72 97 114 139 156 181

14 29 56 71 98 113 140 155 0

15 28 57 70 99 112 141 154 0

16 27 58 69 100 111 142 153 0

17 26 59 68 101 110 143 152 0

18 25 60 67 102 109 144 151 0

English Version with the numbers given in normal numerical form.

Example of the Method described above

19 24 61 66 103 108 145 150 0

20 23 62 65 104 107 146 149 0

21 22 63 64 105 106 147 148 0

Above is the picture of the Chakra, an example birth chart and explanatory text to illustrate with an example, how to apply the method described above. Please see the birth chart that a person has brought to know about his child. The birth time is 38 ghatis and 10 pala. 1. Select 38 (leaving the palas) 2. Add 5 (for the fifth house) to 38: the result is 43. 3. Now if this person puts his finger on 25 in the Chakra, add 25 to 43 to get the final number or sum of 68. Please read both sides of Page/Card bearing the number 68. This is the story of the person who has the question.

॥ बृग ु संहहता संतान उऩाम खंड बाषा टीका सहहत ॥ ऩृष्ठ ७ ॥ ु एतद्योगे नयो जन्म आनंदं बूहभ भंडरे सत्यवादी बावेत्वारो बृगणाऩहयबाहषत् ऩयभाथी सहवऻेमो ् देवहिजयतोहनत्यं भानकीहति हवशेषत् फहु िहदघि अमस्य ु ाद सत्कीहति कुरफधिन् सन्दयो ु ु प्रभोदीप्रसव् ऩभान ु गरुु बक्तश्च नवी नोवातिमहित् िंद्रहभत्र ऩयं प्रीती हित्तवृहत्त आशक्तमा दीघिकामोहऩ आगत्वा सफि सखं व्यतीतत् अकस्मात उऩद्रोवा कहस्मन कारं शांतमे िंद्रअल्प नसंदहे ो नवीनो जन्म प्राप्तमे कुरफंध ु भहाहिंता ं कतिव्य ं औषधी प्रहतशांतमे वृणव्याधी शयीयेि हिह्नादेहोऩी दृश्मते मवु ा प्राणोबम बहवष्यहत दान भंत्रि आमनु संदहे ो धनप्राहप्त बिहवष्यहत अहततेज प्रहतष्टोवा बाग्मवृहि हदने हदने वाभहिंता भहाक्लेशं

ु ता भहानकं हऩत्रंिदेव े ऩजाि ु अल्पगबोिखंडत् वंशवृहि नदृश्मंत े गप्तहिं नेकमत्नंि कायमेत ् सतु ु ु सक्खहवनश्मं ती बृगवाक्यं निान्याथा सवािनदं बोक्तव्यभ वं् श वृहिहवनाशनं ॥ Note: वृणव्याधी - this particular word is not clear in the original document. Editor feels it can be व्रणव्याधी. Translator‟s Note: This page and the following pages seem to be the Page/Card (s) referred above under the heading “Method to see results…. It appears that the minimum sum can be 7, since there is no 2 Page/Card for the numbers 5 and 6. However, the sum can also be 5 or 6 . Since there is no Page/Card corresponding to the sum of 5 or 6, it can be interpreted that such natives do not have children related suffering OR that there is no remedy for such natives.

Translation of Page No. 7: Shri Bhruguji says, „O Shukra, the planets in this native‟s birth chart are excellent. He is truthful, has deep spiritual knowledge (ऩयभाथी), (Editor: It could also mean very wealthy) 3

helps other people sincerely, is liked by everyone and has faith in God and Brahmins . He will gain respect and fame, has a developed intellect through education, will make his clan grow in stature, is handsome and is devoted disciple of his guru. He will think about new things and will be deeply attached to one of his friends and his mind/desire/concentration becomes weak. He will have medium gains, but whenever there are big occasions that involve large expenses, they will all be happily accomplished. Once there will be major accident, disturbance or trouble, from which he shall recover, as if getting another birth (Addition by Editor: revival of his fortune or health. Perhaps it is said that “there will be a major accident from which he shall recover as if getting another birth”, then one will live the complete life. There will be worries on account of family members; there will be opposition and a risk to life. Recitation of Mantras and medicine will provide relief. There will be marks on account of ulcer or due to wounds. This person will accumulate wealth in his youth; he will gain prestige and will be very fortunate. His wife will be distressed and will have secret worries (Addition by Editor: Abortion is also talked about – अल्पगबोिखंडत्), will be worried 2

The Ghatis can be zero for those born soon after sunrise and such a native can select the number 0 (zero) in the Chakra. In such a case the final number will be 5. Similarly, it can be found out that the final number can be 6 in two cases: a person whose birth time ghati is 1 and he selects 0 in the Chakra OR if the birth time ghati is 0 and he selects 1 in the Chakra. 3 The class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge

on account of progeny. He will not have a son and if he has one then he will either not be long lived or will desert his parents and leave them wandering. O Shukra, this person will have all happiness, but he will be devoid of any happiness on account of children‟.

॥ बृग ु संहहता संतान उऩाम खंड बाषा टीका सहहत ॥ ऩृष्ठ ८ ॥ ु ोवाि ॥ के नकभिहवऩाके न अग्रवंशहवनाक् ऩूवग ु भ ि ाथा कथंतात श्रृणत्व ॥ शक्र ं भवांछमा ॥ ु ॥ बृगरुवाि॥ जहटरं वंश कुरे जन्म धन धान्यो बहवष्यहत अश्वऩहत गज ग्राभीि उ्यपऩदवी (Editor: Perhaps %½pdvI

) प्रधानक् िाऩ फाणकटीिाय गवन खेटान ु साहयण् भमूयो सहहतंफार वनखंडा हकरोरकं

ु फिो हाहाकाय हवराऩनं भमूयोश्राऩकं दत्वा अहतक्लेशद्ख प्रधानो जहटरं िाऩ फाणसंधान कं क्रीमा भमूयोऩत्रकं दारुण् भभऩत्रु भहाशोकं सप्तजन्म त्वमाप्रबो ॥ ् यु ोश्राऩकं नष्ट्सऩत्रो ु ोवाि ॥ हकं दानं कस्य ऩूजाि हकं भंत्र ं हकं जाऩकभ भम ु बूहभ भंडरे ॥ ॥ शक्र ु ु काय हित्रंतहे वहधऩूवक ि ं यक्तिंदनहभश्राणी गंगा ॥ बृगरुवाि ॥ स्वणिऩत्रहरहऩक्रत्वा मग्ु भ प्रभाणकं भमूयो ऩत्रकं जरस्नानकं खटयस4दानसहहतो गामत्री भूरभंत्रकं िंद्ररऺ प्रभाणेन श्रिाभंत्र जाऩकभ ् ऩहितहवप्र ददेत्दानं ु उच्चाणि भंत्रकं ॐ एं ह्रीं क्लीं श्रीं फटुक ब ैय वाम आऩदिायणाम ऩूवश ि ाऩ हनवानािथं (Editor: I think this भख ं भनवांहछत परप्रदा ॥ should be “invar[arayaw¡ “)स्वणिभमूय दानकुरुकुरु स्वाहा इदंदानं कृ तेसत

Translation of Page No. 8 Shri Shukraji says, „O Father ! Please narrate this native‟s account of previous birth‟. Shri Bhriguji says, „O Shukra, this person had taken birth in the Jat community in one of his earlier births. He was fortunate and wealthy and had elephants, horses, villages and 4 Note from Editor:

खटयस KhaTa means axe and rasa also means gold or number six. There are danas of axe prescribed in

some texts. So this could be the meaning. That is six axes to be donated

everything else. He was a high ranking chief. He went to hunt in the forest and killed the peachicks of a peacock. Seeing its dead children, the peacock cursed the Chief to suffer children related sorrow for seven lives, similar to the suffering that he has given the peacock‟. Shri Shukraji said, „O Father, please tell me, by chanting of which mantras and by making what type of donation can such a sin of the past lives be removed, so that this person can obtain happiness on account of sons. Shri Bhruguji said, „O Son, the native has to first make a golden plate from two gold coins5, make a picture of a peacock using red sandalwood paste, chant Gayatri mantra, and donate the plate and 6 axes to a learned Brahmin. On doing so, one will definitely enjoy happiness on account of sons‟.

॥ बृग ु संहहता संतान उऩाम खंड बाषा टीका सहहत ॥ ऩृष्ठ ९ ॥ ु ऩहयबाहषत् ऩाऩक्रुय ग्रहाऩूजा क्रमते पर ु ु एवंग्रहा हवयाजत्वा स्रेष्टऩत्री सहखनय् सदशा परप्राप्नोती बृगणा ् बाग्मवृहि हवशेषने भनवांहछत परप्रदा ग्रहाऩूजा नकतिव्यभ ् अधि प्राहप्तनसंशम् िंद्रस्त्री भहाप्रीहत ु प्राप्नमात आनंदं अहतध्यानकं आद ऩिनंि हवद्यामां अंतहवद्या हवसाजिन ं फहुहवद्या नप्राप्नोती कामिभात्रंि हसिहत अष्टभे ं ामं हववाहोत्सव भंगरं सप्तिंद्र हभतेवषे सून्ययाभ हभतेतथा बाग्म षोडशेवषे फारवृहि हदनेहदने तातंधनं शबु क ् ु ता शयीयेि शत्रऩु ऺ हवयोधता े धनप्रीहप्त न िशंसम् देहकष्ट हवजानीमात औषहधप्रहत वृहि हवशेषण शांतमे गप्तहिं मग्ु भ अल्पगतेकाव्य ऩूण ि आम ु नशंसम् व्यमदीघि हवजानीमात ् छत्रहिंताि प्राप्तमे गप्तंु िधन प्राप्नोती कहस्मन्कारेन संशम् ऩत्नीगबंि हित्वा अल्पजीवीि फारक् आदहष ि हवजानीमात ् ऩश्चातेशोक फूडनं ु ु ि प्राप्नोती ऩत्रु सख ु हवनश्महत वाभहिंता भहाक्लेशं बृगणाऩहयबाहषत् सविसखं ॥ Translation of Page No. 9 Shri Bhriguji says, „O Shukra, listen to story of this native‟. „His birth chart is very good and the benefic planets will give good results in their own dasha. (Editor‟s comments: I think this means he gets good results in planets that are functionally benefic.) It is advisable to propitiate cruel and malefic planets due to which there will be good fortune and desires will be fulfilled, (but on account of several cruel and 5 This has to be suitably modified for the modern ages

malefic planets), there will only be partial fulfillment. (Editor‟s comments: I think what is said is that even if the malefics are not propitiated; he shall get half the results in a good dasha.) The native will be intelligent, will weigh carefully others speech, will be able to distinguish between truth and falsehood, is to be patient and even if not educated will gain more prestige than those who are educated. He will be married between the ages of 12 and 16. Wealth obtained from father. Translator‟s Note: The meaning of word तात is taken as father. There are other meanings such as son, thus etc, which did not seem relevant here) will be spent for auspicious works. He will have good fortune between the years 17 and 30 and will gain prestige. If there is any pain or exhaustion in the body, it can be treated by medicine. There will be opposition from enemies. He will suffer for a short time two times and will live for 72 years. There will be worries on account of loss of house Translator‟s Note: The text talks of छत्रचििंता, which I have interpreted to mean lack of shelter, since छत्र means umbrella, shelter etc. The native may come across secret wealth sometime. His wife will conceive, but the child will be short-lived and will cause suffering for mother and father’.

„O Shukra, this native will enjoy all kinds of comforts on earth, but he will not have any happiness on account of his children‟. Editor‟s Comments: I find reference to 8th and 16th year together with reference to studies at the beginning of education and end of education at the end of the period. Then I find talks of marriage about the 17th year of age. Then we get the reference to 30 years coupled with increase in fortune. So getting married between 12 to 16th is not apparent in the original Sanskrit text, to me. Kindly check the Sanskrit translation. There is no doubt that the Sanskrit used is not always correct, but then what we have is the print copy of a text.

॥ बृग ु संहहता संतान उऩाम खंड बाषा टीका सहहत ॥ ऩृष्ठ १० ॥ ु ोवाि ॥ के नऩाऩ प्रबावेण ऩत्रंु सख ु हवनश्महत ऩूव ि जन्म कथा-कथ्यं उच्चायण हवहधऩूवक ि ं ॥ शक्र ु ु ु र हवयोधता ज्येष्ठ भ्रातंि बृगरुवाि॥ िाकुय वंश कुरे जन्म फहुसेवी नयोबवेत ् कोटऩहत गजग्राभीि फंधक ु ु ु ऩत्रोवा अधिबागीि फारक् तात भृत्य ु बवेरोके सभाता देव ऩूजनं िाकुये रोबकं काणॎं भ्रातृऩत्रंु िभृत्यदा ु दं देत ॥ भातािदेव भंद्रस्य (Editor: This should be actually m