upapada by chiran

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UPAPADA !UPAPADA

So much confusion and misinterpretation about this chapter on UPAPADA is seen

everywhere .

First let us examine views that is prevalent wrt upapada in todays literature .

1.Upapada is pada of 12 th from lagna .

2. upapada is actually pada of second from lagna

3. Upapada 12 th if lagna is even and 2nd if lagna is odd .

why this many versions

because PARASHARA uses the wordtanorauncharadyat syatuparudham taduchchyate

that means one that follows the tanu ;what can be poosible analysis ,

tanu bhava what follows it ,

some say 2nd house and some say 12th house .Some say 12th because anuchara is one that follows ie one which is behind so 12 th

house .

But some argue

12th house has already risen and it is actually 2nd house that rises after First and hence2nd house has to be taken as the one that follows .

Some indigenously say that if it even then counting is reverse so its 12 that folows andwhen lagna is odd counting is straight so 2nd is to be taken as anuchara .

Lets examine JAIMINI

Jaimini saysupapadam padam pitruanucharat

pitru is ninth anuchara of ninth can be 8th or 10th

But since upa means near , 10th , 8th seems very far off . how can these be upapada . so

seeking Parashar shloka pitru is termed as

pa = 1 ta =6ankanaam amato gatiso 61

61/12 remainder is 1

so pitru is actually 1st bhava .so anuchara is again 2 nd or 12 th .


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some opine upapada is actually about wife , wife is known by 7th so upapada is actually

pada of 7th .

some still argue 2nd is about family kutumba and hence it is the upapada .

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So what is upapada .Parashara says it is gauna pada .

The following analysis should interest readers as well .and this is conclusive , readers are welcome to comment on this .

Firstly anuchara is follower . Why this word had to be used ?

Why Parashara could not have used dwitiya pada or kutumbabhava pada if he were to

mean it ,He could have also used vyayapada atleast once if it were 12th .

If it were 7th then there is abundant usage of darapada word in pArashara and jaimini sonaturally these are not meant by UPAPADA .

2nd does relate to wife , but before writing entire upapada chapter Parashara mentions

dhanapada word in the padadhyaya to show richesthe verse is

evam lagnapadadeva dhanadipadato dwij sthandwayam samaalokya jatakasya phalam va

det ||

after this sutra upapada chapter starts , so why would sage complicate the issue , he could

have simply used dhanapadam instead of upapadam . But the fact he doesnot even use

once the word dhanapada for upapada shows , upapada has some other meaning .

Lastly when we say upagraha . it means something other than sun moon .. shani etc . ie

it is different from existing grahas ,and means dhooma chapa etc .

so in the context upapada must be different from existing 12 padas , as each pada has its

own name , mantra pada , dara pada , dhana pada , etc .

Sage mentions TANU bhava pada is mukhya pada and upapada is gauna pada . and moreso it deals with WIFE , married life and children etc . putra darasukh .

so what is UPAPADA ?

so upapada is tanu anuchara and pitru anuchara .

what is that follows the self ?And this one is also one that follows FATHER .

Normally two things follow the body 1 punya 2. SON

if we take former than it becomes 9th


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but Jaimini says pitru anuchara , so it cannot be 9th .

so SON follows a self body and it also fits in Pitru anuchara

putra is natural anuchara of Pita .

But are we meaning Fifth bhava pada , if Sage were to mean fifth bhava pada , he could

have told simply mantrapada or sutabhavapada !

So it is not fifth bhava pada as it should be different fromexisting 12 padas to entitle to be

UPAPADA .

In karaka adhyaya there is versesute sutam vijayate patnim saptambhavatah |

sutabhave [ not sutabhaave ] graho ya: syat so api karak uchcyate | |

which karaka

the previous linesays patnim saptambhavatah .

so the planet responsible for children sutabhav graha also qualifies as patni karak .

which is this graha

tano anucharah meaning fifth lord and

pitruanucharatone that follows pitrukaraka is putrakaraka in charakaraka scheme ,

note the versestanoh anucharat adyat syat uparudham

sutabhav graho yah syat so api karak

upapadam padam pitru anucharat

upapadam padam putrakarakat yah syat so api patni karaka ucchyate .

so GRAHA ARUDHA of PUTRA KARAKA and fifth Lord is UPAPADA .

it is note worthy that in pada adhyaya graha arudha is mentioned and it will be out of

place that its application has not been made in the hora shastra .

Thus upapada is Graharudha of Suta bhava .which denotes general happiness as can be seen from RAAJyoga adhyaya , and

putra dara sukha as mentioned in upapada .

Upapadam yatchubhatve bhavennruNama putradaradijam sukham ||

any affliction to upapada delays marraige , if heavly afflicted , it gives sanyasa

papagruha yute tatra papbhe papavikshite pravrajako bhavvejato daarhenothva naraha ||

then second from Upapada if it contains benefic , it gives a beautiful wife . Most

importantly upapada lord if its exalted gives wife from good lineage and if it is


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debilitated gives a wife from otherwise .

If second from upapada is debilitated , denial of marraige takes place , if exalted there

will be many beautiful wives of good qualities .

Those who have exceptionally beautiful wife can easily verify the veracity of this theory .

CONCLUSIONupapada is graharudha of charaputrakaraka and fifth LORD .krishnarpanamastu

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