Why Sita was in Lanka?

[Mahamaho. Subrahmanyam Korada]

नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

आचार्य ! when are you going to die ?

Can this question be answered by everyone? No , but a दैवज्ञ can! What kind of term is it? को’यं शब्दः ?

दैवं दिष्टं भागधेयं भाग्यं स्त्री नियतिर्विधिः - अमरकोशः । दैवं जानातीति दैवज्ञः - ’आतो’नुपसर्गे कः’ पा 3-2-3 . The one who know ज्योतिषम् , especially जातकस्कन्ध / होरास्कन्ध is called a दैवज्ञ ।

What is the problem ?

The  वैयाकरणाः / नैयायिकाः / मीमांसकाः / वेदांतिनः etc have miserably failed (save me) in mastering the होरातन्त्र  / ज्योतिषम्। Who said so ?

(वराह-) मिहिराचार्य --

भूयोभिः पटुबुद्धिभिः पटुधियां होराफलज्ञप्तये

शब्दन्यायसमन्वितेषु बहुशः शास्त्रेषु दृष्टेष्वपि ।

होरातन्त्रमहार्णवप्रतरणे भग्नोद्यमानामहं

स्वल्पं वृत्तविचित्रमर्थबहुळं शास्त्रप्लवं प्रारभे ॥ 2, बृहज्जातकम्

Here the समास - ’शब्दन्यायसमन्वितेषु ’ - refers to वैयाकरणाः / नैयायिकाः / मीमांसकाः / वेदांतिनः ( a scholar in all these four शास्त्रs is called भट्ट - भट्ल in Telugu) - it is supported by 'बहुशः शास्त्रेषु दृष्टेष्वपि’ (although they refered to शास्त्रs time and again) -- here भट्टोत्पल, the author of संस्कृतव्याख्या  erred - he took only मीमांसा,

whereas केदारदत्त, author of the हिन्दीव्याख्या , was right - ’न्याय-मीमांसा-व्याकरण आदिक शास्त्रों के विशेषज्ञ बुद्धिमान विद्वानों से’ ।

These scholars have miserably failed in their endeavor to master ज्योतिषम् - in crossing the great ocean of ज्योतिषम्, eventhough they -- have sharp intellect - tried to attain the ज्ञानम् related to पूर्वजन्मकर्मफलम् (होराफलम्) , have seen शास्त्रs time and again . For them I start this small boat of शास्त्र ,  with profound  meaning and consisting of different meters.

One may take ten commentaries in each शास्त्रम् - व्याकरणम् / न्यायवैशेषिके / मीमांसा / वेदान्त , there is hardly any reference to जातकस्कन्ध । श्रीहर्ष in खण्डनखण्डखाद्यम् refers to आयुर्वेद and ज्योतिषम् ।

पाणिनि touched ज्योतिषम् , सामुद्रिकम् and हस्तसामुद्रिकम् । He earmarked fifty सूत्रs for ज्योतिषम् and  clearly says - people , with so many questions, are running to see a दैवज्ञ -  will detail in a separate post .

So , for a  दैवज्ञ ,  it is not dificult to compute the time of death (महादशा - अन्तर्दशा - विदशा - सूक्ष्मदशा - प्राणदशा) - both, my मातामह and मेनमाम (mother's father and  mother's elder brother) , noted down their time of death. The former was a सिद्धान्ती and  used to compile yearly पञ्चाङ्गम् । 

I have studied hundreds of horoscopes between 1977 and 1993 - study involves offering predictions - past, present and future .

Coming to the main question --

there are many scholars in different parts of the globe giving प्रवचनम् on रामायणम् - it can be called 'story-telling' - just giving the story which is  required and  easily digested by common people . Most of the प्रवाचकs will not refer to (may be because they are not qualified and also due to the fact that the common people may not like - रमन्ते’स्मिन् योगिनः इति रामः - रम + घञ् (अधिकरणे) - kind of thing ) शास्त्रs .

रामायणम् is a काव्यम् (कवेः  कर्म - ब्राह्मणादित्वात् कर्मणि ष्यञ् - ’गुणवचनब्राह्मणादिभ्यः कर्मणि च’  पा 5-1-123 ) - ’वेदः प्राचेतसादासीत्  साक्षाद्रामायणात्मना’ । 

भामह to भोजराज to जगन्नाथपण्डितराज - check as to whether anyone touched this aspect - वाल्मीकी in बालकाण्ड offers श्रीराम's जातकचक्रम् - कर्कटक was his लग्नम् and so on . What is the ध्वनि ? I did not check with any व्याख्यानम् । 

’ ( किंतु ) श्रुत्यादयः अनुभवादयश्च यथासंभवमिह प्रमाणम् , अनुभवावसानत्वात् भूतवस्तुविषयत्वाच्च (ब्रह्मज्ञानस्य) - 1-1-1, ब्रह्मसूत्रशांकरभाष्यम् -- this न्याय is very well applicable here in ज्योतिषम् ।

If one is born in कर्कटकलग्नम् , then there will be वियोग / मरणम् / दीर्घव्याधि (असाध्यव्याधि) with regard to spouse - in the case of श्रीराम it is भार्यावियोग - so सीता  was in  Lanka .

I discussed शंकराचार्य's horoscope (Telugu) - it is online . त्यागराज lost his first wife . हनूमान् was not married . One Prime Minister lost his wife . Another Prime Minister lost her husband .

So while relating the story of रामायणम् , one should explain the nuances - व्यङ्ग्यार्थ / ध्वनि of the काव्यम् and not simply the वाच्यार्थ ।

It would be nice if one can quote different शास्त्रs such as व्याकरणम् - मीमांसा - योग - ज्योतिषम् - वेदान्त etc. .

Today we come across scholars who studied a single  शास्त्रम् or two , that too not with deep knowledge . Even in the earlier generation scholars were learning some portions of वेद , limited to देवतार्चना  - षोडशोपचारपूजा , शतरुद्रीयम् (नमकम् and चमकम्) , मन्त्रपुष्पम् and so on .

The  वैदिक scholars almost all do not learn any शास्त्रम् - at least शिक्षा and व्याकरणम् ।

ज्योतिषम् is described as the eyes of वेदपुरुष - ज्योतिषामयनं चक्षुः (पाणिनीयशिक्षा) - ज्योतिषम् नेत्रमुच्यते (शिक्षा)  but it is put on back burner .

 During earlier generation's time people used to think that every Sanskrit scholar knows ज्योतिषम् - at least can fix मुहूर्तs .

’अप्रियस्य च पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः’

धन्यो’स्मि

Dr.Korada Subrahmanyam

Prof of Sanskrit (Retd)

Chairman , Bharateeya Vidvat Parishat

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