Pada concept

1-6. O Brahmin, now I tell you about Upa Pad, the auspiciousness of which will
confer on the native happiness from progeny, wife etc. The Pad of Lagn, as
discussed earlier, is of prime importance. Upa Pad is calculated for the Bhava,
following the natal Lagn. This Upa Pad is also called Gaun Pad. O excellent of the
Brahmins, if Upa Pad is yuti with, or receives a Drishti from a benefic Grah, one will
obtain full happiness from progeny and spouse. Should the Upa Pad be in a
malefics Ri, or receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a malefic, one will become an
ascetic and go without a wife. If (in the said circumstances) there be a benefic Drishti
(on Upa Pad, or the related malefic), or a yuti, deprival of spouse will not come to
pass. In this case Srya, being exalted, or in a friendly Ri, is not a malefic. He is a
malefic, if in debilitation, or in an enemys Ri.
Notes. Regarding Upa Pad calculations, there are more than two views on the same
Sloka of Maharishi Parashar, or an identical Sutra from Jaimini. In this text, the word
Anuchar is used, which denotes the Bhava, following the Lagn at birth. Normally
this is Vyaya Bhava. However, when we study other commentaries on Jaimini
(Chaukhambh Hindi edition), we are taught, that it is Vyaya Bhava in the case of an
odd Ri ascending and it is Dhan Bhava in the case of an even Ri ascending.
Accordingly the Pad for the 12 th, or the 2nd from Lagn is called Upa Pad. In
calculating Upa Pad the rules mentioned in verses 4 and 5 of the previous chapter
be kept in mind.
7-12. Effect from the 2nd from Upa Pad. If the 2nd from Upa Pad is a benefic Ri, or
receives a Drishti from, or is yuti with a benefic, the same good results (as for wife
and sons) will come to pass. If there is a Grah in the 2 nd from Upa Pad in its
debilitation Ri, or debilitation A, or is yuti with a debilitated, or malefic Grah,
there will be destruction of wife. If the said occupant be in its exaltation Ri, or
Nav, or receives a Drishti from another Grah, there will be many charming and
virtuous wives. Oh Brahmin, if Mithun happens to be the 2 nd from Upa Pad, then also
there will be many wives. O excellent of the Brahmins, if the Upa Pad, or the 2 nd
therefrom be occupied by its own Lord, or, if the said Lord is in his other own Bhava,
the death of wife will be at advanced age.
13-15. Wife from the 2nd of Upa Pad (up to Sloka 22). If a Grah being constant
indicator of wife (i.e. the 7 th Lord, or ukr) is in its own Bhava, there will be loss of
wife only at a later stage. If the Lord of Upa Pad, or the constant significator of wife is
in exaltation, the wife will be from a noble family. Reverse will be the case, if he is
debilitated. O Brahmin, if the 2nd from Upa Pad is related to a benefic, the wife will be
beautiful, fortunate and virtuous.
16. Should ani and Rahu be in the 2 nd from Upa Pad, the native will lose his wife on
account of calumny, or through death.
17. The natives wife will be troubled by disorder of blood, leucorrhoea (Pradar) etc.,
if ukr and Ketu are in the 2nd from Upa Pad.

18. Budh with Ketu in the 2 nd from Upa Pad will cause breakage of bones, while
Rahu, ani and Srya will cause distress of bones.
19-22. Budh and Rahu in the 2 nd from Upa Pad will give a stout-bodied wife. If the 2 nd
from Upa Pad happens to be one of Budhs Ris and is tenanted by Mangal and
ani, the wife of the native will suffer from nasal disorders. Similarly a Ri of
Mangal, becoming the 2nd from Upa Pad and occupied by Mangal and ani, will
cause nasal disorders to ones wife. Guru and ani will, if be in the 2 nd from Upa Pad,
cause disorders of ears and/or eyes to the wife. If Budh and Mangal are placed in
the 2nd from Upa Pad other than their own Ris, or, if Rahu is with Guru in the 2 nd
from Upa Pad, the natives wife will suffer from dental disorders. ani and Rahu
together in one of anis Ris, which is the 2 nd from Upa Pad, will cause lameness,
or windy disorders to the natives wife. These evils will not come to pass, if there
happens to be a Yuti with, or a Drishti from a benefic (or from another benefic in the
case of affliction being caused by a benefic himself).
23-23. O Brahmin, all these effects be deduced from the natal Lagn, Lagn Pad, the
7th from Upa Pad and the Lords thereof. So say Narada and others.
25-28. About Sons. If ani, Candr and Budh are together in the 9 th from one of the
said places (Sloka 23), there will be no son at all, while Srya, Guru and Rahu so
placed will give a number of sons. Candr so placed will give a son, while a mixture of
Grahas will delay the obtainment of a son. The son, caused by the Yuti of Srya,
Guru and Rahu, will be strong, valorous, greatly successful and will destroy enemies.
If Mangal and ani are in the said 9 th, there will be no son, or a son will be obtained
by adoption, or brothers son will come in adoption. In all these cases odd Ris will
yield many sons, while even Ris will cause only a few.
29-30. Many Sons and Many Daughters. O Brahmin, if Simh happens to be Upa Pad
and receives a Drishti from Candr, there will be a limited number of children.
Similarly Kanya will cause many daughters.
31. Co-born form Lagn Pad (up to Sloka 36). Rahu and ani in the 3 rd, or the 11th
from Lagn Pad will destroy the co-born of the native. Rahu and ani in the 11th will
indicate the destruction of elder brothers and/or sisters and in the 3 rd younger ones.
32. If ukr is in the 3 rd, or the 11th from Lagn Pad, there would have been an abortion
to the mother earlier. Same is the effect, if ukr is in the 8 th from natal Lagn, or from
Lagn Pad.
33-36. These are the effects, o Brahmin, as stated by Maharishis for the 3 rd and the
11th from Lagn Pad. Should Candr, Guru, Budh and Mangal be in the 3 rd, or the 11th
from Lagn Pad, there will be many valorous co-born. Should ani and Mangal be in
the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagn Pad, or give Drishtis thereto, younger and elder co-born
will, respectively, be destroyed. If ani is alone in one of the said Bhavas, the native
will be spared, while the co-born will die. Ketu in the 3 rd, or the 11th will give abundant
happiness from ones sisters.

37. Other Matters from Lagn Pad (up to Sloka 43). If the 6 th from Lagn Pad is
occupied by a malefic and is bereft of a Yuti with, or a Drishti from a benefic, the
native will be a thief.
38. If Rahu is in the 7th, or the 12th from Lagn Pad, or gives a Drishti to one of the
said Bhavas, the native will be endowed with spiritual knowledge and be very
fortunate.
39. If Budh is in Lagn Pad, the native will Lord over a whole country, while Guru will
make him a knower of all things. ukr in this context denotes a poet/speaker (also
see Ch. 29, verse 30).
40. O excellent of the Brahmins, if benefics occupy the 2 nd from Upa Pad, or from
Lagn Pad, the native will be endowed with all kinds of wealth and be intelligent.
41. One will surely become a thief, if the Lord of the 2 nd from Upa Pad is in Dhan
Bhava and is there yuti with a malefic Grah.
42-43. O Brahmin, if Rahu is in the 2 nd from the Lord of the 7 th, counted from Upa
Pad, the native will have long and projected teeth. Ketu in the 2 nd from the Lord of
the 7th, counted from Upa Pad, will cause stammering and ani in the 2 nd from the
Lord of the 7th, counted from Upa Pad, will make one look ugly. Mixed will be the
effects, if there are mixed Grahas