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Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra — Chapter 80: Dhuma, Vyatipata & Upaketu Sub-planets

Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.

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Verse 1 — Computation of Dhuma, Vyatipata and Upaketu

धूमं व्यतीपातमथोपकेतून् गणयेत् क्रमात् । सूर्यचन्द्रमसोः पदानां विधिं वदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥

dhūmaṁ vyatīpātam athopaketūn gaṇayet kramāt | sūryacandramasoḥ padānāṁ vidhiṁ vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||

The wise declare the method of computing Dhuma, Vyatipata, and Upaketu successively from the positions of the Sun and the Moon.

Verse 2 — Announcing the Invisible Planets' Fruits

रव्यादिसप्तखेटानां प्रोक्तं भावफलं मया । अप्रकाशग्रहाणां च फलानि कथयाम्यहम् ॥ १॥

ravyādisaptakheṭānāṃ proktaṃ bhāvaphalaṃ mayā | aprakāśagrahāṇāṃ ca phalāni kathayāmy aham || 1||

Having declared the bhava-fruits of the seven planets beginning with Surya, I now speak of the fruits of the invisible (aprakasha) planets.

Verse 3 — Dhuma in Lagna: Fierce and Ever-Angry

शूरो विमलनेत्रांशः सुस्तब्धो निर्घृणः खलः । मूर्तिस्थे धूमसंज्ञे च गाढरोषो नरः सदा ॥ २॥

śūro vimalanetrāṃśaḥ sustabdho nirghṛṇaḥ khalaḥ | mūrtisthe dhūmasaṃjñe ca gāḍharoṣo naraḥ sadā || 2||

When Dhuma occupies the Lagna, the native is heroic with clear eyes, yet obstinate, cruel-hearted and always intensely wrathful.

Verse 4 — Dhuma in 2nd: Wealthy but Dull-Minded

रोगी धनी तु हीनाङ्गो राज्यापहृतमानसः । धूमे द्वितीये सम्प्राप्ते मन्दप्रज्ञो नपुंसकः ॥ ३॥

rogī dhanī tu hīnāṅgo rājyāpahṛtamānasaḥ | dhūme dvitīye samprāpte mandaprajño napuṃsakaḥ || 3||

With Dhuma in the second house one is diseased yet wealthy, deficient in limb, mentally robbed of kingdom-power, dull-witted and effeminate.

Verse 5 — Dhuma in 3rd: Courageous and Wealthy

मतिमान् शौर्यसम्पन्न इष्टचितः प्रियंवदः । धूमे सहजभावस्थे जनाढ्यो धनवान् भवेत् ॥ ४॥

matimān śauryasampanna iṣṭacitaḥ priyaṃvadaḥ | dhūme sahajabhāvasthe janāḍhyo dhanavān bhavet || 4||

Dhuma in the third makes one intelligent, endowed with heroism, of accumulated desires, sweet-spoken, honored by people and wealthy.

Verse 6 — Dhuma in 6th: Strong Destroyer of Enemies

बलवाञ्छत्रुवधको धूमे च रिपुभावगे । बहुतेजोयुतः ख्यातः सदा रोगविवर्जितः ॥ ७॥

balavāñ śatruvadhako dhūme ca ripubhāvage | bahutejoyutaḥ khyātaḥ sadā rogavivarjitaḥ || 7||

Dhuma in the sixth-house region makes one mighty, a slayer of enemies, of great radiance and famed as ever free from disease.

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