Ch. 30. Upa Pad

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 malefic’s Rāśi, 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 Sūrya, being exalted, or in a friendly Rāśi, is not a malefic. He is a malefic,
if in debilitation, or in an enemy’s Rāśi.
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 Rāśi ascending and it is Dhan Bhava in the
case of an even Rāśi ascending. Accordingly the Pad for the 12th, 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 Rāśi, 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 2nd from Upa Pad in its debilitation Rāśi, or debilitation
Ańś, or is yuti with a debilitated, or malefic Grah, there will be destruction of wife. If the said
occupant be in its exaltation Rāśi, or Navāńś, or receives a Drishti from another Grah, there
will be many charming and virtuous wives. Oh Brahmin, if Mithun happens to be the 2nd from
Upa Pad, then also there will be many wives. O excellent of the Brahmins, if the Upa Pad, or
the 2nd 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 7th Lord, or Śukr) 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 Śani and Rahu be in the 2nd from Upa Pad, the native will lose his wife on account
of calumny, or through death.

17. The native’s wife will be troubled by disorder of blood, leucorrhoea (Pradar) etc., if Śukr
and Ketu are in the 2nd from Upa Pad.

18. Budh with Ketu in the 2nd from Upa Pad will cause breakage of bones, while Rahu, Śani
and Sūrya will cause distress of bones.

19-22. Budh and Rahu in the 2nd from Upa Pad will give a stout-bodied wife. If the 2nd from
Upa Pad happens to be one of Budh’s Rāśis and is tenanted by Mangal and Śani, the wife of
the native will suffer from nasal disorders. Similarly a Rāśi of Mangal, becoming the 2nd from
Upa Pad and occupied by Mangal and Śani, will cause nasal disorders to one’s wife. Guru and
Śani will, if be in the 2nd 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 Rāśis, or, if Rahu is
with Guru in the 2nd from Upa Pad, the native’s wife will suffer from dental disorders. Śani
and Rahu together in one of Śani’s Rāśis, which is the 2nd from Upa Pad, will cause lameness,
or windy disorders to the native’s 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).

23-23½. 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 Śani, Candr and Budh are together in the 9th from one of the said places
(Sloka 23), there will be no son at all, while Sūrya, 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 Sūrya, Guru and Rahu, will be strong,
valorous, greatly successful and will destroy enemies. If Mangal and Śani are in the said 9th,
there will be no son, or a son will be obtained by adoption, or brother’s son will come in
adoption. In all these cases odd Rāśis will yield many sons, while even Rāśis 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 Śani in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagn
Pad will destroy the co-born of the native. Rahu and Śani in the 11th will indicate the
destruction of elder brothers and/or sisters and in the 3rd younger ones.

32. If Śukr is in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagn Pad, there would have been an abortion to the
mother earlier. Same is the effect, if Śukr is in the 8th from natal Lagn, or from Lagn Pad.

33-36. These are the effects, o Brahmin, as stated by Maharishis for the 3rd and the 11th from
Lagn Pad. Should Candr, Guru, Budh and Mangal be in the 3rd, or the 11th from Lagn Pad,
there will be many valorous co-born. Should Śani 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 Śani is alone in one of the said Bhavas, the native will be spared, while the co-born will die.
Ketu in the 3rd, or the 11th will give abundant happiness from one’s sisters.

37. Other Matters from Lagn Pad (up to Sloka 43). If the 6th 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. Śukr in this context denotes a poet/speaker (also see Ch. 29, verse
30).

40. O excellent of the Brahmins, if benefics occupy the 2nd 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 2nd from Upa Pad is in Dhan Bhava and
is there yuti with a malefic Grah.

42-43. O Brahmin, if Rahu is in the 2nd from the Lord of the 7th, counted from Upa Pad, the
native will have long and projected teeth. Ketu in the 2nd from the Lord of the 7th, counted
from Upa Pad, will cause stammering and Śani in the 2nd 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.