Module 2 of 5 · Phala-darpaṇa · ~70 min · quiet reading, no upsells

पञ्च-महापुरुष-योगाःThe Five Great-Person Yogas

Pañca-mahāpuruṣa-yogāḥ Phaladīpikā Ch. 6 — Rucaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Haṃsa (Jupiter), Mālavya (Venus), Śaśa (Saturn). Each forms when its graha sits in own/exaltation sign in a kendra.

viṣaya-sūcī · what this module covers

  • Rucaka — Maṅgala in own/exalted sign in a kendra
  • Bhadra — Budha · Haṃsa — Bṛhaspati · Mālavya — Śukra · Śaśa — Śani
  • Kendra requirement — 1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th house
  • Sun and Moon do NOT form mahāpuruṣa yogas (excluded by the classical scheme)
  • Maṇṭreśvara's specific result-statements for each yoga

Pre-reqphaladipika-graha-svarupa

01सारांशःThe topic, unfolded

saṃkṣepa

The Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa ('five great-person') yogas are among the most studied yoga-groups in jyotiṣa. Each of the five non-luminary planets (Maṅgala, Budha, Bṛhaspati, Śukra, Śani) generates a yoga when it sits in its own rāśi or in its exaltation rāśi AND that rāśi happens to be a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, or 10th from the lagna). The yoga is named after the graha: Rucaka for Mars, Bhadra for Mercury, Haṃsa for Jupiter, Mālavya for Venus, Śaśa for Saturn.

Maṇṭreśvara's key opening verse — kendre svocchasthe kuje rucako yogaḥ — establishes the pattern. Each graha brings its own characteristic effects when it forms its own mahāpuruṣa yoga; Rucaka classically indicates physical strength and warrior-temperament, Bhadra eloquence and intellect, Haṃsa wisdom and authority, Mālavya beauty and grace, Śaśa endurance and detachment. These are interpretive frameworks the Jyotiṣī uses, not deterministic predictions.

02शास्त्र-प्रमाणम्Classical anchors

śāstra-pramāṇa · chapter and verse

Textual references · chapter · verses · gloss
TextChapterVersesGloss
PhaladīpikāCh. 6approx. 22 versesPañca-mahāpuruṣa-yogāḥ — the five 'great-person' configurations.
BPHSCh. 37Viśeṣa-yoga — parallel treatment in Pārāśara, including Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa.

Every anchor maps to a chapter structure in the annotated library. We point to topics; the substrate computes — we do not predict from these texts on your behalf.

03अभ्यासःPraxis

abhyāsa · apply it on the instruments

  1. 01 · Computation

    Cast /chart for any nativity. Identify any of the five non-luminary grahas sitting in their own rāśi (e.g., Mars in Aries or Scorpio) or in exaltation (e.g., Mars in Capricorn). Now check whether that rāśi is a kendra — 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th from lagna.

  2. 02 · Reflection

    Why does the classical scheme exclude Sūrya and Candra from forming Mahāpuruṣa yogas? Reflect on the distinction between the two luminaries and the five 'wandering' grahas.