Tribute-Madura Krishnamurthy Sastryji

7/26/2019 Tribute-Madura Krishnamurthy Sastryji

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A humble Tribute to Mahamahopadhyaya and

Jyotisha Vignyana Bhaskara Sri Madhura

Krishnamurthy Sastry

Dr. K. Guru Rajesh

It would not be an exaggeration to say that every student of hindu astrology in

the world knows or at least heard about Sri Madhura Krishnamurthy Sastryji, a

giant among the astrologers of India. In the circle of telugu astrologers, most of

them consider him as their guru and mentor. It is a great loss to the entire

astrological fraternity that Sri Sastryji left for his heavenly abode on 6 th !ril

"#$6. %e belonged to the last generation of the great traditional siddhantins and

jyotishis who had tremendous command on all the three skandas of &yotisha. 'his

!a!er, in which I !resent the horosco!ic analysis of Sastryji following my (andi

(adi method, is a humble tribute to this great soul seeking his everlastingblessings. Readers may please refer to the introductory chapter of my

book SARFAROSH for the information on the andi adi principles .

Sri Sastryji was born on ")th*ebruary, $+") at

.$am at Mukkamala vikkage near 'anuku in

-est odavari district of ndhra /radesh. %is

!arents were Sri 0enkayya 1husura and Srimati

Sachidevi.

Jeevakaraka Jupiter is placed in own sign Pisces

having Sun and retrograde Mercury in the 12 th,

and exalted Mars and Venus in the 11 th. Note the

sign exchange etween Mars and Saturn. !n his

"ove"ents Jupiter will #rst "eet exalted Moon$

%ahu in &aurus who are aspected y

Saturn'Mars$(etu. &hus, Jupiter having Sun$Mercury in the 12th, exalted Mars in

the 11thand Saturn$Mercury in the 11thindicates long span o) li)e. !he detailed

lon"e#ity calculation as per my upcomin" book $%on"e#ity and Death& is

presented at the end of the article.

Vidyakaraka Mercury *oins Sun and has Jupiter in the 2 ndand Venus$Mars'Saturnin the 12th. %etrogression rings Mercury to +apricorn where he *oins

Venus'Mars$Saturn. &hus, Mercury he""ed etween Jupiter and Venus indicates

great intellect and learning in traditional su*ects. dded to this, Mercury with

Sun gives deep knowledge in astrology. -owever, Mercury is aout to enter his

deilitation sign and is placed in the "iddle o) nodal axis. urther, he gets the

in/uence o) Mars. &his should cause reak in education, which really happened

as Sastry*i could not continue his )or"al education eyond 0th standard.

Nevertheless, it is "ore than co"pensated y the power)ul in/uence o) Sun,

Jupiter and Venus, which "ade hi" an authority on astrology and allied su*ects.

!t is to e noted that Mercury has (etu in the 1th

and 11th

. &raditionally, (etu is


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considered as the planet ruling over the Jai"ini syste" o) astrology. &his

explains the extensive study Sastry*i "ade in this ranch o) Jyotisha.

(ar"akaraka Saturn *oins (etu in Scorpio and receives the aspect o) exalted

Moon$%ahu )ro" &aurus. Saturn is involved in sign exchange with exalted Mars

therey "oving to +apricorn to *oin Venus and Mercury. ro" +apricorn, Saturnhas Sun$Mercury in the 2ndand Jupiter in the rd. Saturn with (etu aspected y

exalted Moon indicates a religious and spiritual nature. Saturn with Venus and

Mercury in +apricorn suggests estalish"ent o) institutions. Saturn having Sun$

Mercury in the 2ndand Jupiter in the rdexplains working )or astrology and allied

traditional su*ects. &he association o) (etu and Mercury with Saturn "akes the

native a celerated author in his #eld. Strong in/uence o) Mars ensures that the

native works elaorately on vastu, the ancient science o) architecture and

construction. Saturn associated with exalted planets indicates that the native will

reach to great heights in his li)e. Saturn having Sun in the 2ndand Jupiter in the

rd

suggests that the native will get recognition and awards )ro" thegovern"ent. &he in/uence o) Venus and Jupiter on Saturn will "ake hi" a great

3uru, especially as Jupiter has Mars in the 11 th. Saturn having Moon in the 4th,

and Jupiter "eeting Moon #rst in his transits indicate that the native will "ake

extensive travels. urther, Saturn *oins (etu also which suggests overseas travels

)or the native.

'hough Sastryji continued the secular studies u!to )th standard, concomitantly

he also studied the Sanskrit /ancha Kavyas and 0yakarana from his guru Sri

/isu!ati 0isweswara Sastry. 2uring the !eriod between $+ and ), he learnt

Sanskrit Sahitya including natakas, 3igveda smartha, hora and Samhita skandas

of jyotisha, Muhurtha, /rashna and 0asthu from his guru Sri 0aja!eyula 0enkata

Subrahmanya Somayaji. &ransit Jupiter was "oving etween +ancer and Scorpio

in this period while Saturn was transiting etween &aurus and 5eo. Note that

transit Saturn was "oving in &aurus the 4 thto natal Saturn in 1677 while transit

Jupiter was "oving in +ancer in the 4thto natal Mercury$Saturn.

'he !eriod between $+4 and $+6" was an im!ortant turning !oint in Sastryji5s

life. 'o get com!lete command over the siddhanta skanda of &yotisha he sought

the tutelage of guru Sri Sri!ada 0enkataramana 2aivagnya. In the course of his

study he travelled along with his guru to various oriental manuscri!t centres to

collect valuable and rare manuscri!ts. In this !rocess he ha!!ened to stay in1enares between $+46 and $+6# where he got the o!!ortunity to discuss and

debate with various !andits on dierent to!ics of jyotisha. t this juncture he felt

the need to do extensive research on ayanamsa. 8y the starting o) year 1692

transit Jupiter was "oving in &aurus in the 4thto natal Saturn. &ransit o) Saturn in

Scorpio, a watery sign, over natal Saturn$(etu aspected y natal Moon$%ahu has

seen Sastry*i stay in 8enares )ro" 169:. 8y the year 16:2 transit Saturn and

Jupiter *oined together in +apricorn, indicating the end o) a phase and eginning

o) a new phase in Sastry*i;s li)e.

It will not be out of context if I insert here a note about the way Sastryji carried

out his studies. In those days many texts were available as !alm7leaf


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manuscri!ts only and even if !ublished, the books were not easily accessible. %e

had to travel to distant !laces throughout India to collect these books. %e wrote

down the entire books by his own hand, including the errata tables. %undreds of

such books written in his own hand can be seen in his library. Such was his

dedication and hard work.

Sastryji studied thousands of &yotisha classics and !resented their essence in the

form of books. %e translated &atakalankaram into telugu and wrote ruha 0astu

2ee!ika in $+4$ 8transit Jupiter in uarterly journalJyotisha Vignyana %atrikaand a driksiddhanta

almanac. 'his journal com!leted 4# years of its existence in "#$ and is still in

!ublication. &his could e in the 2ndpart o) the year 16:7, when transit Jupiter

was "oving in &aurus in the 4th to natal Saturn while transit Saturn was

retrograde in


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natal planetary co"inations ahead in the three signs. 'hrough this organi?ation

he conducted meetings of ex!erts of these subjects, organi?ed seminars on

various !ressing to!ics, brought out small booklets for free of cost for the bene@t

of students. An the invitation of Sri Maharshi Mahesh Bogi, Sastryji visited their

centres in %olland and ermany in $++4 to teach and deliver lectures on the

subject of 0astu. Jupiter was transiting over natal Saturn$(etu co"ination inScorpio receiving the aspect o) natal Moon, which explains this )oreign travel .

Sastryji was a reci!ient of many awards and accolades. Among them, the

signi&ant are the Mahamahopadhyaya title onferred by 'ashtriya

Sanskrit Vidya %eeth, Tirupati in ()*(, onferred on him for his !ast

knowledge in Sanskrit and researh work of about +) years" %rior to

this, he was also the reipient of the %residents award from the late -r"

A"%"J" Abdul Kalam in ()). for his pioneering work in Sanskrit and

astrology. !n the year 2: transit Saturn was "oving in +ancer in the 4 th to

natal Saturn$Venus$Mercury while transit Jupiter was in 5ira having natal Saturn$

(etu in the 2nd. 8y the end o) 2: transit Jupiter "oved into Scorpio over natalSaturn$(etu. !n the year 212 when Sastry*i was con)erred with the title o)

Maha"ahopadhyaya on eruary 29th, transit Saturn was retrograde in 5ira

having transit Jupiter in the 4thin ries. %etrogression o) transit Saturn activates

natal Jupiter in Pisces. &hus, transit Saturn gets the in/uence o) oth natal and

transit Jupiter.

Sastryji was bestowed with many attributes of heart and mind. %e had a great

retention memory and could recollect many slokas which he had read many

years back. Mercury placed in a #xed sign


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s per the aove tale it can e seen that the position o) Jupiter vis$=$vis other

planets gives 16 cycles o) Jupiter as positive and 11.9 cycles o) Jupiter as

negative. &he e>ective longevity thus co"es to e 4.9 cycles o) Jupiter. &his will

e )ro" the 09thyear to the 6thyear o) the native. ?ithin this period we need to

#nd out when the death o) the native can happen as per the "ethods o)counting and transit o) Jupiter and Saturn. "ong the 12 signs )or Jupiter;s

"ove"ents, &aurus and Scorpio will act as killers as they have the in/uence o)

the nodes and Moon. Next, the signs 5eo and


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Sastry*i attained to the divine aode on :thpril

21:. !t can e seen that transit Jupiter was

retrograde in 5eo *oined with transit %ahu.

&ransit Saturn was retrograde in Scorpio *oined

with transit Mars. &ransit Venus, Moon and Sun

were "oving in Pisces over natal Jupiter. &hisalso explains the in/uence o) )ast$"oving

planets Mars, Venus, Sun and Moon in

precipitating the event.

!n the natal chart Saturn *oins (etu while Jupiter

is placed in Pisces, the 12thand last sign o) the

@odiac. &his indicates higher real"s )or the soul

a)ter death and never returning to this land o) "ortals. &his is also supported y

the )act that Sastry*i reathed his last in Attarayana and day ti"e, though the

tithi was (rishna chaturdasi. Sri Madhura (rishna"urthy Sastry*i was a realkar"a yogin who dedicated his li)e )or the service o) the al"ighty in the )or" o)

propagation o) the divine knowledge o) Jyotisha.

Aknowledgement/ $ am indebted to Sri %utha Srini!asa 'ao, a diret

disiple of Sastryji, for pro!iding me with the birth details and

important milestones in life of Sastryji"

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