वर्गान् षोडश यानाह ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः।
तानहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि मैत्रेय स्रूयतामिति॥ २॥
vargān ṣoḍaśa yānāha brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
tānahaṁ sampravakṣyāmi maitreya srūyatāmiti || 2||
Maharṣi Parāśara teaches:
Maitreya do listen to my benevolent monologue of [the knowledge of] sixteen divisional charts (varga) which has travelled from the creator (Brahmā) who is the grand-sire of the seven worlds.
Commentary
vargā – divisions, divisional charts; ṣoḍaśa – sixteen; yānā – journey, travelled; brahmā – creator; loka – seven regions of light, sapta-loka; pitāmaha – grandfather, grand-sire, figurative for Jupiter; tāna – mono-tone, monologue; ahaṁ – I (Parāśara refers to himself); sam – benevolent; pravakṣyāmi – from प्रवक्तव्य (pravaktavya) meaning to be announced or imparted or taught or explained
Expansion
That one which is the rāśi chart is now expanding into sixteen charts with each chart like one of the rays of the Moon (Moon has sixteen kalā). This expansion leads
to the complete understanding of the manifested universe influencing the individual. It is called viśvarupa (universal form). (1) This expansion is shown by Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna in battlefield of Kurukṣetra as taught in the Bhagavat Gītā.
It also refers to (2) A name of the Śiva, (3) The yoked horses of Bṛhaspati, (4) Tri-siras the three-headed son of Tvaṣṭṛ-Āditya, and (5) One of the seven tongues of Agni (fire god)
Viśvarupa Importance
Importance of this Viśvarupa form has been taught by Lord Śiva in the Padma purāṇa. Read the teachings and importance of reciting the eleventh chapter of Bhagavad Gītā seven times every day. You must understand why you are doing this. So download and read the teachings of Lord Śiva.
As a jyotiṣa you need to develop the purity to be of help to the people who are suffering and in order to have the spiritual purity, you need to do the Viśvarupa sādhanā. Yogi Karve of Maharashtra worshipped Śrī Viśvarupa (Kṛṣṇa universal form) and developed the vision to see the birth time of any person who had only the birth date to start with. The particular form of Śrī Jagannāth is called dāru-brahma (wood-universal form) as the idol of Jagannāth is made of wood only. Jagannāth is a synonym for Jagat-Iśvara which has been used by Lord Śiva. The Viśvarupa sādhanā is required to develop the vision to fathom the universe as it expands through the ṣoḍaśa-varga. One chart is enough to make the mind of a good astrologer perplexed, then what to talk of the capability required to fathom the depth of the sixteen divisions. You are born in a human body with this capacity which is in a latent form. Unleash your potential by doing the Viśvarupa sādhanā.
Viśvarupa Sādhanā
Step 1: Recite Guru vandanā, light lamp for Jagannāth. Get a picture or wooden idol of Jagannāth Mahāprabhu. Those who can, should do pūjā of Śrī Jagannāth Kṛṣṇa.
Step 2: Recite Bṛhaspati Gāyatrī [10 repetitions minimum, 108 preferred]
vṛṣabhaṁ carṣaṇīnāṁ viśvarūpamadābhyam| bṛhaspatiṁvareṇyam||3|62|6
Step 3: Recite Viṣṇu Gāyatrī [10 repetitions minimum, 108 preferred]
दिवीव चक्षुराततम्॥
tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ |
divīva cakṣurātatam ||
Step 4: Recite Bhagavat Gītā Chapter-11 [7 repetitions] Seven repetitions of the Bhagavat Gītā are also indicated by Parāśara in the word ‘lokapitāmahaḥ’ [sapta-loka] i.e. one repetition for each loka will remove sins of all seven loka.
Consider buying a copy of the Bhagavat Gītā (pocket edition) which you can carry all the time
