Śloka 3-4: 16 Varga

Translation: The most prominent and important [sixteen divisions] are kṣetra, horā, dreṣkāṇa, turyāṁśa, saptamāṁśa, navāṁśa, daśamāṁśa, sūryāmśa, ṣoḍaśāṁśa, viṁśāṁśa, vedavāhvaṁśa, bhāṁśa, triṁśāṁśa, khavedāṁśa, akṣavedāṁśa and ṣaṣṭhyaṁśa.

Manas

Manas is said to be in five levels in every creature and the extent of its manifestation depends on the body of the creature as manas is like a coat fitting the body. A dog cannot have the manas like that of man. Manas is at five levels of increasing subtlety in consciousness.

1. Physical consciousness: awareness of people and things that have a form or physical body. Normally we group then as our body (D1), wealth of various kinds (D2), siblings and karmic experiences (D3), property and home (D4), children and dependants (D7), spousal relationships (D9), work related objects and people (D10) and family elders (D12). Then numbers in parenthesis relate to divisional charts, hence the prefix ‘D’ which we learn in this course at a later date. [Parāśara – 8 chakra important]
2. Mental consciousness: knowledge of things like subjects or objects that may not have a form. It is the total knowledge related to anything which can include its nature, attributes, utilitarian value etc. Mental awareness of anything that is of utilitarian value in our lives (D16), spiritual evolution and transformations (D20) and learning and perfection of any material or spiritual knowledge (D24). [Parāśara – 3 chakra important]
3. Subconscious Mind: gray area or border between awareness and the hidden facets of the mind. It is knowledge of some action or karma as bad and still doing it like drugs or marginal knowledge of things like a vague memory or reason. Diseases and suffering first unravel in this plane before they manifest (D30). Strength and weakness of the body and mind are in this subconscious plane (D27). [Parāśara – 2 chakra important]
4. Super-consciousness: This is the area of the outside world related to the lineage and provides the background to everything. Of these the parental background is very important and the matrilineal karma (D40) and patrilineal karma (D45) needs to be studied for blessings and curses. [Parāśara – 2 chakra important]
5. Supra-consciousness: This is the background to previous incarnations of everything including the most important previous incarnation of the self which is impacting the present life experiences (D60). This is the proof of transmigration of soul and the concepts of karma carried over. It is the most important chart for fortune.

Table 2: Overview of Manas Divisions