Shatru Hanta Yoga

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Shatru Hanta Yoga:

Good news for fledgling bureaucrats

It is only recently that I heard of Shatru Hanta Yoga. K.N.Rao, the noted astrologer, did not refer to it when I did the Jyotish Acharya Course from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

In brief, what I have now learnt is that the enemies of people having this yoga in their horoscope do not prosper or last long. In fact, they “die”, which need not mean a physical death. It might just mean the end of wealth, power or other emblems of prosperity.

Having drawn a blank at the internet, I consulted my cousin Rup Krishen Baqaya, who is an eminent astrologer. He told me that not having heard of this Yoga he consulted the book on yogas by B.V.Raman, the doyen of Indian astrology. Even he does not mention this yoga.

Baqaya’s surmise is that if such a yoga is to be postulated, it should posit a malefic like Mangal, Rahu or Shani or even Surya in the sixth or eighth house.

When I analyse my own life in retrospect, I surmise that I must have had some kind of shatru hanta yoga in my horoscope. Or else, how do you explain the following events?

When I was just 4 years old in the Service, I was involved in the Indraprastha episode where the police entered the CPWD office in Delhi and beat up the staff inside. B.N.Tandon was the Deputy Commissioner of Delhi and I was his ADM. Tandon conducted a preliminary inquiry into the incident and made a totally gratuitous adverse remark about me. I had to face a departmental inquiry, with all the consequent mental strain. As expected, I came out unscathed from the inquiry.

However, Tandon who was going strong in the Prime Minister’s Office had an ignominious end when Indira Gandhi reverted him back to U.P. where he retired from an inconsequential post.

In Himachal Pradesh, when I was Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, the political rivals of Dr. Y.S.Parmar ganged up and persuaded Ramesh Chand Verma, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee to frame a report against me which led to a privilege motion. Later, when the situation changed, Verma came to my house and apologised for what he had done at the instance of some friends. Unfortunately, a few months later, his jeep jumped into a ravine and he died a premature death.

When I was Secretary, Civil Aviation in the Central Govt. the Jet Airways wanted me out as I was supporting the Tatas in their proposal to float an airline in collaboration with Singapore Airlines. Pramod Mahajan was tasked by them to persuade Vajpayee to post me out. He succeeded, but very soon thereafter Pramod was shot dead by his own brother. A grisly Shatru Hanta Yoga, indeed!

Please do not get me wrong. It is not only the undeserved harm they did to me that boomeranged on them. I am sure such people keep on accumulating negative karma as they move forward in life. One day, the pot gets full and bursts.

Therefore, I tell my fellow bureaucrats, do not despair due to any damage done to you by your seniors or by politicians. The divine mill grinds slowly but surely. Their own karma catches up with them at the end, even if you do nothing to retaliate.

Just wait and watch! Whatever be the position of planets in their horoscopes, all noble souls have an inbuilt shatru hanta yoga, which is their protective angel.

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