Judge Brothers – Yama and Shani

According to the astrology, the nine planets (Navgrah) make their influence on individual’s life. These nine planets are associated with a certain duty. Surya (the sun) is the king of these planets. Surya is fixed at one position and all other planets rotate him in a fixed orbit.

Budh (Mercury) is the minister. Budh is the son of Brihaspati(Jupiter) and his wife Tara. Brihaspati is a teacher and guide of gods. Due to this, Brihaspati is also known as Guru.

Shukra (Venus) is the planet of wealth, pleasure, and reproduction. Shukra is the teacher of Asura and knower of Sanjivini Vidhya, the resurrection knowledge. Mangal (Mars) is the chief of the army. Rahu and Ketu are the administrators. Chandra (The moon) is a planet of the human mind.

Shani is the celestial Judge on the earth. He is the son of Surya and Chhaya. It is said that when he opened his eyes as a baby for the very first time, the sun went into an eclipse. His work as a judge is to check the law of nature. When a person goes against the law of nature and becomes arrogant, envious, hatred etc. then Shani sends Rahu and Ketu to punish that person.

Rahu and Ketu were not two demons. They were one. At the time of Samundra Manthan(the churning of the milk ocean), when Amrut came out, he disguised himself as a god to drink Amrut to become immortal like gods. His trick was caught, and his head was chopped. In this way, his head is called Rahu, and his body became Ketu(cut part).

Rahu affects the human mind and Ketu affects the human body. In good effects, the individual reaches to the zenith of his profession, in adverse, falls to nadir.

Shani`s influence on the humans is to remind the real purpose of the humans on the earth. When someone deviates from the real path, Shani punishes him to make him understand his existence on the earth in the human form. And when someone abides by the law of nature and do not hate or envious other creatures, he gets the blessings of happiness and abundance.

As a judge, he keeps the Karmic accounts of the human being on the earth. He punishes people for making them aware of their Karmic responsibility. He helps people for their spiritual advancement.

Sometimes, due to the past good Karma of some people, which appears as a fate, those people do not get much punishment on the earth despite their deviation from the humanity. It does not mean that those people would be bereft of the punishment for the bad Karma done by them. 

In this case, Shani left the judgment of those people for his elder half-brother, Yama. Yama is the son of Surya and Sanjana. He is the judge of the cosmos. On the basis of the Karmic account of the individuals, Yama provides him hell or heaven. We can say - Shani is the judge of the high court and Yama is the judge of the Supreme Court.

Both judge brothers do not only punish the people but they also accolade those who always indulge in good Karma even in adversity.

They check the eligibility of the people of the earth for the higher position in the cosmos by creating an adverse situation in their life and judging their reaction to it.

Shani`s influence on the people is not for making them suffer but to correct the ways, and to understand the real purpose of the human on the earth. And, the real purpose of the human on the earth is to advance spiritually, and nothing more.