Born in a Kshatriya family to Kalu and Tripta, Nanak appears to have been even in his childhood a mystic disposition and given much to contemplation—blessings mainly due to the Moon's disposition with Saturn and the Sun's occupation of the secret sign of Scorpio. Lord of the 2nd Mercury, the planet of intelligence, is involved in Mercury Aditya Yoga with the lord of Lagna in the 4th house, while the 2nd or house of speech is occupied by Jupiter, lord of the 5th. These explain Nanak's deep and versatile learning and persuasive eloquence.
Mark the fact that Saturn is also lord of the 6th. His association with the Moon indicates that Nanak had to overcome considerable opposition from hostile relatives and co-religionists.
His spiritual prepossessions and mystic brooding spirit became clearly visible in the course of the Moon's Dasa. It was in the Moon's Dasa, that he was put to various secular tasks by his parents, but he began to get more and more absorbed in religious practices. Guru Nanak's marriage took place in Mars Dasa. Mark the fact that Mars is aspected by Saturn, lord of the 7th and is in the 2nd from Kalatrakaraka Venus. Under the same directional influences Nanak was appointed in the service of Daulat Khan.
However, as Rahu Dasa advanced, he abandoned his service and became an ascetic for all practical purposes. Throughout Jupiter Dasa he wandered all over the country preaching his gospel of love and faith in God.
Consequently, during Saturn's Dasa, Nanak and his favourite disciple Mardana were imprisoned by Babar's men. Subsequently, under the same Dasa influences, Nanak came in personal contact with Babar and exercised considerable influence on the life and conduct of this emperor.
In Saturn's Dasa Jupiter's Bhukti, he appointed one of his most sincere disciples as his spiritual heir ignoring his own son whom he thought unfit for the task and died at the fag end of Jupiter Bhukti.
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