I overheard my mother say "If they don't like the girl, they can say Jatakam did not match! "
Jatakam's are an astrological calculation sheet produced by Hindu pandits based on ones birth location, time, stars, etc..
And then I thought .. Wow ! Maybe thats why this Jatakam concept was invented !
It makes so much sense now.
In arranged marriages, The boy's parents approach a girls parents or it happens the other way, doesn't matter. Now it is very rude to reject a proposal pointing defects in physical appearance or behavior of the other person. Though the act of rejecting would be rude and bad , it has to be done when necessary.
How can this rejection by either party take place without being rude ? It can be done by pointing some fault outside a person and thus they invented Jatakam/Jataka, which is made as soon as the baby is born. No person has control or any role to play in the preparation of his/her Jatakam.
Now there was another problem. It would be wrong to find faults with Jatakam's as it can spoil the chances of that person to find future matches based on his Jatakam which has been recognized as having a Defect/Fault in it.
Thus was invented another way - "Jatakam's did not match" .. Wow! so wonderful! There is no defect/fault in anyones Jatakam , its just that they did not match and hence it would be wise decision of both the parties to call off the marriage.
Hmm, Im impressed ancient hindu pandits ! This is a cool way to deal with some problems that arise in arranged marriages. Kudos ! But obviously there are some issues like Manglik , etc.. I do not want to go deep into it, partly cuz I believe I do not have much knowledge about it and partly because I think it is the result of degradation of old rules/rituals as with many others in Hinduism.
Also it is said when two people fall in love, Checking if their Jatakam's match is not required. Based on the logic discussed in this article, I second this opinion.
What if no party wants to reject the other but their Jatakams do not match ? I think there are provisions made to allow such a marriage provided some extra rituals / yajna's / Pooja's be performed. Haha , Another cool trick that doesn't harm the marriage but also results in extra income for pandits who devised all this.
Respect. _/\_
Jatakam's are an astrological calculation sheet produced by Hindu pandits based on ones birth location, time, stars, etc..
And then I thought .. Wow ! Maybe thats why this Jatakam concept was invented !
It makes so much sense now.
In arranged marriages, The boy's parents approach a girls parents or it happens the other way, doesn't matter. Now it is very rude to reject a proposal pointing defects in physical appearance or behavior of the other person. Though the act of rejecting would be rude and bad , it has to be done when necessary.
How can this rejection by either party take place without being rude ? It can be done by pointing some fault outside a person and thus they invented Jatakam/Jataka, which is made as soon as the baby is born. No person has control or any role to play in the preparation of his/her Jatakam.
Now there was another problem. It would be wrong to find faults with Jatakam's as it can spoil the chances of that person to find future matches based on his Jatakam which has been recognized as having a Defect/Fault in it.
Thus was invented another way - "Jatakam's did not match" .. Wow! so wonderful! There is no defect/fault in anyones Jatakam , its just that they did not match and hence it would be wise decision of both the parties to call off the marriage.
Hmm, Im impressed ancient hindu pandits ! This is a cool way to deal with some problems that arise in arranged marriages. Kudos ! But obviously there are some issues like Manglik , etc.. I do not want to go deep into it, partly cuz I believe I do not have much knowledge about it and partly because I think it is the result of degradation of old rules/rituals as with many others in Hinduism.
Also it is said when two people fall in love, Checking if their Jatakam's match is not required. Based on the logic discussed in this article, I second this opinion.
What if no party wants to reject the other but their Jatakams do not match ? I think there are provisions made to allow such a marriage provided some extra rituals / yajna's / Pooja's be performed. Haha , Another cool trick that doesn't harm the marriage but also results in extra income for pandits who devised all this.
Respect. _/\_
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