By Sri Chiraan 2009/07/01
Pravashan is known by omens present at the rainfall on the
following stars Purvabhadrapad, Uttarabhadrapad, Uttarashada, Purvashadha, Rohini. In these five stars when there is rainfall, then it is known as
garbha.
After 195 days it is known as prasava, where there will be
massive rains or poor rains as per the omens on the day of Garbha.
If there is rainfall on these stars with more than required
quantity in every season then there will be enough rains .
But if there are rains on Shatbhishaga, Ashlesha, Ardra ,Swati
or Magha, as garbha then if these are lit with omens like utpat [divya
antariksha or bhaum] there will not be rains for as many days in the rainy
season for as many days the omens exist during garbha.
Five factors to be observed for a rain are Vayu, Jal, Vidyut, Megh, Shabda. If garbha contains all the five factors, then there will be
ample rains in the season.
When all the five are present then there will be rains for
100 yojans, if only four omens at garbha then rains will be for 50 yojan,
three omens will give 25 yojan, two will give 12.5 yojan only one omen will
give 5 yojan distributed rains.
If garbh is in margashirsh then there will be less rains.
Jyeshta shukla ashtami to four days are normally suitable for
garbha, if it rains on swati star then there will no rains in shravan amasa.
If it rains on vishakha then there will be no rains in
bhadrapada, anuradha will not give rains in ashvayuj and jyeshta rain will
make it rainless in kartik.
Where there is good law and order and where Bramhins are
always engaged in homa havan and yagnyas, and are agnihotris there will always
be plenty of rains.
Today most parts of India are facing extreme power shortage. Here are unscheduled power cuts even in cities like Bangalore, Delhi etc. This
seems to be caused by shortage in water level in reservoirs in dams.
Electricity department has openly made an appeal to the
people to understand that this is due to shortage of rainfall. If it does not
rain in coming weeks, the unscheduled cuts will be normalised, and additional
cuts will be imposed apart from regular 5 hour cuts in city like Bangalore.
Tariff may increase by Rs 3.
And it is all due to no Rains. Strange how the
rationalists have suddenly started believing in the rain Gods. In the era when
it was fashionable to build dams, depending on rains was superstition. Every
river had dams obstructing its flow thinking that will give electricity
forever. Wise cried, the river is not just a water flowing it is ecosystem. If
ecosystem is disturbed then environment is affected. People laughed, they
thought it is old fashioned to oppose dams.
There were films in those days where waiting for rains for
agriculture was shown as sign of backwardness and unscientific. The arrogance
of science was on the basis of its discovery of electricity. This arrogance led
to abuse of rivers, rivers dried everywhere in every part of India.
Today same custodians of electricity are looking skywards
[like poor farmer of parallel cinema art film] for rains.
Krishnarpanmastu
