Drishti - The Possession - 1

By Sri Chiraan 2009/08/20

When there is an association / aspect between bhadak adhipati /sthana with lagna lord / seventh lord there is Drishti badha. The person is possessed. If the sign is movable then the person is possessed by Devatas. 

• The sun governs Rudraganas ugradec and naga graha [saiva bhuta]

• Moon - kinnara yaksha, pisacha [dharma]

• Mars - rakshas bhuta bhairav [subramanhya, bhairava]

• Mercury - attalas, devata [gandharva, siddha chanur]

• Jupiter deva grahas naga [bramhan varga, deva, trimurti]

• Venus - yakshee matruka, naga [bramha rakshas, deva, Indra]

• Sani - nisteja, bhasmak, kshudra vidya, kashmala, sasta kirata [pancha bhuta]

• Rahu - pisacha, naga, sarpa, pannaga [sesha]

• Ketu - preta, pitru [ganesha, garuda, marut]

• Gulika - abhichara preta 

If bhadaka is aspected by benefics the devatas will do good and increase happiness, fame and victory.

If aspected by 6 , 8th, there will be harm.

These grahas usually attack people at mines, tombs, parks, temples [crowded], water tracts, tanks which are not known, pleasure places, ,wild animals habitat, multi-storeyed elevations, cowsheds, stables, bazaars, anthills, deep forests, military barracks, war zones, high walls, malls, deep caves.

When Deva grahas possess one’s strength increases, his eyes becomes numb and watery with radiance coming out of it. He frequently takes bath, performs poojas, wears garland and is fond of milk and sweet preparations. He is unusually strong and speaks extra ordinarily. His presence oozes charm and luck to the surroundings. Such people when they enter someone's house, there suddenly comes a good news to the house owner, or they get windfall gains. When they enter a shop suddenly empty shops get full customers, a quarrel is resolved and is people in general get their problems solved when they come into contact of such person.

Such people have very fast moving eyes, subtle expressions and extremely radiant and strong. well dressed and completely attractive with clear and loud voices, such people always win over others and perform extraordinary deeds. Sometimes these deeds defy their natural abilities.

When Satyaki faced Karna in the battle of Mahabharta, he suddenly grew stronger and larger and his attack was so ferocious that Karna had to flee the battle, this was due to the possession of Garuda in Satyaki as Satyaki himself could not vanquish Karna. The momentary Presence of Garuda made him most powerful warrior for that moment.

Ghatotkach troubled Duryodhan and Karna relentlessly to the point both were exhausted and ran for cover because of presence of Rudra and Nirutti.

Abhimanyu defied all logic in facing all the Kauravas put together on a single day due to presence of Indra, kama, moon, and Vayu all together.

Arjuna by himself could never face Ashwaththama, the latter being superior in warfare. But in Mahabharta Arjun whenever faced Ashwaththama, Arjun was possessed by Sesha which enabled him to better Ashwaththama.

Dhritarashtra was incarnation of Hu Hu gandhrava and Pandu ha ha gandharva. But both had special possession by maruts to conquer entire world. Dhritrashtra could have divine vision whenever Maruts possessed him .

Dronacharyaa was incarnation of Brahaspati but could teach [Indra-Arjun, Bheema -vayu] because of Possession of Bramha in him]. This entitled him to be respected by Bheemasen.

Though Balarama is incarnation of Sesha he could teach Bheemasen gadayudha because of presence of Swetakeshi Narayana. Because of this presence Balaram was also considered as Avatara.

Pancha Pandavas had the possession of Pran apan vyan udana Vayu along with Vasudev, Sankarshana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna. Since NAKULA and SAHADEVA were single soul with two bodies they had similar possession.

This possession kept them together and bonded.

Strange are the ways of Lord that can never be deciphered by ordinary human beings.

Krishnarpanamastu

Devakanya - The Story of Tapti

By Sri Chiraan 2009/06/10

• When Mars, Jupiter and Venus are associated in one rashi [yuti] then the subject will have a devata stree [or qualities of devata like] woman as his wife.
• When upapada lord is exalted and in devalokamasa, a devata will be the wife of the native.
• In all the above combinations Woman will be begged to be wife of the suitor MAN. Woman will be pampered and the person having such combination will perform penance, vows and extraordinary acts to express his love to the concerned woman. The woman invariably has the man yearn for her.

Kings like Pururava, Shantanu and Samvarna are known to have married the woman from heavens. This is unique Human form is different and Devatas have different bodies. Yet when celestials are born on earth, their wives also take birth as human and they marry. But the kings mentioned above had different cases. These were born as Human, yet their wife never took birth on earth, they married these Kings remaining in their Devata form only.

Thus the yoga of having Devakanya as wife can be seen in these horoscopes. 

Once a beautiful daughter was born to celestial god of light SUN. He named her TAPTI, she was perfect damsel with large dark eyes. Her heavenly form was unparalleled in three worlds. Sun grew anxious as to whom he should give his daughter to. He decided to give her in marriage to the one who deeply loves her and at the same time is equally beautiful.

In the lunar race was born a King named Samvarna. He was very handsome and known for possessing a beautiful body. He was equally ascetic. He prayed Surya [Tapana] everyday with arghya padya and pushpa gandha etc to attain glory and fame. He was a king ruling entire jambudweepa, soothing as moon to friends and scorching as sun to enemies.

Once the King went into deep forests over the mountains. Wandering deep into woods, his steeds [horses] gave way due to thirst and fatigue. King left those horses there, and walked deep into the mountains.
As he was tired, he fell down on the ground. Just then he saw a bright light emanating far away rising towards the skies.

He felt curious and neared the light to see a very beautiful damsel, with perfect faultless features. She was exceedingly beautiful, and as she strode around, the light emanating from her body dazzled and lit the forest like a early morning Sun. In form she resembled a golden statue, such was the hue of her skin. King dumbstruck at her beauty went near her, and stood motionless at her sight. His heart was aching with the strike of cupids arrow.
Love struck King said "oh great beauty with large dark eyes, you do not seem to be a human, nor a gandharva or nor yaksha, neither I see arakshas, or asura maya as they cannot come near me. The apsaras are nowhere remotely nearer to you in beauty and lustre. Are you the goddess of wealth, it cannot be as I am struck with unbearable KAMA, you cannot be one. Oh beautiful one who are you? I desire your company forever in my life. My life feels like a wasteful burden until now, as I see you, I feel a new zeal to live a life exclusively for you".
As King Samvarna was speaking these words, the beautiful damsel vanished from the sight of mortals, like a lightning, there was darkness all around. Deeply hurt and unable to bear the pain and permanently lovestruck King lost his senses, and fell on the ground thinking about the girl he had just seen.

After sometime seeing the handsome King unconscious, Tapti appeared again, and with a sprinkle of water on the king’s face she woke him up to senses. King opening his eyes finding his love standing before him could not believe for a moment, and not differentiating the reality and illusion asked whether the beautiful daughter of SUN to dispel his illusion. King spoke "oh the beauty with heavenly hue, know me to be drawn to you as the bhramar towards the lotus, I beg you to be my wife for I desire not to live without you"
Tapti spoke thus "oh ruler of earth know this to be real , you are brave and illustrious among men. Who in the three worlds will not desire to marry such a handsome and pious gem among men. Know yourself to be in my heart, pleased as I am to know that you love me to the point of bewilderment. Your losing senses at my disappearance speaks of my good fortune. But I am not independent in taking decisions. I am bound by the decisions of my father the Sun. If he so wishes I shall be your wife serving you all my life at your feet".

Saying this she ascended to the heavens with a splurge of light rising towards the surya loka. The king fell on the ground again motionless, as there never was a moment before a devakanya ever getting married to a human [manava]. Sun being his aradhya devata, he dared not to make such a proposal, but his heart could not let go the thought of beautiful Tapti, it yearned for her, and with every moment passing the King lost all his senses, and fell to ground like a heap of grain.

Seeing King not returned for long, the ministers searched the entire forest, and finally found the King lying on the ground. The ministers assured King there would food made available immediately and water and drinks were fetched, but King would take none. The rajvaidya declared him to be afflicted mentally. King refused to be moved from forests and to partake food or drink.
He neither moved his lids, nor his body, and stay laid in the midst of the forest on the mountain top gazing at the sun. Not knowing King’s plight the ministers grew anxious, and slowly whole of the King’s well wishers started praying for him. Just then Rishi Vashishtha came by, with his divine knowledge and divyadrishti, he soon found out the plight of the KING.

He ascended with the power of his tapasya towards heavens. He went to Surya loka and Sun looking at the bramhan bramharishi Vashishtha at his doorstep offered arghya padya and madhu. He said unto the rishi, "blessed as I am by your arrival oh great Bramhan. I see my abode graced by lord, appearing in your form unto my place of dwelling. I shall give you whatever you ask for, in this three worlds whatever you desire for shall be yours! kindly order".

Hearing these words Vashishtha spoke, "oh father of beautiful Tapti, I ask you to accept King Samvarna as your Son in-law, for there is no one as beautiful as him among Devatas and manavas. He is the best of the rulers in the three worlds, just like Indra, he is rules justly the land of mortals. He is pious and given to austerities. He is of noble race and ardently devoted to you and his duties towards the subjects. He is befittingly the best suit for your daughter as also she has secretly given her heart to him, and awaits your permission. The king has forsaken food, water and readied himself to end his life for his love towards your daughter. Know him to be best for Tapti, and also to mankind".

Surya the deity of light happily exclaimed, "what good fortune has fallen on my daughter, the proposal so brought by the greatest of Bramahanas, how can it be not accepted. Indeed I shall be bestow my daughter to the greatest scion of human clan. Know that it was indeed my wish too, to have him as my son in-law, you have relieved me of a great pain and search for a suitable groom".

Together with Tapti, Sun descended illuminating the whole of forest like a fire, there the King on the twelfth day of his fast and vow, on seeing Tapti and Sun, elated and partook food and bowed to Sage Vashishtha.

The marriage was celebrated in the three worlds. King dwelled in the same forest for another twelve years leaving the kingdom to his ministers.
Sun in order not to disturb the love life of her daughter in the forest, did not give rains for twelve full years. And shone mildly with gentle breeze and prosperous flora and fauna.

King enjoyed the company of his beautiful wife for twelve years, but by then his capital was forced into draught due to lack of water and rains. People grew sick and struck with diseases, the city resembled the city of dead. Vashishtha looking at the plight of the people asked the king to return to the capital. As King and his auspicious wife [Devakanya] stepped into the city, Sun gave full rains and farms grew green, and city flooded with milk, and precious stones much to the delight of citizens.

To these illustrious couple was born the greatest Kings of all time "KURU".

Thus gandharva told ARJUN the story of his preceptor “KURU”. And advised Yudhisthir to look for a able priest. As without able Bramhin priest heading the family, a Person or KING cannot prosper. Kings desirous of wealth and Kingdom, and fulfilments of wishes must seek a Bramhin Priest, well versed in all the shastras and Vedas, and six Vedangas as Raj purohit . Just As Vashishta enabled Samvarna to obtain his wishes, so you too YudhishthirS shall obtain your destiny By the blessing of DHOUMYACHARYA.

Krishnarpana

5th House - Chiratputra Yoga [Vaman Avatar]

By Sri Chiraan 2009/01/20

• When ascendant lord and fifth lord are in shubha rashi and benefics and Jupier, Venus and Mercury are in fifth, one will have a son after many years of penance [chiratputra prapti].
• When Mars as lagnadhipati is exalted and Saturn, Sun is in eighth is aspected by benefics one will have offspring after many years of austerities.
• Benefics in lagna, malefics in 2nd and 3rd, fifth lord benefic placed in benefic rashi will give son in a old age after many prayers. 

King Bali was the son of Virochan [son of Prahlad], he had defeated Indra and occupied the three worlds. In those days all the yagnya done were accepted by Demons in Swarga, as Indra had fled. Seeing the plight of her son, Indra’s mother ADITI, decided to get him his kingdom back. She started praying to Lord Vishnu, for twelve years she performed PAYOVRATA. After 12 years of penance Lord Vishnu appeared, and gave her a boon that he would be born to her as VAMAN and get her son Indra his kingdom back.

After some time Vaman was born to Aditi and Kashyap, he was accorded jatakarma upanayan  etc. by Bramha himself. Then Lord Vaman proceeded to Bali’s Yagnya. As he kept his feet, entire earth trembled, and fire in the Yagnyashala extinguishes and Ritwij mantras misspelled. Seeing this Bali asked his Guru Shukracharya, what was the reason?

Shukracharya said Vaman is coming to take away your wealth and kingdom to give it back to Devatas, your oblations are hence not being accepted by Agni. Do not promise to give anything to Vaman. Bali says I cannot refuse alms to Lord or for that matter anyone during my yagnya.

Vaman appears before Bali, Bali welcomes Lord with arghya pada etc. He then pleads Hari to let know the purpose of his visit, Vaman asks for three steps Bhumi [land] dana. Bali agrees, So Vamana says if you have agreed then let the water from the kamandalu be poured onto my palm as promise. BALI prepares, but Shukracharya becomes tiny and obstructs the hole [mouth] of Kamandalu to prevent the fall of water. Vaman with a kusha [grass] clears the hole, Shukracharya loses his eye. He comes out and speed away to a distant land for penance. Water falls onto the palms of Hari.

Instantly the dwarf  Vamana takes on a huge form spanning entire universe [this form is known as Trivikram] and with one step spans the entire earth, and with another he reaches and covers the top edge of Bramhanda. There remains no space in the universe for the third step.

This is achintyadbhut shakti of Lord [making impossible possible] changing form from small dwarf Vaman to huge gigantic Trivikram is an impossible task, as change of mass and density in time cannot be instantaneous for material bodies. But Lord exhibits this quality instantly, As his foot reaches the edge of Bramhanda, his toes nail pierces the Bramhanda Kharpar. Outside Bramhanda is a layer of Shudhodaka [the original water "Apa" one of the 24 mool tatvas, not the water on the earth which is panchabhutamaya  "toyam" ]. This water as it touches, adorns [washes is not a right word] Lord’s lotus foot, it acquires the name of Haripadodaka [in temples, teertha is nothing but water that sweeps through God’s idol and collects at the feet, this is very sacred everyone takes it with reverence as it is sanctified by touch of Lord’s feet].

Here this water is touching not the idol but the Lord himself [Hari -> Lord, Pada-> feet, Udaka -> water] thus this is Haripadodaka, and is more important and sacred, shreshtha, it flows like a river into Bramhanda, Chaturmukha Bramha realising the opportunity to accept this, extends his kamandalu and collects the entire water, rest flows into the swarga as GANGA. If ordinary teertha in temples can wash off sins, then Ganga can assuredly can cleanse one of Sins as Ganga is very sacred because it has come from the feet of the Lord. But it was all in swarga [before Bali there was no ganga in universe]. Afterwards it came to earth only when Bhagirath brought it through penance.

So there was no space left for third step, those who fail in fulfilling promise, Varuna captivates them, thus Bali was tied down by Varun Pasha. Bali offers his head as the third step, Lord steps onto his head forcing him to Patala, and gives back the Kingdom to Indra and other devatas, killing all the demons.

Why did Lord not Kill Bali? Usually We hear Rakshasas troubling Devatas and Vishnu appearing and killing the Demon. But in this case Vishnu appeared to ask dana, he did not uses Danda neeti. Why?

Because Bali was Grandson of Prahalad. Prahalad never asked a boon in his life to the Lord. But Lord insisted to ask a Boon. Prahalad after much pursuing by Lord to ask for a boon asked Oh my Lord Narsimha let my offspring's never hurt or insult any Bramhin in their lives, and I ask your devotion to all  my offspring's and my father [whom you have killed now], for Rakshasa as we are, they are bound to commit some mistakes. You [the Lord] forgives all the mistakes of devotee except hurt or insult to a bramhin. [Thus he ensured his offspring's be saved from being killed by Lord]

Having given this Boon to Prahalad, Lord never killed Bali or Banasur etc. Instead personally  protected him in Patala and Promised him the seat of Indra in the next Manvantara.

Krishnarpanamastu