Brihaspati
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The deity presiding over the planet Jupiter, and guru of the gods.
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Who guarded the pot of nectar, and where did it fall?
Jayanta fled through the sky with it and nectar fell in twelve places, four of them on earth — Haridwar, Prayag, Ujjain and Nasik. Four powers guarded the pot: Surya, Chandra, Brihaspati and Narayana.
Take Jupiter in the fifth house and lord of the bhagya bhava as the worked example
Whatever we know more, or whatever information is obtained that our fellow Sanatanis are going wrong here and that on this account the fruit is not obtained, we have placed before you, he says: brother, let this be avoided. Now, to accept it or not is your wish. So suppose you have sat to do the puja of Brihaspati Dev — that we are to do the seva and puja of the Brihaspati graha, because our Brihaspati Dev is seated in the fifth bhava and is the lord of our bhagya bhava, and if Brihaspati Dev is pleased then we shall have great increase of wealth, grain and fortune, and much kripa will be obtained.
What goes wrong on the very first step of the Brihaspati puja?
So suppose you went to do the puja of Brihaspati Dev, and the very first thing you did that day was to go to bathe, and there you used such a soap — although on that day, on Brihaspativar, the use of soap and oil is also forbidden, that on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday they should not be applied. But how much of this is to be accepted, he says; all this is treated as a matter of superstition.
What is wrong with the yellow cloth and the asan?
So first of all you bathed using a thing containing meat, he says. The second thing is the initial rule of wearing cloth. Now for the pujan of Brihaspati Dev a yellow cloth is to be worn; you put on a stitched yellow one. A stitched cloth was not to be worn; a yellow asan was to be kept, of a blanket or the like, or those very asans were to be kept. In their place these days all the stylish sort has come in — nylon and all that; and you sat upon that asan. So see, he says, you are indeed making a compromise.
By when must Brihaspati's pujan begin?
There the time is given, he says, that in the morning the pujan of Brihaspati Dev should begin within one and a quarter hours of sunrise. Now you are sitting at 9 o'clock, at 10 o'clock, to do the pujan of Brihaspati Dev; his hour has passed. Whether he will come at noon, or when he will come, or will not come, what the matter will be — now he has nothing to do with it. Then your work is finished.
How long must Brihaspati's japa be kept up?
It has been said that one month at the least — after at least one month the fruit of Brihaspati Dev is obtained. For Brihaspati Dev it should be one month; at least one month you should do his japa and tapa. Now if you are not doing a month, if you did only five days, only seven days, or did not do it at all, then you will only sit and cast blame. Then your Brihaspati will become very strong, he says, and then he will be so strong that he will give you nothing but delight in life; and after that you will sit and say, why is the fruit not being received.
The second stage is self-congratulation, and mockery of the pandits
Beyond that there is another matter, he says. All right, you did it by rule, you have come to the second stage: you rose in the morning, bathed well at daybreak, used no bad substance of any kind, did his pujan by rule, did everything. And having done the pujan you rose, and as soon as you take the prasad, or even before taking it, how much do you sit and say — arre, what a splendid puja we did, what a fine puja it was, we enjoyed doing the puja; these pandit people do not know how to do puja, these people somehow get the puja done, see how splendidly we did it, we read the mantras, arre, it was a delight to read the mantra of Brihaspati Dev; such a puja brahmins would not do, these brahmins today are looters — and it begins at once.
A brahmin is not brahmin by birth alone, and mocking your own father while doing puja undoes it
Where you have that self-intoxication about the puja — this itself is the maya of puja, he says. Brihaspati Dev at once did his play. A brahmin and a scholar do not only mean someone who is a brahmin by birth: you may yourself be a brahmin and be seated there, and you make fun of your own father, saying papa does not know it properly, he manages somehow, see what a splendid puja we did — and the story is finished. You think the guru ji does not read the mantras properly, that he reads them in a great hurry, that there is no enjoyment in his puja, that he cuts corners; see how splendidly we did it — and the story is finished, brother.
The pujan of Brihaspati Dev goes void at the very spot where the scholar or father was insulted
So keep in mind, he says: where you rose and insulted the scholar, the brahmin, the guru, the father — right there your doing the pujan of Brihaspati Dev has gone in vain. Keep this in mind too.
What actually makes someone a bad sadhak?
If a person sits in sadhana and begins doing it correctly, his intuition power will awaken very quickly and there will be a rapid attraction of things — that will happen. But when does he become a bad sadhak? Who cannot become a bad sadhak, the speaker asks: it is hardly the case that with Brihaspati in the eighth house he will not become one. Circumstances make a bad sadhak, and some people deliberately choose this road.
Who are Vishwakarma's parents and daughters?
The speaker says Vishwakarma's father is Vastudev and his mother is Bhuvana, the sister of Dev Guru Brihaspati. Vishwakarma has three daughters: Sanjna, who was married to Surya Narayan, and Riddhi and Siddhi, who were married to Ganpati.
What should be the first Anushthan in a practitioner's life?
Eleven hundred recitations of a Kavach should happen in every practitioner's life. Whenever you set out to do this sadhana, take up one Kavach of your own Aradhya in whom you have faith, do at least eleven hundred recitations of it, and then keep reciting it in the daily worship for a year.
Should one show one's kundali to everybody?
The speaker agrees entirely that a kundali should not be shown to everyone, and says that from this Brihaspati Dev are displeased first of all. He describes what he sees on Facebook: someone writes that if Brihaspati Dev is in the lagna your life will pass like a deva's and you will be learned, or that if Rahu is in the lagna you will earn a great deal in the share market — and then people put their own kundali down below and ask, look, Rahu is in my third house, what shall I earn.
Why is a free astrological reading harmful to both sides?
The speaker says it is forbidden and should be kept secret; it is said that it be shown before a devagya, before a jyotishi who is a devagya. When someone says they are sending details, he says: personally, never publicly. If you have shraddha and vishwas, there is a rule to it. You pay a fee when you go to a doctor. Here the thing has become so open that people do not take a fee at all and say send it, we shall look, for their own practice — and it goes badly for both: the one who reads may not care, but the one who shows is ruined.
Shani changes rashi that day and remains in Meen for two and a half years.
From that same day Shani Dev's gochar into Meen rashi, the rashi of Bhagavan Brihaspati Dev, begins — he changes rashi that day. For the two and a half years of his stay there, the speaker says, discharge as faithfully as you can whatever duty and responsibility falls to you in your life, and do anushthan with full discipline; the fruit will certainly be obtained.
What should be done on Margashirsha Purnima, and how should children be brought in?
Deepdaan on Margashirsha Purnima is called extremely necessary. And tie a knot for Thursdays: on that day recite Bhagavan Dattatreya's Mala Mantra at home, twenty-seven times if you can. There is no question of entitlement in it. Introduce the children to Datta as the Guru form from childhood.
Why does Pushya Nakshatra carry particular importance?
Because Bhagavan Narayana says in the Gita that among the Nakshatras he is Pushya, the king of Nakshatras. Both Shani Dev and Dev Guru Brihaspati come into it as its deities and lords, so both hold importance there — worship in Ravi Pushya pleases Shani Dev as well, not only Brihaspati.
What makes this year Margashirsha Purnima more special than usual?
The speaker says that this year the special addition is that the day is Brihaspativar — a Thursday — and that day is in any case dedicated to the guru shaktis.
Why is Brihaspati called the protector of the earth?
He says Brihaspati Dev is a graha with the capacity of attraction to pull every celestial calamity coming toward the earth toward himself and take it away from the earth aura. Celestial bodies never reach the earth because of him, so he is directly the greatest protective shakti for the earth; he adds that this is not only a subject of para vigyan, modern science says it too and listeners can search online.
Is a seizure illness in a son an akasmik maran prayoga?
Asked by a listener whose son has developed a seizure illness whether it is an akasmik maran and for guidance, the speaker says that first of all, if his birth kundali exists, have it analysed — what matter of Rahu is present there, especially whether the dasha antardasha of Brihaspati Dev is coming, whether the dasha antardasha of Rahu is coming or has passed, and what their state is. And if the son has an elder brother — this, he stresses, is a matter of his own experience, which he has not yet seen anywhere in writing — if in the elder brother birth kundali there is the presence of Ketu in the eleventh bhava, and if a grahan yoga of Chandra and Ketu is forming, then the possibility arises that a younger brother may at some point in life have such a condition for some time, especially when the dasha antardasha of Rahu or of Ketu is about to come along with Brihaspati Dev.
Which grahas own the energy and the prana of mantra and tantra?
The adhipati of the effects and energies connected with mantra — of the presence of those energies — is Shani Deva, he says. But the subject that lies between the two, that of prana, has Budh Deva as its adhipati: Budh has been made the adhipati of the prana of mantra and tantra and all of it. And the vidvatta of all these comes from Brihaspati Deva. So one can never speak by naming only one graha.
Such a sadhak becomes the equal of Brihaspati, with great sharpness entering his vidya and buddhi.
If Jagadamba's kripa is such, then — as it is said that Bhagavati Tara is first of all connected with Brihaspati Deva — he will become the equal of the great Brihaspati. Great sharpness will come into his vidya and buddhi; he will not speak useless things. If he is silent, his capacity is increasing; if he is speaking, his capacity is increasing. Shani Deva, he says, brings about a capacity equal to Brihaspati himself in this place.
How should Brihaspati be nourished alongside Shani?
If along with this you have nourished Brihaspati, he says — as he has said in a live before: you are growing your hair, which is a part of Sanatan Dharma, and we ought to keep our hair long; you are keeping a shikha; if you are a man you are keeping a beard, moustache and beard, however small they may be, you are keeping them. And along with that, particularly on Thursdays, do worship for the sake of the guru of your kula, or of whichever deity is a guru svarupa — whether Bhagavan Dattatreya, Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva, a form of Bhagavan Narayana, or any guru svarupa such as Kalang Swami, or Aghoracharya Kinaram Baba, whomever you worship in guru form.
What happens when Brihaspati and Shani are both favourable?
By the effect of Brihaspati, and if Bhagavan Shani is also nourishing, then when the influence of both comes into your life, capacity is obtained with very great balance, he says. What is obtained at that time, whether spiritual or material, will not be allowed to be destroyed — because you will have vivek of that level, so that you will not then destroy it. Keep this in mind without fail.
How many japa are needed to siddh a graha's beej mantra?
Asked whether Brihaspati's beej mantra is siddh by eleven thousand japa or four times that, the speaker says he does not have the number in mind, but siddhi does not come from eleven thousand. The vidhan of chaturguni japa belongs to prayoga, after siddhi. For siddhi it is at least sava lakh, and if you are doing an ekakshari beej mantra then four lakh — one lakh is the general figure, and in Kaliyuga four lakh. Only then comes the prayoga vidhan, in which if the number is eleven thousand it will be eleven thousand, and in a special circumstance chaturguni japa.
Why do abusive thoughts about God arise during japa?
Asked by a listener why, when he does japa, thoughts of abusing God keep coming into his heart and sometimes abuse actually escapes him, the speaker says he can understand and that one should not be disturbed by this, as it happens very often. In his own view and observation, two doshas may be present in the questioner's birth chart: first, that his Brihaspati will certainly be in some such bhava or under some such influence — a Guru Chandal yoga, even if only in gochar — because of which such thoughts come; and second, that if Chandra is afflicted, even in gochar, such feelings also arise.
Brihaspati keeps the earth balanced by Pitambara's own stambhan and nigraha shakti
The speaker says the balance by which we do not fall when we stand, and the balance of the earth itself, rests on this. Bhagavan Brihaspati, revolving on his axis and circling through the whole brahmanda, keeps the earth balanced and has the capacity to destroy any celestial object or meteorite heading for the earth before it reaches its aura — and he is endowed with that very stambhan mahashakti and nigraha shakti of Bhagavati Pitambara.
Why is yellow common to Pitambara and Brihaspati?
The speaker asks listeners to relate the two: where Bhagavati Pitambara is called Pitambara herself, the goddess of the yellow hue, there too Bhagavan Brihaspati is seen to prefer yellow, to like the colour yellow.
What if a Tantra prayoga has been running for more than twelve years?
Keep in mind that once it passes twelve years the matter becomes very different. Whatever cutting-away is to be done should happen before one cycle of Brihaspati Dev is complete. Past twelve years, past twenty, the method has to be carried out with great seriousness and by the rule.
What is showing up about Brihaspati in birth charts today?
He says that from his own experience of analysing birth charts, Shani's sade-sati does not bring so great a problem for perhaps seventy-five to eighty people out of a hundred; but whenever Brihaspati falls in Rahu's antar, or Rahu in Brihaspati's antar, an extraordinary upheaval breaks out. Since Brihaspati is the karaka of scholars, of learning, of wealth and of acharyas and gurus, he reads this as a generation being punished for insulting scholars.
Insult the scholars openly if you wish, but do not then ask why the harm came.
He says: do not tell me not to frighten you by saying your harm will follow from insulting scholars. Do it openly, why are you afraid, do it fully — but then do not ask why such things are happening. Jyotish, he says, can never be wrong; only the grasping of it differs from person to person.
Can rajyogas in the chart protect a person during Brihaspati's dasha?
He says to know clearly that however many rajyogas are formed in your kundali, in the dasha and antardasha of Brihaspati — even where Brihaspati is your karaka graha, even a friend of your lagnesh, even seated in the fifth or the bhagya bhava or in his own strong positions and rashis with all his balabal intact — if you are suffering, it means you have committed offence and insult of that grade, and he has come to give punishment.
How is Brihaspati connected with the twelve-year cycle of the Kumbh?
When the Mahakumbh was discussed, he says, this subject came up: the Kumbh is set by the whole rotation of Brihaspati. One parikrama of the planet Brihaspati around the Sun completes in twelve years, and after twelve years the Kumbh falls.
From what does the stability of Brihaspati's axis come?
Over those twelve years, revolving on its own axis and revolving around the Sun as centre, the radius that has been formed, the speed and the distance and the axis on which it turns while remaining steady — the samarthya that makes it steady, he says, is from Bhagavati Pitambara. The centre is hers, the stability is hers, and the axis they maintain is maintained by her shakti.
Why does Brihaspati draw celestial disturbances to himself?
The most energy-laden shakti of Bhagavati Pitambara, he says, is in Bhagavan Brihaspati Dev. Because of that shakti, that stambhan shakti, Brihaspati attracts to himself whatever celestial disturbances would come upon the earth — he pulls them in and makes them stambhit.
How many forms of Brihaspati are held in the siddha paramparas?
In any jyotishiya calculation, when it is said that some celestial disturbance is to occur, the first condition looked at in the gochar is that of Bhagavan Brihaspati Dev. He has twelve forms; in tantra there are eighteen. In the siddha paramparas eighteen forms of the graha Brihaspati are held, answering the eighteen Mahavidyas of tantra bheda — we all know the ten Mahavidyas, but by tantra bheda there are eighteen, Twarita and Jwala Malini and Bhagavati's other forms all coming among the Mahavidyas — and with each of those forms one Maha Brihaspati is worshipped.
Which two forms are chief for restraining disturbances entering the earth's field?
When you go further in and find out properly, he says, you will see that for restraining whatever disturbances come from outside into the earth's abhamandal, two forms are chief: that of Bhagavan Brihaspati Dev, and along with it the form of Bhagavati — Bhagavati Pitambara. There are other forms too; Bhagavati Tara is also there, and the form of Brihaspati that goes with Tara is different from the one that goes with Pitambara.
What is asked to be checked for a persistent stomach complaint?
To a listener reporting a great deal of trouble in the stomach, the speaker says: please look once whether the mahadasha or antardasha of Brihaspati or of Rahu is not running. Send your janma kundali details once and it will be looked at.
What should be looked at in a chart for an Alzheimer's condition?
A weak Brihaspati alone will not do, the speaker says: which lagna kundali is it? In what position are Chandra, Rahu and Ketu? What effect is being had, and what dashantar dasha is running? If the condition is Alzheimer's then the effect of Rahu will certainly be there, or the effect of Ketu will certainly be there, a hundred percent. If their effect is there, then Alzheimer's, dyslexia and all such things are their gift. He says they are seeing this now — from the increase in the number of such people, and from as many kundalis as have been looked at, this is the situation.
Daan and japa by the lagna kundali, with a ratna, jadi or kavach paath
For that, the speaker says, have daan and japa done according to the lagna kundali; done for the sake of the grahas, shanti will certainly be formed. Now if Brihaspati is weak — is Brihaspati a friend of the lagnesh, or what is he? If he is weak, then give him strength. Look whether he is not in the 6th, 8th or 12th, and in which bhava he is. And after that, if he is in all that is auspicious and has fallen weak, then have a ratna or the like worn, or have a jadi worn, or tell someone to recite the kavach and the rest connected with him, or do it for his sake yourself. Only after seeing all this in full, he says, can it be told.
Will a retrograde Guru in the fifth house of a Tula lagna obstruct progeny?
Asked whether a retrograde Guru in the fifth house in a Tula lagna will create obstruction in obtaining progeny, he says that in Tula there will be some difficulty. Whose dasha and antardasha are running — that one's kripa; see whether it is the marakesh or a friend of the lagnesh, and accordingly have the daan of Guru and his shanti performed, for the sake of obtaining kripa.
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