Navgrah
Every question on the site tagged Navgrah, each answered from a timestamped source rather than a summary written from memory.
Notes from our sources
When a worshipped deity's fruit has stalled: a bigger anushthan, or purnima–amavasya havan by problem
The speaker says that when the deities established at home seem not to give fruit in proportion to one's effort, one should get a big Anushthana of theirs done, or first have everything examined by jyotish and tantra and then hold an anushthan at home relating to Mahadev and Bhagwati. In a Mandala puja — a Navagraha mandala, a Sarvatobhadra mandala, many kinds of mandalas — every devi-devata whose grace was stuck anywhere is worshipped in many ways and satisfied; one chandi-yajna satisfies countless devatas and upadevatas, after which full fruit begins. If one cannot afford so large a rite, then on both Poornima and Amavasya give Ahuti with the mantras of one's own established deity according to the problem. With Batuk Bhairava installed: for trouble in begetting a son, Havan with kheer or ghee; for money problems, havan with mustard oil and bel leaves using his Aapad-uddharan mantra; if someone has used tantra against you, havan with black pepper using his 108-name list. Havan, he says, is a great medium — it satisfies and strengthens the deity and cuts any vachan or tantra prayog — but it must be continued long, every purnima, amavasya, ashtami and such days.
What are the mainstream scriptural remedies for planetary afflictions and life obstacles?
Navagraha Shanti, Shri Durga Saptashati (Chandi Path with Samputa), and Rudrabhisheka (Shadang Rudri) — fostering disrespect toward Shiva or Mahakali deprives one of their spiritual efficacy, and one's Kuldevi and family deities must be respected for lineage stability.
Preparation for the Durga 108 names anushthan: preliminary puja, dress, direction and materials
Before the puja of Bhagwati Durga, the speaker says, first worship Guru, Ganesha and the Navagraha, then do the puja of Jagadamba as the vidhi and one's capacity allow, completing all the vidhans of Kalash sthapana if one is doing it. The sadhak wears red, faces east or north, sits on a red asana, and must apply a mark of rakt chandan on the forehead. Before Bhagwati he keeps at least 50 grams of tilak made of pure Ashtagandha or of kesar in a good box, and Haldi and Kumkum in separate vessels. Then the Sankalpa is taken and the path begun.
Badvanal for disease traced to a kundali dosh and for all graha doshas
The speaker says that if illness or grief has come into life and an astrologer has told the person that a particular dosh in the kundali is causing the bodily disorder, the Badvanal Anushthana can be done to remove it. He says it is used to remove any dosh of the kundali, whether the dosh is bodily or of any other kind, and every kind of Graha Dosha. He says this is because Hanuman is a Mahashakti, and through this stotra the doshas of the Navagraha can be removed.
Strengthening the Shani Maha Mala Mantra at teerth sites: Navagraha and Kali temples, Krishna's land and Shani shrines
The speaker says that at any teerth with a Navagraha temple or a place of Bhagwati Kali — Mahakali, Kali, Bhadrakali, any form of Jagdamba — take a red flower, recite the mala mantra over it and offer it at her feet, and the mantra gives still more effect; likewise at a Navagraha temple, and especially where Shani is enshrined with his mother Chhaya. Krishna is Shani's guru, so doing the mantra's japa in Krishna's city, as during the Govardhan parikrama, gives immediate benefit, though Krishna's own seva comes first there. At Shani's own places, Shani Shingnapur or Kokilavan near Vrindavan, doing the 5–6 km parikrama while chanting the mala mantra brings his special grace.
Daily havan of the Bajrang Baan: an ahuti per chaupai, the whole lemon, aarti and dedication of merit
The speaker says a small daily Havan after the path is very good, because the bajrang-baan is a Sabar Mantra, unfailing and awakened, so its vidhan follows the sabar method (he refers to his separate video on sabar havan); otherwise light cow-dung cakes or a little mango wood in a clay or other vessel. Ghee and Guggul are mixed together and every Ahuti is given from that mix, by woman or man alike: one ahuti each in the name of the guru, Ganesha, the kuldevi-devata, and one for the Navagraha with "Om navgrahebhyo swaha"; then one ahuti per chaupai of the Bajrang Baan from first to last, ending each with "swaha". He adds that at least five ahutis to Ram ji must also be given daily — "Sitaramchandraya swaha", not "namah". When the ahutis are complete, a lemon (keep one; he forgot to list it) is cut and dropped whole, unsqueezed, into the havan itself, then pranam. Then Hanuman ji's Aarti, or an aarti shown five times with a camphor bearing two cloves; then Kshama Prarthana, and with water in the hand the whole day's japa and its merit is dedicated to Hanuman ji — saying "Jai Shri Ram" or whatever one has faith in — and poured into his right hand. Anyone who cannot do havan daily does it on the eleventh day after the 11 paths.
Does the rule about gems for a debilitated graha apply to japa of its name?
The questioner asks: in jyotish, for a house or graha that is neecha, a gem is not given, but the reverse — for a graha that is strong, it is made stronger. Does the same thing happen in the japa of the names of the grahas as well?
The question restated: whether japa of a debilitated graha can give a debilitated fruit
He says the questioner wrote "house" but probably meant graha — which graha is in an exalted state, in which rashi it is placed, so that it will be uchcha or neecha; and whether to wear their gems or not is another subject altogether, that whole science is separate. Now the root of what has been asked concerns naam japa: if we do smaran of the names of the grahas, are they too such as to give any kind of ill fruit? Are they going to give you any bad effect? Can it be that if a graha is neecha and we do its japa, it may give us a neecha fruit?
Greeting an enemy with genuine reverence in your face is the parallel he draws
Always keep this in mind, he says. Suppose now that you, Anurag ji, are our enemy and wish from the heart that some day we should be ruined. But whenever we go before Anurag ji or meet him, we salute him very peacefully and gently; upon our face, upon our whole countenance, reverence towards you is visible, and no expression of cunning and deceit is coming. You can see from the eyes, from the expression that has come on our face and mouth, that this person is saluting me with a clean heart.
However neecha a graha, pranam and japa of its name never give bad fruit
In exactly the same way, he says: however neecha the grahas may be, brother, to do them pranam, to do them namaskar, and to do japa of their name, will never give you bad fruit.
Budh is a saumya graha whom japa pleases; only the substances are to be dropped
Suppose Budh graha is very bad for you, he says — though Budh very seldom gives anyone bad fruit in the manner discussed; even so he can become marakesh, it is not that he cannot, but there are many rules by which he is held to give only good fruit and is counted among the saumya grahas. Now suppose someone tells you that by the ill effect of Budh you are getting a skin allergy, a problem, a skin disease, or that your intellect is being confused, and that Budh is the cause and Budh is neecha. Then if you do japa and smaran of his name, he will be pleased and do kripa only; he will not increase his ill effect.
When does a graha increase its ill effect?
When you take on your body the substances that absorb their energies, he answers. Now we know that Budh Dev is neecha for us and gives us ill effect; so let us use as little as possible on our body of the things that receive that graha's rays. Green substances are to be eaten less; green cloth is to be worn less — Budh Dev is held to be of green colour; and we will not wear the gems related to him. This much, he says, is only what is to be given up in wearing.
Can pujan and paath ever give an ill effect?
In naam japa, smaran, pujan and paath, no graha ever gives ill effect; there is never any ill effect of pujan and paath, he says, keep this in mind. Whoever speaks of this subject from the Lal Kitab, the Pila Kitab or any other book — that then becomes a separate subject; it will not be so. Yes, if you are making some mistake in the pujan and paath, that is another matter, and that topic is then separate.
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.
May a panchmukhi rudraksha be established for all deities?
For all the deities, he says, you may establish the panchang rudraksha — for the sake of all the deities. He mentions a full thirty-minute video he had made earlier and not published, in which the nine-graha rudraksha, the Shiva-Shakti rudraksha, Ganapati ji, all of them were covered.
Opening ahutis go to guru, Ganpati and the Navgrah; the main 108 are given with the Mahabhairav mantra.
The speaker says the opening ahutis are for guru, Ganpati, the Navgrah and so on — the havan that is done for these — and after giving the ahutis with all those mantras, the main ahuti you will give with the Mahabhairav mantra. With the Mahabhairav mantra 108 ahutis are to be given.
Why the Navadurga Yogini and the mothers of the nine grahas are not to be found anywhere else
Sift the whole of YouTube, he says, and you will not find the Nine Durga Yogini anywhere; the nine grahas, the mothers of the nine grahas, and the Navadurga you will not find anywhere. And if you do find it, watch the video of his own channel, the published one, and see what comes after it. After he gave out the kuldevi Jayanti Mangala mantra in this manner for the eleven devis, once the video went viral many channels made it, and theirs went more viral than his — look at the dates by publication and it will be known.
Is the japa of the navagrahas and their mothers by weekday good?
A listener says she did the japa of the Navdurga, the navagraha and their mothers in the Durga Puja, and asks whether the japa of the navagrahas and their mothers by the day of the week is right. The speaker answers: absolutely divine, exceedingly divine. If you do this, then very special grace will be obtained — do each of the grahas thoroughly.
Ganapati and the Navagraha, both completed in the first half of the day
Bhagavan Ganesha and the Navagraha, both completed in the first half of the day. The main sadhana then begins from Makar Sankranti, either later that day or that night.
The nine days of Navratri are special because the Nava Durga forms answer the affliction of the nava grahas for those who have no kundali.
The whole subject of Bhagavati's Nava Durga forms, which is repeated every Navratri: you are afflicted by the nava grahas, which graha is where, nobody has their kundali. So these nine days of Navratri become extremely special. There is a video on the channel in which the whole subject connected with Bhagavati's nine Durgas, the nine grahas, and the mothers of the nine grahas has been told; do that anushthan in the night hours if you wish.
Bhagavati stands in the nava-graha form, and the grahas have an adhikar of their own that cannot be skipped.
Because taken all together, where will you do them separately? The grace of the nine grahas is necessary. Bhagavati is there in the nava-graha form; they too have their adhikar, and you cannot skip them. So the speaker says: perform once at least in your life, in one Navratri, the samyak sadhana of the nava grahas, the Nava Durgas, and the mothers of the nava grahas. A great deal will become easy for you.
The coconut is set on the rice with its jata side upward and turned toward the worshipper.
A little flower and durva are placed on the rice, and then the coconut is placed — the coconut being the purna phal. Keep in mind, the speaker says, that this part of the coconut, the part with the jata, should be facing upward, and turned toward you. In this way the coconut is established over the kalash, and here the Varuna Devta kalash sthapana vidhi is complete. A panchopachar pujan of them is then done.
One flower is offered on the kalash with the nine planetary names, from Sum Suryaya Namah to Kem Ketave Namah.
On the kalash itself, remembering the navagraha, a flower is offered. Taking one flower you will say: Sum Suryaya Namah Som Somaya Namah Mam Mangalaya Namah Bum Budhaya Namah Brim Brihaspate Namah Sum Shukraya Namah Sang Shanaishcharaya Namah Raam Rahave Namah Kem Ketave Namah — Navagraha ityadi Surya ityadi Navagraha prasanna bhavatu. Then the flower is offered and water is offered three times.
What remedy is there for causeless fear and anxiety?
Addressing a listener named Aditya, the speaker says the causes of causeless fear are very many. If Rahu's dasha or antardasha is running, if Chandra is afflicted in the chart, and even if a sookshma dasha runs, it gives a shock and departs. Fear without cause, fear at the thought of something that has not happened — all this begins to occur. So get a chart analysis done once and do the fitting remedy.
An astrologer citing Rahu in the eighth house and Shukra in the ninth told a listener to abandon his Bhairav shakti upasana.
A listener named Rudra Pratap Singh says an astrologer, citing Rahu in the eighth house and Shukra in the ninth, told him he will become a bad tantric and should abandon Bhairav shakti upasana and chant the name of Radha. The speaker rejects the advice, saying that for Bhairav ji's sadhaks bhoot, pret and pishach are not big matters, and asks why on that basis he would become a bad tantric at all.
What does Rahu in the eighth house actually indicate?
Rahu is a matter of intensity, the speaker says. Ashtam Rahu attracts the gupt shaktis somewhat faster — or put it this way, that the shaktis of all these places, especially those connected with pret and masan or connected with the shamshaan, get attracted very quickly.
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.
Is it true that Rahu in the fifth house denies motherhood and gives a wicked child?
A listener says everyone tells her that with Rahu in the fifth house she will not obtain motherhood, and that if a child comes it will turn out wicked. The speaker says that from this alone you may understand how much knowledge of jyotish such people have: they will not analyse what the position of the lagnesh is, whom Rahu is with, or whether the dosha of Rahu in the fifth is being cancelled.
Such predictions vary person to person and kundali to kundali, charts promising a gentle long-lived child yielding otherwise.
This will vary person to person, kundali to kundali, the speaker says. How many people have charts from which it seems entirely that they will have a long-lived, very gentle and very correct child — and it turns out entirely the opposite. There is no need to carry Rahu in the fifth so much in the negative.
Has Rahu obtained the rank of a deva?
Rahu dev has obtained the rank of a deva, the speaker says. Did Bhagavan not have the knowledge that this one seated in the midst of Surya and Chandra, seated there in the form of a deva, is no devata but an asura? Did Bhagavan Narayan not know it — consider that once for yourself.
What does the Mohini avatar episode show about Rahu?
When he took the Mohini form and was giving the devatas amrit to drink, could he not recognise him, the speaker asks — is that possible? To one who is trikalagya, who knows everything, it was not known that this one seated here is a danav? Yet he had him drink the amrit, until Surya dev and Chandra dev said, O Lord, this one is a rakshasa, a daitya. Only when the secret was out did he cut off the head.
Rahu obtained devatva only because he was authorised somewhere, so his shaktis need not always be carried in a negative sense.
Because somewhere or other he became authorised — only then did he obtain devatva, the speaker says. And when devatva has been obtained, then why is it necessary always to carry his shaktis in a negative state? He says he does not understand it.
What is the sarp dosha associated with Rahu in the fifth?
It is not that they produce only states of delusion, the speaker says — if they are giving delusion, then the full opportunity is also with you; and there is the further point that a person deliberately begins to take pleasure in it. Secondly, if Rahu is present in the fifth house of the birth chart, then one dosha that arises is the sarp dosha: that in a past birth we must have caused harm to a serpent in some way, on account of which Rahu's presence formed in the fifth house. It is taken as naag dosha.
Does the inauspicious effect of a fifth-house Rahu remain for a sadhak?
The dosha will not remain, the speaker says. For those who are not sadhaks, who perform no sadhanas and have no concern with these things, the matter is different. If you are a sadhak or sadhika then you need have no worry — your aradhya will see to how the inauspicious effect of the fifth-house Rahu is to be controlled.
What can Rahu in the fifth house actually give?
Weeping is the work of cowards, the speaker says — saying we have Rahu in the fifth, nothing will happen. The Rahu of the fifth can give such a son or such a daughter as will have an extremely developed mind; the child can even become a scientist, and will have that much capacity. Such a one turns out different, with the ability to think very differently from others. He is not wicked.
Milestones set from a single factor, such as Rahu in the fifth or Surya in the seventh, leave the other planets out of account.
People have set milestones — Rahu in the fifth so the son will turn out bad, or a miscarriage will happen, this will happen and that; Surya dev in the seventh so a divorce is bound to occur. Brother, there are other planets too, the other eight, so look at them a little as well, the speaker says. They are also saying hello — what is their offence, what is their fault, that prediction is made from one alone?
Does offering milk to Hanuman and Bholenath please Chandra Dev?
Asked whether Chandra Dev becomes pleased by offering milk to Hanuman and Bholenath, the speaker answers: absolutely, they do become pleased, and they also become strong. It is entirely correct.
Is it enough to look at Shani, Rahu and Ketu for tantra siddhi?
The speaker says everyone today looks at Shani, Rahu and Ketu in the birth chart for mantra siddhi and tantra siddhi — reasonably so, since the hidden shaktis and gupt vidyas of tantra are read there. But if we leave Surya out, that is not right and not proper, because Surya is the king and adhipati of the nine grahas, and a king's word everyone must accept.
Where does Surya pujan appear in ordinary ritual?
The speaker says that without complete Surya pujan it is simply not possible to obtain the full fruit of any mantra. Whichever deity's yaga is being performed, Surya pujan becomes necessary and arghya is always given; in the navagraha pujan the first worship is of Surya; and at a kalash yatra by the river the first arghya goes to Surya, then to the dev river, then to the dev bhumi.
Navagraha pujan includes the adhipati and pratyadhipati devatas, so this grace reaches the japa of any mantra.
The speaker says that when you are doing japa of any mantra in the tantra kshetra, the pujan of the navagrahas along with their adhipati devatas and pratyadhipati devatas is performed — which the acharya has done — and so the grace of all these reaches you. And even if only Surya is worshipped in an ordinary way, the grace of all ten will be obtained.
What is chola chadhana, and which mantra may anyone use for Surya arghya?
Chola chadhana means the lepan of sindoor that is done upon Hanuman ji — that is chola chadhana, the chola of sindoor. Asked whether arghya may be given to Surya with the mantra beginning Japa Kusum Sanka Samkashyapam Maha, he says absolutely, everyone may give it; it is a pauranik mantra and everyone can pronounce it — women, men, those who wear the yajnopavit and those who do not, anyone at all can pronounce this mantra. He adds that the path of the Navgrah stotra may be done by every person daily; there is no dosha, women, men and children can all do it.
Which ahutis come first in a nitya havan, and what about ants in the house?
In a nitya havan, the very first is the ahuti of the Agni devata, and the ahuti of the navgrahas — these are necessary. And the panchdev, principally, their ahuti should be given. And if you do it with the Gayatri, then the ahuti of the Gayatri will happen right at the beginning, remaining silent. To Arvind Kumar Yadav ji, on what to do for the bavali, he says it is to be done on the day of Govatsa Dwadashi and that he told the whole vidhi vidhan at the beginning of this same live — listen to it from the start.
Pujan sequence on the Pratipada of the Annapurna anushthan
On the Pratipada tithi, the speaker says, one first does Gauri-Ganesha pujan, then pujan of the Guru, then Navagraha pujan, then dhyan, and then the pujan of Bhagavati Annapurna herself with shodashopachara, or at least panchopachara with snan and bhog. After the pujan the dhyan mantra of Jagadamba is read and the Viniyoga done; the full mantra vidhan (dhyan mantra, viniyoga, karanyasa, anganyasa and jap mantra) he does not recite but gives as a PDF linked in the video description.
Is Batuk Bhairav sadhana required before a Sabar or Mahavidya sadhana?
Batuk Bhairav's sadhana is necessary in every house and with every power. Whichever form of the Mother you worship, Batuk Bhairav's worship is extremely necessary — after Guru sadhana comes Ganpati, after Ganpati comes Batuk Bhairav or a Bhairav form or the Kula Bhairav, and only after that the grahas of your chart.
What should be looked at for children who stammer and learn slowly?
The Upasana of Budh Dev. But first have your own chart and both children's looked at by a good astrologer to see the state of the intellect — the second house being the house of speech. And third: look in your own Kula and in the mother's Kula for a difficulty, or with your sister or aunt, and try to remedy that.
How is the daily puja of the eight yoginis of the kundali done?
The speaker says there is no need to do the daily puja of all eight yoginis who run according to the kundali. It is right if you perform the puja only of her whose mahadasha is running upon you.
Which mandalas belong to the kalash sthapana of Navratri?
Kalash sthapan should be done at the right time on the first day, he says — the timings will be discussed separately and written out. The mandalas are those of the nine grahas, of the shodash matrikas, of the sixty-four yoginis, of the five kshetrapals, and of the ten digpals.
How can all the devatas be invoked without drawing separate mandalas?
Because when the mantra of the kalash is read, it states who is established in the ghata of the kalash and where each devata's place is in its kumbha — everyone comes into it, everyone is invoked. So in that same kalash in which you are invoking Jagadamba, offer akshat and pushpa by name to the navagraha, the shodash matrika and the sixty-four yoginis.
What is a mantra, and how is it connected to the moon?
What then is a mantra, he asks: that which gives counsel to the mind — it is running in the mind itself. As he said at the outset: mind, mantra, Chandrama. Chandrama has been called the karak of the mind; authority over the mind belongs to Chandrama. The strength of Chandrama waxes and wanes, and an effect falls upon the mind; the effect of a mantra falls in exactly the same way. When by the mantra we make Chandrama strong, then when Chandrama becomes strong our mantra begins to give fruit, and our mind is in our own control.
May two people together do a Rahu mantra havan of 1800 ahutis?
Asked whether two people can do the havan of the Rahu mantra together at 900 each, or whether one person should do it over two days, given that 1800 havan is to be done, he says: yes — two people may sit and go on giving the ahutis together; both of them giving 900 ahutis together will make 1800. Both of them can do it together.
What does he say about Rahu, Ketu and social media?
Rahu and Ketu are under her control, he says. Social media is Rahu. And the one who exercises control over Rahu is Jagadamba. It is not outside her. So she will make one gesture and everything will be done. She does not wish it now, so she does not wish it. And the same thing is within you: you feel that nothing is happening from the seva and puja you are doing — she is only taking the examination and having the prarabdha cut.
If so many preliminary sadhanas are required, is the fruit not divided?
This is the great confusion among practitioners: Guru form first, then Ganapati, then Bhairav, then Hanuman, then the Kula deities, then the grahas of the birth chart — who will do all this, and by the time the principal sadhana is reached, has the fruit not been divided among them?
What about the faults of the birth chart?
If after the first three or four sadhanas a birth-chart fault still seems to be affecting you, either have its Shanti performed, or make the Daan and wear what the running Dasha and Antardasha require — or do seven-day sadhanas of your Panchamesh, Lagnesh and Navamesh. One month covers it.
Does the daily sitting keep growing as sadhanas accumulate?
No — once each is accomplished, every count is reduced. One mala of the Datta Ekakshari, the Mala Mantra five times or once, Sankat Nashan once, the Batuk Ashtottar Satnam once, the Hanuman Kavach once, and the nine grahas gathered into a single Navagraha Stotra. Five minutes in all.
What can be done in Shravan for an obstruction of any graha?
In the same way, if there is any obstruction of any other graha — whether of Mangal Dev, of Shukra or of any other graha — you may do japa of their kavach, stuti, sahasranama or satnam, or of the pauranik and tantrokta mantras of those grahas already broadcast on the channel, as your strength and capacity allow. It is not necessary to do 10 or 100 malas daily; at least keep five or ten malas, and if that is not possible, do at least one mala through the whole of Shravan.
A running Rahu mahadasha with Rahu in the eighth house produces a condition of extreme confusion
He describes a person he was speaking with that day: Rahu was in the eighth house, and the kundali was perhaps of Simha lagna, as far as he remembers. The condition was one of extreme confusion. In such a condition, where a Rahu mahadasha is running and giving that confusion, the puja of Shiva ji is obligatory — it simply has to be done.
Which shakti is worshipped to please Rahu?
For the pleasure of Rahu Dev, the vidhan of the mantra of Bhagavati Simhika, who has been called Rahu's mother, is on the channel. If you wish, do japa of the mantras of both of them, even one mala each, in the Shiva temple, and pray that their gaze become gentle and that their auspicious grace be obtained and this great confusion be removed.
Why worship a graha together with his mother or wife?
If you give seva and puja to a graha along with their mothers, along with their wives, then they are pleased with far greater speed. Take it, he says, that they will give ten times the effect: the effect that was to come in ten malas will begin to come in one mala each. You may do this prayoga too in the time of Shravan.
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.
Why must Budh be strong for tantra?
Because if Budh Dev is strong, the speaker says, the very first thing is that a person keeps his arithmetic strong: he calculates in advance that if he does not do five lakh japa of a mantra, and skips it and does it without niti and niyam, then this dosha may attach to him and this problem may arise. That buddhi will come there. In Budh place, he says, Rahu is being given in this manner — and Rahu has nothing of his own.
What authority does Budh Dev hold over mantras?
He says Budh Dev has been given that capacity by Bhagavan Mahadev: the controlling shakti that lies within all mantras, the level, the energy and the whole capacity of drawing it, and the whole authority over it, has been given to Budh Dev, the Budh mahagraha.
What is the first effect of japa done by proper vidhi?
The speaker says that when you begin japa of mantras, if you did it with vidhi vidhan, that same mantra grants you medha shakti — it first of all increases your buddhi. You were not finding a way out, but when you began sadhana you began to find a way: not that a road appeared, but the buddhi came that you should take this decision, that you should do this karma in this way, and then the work will be accomplished.
May a sadhak disregard the grahas?
No. Ishwar has appeared in the form of the grahas, he says. When you do the mala mantra of Bhagavati, or read the Saptashati Hriday, Bhagavati herself says that she is in the form of the navagraha. So one who says of herself that she is in the form of the navagraha cannot be honoured while the navagraha are set aside; you cannot say we will not ask the navagraha and will ask Bhagavati directly.
Why can a sadhak not stand above the grahas?
All authority, blessing, adesh and the capacity to control has been given by Jagadamba and by Mahadev themselves, the speaker says — so how will they transgress the srishti they themselves made? He asks with irony whether you have become so dear that your importance exceeds all the devas, that the cruel drishti of Mangal will not fall on you, that you have become dearer than the grahas by so much tapa and tapasya. They were given the post of a graha; do not, deceived in this way, insult the grahas.
Does deepdaan of any kind pacify the grahas?
Asked whether the shanti of grahas happens from deepdaan of any kind, the speaker says the shanti of grahas certainly happens. A deep, a deepdaan of any devata, is such a thing that — as is said in the Kartik Mahatmya and the like, which he asks listeners to read — if a person is not capable of doing a yajna and so on, then merely by doing deepdaan, by doing only that much, he obtains the fruit that is obtained for a yajna. Deepdaan is certainly capable of pacifying all the grahas.
What can be done for success in a competitive exam during a Rahu mahadasha?
Absolutely something can be done, the speaker says, but it depends first on which bhava Rahu stands in and what the lagna is. If Rahu is going to give a good effect he will create concentration and cause very little wandering; if he is going to give a slightly negative effect, the person will prepare less for the exam and imagine the result far too much — that if we become an IAS we will become the DC here, the magistrate there — and will not study. That is Rahu bad effect: the person imagines a great deal. Since Rahu is the foremost devi upasak, do the path of the stotra and satnam of Bhagavati, which is best, and perform abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva. If the suffering is very great, then Kirtimukh Shri Maharaj will catch hold of it directly, but his method becomes somewhat tantric.
What is the connection between mantra bala and the graha Chandra?
For that, brother, there is a whole separate dedicated video on how mantra, mind and the moon are connected with each other, the speaker answers.
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.
How do the grahas feel when they give a person suffering?
No graha, he says, is happy when it gives you suffering. When you weep, the devata too is wounded in his heart — "my son is weeping, he is in pain, let his suffering be erased quickly." They do not want to make you writhe for very long; they want the fruit of your karma to be cut away and removed as fast as possible so that you become happy. That, he says, is a devata's heart.
Are the grahas separate from the great deities?
There is one thing here, he says: in many mala mantras of Bhagavati you will read that Bhagavati herself is in the form of the nine grahas; that Bhagavan Narayana himself is in the form of the navagraha; that Bhagavan Shiva himself is. Every mahashakti is to be seen in the form of the navagraha.
Why does a tantric sadhak need to know the graha lords of energy at all?
Because, he says, when one goes deeper one understands the tantric energies — and which grahas they are connected with. Going there, one finds that the adhipati of mantras is Bhagavan Chandra.
How should a temple of the navagraha be built?
There are navagraha temples in mandirs here and there and that is a different matter, he says, but formerly the pujan was done through a pind and the like; deva eyes and so on were not made for everyone and worshipped in this way. If you are building a new temple, build it with thought. The vidhan of establishing a temple along with the shakti is special: if you have a temple built, then the sthapana of the vigraha with the family, along with the mandala, is the most divine. He cites the temple at Ramana Reti in Vrindavan-Mathura, where the Radha Raman Baba is: there all the navagrahas are present with their shaktis. Where a temple is built in that manner it is divine, because if a direct presence with shakti is formed and all the devatas are worshipped, the balance of energy is maintained and auspiciousness comes quickly.
What else may be worshipped on it, and do shivling rules apply?
After this, if there is some matter connected with the Mangal graha, their pujan too can be done upon this, he says. So upon this you can do the pujan of all of these — it is not that the rules connected with a shivling are applying to this as though it were a shivling.
The grahas may be spoiled, and you are still here
To Kunal ji, who says all nine grahas are giving bad effects and someone told him all grahas are spoiled, and who asks which sadhana to do, he answers: never mind — the grahas alone are spoiled, and you have survived, have you not. If all nine grahas were giving bad effects, then brother, the mobile would not be in your hand and you would not be commenting here. Consider it once with your own buddhi: if your nine grahas were bad, you would not have commented here at 22:23; you would not have a mobile. So whoever has said that all nine grahas are bad and giving bad effects is making a fool of you — that is the plain matter.
Shiva stands as guru, object of devotion or father to all nine grahas
To Kunal ji, who comments asking how he will not accept it, he says: then accept it — do Panchakshari, brother. The nine grahas are bad? The nine grahas will become pleased. Bhagavan Shiva is the guru of some among the nine grahas; someone is his devotee, someone is his son. So without anxiety bring the Panchakshari down into your life, and much will be obtained.
Combined Navratri jap of the Navdurga, the navgrah and the mothers of the grahas: purpose and who it is for
The speaker says that if in the nine days of Navratri the nine grahas, the mothers of the nine grahas and the nine Durgas are worshipped together, many graha Doshas and yogas in the birth chart that affect life are pacified. Since even the smallest particle in the world is held to be a karaka of the Navagraha, the grahas must not be neglected; alongside one's Ishta Devata their puja should be done from time to time. Worshipping each graha separately is long and difficult, with its own vastra and vidhi, so he gives a simple nine-day vidhan for Navratri only that any sadhak or sadhika can do, meant especially for those who do not know their own janma kundali: by it alone, in nine days, whatever subtle graha dosha exists is pacified and the grahas' grace obtained. Done fully, he says, Jagadamba removes even the greatest calamity, and sufferings that were not otherwise going away are removed by this collective (samyak) pujan.
Navgrah mantras open to everyone: beej-and-naam mantras, with or without the yajnopavita
The speaker says Navagraha mantras exist in Tantrokta, pauranik and Sabar forms, and choosing among them is very difficult: one who wears the Yajnopavita may use all of them, while one who does not may jap the Bija Mantra-based mantras without the Pranav. For this reason the mantras he gives in this vidhan are all of the kind everyone can jap, mantras made of beej and naam, which woman or man, with or without the yajnopavita, may jap without any doubt or hesitation.
Daily jap order of the Navratri navgrah vidhan: the day's Durga, nine malas of the day's graha, one of its mother
The speaker gives the daily order: after the initial pujan, one Mala of the guru mantra and one of the Ganesha mantra (if one japs other mantras too), then one mala of that day's Durga, then nine malas of that day's graha, then one mala of the graha's mother; the graha mantra is thus Samput-ed by Ma Durga and the mother, which he says makes it sharper in effect. All the jap is then surrendered into the left hand of Bhagwati Jagadamba Durga. Day one (Pratipada): Shailputri one mala, Surya Narayan nine, Mata Aditi one. Day two: brahmacharini, the Chandra graha, his mother Anusuya. Day three: Chandraghanta, the Mangal graha, Mata Bhumi (Prithvi Mata). Each day continues in the same pattern, the jap surrendered the same way.
Completing the Navratri navgrah vidhan: havan ahuti counts, kanya pujan on Navami, parana on Dashami
The speaker says that when the nine days of jap are complete, a Havan is done on the last day, the Navami tithi; the basic havan vidhi has been given on his channel. Five Ahutis each go to guru and Ganesha; nine ahutis each from the separate mantras of the nine Durgas that were japped; nine each from every one of the nine graha mantras; and nine each in the names of the mothers of the nine grahas. On Navami one also does Kanya Pujan and so on, and then on the Dashami tithi the Paran.
How is the year-long Ganesh Chaturthi vrat concluded (the Udyapan)?
When the full year is complete, feed twelve Brahmins by Shiva's command, establish a Kalash and worship his image beside it. On the altar make an eight-petalled lotus and perform the homa by the Vedic rule without stinting — the Navagraha and Shodash Matrika mandalas, and homa with the Ganesh Gayatri and his Sahasranama.
What does Dharani Garbha Sambhodi mean?
When we read the pauranic mantra, the speaker says, we read Dharani Garbha Sambhodi. What is the meaning of dharani garbha? He whose birth took place from the womb of the earth is the graha Mangal, whose father is Sadashiva. So Sadashiva is positive and Bhagavati is present below in the negative form, in the form of rinatmak shakti, upon whom Shiva is situated.
How should a silver ring or kada for Chandra be worn?
Asked how to consecrate and wear a silver ring or kada for the graha Chandra, and what puja or sadhana to do for Chandra, the speaker replies with a question of his own: in what position is Chandra, that you should wear a silver ring or kada? For this, first get your birth chart analysed by a proper jyotishi or by a sadhak, and only then wear it. According to that there is a mantra — there is a tantrokta mantra too, and there are sabar mantras as well.
Daily mandal avahan without havan is not the rule for a home Saptashati parayan
The speaker says the man learned mandal pujan from Acharya Shivdatt Mishra Shastri's Durga Archan Paddhati, the most widely circulated book, built a Navagraha mandal and so on as best he could, and every day invoked every deity of every mandal with the full elaborate vidhi given there — which belongs to a Chandi yaga — then did visarjan after each path. But in a yaga the avahan goes with havan-based vidhan, and in 108 paths he never once did Havan. Daily avahan and visarjan with a full mandal is simply not the rule for a 108-path parayan at home; alternatives exist, and whoever knows a thing should do that thing properly.
Social media is Rahu, and each devata moves by his own rules
He says that each devata moves according to his own rules. Understand this subject, and then this whole thing that comes — that just now it is Chhinnamastika, just now Bhagavati Tara, just now Tripur Bhairavi. The field of social media, he says, is called Rahu, brother. Everyone will know this much. And ninety-nine percent of people take Rahu only in the negative, saying that Rahu suddenly gives a great deal and suddenly snatches a great deal away and gives delusion — they carry only this.
Shri Hari knowingly gave the amrit to the danava
Go to the root, he says: did Bhagavan Shri Hari Narayan not know that the one sitting there was a danava named Vyaprachitta, that he was not a devata but a rakshasa? Did that antaryami not know when he made him drink the amrit in the Mohini form? He must have known — you should all have at least this much common sense and intelligence, that he must have known.
How did Rahu come to be counted among the grahas?
He says that Chandradev and Suryadev, when they both understood that this one is a rakshasa, said so — the rakshasa named Svarbhanu; and because of their saying it his head was cut. So there was some niyati in it, that this one too is to be given amrit, that this one too will drink amrit. So he too has drunk amrit, and for that reason he became a deva and was held to be equal and on a par with the devas. His place was made among the grahas.
Why is social media governed by Rahu?
Social media is called that, he says, because its adhipati is Rahu. And those who are afflicted by him can never take the positive side from social media — they will always remain deluded. See how many people there are who take positivity from social media, learn things, use them well, earn dhan and dhanya, remove their troubles and walk holding the right path. And how many there are who learn the wrong thing from this very place. It depends on your kundali too, he says; this is also a true thing.
Rahu strengthens whatever the person already likes, rule-bound or otherwise
But this subject of Rahu comes into it so much, he says. What is Rahu? He strengthens that thing which we like. If a person likes the rule-bound way just discussed, then he will look for a path to become worthy, so that if he must work in this field it be done with the full niti, niyam and vidhi vidhan. But for one who wants to bypass it, Rahu will put exactly this in his mind: that these are useless, nonsensical talks with no basis at all. You would get a basis, he says, if we were to name two or four — but why should we? You enjoy yourself; we too are enjoying ourselves.
Why is Shukracharya connected with Shiva and Parvati?
Recalling the Andhakasura katha they had done, he says that Bhagavan Shiva and Maa Parvati accepted Bhagavan Shukracharya as their son — as their auras putra; he came as an auras. So Bhagavan Shiva and Maa Parvati are his guru and guru maa, and along with that his father and mother also.
What Shiva puja follows from that connection for a Shukra remedy?
So if you perform their seva-puja, he says, then do Shiva ji's abhishek too, and applying sugar boora upon him, doing a good full lepan, then perform the abhishek with water. Very soon benefit will begin for you. And if you do puja at home and there is a sphatik shivling, then that is most excellent.
In what order are the ahutis given in the guggul havan?
First kindle the cow-dung cake. Then give ahuti in the name of Guru and Ganpati; give ahuti in the name of Bhagavati; give one ahuti each in the name of the nine grahas; and after that, reciting the Hanuman Janjira, go on giving ahutis.
For a sava lakh Navarna anushthan, are the navagraha and shodash matrika mandals needed?
To Raju Acharya ji, who asks whether along with ghat sthapana the navagraha mandal and the shodash matrika mandal must be established for the sava lakh japa of the Navarna mantra in Navratri, and whether they must be worshipped daily, he answers that if you are going to do the anushthan of sava lakh then at the very least, if nothing else, certainly light an akhand deepak. As for the mandals: if you do ghat sthapana, do all the puja on that very ghat. There is no need to make separate mandals — do the shodash matrika pujan on the ghat, do the navagraha pujan on the ghat, and do the daily puja on it too, in name only, saying "नवग्रहेभ्यो नमः यथा उपलब्ध उपचारम् समर्पयामि" and offering a single flower; but certainly offer it by name.
How much Navarna japa is acceptable?
He tries from his own side, the speaker says: do Navarna, do one mala, do a mala or two — that much should be done. But you sit and do 108 malas of it daily, 108 in the morning and 108 in the evening. Do you even know how the mandala pujan is done in Navarna japa, and how many shaktis will come? At least you know that the navagraha and nine shaktis are contained in it.
May the Navarna mantra be read after reciting the graha mantras 108 times?
A listener says that after having his kundali seen, an astrologer told him to recite the mantras of Mangal, Chandra, Rahu and Budh 108 times each, and asks whether the Navarna mantra may be read after that. The speaker answers that yes, he may read it — that much.
Must the preliminary pujans be done daily before the Dattatreya pujan?
Asked whether, in the pujan of Bhagavan Dattatreya, the pujan of Gauri Ganesh, the Kalash, the Navagraha, the Kshetrapal and the Digpalas must all be done first each day, the speaker answers yes — do them first.
Why does Ganpati worship pacify the nine grahas?
Because by worshipping Ganpati the Shanti of the nine grahas takes place, however fierce one may be or angry with you. Chandra Dev becomes normal first and your mind becomes strong — and with a strong mind, climbing a mountain will take you no time.
Can havan be performed with khair wood?
Yes, certainly. The speaker says khair is one of the navagraha woods and there is no difficulty at all; do it quite comfortably.
What should someone afflicted by Rahu, with work failing and money lost, do?
Matters connected with Rahu have already been dealt with separately on the channel, the speaker says, and the best of them is this: worship Bhagavan Shiva, and do the shringar of Shiva's chaukhat. Choose a temple where the garbhagriha of Bhagavan Shiva has a chaukhat. Do this much and there will be great benefit, and swift benefit.
On which days may the mantras of Rahu and Ketu be japa'd?
Asked on which day japa of the mantras of Rahu and Ketu may be done, the speaker says that by the reckoning of the days of the week you may do it on Wednesday and Saturday, if it is Rahu and Ketu you must do.
On which day and in which paksha is a Shukra ratna to be energised?
On a Friday, and first of all a Friday in the Krishna Paksha. If it were a deva-connected graha it would be otherwise: Brihaspati being the dev guru, his falls in the Shukla Paksha; Shukracharya being the danav guru, his falls in the Krishna Paksha. On the Friday of the Krishna Paksha, at the very time when Shukra is risen, do his abhishek methodically with panchgavya and panchamrit — the full avataran will not be possible, but at least do the abhishek — and having done it, do abhishek again with pure Gangajal. The choghadiya is to be seen not at the time of pujan but at the time of wearing.
What is the full tantrokta method for a Shukra ratna, and the japa count?
If you go into the complete tantrokta method: make the Shukra tantrokta yantra, and at the root, at the place where the kalash is established in Shukra's name, establish the ring there; and then whatever japa of Shukra there is, four times that japa should be done in Kaliyuga. Even doing nothing so elaborate, at the minimum 8,000 or 9,000 japa should certainly be done; for Shukra, at least 6,000 japa should certainly be done.
What is the least that must be done if that japa is not possible?
Then take the Pauranik mantra — the one in the Navagraha stotra whose stuti we do — and do its japa at least 108 times daily for one week. And in the following week too you must see that the Friday falls in the Krishna Paksha at the time of wearing, and that the choghadiya is auspicious; then you may wear it in the morning. Otherwise you may wear it in the evening too, at the time when Shukra rises — if that one star which is seen is there, it is better still. The yantra work may not be done, but the japa should certainly be done, keeping the stone before you.
Krishna kavach for a weak bhagya in the janma kundali
The speaker says it often happens that one's bhagya is weak — all the work is being done but the expected result does not come. On analysing the janma kundali it turns out that the grahas of one's bhagya are afflicted, in a nich rashi or in a wrong bhava, so their effect is not received properly, or they are seized by Rahu and Ketu — this he calls durbhagya. By wearing this kavach, he says, such graha-caused badhas and the kundali effect that was not being received begin to come as shubh effect.
What should someone who is running markesh do?
Those people who say markesh is running — the pandit ji has said it, the jyotish maharaj has said that trouble can arise in markesh too — they should perform Ganga snan and the rest, and standing in Ganga ji should do japa of the ishta mantra and whatever else has been prescribed. By that the dosha of their markesh too becomes pacified, and there is shanti of all the nakshatras and all the grahas.
May the Navgrah kavach be recited?
The Navgrah kavach can absolutely be done, he answers.
What is prescribed for those with navagraha doshas in the kundali?
The speaker says that for those in whose kundali there are doshas connected with the Navagraha: the Navagraha have their mothers, and the form of those mothers of the nine grahas has been held to be that of the Nava Yoginis. The mantras connected with all of them have been given on the channel in full detail.
How is the navagraha sadhana done through Navratri?
The sadhana of the Navagraha and their mothers is to be done in Navratri one graha on each day, and the full vidhi vidhan has been explained. Whatever kind of dosha you may have — the grahan dosha of Chandra and Ketu, a pishach dosha, a pitru dosha formed in the kundali — you should at the very least do five malas of japa of these nine kinds of devis, the sapta devis, in Navratri, even if you cannot do very much. The sapta devis, he says, are the mothers along with the Navagraha.
If the grahas are below Bhagavati, why do japa of them at all?
The speaker takes the objection — that the grahas and nakshatras are below Bhagavati and not above her, so why should we do japa of the grahas — and answers: read the mala mantras of Bhagavati Durga, or read her Sahasranama, and Mai herself is saying there sapta-vimshati nakshatrena rupena, that is, I myself am the form of the twenty-seven nakshatras; I myself am the form of the Navagraha. So all the forms of the grahas and nakshatras are Bhagavati's own; somewhere she herself made them, telling them to give effect in people's lives according to their karmas. Therefore we cannot pass over the Navagraha and go on.
Which four grahas should be japped according to the lagna kundali?
It is very necessary, the speaker says, to know which lagna your kundali belongs to, because according to that you should do the japa of four grahas: the lagnesh, the panchamesh, the navamesh, and the eleventh — that is, the labhesh. These four grahas, according to jyotish.
What is the cause of a blocked mind, a heavy head and daily jerks in the body?
To a questioner whose mind stays blocked, who feels as if something heavy were placed on his head, whose body gets jerks daily and in whom no thought arises, he answers that the Chandra is very weak, very badly so, and the position of Shukra is also not proper — that is why this is happening.
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