Shani
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What is the most effective remedy during Saturn's planetary period (Shani Dasha)?
Strict adherence to discipline, routine, and righteous conduct (Niyama) is the most effective remedy — practiced before sunrise or at twilight, alongside reciting the Shani Ashtakam and performing Anushthana of Hanuman or the Divine Mother for swift relief.
Avaran puja and amavasya temple visits make the deity reveal the real cause of hardship
The speaker says that if one has worshipped Bhagwati Durga or Bhagwati Kali for ten years and "this is not happening, that is not happening", no matter: learn the Aavaran Puja of her Yantra, satisfy every devi-devata, all their Ganas and all the Bhairavs, do their havan, do their mantra japa, and especially on Amavasya go to her temple and offer there. She will herself show you: perhaps some planetary influence is at work, and whatever falls under whose jurisdiction will be shown through your Ishta Devata. Some medium will form — the right person will meet you and say, for instance, that a mahadasha of the great planet Shani is running, so do japa of Shani Dev's mantras for so many days. Done: that planet's jurisdiction is fulfilled, you are out of all this, and you need not do very much at all.
Shani-Rahu pishach yoga: its effects and the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach as its remedy
The speaker says that if Shani and Rahu are joined anywhere in the chart — in the same house, the same sign, or by aspect — a pishach yoga forms. When it bears fruit, a state of Abhichara arises or things get attached on the road; negative energies trouble the person, they become confused, fall into depression, and can even be possessed by some negative force. In all these situations, he says, the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach is a mahabrahmastra that acts with a jolt and great intensity.
Shani as the judge of karma: why his dasha is feared
The speaker says people fear Shanaishchar Mahagraha, especially in his mahadasha and antardasha, because he is the judge: in his periods he gives the strongest punishment, destroys one's misdeeds and clears the Prarabdha built from them. In his eyes no one is dear or undear; whatever the karma, the fruit matches it. Those who do good deeds face no special obstacle in his Dasha; those who harmed, robbed, hurt or tormented others in their good days suffer in his periods in exact proportion.
Four ascendants that must do Shani sadhana throughout life
The speaker says that by the lagna kundali, every man and woman born with Makar, Kumbh, Vrishabh or Mithun lagna must do the sadhana and upasana of Shanaishchar Mahagraha in their life. For some he is the lagnesh, for others the bhagyesh; he is the karaka of the body and can become the karaka of fortune, so his worship is essential whether or not his period is running. The simplest form, he says, is daily Japa of his Puranic mantra.
When the Shani Maha Mala Mantra anushthan is called for and what it is said to relieve
The speaker says people of the four Shani lagnas, and anyone suffering greatly from Shani — false court cases, a prison sentence, bone disease, severe back or joint pain, trouble from a head injury — whose chart shows his antardasha, sukshma dasha, Shani Sade Sati or Shani Dhaiya running, should take refuge in him and do the Shanaishchar Maha Mala Mantra anushthan. He says it gives immediate relief and a way out from every trouble born of that graha, even those due to Prarabdha, whether the cause is Abhichara, Preta-pishach, enemies or a false case, because the grahas are authorised by God to give the fruit of karma and react fastest. One must serve one's ishta, but also worship the grahas per the chart, above all Shani when his special influence is on. Those denied a child because Shani's third aspect falls on the fifth house should do it too.
Start days, length, daily count, seat and direction for the Shani Maha Mala Mantra anushthan
The speaker says the anushthan is best begun on Makar Sankranti, and can also start on a Saturday of the Krishna Paksha, on Shanishchari Amavasya or on Shani Jayanti. It runs at least 7 and at most 21 days, with the mala mantra recited at least 27 and at most 108 times a day, seated on a Kusha Asana. Grihasthas face west for this vidhan (though tantra usually faces south); if west is not possible, east will do.
White clothing for the Shani Maha Mala Mantra and why black or blue is not prescribed
The speaker says to wear ordinary white clothes of one colour for this japa, whose border may be tinted light yellow with haldi, for Shani's sattvik form. Blue or black is not right for everyone: wearing it is a separate matter, and if Shani is your Marakesh and you do japa in black, the effect will be neither positive nor negative, depending on his strength and the house he sits in. Since the video gives common instructions for all, he says, white is safe.
Order of worship before the Shani Maha Mala Mantra and who does viniyoga and nyasa
The speaker says first worship the Guru and Ganapati, then do a path of, or at least remember, Bhagwan Surya Narayan together with Shani's mother Chhaya; after remembering both, recite the mala mantra. The mantra comes with a Viniyoga and Nyasa: men who wear the Yajnopavita do them before the japa, while women, boys whose yajnopavit has not yet happened, and men who do not wear it skip them and recite the mala mantra directly.
Seven lemon lamps for Shani: how the deepdaan is made and offered
The speaker says that each day of the anushthan, four raw greenish lemons are halved, seven halves are hollowed out and filled with pure til oil (or mustard oil with a pinch of black til), and two wicks of torn black cotton are set in each — seven lamps, fourteen wicks. The path may be done in the morning but evening is best; do the path first, then the Deepdaan. In a 21-day run where lemons are not available daily, do it at least on Saturdays; in a 7-day run, every evening. The lamps are set at a Shami tree, or at the home puja place or by Hanuman's flag on a spot cleaned with cow dung; with Akshat, black til and a one-rupee coin in hand one takes a Sankalpa of seven lamps for Shani's full grace, good fruit and release from his cruel gaze, sets the rice on a plate and lights all seven. Done with the path, he says, this brings very fast benefit, for Shani acts slowly but his effect lasts long.
Confessing past wrongs and asking Shani for forgiveness at the deepdaan
The speaker says that along with the deepdaan one must do Prayashchitta for whatever wrongs one remembers having done — no one in the world may know of them, but you know your own mistake. With folded hands at the deepdaan, ask Shani to forgive the offence, and pray for inner strength so that you never make such a mistake again and your mind does not stray; ask him for that strength.
Daily recitation of the Shani Maha Mala Mantra for life after the anushthan
The speaker says that after the 7- or 21-day sadhana is done, recite the mala mantra at least once every day for the rest of your life; there is no problem in that. If by Shani's grace this mala mantra becomes siddha, he says, it gives many effects.
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.
What should be done after crossing a boundary during the sadhana?
Ask forgiveness at the time, then offer an extra vessel of argha to Suryanarayana the next day as Prayashchitta — two vessels instead of one — stating that circumstances compelled the journey and that this is offered in atonement.
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.
Which children were born to Chhaya?
From Chhaya, the speaker says, came Savarni Manu — there is a Manu from her too — and then Shani Dev, whom people give great importance in today's time and of whom, as Shanishchar, people are most afraid.
What does Makar Sankranti signify in this family reading?
When Surya Narayan enters Makar rashi from Dhanu we celebrate Makar Sankranti — a father going to his son's house, the speaker says. It is the turn from Dakshinayan towards Uttarayan and is kept as a parva kaal: shraadh of the pitrs and pujan of the devas are done on a large scale that day, and daan-punya has great importance.
What guidance is there for someone under Shani's sade-sati?
By Shani Dev's grace both spiritual and material development take place, the speaker says, and if his sade-sati is running it is not necessary that it will be one that gives you suffering. If, according to the kundali, Shani is a friendly graha for your lagnesh — if he is a friend to the lagna graha — then ordinarily he does not give adverse effects. Even so, get the kundali analysed, and if you want to do something proper for him, you can.
Does the gemstone of a mala offered to a deity affect the worshipper's horoscope?
The speaker says that if you get caught up with so-called very great jyotishis, then when they run out of topics they put out things of this kind — that if you have offered a coral mala on the murti at home and your lagna is Makar, then Shani will be displeased with you because you have offered the mala of Mangal. Brother, he says, we have not worn it; we have made Maai wear it. Shani and Mangal can do nothing to Maai — Shani Dev used to run about fleeing, he flees from Maai. That they gave him that adhikar is a separate matter. But it is not so: offer to Bhagavati whatever you wish; it is not that you have to wear everything yourself.
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.
How does Shani Dev give results?
Shani Dev, the speaker says, is of that category of divine graha which is dhira: one who assesses with great fineness and subtlety, observes, and only afterwards gives the result. He gives very slowly, and it becomes an extreme test of patience.
Anushthan after anushthan may appear to bear no fruit while the testing runs.
So much testing, and so much patience is required in the test, that you will grow tired doing anushthan after anushthan. This is his own life's experience in the mahadasha of Bhagavan Shani Dev, he says: the fellow sadhaks and guru bhais around him saw their anushthans fruit with such speed, while his own simply were not fruiting at one period. The rules, he says, are not different for you and for us.
When does Shani begin to give what was earned?
When his time to go arrives, when he is in his final phase, then whatever good karma you have done, whatever anushthans and purashcharans you have performed, he begins to give. And when he begins to give, you will wonder how attainment is coming with such ease.
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 should be done for a graha problem such as a Shani mahadasha?
If a problem relating to a graha is running — you know that a Shani mahadasha is on, that he is marakesh and your situation is about to worsen or has already worsened — then at such a time, along with the pujan of Bhagwan Shiva in Savan, do japa of Shani Dev's mala mantra or the Shani Ashtak in the Shiva temple itself, for his pleasure.
Why is Shani pleased by japa done in a Shiva temple?
Bhagwan Shani Dev is a disciple of Bhagwan Shiva, the speaker says, and he too is held to be a form of Mahakal — that kaal itself is in the form of Shani. So the japa you do in a Shiva temple will become the cause of his pleasure, and most swiftly he will turn his cruel gaze into a gentle one.
Shani Jayanti falls on this same tithi, and Shani and Yama are brothers whose father is Surya.
The other side, he says, is Shani Jayanti — the tithi dedicated to Shani Deva as the day he appeared and was born, so the day becomes connected with that graha. Shani and Yama are brothers, and their father is Surya; he points out how much this correlates.
In Jyeshtha, Surya's heat stands at its highest, so kaal hovers over everyone's head.
In the month of Jyeshtha, he says, Bhagavan Surya's heat stands at its highest level, and because of that heat kaal hovers over everyone's head and the natural environment becomes very painful, with mrityu-tulya suffering. Kaal and Shani have a complete relation with each other, in the birth chart as well, so the whole subject belongs to the family of Bhagavan Suryanarayan — Yamraj, Shani Deva and Surya.
The lagna is set aside and Shani's effect on sadhana is given as a plain exposition, bhava by bhava.
He says the lagna is to be forgotten for now — who our lagnesh is, which lagna the chart belongs to — although a one-to-one analysis would hold many secrets. Only a plain general exposition by bhava will be given: how Shani Deva particularly helps in sadhana, and where, when and how he shows his ill effect.
Why do troubles increase while a person is doing puja-path?
This, he says, is the question that arises in connection with karma: when we are doing puja-path and our sufferings are increasing at that very time, in what manner does Shani Deva contribute to increasing that suffering, and what is his intent behind it?
Why is Shani called a cruel graha if he is a deva?
He asks the objection directly: he is a krura graha, but why is he called cruel — has he no heart, no vatsalya? Cruelty, he answers, is of two kinds. One is where the person has no bond of heart with you, wishes only your harm, is pleased by your suffering and wants your destruction — that is rakshasi cruelty. When devatas are cruel, they are not made happy by your suffering.
Shani does not leave the punishment midway because you are crying; the surgery is carried through to the end.
Because when Shani Deva begins to cast his influence and gives punishment according to karma, he does not leave you midway because you are crying. The operation will be completed; the surgery will be carried through to the end, and he wishes the suffering to be erased as fast as possible.
Is a sade-sati or dhaiya painful for everyone?
No, he says. If karma is middling and ordinary — if we have no very great dushkarma — then there is not very much pain either. Shani's mahadasha, sade-sati or dhaiya is not extremely painful for everybody; such people's lives pass ordinarily and they do not learn anything special either. Many people in fact progress during it.
Is the popular idea of Shani as karma-phaldata correct?
The notion current among people that Shani is the giver of the fruit of karma is not wrong at all, the speaker says. He is indeed that; he is called the nyayadhish.
How much can be settled from one graha alone?
Nothing much, he says. For special information one must go by the whole lagna — where the grahas are seated, where the lagnesh is, and after the lagnesh the position of the panchamesh and the navamesh, who the ashtamesh is and where he stands. All of it has to be seen. It cannot be said from one graha alone, he warns in advance: because Shani Deva is being discussed, it does not mean Shani Deva is giving the entire result.
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.
Why does one sadhak get results from very little japa?
Sometimes you see a sadhak who did very little japa and began to get its effect, he says. It may be the effect of the place; it may be the effect of that sadhak's own kula parampara, or of the guru parampara, or of punya performed by himself — and it may also be the effect of Shani Deva seated in the kundli. Little japa, greater fruit.
Wherever results come fast, Shani's energy is present somewhere, having first made the sadhak yogya.
One basic thing will certainly be there, he says: whether it be that place, that parampara or whatever the whole subject is, the presence of Shani Deva — the presence of his energy — will certainly be there somewhere. Going deeper you find that whoever holds back the most and gives the most slowly gives very greatly. Shani's most abundant work is that before giving he certainly makes you worthy; he never gives to the unworthy.
What does Shani in the first bhava do for ugra sadhanas?
If Shani Deva is present in the first bhava, whatever the lagna, and you begin to perform sadhanas of the most ugra kind, the relation is straightforward: the lagna's relation is with one's own body. Its effect upon the body will certainly come to you gradually and of itself.
With Shani in the lagna, a sadhana of this kind fructifies very quickly.
If Shani Deva is present in the lagna kundli and someone performs a sadhana of this kind, he says, it will fructify for him very quickly. There may be many other aspects to it as well, but this is a general statement.
What does Shani in the lagna do for a tantric sadhak's asana capacity?
A sadhak who does tantric sadhana and moves forward with sadhanas of this kind finds his physical capacity and yogic capacity greatly increased, he says: the capacity to sit on the asana increases greatly, there is no suffering, no problem in the spine. Many people get sciatica from sitting — there are many such sadhaks and there is nothing to hide in it. Where there is no capacity to sit on the asana, no deva kripa, where a person is forcing it and does mostly Sabar sadhana without walking by niti-niyam, sciatica occurs. With Shani in the lagna and such sadhana, this trouble does not come quickly, the person can do long sadhana, and the asana becomes siddha.
What does Shani in the second bhava do to a sadhak?
The second bhava is connected with speech, he says. If the sadhak's ugrata begins to rise and there is a great increase in his anger, that is the negative aspect: if Shani Deva becomes fully effective here, then this man's tapo-bala will be spent only in giving curses. He will simply become famous by the name of "kaala jawan".
What does keeping mauna give a sadhak, and what is Gandhari's example of the power of drishti?
If you make balance, learn to stay quiet, learn to keep mauna, reduce your chatter, meet people less — this fructifies for everyone, and for such a sadhak it is a vardan, he says. He points to the Mahabharata episode of Gandhari, who had bound a cloth over her eyes; when she opened her eyes and looked at Duryodhana his whole body became of vajra. That is the effect of drishti — and he asks listeners to relate it directly to the drishti of Shani Deva, whose drishti carries very great importance.
What does Shani in the third bhava give?
The third bhava is the bhava of samarthya, he says, so Shani will make an exceeding increase in your capacity. However much suffering comes in life, if you are doing sadhana, you will not only gain victory over that suffering but will also obtain some new path.
What does Shani in the fourth bhava give?
Since the fourth is the bhava of sukh, Shani Deva's presence there will give sukh, he says — but by the effect of mantra a great deal of maya will come here. And if by chance the yoga named Sasa, which is among the Panch Mahapurush yogas, forms in the first and fourth bhavas — a chart of Makar or Kumbh lagna with this situation present — then know one wonderful thing: sufferings are erased here with great speed, but maya will come to you so fast that you will certainly turn away from your sadhana.
Why is the maya of the fourth bhava dangerous?
By the time their dashantar dasha has ended, he says, your sadhana will already have decayed, and to rise again to that level becomes very difficult. Guard always in life against the maya of the fourth. The maya of the fourth is not ordinary. If any graha in the fourth bhava is giving its full effect and you are a sadhak or sadhika, remember that that sukh is being given only and only to bring resource to the path of your sadhana.
What does Shani in the fifth bhava do for a mantrik?
If Shani Deva is in the fifth, whatever the lagna of the chart, and whether or not his dashantar dasha is running — if you have come onto the path of mantra, the path of tantra, the path of yantra, then Shani Deva will grant you very prachanda kripa. If you have become a mantrik, meaning that you keep doing purascharan of mantras, and Shani Deva is seated in the fifth, then he will first of all get all your papa karmas washed away very quickly indeed.
How does Shani in the fifth or ninth wash away papa?
With Shani Deva in the fifth and ninth bhavas especially, and once you have begun sadhana well, the moment even a little of his effect begins he opens the way for tirtha yatras at once, he says. He will get tirtha done, or such karmakand, and such opportunities will come before you that your papas will decay — whether a way opens to help someone, or by your intellect, discretion or wealth you help someone and obtain their blessing. He gives such buddhi that your bad prarabdha may be destroyed at the earliest, and quickly clears the path of your progress.
The path of buddhi opens, and work that once seemed impossible becomes a game of the left hand.
At that time he will begin to give you path after path, he says; the path of buddhi will open. What ten years ago seemed a work that could never be possible will now seem to you a game of the left hand — that much capacity is given there. And the capacity of the mantra begins to be nourished very quickly in the fifth and the ninth; it is nourished very rapidly.
What does Shani in the sixth bhava give a sadhak?
Shani in the sixth and Shani in the first give, on the path of sadhana, a very similar effect to a great extent: things connected with the destruction of enemies, with release from disease, and with victory, all given very well. When you begin sadhana and the mantra's capacity begins to be nourished, and you repeat one sadhana again and again with Shani in the sixth, he will certainly give you that capacity — and the choice will be yours: whether you wish to destroy the enemy, or to feed him now, or to leave him to the devata.
How far does that capacity go if Shani is yogakarak in the sixth?
The mantra will become nourished to that level, he says, and especially if Shani Deva has become a fit karak for you in the sixth, then more especially so. They will put a sword in your hand and place the enemy before you with hands and feet completely bound and his face set thus — it is your will, if you want to blow him away, blow him away, no dosha is going to attach to you. That capacity they give here. It is a symbolic statement, he adds; he is not saying someone will literally place him there, though such a situation too may be created many times in life.
What does Shani in the seventh bhava give?
If Shani Deva is in the seventh and you make very good use of mantra sadhana, then — and this relates to the panchamesh and saptamesh too — there is a very good subject here: if his auspicious effect is obtained and the mantra begins to be nourished, then whatever sadhaks or sadhikas of the opposite sex come into your life will always work for your progress. They will not let you decline. Whoever comes, their maryada and their charitra will be very strongly nourished. That, he says, is his shubh prabhav.
What does Shani in the eighth bhava do?
If he comes into the eighth, then divya, most divya — he says this only and only in terms of sadhana and mantra samarthya. The negative side, whether he will decay the lifespan or whatever, depends entirely on the lagna; but he becomes an exceeding nourisher of the mantra's capacity. If Shani Deva is particularly in the eighth and has become a yogakarak for you, and you are doing sadhana, and if Shani Deva is himself the ashtamesh, then in all these situations a person who especially performs vamachari sadhana finds it more strengthening — but even so, whichever mantra of the mahashaktis he does by his kula parampara gives fruit quickly.
Why do sadhaks of kshudra sadhana obtain siddhis so quickly?
One more positive thing about Shani Deva in the eighth, he says, is that sadhaks who perform kshudra sadhana begin to obtain siddhis of this kind very powerfully and very quickly. And they misuse it to a very great extent — that too happens. There is no self-control at all.
What does Shani in the ninth bhava give a sadhak?
The ninth bhava carries the whole subject given for the fifth and the second, he says: destroying papa at the earliest, nourishing the mantra, causing the attainment of samarthya — these he certainly does. In the tenth bhava, if you are a very ambitious person, and if a relation is forming between the fourth and the tenth, and your ambition remains very greatly heightened, then either, controlling it, he will begin to show you the mirror of what reality is, and you will become a very correct person.
What happens if Shani is the dashamesh and his dasha runs?
If Shani Deva is the lord of the tenth bhava and you are also doing mantra sadhana, and his mahadasha, antardasha or sukshma dasha is running, or his sade-sati or dhaiya is running, and you have already undergone the initial fruits so that the auspicious fruit too has begun to come to you — then if wealth and capacity of that level arrive by any means, you will see that very thing he spoke of: they will awaken your vivek. How you are to use that vivek is then up to you.
What does Shani, as the devata of discipline, require?
But one must walk a little by niti-niyam, he says, because Shani Deva is the devata of anushasan. However much discussion has been made, whoever performs sadhana without discipline is never going to get its fruit. In indiscipline they give the fruits of kshudra sadhanas — especially if Shani is in the eighth.
What does Shani in the twelfth bhava give?
In the twelfth bhava he is the karak of moksha and makes one detached: the more sadhana you do, the more detached you will become, he says. This is positive too — but if your time and circumstance are not right, if you are running away, then it is not right. If, however, you have the sense of what is proper and improper and you are doing sadhana, then the virakti you get is a paushtik virakti. One who has gone into this cannot fall: he went detached, and maya will be present in his life saying yes, give up the path of sannyas — but he will not give it up; he will remain nourished.
What two things govern all twelve bhavas?
Among these twelve there is one more subject, he says: it is a basic thing for any sadhana that all this effect is obtained from certain causes — first, anushasan, and second, gopaniyata. Shani Deva is the adhishthatri deva of the gupt vidyas; remember this too. When you perform sadhana while displaying it, Shani Deva never gives that auspicious effect. Make yourself hidden; make yourself constricted — constricted meaning limit your whole circle, you are not to show it anywhere. Then see what level of fruit you get.
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.
Where should Shani Deva be worshipped on Shani Jayanti?
On the coming Shani Jayanti, do Shani Deva's seva-puja without fail at his own sthaan, he says — sthaan meaning do it in a mandir. And in general, it is entirely true that in earlier times Shani Deva's shri vigraha was not made to the extent it is being made now. One should not stand before Shani's drishti; one should not stand before Shani Deva's eyes. His eyes are called krura and his drishti always remains ugra.
How was Shani traditionally worshipped through a shila, and which dham is recommended for Shani darshan?
For this very reason there is a vidhan of worshipping a shila and the like, he says. Of Shani Deva's divine dhams, of those he has been to — he says he has himself been to very few places — the one called Kokila Dham, near Vrindavan, is exceedingly divine. If you are afflicted by Shani, then certainly go and see there: they quickly clear the path of your progress. They give their effect there very swiftly, because there he is present in the form of a bhakta, and so he at once understands the bhava of a bhakta, in Kokila Van.
Should Shani Deva's photo or vigraha be kept at home?
On the current practice of keeping Shani Deva's photo or vigraha at home: if you are doing rakta pujan and are a sadhak of that level, then the subject is different, he says; if you do the pujan of Bhagavati Kali, then keep Shani Deva's and carry on. But no — according to him his place should not be kept at home in that way. If you do sadhanas of that level, or if your gurudev has said so, then the subject is different. The second thing is that the sthapana of his shri vigraha and the like should not be done at home.
Guru and Shani in the seventh of a Vrishchik lagna — why is experience delayed?
Kaustubh Joshi ji asks: Guru and Shani are in the seventh of his chart, a jyotishi said this is why experience in sadhana is delayed, and his lagna is Vrishchik. The speaker answers that the adhipati of Vrishchik lagna is Mangal. Now Shani Deva is in the seventh bhava; for him Shani has already become a strong marakesh just by that. He is seated in the rashi of Shukra Deva, all right — but in the seventh he does become a strong marakesh.
Can experience in sadhana be judged from the seventh bhava alone?
No, he says. Experience of sadhana cannot be seen from the seventh bhava alone. For this you must certainly see the matter of the fifth and the ninth: where the panchamesh is seated, where the navamesh is seated, what their condition is, what their balabal is, in which nakshatra they are, with which graha they are, and where and how their drishti is falling. It cannot be said only from the drishti of the seventh — that his seventh aspect is falling on the lagna and therefore he is having difficulty. If, however, Shani Deva's dasha and antardasha are running and this subject is arising, then it can certainly be that this is why the delay is happening. That certainly does happen.
At what time should Bhairav and Shani be worshipped?
Keep the time of the puja and seva of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav, Bhagavan Batuk Bhairav, Bhagavan Mahabhairav and Shani Deva from after sandhya, when it begins to grow a little dark, until night, he says; and keep this one before sunrise in the morning. It is very greatly fruitful.
A Batuk Bhairav deepdaan and a Shani mala mantra anushthan brought one listener relief and unpublicised results in a court case.
A listener writes that he did a Batuk Bhairav deepdaan and a Shani mala mantra anushthan, from which he got great relief and, moreover, obtained unpublicised results in a court case. The speaker thanks him and tells the others to be motivated by such people and to do it themselves — if you do these things, fruit will certainly be obtained.
What difference does it make if Shani is combust or retrograde?
For both these subjects — Shani Deva being combust, or being retrograde — in the sadhana-related effect discussed just now over the twelve bhavas, he says: if he is combust, then know according to the balabal that he will make still more delay in the effect. And if he is retrograde, then he will give the effect still more rapidly.
Was Ganesh born only once?
No. By the distinction of Kalpas, Ganesh's birth is said to have been even before Brahma's. In an earlier Kalpa his head fell away at the mere glance of Shanishchara and an elephant's head was joined on; the account being told here is the Shvet Kalpa, where Shankar himself severs it.
What should be done in a Shani Mahadasha with Rahu Antardasha?
Take the refuge of the Tantrokta Ratri Sukta with your eyes closed; take the refuge of Bhagavati Kali. Begin the sadhana and worship of Mahakali from this Navratri.
When does the Sas yoga fructify?
Asked whether the Sas yoga fructifies, he answers: in the mahadasha, antardasha, sukshmadasha and the rest of Shani. And along with that, if the position of Shani in your birth chart be right.
What paath and remedies counter the ill effects of Shani?
Asked about paath and independent remedies for the ill effects of Shani, the speaker says you may recite the paath connected with Shani, Shanishwar Mahagraha: the Dashrath krit Shani stotra. At the shami tree that stands in a temple you may make a donation of lamps. How is the lamp to be lit? Whenever Shanishchar or Amavasya falls, on that day thirteen lamps should be lit for the sake of Bhagavan Shani — a lamp of mustard oil, with black sesame put into the mustard oil.
May an unmarried girl worship Shani Dev?
Asked whether an unmarried girl may perform the puja of Shani Dev, the speaker says she absolutely may; there is no such thing. And if delay in marriage is occurring because of Shani Dev — as when Shani's aspect falls on the seventh house, of which it is said that marriage takes place late — then to remove his ill effects, although nothing can be said without seeing the kundali, the first thing is that you should make donations connected with him.
A gift to a dark-complexioned bride, for her use at her own wedding, is the second remedy.
The second thing, the speaker says, is that whenever the marriage of some friend of yours is taking place, or of some girl among your acquaintances, relatives or neighbours, who is of a dark complexion, then give her — according to your capacity, to the best of your ability — some article that she will use at the time of her own wedding. If she uses it in the marriage, you will get a very swift effect.
Such an anushthan may be had done at whichever shaktipeeth near you the mind is willing towards.
If you wish, you may have an anushthan of this kind done through such sadhaks at whichever shaktipeeth near you falls closest to your home. Let your mind be willing, the speaker says, because it is when there is shraddha in the mind that it bears fruit. Asked about the aspect of Shani falling on the tenth house, he says it will be known only from seeing the whole kundali — what the lagna is, what the bhava is.
Three Jyeshtha mahaparvas: Amavasya, Aranya Shashthi, Ganga Dashahara
The speaker announces three mahaparvas: on Jyeshtha Amavasya (probably the 25th) fall the Jayanti of Gupta Durga and Shani Jayanti; on the 1st, Aranya Shashthi, Vindhyavasini Jayanti and Van Durga Jayanti; and on the 5th, a Thursday Dashami with Hasta Nakshatra — Ganga Avataran day, Ganga Jayanti, Ganga Dashahara and batuk-bhairav-jayanti. When Ganga Dashahara's Dashami falls on a Thursday it becomes a sarvartha-siddha, sarva-siddha Muhurta for the whole day, and joined with Hasta, the nakshatra in which Ganga descended, it becomes ati-divya. Listeners should prepare themselves for these dates — 25, 1 and 5.
If women do not touch Hanuman ji and Shani Dev, how can Shani be served?
A questioner writes that she had read that just as girls do not touch Hanuman ji, so too Shani Dev is not touched, and asks how Shani Dev can then be served. Every deity has some rule of its own, he answers, and to disregard those rules is dangerous for oneself. Behind the prohibition on touching Shani Dev, or Rahu and Ketu, or the child forms of the gods, or the form of Hanuman ji, there is some cause; and understanding those causes is beneficial for you.
Neelam and moti together make a vish yoga: the Cancer-lagna example
The speaker takes a Cancer-lagna kundli: the Moon is its lord and chief deity, the Moon's friends are the Sun and Jupiter, and the lords of the eighth, second and sixth houses are the marakesh. If in that chart someone wears a neelam for Shani, and also a moti because the Moon is good, the two together create a vish yoga — Shani and the Moon combined make vish yoga. Add more gems on the remaining fingers and the life begins to fall apart. Gems, stones and colours are not to be taken lightly; not everything is pakhand, though excess of anything is.
Is Shani's sade sati always bad?
The speaker says no. People assume sade sati will always do harm, but Shani may be sitting in the kundli forming two vipreet rajyogas and be about to make you rich during the sade sati itself, while a fear-mongering "ponga pandit" has you frightened into squandering money. Sade sati is bad only for those who did wrong karma; ordinarily it is capable of giving a great deal. If a sadhana is not bearing fruit while a dhaiya or sade sati runs, the fruit is held back and accumulates like water behind a dam; when the pressure can no longer be held, Shanaishchar gives abundantly — but you must keep at the sadhana with patience until then. This, he says, can be seen through jyotish and not through tantra, which is why the two are complements.
What comes of lighting a lamp daily at the Tulsi and the Shami plants?
Tulsi ji is worshipped in home after home, he says, and the Shami is a destroyer of enemies. One should not take them only as Shani Bhagavan's — that the Shami tree is worshipped only for Shani Bhagavan's pleasure. The swaroop of Narayan is connected with the Shami tree. Whenever there is any suffering connected with Shani and havan and so on is done, whether you offer black sesame as ahuti or do deep daan to Shani Bhagavan, if you put in and burn dried Shami wood, that gives a very great effect. So along with Tulsi ji at home one should plant the Shami tree, the Aparajita creeper, the kaner tree and the tree of the gudhal flower.
Why might a sankalpa of Baglamukhi satnaam fail to complete?
Asked by VK 1209 why the sankalpa of Maa Baglamukhi's satnaam has twice not been completed, the speaker says there can be two causes behind it. The first is that there may be some Mannat of yours which you are not fulfilling — some matter of a god or goddess which you have forgotten; fulfil it and the Sankalpa too will be completed. The second is which antar-Dasha is running according to your birth kundali: especially if Shani Bhagavan's is running, you will progress very slowly in the field of sadhana.
What should someone do whose Shani sits in the second house, without any initiation?
The Tara answer given in the Shani live was specific to that context. Where a Dasha or Mahadasha is running, Deepdaan for Bhagavati may be done. Best of all, with no Deeksha, is service and worship of Bhagavati Durga — in which the presence of all ten Mahavidyas comes about — or of Bhagavati Kamakhya.
What should be done about a life filled with lethargy?
Look once at what Shani's position is becoming in transit, and what effect Shani is having on the Lagna in particular. Take advice from a proper astrologer and perform the related remedy, and the lethargy will certainly leave the body.
What is the remedy for Shani's sade sati?
Do not simply be afraid of the sade sati, he says. What is Shani in your kundali, how is he, is he good for you or bad — see that first. If he is bad, then the path of the Dwadash Naam of Shani Dev, the path of Hanuman's Chalisa, and the path of Narayan will give you the most relief.
Why do those particular paths pacify Shani?
Because Bhagwan Shani's aradhya is Narayan: he did Krishna ji's puja, did Krishna ji's seva, and going to Goloka he obtained peace; he does the seva-puja of Krishna in a special way, and so by Krishna's name he will obtain peace and be pacified. He has given Hanuman a boon, so if you do Hanuman's seva-puja you will get peace. He is Shiva ji's disciple, so if you do Shiva pujan you will get peace. And above all of these, if you do the seva of Jagadamba no graha will trouble you in this way; the prarabdha happening is a separate matter, but the pain that comes from the grahas will not come.
What should be done at home on Hanuman Jayanti itself?
We will do all of this, he says, but do not sit comfortably at home eating jalebi. On the day of the shamshaan, when it is Mahabhairav, do the deep daan of Mahabhairav; and on the day of Hanuman Jayanti perform a havan with the Hanuman Chalisa, with your family — at the least, do it with the family. It is a Saturday, and Saturday too is Hanuman ji's day. The time of Shani Dev is running, he says; Shani Dev is very dangerous, and if you wish to be saved from him, then perform a havan of the Hanuman Chalisa with your family.
Why does siddhi not come in tantra sadhana for some people?
It is the effect of the grahas, the speaker says. For example, suppose the lagna kundali is of Mesha lagna and Shani Dev is seated in the fifth bhava. Shani Dev, seated in the fifth, will look by his third drishti upon the seventh bhava. Shani Dev's first effect is that he increases whatever place he looks upon — some say he causes loss to that place, but it depends on whether he is an enemy or a friend of the lagnesh, and on how much his strength is. But if Shani is seated in the fifth sthaan and the kundali is of Mesha lagna, then know that if you study subjects connected with tantra vidya and go upon that path, the chances of your getting success are greater.
Which Shani placements favour tantrokta sadhana of any shakti?
If the kundali is of Makar or Kumbh lagna, of which Shani Dev is himself the lagnadhipati, and he is seated in your ninth bhava, or in your eighth bhava, or in the fifth bhava, and you do the tantrokta sadhanas of any shakti, then you will have very great benefit. But you cannot go along holding only these, the speaker says: apart from that you have to look at the rest as well.
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