YOGAS FOR CURSES AND BLACK MAGIC IN BIRTH CHARTS

 GAURANGA DAS, SJC 2003

ADaSTaaNa( Narl/aek-SYa YaavTaqYaaRTaNaadYa" )
§-MaXa" SaMaNau§-MYa PauNar}aav]JaeC^uic" ))34))

adhastän nara-lokasya yävatér yätanädayaù

kramaçaù samanukramya punar aträvrajec chuciù

“Having gone through all the miserable, hellish conditions and having
passed in a regular order through the lowest forms of animal life prior to
human birth, and having thus been purged of his sins, one is reborn again
as a human being on this earth.” (Çrémad-Bhägavatam 3.30.34.)

é[q>aGavaNa( ovac
k-MaR<aa dEvNae}ae<aJaNTaudeRhaePaPataYae )
iñYaa" Pa[iví= odr& Pa&uSaae reTa"k-<aaé[Ya" ))1))

çré-bhagavän uväca
karmaëä daiva-netreëajantur dehopapattaye
striyäù praviñöa udaraà puàso retaù-kaëäçrayaù

“The Personality of Godhead said: Under the supervision of the Supreme

Lord and according to the result of his work, the living entity, the soul, is
made to enter into the womb of a woman through the particle of male
semen to assume a particular type of body.” (Çrémad-Bhägavatam
3.31.1.)
The living entity’s birth is directed by his karma, or the reactions of his
past sinful activities. Although the human form of life is distinguished from
the animal and plant forms because of the higher intelligence which the
jévätmä in a human body can turn towards self-realisation and
reestablishing his relationship with the Supreme, the fact in itself that the
soul achieves a material body, which is destined to suffer from the pains of
birth, death, old age and disease, indicates that the living entity has
committed sinful activities in the past and now he is reaping the bitter
fruits of those actions. In essence, tha cause of karmic reactions is the
soul’s own decisions, even if in some instances they are manifest through
the medium of other living entities.
The topic under discussion in the present paper is curses and black magic,
which are closely linked to each other. If someone is cursed, then usually
there is some reason for that. If there is no reason in the person’s own
karma, then the curse will not take effect. So in essence we can accept
that curses from past life or in this life are karmic reactions to the living
entities own sins, although ascertaining the nature of the curse and the
person cursing may help in identifying the misdeed committed by the
native, and the remedial measure, which may alleviate the effect of the
curse. Also, if it is identified that someone in his past life indulged in
tantric activities (black or white magic, as it is called in the West), then it
might as well be expected that he could be involved in some cursing or
counter-cursing. Also such combinations in the navämça chart can
indicate that the native is practicing tantric rituals in this life, which may
result in the same kind of curse and counter-curse in this life.

1. PARÄÇARA’S COMBINATIONS FOR CHILDLESSNESS

1.1. General Yogas for Childlessness

Gauæl/GaneXadareXaPau}aSQaaNaaiDaPaeNau c )
SaveRZau bl/hqNaeZau v¢-VYaa TvNaPaTYaTaa ))7))

gurulagneçadäreçaputrasthänädhipeñu ca
sarveñu balahéneñu vaktavyä tvanapatyatä

“If Jupiter, lords of the Ascendant, the 7 th and the 5th houses are bereft of
strength, it will cause a yoga for childlessness.” (BPHS 85.7)

rVYaarrahuXaNaYa" Sabl/a" Pau}a>aavGaa" )

Tada_NaPaTYaTaa ceTSYaurbl/a" Pau}ak-ark-a" ))8))

ravyärarähuçanayaù sabaläù putrabhävagäù

tadä’napatyatä cet syurabaläù putrakärakäù

“If the Sun, Mars, Rähu and Saturn duly strong are posited in the 5 th house
and Jupiter, the käraka1 for children is weak, it will give rise to a yoga for
childlessness.” (BPHS 85.8)

There are countless combinations for childlessness, but the above two are
listed by the Mahärñi in the chapter dealing with curses from the past life.
So these specific combinations will indicate that the reason leading for
childlessness is a curse from the native’s previous life. Jupiter is the
natural käraka for children, in charts of both males and females. The
implication of the lord of the 5th house is clear, as it denotes children and
childbirth. The lagna lord will indicate the situation of the native both
physically and karmically. The 7th lord on the other hand will indicate the
situation of the wife, also in these two senses. This is important, because if
there’s a curse in the spouse’s chart, then childbirth may also become
impossible. In this regard Paräçara mentions the following three
combinations in Chapter 18 of BPHS (çlokas 4-6), which indicate that the
native’s wife will be käkabandhyä (i.e. the first child will die, and she will
become sterile after the first pregnancy):

a) The 5th lord is in the 6th house, and the lagna lord is in conjunction
with Mars;

1
Kärakas are planetary significators. Jupiter is the natural (naisargika) käraka of children.
 b) The 5th lord is in debility, and is situated in the 12 th, 6th or 8th house,
while Mercury is in the 5th;
c) The 5th lord is in debility or does not aspect the 5th, while Saturn and
Mercury are in the 5th.

Here we see that not only natural malefics in the 5 th like Sun, Mars, Rähu
and Saturn, but also napumsaka2 planets like Mercury are able to
contribute to the case of childlessness. In this regard, another combination
for childlessness is also worthy of note: If the trikoëas of the saptäàça (D-
7) lagna are ocuppied only by Saturn, Mercury and Venus, then the native
is barren. Saturn and Mercury are sterile planets while Venus tends to
deny progeny because of his selfishness.
In any case the above-mentioned combinations are specifically strong for
denying children, and serious remedial measures should be undertaken,
like the puàsavana vrata explained in section 6.1. of this article.

Once again the factors indicating curses resulting in childlessness are as

follows:

a) Jupiter, the naisargika käraka for children is weak;

b) The lords of 1st, 5th and 7th houses are weak;
c) The 5th house is ocuppied or aspected by several natural malefics:
Sun, Rähu, Mars or Saturn..

1.2. Curse of the Snakes (Nägas)

Mahärñi Paräçara lists the following combinations, which will indicate

curses by the snakes (BPHS 85.9-16.):

1. Rähu is in the 5th house, or in the sign of Mars and aspected by Mars.
2. The lord of the 5th house conjoins Rähu, and Saturn conjoins or
aspects Moon in the 5th.
3. Jupiter conjoins Rähu, 5th lord is weak, and lagna lord conjoins Mars.
4. Jupiter conjoins Mars, Rähu in 1st, and 5th lord in 6th, 8th or 12th
house.
5. 5th lord Mercury is in Martian naväàça conjoined with Mars, while
Rähu and Mandi are in lagna.
6. 5th lord Mars conjoins Rähu while aspected or conjoined by Mercury.
7. Sun, Saturn, Mars, Rähu, Mercury, Jupiter in 5th house, while lords of
lagna and 5th are weak.
8. Lagna lord conjoins Rähu, while 5th lord conjoins Mars, or Jupiter
conjoins Rähu.

The snakes (nägas) are in the category of apädidevatas (minor demigods)

who take care of the household affairs etc. The curse of the snakes is likely
when someone lives in a building in which the Västu-puruña was not
properly worshipped or if someone dissatisfies Bhümi-devé (the Deity of

2
Napuàsaka means infertile. Mercury and Saturn are mentioned as barren planets, and
Venus also gives this effect sometimes.
the Earth). Therefore the upäya should consist of worshipping Çré
Anantadeva and Prithivé-devé, and donating land, cows, sesame seeds
and gold.

Mantras for worship of Çré Ananta:

p NaMaSTae bhuæPaaYa ivZ<ave ParMaaTMa<ae Svaha ))

oà namas te bahu-rüpäya viñëave paramätmaëe svähä

“Obeisances to Viñëu, the Supersoul, Who has many forms.”

One may also offer ärghya (conch filled with milk) to the Earth (Prithivé-
devé) with the following mantra:

p A}a iTaïiNTa Yae NaaGaa >aUiMaï=a >aUiMaPaal/k-a" )

APaSaPaRNTau Tae SaveR Ga*haNaagYaR& Dairi}a Mae ))
ihr<YaGa>aeR vSauDae XaeZaSYa PairZaaiYaNaq )
vSaaMYah& Tav Païe= Ga*haNaagYaR& Dairi}a Mae ))

oà atra tiñöhanti ye nägä bhümiñöhä bhümi-pälakäù

apasarpantu te sarve gåhänärghyaà dharitri me
hiraëyagarbhe vasudhe çeñasya pariñäyiné
vasämy ahaà tava påñöhe gåhänärghyaà dharitri me

“May all snakes leave this place. O Earth, please accept this ärghya
resting on Çeña, O Hiraëyagarbha, I reside on Your back. O Earth, please
accept this ärghya.”

1.3. Curse of the Forefathers (Pitåñ)

The curse of the forefathers appears usually when the native has not
performed the last rites for his forefathers in his previous life, and thus
failed to liberate them from the ghostly existence. Also not following the
family tradition may be the reason for such a curse. The following
combinations are given (BPHS 85.20-30.):

1. The Sun is debilitated in the 5th, in the naväàça of the Saturn, and
both are hemmed in between malefics.
2. The Sun as 5th lord is in trikoëas, conjoined by a malefic, while also
aspected or hemmed in between them.
3. Jupiter is in Leo, 5th lord conjoins the Sun, while lagna and 5th are
occupied by malefics.
4. Weak lagna lord in 5th, 5th lord conjoins the Sun, while lagna and 5th
have malefics.
5. Privartana between 5th and 10th houses, while lagna and 5th have
malefics.
6. Mars as lord of 10th conjoins 5th lord, while lagna, 5th and 10th have
malefics.
 7. 10th lord in 6th, 8th or 12th, Jupiter in evil sign, while lords of lagna and
5th are associated with malefics.
8. Sun, Mars and Saturn in lagna, while Rahu and Jupiter are in 8 th and
12th.
9. The Sun is in the 8 th, Saturn in 5ht, 5th lord with Rähu, and lagna has
a malefic.
10. 12th lord in lagna, 8th lord in 5th, and 10th lord in 8th.
11. 6th lord in 5th, 10th lord in 6th, and Jupiter conjoins Rähu.

Remedial measures for this curse are performance of the çräddha

ceremony at Gayä; an unlimited or one thousand bräùmaëas should be
fed, arranging for the marriage of a girl, and donation of a cow or
Bhagavad-gétä to a suitable person.
1.4. Curse of the Mother

The curse of the mother usually appears when the native neglected his
duties towards his mother in sense of obedience and protection in his
previous life. The combinations are given as follows (BPHS 85.34-46.):

1. Moon as lord of 5th is in debility and hemmed in between malefics,

while 4th and 5th also have malefics.
2. Saturn is in the 11th, the 4th has a malefic while Moon is debilitated.
3. 5th lord is debilitated in 6th, 8th or 12th, and Moon conjoins a malefic.
4. 5th lord is in 6th, 8th or 12th, Moon in malefic naväàça, and 5th and 10th
have malefics.
5. Moon as lord of 5th is in the 5th or 9th with Saturn, Rähu and Mars.
6. Mars as lord of 4th is connected to Saturn and Rähu, while Sun and
Moon are in lagna or 5th.
7. Lord of lagna and 5th are in 6th, 4th lord in 8th, and 10th and 8th lords
are in lagna.
8. 6th and 8th lords are in lagna, 4th lord in 10th, Moon and Jupiter are in
5ht with a malefic.
9. Lagna is hemmed in between malefics, weak Moon in the 7 th, Rähu in
4th and Saturn in 5th.
10. Parivartana3 of 5th and 8th, while Moon and 4th lord are in 6th, 8th
or 12 .
th

11. Mars or Rähu in Cancer lagna, while Moon or Saturn in 5th.

12. Mars in lagna, Rähu in 5th, Sun in 8th and Saturn in 12th, while
lords of lagna and 4th are in 6th, 8th or 12th.
13. Jupiter conjoins Mars and Rähu in the 8 th, while Moon and
Saturn are in the 5th.

The remedy lies in:

1) taking bath at Rämeçvaram, or Setubandha, where Lord Räma
crossed the ocean to free Sétä-devé from Rävaëa’s custody.
This also proves the fact that Rämacandra suffered a curse,
which manifested through his stepmother. After the remedy
He got back his wife and had children.

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Parivartana yoga means that the lords of the two houses exchange signs.
 2) Other remedies are to recite the Gäyatré mantra 100 000
times, regularly offer milk to the Deity of Lord Kåñëa, drink it
and distribute it.
3) Feed the brähmaëas and circumambulate the pippala (banyan)
tree 1008 times. Also circumambulation of Viñëu’s temple
while chanting the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra is a suitable
remedy.

1.5. Curse of the Brother

Curses of the brother appear when the older brothers were not properly
respected or followed, while the younger brothers were not protected or
nourished by the native. In such cases dissension amongst brothers may
also be expected in this life as the side effect of the curse. The
combinations are as follows (BPHS 85.51-61.):

1. 3rd lord is in the 5th with Mars and Rähu, while lord of 5th and lagna
are in the 8th.
2. Mars in lagna, Saturn in 5th, 3rd lord in 9th, and Saturn in 8th.
3. Jupiter debilitated in 3rd, Saturn in 5th, Moon and Mars in 8th.
4. Lagna lord in 12th, Mars in 5th, and 5th lord conjoin a malefic in the 8th.
5. Lagna and 5th houses are in päpakartari yoga4, while their lords are
in 6th, 8th or 12th houses.
6. 10th lord conjoins malefics in the 3rd, and a benefic conjoins Mars in
5th.
7. 5th house in a Mercurial sign has Saturn and Rähu, while the 12 th has
Mercury and Mars.
8. Lord of lagna in 3rd, lord of 3rd in 5th, and all three are occupied by
malefics.
9. 3rd lord in 8th, Jupiter, Saturn and Rähu are in 5th or aspecting it.
10. 8th and 3rd lords are in 5th, while Mars and Saturn are in 8th.

The remedies for this curse are:

1) listening to the Harivaàça Puräëa,
2) observing the cändräyaëa or ekädaçé fast,
3) planting a banyan tree,
4) worship of the Çalagräma Çilä on the bank of the Käveré river,
and
5) worship of 10 cows are recommended.
6) Also bathing in any holy rivers like Gaìgä or Mahänadé is
recommended, and planting a Tulasé plant.
7) Also donation of a land having fruit trees and donation through
one’s wife are recommended.

1.6. Curse of the Maternal Uncle

4
See section 5.3.
The naisargika käraka for maternal uncles is Mercury. They are also
signified by the cara jïäti käraka5. Therefore the maternal uncles and any
senior male members of the family should be respected and their advice
should be followed. If this is not done, then one may incur their curse,
similarly to Duryodhana and his brothers who were disrespectful towards
their uncle Vidura, and this in turn brought their destruction. The
combinations are as follows (BPHS 85.65-68.):

1. Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and Rähu are in the 5th, and Saturn in lagna.
2. Lagna and 5th lords are in 5th with Mercury, Mars and Saturn.
3. 5th lord is combust in lagna, Saturn in 7th and lagna lord conjoins
Mercury.
4. 4th and 12th lord are in lagna, while Moon, Mercury and Mars are in
5th.

The remedies for this kind of curse, which can reprieve someone of
knowledge, wisdom and the sense of discrimination, are:
1) installation of Lord Viñëu’s Deity,
2) construction of a water pond, well or embankment.

1.7. Curse of the Brähmaëas

The curses of brähmaëas appear when the native was disrespectful to

brähmaëas or his teachers, Gurus in his previous life or if he has
committed any sins against them like criticising them, stealing from them,
killing a brähmaëa or breaking his wows of purity. The brähmaëas are the
topmost members of the society, and they are especially favoured by the
Lord. Mahärñi Paräçara specifically mentions that this offensive mentality
may develop if one becomes proud of his excessive power, property,
physical strength, status, wealth etc. The combinations are the following
(BPHS 85.71-78.):

1. Rähu is in Jupiter’s sign, and 5th house has Jupiter, Mars and Saturn,
while the 9th lord is in the 8th.
2. 9th lord in 5th, 5th lord in 8th with Jupiter, Mars and Rähu or aspected
by them.
3. 9th lord in debility, 12th lord in 5th conjoined or aspected by Rähu.
4. Jupiter is debilitated, Rähu is in the lagna or 5th, and 5th lord is in 6th,
8th or 12th.
5. Jupiter as 5th lord is in 8th conjoined with malefics.
6. 5th lord is in 8th with Sun and Moon.
7. Jupiter is in the naväàça of Saturn, while Saturn, Mars and 5 th lord
are in the 12th.
8. Jupiter and Saturn in lagna, while Rähu is in the 9th.
9. Rähu and Jupiter are in the 12th house.

The remedies suggested are:

5
The cara kärakas are another class of significators, which indicate the native’s
relationship with the indicated person (jïäti or uncles in this case) based on their karma.
 1) observance of the cändräyaëa fast,
2) donation of a cow, money, païcaratna and gold to a brähmaëa.
3) Also feeding the brähmaëas is a good remedial measure.

1.8. Curse of the Wife

The wife should be protected and the husband should be faithful to her. If
he divorces her, abandons or betrays her, especially after she has born
children, then the effects of the curse may be expected in his next life. The
following combinations will indicate this (BPHS 85.82-92.):

1. 7th lord is in the 5th, Saturn is in the naväàça of the 7th lord, while 5th
lord is in the 8th.
2. 7th and 5th lords are in the 8th; Jupiter conjoins malefics.
3. Venus is in the 5th, 7th lord in the 8th, and Jupiter conjoins malefics.
4. 2nd and 5th houses have malefics, while 7th lord is in the 8th.
5. Venus is in the 9th, 7th lord in 8th, while lagna and 5th have malefics.
6. Venus is lord of 9th, 5th lord is in inimical sign, while Jupiter, lagna and
7th lords are in 6th, 8th or 12th houses.
7. Moon and Rähu are in 5th lorded by Venus, and malefics are in 12 th,
lagna and 2nd.
8. Saturn and Venus in the 7th, 8th lord is in 5th, and Sun with Rähu in
lagna.
9. Mars in 2nd, Jupiter in 12th, Venus in 5th, under the aspect of Saturn
and Rähu.
10. 2nd and 7th lords are in the 8th, Mars and Saturn are in lagna,
while 5th and Jupiter conjoined by malefics.
11. Rähu in lagna, Saturn in 5th, and Mars in 9th, while 5th and 7ht
lords are in the 8th.

Upäyas recommended for this curse are:

1) kanyädänam, i.e. performing the marriage of an
unmarried girl,
2) or donation of golden mürtis of Lakñmé-Näräyaëa, ten
cows, a bed, jewellery and garments to a brähmaëa.
3) Helping others to get married and settle down will also
be a favourable upäya.

1.9. Curse of the Spirits (Pretas)

These curses occur when the çräddha ceremony is not performed for
different paternal or maternal relatives, while the pitå-çäpa mentioned in
1.3. concentrates on the father and his direct predecessors. The
combinations for this curse are the following (BPHS 85.95-105.):

1. Saturn and Sun are in the 5 th, weak Moon in the 7th, while Rähu in
lagna and Jupiter in the 12th.
2. Saturn as 5th lord is in the 8th with Jupiter.
3. Malefic in lagna, Sun in 12th, while Mars, Saturn and Mercury in 5th,
and 5th lord in 8th.
 4. Rähu in lagna, Saturn in 5th, and Jupiter in 8th.
5. Venus, Jupiter and Rähu in lagna, Saturn conjoins Moon, and lagna
lord in 8th.
6. Jupiter and 5th lord are debilitated, and aspected by debilitated
planets.
7. Saturn in lagna, Rähu in 5th, Sun in 8th and Mars in 12th.
8. 7th lord is in 6th, 8th or 12th; Moon is in 5th, while Mars and Gulika in
lagna.
9. 8th lord, Saturn and Venus in the 5th, and Jupiter in the 8th.

The propitiatory measures recommended for preta-doña are:

1) performance of çräddha at Gayä, abhiñeka of Rudra or
Kürmadeva,
2) donating the Deity of the same, or of a cow, silver and
blue sapphire or other items connected with Saturn
should be performed.
3) The donation should be given to brähmaëas along with
feeding them and offering dakñiëä.

1.10. Example Chart for Childlessness: Smt J. Jayalalitha

In this chart we see that the 5 th house is afflicted by the presence of Ketu,
which is 6th lord. This combination is mentioned a number of times by
Paräçara as indicating a curse for childlessness. Also the aspects of the
Sun and Mars on the 5th house add to the affliction. According to the
general definition, the lords of the lagna, 5th and 7th should also be weak
along with Jupiter, the käraka for children. Lagna lord Mercury is in the 9 th
house, but is partially combust and also retrograde, which tends to
decrease its strength to support childbirth. 7 th lord is Jupiter (naisargika
putrakäraka) is in own house, so he is not weak. 5th lord Venus is also
exalted in the 10th, and none of them receive malefic aspects, aside from
the Graha Dåñöi of retrograde Mars.
Still, the real life events of the native confirm the fact of childlessness;
therefore we should try to find the cause for this. In this chart the curses
from the mother and father in previous life are most likely. The Moon is
conjoined by Mars and aspected by the nodes, while she aspects the 5 th
house. She is also in the 12th from the 4th house, while 4th lord Mercury
conjoined by a malefic also aspects the 5 th house. 4th lord is also a
bädhakeça6 for the 5th lord Venus situated in Pisces, and it takes part in a
päpakartaré yoga formed by Sun, Mercury and Rähu on Venus. Mercury is
also bädhakeça from the käraka Jupiter.
However the curse from the father or pitås looks to be stronger, because
the Sun directly aspects the 5th house from the 9th, which is the strongest
aspecting house because of the bhäväö bhäväëäm principle (9th is 5th from
the 5th). Also the Sun receives the aspect of the nodes and the retrograde
Saturn, which being the debilitated ätmäkäraka7, is able to cause a
tremendous trouble in the chart. Aside from that the Sun is also disposited
by Saturn, so the influence is very strong. We should also note that Venus
is situated in the 10th house, again pointing to the curse of the father, and
also the käraka Jupiter is the lord of the 10th house and despite being in
own house, is situated as bädhaka from the lagna. Another factor is that
the Sun is the bädhakeça of the 5th house while Mars and moon are
situated in this same bädhaka house (Leo). Now to ascertain whether any
remedial measures are able to uplift the effect of the curse from the chart,
an analysis of the saptäàça (D-7) should be undertaken.

In the saptäàça the 9th house from lagna would be the käraka house for
children, being that we are studying a female chart. It has retrograde
Saturn situated in the sign of Mercury (both are eunuch planets), thereby
the possibility to have children is almost nil. Though a Gajakeçaré yoga
formed by the Moon and Jupiter aspects it giving some hope, but the
aspect of the nodes placed in mülatrikoëa signs totally destroy this benefic
influence. Saturn is in trines from saptäàça lagna and we find Venus and
Mercury in a Saturnine sign, and as we have mentioned in section 1.1. this
combination in the trikoëas from the D-7 lagna completely destroys the
native’s ability to have children. The three retrograde planets in the chart
are also another factor contributing to its karmic complexity.

6
See section 5.4.
7
Significator of the self, within the category of cara kärakas.
2. GENERAL COMBINATIONS FOR CURSES

2.1. Derivation of General Combinations

The combinations mentioned in chapter 85 of BPHS were specifically

indicating curses resulting in childlessness, and the sources of curses were
also likewise indicated. Obviously a curse may afflict not only the area of
childbirth but also practically any other areas indicated by the twelve
houses. For this we should derive a general principle on the basis of which
we can ascertain that a certain house of the birth chart is afflicted by a
curse. This is delineated in the following:

1. If a house, its lord and its natural käraka are all afflicted by weak or
malefic planets, then that life area is under a curse.
2. The person cursing can be ascertained from the strongest planet
influencing.
3. The strength of the curse can be seen from the collective strength of
the afflicting planets.
4. The timing of the effect should be done with the help of the Müla
Daçä scheme.

For this let us draw up a list of the houses and their respective kärakas. As
each house has several significations, different kärakas are to be used to
analyse them.

Hous Kärakas
e
1. Sun (body), Mars (intelligence, logic)
2. Jupiter (wealth), Mercury (speech)
3. Mars (younger siblings)
4. Moon (mother), Mercury (education), Venus (vehicle), Mars
(property), Ketu (houses), Jupiter (comforts)
5. Jupiter (children, knowledge), Venus (love), Sun, Mars (power)
6. Saturn (servants, disease), Mars (enemies, accidents)
7. Venus (wife), Jupiter (husband)
8. Saturn (longevity), Rähu and Ketu (disease), Mars (debts)
9. Sun (father, dharma), Jupiter (Guru, God), Ketu (spirituality),
Saturn (previous life), Rähu (karma)
10. Jupiter (wealth), Sun (fame), Mercury (skills, career), Saturn
(work)
11. Jupiter (friends, gains), Saturn (elder siblings)
12. Saturn (losses, punishment), Venus (long journey, sex life),
Rähu (bad habits, misfortune, secret enemies), Ketu
(meditation), Jupiter (charity)

If we apply the two combinations given in section 1.1. in a general way

then the following principles will also ensue that:
 b) If the käraka of the house, the house itself and the houses
closely connected to them (like 1st and 7th are the native and
his wife, which are sources of the child indicated by the 5 th)
are equally weak or afflicted, then the result of the house is
destroyed by a curse.
c) If a house is occupied by four malefics and its käraka is weak,
then the same result may be expected.

2.2. Identifying the Cursing Person

Now, generalizing the yogas given in section 1, we can come up with the
following conclusions:

1. If a house, its lord and its käraka are afflicted by Rähu together with
Mars or Saturn, then the curse is by the nägas. This will result in
gradual destruction of the results of the house, because the poison
from the snakes (literally or allegorically) will spread in the house.
The sarpa yoga and kälasarpa yoga also reflect similar effects (Refer
to section 3.).
2. The forefathers and the father are represented by the Sun. Although
the father is represented by the 9th house, the artha-trikoëa (2nd, 6th
and 10th houses) especially the 10th house indicates the transmission
of karma or work from the father to the son. Therefore in the Vedic
society most sons adopted the profession of their fathers. The 2 nd
house also indicates the parentage of the native. Therefore, if the
Sun and other malefics afflict a house, its lord and its käraka as well,
then this indicates the curse of the father (or the king). Besides that,
the position of the 10th lord, and malefics in artha-trikoëas may also
indicate debts towards the forefathers.
3. If the Moon conjoins or aspects a house under the influence of
malefics, while the lords of lagna and 4th are also afflicted, then the
curse of the mother is expected. Besides that the afflicted house’s
lord and käraka should also come under the affliction.
4. If Mars afflicts a house, the lord and käraka of which are also
afflicted in trikoëas, then this indicates the curse of the younger
siblings. If the 3rd lord is in parivartaëa with Mars, then also this
curse is indicated. Similarly for Saturn and 11 th house these
combinations would indicate curses by elder siblings.
5. Mercury, the 6th house and its lord indicate maternal uncles. If these
are afflicted and in turn influence any house, then they indicate the
curse of the uncles.
6. If Saturn, Mars or Rähu afflicts Jupiter, then this indicates the curse
of a brähmaëa from previous life. The houses lorded by Saturn would
indicate the area where the curse will take effect. The curse will be
fulfilled by another brähmaëa who is of very bad temper and nature.
7. Venus, the 7th house and its lord indicate the wife. If all of these are
afflicted and they influence any other house, then they will indicate
the curse of the wife from previous life.
8. The combination of Saturn-Moon or Saturn-Sun in any of the houses
or their joint aspect will indicate curses from departed souls
 connected to the family of the mother or father respectively. This
may not only be relatives, but servants, pets, or any other
dependants or friends. If Saturn afflicts a house together with other
malefics, while the lord of that house is connected to the 8 th, then
the same curse is expected. If Saturn conjoins a node in a visible
sign (7th through 12th houses), then the last rites of the father will not
be performed by the native. If the same is in an invisible house (1 st
through 6th) then the same holds true for the mother.

Now let us compile all this information in a reference table:

Cursing Käraka planets Kära Other combinations

persons ka
Hous
es
Nägas Rähu (& Mars or 12 Sarpa yoga, Kälasarpa yoga
Sat)
Forefathers Sun 10 Malefics in artha-trikoëa
Mother Moon 4 Lords of lagna and 4th afflicted
Brothers Mars or Saturn 3 or Parivartana of Mars-3rd or Sat-
11 11th
Maternal Mercury 6 Jupiter is käraka for paternal
uncles relations
Brähmaëas Jupiter 9 Jupiter afflicted by Sat, Mars,
Rähu
Wife Venus 7 For curse of husband, Jupiter is
k.
Spirits Saturn (& Sun or 8 Saturn-Rähu or Saturn-Ketu
(Pretas) Mo)

2.3. Example Chart for Curses: Stephen Hawking

In the above chart, Rähu in the 1 st house indicates the most strongly
afflicted area, the body. He has got progressively increasing paralysis from
a relatively young age. The only planet aspecting the 1st house is the Moon
from the 9th. Therefore we can suspect a curse from the mother from
previous life to affect his health. The Moon is aspected by Rähu and Ketu,
and is also in parivartaëa with the debilitated Mars. Thus at least three
malefics afflict the Moon, which is the natural käraka of mother. Also
because of the parivartaëa we can assume that Moon acts also like she is
in Cancer, and then she would receive the aspect of Saturn as well. Now
for the curse to affect the area of body, it should also afflict the lord of the
1st house and its käraka, which is in this case the Sun. Interestingly, if the
lord of the house is simultaneously its natural käraka as well, the käraka
bhäva näçaya principle becomes applicable, so in this case any affliction
to the Sun would strongly influence the physical health.

The Sun is conjoined by two benefics, and receives no evil aspects.

However, Saturn and Mars form a päpakartaré yoga on it while considering
the parivartaëa Moon (acting as Mars) and Rähu would form a bandhana
yoga as well, so in this way three or four malefics afflict the Sun. Despite
the excellent combination for intellectual powers in the 11 th house, the
above-mentioned evil yogas on the same house curtail its influence. Also
Moon is in the bädhaka sthäna from lagna, forming a parivartaëa yoga
with Mars the bädhakeça. Now for further information it is useful to check
the triàçäàça (D-30) position of the planets, although the lagna was not
rectified to that accuracy.

Five planets occupy the aàças lorded by Jupiter, which is the lord of the
ethereal element, or äkäça-tattva. This could indicate the disorder of life
airs leading to paralysis, which can’t be explained by mere
neurophysiological reasons. We see that besides the nodes, which
manifest the effect of the curse, the lords of the 6 th Saturn and lord of the
8th Jupiter are also in aàças lorded by Jupiter. The lagna lord Sun is in the
aàça of Mercury, thereby indicating problems manifesting in the earth
element (priöhivé-tattva), thereby indicating degeneration of bones and
other structural tissues of the body.

3. OTHER EVIL YOGAS IN THE BIRTH CHART

3.1. Sarpa Yoga and Kälasarpa yoga

Sarpa yoga is created when three or more malefics occupy the kendras
from the lagna, while no benefics are present. According to BPHS (37.22.)
the native born with this yoga will be crooked, cruel, poor, always remains
miserable and will always depend on others for food and drinks. If there’s
any benefics in the kendras then they will break the effect of this yoga,
and upäyas should be applied to strengthen the influence of this benefic.
Kälasarpa yoga is created when all the planets are situated between the
nodes, while Rähu is in the front (zodiacally). The opposite situation, where
Ketu is in the front is called Kälämåta yoga, and its effects although not so
destructive, are still far from favourable. The effects of Kälasarpa yoga
however are quite similar to the curse of the snakes, as the native will
suffer general setbacks in his life during the first 45 years, and as a result
he will turn a way from dharma and degrade himself especially in the area
of the house occupied by Rähu. If there are any benefic planets conjoining
the nodes or the 1st or 7th house, then the yoga will be broken. If the Moon
breaks the yoga, then Mahäçaìkha yoga is created, so to strengthen its
benefic effects fasting on Mondays and worship of Çiva and Saìkarçaëa is
recommended. If Jupiter breaks the yoga, then fasting on Thursdays is
recommended, along with worship of Lord Viñëu and Balaräma.

3.2. The Three Types of Gaëòänta

The gaëòänta yogas, although cannot be strictly considered yogas, but

rather flaws in time, still find their place here because the effect is similar
to curses from previous births, especially if all three gaëòänta doñas are
present in a chart.

b) Tithi Gaëòänta occurs when the native is born in the last

ghaöi of the pürëa tithis (païcamé or 5th, daçamé or 10th,
amavasya or new moon and pürëima or full moon day) or in
the first ghaöi of the nanda tithis (praöipata or 1st, çañöhé or
6th and ekädaçé or 11th).
c) Nakñatra Gaëòänta occurs when the native is born in the
last to ghaöis of the Moon’s passing in Äçleñä, Jyeñöhä and
Revaté Nakñatras or in the first two ghaöis after the Moon
entered the Açviné, Mägha and Müla Nakñatras.
d) Lagna Gaëòänta occurs when the lagna is less then half
ghaöis before or after crossing the junction point of the signs
Pisces-Aries, Cancer-Leo and Scorpio-Sagittarius.

The junction points of these pairs of signs conjoin with the junction points
of the three paryäyas of nakñatras. Here the fiery and watery signs meet,
so obviously these points are disharmonic. If all three doñas are present in
someone’s chart, then the child is almost sure to die shortly after birth,
while if he remains alive, he will suffer a lot and he will always be
subservient to poor and unfortunate persons. Lagna gaëòänta causes loss
of intelligence, Nakñatra gaëòänta causes short life, while tiöhi gaëòänta
causes loss of fortune. If someone is born in the last pada of Äçleñä or first
pada of Açviëé, then loss of father; in first pada of Mägha, loss of mother;
in last pada of Revaté, many difficulties; in last pada of Jyeñöhä short life
may be expected.
The general effect in the case all three or at least two gaëòäntas are
present is that the native may die right after birth, or during travel or
auspicious ceremonies like wedding. However, if only nakñatra gaëòänta is
present, and there are other beneficial yogas in the chart, the child may
survive and become fortunate. One example of this is the chart of
Mahätmä Gandhi, who was born in the end of Äçleñä Nakñatra, but had a
relatively successful life.

3.3. Abhukta Müla and other evil Nakñatras

The lords of Jyeñöhä and Müla Nakñatras are Indra and Räkñasa
respectively. Therefore the period of the last five ghaöis of Jyeñöhä and
first eight ghaöis of Müla are called Abhukta Müla, and this period is very
dangerous, especially if the birth happens in the Märgaçira, Phälguëa,
Vaiçäkha or Jyaiñöha lunar months. According to Paräçara, such a child
should be deserted, or else the whole family will suffer. Another solution to
the problem is that the father should not see the child up to eight years
from birth, or according to other sources for one lunar month.
If a female is born in the Jyeñöhä Nakñatra, then she will cause the death
of her husband’s elder brother, while if at the end of the Viçäkhä, then the
death of her husband’s younger brother. At the marriage of such a female,
a cow should be donated.
If the child is born in the last three quarters of Äçleñä Nakñatra then the
death of his mother-in-law, and if in the first three quarters of Müla then
the death of his father-in-law should be expected. The kumbha-viväha
remedy is suitable for removal of these blemishes.
Another negative combination occurs if the child is born in the same
Nakñatra as his or her elder siblings, or parents.

3.4. Other Inauspicious Timings

If the child is born during amavasya tithi, then both parents will become
poor. This tithi is ruled by Rähu, so the effect is akin to näga doña. In the
case of birth during kåñëa caturdaçé, the evil effects include loss of
parents, uncles, children or short life. Venus rules this tiöhi, so remedies
should be applied according to this.
If the native is born during bhadra or viñöi karaëa or some evil upagraha
rises in his lagna, then the effect is also negative. The saìkräntis (the days
when the Sun changes signs) and the lunar and solar eclipses are also
negative periods, so if the child is born during these times, then again
suitable remedies should be performed in order to protect the child from
the evil effects of the curse. The effects include poverty, suffering, disease
and death.

3.5. Tritara and Abnormal births

Mahärñi Paräçara specifically mentions that if someone has three boys
then they have received the blessings of the tridevas (Çiva, Viñëu and
Brahmä respectively); and if they have three girls, then they receive the
blessings of the tridevés (Pärvaté, Lakñmé and Sarasvaté). But if someone
is dissatisfied with this and they want a fourth child that is of the opposite
sex, then they will attract the curse of the tridevas or tridevés.
Also, if an abnormal human child or animal is born, then this could bring
ruin to the whole village or community. These include children born too
early or too late, the child misses some limbs or has extra limbs, or has
two genders, or looks like an animal, or are born as Siamese twins. In this
case, the appropriate remedies are very important.

3.6. Example Chart for Inauspicious Birth Time: Khomeini

Ayatollah

Apart from being born during viñöi karaëa, his Moon is in the 2nd pada of
the Müla Nakñatra, which is lorded by Räkçasa, and especially during the
month of Vaiçäkha when he was born, the residence of Müla Nakñatra is in
hell (pätäla). This is also confirmed by his lagna being in a fixed sign.
Besides that, the effect of Kälavela on the lagna is also there, as it is
situated just about 2-3 degrees behind the lagna degree. The Guru-
caëòäla yoga formed by the Jupiter and Rähu indicates the curse of a
brähmaëa from previous life, which is most likely to afflict his mother as it
is situated in the 4th while Moon is conjoined by the evil Saturn.
4. COMBINATIONS FOR BLACK MAGIC FROM NAVÄÀÇA

4.1. Indications for Black Magic

k-ark-a&Xaaita[k-ae<aSQae PaaPa%e$=ÜYae iÜJa )

MaaNavae MaN}aTaN}ajae JaaYaTae Naa_}a Sa&XaYa" ))75))
PaaPaeNa vqi+aTae Ta}a JaaTaae iNaGa]ahk-ae >aveTa( )
Xau>aEiNaRrqi+aTae TaiSMaNa( Narae_NauGa]ahk-ae
>aveTa( ))76))

kärakäàçät trikoëasthe päpakheöadvaye dvija

mänavo mantratantrajïo jäyate nä ’tra saàçayaù
päpena vékñite tatra jäto nigrähako bhavet
çubhairnirékñite tasmin naro ’nugrähako bhavet

“O brähmaëa, if there are two malefic planets in a trikoëa from kärakäàça,

the native will have knowledge of mantra (sacred spells) and tantra
(mystical rituals). If they (the malefic planets) are aspected by a malefic
planet, the native will use this knowledge for evil purposes (as black
magic) but if they are aspected by a benefic planet he will use it for good
purposes.” (BPHS 35.75-76.)

i}ak-ae<ae PaaPaÜYae MaaiN}ak-" ))83))

PaaPadN$e= iNaGa]ahk-" ))84))
Xau>adN$e= ANauGa]ahk-" ))85))

trikoëe päpadvaye mäntrikaù

päpadåñöe nigrähakaù
çubhadåñöe anugrähakaù

“If two malefics are in trikoëas, the native gains expertise in spells
(mantras) and occult knowledge. The malefic in trikoëas when aspected by
other malefics gives expertise in black magic. The malefic in trikoëas when
aspected by benefics gives expertise in white magic.” (Jaimini Sütram
1.2.83-85.)

The two authors have identical opinions on this, however a few finer points
may be considered for a fuller understanding of this combination.

4.2. Kärakäàça and Sväàça

Kärakäàça is the sign in the naväàça chart, which is occupied by the

ätmäkäraka planet. Lagnäàça is the sign occupied by the lagna in
naväàça. The sväàça means both kärakäàça and lagnäàça. What is the
difference between the two? If a combination in the naväàça chart is
analysed from the vantage point of lagnäàça, then it refers more to the
physical level, while it is reckoned from the kärakäàça, then the soul’s
spiritual force is added to the strength of the combination. Paräçara does
not distinguish between the two, however Jaimini does, and from the
above we can derive the following subtleties for the interpretation of the
combination for mystic knowledge:

1. If the combination is in trikoëas only from lagnäàça, then the magic

is not so strong, and the native learns it in this life and uses for
commercial gains etc.
2. If the combination is in trikoëas from kärakäàça, then the native has
been practicing tantra etc. in his previous life, and thus his mystic
power in this life will grow very strong. We should also note that if
the ätmäkäraka planet itself is a malefic, then the native has very
strong will power.
3. The strength even increases if the malefics are in trikoëas to sväàça
(i.e. both lagnäàça and kärakäàça), especially if the two conjoin. This
combination enables the native to realise his ambitions in full.
4. At least one malefic gives knowledge of mantra (sacred
incantations), two that of yantras (mystical diagrams) while three or
more give knowledge of tantra (mystical rituals). The nature of these
may be understood on the basis of the strongest malefic influencing.
5. If these planets are aspected by a malefic, the native uses it for
nefarious purposes (black magic) while if aspected by benefics, he
will use it for acceptable purposes (white magic). Mixed aspects
indicate mixed results.

4.3. Example Chart for Black Magic: Aleister Crowley

The above chart is that of Aleister Crowley, a very famous English author
and black magician. His ätmäkäraka is the retrograde Saturn, conjoined by
a very strong exalted Mars, which is also vargottama. The malefic
ätmäkäraka indicates will power, while its retrogression indicates a strong
unfulfilled desire harboured from last life, which becomes the cause of
rebirth in this life. Mars is yogakäraka, being the lord of 5th and 10th, thus
indicates a very good potential for success in this area. Also note that Mars
is the dispositor of the ärudha lagna and ghaöika lagna (situated in Scorpio
and Aries respectively), which adds to the strength of the combination.

The satanic motives of the native are also seen from Rähu being lord of
the 8th house conjoining the Moon, lord of lagna in the 9th house of religion.
This combination is also called Candra-caëòäla yoga and suits different
kinds of sexual aberration, including paedophilia. A the same time this is a
çakti yoga in which the Sun’s significations (dharma) also get destroyed.
The native’s orientation towards sexual magic is also seen from the strong
7th house occupied by the exalted Mars and ätmäkäraka Saturn in own
house, which is simultaneously the lord of the 8 th house of mystical
knowledge. Mars in the 7th house usually indicates a kind hearted person,
but here the retrograde ätmäkäraka Saturn overpowers it, making him
sacrifice kindness for the desire to acquire mystic powers and manipulate
others. Now let’s see the combinations in the naväàça chart.

The naväàça lagna is in the 5th house from the räçi lagna, which is the
house of power and knowledge. It contains Rähu, which is 8 th lord in räçi.
So analysing from lagnäàça we find only Rähu as a malefic, while 9th house
has Moon in her own house, aspected by the three benefics Jupiter,
Mercury and Venus. It may be derived that this combination helped him a
lot in concealing his nefarious intentions and gave him a good ground to
deceive people. However if we check the combination from the kärakäàça,
we find that the Sun conjoins Saturn, while Mars is exalted in the 5 th, and
Ketu is positioned in the 9th house. So there are three malefics in trikoëas
to the kärakäàça, while the ätmäkäraka itself is a retrograde malefic
planet. With this, there’s not many planets remaining to aspect the
combination, though the strongest planet of the combination, Mars
receives the aspect of Rähu and Ketu (Räçi Dåñöi), thereby gaining
additional strength to do evil. Ketu is also aspected by Mars (this is the
strongest aspect) and also by Moon and Venus, which however were
unable to turn his will into a positive direction, they just served to conceal
the cruelty, as mentioned above in connection to Moon. Venus is also
afflicted by a Päpakartaré yoga (see section 5 for details) from Rähu,
Saturn and the Sun, and it again indicates that the main interest lies in
sexual magic. Venus in the 2 nd from kärakäàça indicates uncontrollable
sexual passion, although the aspect of Ketu on it tends to control it.
However this manifests in full only if Saturn also aspects, which is missing
in this case, so the native has concealed sexual aberrations.

5. CURSES AND BLACK MAGIC IN THIS LIFE

5.1. Evil Effects of Saturn, Rähu and Ketu

The evil effects of these three planets are called Véra Bandha (Saturn),
Näga Bandha (Rähu) and Ähi Bandha (Ketu). These can be caused by
curses in the past or present life and result in some type of bondage or
difficulties. Véra Bandha is caused by Saturn and its results are that the
person is overpowered by enemies and made immobile either by enemies
or disease or some other weakness like sex, alcohol etc. The best remedy
for this affliction is any mantra of Kåñna like the Krñëa-täraka mantra or
Gopäla-matra:

é[qk*-Z<a" Xar<a& MaMa ))

Çré-kåñëaù çaraëaà mama

GaaePaqJaNavç/>aaYa Svaha ))

Gopéjana-vallabhäya svähä

Näga Bandha is caused by Rähu and is seen when the person is cheated,
falsely accused, possessed by spirits, witchcraft and black magic etc. The
best remedy is the Räma-täraka mantra:

é[qraMa" Xar<a& MaMa ))

Çré-rämaù çaraëaà mama

The Äùi Bandha is attributed to Ketu, and its symptoms are sudden results
like reversals, decline in health for no apparent reason, insomnia, mental
disorders, in some cases evil eye or possession by spirits, cheating or
being cheated, false hopes and self destruction may also occur. The best
remedy is the Näräyaëa mantra, or the Näräyaëa kavaca given in section
6.

p NaMaae NaaraYa<aaYa ))

Oà namo näräyaëäya

5.2. The Effects of Kaëöaka Çani and Sade-saté

The doñas mentioned in the previous and this point are usually results of
past karma, but often times they are manifest in the form of inimical
action like curses or black magic on the native in this life.
Kaëöaka means a thorn, so there are special transits for Saturn, when it
gives great obstacles in life. This effect occurs when Saturn has a special
aspect (his graha dåñöi on the 3rd and 10th house from him) on the 10th
house (reckoned from lagna, ärudha lagna and the Moon) or occupies it.
This literally means the Saturn’s transit through the 1 st, 10th and 8th houses
from lagna, ärudha lagna and the Moon. The native may lose his job,
business may face failures or other adverse career-related effects are
indicated for this doña. The remedy lies in worshipping Çré Rudra or Çré
Kåñëa.
The transit of Saturn through the 12th, 1st and 2nd houses from the Moon
comprise the 7.5-year period of Sade-saté. It is divided into three parts.
When Saturn transits the 12th house from the Moon, problems occur in
domestic affairs, tensions with spouse, parents and children are also
possible. Change of residence may also occur.
1) Worship of Yogamäyä is recommended during this period.
The transit of Saturn through the Moon sign may cause bad company,
failure in undertakings, and many personal problems like loss of
reputation, danger from accidents etc.
2) Worship of Çré Haëumän is recommended.
The third part of Sade-saté results in many enemies and financial losses,
loss of livelihood and danger from government action.
3) Worship of Çré Krñëa is recommended along with general
remedies for Saturn during the whole period.

5.3. Päpakartaré Yogas and Bandhana Yogas

Päpakartaré yoga is formed when there are malefic planets in the 12 th and
2nd from the lagna or any other house. If it is formed on the lagna, then the
native becomes sensual, will do sinful acts and will usurp others’ wealth. If
it forms in the other houses, then it will also harm the significations of
those houses. On the other hand, benefic planets form çubhakartaré yoga,
and they indicate blessings or help from other people regarding the
affected life area in the native’s chart. A specific version of the kartaré
yogas is the bandhana yoga, which usually causes bondage. This is formed
when the native has an equal number of equally strong planets in either
side of the lagna, ärudha lagna, Moon or any other house. They need not
be only malefics, benefics or mixed planets may also form the yoga, and
their nature will indicate the nature of bondage. If for example the
bondage is caused by benefics, the native may be held in custody for the
purposes of protection or healing etc. If malefics cause the bandhana
yoga, then the bondage is painful and the native suffers a lot, plus his
custodians are cruel people. If mixed planets cause the bandhana yoga,
then the results are also mixed. Some points regarding the nature of
bandhana yoga are listed below:
 1. Equal number and equal strength of planets indicate that the native
is unable to escape the bondage. If one side of the bandhana is
weaker, he has chances to escape.
2. Planets in the following house pairs form the yoga: 2/12, 3/11, 4/10,
5/9 and 6/8. The nature of the houses and planets will indicate the
persons and motives causing bondage.
3. The bandhana yoga formed on the lagna may give physical
imprisonment, on the AL – ideological oppression; on the Moon –
emotional constrictions; and on the lagna lord – physical inability
due to diseases or accidents etc.
Similarly for other houses.

5.4. Combinations for Äbhicara, Dåñöi Bädha, Preta Bädha etc.

The combinations mentioned so far relate to the birth chart, and indicate
general evils occurring in this lifetime of the native, because of past sins.
The occurrences may often times be in the form of curses and evil eye or
black magic performed on the native in this life. The following
combinations are partially applicable to the birth chart, where they will
show the tendency to be attacked by enemies, evil spirits etc., but for
more exact determination of the native’s situation these rules should be
applied on the ärudhas of the specific query charts also. These
combinations come from the Prañëa Märga and another classic named
Santana Dépikä.
The first principle to understand is the bädhaka. Each house has a
bädhaka (obstructive or harmful) sign, and its lord is called bädhakeça. For
cardinal signs the bädhaka is the 11th house from them, for fixed signs the
9th from them and for dual signs the 7th from them is the bädhaka sign.
The planets occupying the bädhaka house and its lord are also
unfavourable to the significations of the house. The following principles
may be applied to the janma lagna or the prañëa ärudha also.

1. If the bädhakeça aspects the lagneça, then there is dåñöi bädha (the
native is attacked by evil spirits). Both räçi and graha dåñöi may be
considered.
2. If the 7th lord is in the bädhaka sthäna or the bädhakeça and lagneça
conjoin or mutually aspect, there is dåñöi bädha.
3. Lagna in a cardinal sign with a malefic, and Mars is in the 7th house.
4. Lagna is occupied by malefics, Saturn is in the 7 th, and Moon is
aspected by malefics.
5. The diseases usually occur because of two reasons: one is the
disorder of the tridoñas (biological elements of the body) and the
other is due to the mantric machinations of the enemies that we are
studying here. The 6th and 8th houses indicate disease. If Mercury is
stronger than the lagna, then the diseases are more likely to occur
because of äbhicara. Also, if lord of the 6th house is stronger than the
lord of the 8th, then again the diseases are more likely to occur
because of the enemies. Otherwise it is due to the disorder of the
tridoñas.
 6. If Gulika or Rähu occupies the 4 th, 5th, 7th or 8th, then the disease is
due to poison, and if the 6th lord conjoins, then the poison was
administered by the enemies. If the lord of lagna is in connection
with the 6th lord, then the object of giving poison is to harm the
person. If it is connected with the 7th lord, then the object is to win
over the person (like making him fall in love or come under the
control of someone).
7. If bädhakeça occupies or aspects the 6 th, or the 6th lord occupies or
aspects the bädhaka (from lagna), or the bädhakeça and 6th lord are
in parivartaëa, or conjoin, or are in mutual aspect, then the affliction
is due to enemies.
8. If the bädhakeça is a benefic, then the affliction is called
mahäbhicara (incantations calculated to cause death etc.), and if it
is a malefic, then kñudräbhicara (burying enchanted substances
underground to bring about the native’s ruin). In the second case
further information on the tantric object can be found on the basis of
Gulika’s position.
9. If Mars is in the bädhaka sthäna from lagna aspected by the 6th lord,
then the native has sickness resorted to by an enemy.
10. Mars in lagna or its kendras while 6th lord in lagna.
11. 6th lord in lagna, 7th or 10th while Mars is in lagna or aspects it.
12. Ketu in the kendras excepting the 7th, while Mars is in lagna or
aspects it, or Mändi occupies a kendra.
13. Recovery from the disease after performing suitable remedial
measures may be expected if the 9th lord is favourably disposed, or if
the lagna lord is associated with or aspected by the Sun or Jupiter,
but if they are afflicted, then recovery is unlikely. Also, if the lagna,
4th, 6th, 8th and 11th houses are free from malefics and benefics
occupy the 4th, 7th and 10th houses, then recovery is possible. The
above combinations should be examined both in the birth chart and
in the query chart.

5.5. Example Chart for Black Magic: Attack with Poison

The effects of Véra Bandha (Saturn), Näga Bandha (Rähu) and Ähi Bandha
(Ketu) are all present in this chart, as Rähu forms a Päpakartaré yoga with
the Sun and Mars on the lagna, while Saturn is in the bädhaka sthäna from
lagna, and Ketu is in the 6th house of enemies. Also Mercury is obviously
stronger than the lagna, while the 6th lord Sun is again much stronger than
the 8th lord Venus. The powerful combination in the 2 nd house involving the
exalted 6th lord Sun and the bädhakeça Mercury indicates numerous and
powerful enemies. Also retrograde Mercury and Saturn are able to cause a
lot of trouble because of past life karmic complications. Rähu in the 12 th on
the other hand indicates secret enemies who are most likely to attack with
poison.
The combination in point 4. is partially applicable, as Saturn is in the 7 th in
bädhaka sthäna, while the Moon is aspected by Rähu and Ketu. However
the relieving factors are Jupiter in own house in lagna and the conjunction
of ätmäkäraka Mars with the Moon in Aries. Mars tends to give spiritual
strength to overcome enemies and he also tends to protect the life of the
native.
Neither Gulika nor Rähu are in 4th, 5th, 7th or 8th house, but both aspect the
lord of the 6th and the bädhakeça, so a secret enemy tried to administer
poison to the native, but the native was miraculously saved from eating
the poisoned foodstuff by God’s grace.
Bädhakeça Mercury and 6th lord Sun conjoin, so this confirms attacks by
enemies, while Mercury being a benefic, the attack would be mahäbhicära
(incantations etc.).

What was the motive of the enemy attacking the native with poison? This
should be ascertained from the Triàçäàça (D-30) chart. Here we see 7 th
lord Jupiter that is also bädhakeça is in the lagna. The planets involving
poisoning are Rähu and Gulika. Rähu is in the 10 th conjoined by the Moon,
Ketu and Sun, while Rähu is lord of the 6 th house, so one reason could be
envy in career. Also the only planet aspecting Gulika is Venus from the
upapada, so the other motive could be jealousy in love. In other words the
enemy wanted to enter into a love relationship with the native, while he
declined it, and then the enemy resorted to attempt poisoning him.
However the close conjunction of Jupiter both in räçi and triàçäàça
protected the native from the harmful effects.

6. ANTIDOTES FOR EVILS

6.1. Remedial Measures for Childlessness

Mahärñi Paräçara lists a lot of useful remedial measures for neutralising

the effects of curses leading to childlessness. These remedies were listed
in section 1, and the same can be applied if curses afflict the other areas
of the native’s chart. However we should note that Paräçara specifically
mentions the case of childlessness, which in most cases can be the most
severely afflicted area. Also we should note that there are many other
reasons leading to childlessness, like the infertility of one or two members
of the couple etc. The combinations indicating these are appropriately
listed in Jaimini Sütram. Therefore another grand remedial measure will be
offered below from the great Mahäpuräëa Çrémad-Bhägavatam, which can
be undertaken in the case of childlessness.

Puàsavana Vrata or Lakñmé-Näräyaëa Vrata

(Çrémad-Bhägavatam Canto 6, Chapter 19)

Mahäräja Parékñit said: “My dear lord, you have already spoken about the
puàsavana vow. Now I want to hear about it in detail, for I understand that
by observing this vow one can please the Supreme Lord, Viñëu.”

Çukadeva Gosvämé said: “On the first day of the bright fortnight of the
month of Agrahäyaëa [November–December], following the instructions of
her husband, a woman should begin this regulative devotional service with
a vow of penance, for it can fulfill all one’s desires. Before beginning the
worship of Lord Viñëu, the woman should hear the story of how the Maruts
were born. Under the instructions of qualified brähmaëas, in the morning
she should wash her teeth, bathe, and dress herself with white cloth and
ornaments, and before taking breakfast she should worship Lord Viñëu
and Lakñmé.”

[She should then pray to the Lord as follows.]

Al/& Tae iNarPae+aaYaPaU<aRk-aMa NaMaae_STau Tae )

Mahaiv>aUiTaPaTaYaeNaMa" Sak-l/iSaÖYae ))

YaQaa Tv& k*-PaYaa >aUTYaaTaeJaSaa MaihMaaEJaSaa )

Jauí= wRXa Gau<aE" SavERSTaTaae_iSa >aGavaNa( Pa[>au" ))

alaà te nirapekñäya pürëa-käma namo ’stu te

mahävibhüti-pataye namaù sakala-siddhaye

yathä tvaà kåpayä bhütyä tejasä mahimaujasä

juñöa éça guëaiù sarvais tato ’si bhagavän prabhuù
“My dear Lord, You are full in all opulences, but I do not beg You for
opulence. I simply offer my respectful obeisances unto You. You are the
husband and master of Lakñmédevé, the goddess of fortune, who has all
opulences. Therefore You are the master of all mystic yoga. I simply offer
my obeisances unto You.”

“O my Lord, because You are endowed with causeless mercy, all

opulences, all prowess and all glories, strength and transcendental
qualities, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of
everyone.”

[After profusely offering obeisances unto Lord Viñëu, the devotee should
offer respectful obeisances unto mother Lakñmé, the goddess of fortune,
and pray as follows.]

ivZ<auPaiTan MahaMaaYaeMahaPauåzl/+a<ae )
Pa[qYaeQaa Mae Maha>aaGael/aek-MaaTaNaRMaae_STau Tae ))

viñëu-patni mahä-mäye mahäpuruña-lakñaëe

préyethä me mahä-bhäge loka-mätar namo ’stu te

“O wife of Lord Viñëu, O internal energy of Lord Viñëu, you are as good as
Lord Viñëu Himself, for you have all of His qualities and opulences. O
goddess of fortune, please be kind to me. O mother of the entire world, I
offer my respectful obeisances unto you.”

p NaMaae >aGavTae MahaPauåzaYa MahaNau>aavaYa

Mahaiv>aUiTaPaTaYae Sah Mahaiv>aUiTai>abRil/MauPahraiMa ))

oà namo bhagavate mahä-puruñäya mahänubhäväya mahävibhüti-pataye

saha mahä-vibhütibhir balim upaharämi

“My Lord Viñëu, full in six opulences, You are the best of all enjoyers and
the most powerful. O husband of mother Lakñmé, I offer my respectful
obeisances unto You, who are accompanied by many associates, such as
Viçvaksena. I offer all the paraphernalia for worshiping You.”

One should chant this mantra every day with great attention while
worshiping Lord Viñëu with all paraphernalia, such as water for washing
His feet, hands and mouth and water for His bath. One must offer Him
various presentations for His worship, such as garments, a sacred thread,
ornaments, scents, flowers, incense and lamps.

Çukadeva Gosvämé continued: After worshiping the Lord with all the
paraphernalia mentioned above, one should chant the following mantra
while offering twelve oblations of ghee on the sacred fire:
 AaeA NaMaae >aGavTae MahaPauåzaYa Mahaiv>aUiTaPaTaYae
Svaha ))

oà namo bhagavate mahä-puruñäya mahävibhüti-pataye svähä

If one desires all opulences, his duty is to daily worship Lord Viñëu with His
wife, Lakñmé. With great devotion one should worship Him according to
the above-mentioned process. Lord Viñëu and the goddess of fortune are
an immensely powerful combination. They are the bestowers of all
benedictions and the sources of all good fortune. Therefore the duty of
everyone is to worship Lakñmé-Näräyaëa.

One should offer obeisances unto the Lord with a mind humbled through
devotion. While offering daëòavats by falling on the ground like a rod, one
should chant the above mantra ten times. Then one should chant the
following prayer.

Yauva& Tau ivìSYa iv>aUJaGaTa" k-ar<a& ParMa( )

wYaA ih Pa[k-iTa" SaU+MaaMaaYaaXai¢-duRrTYaYaa ))

TaSYaa ADaqìr" Saa+aatvMaev PauåZa" Par" )

Tv& SavRYaj wJYaeYa& i§-YaeYa& f-l/>auG>avaNa( ))

Gau<aVYai¢-irYa& devqVYaÅak-ae Gau<a>auG>avaNa( )

TvA ih SavRXarqYaaRTMaaé[qo XarqreiNd]YaaXaYaao ))
NaaMaæåPae >aGavTaqPa[TYaYaSTvMaPaaé[Ya" )

YaQaa Yauva& i}al/aek-SYavrdaE ParMaeií=NaaE )

TaQaa Ma otaMaëaek-SaNTau SaTYaa MahaiXaz" ))

yuväà tu viçvasya vibhü jagataù käraëaà param

iyaà hi prakåtiù sükñmä mäyä-çaktir duratyayä

tasyä adhéçvaraù säkñät tvam eva puruñaù paraù

tvaà sarva-yajïa ijyeyaà kriyeyaà phala-bhug bhavän

guëa-vyaktir iyaà devé vyaïjako guëa-bhug bhavän

tvaà hi sarva-çaréry ätmä çréù çarérendriyäçayäù
näma-rüpe bhagavaté pratyayas tvam apäçrayaù

yathä yuväà tri-lokasyavaradau parameñöhinau

tathä ma uttamaçloka santu satyä mahäçiñaù

“My Lord Viñëu and mother Lakñmé, goddess of fortune, you are the
proprietors of the entire creation. Indeed, you are the cause of the
creation. Mother Lakñmé is extremely difficult to understand because she
is so powerful that the jurisdiction of her power is difficult to overcome.
Mother Lakñmé is represented in the material world as the external
energy, but actually she is always the internal energy of the Lord.”
“My Lord, You are the master of energy, and therefore You are the
Supreme Person. You are sacrifice [yajïa] personified. Lakñmé, the
embodiment of spiritual activities, is the original form of worship offered
unto You, whereas You are the enjoyer of all sacrifices.”

“Mother Lakñmé, who is here, is the reservoir of all spiritual qualities,

whereas You manifest and enjoy all these qualities. Indeed, You are
actually the enjoyer of everything. You live as the Supersoul of all living
entities, aid the goddess of fortune is the form of their bodies, senses and
minds. She also has a holy name and form, whereas You are the support of
all such names and forms and the cause for their manifestation.”

“You are both the supreme rulers and benedictors of the three worlds.
Therefore, my Lord, Uttamaçloka, may my ambitions be fulfilled by Your
grace.”

Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé continued:”Thus one should worship Lord Viñëu,

who is known as Çréniväsa, along with mother Lakñmé, the goddess of
fortune, by offering prayers according to the process mentioned above.
After removing all the paraphernalia of worship, one should offer them
water to wash their hands and mouths, and then one should worship them
again.

Thereafter, with devotion and humility, one should offer prayers to the
Lord and mother Lakñmé. Then one should smell the remnants of the food
offered and then again worship the Lord and Lakñméjé.

Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme Person, a

wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by offering him prasäda.
The husband, being very pleased with his wife, should engage himself in
the affairs of his family.

Between the husband and wife, one person is sufficient to execute this
devotional service. Because of their good relationship, both of them will
enjoy the result. Therefore if the wife is unable to execute this process, the
husband should carefully do so, and the faithful wife will share the result.

One should accept this viñëu-vrata, which is a vow in devotional service,

and should not deviate from its execution to engage in anything else. By
offering the remnants of prasäda, flower garlands, sandalwood pulp and
ornaments, one should daily worship the brähmaëas and worship women
who peacefully live with their husbands and children. Every day the wife
must continue following the regulative principles to worship Lord Viñëu
with great devotion. Thereafter, Lord Viñëu should be laid in His bed, and
then one should take prasäda. In this way, husband and wife will be
purified and will have all their desires fulfilled.

The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one
year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the
month of Kärttika [October–November].
On the morning of the next day, one should wash oneself, and after
worshiping Lord Kåñëa as before, one should cook as one cooks for
festivals as stated in the Gåhya-sütras. Sweet rice should be cooked with
ghee, and with this preparation the husband should offer oblations to the
fire twelve times.

Thereafter, he should satisfy the brähmaëas. When the satisfied

brähmaëas bestow their blessings, he should devotedly offer them
respectful obeisances with his head, and with their permission he should
take prasäda.

Before taking his meal, the husband must first seat the äcärya
comfortably, and, along with his relatives and friends, should control his
speech and offer prasäda to the guru. Then the wife should eat the
remnants of the oblation of sweet rice cooked with ghee. Eating the
remnants insures a learned, devoted son and all good fortune.

If this vow or ritualistic ceremony is observed according to the description

of çästra, even in this life a man will be able to achieve all the
benedictions he desires from the Lord. A wife who performs this ritualistic
ceremony will surely receive good fortune, opulence, sons, a long-living
husband, a good reputation and a good home.

If an unmarried girl observes this vrata, she will be able to get a very good
husband. If a woman who is avérä—who has no husband or son—executes
this ritualistic ceremony, she can be promoted to the spiritual world. A
woman whose children have died after birth can get a child with a long
duration of life and also become very fortunate in possessing wealth. If a
woman is unfortunate she will become fortunate, and if ugly she will
become beautiful. By observing this vrata, a diseased man can gain relief
from his disease and have an able body with which to work. If one recites
this narration while offering oblations to the pitäs and demigods,
especially during the çräddha ceremony, the demigods and inhabitants of
Pitåloka will be extremely pleased with him and bestow upon him the
fulfillment of all desires. After one performs this ritualistic ceremony, Lord
Viñëu and His wife, mother Lakñmé, the goddess of fortune, are very
pleased with him. O King Parékñit, now I have completely described how
Diti performed this ceremony and had good children—the Maruts—and a
happy life. I have tried to explain this to you as elaborately as possible.

6.2. Remedial Measures for General Curses

In chapter 85 of Båhat-Paräçara-Hora-Çästra, the author delineates the

most suitable remedial measures to ward off the curses connected to the
different planets as follows:

TaQaa jXau§-Jae deZae Pau}aaáaE XaM>auPaUJaNaaTa( )

JaqvcNd]k*-Tae ivPa[ MaN}aYaN}aaEZaDaaidTa" ))109))
rahuJae k-NYak-adaNaaTSaUYaRJae hirk-ITaRNaaTa( )
 GaaedaNaaTke-TauJae deZae åd]JaaPaaTku-Jaa_ikRJae ))110))
SavRdaezaivNaaXaaYaa Xau>aSaNTaaNal/BdaYae )
hirv&Xak-Qaa >aKTYaa é[aeTaVYaa iviDaNaa iÜJa ))111))

tathä jïaçukraje deñe puträptaù çambhupüjanät

jévacandrakåte vipra mantrayantrauñadhäditaù
rähuje kanyakädänät süryaje harikértanät
godänät ketuje deñe rudrajäpät kujä ’rkije
sarvadoñavinäçäyä çubhasantänalabdhaye
harivaàçakathä bhaktyä çrotavyä vidhinä dvija

“In order to get blessed with a son, propitiation of the concerned planets
to mitigate the affliction should be performed. Worshipping Lord Çiva will
alleviate the affliction and curse of Mercury and Venus. Adoption of
mantras, yantras and administering medical herbs will ward off the curse
of the Moon and Jupiter. Performing marriage of a girl will alleviate Rähu’s
affliction. Recitation of hari-bhajana mitigates the affliction to the Sun. By
giving a cow in charity Ketu’s curse is decreased. Rudra-japa will mellow
down the affliction of the Mars and Saturn. All the afflictions will get
extinguished by performing devotional service and listening to the
Harivaàça Puräëa with earnest devotion and thus one will be blessed with
a child.” (BPHS 85.109-111.)

Paräçara also lists the general method to make the Deities of the planets,
install and worship them. A few items of these descriptions are included in
the following table:

Planet Materi Color Directi Numb Firewoo Food Donati

al of of on er of d (Rice on
Deity Cloth Mantr with)
as
Sun Copper Red E 7000 Arka Jagger Milking
Lotus y Cow
Moon Crystal Whitis NW 11000 Paläça Milk Conch
h
Mars Red Red S 10000 Khadira Haviñy Bullock
Sandal a
Mercu Gold Yellow N 9000 Apämärg Paddy Gold
ry a in Milk
Jupite Gold Yellow NE 19000 Pippala Curd Clothes
r
Venus Silver White SE 16000 Udambar Ghé Horse
a
Satur Iron Blue W 23000 Çamé Sesam Black
n e Cow
Rähu Lead Black SW 18000 Durvä Lentils Iron
Ketu Brass Smoke Z 17000 Kuçä Khicaò Goat
y é
6.3. Planetary Mantras from Åg Veda

Sun (Åg Veda 1.35.2.):

Aak*-Z<aeNa rJaSaa vTaRMaaNaae iNaveZaYaàMa*Ta& MaTYaR&

c)
ihr<YaYaeNa SaivTaa rQaeNaa_devae YaaiTa >auvNaaiNa
PaXYaNa( ))2))

äkåñëena rajasä vartamäno niveñayannamåtaà martyaà ca

hiraëyayena savitä rathenä ’devo yäti bhuvanäni paçyan

“Throughout the dusky firmament advancing, laying to rest the immortal

and the mortal, borne in His golden chariot comes, Savitr, the Sun God
who looks on every creature.”

Moon

wMa& deva_SaPaÒ& SauvßMMahTae +a}aaYa )

MahTae JYaEï=YaaYa MahTae JaaNaraJYaaYaeNd]SYaeiNd]YaaYa ))
wMaMaMauZYa Pau}aMaMauZYaE Pau}aMaSYaE ivZa WZa vaeMaq raJaa )
SaaeMaae_SMaak-& b]aø<aaNaa& raJaa ))

imaà devä ’sapatnaà suvadhvammahate kñaträya

mahate jyaiñöhayäya mahate jänaräjyäyendrasyendriyäya
imamamuñya putramamuñyai putramasyai viña eña vomé räjä
somo ’smäkaà brähmaëänäà räjä

Mars (Åg Veda 8.44.26.)

AiGanMaURDaR idv" k-ku-TPaiTa" Pa*iQaVYaa_YaMa ) AaPa&

reTa& iSa iJaNviTa ))

agnirmürdhä divaù kakutpatiù påthivyä ’yam | äpaà retäà si jinvati

“Agni, to thee whose laws stand fast our resonant songs of praise speed
forth,
As rivers hasten to the sea.”

Mercury

oØuDYaSvaGane Pa[iTa JaaGa*hq TviMaZ$=aPauTae& Sa&

Sa*JaeYaaMaYaÄ )
AiSMaNa( SaDaSQae_DYautariSMaNa( ivìedeva
YaJaMaaNaé[ SaqdTa ))

udbudhyasvägne prati jägåhé tvamiñöäputeà saà såjeyämayaïca

asmin sadhasthe ’dhyuttarasmin viçvedevä yajamänaçra sédata
Jupiter (Åg Veda 2.23.15.):

b*hSPaTae AiTa YadYaaeR AhaRd( ÛuMaiÜ>aaiTa §-

TauMaÂNaeZau )
Yad( dqdYaC^vSa ‰TaPa[JaaTa TadSMaaSau d]iv<a& deih
ic}aMa( ))15))

båhaspate ati yadaryo arhäd dyumad vibhäti kratumajjaneñu

yad dédayacchavasa åtaprajäta tadasmäsu draviëaà dehi citram

“Båhaspati, that which the foe deserves not which shines among the folk
effectual, splendid, That, Son of Law which is with might refulgent-that
treasure wonderful please bestow upon us.”

Venus (Çukla Yajur Veda 19.75)

AàaTPairóuTaae rSa& b]ø<aa VYaiPabT+a}a&

PaYa" SaaeMa& Pa[JaaPaiTa" )
‰TaeNa SaTYaiMaiNd]Ya& ivPaaNa& Xau§-MaNDaSa"
wNd]SYaeiNd]YaiMad& PaYaae_Ma*Ta& MaDau" ))75))

annät parisruto rasaà brahmaëä vyapibat kñatraà

payaù somaà prajäpatiù
åtena satyam indriyaà vipänaà çukram andhasaù
indrasyendriyam idaà payo ’måtaà madhuù

“Lord Brahmä through the brahmä-priest drank the essence from the
foaming food, the royal power of milk, soma juice. By law came truth and
kingly power, the pure bright draining of the juice. The power of Indra was
this sweet immortal milk.”

Saturn (Åg Veda 10.9.4.):

Xa& Naae devqri>aí=Ya AaPaae >avNTau PaqTaYae

Xa&Yaaeri>aóvNTau Na" ))4))

çaà no devér abhiñöaya äpo bhavantu pétaye çaàyor abhisravantu naù

“O water, please purify us of our sins, be of use to us in our yajïa, be of

use to our drink. Remove our diseases and prevent them from afflicting us.
Sprinkle us and purify us.”

Rähu (Åg Veda 4.31.1.)

k-Yaa Naiê}a Aa >auv dUiTa SadavDa" Sa%a ) k-Yaa Xaicï=Yaa

vTaa ))1))

kayä naçcitra ä bhuva düti sadävådhaù sakhä | kayä çaciñöhayä våtä

“With what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend; With
what most mighty company?”

Ketu (Åg Veda 1.6.3.):

ke-Tau& k*-<vàke-Tave PaeXaae MaYaaR ApaeXaSae )

SaMauZaiÙrJaaYaQaa" ))3))

ketuà kåëvanna ketave peço maryä apeçase | samuñadbhirajäyathäù

“You, making light where no light was, and form, where form was not,
was born together with the Dawns.”

6.4. Remedial Measures for the Other Doñas

In many places of this paper suitable remedial measures were explained

or the Deities to be worshiped were pointed out. Here additional
information would be given on how to counteract the different flaws of the
birth chart.

During amaväsya tithi the Sun and the Moon conjoin, so their Lords,
Kåñëa and Räma should be worshiped, mainly by chanting the Hare Kåñëa
mahä-mantra. Worship should be done specifically while facing the
southeastern direction which is ruled by Rähu. Gold, silver and a black cow
should be donated. The brähmaëas should be served and offered
donations. The ruler of the amaväsya tithi is Kälé, who is worshiped by
Vaisnavas in Her original form as Yogamäyä, the Lord’s spiritual energy.
Rähu rules this tithi along with kåñëa añöamé. The ruling Deity of kåñëa
añöamé is Lord Kåñëa. For birth during kåñëa-caturdaçé, Lord Çiva or
Narasiàha Deva should be worshiped along with Varuëa or Gaìgä-devé. For
birth during an inauspicious karaëa, Lord Viñëu should be worshiped.
For birth during tithi kñaya, Lord Çiva or Narasiàha Deva should be
worshiped with a lamp in the evening. In case of any upagrahas
conjoining the lagna, one should circumambulate a banyan tree or a Viñëu
temple 108 times, Lord Viñëu should be worshiped, Rudräbhiñeka should
be performed and many brähmaëas should be fed.

For Tritara births the tridevas (Brahmä, Viñëu, Çiva) should be

worshiped if a girl is born after three boys, or the tridevés (Sarasvaté,
Lakñmé and Pärvaté) if a boy is born after three girls. If one was born in
their relative’s nakñatra, then Paräçara recommends the worship of the
nakñatra devata, similarly in case of gaëòänta doña, or eclipses. During
eclipse the Sun, the Moon and Rähu should be worshiped with mantras
from the Åg Veda. For birth in saìkränti the following mantra should be
chanted (Åg Veda 1.35.8.):

ihr<Yaa+a" SaivTaa dev AaGaadDad]Tana daXauZae

vaYaaRi<a ))8))
 hiraëyäkñaù savitä deva ägäd dadhadratnä däçuñe väryäëi

“God Savitr the golden-eyed has come here, giving choice treasures unto
him who worships.”

6.5. Remedies for Abhicära

If ghosts or other creatures or minor devatäs haunts a person, he may

perform the following remedies for protection:

One should make two mäçabhaktävalé balls from turmeric, puffed rice,
yogurt, fried chickpea powder and urad däl powder. The first one should
be offered to the apädidevatäs with the following mantra:

p AiGan>Yaae_PYaQa SaPaeR>Yaae Yae caNYae

TaTSaMaaié[Taa" )
Tae>Yaae bil/MPa[YaC^aiMa Pau<YaMaaedNaMautaMaMa( ))

oà agnibhyo ’py atha sarpebhyo ye cänye tat-samäçritäù

tebhyo balim prayacchämi puëyam odanam uttamam

“ I give this excellent offering to the fire deities, to the snakes and to all
others who take shelter of this building.”

Then one should scatter mustard seeds in all the ten directions of the
building where the disturbance is felt with the following mantra:

p APaGaC^NTau Tae >aUTaa Yae >aUTaa >auivSa&iSQaTaa" ))

Yae >aUTaa ivgank-TaaRrSTae GaC^NTYaajaYaa hre" ))

oà apagacchantu te bhütä ye bhütä bhuvi-saàsthitäù

ye bhütä vighna-kartäras te gacchanty äjïayä hareù

“May all inauspicious subtle beings that may obstruct our service be gone
by the order of the Lord.”

Then the next mäçabhaktävalé ball should be offered to the ghosts with
the following mantra:

p >aUTaaiNa ra+aSaa vaiPa Yae_iPa iTaï=iNTa ke-cNa )

Tae GahNTau bil/MSaveR vaSTau&Ga*õaMYah& PauNa" ))

oà bhütäni räkñasä väpi ye ’pi tiñöhanti kecana

te gåhantu balim sarve västuà gåhëämy ahaà punaù

“Those ghosts, räkñasas and others who are here, please accept this
offering.”
The two balls should be taken out of the building and thrown away. The
place where they were offered should be purified by sprinkling with
païcagavya (mixture of milk, yogurt, ghee, cowdung and cow-urine). The
following Balabhadra-kavaca-mantra is also very effective against evil eye
and black magic.

Çré Balabhadra-stotra Kavaca

Duryodhana said: “O great sage, please give me the transcendental

Balaräma-kavaca, which wise Garga Muni gave to the gopés, and which
gives all protection.”

Çré Präòvipäka Muni said: “After bathing and dressing in clean cotton
garments, a person should sit on a kuça-grass mat, purify his hands with
mantras, bow down, and with fixed intelligence meditate on Lord Kåñëa's
elder brother, Lord Balaräma.”

goloka-dhämädhipatiù pareçvaraù
     pareñu mäà pätu pavitra-kértanaù
bhü-maëòalaà sarñapavad vilakñyate
     yan-mürdhni mäà pätu sa bhümi-maëòale

senäsu mäà rakñatu séra-päëir

     yuddhe sadä rakñatu mäà halé ca
durgeñu cävyän musalé sadä mäà
     vaneñu saìkarñaëa ädi-devaù

kalindajä-vega-haro jaleñu
     nélämbaro rakñatu mäà sadägnau
väyau ca rämo 'vatu khe balaç ca
     mahärëave 'nanta-vapuù sadä mäm

çré-väsudevo 'vatu parvateñu

     sahasra-çérñä ca mahä-viväde
rogeñu mäà rakñatu rauhiëeyo
     mäà käma-pälo 'vatu va vipatsu

kämät sadä rakñatu dhenukäriù

     krodhät sadä mäà dvivida-prahäré
lobhät sadä rakñatu balvalärir
     mohät sadä mäà kila mägadhäriù

prätaù sadä rakñatu våñëi-dhuryaù

     prähne sadä mäà mathurä-purendraù
madhyandine gopa-sakhaù prapätu
     svarät parähne 'vatu mäà sadaiva

säyaà phaëéndro 'vatu mäà sadaiva

     parät paro rakñatu mäà pradoñe
 pürëe niçéthe ca duranta-véryaù
     pratyüña-käle 'vatu mäà sadaiva

vidikñu mäà rakñatu revaté-patir

     dékñu pralambärir adho yadüdvahaù
ürdhvaà sadä mäà balabhadra ärät
     tathä samantäd baladeva eva hi

antaù sadävyät puruñottamo bahir

     nägendra-lélo 'vatu mäà mahä-balaù
sadäntarätmä ca vasan hariù svayaà
     prapätu pürëaù parameçvaro mahän

deväsuräëäà bhaya-näçanaà ca
     hutäçanaà päpa-cayendhanänäm
vinäçanaà vighna-ghatasya viddhi
     siddhäsanaà varma-varaà balasya

“May Lord Balaräma, who is the master of Goloka, who is the supreme
controller of all controllers, and whose fame is spotless, protect me. May
Lord Balaräma, who on His head holds the earth as if it were a single
mustard seed, protect me in this world.”

“May Lord Balaräma protect me when I am surrounded by many armies.

May Lord Balaräma, who holds a plow, always protect me in battle. May
Lord Balaräma, who holds a club, always protect me in many fortresses.
May Lord Balaräma, the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect me in
the forest.”

“May Lord Balaräma, who wears blue garments and who stopped the
Yamunä, always protect me in fire. May Lord Balaräma protect me in the
wind. May Lord Balaräma protect me in the sky. May Lord Balaräma, who
is Lord Ananta Himself, always protect me in the great ocean.”

“May Lord Balaräma, who is Vasudeva's son, protect me on mountains.

May Lord Balaräma, who has a thousand heads, protect me in great
disputes. May Lord Balaräma, who is Rohiëé's son, protect me from
diseases. May Lord Balaräma, who fulfills desires, protect me from
catastrophes.”

”May Lord Balaräma, who is the enemy of Dhenukäsura, always protect

me from lust. May Lord Balaräma, who killed Dvivida, always protect me
from anger. May Lord Balaräma, who is the enemy of Balvala, always
protect me from greed. May Lord Balaräma, who is the enemy of
Jaräsandha, always protect me from illusion.”

”May Lord Balaräma, who is the best of the Våñëis, always protect me at
sunrise. May Lord Balaräma, who is the king of Mathura' City, always
protect me in the morning. May Lord Balaräma, who is the friend of the
 gopas, always protect me at midday. May Lord Balaräma, who is
supremely independent, always protect me in the afternoon.”

“May Lord Balaräma, who is the king of serpents, always protect me at

sunset. May Lord Balaräma, who is greater than the greatest, always
protect me in the evening. May Lord Balaräma, whose power is invicible,
always protect me in the middle of the night. May Lord Balaräma always
protect me at every sunrise.”

”May Lord Balaräma, who is the master of Revaté, protect me from every
direction. May Lord Balaräma, who is the enemy of Pralamba, protect me
from every direction. May Lord Balaräma, who is the best of the Yädavas,
protect me from below. May Lord Balaräma always protect me from above.
May Lord Balaräma protect me from near and far. May Lord Balaräma
protect me everywhere.”

“May Lord Balaräma, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, always

protect me from within. May powerful Lord Balaräma, who enjoys pastimes
as the king of serpents, protect me from without. May Lord Balaräma, who
is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul residing in
everyone's heart, always protect me.”

“Please know that this kavaca of Lord Balaräma is the best of armours. It
destroys the fears of the demigods and demons. It is a blazing fire that
burns up the fuel of a host of sins. It is the death of a host of obstacles. It
is the abode of spiritual perfection.”

6.6. The Näräyaëa-kavaca Shield

The above-mentioned different levels of curses and flaws in the chart may
all be effectively remedied by the daily chanting of the Näräyaëa-kavaca
given in the Çrémad-Bhägavatam (6.8.4-42.). The procedure is the
following:

Viçvarüpa said: “If some form of fear arrives, one should first wash his
hands and legs clean and then perform äcamana by chanting this mantra:

p APaiv}a" Paiv}aae va SavaRvSQaa& GaTaae_iPa va )

YaSSMareTPau<@rqk-a+a&-Sa baùa>YaNTar" Xauic" ))
é[qivZ<au é[qivZ<au é[qivZ<au )

oà apavitraù pavitro vä sarvävasthäà gato ’pi vä

yaù smaret puëòarékäkñaà sa bähyäbhyantaraù çuciù
çré-viñëu çré-viñëu çré-viñëu

Then one should touch kuça grass and sit gravely and silently, facing
north. When completely purified, one should touch the mantra composed
of eight syllables to the eight parts of his body and touch the mantra
composed of twelve syllables to his hands. Thus, in the following manner,
he should bind himself with the Näräyaëa coat of armor. First, while
chanting the mantra composed of eight syllables [ p NaMaae NaaraYa<aaYa
- oà namo näräyaëäya], beginning with the praëava, the syllable oà, one
should touch his hands to eight parts of his body, starting with the two
feet and progressing systematically to the knees, thighs, abdomen, heart,
chest, mouth and head. Then one should chant the mantra in reverse,
beginning from the last syllable [ya], while touching the parts of his body
in the reverse order. These two processes are known as utpatti-nyäsa and
saàhära-nyäsa respectively.”

“Then one should chant the mantra composed of twelve syllables [p

NaMaae >aGavTae vaSaudevaYa - oà namo bhagavate väsudeväya].
Preceding each syllable by the oàkära, one should place the syllables of
the mantra on the tips of his fingers, beginning with the index finger of the
right hand and concluding with the index finger of the left. The four
remaining syllables should be placed on the joints of the thumbs.”

“One must then chant the mantra of six syllables [p ivZ<ave NaMa" - oà
viñëave namaù]. One should place the syllable “oà” on his heart, the
syllable “vi” on the top of his head, the syllable “ña” between his
eyebrows, the syllable “ëa” on his tuft of hair [çikhä], and the syllable “ve”
between his eyes. The chanter of the mantra should then place the
syllable “na” on all the joints of his body and meditate on the syllable
“ma” as being a weapon. He should thus become the perfect
personification of the mantra. Thereafter, adding visarga to the final
syllable “ma,” he should chant the mantra “Ma" AñaYa f-$( - maù asträya
phaö” in all directions, beginning from the east. In this way, all directions
will be bound by the protective armor of the mantra.”

“After finishing this chanting, one should think himself qualitatively one
with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is full in six opulences and
is worthy to be meditated upon. Then one should chant the following
protective prayer to Lord Näräyaëa, the Näräyaëa-kavaca.”

oà harir vidadhyän mama sarva-rakñäà

nyastäìghri-padmaù patagendra-påñöhe
daräri-carmäsi-gadeñu-cäpa-
päçän dadhäno ’ñöa-guëo ’ñöa-bähuù
jaleñu mäà rakñatu matsya-mürtir
yädo-gaëebhyo varuëasya päçät
sthaleñu mäyävaöu-vämano ’vyät
trivikramaù khe ’vatu viçvarüpaù
durgeñv aöavy-äji-mukhädiñu prabhuù
päyän nåsiàho ’sura-yüthapäriù
vimuïcato yasya mahäööa-häsaà
diço vinedur nyapataàç ca garbhäù
rakñatv asau mädhvani yajïa-kalpaù
sva-daàñörayonnéta-dharo varähaù
rämo ’dri-küöeñv atha vipraväse
salakñmaëo ’vyäd bharatägrajo ’smän
 mäm ugra-dharmäd akhilät pramädän
näräyaëaù pätu naraç ca häsät
dattas tv ayogäd atha yoga-näthaù
päyäd guëeçaù kapilaù karma-bandhät
sanat-kumäro ’vatu kämadeväd
dhayaçérñä mäà pathi deva-helanät
devarñi-varyaù puruñärcanäntarät
kürmo harir mäà nirayäd açeñät
dhanvantarir bhagavän pätv apathyäd
dvandväd bhayäd åñabho nirjitätmä
yajïaç ca lokäd avatäj janäntäd
balo gaëät krodha-vaçäd ahéndraù
dvaipäyano bhagavän aprabodhäd
buddhas tu päñaëòa-gaëa-pramädät
kalkiù kaleù käla-malät prapätu
dharmävanäyoru-kåtävatäraù
mäà keçavo gadayä prätar avyäd
govinda äsaìgavam ätta-veëuù
näräyaëaù prähëa udätta-çaktir
madhyan-dine viñëur aréndra-päëiù
devo ’parähëe madhu-hogradhanvä
säyaà tri-dhämävatu mädhavo mäm
doñe håñékeça utärdha-rätre
niçétha eko ’vatu padmanäbhaù
çrévatsa-dhämäpara-rätra éçaù
pratyüña éço ’si-dharo janärdanaù
dämodaro ’vyäd anusandhyaà prabhäte
viçveçvaro bhagavän käla-mürtiù
cakraà yugäntänala-tigma-nemi
bhramat samantäd bhagavat-prayuktam
dandagdhi dandagdhy ari-sainyam äçu
kakñaà yathä väta-sakho hutäçaù
gade ’çani-sparçana-visphuliìge
niñpiëòhi niñpiëòhy ajita-priyäsi
kuñmäëòa-vainäyaka-yakña-rakño-
bhüta-grahäàç cürëaya cürëayärén
tvaà yätudhäna-pramatha-preta-mätå-
piçäca-vipragraha-ghora-dåñöén
darendra vidrävaya kåñëa-pürito
bhéma-svano ’rer hådayäni kampayan
tvaà tigma-dhäräsi-varäri-sainyam
éça-prayukto mama chindhi chindhi
cakñüàñi carmaï chata-candra chädaya
dviñäm aghonäà hara päpa-cakñuñäm

yan no bhayaà grahebhyo ’bhüt ketubhyo nåbhya eva ca

sarésåpebhyo daàñöribhyo bhütebhyo ’àhobhya eva ca
sarväëy etäni bhagavan-näma-rüpänukértanät
prayäntu saìkñayaà sadyo ye naù çreyaù-pratépakäù
garuòo bhagavän stotra-stobhaç chandomayaù prabhuù
 rakñatv açeña-kåcchrebhyo viñvaksenaù sva-nämabhiù
sarväpadbhyo harer näma-rüpa-yänäyudhäni naù
buddhéndriya-manaù-präëän päntu pärñada-bhüñaëäù
yathä hi bhagavän eva vastutaù sad asac ca yat
satyenänena naù sarve yäntu näçam upadraväù
yathaikätmyänubhävänäà vikalpa-rahitaù svayam
bhüñaëäyudha-liìgäkhyä dhatte çaktéù sva-mäyayä
tenaiva satya-mänena sarva-jïo bhagavän hariù
pätu sarvaiù svarüpair naù sadä sarvatra sarva-gaù

vidikñu dikñürdhvam adhaù samantäd

antar bahir bhagavän närasiàhaù
prahäpayaû loka-bhayaà svanena
sva-tejasä grasta-samasta-tejäù

TRANSLATION
“The Supreme Lord, who sits on the back of the bird Garuòa, touching him
with His lotus feet, holds eight weapons—the conchshell, disc, shield,
sword, club, arrows, bow and ropes. May that Supreme Personality of
Godhead protect me at all times with His eight arms. He is all-powerful
because He fully possesses the eight mystic powers [aëimä, laghimä, etc.].
May the Lord, who assumes the body of a great fish, protect me in the
water from the fierce animals that are associates of the demigod Varuëa.
By expanding His illusory energy, the Lord assumed the form of the dwarf
Vämana. May Vämana protect me on the land. Since the gigantic form of
the Lord, Viçvarüpa, conquers the three worlds, may He protect me in the
sky.
May Lord Nåsiàhadeva, who appeared as the enemy of Hiraëyakaçipu,
protect me in all directions. His loud laughing vibrated in all directions and
caused the pregnant wives of the asuras to have miscarriages. May that
Lord be kind enough to protect me in difficult places like the forest and
battlefront.
The Supreme indestructible Lord is ascertained through the performance
of ritualistic sacrifices and is therefore known as Yajïeçvara. In His
incarnation as Lord Boar, He raised the planet earth from the water at the
bottom of the universe and kept it on His pointed tusks. May that Lord
protect me from rogues on the street. May Paraçuräma protect me on the
tops of mountains, and may the elder brother of Bharata, Lord
Rämacandra, along with His brother Lakñmaëa, protect me in foreign
countries.
May Lord Näräyaëa protect me from unnecessarily following false religious
systems and falling from my duties due to madness. May the Lord in His
appearance as Nara protect me from unnecessary pride. May Lord
Dattätreya, the master of all mystic power, protect me from falling while
performing bhakti-yoga, and may Lord Kapila, the master of all good
qualities, protect me from the material bondage of fruitive activities.
May Sanat-kumära protect me from lusty desires. As I begin some
auspicious activity, may Lord Hayagréva protect me from being an
offender by neglecting to offer respectful obeisances to the Supreme Lord.
May Devarñi Närada protect me from committing offenses in worshiping
the Deity, and may Lord Kürma, the tortoise, protect me from falling to the
unlimited hellish planets.
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as
Dhanvantari relieve me from undesirable eatables and protect me from
physical illness. May Lord Åñabhadeva, who conquered His inner and outer
senses, protect me from fear produced by the duality of heat and cold.
May Yajïa protect me from defamation and harm from the populace, and
may Lord Balaräma as Çeña protect me from envious serpents.
May the Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Vyäsadeva protect
me from all kinds of ignorance resulting from the absence of Vedic
knowledge. May Lord Buddhadeva protect me from activities opposed to
Vedic principles and from laziness that causes one to madly forget the
Vedic principles of knowledge and ritualistic action. May Kalkideva, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared as an incarnation to
protect religious principles, protect me from the dirt of the age of Kali.
May Lord Keçava protect me with His club in the first portion of the day,
and may Govinda, who is always engaged in playing His flute, protect me
in the second portion of the day. May Lord Näräyaëa, who is equipped with
all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Viñëu,
who carries a disc to kill His enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the
day.
May Lord Madhusüdana, who carries a bow very fearful for the demons,
protect me during the fifth part of the day. In the evening, may Lord
Mädhava, appearing as Brahmä, Viñëu and Maheçvara, protect me, and in
the beginning of night may Lord Håñékeça protect me. At the dead of
night [in the second and third parts of night] may Lord Padmanäbha alone
protect me.
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who bears the Çrévatsa on His
chest, protect me after midnight until the sky becomes pinkish. May Lord
Janärdana, who carries a sword in His hand, protect me at the end of night
[during the last four ghaöikäs of night]. May Lord Dämodara protect me in
the early morning, and may Lord Viçveçvara protect me during the
junctions of day and night.
Set into motion by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and wandering in
all the four directions, the disc of the Supreme Lord has sharp edges as
destructive as the fire of devastation at the end of the millennium. As a
blazing fire burns dry grass to ashes with the assistance of the breeze,
may that Sudarçana cakra burn our enemies to ashes.
O club in the hand of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you produce
sparks of fire as powerful as thunderbolts, and you are extremely dear to
the Lord. I am also His servant. Therefore kindly help me pound to pieces
the evil living beings known as kuñmäëòas, vainäyakas, yakñas, räkñasas,
bhütas and grahas. Please pulverize them.
O best of conchshells, O Päïcajanya in the hands of the Lord, you are
always filled with the breath of Lord Kåñëa. Therefore you create a fearful
sound vibration that causes trembling in the hearts of enemies like the
räkñasas, pramatha ghosts, pretas, mätäs, piçäcas and brähmaëa ghosts
with fearful eyes.
O king of sharp-edged swords, you are engaged by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Please cut the soldiers of my enemies to pieces.
Please cut them to pieces! O shield marked with a hundred brilliant
moonlike circles, please cover the eyes of the sinful enemies. Pluck out
their sinful eyes.
May the glorification of the transcendental name, form, qualities and
paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect us from the
influence of bad planets, meteors, envious human beings, serpents,
scorpions, and animals like tigers and wolves. May it protect us from
ghosts and the material elements like earth, water, fire and air, and may it
also protect us from lightning and our past sins. We are always afraid of
these hindrances to our auspicious life. Therefore, may they all be
completely destroyed by the chanting of the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra.
Lord Garuòa, the carrier of Lord Viñëu, is the most worshipable lord, for he
is as powerful as the Supreme Lord Himself. He is the personified Vedas
and is worshiped by selected verses. May he protect us from all dangerous
conditions, and may Lord Viñvaksena, the Personality of Godhead, also
protect us from all dangers by His holy names.
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s holy names, His
transcendental forms, His carriers and all the weapons decorating Him as
personal associates protect our intelligence, senses, mind and life air from
all dangers.
The subtle and gross cosmic manifestation is material, but nevertheless it
is non-different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He is
ultimately the cause of all causes. Cause and effect are factually one
because the cause is present in the effect. Therefore the Absolute Truth,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can destroy all our dangers by any
of His potent parts.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the living entities, the material
energy, the spiritual energy and the entire creation are all individual
substances. In the ultimate analysis, however, together they constitute the
supreme one, the Personality of Godhead. Therefore those who are
advanced in spiritual knowledge see unity in diversity. For such advanced
persons, the Lord’s bodily decorations, His name, His fame, His attributes
and forms and the weapons in His hand are manifestations of the strength
of His potency. According to their elevated spiritual understanding, the
omniscient Lord, who manifests various forms, is present everywhere. May
He always protect us everywhere from all calamities.
Prahläda Mahäräja loudly chanted the holy name of Lord Nåsiàhadeva.
May Lord Nåsiàhadeva, roaring for His devotee Prahläda Mahäräja, protect
us from all fear of dangers created by stalwart leaders in all directions
through poison, weapons, water, fire, air and so on. May the Lord cover
their influence by His own transcendental influence. May Nåsiàhadeva
protect us in all directions and in all corners, above, below, within and
without.”

Viçvarüpa continued: “O Indra, this mystic armor related to Lord Näräyaëa

has been described by me to you. By putting on this protective covering,
you will certainly be able to conquer the leaders of the demons.
If one employs this armor, whomever he sees with his eyes or touches
with his feet is immediately freed from all the above-mentioned dangers.
This prayer, Näräyaëa-kavaca, constitutes subtle knowledge
transcendentally connected with Näräyaëa. One who employs this prayer
is never disturbed or put in danger by the government, by plunderers, by
evil demons or by any type of disease.
O King of heaven, a brähmaëa named Kauçika formerly used this armor
when he purposely gave up his body in the desert by mystic power.
Surrounded by many beautiful women, Citraratha, the King of
Gandharvaloka, was once passing in his airplane over the brähmaëa’s
body at the spot where the brähmaëa had died.
Suddenly Citraratha was forced to fall from the sky headfirst with his
airplane. Struck with wonder, he was ordered by the great sages named
the Välikhilyas to throw the brähmaëa’s bones in the nearby River
Sarasvaté. He had to do this and bathe in the river before returning to his
own abode.”
Çré Çukadeva Gosvämé said: “My dear Mahäräja Parékñit, one who
employs this armor or hears about it with faith and veneration when afraid
because of any conditions in the material world is immediately freed from
all dangers and is worshiped by all living entities.
King Indra, who performed one hundred sacrifices, received this prayer of
protection from Viçvarüpa. After conquering the demons, he enjoyed all
the opulences of the three worlds.”
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