SMALL SLOKA SERIES - EARLY MORNING SLOKA-1-KARAAGREVASTE

LAKSHMI,  SARASWATHI AND SAKTHI 
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This sloka is  to  be recited in the morning before getting up from bed. Recite this sloka with closed eyes and open and see palm of your both hands when you chant ‘karadarshanam.

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मिः करमध्ये सरस्वति ।

करमूले स्थिता गौरी : प्रभाते करदर्शनम् ॥

Karaagre Vasate Lakssmih Karamadhye Sarasvati |
Karamule stithe Gowri, Prabhaate Karadarshanam ||

கராக்ரே வஸதே லக்ஷ்மி கர மத்யே சரஸ்வதி
கரமூலே ஸ்திதா கெளரி ப்ரபாதே கரதர்சனம்

WORD BY WORD MEANING:
Kara=hand; agra=tip; agre=at the tip; vasate=lives; lakshmi=Goddess of wealth; madhye=in the middle; saraswati=Goddess of education and learning; moola=base/corner; mooletu=at the base; Gouri= Goddess of valour ; prabhate=early in the morning; darshanah=appearance

We usually pray all the three Goddesses together and especially during Navaratri festival.  Oh!  God  please grant me all the three blessings and this day be a good day for me and all.

SLOKA TO REMOVE MENTAL BLOCKS/DISEASES

क्रुष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने |
प्रणत क्लेश नाशाय गोविन्दाय नमो नम : ||

கிருஷ்ணாய வாசுதேவாய ஹரயே பரமாத்மனே |
ப்ரனதக் லேச நாசாய கோவிந்தாய நமோ நமஹ ||

Krishnaaya vaasudaevaaya harayae paramaathmanae

Pranathaklaes(h)a naas(h)aaya govindaaya namo namah

Word by word meaning:

Krishnaya - to Krishna; Vasudevaya - the son of Vasudeva; Haraye - the Supreme Lord, Hari; Parama-atmane - the Super soul; Pranata - surrendered; Klesa - distress; Nasaya - to the destroyer; Govindaya - to Govinda; Namo Namah - repeated obeisances.

Meaning:

I am pray and repeat my prayer to Lord Krishna, the son of Vasudeva to remove all my sufferings and destroy my distress. O! Govinda Govinda ! pranams to you !. It is believed that reciting this sloka at that time taking medicine would get rid of disease and one will be happy.

WHY WE SHOULD GO TO TEMPLE?

Temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the community. Jagadguru K.K. Shankaracharya Swami wrote:"Our temples are not organised as places for meditation, nor for congregational worship. The purpose of temple is different. We enjoy the good things in life such as house, food,clothing, ornaments, music, dance, etc. We pay a tribute in the form of taxes to the king or to the government, for making it possible for us to enjoy them by giving us their protection and other facilities. We are bound to render our gratitude to God who has primarily given us the good things of life".  Hindus believe that their lives are merely stages in the progression to ultimate enlightenment. The temple is a place where it is believed that God may be approached and where divine knowledge can be discovered. All aspects of the temple - the principles of design and construction, the forms of its architecture and decoration, and the rituals performed - focus on the goal of enlightenment and liberation. And all of these are determined by ancient texts or shastras.

WHY LAMP IS LIT?

Light is said to be an energy and fame. It has an upward motion. It should be lit at both dawn and dusk of each day. If it is maintained continuously it is called ‘Akhanda Deepam’.

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கடைசி தலமுறை நாம தான் - (DOB BEFORE 1965)

எந்தெந்த விஷயத்தில்?  தெரிந்து கொள்ள  ஆசையா? 

TILAK - நெற்றிக்கு திலகம் இடுவது ஏன்?

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PRAYER ROOM - பூஜை அறை

Why separate Pooja Room? 

WHY KUMBHA KALASA IS USED IN MANY FUNCTIONS? - கும்ப கலசம்

கும்ப கலசம் ஏன் வைக்கப்படுகிறது?

WHY 'AUM' IS CHANTED IN THE BEGINNING?

முதலில்  'ஓம்'  என்று ஏன் சொல்லுகிறோம்?

MANTRAPUSHPAM

MANTRAPUSHPAM MANTRA SANDHAI BY  SAIPREMI DR. R.BALAKRISHNANJI, WEST MAMBALAM, CHENNAI-600033

Mantrapushpam is chanted at the conclusion of all rituals at home or in temple and it is only praising the origin and evolution of  natural forces like air, water, fire, sun and God. it is nothing to with flowers.

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For Text in Tamil click here: MANTRAPUSHPAM TEXT IN TAMIL

Person hindering YOUR growth is dead! !!!

One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written:

“Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral”.

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.

Everyone thought: “Who is this guy who was hindering my progress?

Well, at least he died!”

One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

“There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth:

IT IS YOU”.

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your centre changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when YOU go beyond your limiting beliefs.

So Wake up !  Get ready !

FRIENDS ! ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE !!!

A story tells that two friends were walking  through the desert  During some point of the  Journey they had an Argument, and one friend Slapped the other one  In the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without  saying anything,  wrote in the sand: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND   SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE “.

CHARLIE CAHPLIN'S 3 HEART TOUCHING STATEMENTS

Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles. . . . !

The most wasted day in life, the day in which, we have not laughed.

I like walking in the rain, because  nobody can see my tears.

BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT BY LORD BUDDHA - NICE

Once Buddha was travelling with a few of his followers.  While they were passing a lake, Buddha told one of his disciples, " I am thirsty.  Do get me some water from the lake."

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DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND SUN - SCIENCE AND VEDA

The minimum distance between Earth and Sun is 91.00 million miles and the maximum distance is 94.5 million miles.  The mean distance is about 93 million miles.

I have in a pevious blog stated that the distance between earth and moon is 108 times the diameter of the moon and the distance between earth and sun is 108 times the diameter of the sun.  This roughly tallies with modern day calculations. Also modern day scientist admit that the universe is ever expanding. Further taking into consideration apogee, perigee,  huge time lapse between veda period and now, we can safely presume that the Indians are far ahead in astronomy during Vedic period.

In Hanuman Chalisa there is one sloga and it goes as:

SERVICE - தொண்டு

தொண்டு செய்பவர்கள் தமக்கு எந்தவித லாபமும், பிரதிபலனும்  இல்லாத எண்ணத்தோடு தொண்டு செய்ய வேண்டும். அதே சமயத்தில் மற்றவர்கள் இதில் எவ்வளவு லாபம் அடைவார்கள் என்ற சிந்தைனையும் இருக்க கூடாது.   அதாவது இந்த தொண்டின் மூலம் இந்த பலன் கிடைக்கும் என்ற எண்ணமும் இல்லாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும்.   தொண்டு செய்பவர்கள் இது எல்லாம் ‘‘அவரவர்கள் எண்ணத்துக்கும், செயலுக்கும் உண்டான பயன்’, நம்மால் ஒன்றும்  இல்லை, எல்லாம் ‘ஈச்வர’ க்ருபை என்று நினைக்க வேண்டும்.  மற்றவர்கள் உடன் பிடிவாதமாக சேர்ந்து ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட பலனுக்காகவும் செய்ய கூடாது.  தன்னால் எது நல்லது என்று தெரிகிறதோ அதை தெடர்ந்து செய்து கொண்டு பலன் அவர்களுக்கே போகட்டும் என்று விட்டுவிட வேண்டும்.  இப்படி செய்பவனே கர்ம மார்கத்தில் செல்பவனாகவும், கர்ம யோகியாகவும் கருதப்படுவான். 

WHO ARE ALL REQUIRED TO OBSERVE EKAADASI VRATAM

Dharma Sastra says all human beings, both men and women from 8 years of age upto 80 are required to observe Ekaadasi Vratam. Caste, Creed, Gender and any other differentiation does not matter. With love and care tiny tots and people aged above 80 are both excused.  This does not mean that they are forbidden but becasue they are not required to observe.

                                                                             -Kanchi Mahaperiava swamigal

AFFECTION, MOTHER, FATHER, WIFE - அன்பு, அம்மா, அப்பா, மனைவி

அம்மாவின்   அன்பு,  தோசை  மாதிரி,
தோசையின் ருசி தெரியும்.
அப்பாவின்  அன்பு,  தோசைக்கல்  மாதிரி,
தோசைக்கல்லின் தியாகம் தெரியாது.

" மனைவி  என்பவள்  திருக்குறள் போன்றவள் .... "
  அடேங்ங்ங்கப்ப்பா  எவ்வளவு  "அதிகாரங்கள்"

  

PANDIT - LEARNED

यस्य कृत्यं न विघ्नन्ति शीतमुष्णं भयं रतिः ।
समृद्धिरसमृद्धिः वा स वै पण्डित उच्यते ।।

யஸ்ய க்ருத்யம் ந விக்நந்தி சீதம் உஷ்ணம் பயம் ரதி: ।
ஸம்ருத்தி: அஸம்ருத்தி: வா ஸ வை பண்டித உச்யதே ।।
(A learned person is indeed one whose actions are not deterred by winter, summer, fear, attachment to objects of sense, prosperity or adversity)

(ஒருவன் செயலைச் செய்ய ஆரம்பிக்கும் பொழுது இயற்கையிலே இருக்கக்கூடிய சீதம், உஷ்ணம், பயம், தேவையில்லாத வேலைகளில் ஈடுபாடு, தடைத்தன்மை முதலிய விக்நங்களை அழித்தானேயானால் அவனே பண்டிதன். ஏனென்றால் பண்டிதர்கள் எதைப்பற்றியும் கவலை படமாட்டார்கள்)

न हृष्यति आत्मसम्माने नावमानेन तप्यते । गाङ्गो हृदः इवाक्षोभ्यो यः स पण्डित उच्यते।।

ந ஹ்ருஷ்யதி ஆத்மஸம்மாநே நாவமாநேந தப்யதே ।
காங்கோ ஹ்ருத இவாக்ஷோப்ய: ய: ஸ பண்டித உச்யதே ।।
(A learned person is verily one who is not overjoyed on being respected, not pained on being insulted but remains calm and cool like the gangetic ocean)

(எவனொருவன் உலகம் புகழ்வதனால் பெருமிதம் கொள்வதில்லையோ, அவமானம் ஏற்பட்டால் கலங்கிப் போவதில்லையோ, என்ன நடந்தாலும் கங்கை நதியைப் போல அமைதியாய் இருக்கின்றானோ, அவனே பண்டிதனாவான்)

------------ thanks, shri Dinesh@sudarshnan

FRIENDSHIP

 मत्या परीक्ष्य मेधावी बुद्ध्या सम्पाद्य चासकृत्।
श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वाथ विझाय प्राझैर्मैत्रीं समाचरेत् ।।

மத்யா பரீக்ஷ்ய மேதாவீ புத்யா ஸம்பாத்ய சாஸக்ருத் ।
ச்ருத்வா த்ருஷ்ட்வாத விக்ஞாய ப்ராக்ஞை: மைத்ரீம் ஸமாசரேத் ।।

(An intelligent person should enter into friendship with other intellectuals only after carefully testing them, thoughtfully investigating their behaviour (several times), having listened to them, having seen them (in action) and after obtaining full knowledge about them)

(அறிவுள்ளவன் மனதாலே பரீக்ஷை செய்து, புத்தியினாலே நிர்ணயம் செய்து, நிறைய நல்ல விஷயங்களைக் கேட்டு, கண்களாலே பார்த்து, நன்றாக தெரிந்து கொண்ட பிறகு சான்றோர்களோடு ஸ்நேகம் வைத்துக் கொள்ளவேண்டும்.)

                                                   ------------ thanks, shri Dinesh@sudarshnan

GO BETTER WITH EVERYONE - 12 COMMANDMENTS

1. Before you say anything to anyone, ask yourself the following 3 questions:

a)  Is it true?

b)  Is it kind?

c)  Is it necessary?

2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully at any cost.

3. Never miss the opportunity to compliment or say something encouraging.

4. Refuse to talk negatively about others; don’t gossip and don’t listen to gossip.

5. Have a forgiving view of people, Believe that most people are doing the best they can.

6. Keep an open mind; discuss, but don’t argue,

  (Think whether,  is it possible to disagree without being disagreeable)

7. Forget about counting to 10. Count to 1000 before doing or saying anything   that could make matters worse.

8. Let your virtues speak for themselves.

9. If someone criticizes you, see if there is any Truth in what he is saying; if so, make changes or amend yourselves; if there is no truth in the criticism just ignore it and so that no one will believe the negative remark.

10. Cultivate your sense of humour; laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

11. Do not seek  so much to be consoled, as to console; do not seek so much to be understood, as to understand; do not seek so much to be loved as to love.

12. I pray that all of us will keep these points in mind and the principles behind them so that we can continuously improve our personal relations with others wherever we are.

SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBER - 9 SERIES 9

*** There are other interesting patterns involving multiples of nine:

    12345679 x 9 = 111111111

    12345679 x 18 = 222222222 

    12345679 x 81 = 999999999

*** Take any number and add the sums of the digits. The subtract the sum from the main number. Add the sum of the new result and you would be amazed to find that the sum is divisible by 9.  For example,

The sum of the digits of 41 is 5, and 41-5 = 36. The digital root of 36 is 3+6 = 9, which, as explained above, demonstrates that it is  divisible by nine.        

The sum of the digits of 35967930 is 3+5+9+6+7+9+3+0 = 42, and 35967930-42 = 35967888. The digital root of 35967888 is 3+5+9+6+7+8+8+8 = 54, 5+4 = 9.

*** Subtracting two base-10 positive integers that are transpositions of each other yields a number that is a whole multiple of nine. examples:

 41-14=27 = 2+7=9

 36957930 – 35967930 = 990000  a multiple of nine.

This works regardless of the number of digits that are transposed. For example, the largest transposition   of 35967930 is 99765330 (all  digits in descending order) and its smallest transposition is 03356799 (all  digits in ascending order); subtracting pairs of these number  produces:.

      99765330 - 35967930 = 63797400; 6+3+7+9+7+4+0+0 = 36; 3+6 = 9

      99765330 - 03356799 = 96408531; 9+6+4+0+8+5+3+1 = 36; 3+6 = 9.

      35967930 - 03356799 = 32611131; 3+2+6+1+1+1+3+1 = 18; 1+8 = 9.

Pentagon: The angle formed by two adjacent lines in a pentagon equals 108 degrees.

*** Games:

In baseball, nine represents the right fielder's position.

The number of innings in a regulation, non-tied game of baseball.

The number of players on the field including the pitcher.

The score of a forfeit in a league where the game would ordinarily last nine innings is 9-0.

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture published by the University of Nebraska Press

Nine-ball is the standard professional pocket billiards variant played in the United States.

In rugby league, the jersey number assigned to the hooker.

In rugby union, the number worn by the starting scrum-half.

In association football (soccer) the centre-forward/striker traditionally (since at least the fifties) wears the number 9 shirt.

SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBER - 9 SERIES 8

*** Diameter of Sun is 108 times that of earth

Distance between earth and sun    is 108 times of the diameter of the sun

Distance between earth and moon is 108 times of the diameter of the moon

This vedic cosmology matches approximately with modern science.

This Vedic Cosmology let us see scientifically

1) Diameter of Sun is 1392000 kms. Equatorial Diameter of Earth is 12756.28kms. Dividing we get 109.11 

    (Nearly 108 and the difference is    1.11)

2) Diameter of Sun is 1392000 kms.  Mean Distance between earth and Sun is 149597870.691 kms. On     

    dividing we get   107.4697346918……. Rounding off we get 108. (difference 0.54)

3) Distance between earth and moon is 384403 kms. Diameter of Moon-3474 kms. On dividing we get   

    110.651410.(difference 2.65)

Shortest distance between earth and moon  = 356399 kms

Longest  distance between earth and moon  = 406699 kms 

Average distance between earth and moon  = 384400 kms

Multiplying 108 * 3474(diameter of moon) = 375192 kms.  So this may safely be assumed the distance between earth and the moon at the time of creation of universe. Also note the fact that there is a possibility of change in moon orbits over the last 10000 years plus variation of 11% between apogee and perigee in Moon’s orbit. So 108 is the unit of creation.

*** The Sun and the Moon are connected to the earth by approximately 108 times their own diameters. When you look at the Sun and the Moon from earth they are perceived as the same size, this is because of their distance. In the zodiac the large solar signs (rasis) find the same size as the smaller lunar signs (nakshatras) with the number 108. Even though the Sun (1,392,000 km ) is 400 times smaller than the Moon (3,474.8 km), they are perceived the same by their division of 108 times their own diameter. This just physically reveals that the Purusha (Sun) and Prakritti (Moon) are using the vibration of 108 to create and maintain life as it is on this earth. 108 is not sacred because of this distance and  this distance (of a 108 the luminaries own diameter) are existing because it is the vibration in which all life as we know it is brought into existence.

*** The number 9 is revered in Hinduism and considered a complete, perfected and divine number because it represents the end of a cycle in the decimal system, which originated from the Indian subcontinent as early as 3000 BC.

** Harshad number: 108 is a Harshad number, which is an integer divisible by the sum of its digits (Harshad is from Sanskrit, and means "great joy") River Ganga: The sacred River Ganga spans a longitude of 12 degrees (79 to 91), and a latitude of 9 degrees (22 to 31). 12 times 9 equals 108. 

*** Number 9 is the last single digit and also the highest.

SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBER - 9 SERIES 7

*** Astro Numerology and Nava (#9)

In Indian numerology number nine is considered as a very powerful number.  Mars is its ruling planet which is planet of dynamic energy, initiative and impulse to accomplish great deeds. It represents heat, fire, energy, success and continuation of activities.  It is also a planet of strife, war, and destruction. It bestows high ambition, creative abilities, robust health, strength, power, courage, strong will power, determination, initiative to undertake risky ventures  etc.

*** Nava Rasas.   Nine moods (navarasas)

Srungaara (beauty/love); Haasya (mirth); Karuna (compassion); Roudra (anger); Veera (courage/heroism); Bhayaanaka (fearful); Adbhuta (astonishment); Bheebhatsa (disgust); Saantha (tranquility) are nine forms of emotions expressed by human beings according to situations. These passions form the basic factors depicted by the artiste in all types of Indian classical dance like Bharatha naatya; Kuchipudi; Odissi etc.

*** Lord kubera is described as in possession of nine types of wealth.  Kubera Chakra is a typical 3 x 3 square. It is an extension of  Lo shu square (numbers 1-9 used in 3 x 3 square just that total of three squares comes to 15 in any direction) where 19 is added to the respective numbers of Lo Shu square  such that 72 comes if we add any 3 squares in any straight line directions.

*** Jambudweepa is in the centre of Bhoomandala divided into nine regions known as Varshas. They are Bharatha Varsha; Ilaavrutha Varsha; Bhadraaswa Varsha; Hari Varsha; Kethumaala Varsha; Ramyaka Varsha; Hiranmaya Varsha; Uttara Kuru Varsha; and Kimpurusha Varsha.  This is the system some sastrigal in America follow for sankalpam also.  But whether it is correct or not I do not know and there is another version also which is also given in the blog.

*** All other lists of 108 unfold from Purusha (Sun) and Prakritti (Moon). For example, in Ayurveda there are a 108 marmas in the body. They are points that can heal or kill a living being. They are considered the points where consciousness connects to the body, where Purusha (consciousness) is brought into Prakritti (body) to give life to the living being (both humans and animals have these points). The 108 intersections on the Sri Chakra again relate to this numbers ability invoke the balance of Purusha and Prakritti and the primordial ability of the rishi to see both clearly.

*** Our eyes can see upto 3 dimensions. Multiply the powers of each dimension.

See the multiplication result of powers of first three integers to its own .i.e, 1power 1 =1, 2power2=4, 3power 3=27   AND 1 x 4 x 27 =108 again 1+0+8=9.  You may try for any three consecutive integers.

*** Approximately we breathe 15 times in a minute and in 1 hour we breathe 900 times. If we keep 12 hours for doing our own duties and 12 hours allotted to God for praying, during 12 hours (first half of a day) we breathe 900*12=10800 times.  The sum of the integers add upto 9.

Breath: Tantra estimates the average number of breaths per day at 21,600, of which 10,800 are solar energy, and 10,800 are lunar energy. Multiplying 108 by 100 is 10,800. Multiplying 2 x 10,800 equals 21,600.  That is we get 100 percent result. 

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*** We all know that in Astrology and horoscopes there are Rasi Chakram and Navamsam. The twelve blocks representing 12 Zodiac signs.  That is the sky is divided into 12 nodes of 30 degrees for the solar zodiac and 27 sections of 13 deg 20 min for the lunar Zodiac.  Each star is divided into 4 padams and so 13 deg 20 min is equally spread and each padam represents 3 deg and 20 min.(( 13*60)+20)/4).

*** Astrologers also divide the sky into 9 mini zodiac of 40 deg  each.  It is known as Navamsa chakram. Each navamsa zodiac is again divided into 12 signs with 3 deg 20 minutes for a 40 degree length.

*** Our Sastras say there are 9  gates or openings in human body which are Mahapadma, padma, shankha, makara, kacchapa, mukunda, kunda, nila and kharva. (2 eyes,2ears,2 nose,2 excreta, 1 mouth).

*** But there is one more opening which is very rare and only very great saints attain.  By birth we came by that opening but death mostly does not go through the same.  There are also different interpretations.

The 10^th one that is known as Brahma Randhra at the top of the head. A soul departing from this aperture is a rarity and that will happen only in case of a noble soul.

*** Birth and death of a human being is associated with number nine. A child will be in the womb of a mother for nine months (actually 9m and 9d and 280^th is due  date=((30*9)+(9)=279) . That is  known as Nava maasa and from the day of  conception to the birth of child it will be 279 days. This adds up to nine(9).

*** Hindu Panchaanga and Nava (#9)

Ninth lunar day as per Hindu Panchaanga (almanac) is known as Navami thithi; Ashta Vasus are the presiding deities of Navami thithi.  It is known as Riktha thithi and is not an elected day for performing auspicious functions. Navami thithi during dark fortnight of Bhaadrapada; Maargasira; Pushya; Maagha and Phaalguna months is known as Anvashtaka; sacred for giving Thila tharpana to forefathers under concept of Shannavathi Sraaddha. Ninth day in the dark fortnight of Bhaadrapada maasam (Pithru Paksha) is known as Avidhava Navami when ceremonies are performed for those Women (Mothers) who died as Sumangali (husband alive).

*** Hindu Astrology and Nava (#9)

Number nine has got a unique place in Hindu astrology as it represents the 9^th house the Dharma Sthaana (righteousness).  It signifies primarily that of father (pithru sthaana). It is the house of fortune (bhaagya sthaana) and it also signifies the religion, intuition, fame, charities, leadership, long journeys etc. It is one of the Trines (angular house) in a birth chart along with the 1^st and 5^th house.  In the natural zodiac, Sagittarius is the 9^th house whose lord is Jupiter the Guru or Bruhaspathi the natural benefic planet. In Hindu astrology division number nine (9) is known as Navaamsa Chakra which is a very important divisional chart that is to be studied compulsorily while making predictions especially the one that is related to marital front. Study of Navaamsa chart enables to confirm the results of raasi chakra. 

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WHY CHANT MANTRAS FOR 108 TIMES?

Vedic sages believed cosmology should be mirrored in the Inner cosmology of the human which we have seen in number 3.  The number 108 represents the distance from the body of the devotee to the God situated within.  According to Ayurveda  (safest ancient medicinal techniques) we have 107 weak spots (Marmas/Varma) in our body and these weak spots are chained together to form 108 links.  Each chant represents a journey from our material self towards our highest spiritual self. Each chant is believed to bring 1 unit closer to God situated within.  This means that the soul has to make a journey through 108 stages to attain Mokhsa (Salvation).

In most cases for 100 percent benefit we do japam for 108 times and that is why “Mala” contains 108 beads. Here again the sum of integer is 9. 

* As per the Hindu Ithihas, an History of events, when the ThiruppArkadal (Ocean of Milk - Better known as Milkyway) was churned with one side with 54 Deva Ganas representing the positive qualities and at the other end with 54 Asuras that represent the Negative qualities (the Demons) (Here again it totals to 108!) to find the nectar containing the DevaAmrita (a pot containing the liquid for immortality). This signifies the Kundalini to raise to the mountain of axis in one's body with the Kundalini Chakra in the body at the level end of Spine! 

* The list is endless. For Srivaishnavas in particular and the Hindu religion in general believes that 108 represent the universe or supreme; there are 108 Divya Desams  associated with Lord Sriman NarayaNa, ( Sri Maha Vishnu) known as Holy places for the Srivaishnavites, 108 Tulsi beads in Hindu Japa Mala, 108 Upanishads,

* Sanskrit alphabet: There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. Each has masculine and feminine, Shiva and Shakti. 54 times 2 is  108.

*  It is the vibration of the Purusha and Prakritti that has put us into existence and it is the secret key that will allow us to awaken in our existence, manipulate our existence, or transcend our existence. It is a powerful force that can do anything, tantra (both positive and negative) taps into this force. There are a 108 beads upon a mala to tap into this vibration of the supreme creative force of the god and goddess, Purusha and Prakritti.

* Pranayama:  If  one  is  able  to  be  so  calm  in  meditation  as  to  have only  108  breaths  in  a  day, enlightenment will come.

* Sri Yantra: On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where three lines intersect, and there are 54 such intersections. Each intersections has masculine and feminine, Shiva and Shakti qualities; that again brings the result to 108.  54 multiplied by 2 equals 108. Thus, there are 108 points that define the Sri Yantra as well as the human body.

*There are 18 Ancient Astronomical Siddhantas

*There are 27 constillations astronomically and each one has 4 directions. The addition of integer 27 or 27*4=108 is also 9.

* In Hindu astronomy th ere are 9 planets and collectively known as Navagrahs.

* There are 12 zodiac signs and 9 Navagrahas together they say 12 * 9 = 108 different types of gods and prayers.

*  A zodiac sign in the navamsa chart is also a padam in the Nakshatra zodiac. In other words 3 deg 20 min ((360degrees/(27starts*4parts or ‘pada’) is 1/108 of the circle and 1/108 of the circle can be regarded as 1/12 of 1/9 of the zodiac (i.e. 9 x 12 = 108) or as 1/4 of 1/27 of the circle (i.e. 4 x 27 = 108). In Vedic astrology the Navamsa sign is viewed from both of these perspectives.

 *The four pada relate to the four ayana: karma (career), artha (sustenance), kama (pleasure/family), moksa (spirituality/liberation). Each pada has a tone, using which can activate a planet within the tone.

* In Vedic Science Astrology, each of the 27 constellations known as Nakshatra is further divided into 4 part, each consisting 3 degrees and 20minutes; these sections are known as charan or padam that is considered a step. The total number of 27 constellations multiplied by 4 quarter each totals to 108. This signifying the evaluation to the divine path.

* This also indicates that 108 navamsa / charaN (Nakshatra padam) mentioned in the Astrology, they are permanently charted into 12 zodiac signs. The Sun traverses through these signs throughout the year. The significance of the number 54 in borth sides denotes the the hemispheric changes that indicate DakshinayaNa and Utharayana (Sun entering into trophical Capricorn and again  demons are the Sun's Southern Course (DakshinAyana) where there is more darkness on the northern hemisphere. The 54 Devas are the Northern Course of the Sun (Uttara Ayana). It is the time of the devas, where light is more prevalent. 

Navarathna

Vajra (diamond); Vydoorya (Cat's eye); Gomedhika (Hessonite); Pushyaraaga (Yellow sapphire); Marakatha (Emerald); Maanikya (Ruby); Neela (Blue sapphire); Muthya (Pearl) and Pravaala (Coral) are the nine primary gems. These nine gems are associated with Navagrahas, symbolically representing them and are used as a remedy for Navagraha dosha.

Nava Dhaanya

A group of nine grains generally associated with Navagrahas are; wheat (Sun), rice (Moon), red gram (Mars), green gram (Mercury), Bengal gram (Jupiter), black eyed peas (Venus), black sesame (Saturn), black gram (Rahu), and horse gram (Kethu). They are also used as a remedy for Navagraha dosh