True to Mother Nature
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Mantras
Brahmā prokta – 24 akṣara – Gāyatrī ॐ नमो भगवते दक्षिणामूर्तये मह्यम् मेधाम् प्रज्ञां प्रयच्छ स्वाहा om namo bhagavate dakṣiṇāmūrtaye...
Gaṇeśāṣṭakam
Śrī Gaṇeśa, the great astrologer, gives us a few remedies in this beautiful stotra from the Gaṇeśapurāṇa. He says: If...
Ekādaśa Bhāva[1]
लाभभावफलाञ्चाथ कथयामि द्विजोत्तम। श्रुयोताम् जातको लोके यछुत्भत्वे सदा सुखी॥ lābhabhāvaphalāṣcātha kathayāmi dvijottama | śruyotām jātako loke yachutbhatve sadā sukhī || ...
The Moon and Venus
Śukra as the Lord of Jala Tattva Venus is the significator of desire and rules love, affection, marriage, and romantic...
Foundation of Jyotiṣa I: Guṇas
एकोऽव्यक्तात्मको विष्णुर्नादिः प्रभुरीश्वरः। शुद्धसत्व जगत्स्वामी निर्गुणास्त्रिगुणान्वितः॥ eko'vyaktātmako viṣṇurnādiḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ| śuddhasatvao jagatsvāmī nirguṇāstriguṇānvitaḥ|| ...
Sakti: Power Immanent
The late C. V. Seshadri, while discussing the concept of energy, wrote, “many concepts that are accepted as absolutely self-evident…are...
Timing Curses and their Remedies (1)
Introduction Abhiśāpa or śāpa, otherwise known as a curse, is an invocation to the superior powers, in order to cause...
Ārūḍha and Māyā[1]
Ārūḍha and Māyā[1] Definitions Ārūḍha means to mount, rise, bestride, like mounting a horse or to ascend, or elevate. In...
Puruṣottama-Mahātmyaṁ
Skanda Purāṇam Viṣṇukhaṇḍa Translated by Sarbani Rath Chapter 1 Once, the sages gathered around maharṣi Jaimini and addressed him, “...