Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Om Gurave Namah Dear Sarbani, Many many thanks for taking time off to give me clarifications and I will definitely follow your advice. Talking about Vishnu, do you know that 9 out of the 10 major avatars manifested during Chaitra-Vaisakha and Sravana-Bhadrapada months? Two months in Uttarayana and 2 in Dakshinayana. My guess is that Sun would be in either Aries or Leo at the time of these manifestations. So apart from Moon in lagna, Vishnu avatars have a strong Sun as well! Very logical as " apovai Vishnuh " and then Agni is the Origin of waters...agnirva apamayatanam. ayatanavan bhavati. Regards, Lakshmi varahamihira , " Sarbani Sarkar " <sarbani@s...> wrote: > Dear Lakshmi, > > Just a couple of clarifications. Mantras which are more than 20 aksharas > are known as Mala Mantras, hence both the ashtakshari and the > dvadasakshari are not Mala Mantras. There are various kinds of Mala > Mantras, like the Nakshatra Mala Mantra which is composed of 27 > aksharas. Secondly, as we all know, we see the ishta devata from the > 12th from the karakamsha. Ishta Devata is the one who leads us to > moksha, and is not connected to our physical body; hence it has nothing > to do with the rashi chart. We must limit ourselves to the navamsha > here, insofar as we are determining ishta devata. We do see the > placement of the ishta devata planet in the rashi chart only to see the > areas of our life, through which we reach the ishta. Both the > ashtakshari and the dvadasakshari mantras are for the moksha marga, as > the 8th and the 12th houses lie in the moksha trikona. The ashtakshari > has the added advantage of cleansing us of our past sins, as the 8th > house is connected to our past karmas. We also see the placement of the > karakamsha and the 12th from it vis-à-vis the navamsha lagna, but I am > not getting into that here. Yes the first choice of the ishta devata > mantra is a dvadasakshari mantra for the appropriate Vishnu avatar. > This is as per the Bhagavat Purana, which begins with 'Om namo bhagavate > vasudevaya' and has dvadasakshari mantras for all the Vishnu avatars. In > your case, the ishta devata planet is the Moon, representing the Krishna > avatar of Vishnu. So you need a dvadasakshari mantra for Krishna. You > have already identified it as Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. This does > not mean you cannot also do Om Namo Narayanaya, as this is a prasiddha > mantra and can be done by anybody, specially given that you are such a > devout bhakta of Narayana! The Vasudeva mantra as you know is also used > to worship Jagannath Mahaprabhu, who is a parabrahma rupa, so you can > reach the nirakar Narayana through the Vasudeva mantra as well! > > Best regards, > > Sarbani > > > > B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] > Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:17 PM > varahamihira > Re: |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt > > > Om Gurave Namah > > Dear Swee, > > Since we both agree on the " bottom line " :-)), I just want to know > which mantra I should chant. See, 8th house is the house of my Ishta > Devata, has GL and SL and the 8th Lord (Moon) is in a cosy > relationship with the Lagna lord. My natural preference is also > towards " Namo Narayanaya " . > > But, the Dwadasakshari is always highly recommended by Gurudeva, and > my 12th house is lorded by AK (5th lord too)...so I am in a dilemma. > > Help please. > > Luv, > Lakshmi > > varahamihira , " Swee Chan " <swee@c...> wrote: > > Elementary, my dear > > > > Love, > > Swee > > swee@b... > > www.brihaspati.net > > > > > > > > B Lakshmi Ramesh [b_lakshmi_ramesh] > > 08 February 2004 13:40 > > varahamihira > > |Sri Varaha| Mantra doubt > > > > Om Gurave Namah > > > > Namaste All, > > > > I also have a doubt regarding the chanting of the Ashtakshari and the > > Dwadasakshari mantras. Both " Om Namo Narayanaya " and " Om Namo > > Bhagavate Vasudevaya " are maala mantras and can be chanted by all for > > upliftment. > > > > Will chanting of ashtakshari activate the 8th house and similarly > > chanting of dwadasakshari would activate the 12th house? Or maala > > mantras do not work in this fashion? > > > > Do I hear Sarbani saying... " elementary, my dear.. " ? > > :-)) > > > > Regards, > > Lakshmi > > > > > > > > > > |Om Tat Sat| > > http://www.varahamihira > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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