Sunday, July 26, 2009

Propitiation of planets causing affliction

Sage Parasara says all good and bad experiences of living beings are under the control of the nine planets. Therefore one desirous of peace, prosperity, knowledge, longevity, health, power and the like should perform yajnas to propitiate these planets.

The general procedure involves chanting of the respective mantras of the planets for a particular number of times and ahutis amounting to one tenth of the number of chantings done. The ritual also involves daanam and brahmanabhojanam.

The number of chanting and the mantras are :

Planet
Mantra
Number of chanting
Surya
Aa krishnena / Aa satyena
7000
Chandra
Imam deva asapatnam / Apyaayasavasametu te 
11000
Kuja
Agnirmoordhaa divah 
10000
Budha
Udbudhyasva
19000
Brihaspati
Brihaspate adiyadaryo 
19000
Sukra
Annat parisruto / prava sukraya 
16000
Sani 
Sanno deveerabhishtaya 
23000
Rahu
Kayanaschitra
18000
Ketu
Ketum krinnanva ketave 
17000