Stree Jatka

14.0 CHAPTER XIII
Results to be Predicted from the Directions of the Questioner

If the man questions the astrologer and stands to his East, the girl will have 7 children, three drops of menstrual fluid and she has worn an old cloth at the time of first Menses. If he is in South-East, predict that the girl will have one issue, seven drops of menstrual fluid, and the cloth she wore was black or blue. If the questioner is in the South, 8 children, four drops of menstrual fluid and red cloth should be predicted. If he stands in South-West, 4 children, two drops of menstrual fluid and white cloth should be predicted. If in the West predict 6 issues, four drops and dirty cloth.

If in the North-West predict 2 children, three drops and rose-colored cloth. If in the North, predict 9 children, one drop and varied coloured cloth. If in the North-East say she will have 10 children, one drop and cloth prepared from fibres or silk. If a girl attains her age in the constellations Moola, Sravana or Dhanishta, she will have five issues. If she gets menses in Mrigasira, Uttara, Uttarashadha, Uttarabhadra, Chitta, Hasta and Satabhisha, she will bear 10 children. If she attains puberty in Visakha Swati, Anooradha or Aswini, she will have 8 children. If she has menses in Rohini predict 7 children and in Revati 9 children.
14.1 Remedies for Evils

Give rice for weekday evid, ghee for Nakshatra or constellation, fruits for yogas and cloth for Karanas. These should be given by the girl to holy men, after she bathes on the fourth day of the menses, with religious faith and accompanied by the Sastraic Mantras and suitable cash presents. When she follows this procedure the evil indicated by the above planetary influences will be greatly minimised. Some of the principal remedies mentioned here are for ready reference.

These must be selected according to the local customs and those ordained by the Vedic persons and astrological experts in those places and suitable to the religion professed by the girl, her husband and her parents. Remedies are Pujas to Vighneswara, unyahavachana, Rudrabhisheka, Navagraharadhana, Homas to suitable Deities, Nakshatrasanti, visiting holy shrines and baths in sacred rivers; ponds and lakes, Surya Namaskaras, feeding of holy Brahmins and services to family Deities.

The girl or her husband should not see each other till the periods mentioned for the evil stars in it are over. Then when she gets again menses in an auspicious star, she and he may look each other. If by chance or accident they look each other before the time, remedial measures should be undertaken immediately for their future welfare and prosperity. If they do not do so, then they will suffer, for their negligence. The commentators and other writers on this subject observe thus. If a poisonous cobra bites a person, sensible men should take immediate measures by anis.

Mantras and Medicines to give him relief and save his precious life. If not the poison works its own mischief. Similarly when a girl has her first Menses appearing in evil times, those concerned in her welfare should at once take suitable remedies, before the poison of the evil influences takes root and kills her, her husband or both. The danger here is double.

This is more dangerous than the bites of the most poisonous reptiles. Here the person bitten, if neglected,; will die himself, or herself, but in the cases of girls discharging their menstrual fluids, and through them subtle electric and ethereal currents, the dangers will spread over a larger area and if the stars, signs, Yogas,

 Karanas and planets are all bad, then the girl brings ruin and destruction not only on herself but also on her husband, her children and even on her parents and parents-in-law. Such cases are unfortunately large and people should not allow such poisons to work ruin unchecked by them. In certain constellations, particular number of months are prohibited for sexual union and nuptials.

I say the temperature of an iron ball is 200 degrees centigrade. Will I be superstitious or wrong when I tell a man, as having the correct knowledge of the heat of the iron ball, not to touch it for some time till the heat subsides and does not prove dangerous? Not only the sexual organs, but the whole body of a human being, go on sending continuously electric, magnetic, ethereal and other subtle forms of sparks or energies.

By a careful knowledge of these various forces, working for and against a person’s interest Maharishis have laid down a large number of rules by a careful observance of which he will be able to conserve his energy, overcome the obstacles and make sure of success in his undertakings. The conservation of the right kind of physical, mental and spiritual energies and forces is at the bottom of all Hindu Sastras, and the terrestrial, celestial and electrical and other forces should not be dissipated to the great prejudice of the persons concerned in any acts. Please examine all our Sastras, rituals, and methods prescribed and sanctioned by the Vedas and then say, after due performances and experiences; whether they are senseless or you are stupid, not to understand and analyse them.