When the neighbouring house in the East is taller than yours, you lose the energy of the sun. Either add a storey or raise a metal flag of brass in the South-West of your roof, higher than the neighbour's building, so that your building starts receiving cosmic energy.
An E3-E4 main door is the best for chances of going abroad; those not getting a visa should sleep with their feet towards the West and keep the West and South heavy and well built.
The elephant (Airavat, the many-trunked mount of Indra) is the symbol of Mahendra; an elephant placed at E4 brings the devta to sit there and give results.
A havan of elaichi (cardamom) at the Mahendra pad, or elaichi tied in a green potli and hung there, supports the success, happiness and peace given by Indra dev.
Grate dried coconut (gola), mix it with white sandalwood and ghee, and perform a havan at the Bhrisha pad to remove confusion and decide quickly and correctly.
When work is never done on time and people do not keep time, place an ankush (elephant goad) at the Surya pad in the East and bury it in the ground, or bury a gold swastik there.
When there is too much lying in the house, draw a kesar swastik on a banyan leaf in an auspicious muhurta during chandra swar and place it at the Satya devta pad.
The special treatment of Mahendra is a silver moon engraved with a swastik (and the marks drawn in class), hung at the E4 pad at its time while the chandra swar flows with water or earth tatva.
When the East is fully blocked by an adjoining wall, make an opening (duct) from the top on the East side so the overhead Sun can send its rays inside at its time.
The vajra, the weapon of Indra, hung at the Mahendra pad or buried in its ground removes obstacles and demonic influences blocking happiness, prosperity and work.
A swastik made of gomti chakra on a 5 x 5 inch brass plate is fixed on both sides of a door in the South-South-West, West-South-West or East. It corrects the door defect without demolition and also works when those zones have another defect or are low-lying.
For a defect or wrongly placed door between the South-East and the East, the gomti chakra swastik is made on a copper plate of 5 x 5 inch or of a size that gives aay 3.
For a door in a bad position, five potlis of yellow mustard are made in the five colours of the five elements and hung at the door, hidden behind mango leaves or a mango-leaf bandanwar. This reduces the door's defect to the minimum.
Whatever zone the kitchen is in, move the burner to the South-East of that kitchen and set it so the cook faces East, or North if East is impossible. This is the best kitchen treatment and removes many doshas.
For a defective East door, hang a toran of wood and brass or of metal with gems, or a green square swastik bandhanwar made on leaves or another base, put up on a Monday.
A person with Gaj Kesari yoga should put up a photo of God, or of a Guru giving blessings, in the North, North-East, North-North-East or East to receive the full fruit of the yoga.
Venus (the wife) and the Moon (the mother) together form Grah Klesh yoga, which leaves the men of the house stressed between the two; a photo of fully bloomed flowers in the East side calms the home.
When the Sun is exalted (sign 1) or swagrahi (sign 5) and sits in a kendra, a rising sun picture or a brass sun in the East brings name, fame and success in politics.
When benefic Jupiter and Venus sit together, a painting of running horses in an odd number, or of a cow or bull, in the East or South-East brings fame, happiness and sound judgement.
Giloy, an ayurvedic creeper, grown in the East lets the morning sunrays pass through it into the rooms, which improves the immunity of the residents even if they do not consume it.
When the East is closed by a raised wall or a heavy structure, items that capture the Sun energy are placed in the East so that the Sun still rises in the home.
In a dressing room or bathroom mirrors should go on the North or East walls. If a wash basin is already in the South and its mirror must be there, fix a mirror of the same size on the North wall to balance it.
As taught in class, a convex mirror makes a small space look bigger and extends it, while a concave mirror makes a big space look smaller; so a convex mirror treats a cut and a concave mirror treats an extension. A plain mirror can also extend a cut.
To motivate a child to study, a swastik is drawn with affirmations on its arms: East, I am all-knowing; South, I am all-powerful; West, I am all-capable; North, I am all-wealthy; and Soham (I am That) at the centre.
For the last house of a colony at a dead end, a painting on the end boundary wall showing the road continuing with houses on both sides opens the path; the image changes the mind and stuck work moves.
In a house visited earlier an elephant was painted in the Ishaan, yet the elephant is said to be the vehicle of the East. Where does it belong?
The elephant is the vehicle of Indra, lord of the East. Between the East and the North-East lies a 45-degree span with several pads, among them a debt door and a door that makes one rich, and every 11.25 degrees the chemistry and circumstances change, so the exact pad matters.
Pictures of the Sun with running horses are popular in homes. In which direction should they be placed?
A picture of the Sun goes only in the East. Make sure it really is the Sun: a Sun-like figure with a moustache is Shani Dev, and in one prominent family his images on both gates facing the house were followed by incurable illness in member after member.
My neighbour's house in the East has two storeys and mine has one. What is the effect?
You are losing, because the East (the sun) gives all the energy. Either build a second storey or put up a flag: a metal flag of brass in the South-West of your roof, higher than their building, so that your building starts receiving cosmic energy.
I learned elsewhere that in 81 pad vastu the East falls between E4 and E5. Is that right?
No. In 81 pad vastu exact East falls on E5 (Surya); East between E4 and E5 belongs to the 64 pad grid, so correct it. The reference is in Vishwakarma Prakash, with the page number given in the previous class; the Hindi translation from Sanskrit by Krishna Kumar Jugnu of Udaipur and the edition of Maharshi Abhay Katyayan give the same.
A family with an N4 door has had only boys across generations. What can be done for a girl child?
N4, like N3 and W4, is a door that brings sons. Open an E2 door, which brings the birth of daughters. A home without a daughter is not a complete home.
My main door is on E4, yet since moving into this house I have had many money problems. Why?
First check whether the door is in plumb and level with a plumb line and water level, and whether a wall or another door stands in front of it. In this case the entrance was fine; the real cause was a full basement in the South and West portion, together with a problem in the North-East.
If the main door is on a negative pad, does a clockwise or anti-clockwise route to the boundary gate change its results?
Yes. A correctly placed door with an anti-clockwise (heen bahu) exit gives fewer good results than it should. A door on a negative pad such as E5 or E6, whose route runs clockwise to a gate on W4 or W5, gives much less negative effect than the pad alone would.
Must the house be at 0 degrees for a sarvatobhadra dwar?
By definition it is at 0 degrees with doors in all four directions, but it can be made otherwise too: build the doors on whichever pads fall on Pushpdant, Grihakshat, Bhallat and E4.