Questions and Answers
12 questions on Soil Testing
In the pit water test, if the water swirls clockwise but the air bubbles move to the sides, is the land good?
If the bubbles move to the sides and quickly vanish, merging into the water, the land does have a defect, but it will be resolved with treatment. The water then turning clear confirms this. Observing the practical properly takes about an hour.
What if the land soaks up the water during the pit test; should the pit be filled again?
No. The test is not possible everywhere: on sandy land, on land with very high porosity and permeability that absorbs the water as soon as it is poured, or on fractured land with many cracks, the water cannot show any movement. The test works on solid land.
During the pit water test, if insects come up after the water is poured, is that a sign?
Before pouring water, check the pit for insects and clear them; the process should not be done with insects in it. Insects living inside the soil come out when water is poured, and that is not an omen. What matters is the air bubbles: a bubble bursting suddenly with a cracker-like sound sometimes gives a negative indication.
If the swar reading is good but two or three inauspicious omens occur, can they be balanced?
The pit water test tells whether it will balance. If all the air bubbles in the pit merge and vanish, everything will become fine after treatment.
What are the five parts used in the panchang test, and what should be watched for?
Panchang means the five parts of any tree: its root, bark, fruit, flower and leaves. Boil them in water and watch whether any sound comes, like the crackling heard when ghee or oil is used for tempering. Quiet boiling shows good land; jumping and crackling show negative energy.
Which mantra is used while pouring water in the pit test and in the vastu devta havan, and where can it be found?
The water mantra chanted while pouring water into the pit is not found in Jinvani; it was to be shared with the class group (exact words: refer to the class recording), and the Gayatri Mantra can be used instead. The Bhoomi Jagran Mantra used for aahuti on the land is found in the book Pratishtha Parag, a text on pratishtha (consecration).
From where, and how many, soil samples should be collected from a land?
Take five samples, representing the five elements: one from each of the four corners (vidishas) and one from the Brahmasthan. Take the soil from about 4 inches (4 angul) below the surface.
Is a highly metallic, mineral-rich soil good or bad for a land?
It is bad. Where metallic minerals, and especially black ones such as coal, are plentiful, negative forces settle: mineral-rich Bihar and Jharkhand and diamond-bearing Panna district are not prosperous, because few people can bear such strong energy, just as a 400 carat neelam or 20 paracetamol harms instead of helping. Minerals at the surface act on the house directly, while metals bound with silicates or lying deep underground, as at the Kolar Gold Fields, are not as harmful.
How should the energy of a plot bought for investment be checked?
Use the pit water method taught in the previous class. With swar, walk the whole land: if the same swar keeps running with the water or earth element throughout, whether it is Chandra swar or Surya swar, the land is good.
After one bone has been dug out of a plot, how can we tell whether more shalya remains there, and how much more should be dug?
More bones remained in the case discussed. Bones are traced where the dowsing rod or pendulum turns anti-clockwise, or where the swar shifts into sushumna. Remove the soil over at least a 10 x 10 ft area around the spot, 5 ft from the centre in each direction, down to the depth where the bone lay plus another 1 to 1.5 ft, and throw it away. Then purify the land.
If itching below the navel indicates a four-legged animal's bone, why are the signs for a pig or a dog, the neck and the head, above the navel?
Itching below the navel indicates a four-legged animal and above the navel a two-legged one. For an animal the itching shows at both places: for a dog it first comes in the legs and then immediately on the head.
Kaudi and coal also act as shalya. How are they detected, and is there a body sign as with bones?
They are found by dowsing. Any shalya produces a vibration (spandan) in the body of the person checking.