Also known asswastikasathiya
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.
Swastik drawing with the affirmations
Child's study place; all directions allowed
Peacock feathers contain mercury, and no negativity survives where mercury is; a framed swastik made of sorted peacock feathers placed in the West fulfils wishes, removes vastu dosh and brings success in work and in children's education.
West
If the door is in the South, a special South remedy swastik is drawn on both sides of the door and above it.
South remedy swastik design shown in class
Both sides of and above a South door
A special earth element mandna with a swastik is used in industries and homes where there is no stability at all; it is placed in the South-West, SSW or WSW and may go up to the West.
Special earth element mandna with swastik (shown in class)
South-West, SSW, WSW; allowed up to West
If a staircase turns anti-clockwise, a swastik drawn on the left and right walls of the staircase above navel height converts the anti-clockwise movement into clockwise movement.
Swastik design shown in class
Left and right walls of the staircase, above navel height
The swastik is made on the bahi khata (account book); since accounts are now kept on computers, make it on whatever register remains, or on the laptop itself.
Swastik, equal arms, 3 or 5 inch or 3 or 5 angul
Account book (bahi khata) or laptop
The swastik represents and balances all five elements, removes vastu doshas and suppresses the troubles of the nine planets; a special vastu swastik design can extend any cut or narrow zone, such as a cut South-West.
Vastu dosh nivaran swastik design (shown in class)
Any cut or narrow zone; all directions allowed
Items placed under the ground at bhoomi poojan or shilanyas, such as the naag-nagin pair, the foundation stone (shila) and the kalash, and treatment items such as pyramids or silver and gold nandavart, give results only when set at water level (zero degree).
Pyramids, silver or gold nandavart, gold swastiks, gems or other treatment items
Under the ground at the shilanyas or treatment point
A well older than 25 years is a pujya (revered) seat of Varun devta and must never be filled in without a vidhi: transfer its deities into a coconut, lower a kalash, fill it with river sand and soil, and leave the coconut in a working well.
Kalash with a swastik marked on it
Old dug well in any wrong zone, such as the South-West or West
The acharyas advise placing diamond in the ground of the South-East to increase its power. Where the floor is already built, as in a flat, a swastik drawn with inexpensive diamond chip powder in the South-East serves the same purpose.
South-East direction of the land, house or flat
N4, E3 and W4 are the Mahalakshmi doors through which Lakshmi enters; a house with all three open sees a heavy flow of money and many sources of income.
Swastik symbol
N4 (Bhallat), E3 and W4 (Pushpdant) on the outer walls
A havan of red flowers of every kind with red sandalwood (lal chandan) at the Surya pad activates Surya devta.
E5 (Surya) pad
A small silver moon fixed on the E3 wall with a 1-inch kesar swastik drawn just below it activates Jayant devta; a chhatra can be added.
Kesar (saffron) for a 1-inch swastik
Wall of the E3 (Jayant) pad, above navel height
Do not build a temple in the kitchen; keep a small Mangal kalash at the agneya kon with a small photo of your Guru or ishta, and draw a swastik in front of your eyes so the food cooked becomes like amrit.
Swastik drawn at eye level
Kitchen: kalash and photo at the SE; swastik at eye level in front of the cook
Design the main door like a face: two shutters as the nostrils, two small niches as the eyes, two jharokhas as the ears, an Om or swastik as the tilak, and the threshold and upper frame as the lips. Ancient texts say such decoration multiplies the power of the main door many times.
Swastik or Om at the top centre as the tilak
Main door and the wall around it
Mark Om and swastik on the main door, write the name of your isht (chosen deity) and add auspicious symbols such as kalash and darpan. Do it in a good muhurta such as Basant Panchami or after the Sun turns Uttarayan.
Swastik
Main door
After Om and swastik the kalash is the greatest symbol and is established before every beginning (wedding, business start, construction, any of the 16 sanskar). A filled mangal kalash with a coconut in the North-East of every home, factory and office forms Gajkesari yoga and balances the five elements.
Silver swastik
North-East of every home, factory and office; a clay kalash can go in any direction
A swastik drawn with kesar on a whitewashed surface stays bright for 24 to 48 hours where the energy is good; if it fades or vanishes, the energy is disturbed or an outside negative influence (bahari hawa) is present.
Main door or any whitewashed wall; kitchen tiles can also be used
Shikhi, also called Shiva, is the first outer devta of the pishach bhoomi, at E1 near the North-East corner. A mahayogi and a highly sensitive maha-dowser, its pad reacts at once to anything done there; it governs vision, foresight and decisions.
Mor pankh (peacock feather) swastik
E1 pad, 39.375 to 50.625 degrees from North, outer pishach bhoomi at the North-East corner
Bhrisha, the seventh devta of the East, is weighty and powerful with its own gravity; balanced, it awakens the nerves of the brain and raises thinking power, observation and one-pointed concentration, like a bird gazing fixedly at one point. Imbalanced, the mind gets confused, the nature turns dominating and kidney problems appear.
Symbol: makar (crocodile); special symbol of the earth element shape with a swastik, which also represents earth
Pad E7 of the East side, 106.875 to 118.125 degrees (East-South-East zone)
Jayant, the third devta of the East (pad E3, in the outer paishachik ring), is the success-maker who completes any work by any means (saam, daam, dand, bhed) while following dharma, and converts knowledge into wealth. Its door is called the vipul sampada (abundant wealth) door because the grace of the Moon on this pad is very strong.
Kesar for the swastik
Pad E3 of the East side, 61.875 to 73.125 degrees (East-North-East zone), in the outer paishachik ring
Mahendra (Indra), the fourth devta of the East, is the king, sustainer and administrator who brings the energy of the planets, Sun, Moon and 27 nakshatras to earth and spreads it evenly through the house. It gives control over the mind and senses, right decisions, government support, contacts, name and fame.
Silver moon with swastik for the special treatment
Pad E4 of the East side, 73.125 to 84.375 degrees (East-North-East and East zones)
Satya, the sixth devta of the East, is the son of Dharma and stands for truth, goodwill and justice; like a village panchayat whose members speak the truth, it gives fair decisions. Balanced, it makes a person a good judge and advisor; imbalanced, lies spread through the house and honour is lost.
Banyan leaf with a kesar swastik
Pad E6 of the East side, the 11.25 degrees after Surya, 95.625 to 106.875 degrees (East and East-South-East zones)
Surya, the fifth devta at the centre of the East, lights the three worlds, destroys darkness and negativity, gives energy to all planets and never misses its time. Balanced, it gives fearlessness, good decisions, speaking power, fame, leadership, government support and perfect time management.
Symbols: gold swastik or ankush (elephant goad); special symbol of a triangle with a swastik
Pad E5, the centre of the East, 84.375 to 95.625 degrees (East zone)
Every symbol has placement rules (height, inside the room, never at foot level, never in a toilet); a swastik is never put in a toilet at any cost.
Swastik and other devta symbols
Never in a toilet
Make the main door of solid wood such as teak, ideally with a little sandalwood, and carve auspicious symbols, mantras and floral designs on it. Energy takes on the chemistry of the material it passes through, so flush, ply, fibre and glass doors weaken the result.
Carved Om, swastik, mantras, kalash and floral creepers (bel-boote)
Main door
Bamboo, heavily promoted by feng shui, is not recommended: it is not an auspicious tree, and its wood is what is used to carry the dead.
The North-East is the seat of Jupiter. Its interior uses ivory and white with golden yellow, gold or gold-polished artifacts, topaz or citrine, auspicious symbols such as Ashtamangal, Nandyavart and the mangal kalash, and white or yellow flowering plants.
Peacock-feather swastik, Nandyavart swastik
North-East (ishaan)
Interior work done without vastu can ruin a business even when all directions are correct: anti-element materials and colours, the most harmful (marak) colour of the owner's kundli, or a main table placed with zero aay all cause losses. Symbols, swastiks and corrected colours can restore it.
Swastiks made at many places
Whole office or home
Paintings split into joined pieces, dry or cut trees, cut photos, mirrors touching the floor, swastik or Om on the floor, crying women, screaming animals, scenes of anger, crime or the Mahabharata, and God without feet should not be kept at home.
Whole house
It can be made on kitchen tiles, but a whitewashed surface is a must for the test. Make it in the earth (prithvi) tatva of Surya swar.
Put five haldi, five supari, panch ratna and a silver swastik into it, then fill it completely with sand.
A well older than 25 years is a seat of Varun devta and must not simply be filled in. Do the vastu registry with a coconut, asking the deities of the well to enter it, do three pradakshina, and after a few hours leave the coconut in another well in daily use. Lower a kalash marked with a swastik and filled with haldi and other items, add soil or sand of five rivers (or sea sand), and fill the well with good soil.
A door at Parjanya makes the house female dominated: females are more in number, more female calves are born and the first child is often a daughter, though this also depends on the fifth house of the horoscope. The remedy is to make the Om and swastik symbol taught for Shikhi at that door.
The symbols are taken from the Vedic tradition, such as the swastik, but they are designed with an added element that generates and spreads their energy, and the material they are engraved on matters. Each piece was to be shown physically in class.
No. Every item has rules: the height at which it is fixed, placing it inside, never at foot level and never in a toilet. A swastik is never put in a toilet at any cost, and there is no reason to activate devtas inside a toilet, since that gives their place to the toilet.
It need not be hidden. The swastik is the most energetic symbol, and you already hang curtains and many other things that people see. Hang it or stick it as the space allows; if you keep worrying about what people will say, it will not give results.
No. The swastik and Om are the most sacred symbols, and a swastik generates about 10 lakh bovis of energy; when such bricks end up in toilets and floors, people walk and relieve themselves on it, and the same amount of negative energy is generated in the house, harming all work. In one case a family built a whole house of swastik bricks, and within three months of griha pravesh three members died in an accident and another later died of a heart attack. Recommend plain burnt clay bricks (fly ash bricks are not good either); where swastik bricks are already laid, spray gomutra (cow urine) on them before plastering.
In interior vastu a wrong door is treated only with symbols and similar items, since the full door treatment alone would take about five classes. For South door defects the class gives bandhanwars of stone or gems, a toran of copper and wood, and a red triangular swastik bandhanwar hung on a Saturday or Tuesday. In the South only S4 is a good pada, and it suits those with Kark, Makar or Kanya rashi, mulank 9, or an exalted or own-sign Mars.
The dehleez should be 3 inches thick and made of high-grade, artistic wood. The door too should be artistic: old doors carried symbols such as Om and Swastik, mantras and creeper motifs, which increase the door's power.
The main door should be only of wood, best of teak, and royal doors were of sandalwood or had a little sandalwood mixed in. Flush doors are made from plywood of thorny shrubs, so even a house costing crores with a cheap flush main door does not get good results, because energy takes on the chemistry of the material it passes through. A sandalwood Om or Swastik pasted on the door also gives very good results.
The teacher left it to the students; their suggestions, a mango leaf swastik toran and a toran of cow-dung cakes, were both called correct. He then gave his best (Kohinoor) bandhanwar for any wrongly placed door: make round discs of desi cow dung, draw a swastik on each, fix them on a bandhanwar strip and hang it on the main door, and the defects end. The alternative, a daily desi cow-dung lepan in front of the main door with a rangoli in the colour of its zone, is hard to keep up every day, so the permanent bandhanwar is better.