PJC-3 Padmavati

अर्गल (argala) means a wooden bolt or pin for fastening a door or the cover of a vessel like the lid of a box. The purpose of argala is to act as a safety measure to check access or conceal and protect. It is also acts as an impediment to…

Dhyāna Instructions: There are two meditations given in this Argala Stotra by Maharṣi Mārkaṇḍeya. You can choose either of them which is to be recited once. Śrīcaṇḍikā Dhyānam ॐ बन्धूककुसुमाभासां पञ्चमुण्डाधिवासिनीम्‌। स्फुरच्चन्द्रकलारत्नमुकुटां मुण्डमालिनीम्‌ ॥ त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां पीनोन्नतघटस्तनीम्‌। पुस्तकं चाक्षमालां च वरं चाभयकं क्रमात्‌ ॥ दधतीं संस्मरेन्नित्यमुत्तराम्नायमानिताम्‌। om bandhūkakusumābhāsāṁ pañcamuṇḍādhivāsinīm |…

This first chapter of Sundara Kāṅḍa (Rāmāyana) describes Hanuman’s preparations to cross the ocean in search of Sīta. Mighty Hanuman’s flight over the ocean is described in a glorious detail. Decision to Leap to Lanka After that, Hanumān, the destroyer of foes, desired to travel in the sky where celestials…

The ārūḍha pada of a planet is called graha pada. It is exactly like the reflection of an object which, in this case, is the planet itself. Every planet has an image or a place where its reflection falls. This reflection is about the sign it owns like svakṣetra (own…

Popularly called the Ārūḍha Chakra, this is a chart drawn with the Lagna and planets and showing the ārūḍha pada of the bhāva in the signs. The nomenclature for any bhāva ārūḍha is normally ‘A’ followed by the number of the bhāva except for Lagna and twelfth house which are…