Pitra or Paitrik Dosh: Indications, Afflictions and Remedies What is Pitra Dosha? Pitra refers to ancestors or forefathers and any wrong done by ancestors themselves or to ancestors either by others or their own progenies creates Paitrik or Pitra Dosh. In Brahat Prashar, there is a mention of 14 kinds of Pitra-Dosh based on placement and aspect of malefic planets. Rahu is considered the major cause of Pitra Dosh in Vedic astrology. There are various schools of thought. Some astrologers believe that Pitra Dosh is an indication that ancestors of people, who have Pitra Dosh in their horoscope, could not be relieved of their sufferings either due to the results of their own wrong doings or because of unnatural/premature death. It is believed that Pitra Dosh may occur if any ancestors up to the 7th generation (father’s side)/4th generation (mother’s side) had met an unnatural death. Others are of the opinion that Pitra Dosh is the curse of ancestors. It simply means that forefathers of the person having Pitra Dosh in the horoscope are not happy with the native. As a result, native having Pitra Dosh suffers from diseases, failures, disruptions in education and debts etc. State of being childless is also considered the result of this Dosha. Premature or early death due to diseases or accidents is observed in worse cases. Some believe that Pitra Dosh is caused due to lack of fulfillment of any parental desire. Whatever the reasons for Pitra Dosh in one’s horoscope, the native has to clear the debt of forefathers or fulfill the parental desire. Debt formed by misdeeds of the forefathers has either to be paid, cleared or reduced by good deeds of the progenies. If this is not possible by any means, there are several remedies available to reduce the bad effects of the Pitra Dosh.
Indications of Pitra Dosh One should get suspicious of being under the impact of Pitra Dosh if he/she is observing the following incidences in his/her family life. After finding the indications of Pitra Dosh, it is wise to consult an astrologer to confirm if there is an affliction in the 9th house by any malefic planet. Following signs indicate probability of presence of Pitra Dosh:
Abortion, repeated miscarriages, premature baby birth and innumerable death of children
Problems in conceiving or getting pregnant
Disruption in education and career growth
Delayed marriage, problems in marriage and married life
Spirit (ghost) shadow on the family
Affliction by malefic planets Affliction of 9th house, lord of 9th house, 9th house from the moon or the lord of 9th house by any malefic planet is called Pitra Dosh. The affliction of moon is considered Matra Dosh if afflicted by any malefic planet. It is considered very serious kind of Pitra Dosh if Rahu afflicts the Sun by placement and Ketu by direct aspect. It is also considered serious if Saturn is the afflicting planet. In case of Matra Dosh, it is considered serious kind of Matra Dosh if Moon is afflicted by the placement of Ketu and direct aspect of Rahu.
Remedy for Pitra/Paitrik/Pitru dosh
When Pitra Dosh is due to abnormal or unnatural early death of any ancestor (Garud Purana 40:4-12) in the manner given in following sentence, a rite called Narayan Bali is performed at Trimbkeshwar, Haridwar, Badrinath and Gaya by learned Pundits/Brahmins/Sadhaks. Unnatural type of death involves death by robbers, murder, arson, curse, animals, snake bite, lightening, fall from mountain, falling of a tree, by a disease, suicide, fasting etc.
There is a timeframe for people belonging to different classes (Garuda Purana 40:13). Narayan Bali Puja should be performed within six months for a Brahmin, three months for a Kshatriya, within a month and half for a Vaishya and immediately for a Sudra.
Performing shraaddha ceremony and pind-daan following specific rituals at the Gaya or any other specified place.
Performing ancestor’s puja during pitra paksha removes Pitra Dosha.
Performing puja of the Pipal tree on any Somwati Amavasya reduces the bad effects of Pitra Dosha. First thing to be done is to offer one Yagyopavit (offer a Janeu) to the tree and second Yagyopavit to Lord Vishnu. Thereafter move around the tree (parikrama) 108 times. While moving, chant the mantra "Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaay Namah" and offer a sweet to the tree during each round.
One more remedy is to feed crows and fish with small balls of cooked rice and sesame seeds mixed with gee on every Saturday. crows, street dogs & sweepers should be offered food during the Pitra pakchha. Charities like gold and cow to a Brahmin Perform Rudrabhishek (Rudra Abhishek) in the name of ancestors and Kanya Daan.
Remedy for melefic planets Some other remedies are based on the malefic effect of specific planets as shown below.
1. in the case of close afflictions of Rahu and Ketu, services to parents, old-age needy persons, sweeper and poor people is recommended.
2. Feed crows, street dogs and sweepers on Tuesday (Rahu), Friday/Saturday (Ketu) 3. In case of afflictions of Mars, charities are recommended for the servants and younger brothers 4. Remedies for Venus afflictions involve charities for the poor or needy women 5. In case of Saturn afflictions, services should be done to poor people 6. In case of Jupitar afflictions, charities and services to the teacher and husband are offered
Mahurat days 2010-11 Mahurat MonthNarayan Nagbali/Bali puja Apr 2010
1,4,8,15,18,22,26
May 2010
1,5,15,19,22,26,29
June 2010
2,11,15,18,22,26,29
July 2010
6,10,13,17,21,24,26
Aug 2010
3,7,9,12,17,20,30
Sep 2010
4,7,10,14,19,29,30
Oct 2010
1,5,9,13,16
Nov 2010
2,9,13,20,24,26,29
Dec 2010
3,6,10,17,21,24,28
Jan 2010
1,4,6,13,17,22,26,29
Feb 2010
3,9,13,16,18,22,25
March 2010
2,8,12,17,20,24
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