There is also a myth that is being spread by jyotishis.
A lot of jyotish have been predicting that so-and-so yuti has caused pandemic, so-and-so yuti stops pandemic,etc.
However, this is only a partial truth.
It's true that pandemics start on certain conjunctions. But it's not true that they will end too on certain conjunctions.
Planets control all the good and bad events in our life.
The law of Sanatana Dharma is that the benefit of every positive act stays as long as the punya is not exhausted. Thus, to keep on staying happy and fulfilled, you must keep on doing good deeds.
But, the effects of bad karmas, once received as a difficulty or calamity, will not go unless we take the learning from it or it fulfills the task it has come for.
In other words, you will keep on experiencing good events till the punya of it is exhausted.
Whereas, because bad karmas are bad, the planets will cause some difficulty in your life, but they won't freed you from it when their transit ends. This is because every bad event is caused because of some bad or wrong actions by us.
In order to stop us from doing the bad action ever again, the problem will stay in our lives till we don't learn from it.
For example, if you've stolen someone's land or money, you may get caught and punished by the course of law. You will not freedom from this difficulty until you dont give up on your ego, greed and take a pledge of living a truthful life. No planetary transit will free you from it.
Till you do not learn, you will face what you are destined to be i.e. jail and suffering.
But, if during those times you realise your mistakes, make a choice to live and earn honestly, and take the refuge of God, you won't have to face these sufferings and your life will change.
If your crime was very big, your jail stay may not be cancelled, but it may get reduced. Even in jail, you won't have to suffer or fear from anything and live happily. God will be there to protect you.
The same way, the pandemic has come to punish the sinners and clear the earth off thousands and millions.
A lot of people, who were good and not done bad in life also got affected by it and probably died too.
The reason for this is, that may a times it is our past karmas.
It can also be that they may have gone to some place that was corona hotspot.
As mentioned in one of my previous articles, mahamari is a goddess.
She has been given the blessing by Lord Brahma, that whenever there is rise in sins, Goddess Mahamari should go on earth and clean the earth from millions of sinners.
She has been given the blessing to cause death for anybody who comes in front of her. Anybody means anybody.
If you go in a corona hotspot with an attitude that nothing will happen to you, your immune system is strong,etc. then even if you are a sadhak, you will for sure get infected and maybe die too.
But, if you are a sadhak, and because of some unavoidable reason go in a covid hotspot, Goddess Mahamari won't infect you.
If you challenge her, you will for sure be infected.
She has been given the blessing for removal of sinners and to go back when her task is done.
That is why, she will only leave when her task is done. Not when a transit will end.
The only thing everybody should do is stay at home, do sadhanas and pray for speedy end of the pandemic.
Nothing else will work.
That is why, saying that so-and-so transit will bring an end to pandemic is not true.
Planets bring difficulties to give us a lesson. And the pain or the difficulty will stay in your life till the day you don't do an analysis of the situation and understand where you were wrong and what it is trying to teach you.
Using this kind of an attitude, many people who were facing great problems in their life recovered in just few days and turned their entire life around.
That is why shaastras say - the person who is dharmik, who is jitendriya and celibate, who does the seva of Brahmins and cows - these people never face effects of grahas in life.
The shloka is not mere philosophy, It has a very deep meaning which, I'm explaining here:
Being dharmik - dharmik doesn't mean just being religious. It means doing your duty honestly and completely.
The duty of a student is to study a fixed number of hours every day keeping all distractions away.
The duty of a businessman is to do honest business and focus on ways to expand it at all times.
The duty of a son is to understand and take care of their family members' needs.
The same way, for every aspect of our life, we have a duty. That duty should be done in all honesty, giving your 100% and doing all the things that need to be done for completing the task or goal. If you are lacking knowledge about a certain aspect of business, then gaining knowledge is also your dharma. If you don't learn, you will surely face difficulty in life some time ahead when that aspect will come to test.
When you will follow dharma, you won't face losses in business, because you had the complete knowledge to take right actions.
Being jitendriya - being jitendriya means to be unattached to the outcome of life. It is to understand that life doesn't happen to us, life happens for us. Whatever bad is happening in our life, has come to give you a learning. You must delve into it and try to find what it is trying to teach you.
Surely, it's not easy to become unattached to the outcome and still enjoy lives, because we are never taught that there can be a balance between both, that one can enjoy life but still be unattached to happy times. It is to take happiness and sadness alike, fear and courage alike, hate and love alike and not be attached to either of them. To take the negative events as a source of learning, and to appreciate the positive events as the sweet fruit of our good actions.
To those who want to be jitendriya can do so by meditation, dhyaan and doing medha praapti sadhanas. The power of medha is to give balance. Other than this, by reciting Hanuman Gayatri you can become jitendriya.
When you be jitendriya, life's sorrows won't affect you and happiness won't make you attached.
Brahmachari - following brahmacharya is more than of just religious importance. Brahmcharya is what gives us health, nourishment, clean blood, strong bones, develop nose and taste buds, better eyesight,vigour, etc. In other words, it is what protects your always decaying body.
When you follow brahmacharya, you won't have to suffer from health problems in life caused by any graha.
Other than mantras, drinking lots of water and milk, meditating are a very effective way of controlling senses and following brahmacharya.
Brahman bhojan and gau seva - both of these things increase our punya and burn our sins. This will ensure happiness and prosperity in your life.
By doing medha prapti sadhana, one will develop the ability to determine what is their dharma and understand all the things in life with complete understanding.
Unfortunately, because of lack of clarity, we are given knowledge, but we are also given wrong stigmas about it.
For example, in gita lord Krishna says that one not be influenced by happiness and sadness alike, lover and enemy,etc. But we humans attach this quality to that of an aesthetic. I.e. achieving these qualities automatically mean becoming a sanyasi.
But that is not the truth. One can be a worldy person and still follow these mindsets.
The skill lies in knowing the balance between both ends - a power which medha shakti gives you.
When we think of doing purascharan, we automatically assume that it means becoming a sadhu, which is wrong too.
Inability to fully understand something from all its aspects is one of the biggest doshas in today's time.
That is why, one must do medha prapti sadhnas so that he develops comprehension, understanding and god-like intelligence through medha shakti.
