Vastu Sastram
Rig Veda says:
VASTSHPART PRATI JATIHACHASMAN TVAVESHO ATBHIVO BHAVATAH |
YAT TVAMEH PRATI NATROJUSHSVSHAN NO BHAV DVIPAD SHA CHATUSHPADE ||
It is prayer to Vaastu purusha and means:
Oh God of structures and building, we are your
devotees. Listen our prayer, make us free of disease, give wealth and
prosperity help the well being of all persons and animals living in the
house.
According to Brihat Samhita, Vaastu was given to the sages from Brahma the ultimate creator. There is a mythology concerning the birth of Vaastu Purusha.
There was a Demon, who terrorised the whole earth and heavens and he became the source of trouble to the world. The Gods became infuriated by his acts of brutality and they buried him in the earth by his head embedded in the inverted position, and also started guarding that place.
It became the recognised place of Gods and the buried demon was called Vaastu Purusha by the Creator Brahma who also proclaimed that the construction on the earth will only be successful when the Vaastu Purusha will be worshipped and respected. This worship and respect meant more than rituals.
Going by the same analogy,Vaastu Purusha has been imagined as a man lying with his back upside and bent and his head pointing North and East respectively, whereas his elbows are also bent and point towards North-West and South East direction respectively. His knees are touching the elbows and are pointing the directions of the elbows only. His feet and soles are joined and are pointing jointly towards South-West direction. In this scheme the naval part of the demon will coincide the centre point of the land and was called BrahmaSthan.
So this symbolic story easily explains the direction allotted to the land and their utility represented by the body parts of the demon, where the most important ones are the head (north-east) and Naval the mid point of the land.
The Vaastu Purush is located in such a way that it occupies each part of the lank, however smaller the parts are. The scheme of the land division into 100 right angled quadrangular parts or 81 parts or 64 parts is such that Vaastu Purush exists in each and every part which is called Pada also. So in this way Vaastu Purusharules each Pada or Units.
The Chief Technical planner of the earth after Vaastu Purusha is Vishwakarma, whose origin and contribution is explained thus-
Vishwakarma the Chief Architect was appointed by the Creator Brahma for the help of Prithu, the first emperor of the earth according to one's ehims and fancies but only after the wise advice of Vishwakarma. So Vishwakarma was given the rights to enforce the rules and regulations of the Vastu and he himself could envisage the technical part of the construction without any fear of the royal authority. Vishwakarma was given the responsibility to manifest the divinity of the gods into all the Padas of the land according to the Great plan of the Creator Brahma.
From the aesthetic point of view among creation of human beings vastu shastra is important and high ranked . In fact, Vastushastra is most charming, amorous and pleasant and it is possessed by its permanent value and most attractive elements of human civilization.
Its importance has been explained in the Indian civilization thousand years ago. According to it before constructing our house hotel, factory, office, clinic, hospital, restaurant, inn or tample etc. We should know (go through) the five elements and do the construction accordingly so that one gets PEACE, PROSPERITY & HAPPINESS.
These five elements are as under :
- EARTH
- WIND
- LIGHT
- ENERGY
- AIR
Many people do not know this but when they come to know this they make changes in their houses at the cost of lots of money according to the advice of the vastushastri.
Here is our humble attempt to make you know yourself the real and basic principles as well as all the directions, elements and proper planning. If necessary after making minor changes and getting natural gift, get the advantage of PEACE, PROSPERITY & HAPPINESS.
