(The story is from the text of Nakshatra Mala (1938 edition) converted from Kannada to English language, remedial part added for Science of Remedies in Vedic Astrology 2025 course Students )
The pot that was never emptied
In a quiet village in the Himalayas lived a young girl named radhika. she was born with Moon in Pushya Nakshatra, in Cancer Rashi—the seat of food, maternal instinct and emotional dharma.
Since she was a child, the people around her welcomed her without asking: food, care, a kind word. she was called Annapurna incarnate. His brass milk pot It was a wonder: no matter how much milk I gave him, he always refilled the next morning.
His grandmother whispered:
“Your Pushya Moon binds you to the brahma-nadi—the sacred umbilical current that flows directly from the Creator to the feeder. But girl…even the Ganges floods when the banks are ignored.”
But Radhika did not understand.
His mind only had one rule: Never say no to anyone who is hungry.
Pushya is ruled by Bṛhaspatithe Guru of the Devas, and his deity is Brahma itself. So Moon in Pushya means that the mind carries divine instruction, but when aspected by Saturn or entangled in karma, the Instruction can become an obsession.
When giving becomes an obstacle to the Dharma
A monsoon, a wanderer Guru named Mahadevananda arrive. Planned a 7 day trip Agni-Hotra Yajnaand said:
“Each family should bring a ladle of milk, just one. The yajña will develop only with collective discipline.”
Radhika, wanting to help more, brought a whole group milk bucket. The Guru smiled but did not speak.
That same day strange things began:
- His The pot of milk ran dry at noon..
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His father, who was always healthy, became weak and his bones ached “as if the life was being sucked out of him from within.”
On the last day, as storm clouds swallowed the sky and the yajña fire struggled to breathe, Radhika rushed to serve more ghee. She slipped. The heat bucket kheer It spilled, burned the grass, and some fell on a dog that was sleeping nearby.
She was horrified. His seva had caused suffering.
In that flash, the Guru looked into her eyes and asked:
“Do you know why your pot was once full and now it’s dry?”
she cried
“Because I never turned anyone down!”
The Guru said,
“No. It stayed full because you once refused all. This is the return of your karma Pushya.”
Revelation of past lives
“In your last birth, you were born in a royal kitchen, a place of plenty, but pride blinded you.
You denied food to a group of rishis, saying: —You look like beggars. This food is for kings.’
One of them cursed: ‘You will be born with milk in your hands and guilt in your heart. Until you learn balance, the Brahma-nadi will flicker in you but will never stabilize.’“
The crowd fell silent. Even the wind stopped.
Pushya, who people thought was just a “lucky star”, was now revealed to be a karmic reset point. The milk was never his: it was borrowed from past life credit.
Resolution – Sealing the Brahma Nadi
The Guru showed him a remedy: neither a donation nor another ritual. A profound restructuring of it daily intention:
1. Triangle of Intention (Icchā-śakti)
At dawn you must decide:
(Three points form a triangle, a symbol of concentrated power).
2. Circle of Return (Jñāna-śakti)
After each act of giving, you should sit for 1 minute with your eyes closed and let your energy flow. circle back in silence.
“Do not let your donation leak your prāṇa,” said the Guru.
“May it become a circle that feeds you too.”
3. Square of Stability (Kriyā-śakti)
Each Saturdayshe must offer him food first own familyanchoring the four sides of the home.
Without this, Pushya becomes a flood. With this, Pushya becomes a sanctuary.
He also gave him a pushya mantraone that contains both Guru (Bṛhaspati) and Sun (Ram):
“ॐ गुरवे राम नमः”
sing this 108 times when the Moon transits through Pushya.
She learned: Giving is not dharma when it becomes a compulsion. It becomes dharma only when it flows with consciousness.
What Pushya Really Means
“Pushya Nakshatra is not just about food or goodness. It is the umbilical pulse of Dharma.
If the Moon is placed here, check its afflictions, Saturn aspects, Rahu-Ketu linksand how it relates to Jupiter.
Then ask:
Has this soul ever accumulate and now it overcorrects?
i did it once abandonAnd now he’s holding on too much?
And finally:
“If the Brahma-nadi is to awaken, the soul must learn to give with structurenot just emotion.
Like the sacred ladle in a yajña: measured, meaningful and held with both hands.”
in the next Pushya Nakshatra Day:
Jai Guru Dev,
Vinayak Bhatt
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