“Kann Drishti” or Evil Eye...

Astrologer Dayanidhi Iyyengar

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The word Drishti (Evil Eye) traces its origin from Sanskrit and its literal meaning is 'sight' In modern linguistics its usage signifies 'evil eye' or rather 'casting an evil-eye' Drishti is not a concept borrowed from superstitions. Science explains it as the flow of negativity that affects the person or object towards which it is directed.

Every thought form is associated with energy, just as blessings and good thoughts have a positive aura about them, so also negative emotions harness harmful or negative energy.

Sources of these negative energies are, people who give way to:

• Jealousy

• Sense of discrimination / comparison: the feeling that other people are better than you, thereby leading to frustrations.

• Spirit of vengeance / retaliation: people who curse spitefully seeing the prosperity of their rivals. These emotions may not manifest or surface out but their presence even at the subconscious level can be destructive.

Drishti results in:

1. Uneasiness

2. Lack of interest

3. Sudden illness

4. Prolonged illness (without any reason).

The Vedic perspective

The vedas have described four kinds of people

1. The Satpurushas: who help others without caring for their own well-being

2. The Samanyas: they help considering the position of the self

3. Manushya Rakshasas: who extract benefits by disturbing others welfare

4. People who harm others without any purpose According to the vedas, people who belong to the last two categories (described above) are most likely to cast an evil eye.

Power of Drishti

The ominous power of Drishti can be subtle or immense depending upon the depth of negative emotions. Stronger the emotions greater will be the energy released. This energy can work at the

Material level :

• An evil-eye on other's possessions like wealth, property, and other accessories which consequently deplete the victims of their resources.

Physical and the psychological level:

• The 'hale and hearty' suddenly succumb to ill-health, or happiness and peace of mind is lost. These are some of the nasty effects of Drishti. Witchcraft, black magic etc. are advanced manifestations of Drishti.

Dhristi parihaaram

Dhrishti Parihaaram is a measure to ward off the evil, cast by an evil eye. The remedy also depends upon the source from which the negative energy has been produced whether it is a product of witchcraft or black magic.

Traditional methods of Drishti pariharam

Material level:

• Some fruits like lemon, watermelon and coconut have the capacity to absorb negative energy.

For eg. A new automobile is run over lemons before it starts its journey.

• Pumpkins are hung at the gates of houses and babies are smeared with collyrium on the forehead and the cheek to ward off evil. Physical level:

• Burning camphor, when brought near any person burns out all the negativity around the person.

It is necessary that the mind get tuned (in order to absorb the negative energy) to these media (lemons coconuts, collyrium) of Dhristi Parihaaram so that they serve the desired purpose.

Spiritual methods of Dhristi Parihaaram The evil that is cast due to black magic or witchcraft needs more powerful remedies like :

• Homams

• Japams

• Mantra chanting

• Parayanam

The drishti sutthal can be done on Thursdays, Sunday, on Pournami and Amavasya day. Regularly performing this can help the person to cast away his/her negative energy, which could not only be the cause of others evil thoughts but one’s own train of negative thoughts.