There is a chapter in the Matsya Purana named Sahadeva Adhikar. It is told that gods and humans used to live together. Man became proud. So the deities went to heaven with Kalpavriksha. Man started eating whatever was on earth. Started drinking water. The name of Pakad tree comes in the Matsya Purana. By eating it, materiality started coming in man. Hunger, thirst, old age all started happening to man. Being fed up, humans went to Brahma. Brahma said that you have made a mistake and now you have to suffer. God is above you and you should not forget this. Then he called Prithu, the first emperor of the world and asked him to arrange accommodation for humans, so that they do not suffer physical heat. Prithu started doing construction work, he started doing unnecessarily constructions also. The earth came to Brahma in the form of a cow and said that human beings are doing work but they are not doing it properly. You are doing injustice to me, it hurts me. Then Brahma called his Manasputra Vishwakarma and also called Prithu. He asked Prithu to do construction work, but to consult Vishwakarma for technical opinion. It was also instructed to Prithu that you will not do any major construction work without the permission, consent of Vishwakarma. It is very important for the body and the house to be healthy and balanced.
As soon as a person is born, we make the birth chart of that time and tell about the different areas of the new borns life with the same horoscope throughout the life. 'House’ is the primary requirement for living life in an orderly and smooth manner. Every person struggles with different types of problems in their lifetime. Although a person does not lack knowledge, experience and resources, yet why does he struggle so much. Realizing this, our sages deeply meditated and they understood this fact that the two wheels of the chariot of life are body and mind and both of them must be healthy and balanced. They are all based on the three forces of nature and the Panchamahabhutas. The importance of Vastu Shastra is also due to its harmony with the environment created by its useful elements in life - the five great elements (land, water, fire, air and sky). Due to their balance, the life body and mind of a person remains active and due to imbalance, it becomes inactive. Vastu Shastra is the only science that takes the help of these great elements to develop the capabilities of human beings, so its usefulness is proved.
It is also possible to tell from our birth chart how we will live in the house and what defects we will suffer from. On the basis of knowledge and experience acquired from the scriptures and gurus, it can be said that when we build a house or construct a place for our work according to Vastu, then we will make our birth worthwhile. At the same time, children born in such places will also be boon to the family and the society.
(Dr Sunita Agrawal is a Celebrity Vastu Shastri. She lives in Kolkata)
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