Can the words of a purohit ever be bad?

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Namaste Narasimhaji and all friends,

 

First of all I would like to say a big thank you and how fortunate I feel to

have come across this amazing , where I find the answers to the

questions which I've had for a long time but was afraid to ask!

 

:-)

 

I have a situation where the family purohit-cum-jyotish has advised for the

japam of the Ketu beeja mantra, which he has given thus - " Om Sah Prom Prim Pram

Om Ketave Namah " .

 

From the little that I know, I have only come across the " prom prim pram " beeja

for the Shani mantra and the Ketu mantra being thus " Om shram shreem shroum sah

ketave namah " .

 

Now unless this is a NEW practice of mixing and merging of the Navgraha beejas

or a practice/tradition which I have not heard of so far, I have doubts

regarding its correctness. And I would not question the family purohit for fear

of appearing arrogant or causing any offence to them because aren't priests

after-all, micro-Gods...in such a case should one continue doing a mantra which

one doubts because:

 

1. one has to accept this is one's karma for getting a 'wrong' mantra?

2. even if the mantra were to be incorrect, does the fact that it was heard out

of the mouth of a pious and pure purohit automatically correct any blemishes of

the mantra?

3. or should one trust one's own judgement and auto-correct the mantra without

informing the purohit about it?

 

I will be grateful for any input on this one as always.

 

Many thanks,

Somanathan