ISHTA DEVTA

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ISHTA DEVTA

Pt. krishan ashant in the book trik bhavno ki gaatha warns that a

person should identify his ishta devta and pray to him accordingly.

Praying to various deities and wrong choice of isht devta can bring

havoc in one's life.

The criteria manavar gives is that isht devta has to be chosen on

studing 5th house as ` yeh ghar hamare poorv karmo ki khuli kitab

hai.' Secondly see the 5th house to 5th i.e 9th house and establish

a harmonius relation between the deities recommended therein. I

think he omitted 2nd house.

 

Pt bhooshan priya writes;

For peace , harmony, and prosperity of the entire family, it is

important that the Ishta Devta is worshipped every day .

Ishta Devta is the deity who is traditionally worshipped in the

family. Each Hindu home has a small pooja-sthan where the Ishta

Devta of the family is established and worshipped. At the pooja-

sthan there may be other idols too but the main idol will be that of

the Ishta Devta. Normally it is one of the Avtars of Vishnu for

Vaishnav; Lord Shiv for Shaiva ; and one of the forms of Shakti for

Shakta.

Therefore ideally one must worship the deity who had always been

worshipped in the family. The family tradition of worship should

neither be broken nor changed.

If for some reason the tradition is forgotten, and one is not sure

of who his Ishta Devta is, in that case an individual should try to

find out his special affinity to any particular deity. The process

of finding out the Ishta Devta is simple ; go to any temple which

houses the idols of as many deities as possible, pay your obeisance

to all; your Ishta Devta is the one you get drawn to every time

you visit that temple, you feel a certain natural urge to be close

that deity. You know He is the one, and accept him as your Ishta

Devta.

 

It is only in the absence of a family tradition or the natural

affinity, that the help of the horoscope should be sought to find

out the Ishta Devta.

MY QUERRY is 2nd house important or not?

kulbir bains