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The Navagraha Beej Mantras
Each seed is a short address to one planet. Recite the one the chart named. The list is a reference, not a stack to chant in full every morning.
Seeds, not a group vow
The navagraha beej mantras are the seed verses of the nine grahas, used after a Lahiri sidereal chart names which graha is being addressed. A beej is a compact invocation built on a sound associated with that planet, closed with a namah. It is recited for the planet whose houses and Vimshottari dasha are the actual subject. Reciting all nine because a list exists gives equal voice to a yogakaraka and to an 8th lord. That is the opposite of a careful remedy. Learn pronunciation from a person who has it. A wrong vowel repeated for months is still a wrong vowel.
The forms most often printed
The widely printed seeds are these. Sun: Om Hram Hrim Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah. Moon: Om Shram Shrim Shraum Sah Chandraya Namah. Mars: Om Kram Krim Kraum Sah Bhaumaya Namah. Mercury: Om Bram Brim Braum Sah Budhaya Namah. Jupiter: Om Gram Grim Graum Sah Gurave Namah. Venus: Om Dram Drim Draum Sah Shukraya Namah. Saturn: Om Pram Prim Praum Sah Shanaischaraya Namah. Rahu: Om Bhram Bhrim Bhraum Sah Rahave Namah. Ketu is the unstable line in print: some books give Om Stram Strim Straum Sah Ketave Namah, others a Sraam form. Follow the text your priest uses for Ketu rather than a tie-break invented here. These are seeds for japa after the planet is chosen. They are not spells for another person's harm.
How to pick one line from the nine
If the question is marriage, start from the 7th lord and from Venus, then confirm in the D9 Navamsa, and only then consider Venus's seed or the 7th lord's seed. If the question is career, start from the 10th lord. If the question is children, start from the 5th lord and Jupiter's seed. If the question is conflict or debt, the 6th lord's seed is not automatically the remedy, because strengthening the 6th lord can strengthen the dispute. Weekday practice still helps: the Sun's seed on Sunday, and so on. A gemstone of that graha is a later decision, not a companion product of knowing the syllable. One seed, one mala, one season of the dasha. Leave the other eight on the page until the chart names them.
Frequently asked questions
Must the beej be chanted 108 times?
A mala of 108 is the ordinary round. The number is a counting custom. It does not promote a planet the chart did not name.
Which Ketu mantra is correct?
Printed lineages differ. Use the Ketu line your priest recites. This page records the disagreement instead of pretending it is settled.
Can the nine be carved on a ring instead?
A navratna ring sets nine stones and wakes nine grahas. It is a different and stronger act than reciting one seed. Do not treat them as the same remedy.
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D1, D9, D10, dashas, yogas, and transits, the same calculations referenced in this article.