The Rishis of
ancient period clearly clarified in the ‘VAASTU SHASTRA’ which things should be
kept where and how to do a certain work. It has been shown in the above plan
how a house should be arranged and deco-rated.
(1) Room for Worship : At the sun -rise the rays
of the sun fall on the N.E. side of any place. So it was decided that the room for
worship should be on the
(2) Labour Room : In olden days adequate arrangement
were made in the living house only for the delivery of pregnant ladies. But ,
now a days Health Science has developed by leaps and bounds and health centres
have been opened. According to the prevailing conditions, the labour room used
to be constructed on the East of the house. The only reason for this was that
the sun rays which give health at down were falling on both the mother and her
issue. So a temporary labour room was constructed on the East. Even now, it was
proved to be correct, doubtless, as per the Geographical as well as health
conditions.
Doctors, now a days, are
constructing labour room on the East only, leaving a little space on N.E. in
their Nursing Homes. It is in conformity with the rules laid down in the
‘VAASTU SHASTRA’
(3) Bath
Room : It
is an established truth that water flow on the North,
North-East and East sides. So our ancestors used to construct Bathroom on the
East.Soon after taking bath in the morning , people used to pray to the Sun
offering ‘Arghya’ (water offered chanting Mantras). Hence, even today, it is
advised to construct bathroom on the East side only in the house or on the open
place. This satisfies the rules given in the ‘VAASTU SHASTRA’.
(4) Room for Churnning Curds :
Our
ances-tors used to churn curds with a churnning implement and separate butter
from it. They used to tie the churn-ing rod to a pole with a rope and churn
curds tying another rope to the churnning rod. This was done on the East at
South East corner, because East is near to SouthEast. Influence of fire is seen
much in the South East . The effect of Bacteria also is very much less here.
Another reason for having the room for churnning on the South East is that it
is very near to the kitchen.
(5)
Kitchen : The
presiding deity of South-East is Agni, the God of fire.
Therefore, the sages laid down the rule that kitchen should be on the
South-East . According to Hygienic Science the sun-rays indirectly help leaf
vegetables which contain the ingredients nec-essary for food. Proteins and
nourishing qualities. The “Purusha Sukla”says that the people should cook food
containing carbohydrates well in required proportions, offer it to the god of
fire first and then eat. Whatever it may be, cooking food is a
’yagna’(sacrifice). So to avoid any danger , kitchen should be built on the
South East side.
(6) Place to Keep Oils and Ghee :
In olden days
people used to have a grinding machine to squeeze oil in the South leaving the
South East . By this, it was convenient for cooks to reach oil etc. easily. But
now a days it is not necessary to have a grinding machine, as there are Mixes
and grinding ma-chines run by electric current. They may be put in the South.
(7) Lounge : This should be in the
middle on the South side so that the
members of a family may take rest after lunch. But sages did not recommend to
sleep in lounge in nights.
(8) W/C Toilet : This is to be built on the
South. Now a days, the owner of the house may build the
toilet attached to his bathroom. It may be constructed on the West also, but
not in the S.W/N.E. under any circum-stances.
(9) Room for Keeping Weapons and
Heavy Lumber : These things must be kept
in the room built in
the S.W. corner. Heavy things and lumber must be dumped on the S.W. because the
more the load the better. If the staircase leading to upstairs is built on the
S.W. good results may be expected.
(10) Study Room : In olden days it was considered
good that the place on the West towards S.W. is the best one for studies. The
reason is the planets mercury, Jupiter, the Moon and Venus influ-ence the place
as mentioned below.
(1) Jupiter - Accelerates desire to study
and curiosity to learn.
(2) Mercury - Develops
intelligence.
(3) The Moon - Lays strength on the nerves
of the brain.
(4) Venus - Functions like a coordinator and makes the man efficient.
Therefore the study-room
must be in the West and one should sit facing N.E., East or North. The “VAASTU
SHASTRA” lays stress on the point that if one sits for studies as per the
directions given above, one becomes quite an expert and enlightened.
(11) Dining Hall : For taking food, the
central part on the West is a useful
one. Whatever one eats it is digested very easily.
(12) Room for Expressing
Condolences and Sympathy : For this purpose best place
is the Western portion attached to
the N.W. The reason for this is the influence of the planets i.e.. the Saturn,
the Moon and Ketu.
In addition to mourning
that is the most suitable place to take a quick decision. When time is short
and an immediate decision is to be taken, if one ponders here over any problem,
he gets the solution in no time.
(13) Place to Keep Tame Animals,
Cattle and Birds : The N.W. of a plot is the
best side to keep the above said living
beings. Granary also must be on the same side. If the N. W. increases or
decreases, it affects the health of cattle.
(14) Bed - Room : Ancient sages suggested that the
place attached to the room which is towards the N.W. on the North is good to be
used as a Bedroom. It is good to lie down on bed keeping one’s head on the West
side, because the sun rises in the East, the presiding deity of which is
Indira, the Lord of devatas (Gods). After rising from bed in the morning, if
one of-fers one’s salutations, turning towards the East, it amounts to offering
salutations to all the Gods.
It is also
recommended that one may sleep on one’s bed putting the head towards the South
and look towards the North. The presiding deity is Kubera, the Lord of Wealth.
So it goes without saying that one is worshipping Kubera by living on bed
facing North.
If one sleeps
putting the head on the East and looking towards the West, one offers
salutations to Varuna, the presiding deity of the West. The salutations benefit
very much one’s philosophical thinking, belief and practice.
But, under any
circumstances one should not sleep putting his head towards the North and
looking towards the South, because the presiding deity of the South is Yama.
Only the corpse of a person is laid on pyre, put-ting the head towards the
North, facing the South.
If one sleeps,
for any unknown reason, putting the head towards the North and facing the
South, one will have nightmares and sleepless nights.
Today, Health Science reiterates
that a man needs ad-equate sleep to keep himself fit and healthy. So one has to
pay heed to the rules enumerated above.
(15) Place for Keeping Valuable Things :
The best place for keeping
valuable things and prop-erty is the central portion on the North. The
presiding deity of the North is Kubera. So the North is the best side to keep
safely most valuable things and property.
(16) Place for Keeping Medicines : Our ancestors
suggested that medicines should be kept in the N.E., because the sun - rays
which have nourishing quality required for human health, fall at dawn, on the
medicine and make them powerful to help hu-man beings become hale and healthy.
Today’s Health - Science also agrees to this suggestion.
Keeping in view the
economic condition of the people of today in our country, the 16 rooms shown in
the plan given at the beginning of this Chapter have been con-densed and
adjusted into only 8 rooms as shown below so that a person might live in right
rooms most com-fortably , as he lives in house containing 16 rooms.
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