‘shakun’ ka arth hai shubh-ashubh
fal ki purva suchna dene
vale prakritik sanket. kisi karya
ka shri ganesh karte samay jin
prakritik sanketon ko dekhne ya sunne
se jatak ka karya sugmta purvak
safal ho jata hai use ‘shubh shakun’
ya ‘sagun’ tatha jinke dekhne sunne
ke bad karya men avrodh ata hai aur
ant men asflta milti hai use
‘ashubh shakun’ ya ‘asgun’ kahte hain.
shakun bhavishya ke bare men suchna dete
hain, atah unka manushya ke jivan men
vishesh mahatva hai. acharya varahmihir
ne apne granth ‘brihat sanhita’’ men
shakunon ka adhar jatak ke purva
janm ke shubh-ashubh karmon ko (a.
85.5) bataya hai.
anya janmantar kritan karm punsan
shubhashubham.
yattasya shakunah pakan nivedyti
gachchtam. arthat ‘‘shakun batate hain ki jatak
ke purvajanm ke shubh-ashubh karmon ke
falasvarup usko kaisa fal prapt
hone vala hai.
lagabhag sabhi hindu granthon men shakun
vichar ka ullekh milta hai,
jinmen mahabharat, balmiki ramayan,
shrimadbhagavat, shri ramchritmanas
tatha puran mukhya hain.
‘brahmavaivart puran’ (shri krishn janmakhand
a. 70) ke anusar kans ke
agyanusar shri krishn aur balram
ko mathura lane ke lie nandganv jate
samay akrur ji ke samne ghatit
shakunon ka varnan bhagvan narayan
ne svayan narad ji se kiya tha, jo
apne men paripurn hai. shri narayan
kahte hain:-
‘‘narad ! raste men unhen shubhdayak,
manovanchit fal dene vala ramniya
tatha mangl-suchak rasmandal tatha shubh shakun drishtigochar hue. bayin
or unhen siyarin, bhara ghara, nevla,
nilkanth, murda, divya abhushnon se
vibhushit, pati-putravti sadhvi stri,
shvet pushp, shvet mala, aur shvet
dhanya ke shubh darshan hue.
dahini or unhonne jalti ag,
brahman, vrishabh, hathi, bachre sahit
gay, shvet ashva, rajhans, veshya,
pushpamala, pataka, dahi, khir, mani,
svarn, chandi, mukta, manikya, chandan,
madhu, ghi, mrig, fal, sarson, darpan,
vichitra viman, sundar diptamayi pratima,
shvet kamal, shankh, chil, chakor,
bilav, parvat, badal, mor, tota aur
saras ke darshan kiye tatha shankh,
koyal evan vadyon ki manglmyi dhvani
suni. shri krishn mahima ke vichitra
gan, hari kirtan aur jay-jaykar
ke shabd bhi unke kan men pare. aise
shubh shakun dekh-sunakar akrur ji
ka hriday harsh se khil utha.’’
shakun ke vishay men gosvami
tulsidas ji ne apne vichar
‘dohavli’ (460, 461) mane is prakar
vyakt kiye hainah-
nakul sudarshan darsni kshemkri chak
chash.
das disi dekhat sagun shubh pujhin
man abhilash..
sudha sadhu surtru suman, sufal
suhavni bat.
‘tulsi’ sitapti bhagti, sagun
sumangal sat..
arthat ‘‘nevla, machli, darpan,
kshemkri chiriya (safed munhvali
chil), chakva aur nilkanth- inhen
dash dishaon men kahin bhi dekhna shubh
shakun hai, aur man ki abhilashaen
puri hoti hain. tulsidas ji age
kahte hain, ‘‘amrit, sadhu, kalpavriksh,
sundar pushp, sundar fal, suhavni
bat aur shri sitaramji ki bhagti
(gungan), ye sat manglkari shakun
hain.’’
garur puran (a. 46) ke anusar yadi
yatra men dahini or harin, sanp,
bandar, bilav, kutta, suar, nilkanth
pakshi, nevla tatha chuha dikhai de to
yatra manglkari hoti hai.
yatra men brahman ki kanya ka darshan hona shubh suchak hai tatha shankh
aur mridang ki avaj sunna evan
sadachari shrimant vyakti ka darshan ho
jana, venu, sadhvi stri, jal se bhara
kalash dikhai dena kalyan prapti
ka suchak hai. yatra men bayin or
shrrigal, unt aur gadha adi ka
dikhai dena manglkari hota hai.
parantu yatra men kapas, aushdhi, tel,
dahkte angare, sarp, bal bikhere,
lal mala pahne aur nagn avastha
men kisi vyakti ka dikhai dena,
amanglkari hota hai.
chink vichar
garur puran ke anusar vibhinn
dishaon men chink sunai dene ka fal
is prakar hai:-
purva disha- shubh fal prapti. agni kon - shok aur santap
dakshin disha - hani.
nairritya kon - shok aur santap
pashchim disha - mishtanna ki prapti
vayavya kon- dhan ki prapti
uttar disha - kalh
ishan kon - maran ke saman kashta
apshkun parihar
‘prashn marga’ granth ke anusar:
ekadshadimenisht dvitiya shakune punah
pranayamaah shodash syustritiye tu n
ch bajet..
(a. 3.29)
arthat, ‘‘apshkun hoene par jatak
ko karya sthagit kar, hath-pair
dhokar, 11 bar pranayam kar punah
karya aranbh karna chahie. agar
dubara apshkun ho to punah shuddh
hokar 16 bar pranayam karke fir
prayas karna chahie. yadi tisri
bar bhi apshkun ho to us din
us karya ko nahin karna chahie.