(Story is from Nakshatra Mala text (1938 Edition) converted from Kannada to English Language, remedial part added for Science of Remedies in Vedic Astrology 2025 Course Students )

The Pot That Never Went Empty

In a quiet Himalayan village, lived a young girl named Radhika. She was born with Moon in Pushya Nakshatra, in Cancer Rashi—the seat of nourishment, motherly instinct, and emotional dharma.

From the time she was a child, people around her received without asking—food, care, a kind word. She was called Annapurna incarnate. Her brass milk pot was a wonder: no matter how much milk she gave, it always refilled the next morning.

Her grandmother whispered,

“Your Pushya Moon ties you to the Brahma-nadi—the sacred umbilical current that flows directly from the Creator to the nourisher. But child… even the Ganga floods when the banks are ignored.”

But Radhika did not understand.

Her mind had only one rule: Never say no to anyone who is hungry.

My Note:

Pushya is ruled by Bṛhaspati, the Guru of Devas, and its deity is Brahma himself. So Moon in Pushya means the mind carries divine instruction—but when aspected by Saturn or entangled in karma, the instruction can become obsession.

When Giving Becomes an Obstacle to Dharma

One monsoon, a wandering Guru named Mahadevananda arrived. He planned a 7-day Agni-Hotra Yajña, and said:

“Each family should bring one ladle of milk—just one. The yajña will run only on collective discipline.”

Radhika, wanting to help more, brought an entire bucket of milk. The Guru smiled but did not speak.

That very day, strange things started:

Her milk pot went dry by noon.

Her father, who was always healthy, became weak—his bones aching “as if life was being taken from within.”

The children she usually fed began fighting and demanding more, shouting if she was late.

Still, she kept giving.

On the last day, as storm clouds swallowed the sky and the fire of the yajña struggled to breathe, Radhika ran to pour more ghee. She slipped. The bucket of hot kheer spilled, burning the grass, and some landed on a sleeping dog nearby.

She was horrified. Her seva had caused suffering.

In that flash, the Guru looked into her eyes and asked:

“Do you know why your pot once stayed full, and now runs dry?”

She cried,
“Because I never refused anyone!”

The Guru said,
“No. It stayed full because once, you refused everyone. This is your Pushya karma returning.”

Past-Life Revelation

The Guru Explained:

“In your last birth, you were born in a royal kitchen—a place of plenty. But pride blinded you.
You denied food to a group of rishis, saying: ‘You look like beggars. This food is for kings.’
One of them cursed: ‘You shall be reborn with milk in your hands and guilt in your heart. Until you learn balance, the Brahma-nadi will flicker in you but never stabilize.’”

The crowd fell silent. Even the wind paused.

Pushya, which people thought was simply a “lucky star,” was now revealed as a point of karmic reset. The milk was never hers—it was borrowed from past-life credit.

Resolution – Sealing the Brahma Nadi

The Guru showed her a remedy—not a donation, not another ritual. A deep restructuring of her daily intention:

1. Triangle of Intention (Icchā-śakti)

At dawn, she must decide:

Whom she would nourish

How much

How often

(Three points form a triangle—symbol of focused power.)

2. Circle of Return (Jñāna-śakti)

After every act of giving, she must sit for 1 minute with closed eyes and let her energy circle back in silence.

“Let not your giving leak your prāṇa,” the Guru said.
“Let it become a circle that feeds you too.”

3. Square of Stability (Kriyā-śakti)

Every Saturday, she must offer food first to her own family, anchoring the four sides of home.

Without this, Pushya becomes a flood. With it, Pushya becomes a sanctuary.

He also gave her a Pushya mantra, one that holds both Guru (Bṛhaspati) and Sun (Rām):

“ॐ गुरवे राम नमः”
Chant this 108 times when the Moon transits Pushya.

She learned: giving is not dharma when it becomes compulsion. It becomes dharma only when it flows with awareness.

What Pushya Really Means

“Pushya Nakshatra is not just about food or kindness. It is the umbilical pulse of Dharma.
If the Moon is placed here, check its afflictions, Saturn aspects, Rahu-Ketu links, and how it relates to Jupiter.

Then ask:

Did this soul once hoard and now overcorrects?
Did it once abandon, and now clings too tightly?”

And finally:

“If the Brahma-nadi is to awaken, the soul must learn to give with structure, not just emotion.
Like the sacred ladle at a yajña—measured, meaningful, and held in both hands.”

On the next Pushya Nakshatra day:

Offer one ladle of milk to a sacred fire or rising Sun.

Sit in silence for 1 minute after offering.

Chant: “ॐ गुरवे राम नमः” and feel the Brahma-nadi open in your breath.

Jai Guru Dev,
Vinayak Bhatt

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The Milk of Pushya Nakshatra – A Karmic Teaching from the Brahma Nadi