Dikshitar's Navagraha Krithis and their scientific significance- Brihaspate(JUPITER)

Brihaspate Tarapate

rAga: aThAna / tAla: tishra tripuTa

Krithi:

bRhaspate tArApate brahmajAte namOstu te

mahAbala vibho gISpate maHnjudhanurmInAdhipate mahendrAdyupAsitakRte mAdhavAdivinutadhImate

shurAcAryavarya vajradhara shubhalakSaNa jagattrayaguro jarAdivarjitAkrodha kacajanakashritajanakalpataro purAriguruguhasammodita putrakAraka dInabandho parAdicatvArivAksvarUpaprakAshaka dayAsindho nirAmayAya nItikartre niraHNkushAya vishvabhartre niraHNjanAya bhuvanabhoktre niraHNshAya makhapradAtre

Translation

TaaraPathe: Lord of Tara,

Brahma Jaathe-Born as a Brahmin,

 Brihaspathe- Salutations Brihaspathe,

Mahaabalavibho- Lord of great strength,

Manjudhanurmeenadhipathe- Lord of Sagittarius and Pisces, 

Mahendraadyupaasita kruthe-Worshipped by gods like Indra,

Maadhavaadivinuta Dheemathe- Praised -by Lord Vishnu,

Suraacharyavarya- Teacher of Gods,

Vajradhara- One who strikes thunderbolts, 

SHubhalakshaNa- One who is Gracious, 

JagatrayagurO- Lord of 3 worlds, 

Jaraadivarjitha- Lord of vigor, 

akroda- anger-less, 

Kacha Janaka- Father of Kacha, 

aashritajanakalpataro- Ocean of compassion, 

Puraari guruguha Sammoodita- Who is delightful to Shiva and Shanmukha, 

Putrakaaraka- One who bestows children, 

Deenabandho- Kin to the oppressed, 

dayaasindho- Ocean of compassion, 

niraamayaaya- devoid of illness, 

Neetikartre – Bestows moral values, 

nirankushaaya- Independent, 

vishwabartre- One who looks after the world, 

niranjanaaya- Untarnished One, 

niramshaaya- One who is complete, 

Sukhapradaatre- Who bestows happiness….Salutations O Brihaspathe!

Scientific significance of this Krithi:

Mahabala Vibho:Lord of great strength

Jupiter is known as the largest planet in our solar system. Apart from being huge, it has been known to have the most intense gravitational force in the solar system, close to 2.5 times what we on earth are experiencing. 

niraHNshAya sukhapradAtre: One who is the bestower of Vigor.

From the Jupiteranian angle of view, the world is the manifestation of ever blissful pleasures.

According to optics, in the solar spectrum Jupiter rules over the yellow band and Saturn the violet band i.e. from the middle of the spectrum the regions ruled by these two planets are on either side. Therefore, these two regions influence a native in opposite senses.  A native ruled by Jupiter is said to feel the existence of inherent blissful pleasures of the Supreme Soul in everything while to a native ruled by Saturn the same world appears to present itself in the form of sorrows. In other words, a Jupiterian native experiences the positive side of life while a Saturnine observes the negative side of the same.

Sukha Pradaathre:Bestower of happiness

Analysis of the solar spectrum shows that the two opposite ends are covered by the red and the violet regions. Wave length of the red band being more, the frequency is less and the reverse is the case with violet region. For the creation of life, the waves of the red region are necessary and for destruction the same of violet region is required. The region covered by Jupiter stands approximately midway between the two while the exact middle region i.e. green band is ruled by Mercury signifying new creation. These two bands viz. green and yellow influence the two ends. Of the two, the band ruled by Jupiter has wave length less than that of green band and therefore its penetrating power is more and consequently its neutralizing capacity is higher but the indigo band ruled by Venus is in the vicinity of violet region and therefore has its destructive capacity higher than that of Mercury. The wave length of the violet band being less than that of blue band, the destructive capacity of the latter is expressed through delicate feelings of apparent happiness. It, therefore, appears that the band ruled by Jupiter can neutralize to a large extent the destructive influences of other bands and therefore helps the creative function of the solar spectrum.  Therefore, it may be concluded that the benefic influence of Jupiter is the most in the planetary kingdom so far as an individual's life is concerned.                       
Recent advances in the field of  medicine shows that 'Gem Therapy' uses a stone called 'Yellow Sapphire' which is believed to absorb Yellow Cosmic rays emitted from the planet Jupiter, which indeed bears a benefic influence on the body.

Stephen Hawking says "The future of medicine lies in the curing of diseases through light and colour". But I am under the impression that Sri Dikshitar has illustrated through his Krithi that " The future of medicine lies in the curing of diseases NOT ONLY through light and colour but also through Music"