Category: Jyotiṣa Gems

Tantrika Navagraha Mantra

Sun | Ruby
ॐ ह्सौः श्रीं आं ग्रहाधिराजाय आदित्याय स्वाहा॥
om hsauḥ śrīṁ āṁ grahādhirājāya ādityāya svāhā ||
Moon | Pearl
ॐ श्रीं क्रीं ह्रां चं चन्द्राय नमः॥
om śrīṁ krīṁ hrāṁ caṁ candrāya namaḥ ||
Mars | Red Coral
ऐं ह्सौः श्रीं द्रां कं ग्रहाधिपतये भौमाय स्वाहा॥
aiṁ hsauḥ śrīṁ drāṁ kaṁ grahādhipataye bhaumāya svāhā ||
Mercury | Emerald
ॐ ह्रां क्रीं टं ग्रहनाथाय बुधाय स्वाहा॥
om hrāṁ krīṁ ṭaṁ grahanāthāya budhāya svāhā ||
Jupiter | Yellow Sapphire or Topaz
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं ख्रीं ऐं ग्लौं ग्रहाधिपतये बृहस्पतये ब्रीं ठः ऐं ठः श्रीं ठः स्वाहा॥
om hrīṁ śrīṁ khrīṁ aiṁ glauṁ grahādhipataye bṛhaspataye brīṁ ṭhaḥ aiṁ ṭhaḥ śrīṁ ṭhaḥ svāhā ||
Venus | Diamond
ॐ ऐं जं गं ग्रहेश्वराय शुक्राय नमः॥
om aiṁ jaṁ gaṁ graheśvarāya śukrāya namaḥ ||
Saturn | Blue Sapphire
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं ग्रहचक्रवर्तिने शनैश्चराय क्लीं ऐंसः स्वाहा॥
om hrīṁ śrīṁ grahacakravartine śanaiścarāya klīṁ aiṁsaḥ svāhā ||
Rahu | Hessonite
ॐ क्रीं क्रीं हूं हूं टं टङ्कधारिणे राहवे रं ह्रीं श्रीं भैं स्वाहा॥
om krīṁ krīṁ hūṁ hūṁ ṭaṁ ṭaṅkadhāriṇe rāhave raṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ bhaiṁ svāhā ||
Ketu | Cats Eye
ॐ ह्रीं क्रूं क्रूररूपिणे केतवे ऐं सौः स्वाहा॥
om hrīṁ krūṁ krūrarūpiṇe ketave aiṁ sauḥ svāhā||

22 Jyotiṣa Gems

There are 22 jyotiṣa gems whose Sanskrit names are known

• 12 jyotiṣa gems for the rāśi
• 9 jyotiṣa gems for the graha
• 1 jyotiṣa gem for the lagna

Pañca ratna

Five principal gemstones for pañca tattva listed in veda
Used when planets are in own sign indicating the tattva and are lighter color

1. Vajra (Diamond): Jala | Used to free the waters by Indra
2. Indra-nīla (Sapphire): Vāyu
3. Marakata (Emerald): Pṛthvi
4. Padmarāga (Ruby):    Agni
5. Muktā (Ivory-Pearl): Ākāśa

Navaratna śloka

“Bṛhat Jātaka1”, quoted in the “Maṇi- mālā2” also “Jātaka Pārijāta3”
māṇikyaṁ taraṇeḥ sujātyamamalaṁ muktāphalaṁ śītagoḥ
māheyasya ca vidrumaṁ marakataṁ saumyasya gārutmatama
devejyasya ca puṣparājamasurācāryasya vajraṁ śaneḥ
nīlaṁ nirmalamanyayośca gadite gomedavaidūryake

• Māṇikya (Ruby for Sun)

• Muktā (Pearl for Moon)
• Vidruma (Coral for Mars)
• Marakata (Emerald for Mercury)
• Puṣparāga (Yellow Sapphire for Jupiter)
• Vajra (Diamond for Venus)
• Nīla (Blue Sapphire for Saturn)
• Gomeda (Hessonite or Opal for Rāhu)
• Vaidūrya (Beryl, Cats Eye for Ketu)

1. Varāhamihira
2. page 575, verse 79 by S.M. Tagore (1879)
3. chap. 2, sloka 21 compiled by Śrī Vaidyanātha Dikṣitar