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“Sir… I know the answers… but when I sit in front of the interview board, my voice disappears. No words come out. My throat chokes. It feels like someone is holding me back.”
This was the first sentence Rahul (name changed), a 29-year-old civil services aspirant, said to me during a consultation. His eyes were tired—not just from sleepless nights—but from years of invisible effort, always ending in frozen failure.
He had cleared Prelims thrice. Wrote Mains twice. But in the final interview, something always went wrong.
Not because he didn’t know. But because he couldn’t speak.
His Chart – A Map of Inner Bondage
I cast his chart using the Bhrigu Nadi system. And there it was—clearer than daylight.
- Mercury with Saturn in East
- Ketu in direct aspect from West
- Sun combusting Mercury closely
In Nadi style, this wasn’t just about intellect or speech.
This was a soul tied by past-life rope.
A classic case of Sthambhana Karma.
The Story of His Past Life – Decoded Through BNN
When Mercury, the planet of speech and flow, is trapped between Saturn (restriction) and Ketu (spiritual memory), it shows one deep karmic theme:
The person had once silenced someone who was speaking truth.
As I meditated on his chart, the flash came:
In a past life, Rahul was a court poet or scholar. He was loyal to a powerful king who had many enemies. One day, a young spiritual reformer came to challenge the king’s unjust rules. The youth spoke fearlessly in the king’s sabha.
But Rahul, to protect his master’s name, used his knowledge of mantras—specifically a Sthambhana mantra (ॐ हुं फट् स्वाहा)—to immobilize the voice of that truth-speaker.
The young man’s throat froze. He collapsed mid-speech. Silence fell. And truth died that day.
That moment was recorded in the soul’s blueprint.
And now, in this life, Rahul faces the same silence—but this time, on himself.
How the Karma Plays Out Now
Rahul has intelligence, discipline, and divine grace.
Jupiter aspects his Moon. Venus is exalted in Pisces.
But wherever there is public speaking, performance, or emotional release, he freezes.
- During a romantic proposal, he stammered and the girl left.
- In a job interview, he blacked out completely.
- Even in group study, when asked to explain, he suddenly forgets everything.
His teachers call him brilliant. But he feels cursed.
“It’s like… I want to speak, but there’s a wall. An invisible rope around my tongue.”
The Chart Speaks Louder Than the Voice
In Bhrigu Nandi Nadi, such karmas are crystal-clear:
- Mercury + Saturn + Ketu = voice bound by karmic thread
- Sun combust Mercury = ego misuse of speech in past
- Ketu from 3rd (speech house) = spiritual blockage due to past mantra misapplication
This is not a disease. It’s not just fear. It is soul memory of having once stopped someone’s voice for power or loyalty.
Now, Rahul must feel what the other man felt.
Remedy: Not Just Chanting, But Inner Correction
I told him, “You used a mantra once to silence someone. Now your speech is silenced. This is your chance to reverse it.”
I gave him a reversed Sthambhana chant:
ॐ फट् हुं स्वाहा॥
(Let the freeze dissolve)
But more importantly, I asked him to:
Start mentoring a shy student—help someone find their voice
Read aloud every morning—freeing Mercury’s expression
Perform self-written affirmations under sunlight (Surya for ego purification)
Donate books and pens to school children (Mercury remedy)
Stay silent on Mondays as a karmic tapasyā to reverse misuse of speech
Six Months Later: A Shift
Rahul emailed me:
“Sir, I still freeze sometimes. But now, I’m aware. I’m no longer afraid.
Recently I gave a mock interview in front of 4 officers. I didn’t faint. I didn’t choke.
I spoke. Maybe not perfectly. But I spoke.”
The karmic freeze had begun to thaw.
He didn’t need success. He needed release.
And that came—not from an external solution—but from karmic understanding and the power of reversal.
Bhrigu Nadi & Nandi Nadi shows us the mystery.
Not just what will happen, but why it must.
Jai Guru Dev,
Vinayak Bhatt