Shukra Mantra - Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah

The Shukra Mantra — the beej mantra of Shukra (Venus), chanted for love, comfort, beauty and prosperity.

Meaning

With the seed-syllables of Venus, the mantra bows to Shukra, preceptor of the asuras, bestower of love, refinement, comforts and the arts.

Benefits

Chanted on Fridays to strengthen Venus for love, marriage, harmony, beauty, comfort, the arts, vehicles and material prosperity.

How the Mantra Is Built

The seeds Draam Dreem Draum carry Shukra's sound through the three vowel energies, with Sah as the release and Shukraya Namah as the salutation — "to Shukra," the brilliant white planet, preceptor of the asuras and knower of the Sanjivani lore that restores the dead. Venus governs love and marriage, beauty and the arts, vehicles, comforts and refinement — everything that makes life sweet rather than merely sustained. He is also the significator of the wife in a man's chart.

How to Chant

Chant on Fridays, at dawn or in the evening, facing south-east (Shukra's direction); white is his colour — a white asana, white flowers, rice, sugar, curd and white sandal are the traditional offerings. The classical vowed count for Shukra is 16,000 repetitions; the everyday practice is one mala of 108 every Friday. The Fridays of the bright fortnight, and the season when Venus rises as the morning star, are considered especially receptive.

When Astrology Prescribes It

The Shukra mantra is prescribed when Venus is combust, debilitated (in Virgo) or afflicted — showing as discord in marriage and love, coarseness of living, losses through luxury, or trouble relating to women — and through Shukra dasha, the longest of all the dashas at twenty years. It is also the mantra of artists, musicians and designers seeking Shukra's polish. How Venus shapes your compatibility shows in the match analysis of Kundli Milan.

Shukra's companion remedies follow his refined nature: Friday charity of white things — rice, sugar, curd, silver, white cloth — given quietly; respect and fairness shown to one's spouse and to women generally, which the tradition names as the first condition of Venus's favour; and the keeping of beauty in daily life, from a clean home to fresh flowers. His gemstone is the diamond (heera) or white sapphire, worn only after the chart has been read. The Shukra mantra is also traditionally chanted to refine taste and restraint where luxury has become excess.

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