Recording: Vastu diploma class 18 - How to do bhoomi vibhajan, ati marma and devta marking
Blocked marma and ati marma points are opened with injection-like remedies: special herbs are placed under marma points, while metal kurma (tortoise) figures, metals and precious minerals are installed on the ati marma. They reopen the blocked energy channels of the land.
Herbs under the marma points; metal kurma, metals and gems on the ati marma points
In the 81 pad (9 x 9) Vastu mandala the ati marma are found by drawing six lines between pairs of outer devtas: the two corner diagonals and two lines parallel to each of them. Their nine crossing points are the ati marma.
Whole plot; the crossings fall mostly in and around the Brahmasthan
On a real plot of any shape, the ati marma are marked by finding where the twelve devtas of the six ati marma lines meet the plot boundary and joining those points. With the zoning chakra this takes one to two minutes and needs no computer.
Whole plot or flat, using its boundary
The tilt of a house is read on Google Earth with the ruler tool and then transferred to the paper map as a north line drawn from the centre. On an irregular plot that line is drawn parallel to the wall whose degree was taken.
Centre of the map
Once north is marked, a map of any shape is divided into 16 zones of 22.5 degrees by starting 11.25 degrees on either side of the north line. It takes about two minutes on regular and irregular maps alike.
Whole map, from its centre
For 32 zoning each pad is 11.25 degrees, with N5 centred on the exact north (0 degrees). Start 5.62 degrees on either side of north and mark every 11.25 degrees, or mark the black lines of the zoning chakra.
Whole map, from its centre
The plot is divided into Brahma, Dev, Manushya and Pishach bhoomi by measuring the line from the centre to every corner and marking 0.333, 0.555 and 0.777 of its length. Joining the matching points gives four bands that follow the real shape of the plot.
Whole plot, from its centre to each corner
After bhoomi vibhajan the 45 Vastu devtas are marked by angle: the 32 outer devtas at 11.25 degrees each in the Pishach bhoomi, four main inner devtas at 54 degrees and eight others at 18 degrees in the combined Manushya and Dev band, and Brahma in the centre.
Pishach bhoomi for the 32 outer devtas, the combined Manushya and Dev band for the 12 inner devtas, the centre for Brahma
The logic used on paper works the same in AutoCAD, Corel or any drawing software: scale the house outline by the bhoomi ratios, divide by angles, and keep a ready template of the chakra and devta lines to overlay on every new map.
Digital plan of the house, plot or flat
Without software, the centre (nabhi) of an irregular plot or flat is found as the centre of gravity of a cut-out of its shape: hang it from two different points, mark the vertical line each time, and the lines cross at the centre.
Plan of the plot, house or flat
When a house built to good Vastu suddenly sees quarrels, business loss, restless children, bad dreams or a family member who stays ill, check what sits on its ati marma points. Shoes, a dustbin, a used plate or heavy goods placed there can trigger such trouble, and moving them brings quick relief.
The nine ati marma points of the house or flat
Ati marma are the nine most sensitive points of the Vastu grid, formed where six devta-to-devta lines cross. In a regular, proportionate plot almost all of them fall in the Brahmasthan, and any piercing, load or dirt on them blocks the energy of the whole plot and brings severe, lasting trouble, above all to the owner (griha swami).
The nine ati marma points, mostly in and around the Brahmasthan of a regular plot; in an irregular plot they can fall elsewhere and must be marked
The length of a plot should not exceed one and a half times its width, and 30 x 45 feet is ideal. Up to 1:2 (30 x 60 feet) is neither good nor bad, and anything longer is not good, with the loss growing as the plot gets longer.
Whole plot
The centre, zoning, devtas and marma are taken on every area the residents can access and use, such as parking, a small garden, terraces and balconies. Only when a large part of the land lies unused is the constructed area zoned on its own.
Whole plot, house or flat
Everything taught for map marking applies to a flat except bhoomi vibhajan, because the open margins left around the building already form its Pishach bhoomi. Zoning, directions, devta marking and the ati marma are still done inside the flat.
Inside the flat, taking the area the residents can enter and use as the flat
Before studying or preparing any map, work in a fixed order: land energy, direction, degree, drawing the map, zoning, bhoomi vibhajan, Vastu devtas and finally the ati marma. A correct degree and north are the foundation of every later step.
Any plot, house, flat or factory map
Stairs play no role in the marking itself; the points are found from the plot and the devtas wherever the stairs are. But no staircase, no column and ideally not even a wall should stand on an ati marma. These points should be left empty.
Yes. The ati marma of a flat should also be found and kept free, just as in a house or plot.
Finding the centre was covered in earlier classes. Either use software such as AutoCAD, or use the hanging method: cut out the shape, hang it from one point and mark the vertical line, then hang it from another point and mark again; the crossing is the centre. Joining diagonals gives the centre only for a regular plot.
There is no criterion for finding the centre; the centre is always the centre. The proportion matters for the plot itself: up to 1:1.5 is good (30 x 45 feet is ideal), up to 1:2 (30 x 60) is neither good nor bad, and longer than that is not good, with more loss the longer it gets. In such long plots many devtas fall outside or get cut, and they need treatment.
No special software is needed. Draw the chakra and devta lines once in AutoCAD as short reference lines; for every new map just align them and join the lines, which takes about a minute.
Everything taught today applies to flats as well, except bhoomi vibhajan. In a flat it is already done: the space left around the building during construction is its Pishach bhoomi. Ati marma, zoning and directions all apply inside the flat.
It depends on the house. When a lot of land around the building lies unused, take only the constructed area and zone it separately. For a normal plot of about 2000 sq ft with just a parking and a small front garden, take the whole plot, and mark the devtas and marma on the whole as well. Small houses of 1200 to 2100 sq ft are taken whole, parking included.
The flat is the part you actually enter and use. Once inside, your movement and work happen only in that area, so the part you cannot access, taken by the stairs, lift or the neighbouring flat, is a cut in your flat.
Yes. Devta marking is done in a flat exactly as usual, also to judge the main door location. What does not apply is the rule of leaving the Pishach bhoomi empty: inside a flat the corners and side spaces can be used.
Yes, they fall outside the building in that open margin, and that is exactly the logic of keeping the Pishach bhoomi open. If the devtas were marked on the built part alone, you would again ask for its Pishach bhoomi to be left empty, which is wrong. Things placed on the walls of the built house fall in the Manushya bhoomi.
An L-shaped plot is inauspicious in the first place. There is no special formula for its ratio; estimate it from its arms. The cut portion is a full loss, and how harmful it is depends on which corner is cut, which is best judged with the teacher case by case.
No, take the whole, including the terrace. Every place you can walk in and access is included when taking the centre; only areas you cannot reach are left out. Zoning only the built half can mislead, for example making a heavy store room look as if it sits in the North when the North of the whole is open, which is good. Large balconies and terraces of 200 to 300 sq ft are counted too.
Mark it the usual way: find the centre and north, place the chakra on the centre and mark the devtas. To divide the bands, take every corner of the shape, draw lines from the centre to each, apply the ratios and join the points; a similar shape forms inside. The more irregular the shape, the more complicated the work, and software makes it easier.
Measure a line from the centre to a corner on the ordinary scale, say 11 cm. Lay the Pishach vithi scale with its zero on the centre and mark where it reads 11, then do the same with the Manushya-Dev and the Brahma vithi scales. The zero must always be on the centre.
Include it in both cases, covered or not. You go there and move around in it, so it counts as part of the house.
Yes. Pin the cut-out shape to a wall, mark the point exactly below the pin in a straight vertical line and draw that line; repeat from another point, and the crossing is the centre. It is plain science of the centre of mass, since the side with more area is heavier and hangs lower. Done accurately, it gives a 100% exact centre.
Bhoomi vibhajan is not drawn for a flat, and a flat has no Pishach bhoomi dosh, because the building already has open space left on all sides. So whatever you keep inside the flat does not create that dosh.
Every point across the whole plot where the grid lines cross is a marma, so there are many of them, and not only in the Pishach bhoomi. The nine ati marma, formed by the six devta-to-devta lines, are the ones that matter most.
A wall on an ati marma is wrong, but when it belongs to another room it usually cannot be removed. Remedies such as the nine herbs mentioned in class give some results, and the full remedies are taught in the remedy classes.
In any room of any house, kothi or flat, a wall on an ati marma is not good, a column is very bad and a bed is even worse. A sofa also has an effect, but it is not much of a problem unless someone sits on that very spot for long hours every day.
Yes. Injection-type remedies, in which metal, gems and herbs are installed at the point, are used, and the full method is taught in the remedy classes. With a wall or column already standing there, expect only about 50% result, never the full result.
No. When part of the plot is cut, the true centre shifts, yet the square drawn through the corners stays the same, so its diagonals give a wrong centre. Diagonals were used in the earlier zoning class only because that map was regular, with the open parking area at the side.
Hardly anyone does. A professional either learns AutoCAD or has an AutoCAD operator draw the plan. The course teaches every step so that you can check the work when someone else gives you a wrong drawing; anyone who can use a laptop can learn the AutoCAD needed for Vastu in a day.
Set one wall to its real dimension, for example 10 feet. Once one wall is scaled correctly, the whole map automatically takes the right dimensions in feet.
In the 81 pad grid the line from the centre to a corner is 4.5 boxes long. From the centre, Brahma bhoomi ends at 1.5 boxes, Dev bhoomi at 2.5 and Manushya bhoomi at 3.5, and Pishach bhoomi runs to 4.5. Dividing by 4.5 gives 0.333, 0.555 and 0.777, which are applied to the real length of each centre-to-corner line on the map.
54 degrees. Each 90 degree quarter of the middle band has 10 equal boxes of 9 degrees, and Vivasvan covers 6 of them, so 6 x 9 = 54. The two side devtas take 2 boxes each, 18 degrees.
No. They are ordinary scales made in the 0.777, 0.555 and 0.333 ratios to save time. With a calculator, multiply the measured length by the ratio, for example 9.1 x 0.777 = 7.07, and mark about 7 cm from the centre on a normal scale.
No, ask for the current location; a live location cannot be opened for this work. Copy the coordinates, paste them in the Google Earth search box and confirm with the client that it is the right property before taking the degree.
Because in a regular, proportionate plot almost all nine ati marma fall in the Brahmasthan. So an aangan (courtyard) or open space was left there, or the area was kept free of regular stable activity and heavy items. In an irregular plot there is no guarantee where the points fall.
In the Pishach bhoomi, the outermost band. The 32 outer devta lines are drawn only within the Pishach bhoomi, while the 12 inner devtas sit in the combined Manushya and Dev band and Brahma in the centre.
Taking the degree correctly from Google Earth and marking north correctly. If north is right, everything else falls into place; if it is wrong, every zone, devta and ati marma goes wrong. Almost every plot, house or factory is tilted, usually by about 10 to 20 degrees, so north must be measured with care.