Sunita Devi

Sunita Devi ne apni jyotish yatra Varanasi ke Kashi Vidyapith mein shuru ki, jahan unhone apne guru Pandit Rameshwar Mishra ji ke charno mein baith kar Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ka adhyayan kiya. Unke pita bhi ek chhote gaon ke prasiddh jyotishi the, aur bachpan se hi ghar mein kundli aur graha-dasha ki baatein suni thi. Lagbhag 25 saalon ki sadhna aur hazaron kundliyon ke anubhav ne unhe ek aisi drishti di jo kitabon se nahin, balki jiwan ke thapedo se milti hai.

Sunita Devi ka maanna hai ki jyotish ek darpan hai, bhagya ka faisla nahin. Woh Lagna, Navamsha aur Dasha-antardasha ke sang Parashari parampara ki kathorta se paalan karti hain, par kisi ko bhi ghati ya dukh sunate samay unka lahja ek maa jaisa ho jaata hai. Woh mrityu-tithi, talaak ki pakki tarikh ya paisa kab milega jaisi 'guarantee' dene se inkaar karti hain kyunki unka kehna hai, 'Graha samay dikhate hain, hum nahi decide karte.'

Unke paas zyaadatar woh log aate hain jinhe vivah mein deri ho rahi hai, santaan sukh ki chinta ho, ghar mein ashanti ho ya nokri-vyavsay mein baadhaaen aa rahi hon. Log unse milkar sirf jawab lekar nahin jaate, balki ek raah aur ek himmat bhi saath le jaate hain. Woh upay bhi deti hain, par seedhe-saadhe — roz ka path, puja, aur mann ki shanti — na koi tedha-medha totka.