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Karve Guruji – An Exposition

By
R.G.Krishnan, USA

K arve Guruji (respectfully called in this manner by his devotees) is a well known
person in the astrological world. He, Karve Guruji along with his daughter Pinki
and son Sandeep visited our house at Murphy, Texas and stayed with us from May
22nd until May 30th, 2009. We consider this as our good fortune and a blessing that a highly
spiritually elevated person like Karve Guruji could spend his time with us and perform his
daily poojas in our house. This was his second visit to our house. He had earlier visited our
house for the first time in 1995 and stayed with us for a week.
Karve Guruji is a blessed soul who got divine vision in his childhood and is also a self
realized person. During his stay with us from May 22 to 30, 2009 we had several occasions to
chat with him whenever he was free from his daily poojas.
On each such occasion, I took the opportunity to ask him as
many questions as possible about his early childhood and as
to how he got “Siddhi” that is super normal powers and high
degree of intuition with the help of which he is able to
comprehend date and time of birth of any one who meets
him or talks to him over the telephone. I also asked him
questions about his Guru from whom he got the astrological
knowledge.
Karve Guruji is a very humble person and as such he
did not want any publicity about him. However we tried to
reason out with him stating that he owed to the Astrological
world to tell about him and to spread his message of love to
all human beings and to bring to their notice the Divine
mantra he got in his divine vision.
He replied stating that all things that happened in his
life were by the will of God and that he did not plan for it
nor will he take any credit for the various things that happened in his life.
I asked probing questions to him, to his daughter Pinky and to his son Sandeep and the
information gathered from such questioning is given below which I share with the readers of
the Saptarishisastrology magazine

Karve Guruji’s Birth & Early Childhood.

S hri Karve was born on an Ashadi Ekadasi day, (the exact year of his birth is not
known as he was born in his parent’s home at Pune (old name Poona) in a middle
class Brahmin family household. In those days births that took place in homes were
not recorded by the local Municipality. Due to this reason he did not have any birth
certificate. His father was a pious Vedic Brahmin and his grand father was also a pious
Vedic Brahmin. They both devoted their entire time in doing prayers & meditation and

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spent a considerable part of their time to go to Varanasi [old name Benaras] and to do
‘Tapasya’ (penance) there.
In his early childhood, he was guided by his parents in doing daily prayers and other
Vedic rituals as done in any Brahmin family. When he came of school going age he went to
a nearby Municipal school at Poona itself. However he did schooling for two years only and
then dropped out of school as the school education did not interest him.

His First Exposure To Astrology:

In his early childhood, some time in the year 1938 or 1939, he happened to pick up a
used book from an old books shop. He said that something made him pick up this book as it
fascinated him from the very beginning. In that book he found horoscopes of Lord Sri Ram
and Lord Sri Krishna were given with some astrological comments. That was his first
encounter with Vedic Astrology. Reading this book was a thrilling experience to him and he
felt that as if that he knew the subject (may be from his past births). With great interest he
read the book over and over again as the two horoscopes made a big impact on his young
mind. He soon memorized these two horoscopes along with the astrological comments on
them as contained in that book.
The details of these two horoscopes are as under:

Sri Ram’s Horoscope:

Sri Ram was born in Punarvasu Nakshatra in Kataka Rasi (Cancer Moon sign) Kataka
Lagna (Cancer ascendant), with a Jupiter exalted and well placed in ascendant (Lagna).
Saturn exalted and well placed in 4th house, Mars exalted and well placed in the 7th house,
Venus exalted and well placed in the 9th house, Sun exalted and well placed in the 10th
house along with Mercury, Rahu in 6 and Ketu in the 12th house. Thus lord Rama had 5
planets in exaltation signs and one planet in own sign. He told me that this horoscope made
big impact in his mind and it seemed to him that he was familiar with astrology as he could
understand the book very clearly.

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Sri Krishna’s Horoscope

Lord Sri Krishna’s horoscope has the following placement of planets:

He was born in Rohini Nakshatra in Vrishabha Rasi (Taurus Moon sign), Taurus
ascendant (Vrishabha lagna). Sun strongly placed in own house and in the 4th house in Leo
sign (Simha Rasi), Mercury strongly placed in Virgo sign (kanya Rasi), Venus strongly
placed in own house in Libra (Thula Rasi), Mars exalted and placed in Capricorn sign,
Saturn strongly placed in own sign Aquarius, Jupiter strongly placed in own house in Pisces,
Rahu placed in 6th house from ascendant and Ketu placed in the 12th house from ascendant.
Thus Lord Krishna had in his horoscope 5 planets well placed in own sign (Swagrahee) and 2
planets well placed in exaltation signs. These two horoscopes made a big impact on his
young mind and he read this book with interest over and over again. Around this time he
felt a deep urge to learn more and more about astrology by reading more books and by
discussing the matter with astrology knowing persons.

Shortly, after this book incident, in the year 1939, he met his first Guru by the name of
Hari Bhau Dikshit. He gave him the initial knowledge in Astrology. Later in the year 1945
he met Sri GaneshViswanath Joshi. He was a born blind but knew astrology and was a
bachelor. He used to sit in a temple all day long every day and tried to guide astrologically
the various persons who came to seek his guidance. By the blessings and guidance of Shri
Joshi he developed his knowledge further & could also astrologically guide persons who had
come to him with their problems.
Around this time the number of people from all walks of life seeking astrological
guidance from him was increasing day by day and he did his best to help them astrologically.
One such person was Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchan, father of Super Star Amitabh Bachchan
who had come to Poona to attend one “Kavi Sammelan” (Meeting of poet artistes) in the
year 1942. He had told Karve Guruji that his wife was expecting a baby and wanted to know
about the future of that baby. Karve Guruji told him that a son will be born to him soon who

1 Publisher: It may interest readers to read another very interesting variation of Shri Krishna’s Horoscope via this article in
Outlook Magazine http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?225095
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will have a very bright future and that he will become a famous person down the road &
will be visible throughout the world. Later a son was born to him who was named Amitabh
Bachchan and every one knows about Amitabh Bachchan now is a super star of Indian
Hindi movies
In the year 1943 Lata Mangeshkar then a teenage girl met him and wanted to know
about her future. Karve Guruji told her that she will become a famous person down the road
and her name will be practically in the lips
of every citizen of India. All of us know
about the singing sensation called Lata
Mangeshkar. Around this time many
astrology knowing persons used to meet
him and discuss astrology with him. In the
year 1944 one famous astrologer of that time
by name Sahu Modak met him and
discussed astrological points with him.
In the year 1944 One Inspector
general of Police in then Bombay
Presidency( now called Maharashtra State)
by name MaruthikarNarainkar Kamte met
him and took him to Yerawada Jail to meet
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who was lodged in
that prison (jailed by the British Rulers for
taking part in freedom movement). Karve
Guruji told Mr.Nehru at that meeting that
he will be the first Prime Minister of
Independent India and that day is not far of.
Every one knows that India became independent in the year 1947 and Mr.Jawaharlal Nehru
became the first Prime Minister of Independent India. Around this time the father of Sri
Shantaram had met him and told him that he is worried about the future of his son. Karve
Guruji told him not to worry as his son will make a big mark down the road and will become
very famous all over India. Everyone knows about V.Shantaram a highly successful Movie
figure.

Around this time, many Hindu Sadhus and Sanyasis & some saintly persons from
Muslim community, used to meet him often and all of them used to tell him that he is a
blessed person & that he will be able to see God in a divine vision very soon.
Shortly after this on 8 Aug, 1945, he had a “Divya Dhrishti” (Divine Vision) at a Vishnu
temple, at Poona. In that Divine vision he could see in the Idol, the God Vitthal, God of
Pandharpur temple – God Balaji of Tirupathi temple and God Srinathji of Dwarka temple.
They all appeared before him as if he was watching a TV screen.
This was his first divine vision and during that divine vision he experienced a blissful state
of mind and a feeling of happiness of the highest order never so far experienced in his life.
Soon after this incident many Hindu Sadhus and Sanyasis used to meet him and told him
that he will be able to see many more such “Divya Dhrishtis”(Divine Vision) in his life.
On 18th August 1952 at 7 pm, through the help of one Sanyasi, he could get a grand
divine vision in which he could see Lord Vishnu in Vishwadarshana. It was like watching
TV screen and during this Divine Vision the mantra “Om Shri Vishvadarshan Devatayai

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Namaha” was given to him. Since then he has been reciting this mantra in his daily
pooja & he continues to do so even now.
He has since asked several persons who sought his guidance to chant this mantra daily
as a remedy to overcome their problems as this mantra will help to invoke the blessings of
the Almighty God.

His Marriage & Family Life

Karve Guruji got married in the year 1957. Since he did not have a formal education he
did not work on any job. He used the family fortunes for making his living and the family
fortunes gradually got dwindled. His family consists of three sons and three daughters.
Although he never worked on any job, by the grace of God he has been running the family
comfortably until to-day without any problem as most of the people who sought his
guidance generally helped the family by giving some donation.

Karve Guruji’s Trips Abroad:

He was invited by Arsha Vidya Gurukulam at Saylosburg PA, USA in the year 1995
to attend an astrological seminar. As part of that trip he visited Texas and stayed with us in
our home for about 15 days. Subsequently he has been visiting USA almost every year
during summer. He has also visited countries in the Middle East. During 1997 he was invited
by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to Nether lands and there he was conferred the title of
“Satpursuha’’ by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Karve Guruji is a tireless person. It is amazing that at his age (estimated to be about
80 yrs old), he observes fasting on every Monday which means that he will not take even
water after he gets up until he finishes his daily pooja and after that he will take a small
quantity of special food prepared for such fasting days. He observed this fast during his stay
in our house and we were amazed to see his energy level was the same as on non-fasting
days. He attributed this to “Daiva Shakthi” that is divine help. I have heard of Sages living
in Himalayas living on pure cosmic energy as they live in caves in remote areas where food
and water is generally not accessible. Likewise may be Karve Guruji is able to absorb energy
from the cosmos (cosmic energy) on such fasting days. It was really amazing.

Karve Guruji’s Message To Readers Of Saptarishis Astrology Magazine

He says that the mantra he got in the divine vision namely “Om Shri
Vishvadarshan Devatayai Namaha” should be chanted for overcoming all problems by each
and every one irrespective of the religion they may belong, as this is a universal mantra for
all religions and Gods. The flyer given by Karve Guruji is attached for information of all
readers at the end of this write up.
May God bless Karve Guruji with long life so that he can be a source of inspiration to the
younger generation?

For the benefit of those readers who wish to call Karve Guruji they may call his daughter
Pinky Karve in India, I have given below the cell (mobile) number & landline number of
Pinky Karve in India. Before calling her the readers are advised to keep a copy of their
horoscope with them for ready reference to enable them to double check the placement of
planets in the horoscope which they will hear over the telephone during their telephonic talk
with Pinky or Karve Guruji.

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Pinky Karve (aka Sanjivani Karve)—mobile (cell):9769753139; Landline 91-22-24362998: e-

mail—psanjivani@yahoo.com

His Message

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For All Religions & Gods

OM----TAT----SAT.

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