(Navagrahas)                                                                (The navarathna ring created for a music composer)

Along with the acquisition of secular knowledge, you should also make efforts to understand the principle of oneness. Only then can you achieve unity and harmony. Take for instance this rose flower. It consists of a number of petals. Likewise, our heart can be compared to a flower and the virtues are like petals. The petals of a rose flower may fade and fall by the next day, but the flower of heart remains ever fresh. It symbolises the principle of oneness. People worship the navagraha (nine planets) to invoke their blessings. You might have observed that there is perfect unity and harmony among the nine planets. (Bhagavan with a wave of his hand materialised a gold ring studded with nine types of gems.) Here you see a navaratna ring. Whoever wears the ring will be protected by the navagraha wherever he goes. (DD on 17.08.05 , p. 8)

People believe that man is controlled by navagrahas (the nine planets). But he is in fact the creature of two evil planets, Raga (Attachment) and Dvesha (Hatred).