Evil Eye - Drishti

Belief in the Evil eye that a human being can cause injury or death through a malevolent glance or stare is a very wide spread one. The concept of the evil eye predates all major religions of the world.

Very often, the harm inflicted by the evil eye was linked to the envy of the person doing the harm. The possession of an Evil eye was often thought to reside in persons, who displayed more general anti social tendencies, such as meanness, selfishness, and envy.

Your thoughts have energy, both positive and negative. It is a scientifically proven fact that food or water, when blessed, heals. Negative thoughts when directed towards someone has the ability to affect him. These negative thoughts directed at you that results in unfortunate outcomes for you, your family or your business is popularly known as ‘evil eye’. Evil-eye is a stream of negative energy that affects the person or object on which it is directed. The person under the influence of evil eye, is subject to waves of negative energies which results in illness, listlessness and failures which can’t be explained medically.
The Vedic perspective: 

The four kinds of people described in scriptures

1. Devas : who help others without caring for their own well-being 

2. Manushas: Who help others considering the position of the self 

3. Meerugam : who extract benefits by disturbing the welfare of other people. 

4. Rakshasas : People who harm others without any purpose 

people who belong to the last two categories(described above) are most likely to cast an evil eye

Accordingly, in many cultures, people were hesistant not to advertise their wealth, talents, or achievement, lest this should bring down retribution from the malevolent and envious eye. The new born babies, prominent men, and beautiful women were thought especially likely to attract evil eye.

Afflictions caused by Evil eye :
- body and face become pale
- sickly look
- loss of appetite or over appetite
- sleepy appearance
- in case of kids,, they use to cry without any reason
- restlessness and grinding of teeth
- vomiting
- sudden rise in body temperature and fever
sudden awakening from sleep
- un-cleanliness and prattling
- erratic and unpredictable behaviour

Physical characterictics of people having Evil eye :
- our heart beat misses one beat, if we go in contact with such person
- they will never cut their nails
- their vision will be sharp and keen
- they always talk less, would not reveal their personal matters, but try to extract information from others
- they appear to be profound
they are shameless and brazenfaced

In India, the Evil eye, called ''drishti'' is removed through ''aarathi''. The actual removal involves different means, as per subject involved. In case of removing human evil eye, a traditional Hindu ritual of holy flame (on a plate) is carried out, in which the plate is moved in a circular motion around the person's face so as absorb the evil effects. Sometimes, people will also be asked to spit into a handful of rock salt and black pepper kept in that plate, which are then thrown into fire.
If there is a lot of smoke, you were being ridiculous and no one evil-eyed you. If there is very less smoke (the kind of smoke causing the burning throat, burning eyes etc.), you were evil eyed and now it's all clear.

Drishti warding off song in Tamil

 

'அந்தி சந்தி உனக்கு அடைக்கலம் 
காலை மா‌லை உனக்கு அடைக்கலம் 
குஞ்சு குழந்தை உனக்கு அடைக்கலம் 
கோதை பிராட்டி உனக்கு அடைக்கலம் 
காரார் திருமேனி க‌ண்ணீரும் வாராது 
சீரார் திருவ‌ந்திக் காப்பு! 

தாயார் திருஷ்டி த‌ந்தையார் திருஷ்டி 
ஊரார் திருஷ்டி உற‌வின‌ர் திருஷ்டி 
வைச்ச‌ க‌ண்ணு வெடுக்குணு போக‌ணும் 
தொட்ட‌ க‌ண்ணு தொடுக்குணு போக‌ணும்! 

Meaning: 

'Morning and evening twilight God 
Take care of children (and others) 
O Goddess Lakshmi Take care 
No untoward incident will happen 
As Great Safety net is placed now 

Mother’s Dhristi, Father’s Dhristi 
Relative’s Dhristi, Other’s Dhristi 
Evil eye placed be warded off at once 
Evil eye implanted be warded off'