Kali Chalisa
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Caution: direct deity-binding and unbinding mantras are Bhagatwal work, not for use without a knower
Besides the simple vidhan, the speaker says, there are many mantra-based vidhans in which a mantra is run directly and the bound deities open, and mantras by which deities are bound too — but that is the field of Bhagatvaal, and in his view, even if you see and learn these mantras on YouTube or Facebook, you should not use them without being in the company of a knowledgeable person. Otherwise, if by mistake your own deities or the shaktis of your own ishta get bound, they will make you dance, will not relent, and will trouble you no end — and the dosh that attaches is separate. And when opening a bandhan, it may turn out that some pret-pishach was held in it and your method set it loose too; without knowledge, that becomes a problem. So instead of the direct mantras, use those that carry no negative effect: Mahabhairav and the like, or the Hanuman Chalisa, bajrang-baan, Kali Chalisa and Durga Chalisa.
What is the practice itself on Kali Chaudas night?
What is to be done in it is the path of the Kali Chalisa. He says the whole brihad vidhi, the complete vidhi vidhan, is a separate matter — the pujan of Kali ji together with her Nityas — but sixteen lamps have to be lit, for the sake of Bhagavati Kali. Kali ji's sixteen Nityas, and besides the sixteen there are other Nityas as well which come among the Mahanityas; rather than do that much, you have only to do this.
What else is placed with the lamps, and how is the Chalisa read?
Behind those sixteen lamps — the mouths being toward Bhagavati — one flower each should be kept; if red flowers can be had, that is best. Offer bhog at one place, any mithai or kishmish. If there is a shri vigraha or photo of Bhagavati, adorn her with flowers. Sit on a red asana wearing red clothes, and do the path of the Kali Chalisa sixteen times, counting on cloves: take one clove in the hand, do one reading of the Kali Chalisa, offer it before Bhagavati. He says the PDF of the Kali Chalisa is available on the channel and people have already posted their experience of it.
The sixteen lamps are lit in the name of Bhagavati Kalika and her sixteen Nityas
The discussion that had been running from the start was this: that when you do pujan, the pujan of shaktis of this kind also takes place, and Bhagavati herself gave the blessing that this pujan will happen. So when we light sixteen lamps on the night of the Chaturdashi of Diwali, it is in the name of Bhagavati Kalika, in the name of her sixteen Nityas. And if you do not even know the names of the Nityas, then light them in the ordinary way, and do the Kali Chalisa sixteen times, one reading on one clove, offering them to her.
Is fasting with one Kali Chalisa path enough on Amavasya, and what lamp is lit under the peepal?
Asked whether fasting for Ma Kali on Amavasya and doing one path of the Kali Chalisa will be all right and whether Ma will be pleased, he answers: she certainly will. Along with it, do not do only the Kali Chalisa but also do the path of her stotra and satnam, and do the path of the 108 names. Asked whether, on every Amavasya, one should light a lamp of flour or of clay under the peepal tree for the pitrs, he answers that a flour lamp will be very good — light a lamp of grain and it will be good.
Which should a new sadhak give more importance — Kali Chalisa or Jagan Mangal Kali kavach?
Asked, for the seva of Ma Kali, which of the Chalisa siddhi and the Jagan Mangal Kali kavach should be given more importance, he answers: if you are a new sadhak, then first do the Kali Chalisa. After that, do the Jagan Mangal.
What should an entirely new sadhika do in Gupt Navratri?
He tells a listener by name that if she is an entirely new sadhika, then she should recite, to her capacity, the chalisa connected with that swarup of Bhagavati whose seva and puja she does. The chalisa can be perfected, he adds, and the vidhi for perfecting the Kali Chalisa and the Tantrokta Durga Chalisa has been told on the channel.
What is done with the forty-one cloves of the Kali Chalisa siddhi?
Asked whether the forty-one cloves used in the Kali Chalisa siddhi may be immersed under a tree, or whether they can be put to use, he answers: the cloves are not to be immersed, Akash ji. Keep the cloves entirely. Whenever anyone in the house has trouble, you can feed one to them, or do an utara with it and burn it. You will not need to do any recitation at that time.
Which sabar mantras can be reinforced in the Shakambhari Navratri?
Those who have done the Rudra gan sadhana can do this to make it pushta as well. In the same way, all those making siddh the sabar mantras — whether Hanuman ji's Bajrang Baan, the Hanuman Chalisa, or besides them the Kali Chalisa, or among the sabar mantras the mantras of Gorakhnath Baba, or the Kshetrapal and Gram Devta mantra that has been given, the Gram Devi mantra, and the Hanuman ji mantras.
Can the Kali Chalisa be recited and offered to one's ishta devi?
Yes, absolutely, it can be done, he answers. If Bhadrakali is your ishta and adhishthatri shakti then you may certainly recite the Kali Chalisa, and you may also recite the Kali Kavach. In an ordinary household Bhadrakali is worshipped only if she is your kuldevi; otherwise the puja of Bhadrakali is not ordinarily done at home. But if she is your kuldevi then certainly do it — and if you have been doing it, then do it now, you should not leave it.
May the same sadhana be repeated in the next Gupt Navratri?
Asked whether the Shri Kali Chalisa siddhi may be repeated again in the coming Gupt Navratri, the speaker says: very good, absolutely do it. He says one should repeat one and the same sadhana again and again for at least a year — that is, the four navratris, and if possible in Shakambhari and Ghor Navratri as well — and only then begin a second sadhana the next year.
The Kali Chalisa is not to be dismissed for having been written recently
He calls it a very good question and says that through Makhan ji he wants to give this message to all: those who are doing nothing at all should take up something related to their ishta or to Bhagavati. If you have love for Kali ji, take the Kali Chalisa — do not look at it in the way of saying that the Kali Chalisa has been written only recently, so what effect will it have. Leave that aside.
Why do people become frightened when they see Kali or Bhairav being worshipped?
A time came — and it persists in many regions — when seeing someone worship Kali ji makes people afraid: "he is doing tantra-mantra." Seeing Bhairav ji's puja, they are a hundred per cent sure of it. The speaker points to books printed as "tantrik prabhav wala Kali Chalisa", or a Hanuman Chalisa or Sundarkand carrying the same label — reading that, people take fright.
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