Bhairav
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A fierce form of Shiva, worshipped at home in gentler forms like Batuk or Bal Bhairava, protecting the household alongside the family deity.
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Bhairav anushthan for abhichaar in Shiv Navratri, and staying with one sadhana
For those in whose lives very strange events are happening — the Bhairava-related prayogas on the channel are for abhichaar-nash, even where maran prayogas keep being done on a family — the speaker says: do a Bhairav anushthan in this Navratri. Batuk Bhairav Hriday; the Batuk Bhairava stotra of the Rudrayamala Tantra with a sankalp of the shatanama; or the Mahabhairav mantra or Mahabhairav stotra. Anushthan first, repeated again and again; the prayoga vidhi after. His core sadhaks have fixed one thing: at Shivratri they do only the Aghorastra siddhi. Settle in one place, he says; do not keep asking "when will the effect come" — the one who gives effect is seated there; neither you nor he can stir a leaf, but Bhagwan says all things happen by his will.
Lemon on the Bhairav trishul: size, changing day and visarjan
From several questions on the Bhairav Trishul: it should be at least big enough to take a lemon — if the three prongs each hold one, fine; if it is too small, put a flower on it, but the speaker uses the lemon last of all and sees nothing smaller for bali-chhedan. Two separate trishuls at home, one for Ma Kali and one for Mahadev, carry no dosh; and where there are three trishuls, the lemon goes only on the iron trishul kept in Bhairava ji's name. The lemon is changed every Saturday; if that day is not possible, Sunday or Tuesday will do. The old lemon is given visarjan under a dev-vriksh, or in a river — for one who lives by the Ganga, in the Ganga; several may be released together.
Hanuman and Bhairav are worshipped before the Devi: they secure her place
The speaker says one need not know much Tantra to see this: even in ordinary puja, when the Devi is invited and the Durga Chalisa is recited, it says "Langur Veer karat agwani", Langur Veer, that is Hanuman, leads the way and goes first. Wherever Jagdamba or her partial shaktis are about to come, Langur Veer reaches first and oversees the whole place; the responsibility for its security rests on Hanuman and on Bhairava. So the worship of both becomes essential, and because Hanuman comes first, his worship and Bhairav's worship are to be done before the Devi's own.
Minimum Bhairav worship in Navratri
The speaker says that alongside Hanuman, Bhairava must also be worshipped in Navratri according to one's capacity. At the very least one should remember him, do japa of his name-mantra, and light a Chaumukh Deepak lamp in his name. The reason he gives is that these two shaktis are the ones who carry out all of Bhagavati's work, and the responsibility of protecting her devotees rests on them; so both are to be worshipped in Navratri without fail.
Bhairav bhog prayoga to clear abhichaar from a house
The prayoga is small: for one day, the full bhog of Bhairava that was being offered at the temple is given at the door of the house. Lamps are shaped from curd, imarti and ground urad dal with a little barley flour — one Chaumukh Deepak lamp per room. An earthen handi is made abhimantrit with at least 27 malas of the mantra; each lamp in turn is placed in it, covered, one mala recited, and taken out; special mandals are drawn. The lamps are then lit in every room, lamps are lit on both sides of the main door and the bhog is given there. Begun around 8–9 PM on a special tithi, the lamps burn at least three hours; at midnight the Nikasi is done and everything is left near the temple. The speaker says the house has had no kalah since.
A sattvic Bhairav mantra sadhana for every householder: purpose and who may do it
The speaker says Bhagwan Bhairava is so named because he does bharan-poshan, sustaining; as an avatar of Rudra he can do every task that serves the world's good and a householder's upkeep. People use Bhairav mainly in tantra and do not know that he is also installed at home for protection. Answering a request for a sattvic, simple, gentle sadhana with no adverse effect that any householder can do, he presents this one: every person can do it, whatever form of Devi or Bhairav is already worshipped at home, even if one only shows dhoop and deep. It should be used for protection before any new anushthan, and when going for a job, an interview or a business deal where the right impression must fall on someone. There is no distinction of man and woman; the specific purpose is named in the sankalp when the completed sadhana is later put to use.
Feeding dogs daily as Bhairav's vahana throughout a Bhairav sadhana
The speaker says that whenever one awakens any shakti or seeks its blessing, its ganas must be worshipped along with it, and Bhairav's gana and vahana in visible form is the dog. So the first thing to tie a knot on is this: from the day the Bhairav sadhana is taken up, feed a dog every day with one's own hands — sweet, salted or plain roti, morning or night, whatever one can — wherever a dog is found. Dogs must never be hurt or stoned. A dog of any colour that comes and sits at one's door does so only by Bhairav's grace. If Bhairav is displeased, the dog sniffs the food and leaves — this happens often, and especially with an utara; if the dog eats, the removal of one's problem has begun. It is not magic that works in a day, he says, but the benefit is certain. He adds that the traditional twelve-year upasana of Bhairav or Virabhadra across twelve temples comes through guru parampara, not YouTube or Facebook, and a householder cannot do that — so serving dogs is the householder's way.
Choosing the mala for a Bhairav sadhana by the placement of Venus
The speaker says the mala is sphatik or rudraksha, decided by jyotish: look at Venus in one's lagna kundali. If Venus is the giver of gain, well placed in any house and in no condition in the 6th, 8th or 12th, then sphatik; if not, a rudraksha mala — any rudraksha works, especially five-mukhi, or eight- or nine-mukhi. The rudraksha mala must be new, and the mala is to be worn afterwards. If one cannot wear sphatik or rudraksha for any reason, such as a skin allergy from the rudraksha's thorns, take a hakeek mala in whichever colour suits one's lagna and grahas — black hakeek if Shani is good, or blue, yellow, red, any colour.
Starting a Bhairav sadhana on Bhairav Ashtami of any month
The speaker says the sadhana is to begin on Bhairav Ashtami. Every month's Krishna Paksha Ashtami is a Bhairav Ashtami; the main Kaal Bhairav Ashtami is the Krishna Paksha Ashtami of Margashirsha, which in 2021 fell on 27 December — in any other year, check when that tithi falls. If one hears the video in another month, start from that month's Krishna Paksha Ashtami. The day of the week has no importance — it need not be a Sunday or Tuesday; only the Ashtami tithi must fall.
Asan, direction, time, image and the two chaumukh lamps for a Bhairav sadhana
The speaker says the asan may be yellow or red, a kushasan or a blanket asan; any direction except south; morning, evening or night, whenever one can sit. Two main things are needed: a picture, vigraha or photo of Bhairav ji, or a trishul — or, if nothing is available, a supari placed on a heap of rice and mentally taken as Bhairav. Before him a chaumukh lamp is lit: chameli oil is the rule, but it burns out fast, so light one chaumukh lamp of mustard oil and a second of chameli oil, and they must burn at least two to two and a half hours. Into the mustard-oil lamp only, put a supari, a copper coin, two cardamoms, two cloves and a little camphor; the chameli lamp carries only its four wicks.
Daily japa of the Bhairav mantra from Krishna Paksha Ashtami to Amavasya
The speaker says the japa runs from Krishna Paksha Ashtami to Amavasya tithi — only that many days. Each day do five to twenty-one malas, minimum five, maximum twenty-one, as time and capacity allow — five, seven, nine, eleven or twenty-one — and try to keep the first day's count every day until Amavasya. The sankalp is taken with water, flower and akshat in hand, stating one's name and gotra, for obtaining the grace of the Bhairav Mandal; after the opening rites, Bhairav's panchopachar pujan — dhoop, deep, gandh, bhog — bathing him with water over a flower placed before him, or mentally; bhog must include dahi bada and boondi laddu. Then guru and Ganpati pujan, and japa on the consecrated mala of the mantra shown on screen. The time may move earlier or later with duty, office or business — morning one day and night the next is allowed, it must simply get done — though the same time daily is best. The sadhana can be done at home without any worry.
Batuk Bhairav as the form for a publicly taught Bhairav sadhana
The speaker says the form to be taken in this sadhana is Batuk Bhairav: if one installs Bhairav at home, let it be a Batuk Bhairav murti or picture only, and no other form — because, teaching publicly on YouTube, he cannot know which Bhairav form is right for whom, while Batuk is accepted by all and can be worshipped in every home. If some form is already worshipped, do the sadhana before that form; no new form is needed. He repeats that whichever form of Bhairav one worships, this mantra is for every form: it awakens every form, and through it the Bhairav tattva is awakened. It has many prayogs, which he says he will teach later; first one should awaken the Bhairav tattva for oneself and make it protective.
Amavasya havan closing a Bhairav sadhana: count, altar, inverted triangle and pushtikarak samagri
The speaker says that on Amavasya one does the usual daily japa and then havan of the same number of malas — five malas of ahuti if five malas were the daily japa. Havan is done either in a kund or on a vedi: put sand or bricks below and make a full square mandal of sand on top. For Bhairav's havan the wood is laid as an inverted triangle, its base away from the sitter, whereas for Bhagavati the triangle is upright with its base toward oneself; three sticks so, then two or three more on top. Agni sthapan and the opening mantras are on the channel. The samagri is pushtikarak: in the usual proportion — one kilo til, half a kilo jau, 250 g rice — with at least 125 g honey, 250 g panchmeva (cashew, raisin and the like, cut), and ghee mixed through. All ahutis, including the opening guru-Ganpati ahutis and those of the Bhairav mantra, are given from this mixture; women sadhikas give every ahuti from it and need not offer ghee anywhere. Then purnahuti.
Dashamsha tarpan and marjan after the Bhairav havan
The speaker says tarpan must be done — a dashamsha tarpan — and since this is a tantrokta mantra, it is done so: fill a vessel with water and add honey so the water is sweet, place a supari on a paan leaf with til and the panchmeva already described, and offer with the full mantra ending "tarpayami namah". If five malas were done, there will be 50 tarpans and five marjans; if eleven malas daily and eleven of havan, then about 110 mantras or at least one mala of tarpan, and its tenth — ten or eleven marjans sprinkled on oneself. The method of tarpan is also on the channel.
Daily bhog and kuldevata worship during a Bhairav sadhana, and the camphor-clove offering after japa
The speaker says the daily bhog before japa must include clove, cardamom, supari and a paan leaf — placed open on the leaf, not folded into a bida — offered in two places: in Bhairav ji's name and to one's kul devi-devta. The kuldevata's own daily pujan must go on — at least dhoop, deep and bhog before them — and must not be dropped for this sadhana; one may drop other japa one was doing earlier, but a lamp must burn and bhog be offered before whatever deities one has, and then Bhairav ji's bhog. After each day's japa is complete, put two cloves on each of five pieces of camphor — five camphor, ten cloves — and burn them, on a plate or on clean ground; this is done every day.
Grain donation of a tenth of one's body weight on the last day of a Bhairav sadhana
The speaker says that on the last day, after the havan and purnahuti, one sets aside, if possible, grain equal to at least a tenth of one's body weight — 7 kg for 70 kg, 8 kg for 80 kg — of one kind or five kinds, touching it and making a mental sankalp. If the havan is at night there is no problem; do this the next morning after bathing. Give it to any worthy Brahmin or a poor person for their own use. With this the sadhana is complete; the more dan-punya one does, the better; and the daily feeding of dogs must be kept up with special care.
Guru and Ganpati sadhana before a Bhairav sadhana, in both the sabar and tantrokta streams
The speaker says this sadhana will be compulsory for every person coming into the field of sadhana; it has no adverse effect, so it can be done without any worry. Its place is after guru pujan — that is, after guru sadhana, whether Navnath sadhana, the Navnath chaitanya mantra, Guru Gorakh Sabari or Guru Gayatri — and after Ganpati sadhana has been done. Whether one is in the sabar field or the ordinary tantrokta field, people of both can do this Bhairav sadhana: after guru and Ganpati, it is Bhairav ji's sadhana that is to be done, and every person is to do it.
Why do offerings like meat and alcohol work for some tantrik practitioners (Ojhas) but not for a Satvik devotee?
Meat and alcohol offerings work within a separate sacrificial system used by sorcerers (Ojhas) who bind and direct their own spirit forces in exchange for such offerings — it is a different mechanism from Satvik worship, not a shortcut within it, and simply naming a deity like Bhairava does not make an offering effective.
Which deities are effective for destroying Tantric/occult afflictions (Abhichara)?
All deities possess the power to destroy negative occult influences, but the primary determining factor is one's Kula Devata — if lineage traditions are unknown, one should begin with Guru and Ganapati worship, followed by an Anushthana of Lord Bhairava with Deepadana.
What are the two stages of Mahabhairava Sadhana, and why should novices avoid invoking him directly at home?
First a dedicated Purashcharana of the Mahabhairava Mantra, then of the intertwined Stotra — but Mahabhairava is an Ugratama (exceedingly fierce) deity whose intense energy can consume everything indiscriminately in a household with unverified family deities or ancestral spirits, so it must first be awakened at a temple or Tirtha.
How do the divine Ashta Shakti differ from the lower entities with the same names?
In authentic Tantric mandalas like the Eight Bhairavas and Batuk Bhairava, Dakini, Shakini, Hakini, Lakini, Rakini, and Kakini represent the Tantric manifestations of the Eight Primordial Durgas — completely distinct from the low-level demi-god or ethereal entities that share similar names, which scriptural passages about their destruction actually refer to.
Batuk or Bal Bhairav, even as a small silver trishul, and Kali only in her Dakshina form
Batuk or Bal Bhairava may be worshipped at home via a picture, idol, or small silver Trishul, with Kul Bhairava protecting the household alongside the family deity; for Kali, the gentle Dakshina Kali form — displaying boon-granting and fearless mudras — is recommended over fierce, destructive postures.
Which mantras are recommended for spiritually supporting the armed forces during a national security crisis?
Assertive mantras dedicated to Maa Chandika, Bhagavan Narasimha, and Baba Kalabhairava are described as the most effective spiritual support for the armed forces during war or conflict.
Starting tithi and setup for the Kalika Kavach sadhana: red dress and asana, two lamps, boondi laddu, camphor and cloves
The speaker says the sadhana is begun on Ashtami or Chaturdashi of Krishna Paksha, or on a Krishna Paksha Tuesday or Saturday. Clothes are red only and the asana is a red blanket. Two lamps: a single-wick mustard-oil lamp in the name of Kalika, and a four-wick lamp in the name of Kaal Bhairava. In Naivedya, at least one boondi laddu in each of two places, with one cardamom and two cloves on each. After the recitation, on the bare ground, two pieces of pure camphor together — bhimseni or the tablet kind, not the two-rupee variety — with a pair of cloves on top, in two places, are lit at the end, and a Bali of jayaphal is also given. The whole thing, he says, is a Dakshinachara practice that comes under the most ugra prayogs.
Diet during the Kalika Kavach sadhana: no bar on meat, but then a yearly bali and madira to Bhairav become compulsory
The speaker says there is no restriction on eating and drinking during this sadhana — garlic, onion, meat, all may be taken. But "no restriction" does not mean "no consequence": keeping the rules with purity is much better. If you eat and drink and do the sadhana that way, you will then have to give a Bali at the Kali temple once a year and offer madira to Bhairava ji — and if you do not give the bali, there will be ghaat. If you do not eat such things, none of this is compulsory. Then what you are already doing is more than sufficient.
Disposing of the Kalika Kavach naivedya, and serving a dog daily as Bhairav's vahan
The speaker says that if the Naivedya was placed before the Devi's image there is no issue; but if you set it down below, place it on a paan leaf or in an earthen vessel. Afterwards it can be fed to any animal — a cow, or a dog; if a dog is found at night, feed it to the dog. And the dog, as the vahan of Bhairava ji, must be served by you every day.
Bhairav is the chief protector deity every home must have
The speaker asks who the greatest protector deity of the house is, and answers: Bhagwan Bhairava, whose Batuk form every Sanatani person must install at home. Without him, he says, the children born in a house are never fully protected; wherever any Devi shakti is worshipped at home his presence is mandatory; when someone troubled by Preta or abhichar goes to a tantrik, it is some form of this very deity whose protection is set on the house; and nearly every sadhak of Tantra does his siddhi. Where this form is present, the presence of pret, pishach and abhicharik badha becomes almost negligible — unless some grave offence, some special aparadh against him, is committed.
Misconception: no temple, idol or Shivling should be kept at home
The speaker says that in India's medieval period — the time of the Mughals and the British — a negative imprint about deities like Bhairava was placed on people's minds, so that they put these deities out of the house. He sees the same thing in fashion today: some Vastu experts say a temple should not be built in the house at all, that no idol should be kept at home, and that keeping a Shivling of Shiva ji at home brings poverty, disease and trouble. These, he says, are the very people who get the deities thrown out of homes, and listening to them people stop the seva-puja of these deities altogether.
Difference between Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav
The speaker says the difference is only this much: Bhagwan Kaal Bhairava appeared directly from the body of Bhagwan Sadashiva at the time Brahma and Vishnu were tested — when Shiva manifested his form as the first Agni Linga, the pillar of fire, the Akash Linga, the event celebrated at Shivratri and discussed in the Shiva Mahapurana. Batuk Bhairava, by contrast, is the child form Shiva took to calm Bhagwati Mahakali when she became uncontrolled after slaying the rakshasa Daruka.
Oot: children who died unfulfilled and how they are pacified
The speaker says that the Oot of a house — the small children who died in the womb or after birth, whose janeu had not yet been done — find their peace through the bal form of Ganesha ji, through their Tarpana, and through the pujan of Bhairava ji and the like.
Should you stop worshipping your family deities when a guru tells you to?
Asked whether deities worshipped at home for 5, 10, 15 years or for generations should be dropped when a Guru-figure prescribes a new form or guru-puja instead, the speaker answers no. People throw all their troubles onto the deities — "change the deity and our things will change" — which is true only to a limit, and never by leaving the old: they are devi-devata, not bhoot-pret. If for some reason they are not giving fruit, do their own bigger anushthans. His example: 15–20 years of Batuk Bhairava puja, a childlessness problem, and someone diagnoses pret-badha and prescribes three or six months of Bhishan Bhairav sadhana while telling you to stop Batuk Bhairav — if you drop him entirely and install the new form, it will not give full fruit and will certainly cause trouble. Old worshipped deities are never left like that; worship the new alongside them.
How can a household resolve severe black magic (Abhichara) affecting the family?
Perform repeated field-protector offerings (Kshetrapal Nikari) — this offers sacrifice to all lingering spirits and entities through Kshetrapal Bhairav, pacifying them.
First anushthan under black magic: at the nearest temple, never at home
The speaker's first task: whatever anushthan is taken up — Bhairava, Mahabhairav, Batuk Bhairava, Dattatreya's Vajra Panjara Kavach or Vajra Kavach, or any Kavach of the shaktis of Jagdambika — it must never be done at home the first time. It is to be done at the temple nearest the house where one can sit and do path. The count may be kept low, 21 or 27, and raised once practice sets in, but in the earliest period nothing at all is to be done at home.
Two evening lamps at the main door: kul rakshak Bhairav and kshetrapal Bhairav
The speaker's third task: in the evening, light two lamps at the Chaukhat by the main door — or on both sides of the door if there is no threshold. One is in the name of the kul rakshak, the family's guardian Bhairava; the other in the name of Kshetrapal Bhairav. Direction does not matter, but whichever side carries which name on the first day must carry the same name every day after. The purpose, he says, is that these shaktis begin to move over the home's threshold.
Bringing the anushthan home in stages after the temple and Siddha Peeth phases
The speaker says that once the door lamps and the teerth-kshetra phase have completed one level, the anushthan moves home — but not directly. Mornings: only ordinary bathing, incense and lamp to one's ishta; evenings: still at the temple, whether 15 minutes or an hour. After another 11 or 21 days, small anushthans begin at home, for example Batuk Bhairava's Ashtottara Shatanama Stotra — which he says has the power to destroy every kind of Abhichara, Batuk catching the negative shaktis in his kapal once that tattva is awake — at only 5 or 11 repetitions, no more. Over three to six months, with the outside anushthan repeated two or three times, confidence and capacity grow and one senses the shaktis awakening; only then does Deepdaan begin at home, with 108 or 8 lamps for Bhairava on Ashtami, increased slowly.
What is the remedy for an accidental mistake or transgression made during a pilgrimage?
For an accidental offense or subtle disturbance during pilgrimage, approach the local guardian Bhairava of that region and offer camphor, cloves, a camphor lamp, or lemons while sincerely seeking forgiveness — or, if realized only after returning home, perform the same offerings at home or through a local priest of that holy zone.
Is it true that Lord Bhairava should not be worshipped at home?
No — this is a completely false, prevalent myth; Lord Bhairava can and should be worshipped at home.
What is Lord Bhairava's theological origin and status?
He is not a lower entity or phantom, but a primary manifestation of Lord Shiva — Mahakala Bhairava manifested directly to uphold cosmic truth when Shiva first appeared as the infinite column of light (Jyotirlinga).
After the temple cycles: nikari of the house, bandhan, Bhairav yantra installed, kavach for every member, daily dhooni and havan
The speaker says that once the 21-day cycles were complete at the temple, he taught the man how to do Nikasi (nikari) of the house himself, what to charge (abhimantrit) and how, and how to do Bandhan of the house. By that vidhan the house was bound and a Bhairav Yantra installed in the home. After the nikari, yantras made and charged by the man himself were put on every family member to wear as Kavach. Then the daily Dhooni for destroying abhichar, done with the stotra, was started in the house, and Havan too; each step was explained and done one by one, with much time and effort, and only then did the tantra's effect begin to lessen.
Why can Kali or Bhairav be used in a maran prayog against someone?
The speaker takes up a doubt he expects listeners to have: people hear that a Marana Prayoga was done on someone, and that it was "a prayog of Kali ji" or "of Bhairava ji", yet Bhairav and Kali are shaktis that appeared to protect dharma, so how can they act in adharma without weighing right and wrong? His answer, which the rest of the talk builds, is that any shakti pleased by disciplined sadhana gives its word to the Sadhak, and once bound by that word it must do what he asks, whether he uses it well or misuses it.
What is Narayana Bali performed for, and what supplements it when negative entities block the ancestral rites?
It is performed for individuals who died untimely or unnatural deaths, to assist their transition and relieve severe ancestral affliction; if negative entities block the rites, invoke Lord Bhairava first, followed by full recitations of scriptures like Srimad Bhagavatam or Garuda Purana dedicated to the deceased.
The supreme protector who destroys immense sins, grants instant protection, and keeps the practitioner safe in physical and subtle realms alike
As supreme protector, Bhairava (including Batuk Bhairava) destroys immense sins, grants instant protection, and neutralizes severe afflictions — devotion to him ensures safety across physical and subtle realms.
Bhairav ji is the fastest to come to a devotee's aid in Kaliyug, and everyone should worship him for protection
Bhairav ji, the speaker affirms, is the fastest to come to a devotee's aid in Kaliyug — matching his own experience — and he says everyone should worship Bhairav ji for the sake of protection.
Does worshipping only the panchayatan deities mean discarding everything else?
Worshipping only the panchayatan deities at home does not offend previously worshipped ones — Shiv puja already includes Bhairav ji through him. From a practical standpoint, Bhairav ji's own manifest form exists specifically for sustenance and protection, so separate worship of him still has value. Panchayatan puja does not mean discarding other murtis, yantras or photos from the home.
Holi-day follow-up by deity after the Holika-night mantra offering
The speaker says that on the day after the Holika-night offering — on Holi itself, without fail — the mantra's own deity must be given its favourite flower or leaf with the mantra spoken over it nine times. For a Bhairava mantra, a Bilva leaf recited over nine times is offered to Bhairav along with his puja; for a Hanuman mantra, a Tulsi leaf recited over nine times is offered and puja given at a Hanuman temple; for a Durga mantra, a bilva leaf with the mantra is offered to her at home and her puja given at a temple, with shringar included. After this, he says, the mantra gives effect again whenever it is used in whatever way it was used before.
Samagri and setup for the Mahabhairav siddhi
The speaker says the siddhi is not done at home first. It needs a tantrokta Bhairava Yantra made by a learned person with proper vidhi; if you cannot afford that, do the vidhan in a Shiva temple and dedicate the daily japa to Shiva there. The Mala is Rudraksha, Sphatik or black Hakik Mala — genuine — in a red Gomukhi; clothes red or yellow; the asana Kusha or a red or yellow blanket; face any direction except south. Two lamps: the ghee lamp for Shiva, and a somewhat larger mustard-oil lamp in Bhairav's name that burns a while. Daily Bhog is anything sweet — mithai, besan or boondi laddu, panchmeva — shared with people there and eaten oneself.
Misuse of the Mahabhairav sabar mantras brings swift punishment from Bhairav
The speaker says that because this is a sabar text, very difficult Sabar Mantras are used in it and it also contains marana-related mantras, so it must not be misused. If you knowingly do it to harm someone — taking a sankalpa in anger or greed or for any reason — then Bhairava is a very swift devata and punishes at once. It is being given publicly, in a limited measure, because many suffer and weep and cannot reach him personally; do it only if you are in distress or a Marana Prayoga has been done on you, so that you do not become fit for punishment.
Daily lemon bali to Bhairav and Bhairavi during the Mahabhairav sadhana
The speaker says the sattvik Bali here is of lemons: at least two every day, one in the name of Bhairava ji and one in the name of Bhagavati Bhairavi, offered daily in the temple during the Mahabhairav mantra japa and at home too when the home prayog is done. Take a green, raw lemon and cut it straight with the stem end — where it hung on the tree — held upward, not across the middle as for sharbat; put Roli on the two pieces, offer them, circle water three times and release it there. After the puja, lift them and dispose of them under some divine tree nearby. This is done through the whole sadhana.
How was Brahma born, and why did Bhairava sever His fifth head?
A lotus emerged from Narayan's navel, from which Brahma manifested; after wandering the lotus stem searching for his creator and performing 12,000 years of penance, Brahma became prideful upon seeing Narayan and assumed a five-faced form — Shiva manifested as a column of fire, and Bhairava then appeared and severed Brahma's fifth head to dismantle his ego.
Mahavidya and Hanuman prayogs against a bhagatwal chowki are done step by step, never directly
The speaker says that if the afflicted family finds a Mahavidyas sadhak or some strong sadhak, he does all the ordinary kaat measures and, alongside, uses his Mahavidyas and tells them to do kalpa vidhans too. But such things are never applied directly in tantra; it is always step-wise. For a person whose body is in pain, using them straight away is wrong and causes trouble — there is a small vidhan, but it is there: first do Bhairav ji's puja and Bali in a set way, then install even a small ansh of a temple at home, and only then proceed. Then bandhan shaktis are used — even Hanuman ji, if a good Hanuman sadhak is found: the Panchmukhi Hanuman or Ekadash-mukhi Hanuman vajra kavach and havan prayogs are taught and taken up as an anushthan, after which the shaktis the wrong bhagat had set on the house start getting beaten by Hanuman ji, the guard of Hanuman ji's dutas falls on the house, or the family obtains such protection from a properly awakened shakti-peeth such as Balaji, and the house is protected.
Jyotirlinga names and Bhairav's 108 names recited after the daily Durga 108 names
After the daily path of the 108 names is complete, the speaker says, the sadhak must recite Bhagwan Sadashiv's dwadash Jyotirlinga names — the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas — at least twelve times, and recite the 108 names of Bhairava ji once. The path of guru and Ganpati, he notes, was already done at the beginning.
Havan of the Durga 108 names for male sadhaks: ghee with honey and guggul, eleven ahutis per name
The speaker says the samagri of this Havan needs special care because it is a Paushtik Karma — the stotra is being made siddh in its pushta form — so men give Ahuti with ghee, mixing honey and a little Guggul into it. The 108 names are written out separately as a Namavali for the havan only (the path itself uses the whole stotra): the first ahuti in the name of Sati, the second Sadhvi, the third Bhavaprita, and so on to 108. Because 1,100 paths were done, eleven ahutis go with each name, about 1,100 in all. At the start, he says, the ahutis of guru, Ganpati and Bhairav ji are all given first; these come afterwards, and then the purnahuti.
Lemon bali and the standing purnahuti that close the Durga 108 names havan
After the jaiphal ahutis, the speaker says, comes the Bali of two lemons — one in the name of Durga ji, one in the name of Bhairava ji: each lemon is cut upright and put into the havan kund. When both are in, the sadhak stands up and does the Purnahuti. Its vidhi: cut open a dry coconut (gari), fill it with curd and jaggery, wrap it in red cloth and set it on a paan leaf; if one can, make five ghee puris, place them with kheer or jaggery on top, then read the purnahuti mantra and place it all in the middle of the havan kund. With that, he says, the vidhan is complete.
Take refuge in one of Jagadamba's four Veeras: Hanuman, Bhairav, Narasimha or Ganapati
The speaker says that those who serve and worship Shri Ma Jagadamba must take refuge in at least one of her four Veeras, the four Mahashaktis who stand as Veer and Gana: Hanuman, Bhairava, Bhagwan Narasimha or Ganesha. He says one should try to attain siddhi of that one Veera's vidya by the extended vidhan, and that Hanuman's Badvanal Vidya is one such route. He says whoever takes Hanuman's refuge and does these vidhans can have every kind of suffering and dosh in life removed by this single Anushthana, and that keeping it for life brings many benefits.
Madira in tantric tarpan: purified for the deity, not a licence to drink
The speaker says that where Madira is used for Tarpana in tantric worship of Bhagavati or the devatas, it is first purified through the Panchapatra and the method of patra sadhana, and only after that purification does tarpan take place; that use is dharma-yukt, meant for the shakti's tarpan, worship and pleasure. Taking a small portion as Prasad is a separate matter, he says, but offering one bottle to Bhairava and drinking four oneself, going to excess under the name of prasad, is an attitude that itself becomes the cause of such people's destruction, and they can never attain gati.
First remedy for a bound deity: refuge in its sahayak shakti, with Bhairav for a bound Devi
Once you know or sense that your devi-devatas are in bandhan, the speaker says, the very first thing to do is to take refuge in the Sahayak Shakti — the helping powers — of that deity. If a Devi is worshipped in your house — any form of Bhagavati, any partial yogini, any devi-tattva — you should take refuge in Bhairava ji, do his anushthan and invoke him. If the situation is very adverse, do the anushthan of the Bhairav of whatever Siddha Peetha is near you: for someone in Kolkata, where Bhagavati Kali sits at Kalighat, that is Nakuleshwar Bhairava. Go there and pray with the Bhairav stotra, the shatnam, the kavach and deep-daan in his name. After doing this there for some time, do the same process at home too, and the bandhan will break.
Freeing a bound kuldevi through havan with a sankalpa to Mahadev and Bhairav
The speaker says that when it is truly established that a capable tantrik has bound a household's deities, the way out rests on where deities get their strength: from the yajna and Havan you do — which is why he keeps saying to do at least one havan a month. Even if a tantrik has bound your ishta and Kuldevi with bali, bhog and a great act, your DNA and the very particles of your blood are hers, present in the family in partial form, so the link cannot be broken; a havan done for her from this body of flesh and blood produces an energy before which any binding, however large, will one day break. In the havan one takes a Sankalpa — we do this havan of Mahadev so that our kuldevi's binding is removed; we do this of Bhagwan Bhairava so that she is freed from every vachan of Abhichara prayog, is re-established in the house, her shakti is nourished by us and she does our welfare. This is the initial stage; through repeated, nourishing Paushtik Karma havans she is freed and reinstated, and then the house is bound with mantras and tantrokta keel so no energy tries again.
Bhairav worship at home: which form is safe, and why a Bhairav kavach should be kept siddha
The speaker says every follower of Sanatan Dharma must worship Bhairava at home, and the doubt that Bhairav puja cannot be done in a house should be set aside first; what matters is knowing which form to worship. Bhairav's Ugra (fierce) forms are not worshipped at home. One who knows one's kul Bhairav should worship him; otherwise one should worship Batuk Bhairav at home. He adds that some member of the house — especially the head of the household, or anyone who is a sadhak — should keep a Bhairav Kavach siddha for protection in life; there are many Bhairav kavachas, each potent in its own right, and the one he teaches here is the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach.
Why must Bhairava sadhana precede the sadhana of any other deity or Mahavidya?
Once initiation is received, Bhairava sadhana is the mandatory first step before undertaking the sadhana of any deity, especially a Mahavidya, regardless of which specific form the practitioner ultimately seeks to worship.
Diksha first, then the purashcharana of the Guru mantra, then the Bhairava mantra, and only then the Mula mantra
Tantric mantra accomplishment (Siddhi) follows a precise procedure: receive initiation, then complete the Purashcharana of the Guru mantra, then the Bhairava mantra, and only then the Mula (root) mantra.
Vairochana, Kabandha and Krodha Bhairava alongside Ganapati before Chhinnamasta — Bhairava carrying consciousness from the Muladhara to where Shakti unites with Shiva
Chhinnamasta's sequential sadhana requires three preliminary Bhairavas — Vairochana, Kabandha, and Krodha — alongside Ganapati sadhana, since every Mahavidya has Her corresponding Bhairava; Bhairava governs a practitioner's inner restraint, protection, and the elevation of consciousness from the Muladhara to the crown where Shakti unites with Shiva.
Why shouldn't Bhairava be viewed narrowly as just an entity for occult defense or offense?
Bhairava's grace eliminates worldly adversities, enemies, tantric obstacles, and financial deficiencies while bestowing mental stability — His worship is essential for spiritual nourishment generally, not merely a tool reserved for defensive or offensive occult operations.
Bhairava and Kali cast as 'sorcery' to keep people away, with trivial shortcuts sold in their place
Fierce protective energies like Bhairava and Kali were historically misrepresented as 'sorcery' to distance the public from authentic practices; people now flock to speakers promising trivial shortcuts (like offering a Bilva leaf with honey to pass exams) while avoiding core scriptural teachings and righteous conduct.
What are the rules for keeping a Narmadeshwar Shiva Lingam in the Bhairava aspect?
It may be kept without a base (Argha) in the Bhairava aspect if that is the devotee's sentiment, since Bhairava is an aspect of Shiva; a Shiva Lingam must still receive daily water Abhishek, sacred marks (Tripundra/Tilak), and a crown or Bilva/flower offering on top.
How should one protect against tainted food or water when sharing a kitchen with a suspected adversary?
Never consume food or water without first dedicating an initial portion on the floor to Lord Bhairava or Batuka Bhairava — once dedicated to the deity, malevolent effects are largely neutralized.
What regional esoteric traditions exist across Jharkhand, Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh?
Indigenous traditions of Tantra associated with fierce forms of Goddess Kali and Durga, such as Goddess Rankani, practiced by local practitioners known variously as Baiga, Ojha, Sokha, or Guniyan — direct, lineage-based practices sought for remedies near sites like Tanginath Mahadeva.
Mandala for a lemon bali to Bhairav: the triangle is inverted
When the lemon Bali is for Bhairava, the speaker says the triangle of the Mandala is drawn inverted, with its point downward, instead of upright as for the Devi. For Bhairav it may also be drawn with Sindoor. The lemon is then placed in the inverted triangle and the bali is given in the same way.
In what order is Argha offered after bathing?
Surya first with Gayatri or his name; then the lineage ancestors; then Ganesha; then Kula Bhairav and Bhav Bhairav; then Hanuman; then the three Shakti Pithas — Alopshankari, Lalita and Kalyani; then one's own tirthas, the Dwadash Madhav and Nagraj Vasuki.
What counts apply to Ganapati and Bhairava practitioners at the Kumbh?
12,000 of the Sankat Nashan Stotra at a thousand a day. Those doing Bhairava's Ashtottara Satanama, or initiated in his mantra, are told the period is highly divine for them — Bhairava's awakening happens fastest of all.
Which mantras are best suited to the Kumbh, and which are not?
Those that increase Tapobal. Mahabhairav may be performed, but he is an applied power awakened for subduing enemies and for protection — so the speaker would rather the practitioner take up the Ashtottara Satanama, so merit increases.
Where should the Swarnakarshan Bhairav potli from Diwali be kept?
The potli of Swarnakarshan Bhairav ji made at Diwali may either be hung near the main door of the house or kept in the puja sthan; it may be established at either of these two places. And its mala you may wear daily after doing japa on it. Those who have not obtained a tantrokta mala for the mantra of Mahabhairav, or who could not take one, or have nothing at all — for them too, doing japa on that mala and wearing it is most excellent.
Why is Bhairav to be the chief sadhana of this Kumbh?
The effort is that all of us together should do his special sadhana in this Kumbh — because the Mahadev who is foremost in raksha, who is the greatest deity, and whose ugrata is now a necessity, whose tattvas are needed most in your life and ours for the sake of protection, is Bhagwan Bhairav. So his special anushthan and the like is very necessary. On all these there will be separate discussion, he says; stay together for the preparation.
What should a sadhak going to the Mahakumbh keep in mind?
Asked what things a sadhak should keep in mind in going to the Mahakumbh, and how the journey to Prayagraj should be made, he tells Rajiv ji that there will be a separate full video and a full live with good discussion on this subject. To Balram ji, asked whether the japa of Bhairav ji and Hanuman ji, the five-faced one, may be offered — yes, absolutely, he says, you may offer it.
What dosha is incurred if an installed vigraha is left unworshipped?
If it is not happening daily, then that very dosha will attach, he says, and there will be no remedy of it — some kaal sarp dosha shown in the kundali, that there is kaal sarp dosha, deva dosha, pitr dosha, pitr shraap, matri shraap, that idea will be reduced to that much. But the reality will come out from here: that yes, you had the pratishtha of the vigraha done and have not done their seva, so this is a dev-shraap. It has been said that if the pratishtha of a Shiva temple, of a devi temple — meaning the pratishtha of a vigraha — is done and it is kept unworshipped, then their Bhairavs, growing angry, open their jata; meaning that they come into an ugra form, and even if they are in a bala form there, they attain ugrata in those kshetras.
Deep daan for the protective deities is increased and given in pairs — two lamps each for Hanuman, Narsingh, Bhairav and Bhagavati.
Whenever such a state arises, the quantity of deep daan for the deities who preside over protection should be increased, and the deep daan should be done in pairs. Whether you do it for Hanuman ji, there will be two lamps for him; for Narsingh Bhagavan, two for him also; for Bhairav ji, two for him also; for Bhagavati, two for her also.
What is the vidhi of Bhairav pujan on the day of Diwali?
Asked to be told the vidhi of Bhairav pujan on the day of Diwali, the speaker says the whole vidhi of Bhairav pujan that is prevalent, the one that is generally given, is the same one; deep daan in it will be special.
Is Bhairav puja at home compulsory for a householder?
The speaker says the seva puja of Bhairav ji at home is compulsory, and that every grihastha should do the puja of Batuk Bhairav ji at home. He adds that the session will cover which mantras may be used for japa, and what a household suffering very heavy abhichaar should do.
What does Bhairav kripa actually do for a household?
Purusharth in the body, bala, the capacity to protect the family, and the taking up and carrying of responsibility. Along with these, if any crooked eye or any nikrisht or negative shakti — whether a living person or a dead atma — tries to cause the family harm, it is the Bhairav tattva that acts for the family's protection.
What qualities appear in a person who worships Bhairav?
The speaker says such qualities become present of themselves in those who do Bhairav upasana that they protect, increase and maintain others. Where the head of a family, on whom the family's responsibility rests, has Bhairav's kripa, he takes up all his responsibilities without obstruction and cheerfully.
What does the kripa of a deity actually mean?
The purport of Bhairav's kripa here is only this much, he says: the development of the qualities connected with him. He gives the parallel of Hanuman ji, who is a sevak — worship him and a swami-bhakti arises within; worship Bhairav ji and a bhava of samarpan is awakened, toward one's aradhya and toward one's family duties.
Can a photograph be used instead of a trishul or vigraha?
Yes. The second way is to keep a chhaya chitra and worship with that. The third is the photograph of the shri vigraha of a Bhairav of some siddh peeth — as those of the Delhi region may wish to keep a photograph of Kilkari Bhairav. There is no dosha, no difficulty and no trouble in keeping a chhaya chitra.
May Bhairav be given a place outside the house, and which lamp is lit?
If you have space outside the house, where you raise Hanuman ji's flag, you may give him a place there in the form of a trishul, as a symbol, at some good spot or in a pot. If you give him a separate sthan there, a lamp of mustard oil in his name should certainly be lit morning and evening.
Which days call for special worship of Bhairav, and what is offered?
On Sunday, on Tuesday, on Ashtami, on Amavasya, on Chaturdashi and such days, if you wish to do his special puja, offer a bhog of boondi ke laddu separately in the naivedya, do his shringar, and you may give a bali of a lemon and the like.
What does Bhairav do about the maya of Rahu?
Rahu is held the greatest mayavi graha; if Rahu Dev becomes angry or begins to spread maya, a person caught in that maya becomes so confused that nothing can be said. Bhairav ji is the best for destroying all such confusions — by his kripa the mayavi shaktis are at once destroyed and come under control.
What is offered daily in the 41-day sadhana?
In the 41-day sadhana offer naivedya at both times, morning and evening. If possible certainly offer the naivedya of boondi ke laddu at home. And in a vessel crush ginger, mix water and jaggery into it, and keep it as a drink — it is the sattvik madira for Bhairav ji. When the pujan is over, pour it at the root of some divine tree. Two cloves and cardamom may be added if you wish.
May the offered madira be taken as prasad, and what is swan seva?
Anyone may accept as prasad the naivedya that has been offered there, but never accept the madira — the madira should be poured out for Bhairav ji alone. And while the forty-day Bhairav seva is running, swan seva, that is the service of dogs, must particularly be done: as far as possible feed dogs before you eat yourself.
What should be done for depression and other mental afflictions?
For whatever mental ailments there are — depression, anxiety, being in very heavy mental distress, or being disturbed even though there is no problem at all — at such a time one should take the sharanagati of Bhairav ji. He has the capacity to take these things away in an instant, and being a jagrit devata of the Kaliyug, is pleased at once.
What is the danger of using the Batuk Bhairav chitki mantras without diksha?
Speaking of the panchakshari and the chitki mantras of Batuk Bhairav which people use without diksha, he says the first problem is that without the stotra and Shatanama you have no medium of protection at all, you have not made a kavach siddh, and you are using chitki mantras directly. Those bhairavs whom the Durga Saptashati calls anishtakarak run away, and the bhairav grahas become attracted to you by the effect of the chitki.
What lasting result does the forty-day Bhairav sadhana give?
Then these things bear fruit, he says, and once Bhairav ji's kripa has been obtained — once Bhairav ji has given kripa and you have done this work — you will receive benefit from these 40 days of sadhana for the whole of your life. Even though you have done a kamya prayoga directly, many kripas of Bhairav ji are nevertheless obtained in it. Any person at all may do this seva puja.
What does one do if a spirit will not take gati?
The same kind of thing will happen here. If you are doing Bhairav ji's seva and someone is not taking gati, then make the sankalp of this matter first; and even if there is no elaborate Bhairav procedure, let only their puja be given and prayer made. If you have earlier done their purashcharan anushthan, then they bind the spirit and take it away, and its gati happens in that same manner.
What distinguishes Bhairav from other deities in protective work?
Other shaktis are merely in bhava, in daya bhava. But this is such a shakti that it takes up the matter of dharma and adharma fully and readily — because those who are rakshapala, who are ready to protect something, look very closely into the matter of dharma and adharma. Therefore everyone should certainly do his seva puja at home.
Why is the rudraksha mala compulsory in Bhairav worship?
Because their energy is so immeasurable and unlimited that when the Bhairav tattva begins to be present in the body and in the aura, then along with a protective bhava an ugra bhava also grows within you. You will become one who protects and nourishes his family, your patience will greatly increase and you will fight to the death for your family — but the ugrata will come in equal measure. So that the ugrata does not become unbalanced and no vikshobha arises in the body from the effect of the mantras, a rudraksha mala must be at the neck.
A summoned shakti demanding its bali, and its pacification at Vindhyachal
The speaker says he met the sadhika during the Trikon Yatra at Bhairavnath's place behind Kali Khoh, where she was "playing" heavily: the anushthan had been done, and the things upon her body were now demanding their bhog — saying in Bhojpuri that they wanted bali, that they had been called, so why were they not given, and they were angry. The local people pacified them: forgive, let it go, it was done unknowingly — to which came the reply that if you have called, you should give. She stayed 9-10 days, bathed in the Ganga daily, did laghu parikrama as far as she could, and kept propitiating Bhagavati; her derangement cleared, the body calmed, the uchchatan and the lump improved greatly, and she later reported that bleeding had begun again — a sign, she felt, that forgiveness was being received.
What is panchang sevan and where does the hriday paath fit into an anushthan?
The speaker says that whenever an anushthan is done for one's adhishthatri devata by correct vidhi vidhan, for their pleasure, panchang sevan comes into that anushthan, and the paath of the hriday comes under panchang sevan. Every deity, every Mahashakti and Mahavidya, Bhairav and Mahadev, has a hriday stotra of its own.
Why is Bhairav pujan compulsory in any Bhagavati anushthan?
The speaker says that under this vidhan, whichever shakti and whichever swarup of Bhagavati a person takes up, Bhairav ji's pujan happens compulsorily. Without doing Bhairav ji's pujan and anushthan, a Bhagavati-related mantra either does not give full fruit, or its energy becomes so intense and so great that the body has no power within it to hold that energy.
Why must Bhairav's permission be taken before mantra japa?
The speaker gives this as a third point: before the japa of mantras, Bhairav ji's agya and adesh are taken compulsorily. He says this will be received in the guru parampara, but even so a person should ordinarily know this much.
Can a woman do Bhairav's puja, and can Bhairav be worshipped at home when madira is offered?
The speaker reports that it comes up in many places that a woman cannot do Bhairav ji's puja, and that people say it cannot be done at home like this because madira is offered and it is tamasik. He says these subjects are dealt with elsewhere on the channel, and that listeners should hear them so their doubt is removed and they do not remain misled.
Every Bhairav is not for everyone — what is taught publicly should be what suits all, not a form right for one and harmful for another.
The speaker says that some person does research and development and tells you some new kind of thing — worship such-and-such Bhairav at home, worship this other Bhairav at home. Every Bhairav is not for everyone. On a YouTube channel or any social media platform, if something is to be told publicly for all, it should be a common thing that applies generally to everyone, that everyone can generally take up and obtain auspicious fruit from — not something of a form that is right for one and harmful for another.
On which tithi should the Batuk Bhairav Hriday anushthan be begun?
The speaker says one should begin from the Krishna Paksha Ashtami tithi of any month, or from any auspicious tithi that falls on which we begin a sadhana — whether it be the time of Navratri, the time of Shivratri, the Ashtami of Krishna Paksha, or any other parva kaal. With the mala kept earlier for the mantra japa, one should do at least one mala of the Bhairav mantra done before.
The flower is offered onto the shivling, tantrokta Rudraksha, yantra or trishul, and water samarpan follows it.
The speaker says that if you are doing it upon a shivling, offer it upon the shivling; if Bhairav ji's tantrokta Rudraksha is established, or a yantra, offer it upon that; or if there is a trishul, offer it upon that. After making the offering, take water in the hand once again and make the samarpan again.
Where does the Batuk Bhairav Hriday paath sit in the daily worship?
The speaker says the hriday should be taken into the nitya pujan: first the guru, then the paath of Ganpati, and after that you should take the Bhairav hriday paath into your nitya pujan. In this way, he says, complete this sadhana.
What must an uninitiated person not attempt?
If you are not initiated in some kula parampara, the speaker says, you may have an attraction towards distinctive forms — but if you do not know the prayoga, then do not do it. As an example he names Swarnakarshan Bhairav, whose prayoga they themselves are performing tomorrow, and which they have written out fully in the group.
Is a PDF from the internet enough to perform such a prayoga?
If you do not know it, a book or a PDF is available to you on the internet, the speaker says — but even in that the whole subject has not been given, or performing that subject is not possible for you, as to how and where and what is done; the matter given there is very brief. What is then to be done in it and how is not known. So do not do it, because these shaktis, while being saumya, are also fierce: ugra shaktis walk with them, they are mahashaktis.
The group anushthan covers Swarnakarshan Bhairav with his anga vidyas and Swarnakarshan Ganapati
If you do not have the adhikar for it — that is, your guru has not taught or told you this — then do not do a prayoga of this kind, the speaker says. If you wish, you may join in the anushthan. The anushthan of Swarnakarshan Bhairav will take place tomorrow night, but not of him alone: along with all his anga vidyas. Swarnakarshan Bhairav is only what is written in the main; Swarnakarshan Ganapati will also be there along with him.
A Mahalakshmi kalash and a new Swarnakarshan Bhairav kalash are being prepared for Dhanteras and Diwali
A more special kalash will be made for Dhanteras and Diwali this time, the speaker says. The Mahalakshmi kalash they have already given on the channel — those who wish to install a Mahalakshmi kalash may look at it, the vidhi vidhan has been told and they can do it themselves. This time an attempt is being made to establish the Swarnakarshan kalash, the Swarnakarshan Bhairav kalash; they had thought to begin from tomorrow, but one or two materials will not be available immediately, so it will be made from Dhanteras.
Where do those who sin all their life and die in Kashi go?
Asked where those go who commit sin all their life and give up their life in the last moments on a Kashi yatra, the speaker says Bhairav ji beats them and cuts them and makes them even — they are given bhairav yatna, bhairavi yatna, which is held to be thousands of times more terrible than the yama yatna. Bhairav ji does not send them to naraka; on death in Kashi, if a matter of this kind arises, it is not a matter of akaal mrityu but of purnayu. So if death occurred at the full span, then there Bhairav ji makes them the target of the bhairavi yatna and gives them punishment — beating them with a sota and flaying the red skin: having sinned all their life, will they simply be let off?
What is special about the Swarnakarshan Dhanada kalash?
At the time of Diwali the Mahalakshmi kalash and the Swarnakarshan Dhanada kalash will be made this time, the speaker says, and the preparation is to make it more special than the Mahalakshmi kalash, because its materials are very different — the materials will be related to what is related to the Mahalakshmi kalash, but in this the matters connected with Swarnakarshan Bhairav ji will also be present. And, as everyone knows, Swarnakarshan Bhairav is the shakti who bestows wealth even upon Bhagavati Lakshmi and Kuber ji.
Sadhak Maharaj ji will make all the arrangements for that pujan
It is exceedingly divine, the speaker says, because they will have Sadhak Maharaj ji with them at present; he has said that he will make all the arrangements for the sake of the sadhaks who wish that matters of this kind should be present. Through him, they will do all this pujan.
What should the Bali vessel be made of?
Metal. A clay Khappar may be used and need not be replaced, but it cracks when heated — and although the reason is ordinary physics, a cracked vessel is held not to be right for a practitioner.
Why is Batuk Bhairav recommended for every household this period?
Because he is the protection-principal deity and his pleasure destroys every enemy known and unknown. The speaker urges establishing Batuk Bhairava permanently in the household during this period, and warns against installing Kaal Bhairava instead.
The chosen deity's name should run through the day alongside the anushthan
Whenever time allows — while walking about, or as Ajapa Japa — the Guru mantra or the chosen deity's name should be running: Bhairava's ten names, Datta's twelve, the Goddess's name, or failing all else the name of Sitaram. Two or three days of dedication makes it automatic.
What can be offered as Bali in the daily Havan, and which woods are used?
One lemon, cut but not squeezed, placed into the fire pit — offered where the practitioner is performing Bhairava sadhana with a daily Havan. Khair wood is best, then cow-dung cakes with Navagraha woods and Bael; mango wood must not be used.
Why must the kshetra's Bhairav be worshipped before leaving?
Because when energy is obtained at that level, then as you relinquish that kshetra and come out of it, its imbalance begins. So whenever you have gone into any tirtha kshetra and done japa there, you should certainly perform the pujan of that tirtha's Bhairav again at the end, obtain his adesh, and only then leave — so that he keeps with you only as much energy as you can handle, and the rest stays with him, to be obtained whenever you invoke it at need.
What is the rule of order at Kamakhya?
The rule of the Kamakhya kshetra is that you take darshan of Umananda Bhairav ji first, and then, ascending the Nilanchal, take darshan of Bhagavati. Umananda Bhairav, then Pandu ji — Pandu, who is Bhagavan Narayana, where the creation began after the slaying of Madhu and Kaitabh — and after that, ascending the Nilanchal, you take darshan of Bhagavati.
Things went right earlier while the Bhairav ji pujan was being done.
The Bhairav ji pujan he had begun was done in between and things were going all right, the speaker recalls. He tells Shivam ji to begin giving pujan at the Bhairav ji sthan they had searched out, which he himself had described, and to do the Bhairav path again.
What is to be done in a Bhairav anushthan?
Asked what has to be done in a Bhairav anushthan and for the vidhi of the anushthan of Batuk Bhairav ji, the speaker says that first, at the beginning, it is those very things that should be done.
What should be done when every undertaking fails at the last stage?
Worship Bhagavati Bhadrakali alongside Bhagavan Vinayaka — an anushthana of the Sankatanashana Ganesha Stotra together with the first mantra of the Argala, which carries Bhadrakali's name, performed for at least a month and a quarter.
Why is Siddha Kunjika dangerous for those who recite it casually?
The speaker calls it a double-edged sword containing every power in its seed syllables. He attributes Meghnath's death in the Treta Yuga to an error in it, and warns against those who recite it without ever worshipping Bhairava or the Guru.
What should not be eaten during Pitru Paksha?
Wholly sattvic food, with garlic and onion excluded. The speaker suggests going further — stopping now and resuming only after Kartik Purnima, and those intending Bhairava sadhana in Margashirsha continuing the abstention through that too.
Why must the Bhairava of one's lineage be propitiated?
Because protection is what Bhairava provides. Just as Bhairava guards the Shakti Peethas, the lineage Bhairava guards the lineage — and ancestors who performed substantial worship in life are said to attain Bhairava-pada after death.
Each sadhak charges the material with his own aradhya's mantra — Datta, Ganpati, Bhairav, Hanuman, or whichever kavach of Bhagavati he holds.
Those whose aradhya is Bhagwan Datta, or who have particularly performed his anushthan, use his; those who worship Ganpati ji use Ganpati ji's mantra; those who have done a Bhairav ji anushthan use Bhairav ji's mantra; and in the same way Hanuman ji, and whichever forms of Bhagavati, whatever kavach there may be — all of these will be used. Some material has to be added in each case, and he will state it as he goes.
Khair wood joins the apamarg for a Bhairav prayoga, the abhimantran and material otherwise unchanged.
In exactly the same way, if the listener is making Bhairav ji's prayoga — having done Bhairav ji's ashtottara satnam, or using the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach — the whole abhimantran will be by this same vidhi and the material also will be the same, but for the samidha he should use khair wood. Let khair wood and apamarg wood both be used, he says, and let the listener perform this vidhan.
With the dhuna running and the house in protection, the sankalpa for artha is taken — so that no utpaat breaks out the moment the anushthan begins.
The dhuna will keep being given, things will keep becoming prachand, the house and family will remain in protection — and then, he says, do there the sadhana of Lakshmi ji, or of Bhagwan Bhairav ji, or of any other devi-devata, panchakshari or any other, with the aim of obtaining artha, taking a sankalpa with the desire for the attainment of artha. Then whatever calamity or obstacle comes will keep being destroyed, and it will not give an effect such that as soon as you did the anushthan an utpaat broke out. Bring a protective disposition, he says.
The Sharad Purnima anushthan turns on two forms: Bhagavati Ashtalakshmi and Bhagwan Swarnakarshan Bhairav.
The anushthan that is to take place through Grihastha Tantra on the day of Sharad Purnima, he says, has the anushthan of two forms predominantly: of Ashtalakshmi, Bhagavati Ashtalakshmi — which took place last year too — and of Bhagwan Swarnakarshan Bhairav.
A Saptashati prayoga is added this time to the fully tantrokta Ashtalakshmi anushthan and the Swarnakarshan Bhairav vidhan.
Keeping all these things in mind, he says, the vidhans of the anushthan are being increased this time. The prayoga of the Saptashati is also being placed in it. The Ashtalakshmi anushthan will of course take place, fully tantrokta, with its sapariya; the yag that takes place will take place; and Swarnakarshan Bhairav ji's will take place as well.
Do Shaligram bathing-water and Bhairav pujan speed up the remedial effect?
If the seva of Shaligram ji is also going on and the water in which Shaligram ji has been bathed is being sprinkled too, then it is most excellent. And alongside, if some other things can be done — the pujan and deepdaan of Bhairav ji — then depth will come faster.
An astrologer citing Rahu in the eighth house and Shukra in the ninth told a listener to abandon his Bhairav shakti upasana.
A listener named Rudra Pratap Singh says an astrologer, citing Rahu in the eighth house and Shukra in the ninth, told him he will become a bad tantric and should abandon Bhairav shakti upasana and chant the name of Radha. The speaker rejects the advice, saying that for Bhairav ji's sadhaks bhoot, pret and pishach are not big matters, and asks why on that basis he would become a bad tantric at all.
Which shaktis should be established in the eight directions at the foundation?
He says that afterwards, with the whole diagram or naksha of the house in hand — these are my corners — eight shaktis should certainly be established in the eight corners, at the neev itself. Whichever knowledgeable person you go to, let them employ for the ashta digbandhan whichever shaktis they use: ashta Bhairav, ashta matrika, digpala-related shaktis, or whichever mantras they have made siddh from their own shraddha.
Should one recite the Vairi Nashan Kali kavach directly?
He says that if there is need, do it; but if there is no such enemy, what is the need? First do Ganpati sadhana and the like, do Bhairav ji's, and then do Kali ji's. The Vairi Nashan Kali kavach is meant for when there is some wicked person who is troubling you — when there is no need, why do it.
The deepdaan vidhi above all, especially on Bhairav Ashtami
He says there are two or three anushthans he says again and again should be continued, especially the deepdaan vidhi: the deepdaan vidhi on the day of Bhairav Ashtami, either at Bhairu ji's temple or at home, wherever one does it. So much energy is generated by it that however great a vichar there may be, it shakes it thoroughly. The vidhi of 108 deepdaan, he says, has been explained on the channel.
What does deepdaan on every Krishna Paksha Ashtami do?
He says that if on every Ashtami tithi — even if only the Ashtami of Krishna Paksha — you do that deepdaan in the name of Bhairu ji, then it cannot be that a vichar karma has been done and it is not cut and broken. It will finish it off. In Bhairav tantra there is such a deepdaan vidhi, explained as simply and easily as possible; do it and see, he says, a great deal of energy is generated.
What does Bhairav deepdaan do to a person's aura and to the house?
He says that as their capacity increases, by Bhairav deepdaan your aura will become sharp and the energy of your house will increase very well. The place will be entirely emptied of the heap of negative energies that lies gathered there.
What should a house with constant quarrelling do?
For the protection of a house where kalah and klesh keep breaking out very much — quarrels among each other again and again, a quarrel whatever we do, a quarrel even when going to light a lamp — he says the Bhairav deepdaan vidhi should certainly be done wherever these things are happening.
On which days besides Ashtami should Bhairav deepdaan be done?
He says: do the Bhairav deepdaan vidhi on every Ashtami, and whenever a parva kaal comes — let it be a Purnima, let it be an Amavasya, let Ganga Dashehra come, or the Chaturdashi that is now falling, the Narsingh Chaturdashi. On that day too you can do Bhairav deepdaan, because Bhagwan Narsingh is also in a Bhairav form; deepdaan can be done on Chaturdashi as well. And if a continuous tantra vichar is being done upon you, do Bhairav deepdaan.
Confusion is the means by which negative shaktis keep feeding
When nothing else is understood, he says, then do all this; and if some doubt comes into your mind — that if we do this mantra such a thing will happen — nothing of the kind. There are ways of confusing you, so that you fall into delusion and cannot read the Hanuman Chalisa, cannot do the paath of Bhairav ji. Only if you are confused will those negative shaktis go on eating their food and enjoying their bhog through you. And as soon as you do the Bhairav deepdaan, the narikel deep vidhi, their effect begins to decrease. So it should always be kept up.
How should the purnahuti of a daily Bhairav Mahamantra havan be given?
Asked about doing a havan of one mala of the Bhairav Mahamantra daily, he says that if you are doing the purnahuti daily as well, then you can give the purna phal — that is, by means of a supari.
Bhairav as Shiva's form, guardian of every Shakti Peeth, and a post rather than only a deity
The speaker says Bhagavan Bhairava is held to be the very form of Shiva; the authority to give danda was first given to Bhairav in the kshetra of Kashi; he is present for protection at every Shakti Peeth and is the gram devata and Kshetrapal. But Bhairav is not only a deity — as Indra is a post, so is Bhairav. In 98 percent of places Bhairav is Shiva's own form, but at a few tirthas and Shakti Peeths other deities stand in the form of Bhairav; Batuk Bhairava, the child form of Shiva, is everywhere and is Bhagavan Sadashiva.
Daily Bhairav temple visits for a person under an abhichar that will not cut
The speaker says the person on whom some abhicharik prayoga has been done whose counter is simply not being found should certainly go daily to a Bhairava temple. One may go to Mahadev's temples, but if a Bhairav temple is available, whether one is a woman or a man one should go regularly. The reason he gives: the shaktis that move in Abhichara work are shamshanik and negative shaktis, and the presiding shakti under whom all of them stand is Bhagavan Bhairav.
A householder must not adopt a Bhairav or Kali temple that stands inside shmashan bhoomi
The speaker says a Grihastha should never go regularly, daily, to a Bhairava temple or a Kali temple that stands within Shamshaan bhoomi. If the temple stands before the boundary of the shmashan bhoomi begins, one may go there regularly.
Which Bhairav temple to adopt: an unworshipped one where no daily lamp burns
The speaker says the greatest reason for going regularly is that the Prarabdha, the karma, the affliction that is being cut nowhere else will be cut by Bhairava ji's grace. The temple to look for is an apujit one — a Bhairav temple where regular puja does not happen, where people come only on some particular day such as Sunday, and where not even a lamp burns on the other days. Such a temple should be seized at once, and one should take the burden of its regular seva on oneself.
Touching the Shri Vigraha of Bhairav is barred without diksha and guru's adesh
The speaker says the Shri Vigreh of Bhairava ji is not to be touched if one is not initiated. Only someone initiated in a panth, sampradaya or Guru Parampara where this is done, or initiated in Bhairav's mantra with the guru's adesh to touch the Shri Vigraha, should touch it. Otherwise one may touch a Shivling instead; Bhairav's vigraha is not for every person to touch by simply walking up to it.
Ninety or 108 days of continuous seva at an unserved Bhairav temple, and what it cuts
The speaker says: without touching the Shri Vigraha, place flowers and Bhog before Bhairava, light Dhoop and a lamp, do a paath of the Bhairav Sahasranama, the Bhairav Ashtak or the Kaal Bhairava Ashtak with bhaav, do aarti and come away. If such a temple where nitya seva does not happen is found and one begins seva there and goes continuously for three months — 90 days or 108 days — he will free one of every affliction, however great the court case, the false suit or the wrong prayoga done upon one.
Sharanagati of Bhairav and freedom from every fear
The speaker says Bhagavan Bhairava's grace is boundless: he increases extraordinary Punya and holds the capacity to quell many kinds of sins, and the person who attains his sharanagati becomes free of every kind of fear. So in any affliction or great calamity one should accept Bhairav's refuge, become his sharanagat, and look for a temple that is apujya — where puja happens little and people come only now and then — and do this there.
Can a woman do the seva of Bhairav?
Yes. Asked about the stri sadhika who is told first of all that a woman cannot do Bhairava ji's seva, the speaker answers: absolutely not so. The prohibition is on touching the Shri Vigreh, and that is forbidden for men too — nobody is to touch the vigraha. Beyond that, a woman may go and do the seva.
Chaumukh lamp on black sesame, bhog and dhoop for Bhairav
The speaker says the lamp is lit first of all: a Chaumukh Deepak lamp on a heap of black sesame, with two cloves, one cardamom and camphor put into it, kindled in Bhairava ji's name. Then offer Bhog of imarti, jalebi, or dahi bada made with one's own hand, papad, or any sweet one wishes; then flowers, itra, and fragrant Dhoop or the Guggul cup sambhrani sold nowadays, burnt well.
Sankalpa paath of the Bhairav Sahasranama or Kaal Bhairav Ashtak, and the five camphor aartis
After the dhoop, the speaker says, do a paath of the Bhairav Sahasranama or the Kaal Bhairava Ashtak, taking the Sankalpa "O Bhagavan Bhairav, free me from this affliction". Then Aarti with a lump camphor tablet in which two cloves are placed, shown five times and kept near Bhairav ji; make kshama prarthana, say that all the Punya is dedicated to Bhagavan Bhairav, release water and come away.
Disposal of the bhog offered to Bhairav
The speaker says the Bhog offered should, if one is a man and takes it oneself, be taken as Naivedya right there outside the temple, on the spot. Otherwise it may be distributed to small children, given to the temple's own sevaks to eat, or given to dogs — placed so they can eat it wherever they are found. Take a little oneself and feed all the rest right there to everyone.
Bhairav seva for mantras that will not fructify and for doshas of japa
The speaker says those who keep chasing siddhis and find that siddhi is not coming, the mantra is not becoming siddha and the mantras give no effect should do Bhairava ji's seva and see: every kind of mantra will become fully awakened, and whenever one takes a Sankalpa and uses it, it will give the full effect one wants. Any error in Japa — dosha in the pronunciation of the mantra and in its japa — is quelled by Bhairav's grace, so this dosha too is finished by his seva.
Refuge at an apujya Bhairav vigraha for a curse, an unintended killing or prayashchitta of a sin
The speaker says that if some dosha has attached to one, a Shraap has come upon one, a curse has been laid by some creature, a killing has happened by one unknowingly, or one deliberately committed a sin for which one now wishes to do Prayashchitta and feels no deity will give shelter — then take the sharanagati of such a temple and such a Shri Vigreh of Bhagavan Bhairava as is apujya, where regular puja does not happen or happens very little, and serve Jagadamba and Bhairav there in this manner. Even this much brings extreme benefit.
Cleaning the Bhairav temple and its surroundings, and feeding the dogs outside
The speaker says the seva of such a Bhairava temple includes its cleanliness — cleaning that place, that temple and the surrounding area — and the seva of dogs: feeding them salted roti and sweet roti, and arranging water and food for them as much as possible. He says explicitly he is not telling anyone to bring a dog home and tie it up; the seva is done outside. Bhairav gives more than one can imagine, and whatever the affliction, serving him this way frees one of it.
First sadhana without a guru: kula parampara, else Dattatreya, then Ganpati and Bhairav
For the initial sadhana, the speaker says: if there has been a guru parampara (Guru Parampara) in your house, if anyone has been initiated or has been a sadhak, then do it according to whichever parampara they belonged to. Otherwise, the upasana of any Mahashakti, or of Bhagavan Dattatreya — the guru-form, whom he calls the most capable guru in the whole world, the divine guru — and after beginning with his sadhanas, then go on to Ganpati sadhana, Bhairav sadhana and so on, doing all these things one by one.
What can a person do who does not know how to perform a havan at all?
The speaker says he has shown the vidhi of taking out a khappar in the Kalika Yogini sadhana, and how a satvik khappar is given. That can be done, and it needs no mantra at all. You may give that khappar in the name of Bhagavati Kali, in the name of Hanuman ji, in the name of Bhairav ji — in the name of any one deity of protective disposition who is renowned for these matters — or in the name of whatever shakti is worshipped in your house. There is no dosha of any kind in it.
Mental weakness is precisely what the other side exploits
You should not think that a tantra prayoga has occurred in your house and then feel yourself helpless and lose in your mind — that someone will kill me, that such a thing will happen to me. Everyone takes advantage of that very mental weakness, the speaker says. Instead, invoke Hanuman ji once with a hunkar; invoke Bhairav ji once with a war-cry, with the same bhava with which you shout.
Invoked with a full hunkar, Hanuman and Bhairav end the tantra in a few jolts
The vidhi given in the Kalika Yogini teaches the method of invocation, the speaker says — how they are to be invoked. Go and try invoking them. With a full hunkar, with a full war-cry, with full force, they come. In jolt after jolt they finish it off and go, however many negative things of tantra there may be. But that bhava does not come.
Can Bhairav ji and Mata ji be given bali in a single vessel?
Asked about the bali given at Gajar, where Bhairav ji and Mata ji have a single vessel, he answers: yes, it can be given in one and the same vessel, there is no difficulty.
Can laung and kapur be given to Bhairav Baba as bali?
Absolutely, the speaker says: laung and kapur can certainly be given to Bhairav Baba in the bali.
Is it right to serve a deity in the bhava of a brother or a child?
A listener says he worships a black stone at home in the form of Bhairav and serves it like Laddu Gopal, feeling as if he were his younger brother. It is a very beautiful and good bhava, the speaker says: what could be better than worshipping a deva shakti in some relation of one's own — as brother or sister, as mother or father? But in excessive self-absorption people begin to do all sorts of crooked things, and that should not be done. Make them your brother with bhava, make them mother and father with bhava, but never forget the maryada of a deva.
Can the Bhairav pashan be awakened in the absence of a trishul?
Asked whether, as the Bhairav trishul is awakened, the Bhairav pashan can also be awakened in the absence of a trishul, he says yes, absolutely, it can be done. But whenever you keep a Bhairav pashan, it is not kept without applying sindoor. If you have established Bhairav ji at home in the form of a pashan — a black stone, triangular, however you have kept it — always keep it with a chola of sindoor applied, coated in it, just as Hanuman ji is kept.
A brass vigraha or trishul form is kept with ordinary or special shringar, with a crown
For the rest, the speaker says, if it is a brass Shri vigraha, or in trishul form, then you can keep it with ordinary shringar or with special shringar done, putting a crown and so on upon it.
What should be done about a deity's than left behind at a former residence?
A listener says he used to live in a government quarter where the than of Bhairav and Sati Mata had stood for sixty years; on leaving the house they were left there, and now he does dhoop-dhyan in their name. Very bad, the speaker says, a loss of life and wealth has occurred. He asks why, having lived and worshipped there for sixty years, he left it. If anything is established even upon a stone and you cannot bring them like that, then first of all their visarjan should be done. They should not be left just anyhow.
Should sindoor be applied to a silver trishul?
It can be applied on Bhairav ji's trishul, the speaker says; on Shiva ji's trishul, bhasma and chandan can be applied.
Is it right to coat Bhairav ji in black kajal?
A listener says he has applied a coating of black kajal to Bhairav ji. Ah, so you have made Bhairav ji entirely black, the speaker teases, naming him. Very well, he says — if it is done in your region, then it is all right.
What mantras do people reach for when they want wealth quickly?
For example, if wealth is wanted as soon as possible, then mantras of the Swarnakarshan Bhairav or Akash Bhairav type — prakat ho swarna dehi dehi swarna pradane praday — and mantras of the Mahalakshmi Asuri Lakshmi dhanam dehi dehi type. And if people go to Bhagavati Baglamukhi, then the direct use of the Mandar vidya in her, by which they become so attracted that they want to do those very mantras.
How does one choose among the many Ashtottar Shatnams?
There are very many Ashtottar Shatnams. Read the phalashruti first of all, and the purva pithika — the things told at the beginning, that Bhairav ji asked, or Maa Bhairavi asked, which is the means by which creatures in the Kalikaal will be able to be liberated easily. Then Bhairav ji tells that if any person does nitya path of these 108 names of Bhagavati Kali, all kinds of siddhis become available to him very easily. Do its path first and see what is being said; then after the 108 names see what the phalashruti is.
Basant Vijay Maharaj ji, a sadhak of the Bhairav of Manikarnika, is given as the example of a shamshaan sadhak
Those who do shamshaan sadhanas — for example, suppose those who do the sadhana of the Bhairav of Manikarnika. There are such vidhi vidhans, and you will find this thing there to hear. He mentions that Basant Vijay Maharaj ji's video used to go very viral earlier: he has been a sadhak of the Bhairav ji of Manikarnika, many siddhis are obtained to him, and very many people have seen the direct example of it — although he gave up display, being a Jain muni.
What is done before Bhairav pujan in the shamshaan?
By him too this thing was there, a little of it, in some pravachan: that when shamshanik kriyas or vidhans of that kind are being performed, then in the nyasa vidhi the most necessary thing for us is that of whomever we have already been doing the seva puja. Bhairav pujan is not done directly — in the shamshaan, Bhairav ji is not done directly; before that there is the whole vidhi vidhan of Shiva ji.
Should the Siddh Kunjika and Bhairav mantras be given away publicly?
As in the Siddh Kunjika — this Kunjika, that Kunjika, people have opened up the whole Kunjika and laid it out today. Obtained it certainly was. Gurus give it with great trust: brother, keep it secret. Rajyam deyam shiro deyam na deyam Bhairavaksharam — give away the kingdom, give away the head, but do not give the akshara of Bhairav. Here people are distributing the akshara of Bhairav entirely like jalebi; the Bhairav mantra is being distributed at 251 rupees.
Is it right to do two anushthans at the same time?
Asked whether it is right to do two anushthans together: yes — if both being done are connected with Bhairav ji, then they can be done. In such a case two kinds of sadhana of one and the same deity can also be done. If there is that much time, then do not do mantras and the like of this kind; there is stotra and stuti, that can be done.
In what order should the parts of a nitya puja be done?
A listener recites his daily order: guru smaran, Datt mantra mala, then Sankat Nashan Ganpati stotra, then Bhagavati's Satnam kavach stotra, then Rudrashtak, then Bajrang Baan. The speaker answers that first comes guru smaran with the Datt mala; after that Ganpati; after Ganpati, Bhairav; then Hanuman ji; then Jagdamba, or Lakshmi Narayan; and Shiva ji should be done at the very end.
Why are people frightened of worshipping Baglamukhi and Bhairav at home?
Even after so much has been said, the speaker observes, people in today's time are frightened of performing the pujan of Bhagavati Baglamukhi and Bhagavan Bhairav at home. But everyone ought to understand what the real matter is: their pujan has had importance from the Vedic era. At the least we should certainly do this much of their puja — and five minutes should certainly be given to Surya Narayan.
Why is Krodh Bhairav prescribed before yakshini or apsara sadhana?
The sadhana of Krodh Bhairav becomes extremely necessary in this, the speaker says: it is said that Krodh Bhairav should be done, and that without doing Krodh Bhairav the sadhana of a yakshini or apsara should not be done, because Krodh Bhairav controls her. But then who will control Krodh Bhairav? For his control too we must take refuge in Bhagavati — then Bhagavati's sadhana is needed. These are links joined to one another.
In what order should Mahadev, Parvati and the kula's own apsara be worshipped?
If you do the sadhana of Mahadev and Bhagavati Parvati, the speaker says, you will not need to do anything else at all. Even so, if you wish to go step by step, then the yakshini of the kula in which you are initiated, the apsara of that same kula who is proper for you, will be given to you by the guru. If you have done, say, 12 lakh japa of Bhagavati's mantra, then a sawa lakh of whichever Bhairav or Mahadev form belongs to her will be done, and after that the japa of the Bhairav of that kula — though Bhairav's japa and Ganpati's japa come first in any case.
A puja vidhan already done before may be taken up again, or Bhagavati Shakambhari worshipped.
Asked whether there is some puja vidhan for the coming Navratra from 30 December, the speaker says yes — the puja vidhan you have already done before, which he keeps repeating, you can begin again at that time. Any sadhana of Bhagavati or any sadhana of Bhairav ji that you have done in the past you can do in the Shakambhari Navratra, or you can also do the upasana of Bhagavati Shakambhari. For Makar Sankranti he will give something separately, and will state a single-day sadhana.
Which mantra should be used for the smaran of Bhairav ji?
Asked which mantra to use for the smaran of Bhairav ji, the speaker says to use his dhyan mantra — "करकलित कपाल कुंडली दंड पानी" — and to remember him with that. Or use this mantra: "करतु समय सपरिया विघ्न विच्छेद हेतुर्जयति बटुकनाथ सिद्ध साधका नाम". Or utter his ten names: "कपाली कुंडली भैरवो भी मलोचना".
Repeat the sadhana already begun; a new one comes only after the basic Guru-Ganpati sadhana
He says again: if you are already doing some sadhana, repeat that very one. A protective sadhana may be taken up if you have not done one — many have been doing Ganpati ji's sadhana, have done the Sankat Nashan, have done the Ekakshari japa of Dattatreya Maharaj. Once their basic, initial sadhana of Guru and Ganpati is complete, then the sadhana of Bhairav ji or of Hanuman ji is to be done — and either may be begun from Dwadashi or from Chaturdashi. In his own view you should do Hanuman ji's Panjar now, which is the fastest; or if you wish, the Badvanal.
What should Bhairav sadhaks do on Amavasya night?
Those who have dedicated their life so far for the sake of Bhairav ji, who do the anushthan of Bhairav ji again and again, should certainly do the deep daan of one hundred and eight on the night of Amavasya — that is, on Sunday this time, at night, on 12 November. You can do it that day after the pujan and the rest, in the mahanisha kaal; it is to be done at home itself, there is no need to go outside to do it.
Swarnakarshan Padalik Bhairav is taken up, with Kalratri and Mahakalika separately
The anushthan connected with Bhagavan Swarnakarshan Padalik Bhairav, who are the chief Bhairav — chosen because the problem connected with dhan is everyone's, everyone has need of wealth and the rest, and dharma can happen only from dhan. He quotes: tum bin yajna na hoe vastra na koi pata. But it is not only that: two chief acharyas will perform separate anushthans — the whole mandal pujan utsav of Swarnakarshan Bhairav by one acharya, and the pujan of Bhagavati Kalratri and Mahakalika separately.
What about strange dreams that come from outside the house?
If there is masan dosha and the like, if you are seeing disordered dreams and there is nothing of that kind in the house but something outside, then on the day of Amavasya or the day of Chaturdashi you may do the pujan of Bhairav ji at a Bhairav temple, or at home too. The mantra for the japa of Batuk Bhairav ji has been given on shabar; you may take up that japa — women too and men too can do it. And for the sake of the pitr you will certainly do it.
Ghanta Karna is included in the thirteen-syllable sadhana, but is not written down publicly
Asked about Ghanta Karna, he says that this time they had included the Ghanta Karna sadhana too, in the Swarnakarshan Bhairav anushthan that is taking place; afterwards they removed it from the written form. They will still be there, because in the thirteen-syllable sadhana Ghanta Karna Mahavir too will have a place — but they have not written it out expressly there. The reason is that from giving all these names, people begin to demand things connected with them, tell this, tell that; and that they do not want. That is why they do not put it in.
Knowing nothing else, the Jayanti Mangala Kali mantra 108 times morning and night with the family, a lamp each for Bhagavati and Bhairav, is enough to bring benefit.
Then take the Jayanti Mangala Kali mantra and do its path 108 times in the morning and 108 times at night, together with the family — kindling a lamp in the name of Bhagavati and one in the name of Bhairav ji. It is a simple sort of task, and the speaker says that if you do even that much, then whether or not you have any enemy, whether or not any trouble is in your life, benefit will certainly reach you.
Its vidhi and prayogas are too intricate to perform unlearnt, whereas the simpler Durga yantra and chakra pujan carry no dosha for one who knows them.
Because its whole vidhi-vidhan and all its prayogas are intricate — without having learnt it you will not be able to perform it, and dosha will attach. Apart from that, the yantra of Bhagavati Durga, which is somewhat simpler to do, and her chakra pujan and the like — if you know those, you may do them, and in that there is no dosha upon you.
Batuk Bhairav sadhana as the third sadhana of a new sadhak
The speaker says that once the guru and Ganpati sadhanas are complete, the third sadhana is Bhairava's. Bhairav has many forms — Batuk Bhairava, Kaal Bhairava, Bhoot Bhairav, Mahabhairav, Shamshan Bhairav, Mahakal Bhairav and the Bhairavs of every Shakti Peeth — but the one a new sadhak must do is the Batuk Bhairav sadhana, for the security and completeness of his sadhana. Before taking it up, he says, one must first clear the fear that worshipping Bhairav brings bhoot-Preta; how much and how to do it is covered in separate videos, which he does not repeat here.
Ganpati japa with pranav and no Bhairav pujan alongside Navarna
The speaker says that the ordinary Ganpati sadhana the man did alongside the Navarna was also done with Pranav, so a mantra Dosha attached there too. Asked about Bhairava pujan, there had been none in particular: he would read the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak once and, when very pleased, the Shiv Chalisa on Mondays and Fridays. That, the speaker says, is no Bhairav pujan.
Can Krodh Bhairav be worshipped at home?
The speaker says the upasana of Krodh Bhairav does not happen sitting at home; brother, he says, we cannot even reach up to there. First do that for which every worldly jiva in the human birth has the adhikara. Become capable, and then go into the seva of Krodh Bhairav. And in any case, he adds, you will not accept it, so that is a different matter.
For repeated pregnancy loss with a Chudail-like force present, Batuk Bhairav is preferred over Mahabhairav
Batuk Bhairava is the better choice here, not Mahabhairav — provided the questioner genuinely knows that a Chudail-like force is what is present.
What does a triangle appearing repeatedly as a sign mean?
The speaker's answer to a listener who keeps seeing an upward-pointing triangle form — in what falls from his hand, in a spilt blood-sample injection — is a single instruction: perform Bhairav ji's Upasana.
Why does Vir Ganpati hold a Baital?
The speaker calls it a very good question and refuses to answer it — because discussing these forms would send everyone running that way. He gives only the general point: Bhagavan Ganpati has such forms alongside every Vidya, and Ganpati and Bhairav both take different forms with each.
What should be done if a Kula deity asks for liquor?
First ask the elders of your maternal uncle's Kula which deity is worshipped there — Bhairav, or someone else. Very few deities in white garments ask for liquor. Find out first; do nothing without knowing. If Sattvik liquor can be given there is no fault; otherwise show it to a knowledgeable person and then act.
What does the word Bhairav actually mean?
The speaker says the meaning of Bhairav is the one who does bharan-poshan, the one who protects. So Hanuman ji too becomes Bhairav — it is not that Bhairav means only the Bhairav we ordinarily know.
Can deities other than Bhairav ji hold the post of Bhairav?
Yes. The speaker says Bhairav's swarup is not such that Bhairav means only the Bhairav ji we know. The meaning of Bhairav is the one who does bharan-poshan, who protects. At very many places Hanuman ji stand as Bhairav ji, and at very many places Shiva ji himself stands in the form of Bhairav — besides which Bhairav ji's own root swarups, the different kinds of Bhairav, of course exist.
How often must Bhairav's vidhi-vidhan be performed?
The speaker says their vidhi-vidhan should certainly be done on every Ashtami, in the manner in which we do Bhagavati's puja daily. If you do not perform Bhairav's puja, then there is no one in the house to restrain and to protect. For the obtaining of protection, Bhairav ji's puja is necessary.
Is Khandoba the kul Bhairav for those who worship him?
The speaker says that Tulja Bhavani's case has been told; and Khandoba is indeed the kul Bhairav — it is Khandoba who is worshipped in the form of Bhairav ji, since Khandoba is a form of Bhairav ji himself.
Bhairav pyala as the second remedy, and the Vaishnav alternative of lemon bali with jaggery to Narasimha
The speaker names the pyala of Bhairava ji as the second siddhi-free remedy against an abhichar, but says not everyone can offer it: guru adesh enters, and a Vaishnav whose Guru has forbidden even touching madira for life cannot. The alternative, he says, is that for a Vaishnav, Bhagwan Narasimha himself is Bhairav — there is even a Narasimha Bhairav form, and every protection-dominant deity is called Bhairav. So at the chaukhat where the utara was done, if one cannot go outside, a Nimbu Bali is given to Narasimha with a Bhog of Gud.
Utara sent to the Kshetrapal when there is no chaukhat or the abhichar is severe
The speaker says that if there is no chaukhat, or the abhichar has become very troublesome, the utara is sent to the Kshetrapal — again with no siddhi needed, but with one rule: it is far better to know who the Kshetrapal is. The main Kshetrapal is always Bhairava, but at many deehs founded within the last hundred years people have installed a brahm as deeh baba, and then two nikaris go — one for Bhairav and one for Brahm Baba. The full Kshetrapal nikari for Bhairav is what the sattvik mode calls an urad Bali: whole black urad, rice and curd, with a Chaumukh Deepak lamp, a white sweet, Dakshina and water on top.
Bhairav danda is not offered during kharmas
The speaker tells a listener not to offer the Bhairava danda during kharmas: there is no need to offer it in that period — stop for now, and offer it only on 14 January or after.
Dream of a snake carrying you with its head raised
The speaker says that if in a dream a snake carried you off with its head raised, the plain meaning is that your crisis is being removed by Bhagwan Narayana or by Bhagwan Bhairava. It is a good Swapna.
What is offered to the Kuldevi and the Kul Bhairav at the annual worship?
For the Kuldevi, the sixteen Shringar as far as your means allow — saree, saya, blouse cloth, bangles, sindoor, mehndi — without compromising on quality even if buying cheaply. For the Kul Bhairav, a dhoti and gamcha in red, yellow or pink as you please.
What should be done on Saptami by someone who cannot afford the full worship?
The Khappar method: a large dried coconut split lengthwise into two bowls, filled with cashew, raisin and camphor and kindled — one for the Kuldevi on your right, one for the Kul Bhairav on your left. The whole thing costs about two to three hundred rupees.
The Sankalp is taken with water in hand, and the Kul Bhairav's Khappar is lit first
Take water in hand, state your name and Gotra, and say that on this Kuldevi Saptami you are performing this worship to the best of your means for your Kul Shakti's pleasure. The Khappar on your right is the Kuldevi's, the one on your left the Kul Bhairav's — light the Bhairav's first.
The Khappar is offered in the name of the region's Shakti Peeth and its Bhairav
To the Shakti Peeth of your area and its Bhairav — Vimala and Jagannath in the Purushottam Kshetra, Kalighat's Kali with Nakuleshwar Bhairav in Calcutta, Tara with Akshobhya Bhairav near Tarapith — with the prayer that it reach your own Kuldevi.
Who punishes an offence committed against a deity?
This is an aparadh, and then their ganas give the punishment. Bhagavan is hardly going to come and punish, he says — but their ganas, whose responsibility it is that no insult come to our aradhya, punish you; you are punished by those very yoginis and by those very Bhairavs.
Upon whom does the insult of a devotee actually fall?
She is the Swamini, he is the Swami; you are their servant. The person who has come has come to the Swamini's house, not to yours. When you insult him, who is grieved, who is pained, whose insult is it, at whom is the finger raised? It is raised at that Swamini.
Venue for the Mahabhairav prayoga: an ugra Bhairav temple where madira is offered
The speaker says the first thing is to find a temple of Bhairava ji; there is no alternative to it. Asked whether a Shiva temple will do, he says no. Asked whether a Batuk Bhairava temple, or any temple where worship is only by sattvik vidhi, will do, he again says no: as this Prayoga is, it needs an Ugra deity and there is no choice. What is needed is a Bhairav kshetra nearby where worship is done by an ugra, Vamachara vidhi and where karan and similar patras, that is Madira, are certainly offered to Bhagavan Bhairav. Only there is the prayoga done.
Lifelong seva vow to Bhairav once the Mahabhairav prayoga succeeds
The speaker says that if your work is accomplished within the 41 days, you are to tell Bhairava: "Prabhu, on the Ashtami tithi of every month, or whenever it becomes feasible for us, we will come once and do your seva-puja before leaving." And you must serve him for the rest of your life so that his grace remains. He says you are not binding yourself in any bondage; the grace of a divine shakti will be with you, and whenever you fall into trouble this shakti will stand by you. Each time you go, offer him Naivedya.
Shringar puja and nimbu bali to Bhairav after the Mahabhairav prayoga succeeds
The speaker says this mantra is richly endowed with agni tattva, an Ugra mantra in which four Bhairavs operate, so by Bhairava ji's grace the work is certainly accomplished in full. When the work is accomplished, give him shringar puja and Bali: in bali only coconut bali and Nimbu Bali, at least 18 lemons or a Mala of 108 lemons, give him full seva-puja and keep him pleased. By Bhairav ji's grace, he says, many works get done.
Form of Kalika for the yogini sadhana dhyan
The speaker describes the Devi's form: four-armed, black in colour yet gentle, with a crescent moon on the forehead and three eyes; two of the four arms in abhaya and vara Mudra, one hand holding a Khappar and one a khadga. She is seated upon Mahadev Sadashiva, with Mahadev Shiva lying beneath in the form of Bhairav.
Mala for the Kalika Yogini japa and its substitutes
The speaker says the Mala is very important: best is a Tantrokta Rudraksha mala of nine-mukhi Bhairavi rudraksha — Bhairavi, not Bhairav — with a red Gomukhi. Without it, the mantra may be done on a mala of laung (cloves), kaudi (cowries) or shankh. If none of these can be arranged, begin the initial sadhana anyway and contact him later for the mala and the further special vidhan; meanwhile use at least a panchmukhi rudraksha mala given full Prana Pratishtha, or, failing that, bathed five or seven times in raw cow's milk while taking Bhagavati's and Mahadev's names.
Temple invitation vidhan the day before the Kalika Yogini sadhana
The speaker says the amantran is given the morning of the day before the sadhana starts, at the nearest Kali temple in one's own town — never a shamshan temple; failing that, a Shiva temple beside Parvati. A thali carries a red jawa garland, a lotus, bel patra, five sweets, a chunari, a gamchha, paan-supari on top, Akshat, rose ittr, some Dakshina and two ghee lamps, plus a ripe red pomegranate if possible. After lighting a lamp one prays, stating one's own name and Gotra, to Jagdamba, Parvati, Kalika of Himalaya, for one motherly Yogini who stays for life, helps in every dharmic work and finally leads to her loka — no lamenting of sorrows — and asks Shiva-Bhairav's permission too, since his aagya is necessary. The pandit offers everything in the sadhak's own name and gotra only, never the family's; the lotus is retrieved for a further dakshina and worshipped first next day on a red chunari.
What do the new self-styled tantriks tell people?
In this same sequence come the newly minted young men who become tantriks, the speaker says, using a crude epithet for them. They will tell anyone at all that there is Bhairavi tattva within you, so become a Bhairavi; that one Bhairav can keep more than one Bhairavi, that he can do this and that. He says repeatedly that this thing never happens in that manner, and that the words Bhairav and Bhairavi have in today's time been made disreputable.
How is karan offered at Tarapith, and why may it not be watched?
In the Vam paddhati, when you go to Tarapith at the Ram Ram ghat in West Bengal, at the time when karan is offered there you are forbidden to watch, the speaker says. Nowadays money is taken and everything is shown, and everything there has become open; but at the time of the chief pujan, the shringar pujan, the mudras that come in Panchamakara are used to purify the karan, and by the mantras given in the guru parampara it is freed from the curse of Krishna and Shukra, and only then offered to the devi and drunk.
Who has actually been called a Bhairav?
He within whom the capacity for bharan-poshan exists has been called Bhairav, the speaker says — and that is never present in any new sadhak. He then asks the real questions: at what time does a new sadhak need a Bhairavi, at what time is Bhairavi deeksha given, and if someone obtains Kamakhya deeksha, in what manner is it obtained, and what has to be done before that.
What does a proper guru have a disciple do first in the Kaul or Shakta marga?
Whenever you do the seva of any Shakti Peeth, or whenever you receive the deeksha of any shakti, the speaker says, the properly traditional gurus — go into the Kaul marg, go into the Shakta marg — first of all have you do, after guru sadhana, the sadhana of Bhairav ji. In Bhairav sadhana such capacity and such experience are obtained that afterwards, when women come before you, your bhav will simply be different; in the traditional way your bhav before everyone will be different.
What should be done if a shakti is taking some kind of bhog from us?
Whenever you do mantra japa, different kinds of effect increase in the body, the speaker says. If the effect increases at the Muladhara, then both kaam and krodh increase. If you do sadhana connected with Bhagavati Kali, then krodh will also increase within you and there will be an increase of kamanas as well — that is, you will be very much afflicted by kaam. To control it, who will control it? Shiva will. Therefore the abhishek of Shiva, the abhishek of Bhairav, is necessary.
What is the mahima of Mata Tripurasundari, and what dosha attaches at Kamakhya?
The mahima of Maa is endless, the speaker says. Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya has been held to be the tantra swaroop of Bhagavati Tripurasundari; the ten Mahavidyas and all the Bhairavs are seated in the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra with their whole mandal and parivar. Also, whenever any initiated person goes into the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra and does not do japa of his deeksha mantra there, a tantra dosha attaches to him — which is held to be the most powerful dosha of Kamrup Kamakhya.
May prasad be offered on the threshold every day?
No, prasad should not be offered on the chaukhat daily, the speaker says. It is offered on the Ashtami if you are doing kuldevi pujan — on the Ashtami, or on whichever tithi your kuldevi's pujan takes place, or Bhairav ji's pujan; it may be offered by tithi or by day. It should not be offered daily; a lamp you may light daily on the chaukhat, but prasad should not be offered daily.
If I cannot meet my guru, may I use a Sabar prayog myself, and in what order should sadhana begin?
If you have perfected the Sabar mantras, then you may use them, the speaker says. Asked where to do kuldevi sadhana and Shiva sadhana, at a temple or at home, and in what order, he says: if you are new and are doing your first sadhana, then first of all you should do the sadhana of the guru mantra. If there is no guru, then Bhagwan Dattatreya holds within himself the swaroop of all three, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, so japa and sadhana of the mantras relating to Bhagwan Dattatreya should be done. After that, if you wish to do Shiva ji's sadhana, then before that do the kuldevi's sadhana; and before even that you should do the sadhana of Ganpati and Bhairav. In order, this is how it goes.
How is a rudraksha mala purified?
Information on Swarnakarshan Bhairav sadhana can never be had on this channel, the speaker says, and for that he asks pardon — because the chief tantra sadhanas are also most particular sadhanas, and there is no benefit in making them public; people only listen, and then only misuse of it happens. Asked how a purchased rudraksha mala is to be purified, he says the vidhi of purification has been given on the channel — look at the very first five or seven videos, in which the whole method for a mala has been told. Asked which mantra should be taken to begin sadhana, he says one may do a beejakshari, and one may also do a mala mantra.
Akhand jyot for prana raksha in the name of the kul shakti, with 27 black peppercorns
The speaker says the first vidhan is to light an Akhand Jyot in the name of the kul shakti with a Sankalpa for the afflicted person's life, and to put 27 black peppercorns into it in the name of the 27 Nakshatras — even if one does not know their names. If the kul shakti is not known, the same lamp is lit first in the name of Bhairava ji, or of whichever main deity the whole family worships together.
Bhairav deepdan of 108 lamps on the day a maran prayog strikes
The speaker says the fifth vidhi is the Bhairav Deepdaan taught on the channel: make a yantra of 108 lamps and give Bhog at eight places in the name of the ashta-bhairav, at home in the evening (or morning) of the day the prayog struck, on the first day only. Bhairava ji's energy comes with great force, the negative energy present there begins to be completely destroyed, and however great the bali vidhan behind the prayog, it cannot succeed in its intent.
Weekly Kali or Hanuman temple puja, lemon garland and lemon jyot, and evening lamps in Bhairav's name after a maran prayog
Alongside all the vidhans, the speaker says, give puja at a Kali ji or Hanuman ji temple on Tuesdays and Saturdays, garland Bhagavati with lemons, and light a lemon jyot with a sankalp made through the patient's own touch. Every evening light a lamp on either side of the house, or a single small chaumukh lamp with four wicks in Bhairava ji's name. Kept up for a long time, this pacifies and destroys the maran's effect, and whatever prayog someone does, the calamity they intend cannot arrive — though the rest, he says, lies with Bhagavati's will and one's own Prarabdha and punya.
May another Bhairav mantra be done on the mala of the Bhairav mahamantra?
Asked by one who has done eight days of jap of a Shiva mantra how to make an anushthan of it, he says: continue it, and that the vidhi vidhan for it has been given. Asked whether some other mantra of Bhairav may be done on the mala used for the Bhairav mahamantra, he says there is no difficulty at all.
Practices that wear down inherited paap
For release from inherited paap, the speaker says, there is a path: go on tirtha yatra; do parikrama of Govardhan, of the Trikon mountain at Vindhyachal (the Trikona Yatra), and around the main temples wherever you go; worship Shiva and Bhairava. Among many vidhans is worship of the Peepal tree, by which paap is cleared very quickly. Bathe in the Ganga and, standing in water up to the navel, do Japa of your ishta's mantras, or of the guru mantra if you are initiated. By this Punya grows and these sins are destroyed.
What is done before entering the Shiva temple?
First bathe and complete the pujan of the house. Then go to the Shiva temple and light the karma sakshi deepak first of all, wherever deepdaan is done there. Then remember Kirtimukh ji and Ganapati ji, and the shaktis seated at the door — Mahakal, Kirtimukh, Nandi ji, Bhringi ji, all these dwarapalas together with Bhairav ji — and only then enter the Shiva temple.
What is in the Shiv mala mantra?
In the Shiv mala mantra that people recite and do japa of, all the chief Bhairav forms of Bhagwan Shiva are described. It is among the most extremely fierce mala mantras. But in that mala mantra such beejas and mantras of Bhagwan Shiva have also been given that they all become gentle, and when the circumstance is most severe its japa and path should be done.
What is the relation between Bhairav and administrative office?
Bhagwan Bhairav is the kotwal, the protector of Kashi, he says, and in every administration it is the duty of every administrative officer to protect in the form of Bhagwan Bhairav. The Kshetrapal who protects his own territory is Bhagwan Bhairav, and all the administrative officers, whether an inspector or anyone else, are his followers; if they are protecting their territory it is Bhairav ji's form, and that too is a work joined with dharma.
Which is the more special mantra, the Panchakshar or Shiva-Durga?
Asked which mantra is more special, the Panchakshar or Shiva-Durga, the speaker says such a comparison can never be made. Both are exceedingly special in their own respective places.
Kul Bhairav as the first recourse when pitr are held in bandhan
The speaker says that once you learn — through a dream or from a knowledgeable person — that your Pitr are in Bandhan and mishaps, suffering and stalled progress follow from it, the first and most distinctive thing to do is to take the help of the Bhairav of your own kula, if you know him. Wherever there is a kuldevi there is certainly a Kula Bhairava; every kula has one, subtly or manifestly, and kul Bhairavs are powerful enough to cut every kind of bandhan. He explains that a sadhak of the kula who did high sadhana may, after death, receive the post of kul Bhairav by the devi's Kripa, which is why he becomes a cause of sadgati for the pitr and the kula shaktis alike. So by his puja, archana, seva and anushthan the kul pitr are freed from bandhan.
Which tantras are not for everyone?
Bhairav tantra is not for everyone, the speaker says, and the tantra of Bhagavati Tara is not for everyone. It is for this reason that he calls the root form of Bhagavati Kamakhya the best for householders.
Where should a trishul received from Bhairav ji be installed?
Asked by a listener who wishes to establish the trishul of Bhairav ji that he has obtained at his puja place, the speaker says he can. You can do it at the puja place too. Otherwise it was special in that, from the point of view of protection, it should be outside the house.
Can a trishul that opens into three parts be used in worship?
A listener who worships a large trishul as Bhairav Baba says it opens into three parts, and asks whether she may use it in pujan or should establish a new trishul. There is no such subject, the speaker says: do not open it. Fix everything well at one time and keep it fixed. Wrap cloth on it, tie it well, keep it perfumed, so that it does not have to be opened again and again. Once or twice in a year, open it some time, clean it, do whatever has to be done, and keep it back again.
How should a pujan be started on the Purnima with the chaukhat?
No offence will attach, Nitesh ji, the speaker says: comfortably begin their pujan from the Purnima. Give them the balihari — give a bali of a coconut, and do the pujan of the chaukhat and so on. Let the chaukhat pujan certainly happen, and having done the pujan of Bhairav ji and so on, certainly give a bali of a lemon, a bali of a coconut and the like.
Who is the Shiva of Bhagavati Chhinnamastika?
The Shiva of Bhagavati Chhinnamastika is Kabandha, he says — Bhagavan Kabandha Shiva, Kabandha Bhairav. In this way he is also called Bhagavan Chhinnamast Shiva. Kabandha are his other forms.
On which foot is a kada worn, and does it need separate siddhi?
Asked on which foot the kada is worn and how it should be made siddha — whether the vidhan given in the Siddh Sabari Vidya, the Kali Mata one, can also be used to make a foot-kada siddha — he answers that there is no need to make a foot-kada siddha separately. Having offered it to Bhagavan, and especially having offered it to Bhairava ji, you can wear it on the right foot. Men should wear it on the right foot. And if you are in diksha, in a parampara, then wearing it by your guru's adesh is better.
May steel deepaks be used for a Bhairav deepdaan?
Asked whether one may take 108 steel deepaks for a Bhairav Deepdaan, he answers: absolutely, you can take them — if it is to be done at home daily or again and again.
What happens to a minor or distant deity carried to Kamarupa?
His example: a practitioner of some particular Bhairav mantra — not a high Bhairav but a local deity of a far region, Rajasthan rather than the Purvanchal. When he does that japa at Kamarupa and invokes him, the deity enters Bhagavati's subtle Kamarupa loka, is himself nourished and made capable by her nearness, and then shows the practitioner exceeding grace.
Which powers are present at Kamakhya?
Countless powers are there, but principally the ten Mahavidyas along with eight principal Bhairavs seated near Bhagavati's main Mahamudra. And the twelve Vinayaks — in the Kamarupa region the Vinayaks come to be present in Bhairav form as well, with their own Shaktis, the Vainayaki.
What is the Mahavaran of the sixty-four Yoginis?
In the Mahayantras, where the sixty-four Yoginis are worshipped, sixty-four Bhairavs are worshipped with them — not the fifty-two people know of — and along with them sixty-four Ganpatis in the Siddhi form. Siddhi meaning Ganpati; so Siddhi Maha Ganapati, Siddhi Kshipra Maha Ganapati, the word Siddha prefixed to every name.
What eligibility is required before practicing a Bhairav Beej Mantra?
A Bhairav Beej Mantra should only be practiced after receiving formal initiation (Diksha).
How can Tapobal be increased without formal initiation, and how long does the process take?
Reciting Lord Shiva's Panchakshari Mantra according to Varna and form, along with mastering a protective Kavach, raises Tapobal without requiring initiation — followed by a Siddhi Vidhan of a Bhairav or Maha Bhairav stotra/mantra, the whole process taking at least 3 to 6 months.
Why can't parents with an only son observe the Ashtami fast, and what should they do instead?
According to Devi Bhagavata Mahapurana and Kalika Purana, parents with only one son shouldn't observe the Ashtami fast — they can instead fast on Navami or Chaturdashi for the Goddess, or Chaturdashi for Lord Bhairav.
Ghee lamps and Yogini offerings after the garland, counted by deity
After the garland is put on, the speaker says at least 13 ghee lamps are lit there, with one red flower and some sweet on a betel leaf in front of each, and the deity's Yoginis are prayed to for removal of the dosh — 13 yoginis for Kali. The number of offering places changes with the deity: 9 for Durga, 12 for Shiva, 4 for Ganesha, 11 for Hanuman, 8 for Baglamukhi, 9 for the Matangi form, 8 for Bhairava. If one does not want to go by the count, at least 11 offerings and 11 lamps are lit in the temple that day.
Worshipping the afflicted deity's own ishta to restore stopped experiences
The speaker says that if the offence was against a deity like Hanuman or Bhairava and the experiences from a paath have stopped, one prays to that deity's own Ishta Devata — the one he reveres and whose word he heeds. For Hanuman that means praising Shri Ram and asking him to free one from the dosh (Shri Ram Stuti, Ram Raksha Stotra, his 108 names) and serving Sitaram ji and Bhagwati Anjana; for Ganesha, also worshipping Bhagwati Parvati; for Bhairav ji, certainly worshipping Bhagwati Kali with the "Kshama-Rupena Samsthita" verse, through whom the offence is forgiven and the experiences begin again. He calls this the general vidhan by which special Kripa returns — done secretly, never shown.
Sadashiva, Bhairav and Hanuman must be worshipped alongside the Navratri navgrah jap
The speaker says that in all this pujan the worship of Bhagwan Sadashiva and of Bhairava and Hanuman ji is compulsory. It may be as little as lighting one Deepak in their names, or a path of the Hanuman Chalisa, the Shiv Panchakshar Stotra, the Rudrashtakam or the names of Bhairav ji, but it must be done. If it cannot be done in the morning, do it in the evening; these deities are not to be left out.
The claims made online about Krodh Bhairav are inflated, and the more formidable the power the more bound the practitioner's life
The speaker says the subject is presented in an inflated way — nobody has the capacity that is claimed. His test: the greater the power whose sadhana you perform, the more your rules and your life become bound by that power's rules. So look at the life of the person making the claim.
The claim made for the Krodhraj mantras: drawing and binding any deity, invoking the Upadevatas, stunning even Indra
That by the capacity of his mantras any kind of deity can be drawn and bound; that without his sadhana the powers of the Upadevata category cannot be invoked at all; and that by the effect of his mantras even Indra and the other Devas can be rendered unconscious.
In the Devi Mahapurana Mahabhagavata, Vinayak guards the Devi's inner door and Bhairav the outer gate — as in a temple
In the Devi Mahapurana Mahabhagavata — not the Shrimad Devi Bhagavata — the Devi's realm is described with Ganapati seated at every door. At her principal gate Bhagavan Vinayak stands in her service; and at the outermost gate the place belongs to Bhairav.
Daily temple nirmalya hung above the chaukhat against abhichaar
Along with the Shiva water, the speaker says, bring every day the nirmalya from that same temple or from any very old temple — especially of Bhairav ji, Hanuman ji, Bhagavati Kali, Durga ji, or a temple connected with the Yoginis. It should be the morning's first nirmalya: what is left after the night's shringar and found there in the morning. Hang it on the upper side of the main-door chaukhat every day; next morning bring fresh nirmalya, immerse the old one and put up the new. Continue this for at least 108 days, six months, a year — more than half the tantra running over the house, he says, stops by this alone.
What are the powers that take a Goddess's name and form?
Practitioners accomplished in a deity's mantras who came to a bad end through wrong conduct or wrong sadhana take that deity's element and form — but cannot obtain the original quality, so they remain suspended midway and become Pishachik powers bearing the name of Kali or another goddess.
How does the punishment of a sub-deity differ from that of a deity?
A deity will not punish you for one day's missed or half-hearted worship — because a deity is a deity. The Preta and Pishachik powers seated as Upadevatas punish a single day's offence at once.
An Anushthan of Bhagavati Dhanada Lakshmi with the eight Mahalakshmis and Swarnakarshan Bhairav is planned for Sharad Purnima.
An Anushthan of Bhagavati Dhanada Lakshmi with the eight Mahalakshmis and Swarnakarshan Bhairava, contingent on the Swarnakarshan Bhairav practitioners attending. Those who took part previously should not re-take a Yantra — a single-night Sankalp is enough.
In what order should the darshans at Kamakhya be taken?
In the order for the darshan of Bhagavati Jagadamba's form, one first goes for the darshan of Bhagavan Umananda Bhairav — but before even that there are two chief darshans: first Urvashi Kund, where bathing has its importance, and second the Brahmaputra Nad Lohit Kund. Of Urvashi's kund it is held that on an island in the middle of the Brahmaputra, Bhagavati Urvashi brought amrit from swarga lok and placed it there, and it is with that amrit that the devatas offer naivedya to Kamrup Kamakhya.
Why is the island called Bhasmakut parvat?
The island seen in front is Bhasmakut parvat, upon which Umananda Bhairav ji is present. Its name is Bhasmakut because it was here that Kamadev was reduced to ashes by Bhagavan Shiva through the fire of his third eye, and here too that life was granted to him again on Bhagavati Rati's prayer. Upon this same mountain, the chief Bhairav of Kamrup Kamakhya Jagadamba, Umananda ji, remains eternally present.
Which days carry special merit at Umananda Bhairav?
On Chaitra Shukla Ashtami all the devi-devatas come and stand present on both banks of the Brahmaputra Nad, and all the tirthas in the middle of the Nad, so on that day bathing there and eating the leaf of the ashoka carries great importance. And if an Amavasya falls on a Monday, coming that day for the darshan and pujan of Umananda Bhairav ji carries great importance.
What permission must be taken from Umananda Bhairav?
Inside the chief temple there is a cave; one goes down to take darshan there. Having performed all the pujan of Bhagavan with whatever one has brought, one then asks the command: Prabhu, grant us your permission that we may ascend the Nilachal parvat and, taking darshan of Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya together with all ten Mahavidyas, obtain punya, and complete our sadhana and anushthan there. Certainly take this adesh, the speaker says, and only after that go on towards Nilachal.
Step three of tantra kaat at home: Bhairav's lamps at the main door on Saturday and Tuesday
The third task, the speaker says, is on two days — Saturday and Tuesday — in the evening. If the peeth is a form of Bhagavati it will have some Bhairav; if it is another deity, there will be some guardian (for a place of Shri Ram it is Hanuman ji). Bhairava is present everywhere, so find out who it is — and if you cannot, it does not matter. On Saturday and Tuesday evening, lamps in Bhairav ji's name must burn on both sides of your main door: a Chaumukh Deepak of mustard oil on each side of the door, besides the lamp you light before Bhagavati anyway.
What accompanies a high yakshini sadhana besides the yakshini herself?
A great many things go with such a high-grade sadhana, he says. The sadhak will have done the sadhana of Yaksharaj; sadhana has to be done alongside with Krodh Bhairav, and the guru will have had that done; and along with it there are two or three chief sadhanas connected with Bhagavan Shiva.
Sadhaks who attach Bhairav to their own names never say which Bhairav they perfected
These days, he says, the sadhaks of Bhairav ji are packed everywhere — Kapal Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav, people who attach Bhairav in front of their own name. Which Bhairav do they perfect? And they give such wrong information; one cannot say anything on their videos, and he says he never speaks out on it, but he listens, and hears in what manner people are being led astray.
Is it easy to become Bhairav or to perfect his tattva?
Who Bhairav is, all of you ought to have knowledge, he says — it is not so easy that somebody should become Bhairav or should perfect the tattvas of Bhairav. Stating one's matters with great force, falling prey to self-infatuation, presenting things in such a way that you get caught in their web of words: all these things, he says, take you toward destruction. If you cannot test it by your own knowledge, if you have no thought and discriminating intellect on these subjects, then you will get trapped. Matters are dressed up in so many ways, and the reality is something else altogether.
Can perfecting a negative shakti bar you from a Bhairav temple?
The second chief thing, he says, is that they are pushing the shastras and puranas aside and composing their own Bhairav. It is not the case that if you perfect some negative shakti you will not be able to set foot in Bhairav ji's temple, or that Bhairav ji's energy will say to you: no, no, do not come. The capacity to control negative energy, he says, is with nobody more than with Bhairav.
How did Bhairav first appear, and did he need a guru?
He has placed this subject before and states it again: there is a difference according to kalpa, and there are a great many Bhairavs — there is not one Bhairav. But by one pauranik katha, when Bhairav appeared he appeared from the body of Mahadev, and when he cut the fifth head of Brahma ji with his nail, Bhairav ji had no need of any guru, nor did he have to perform any tapasya to become perfected. He was Parabrahma Parameshwar himself, the very swarup of Shiva. He appeared manifest, and along with appearing he completed his work.
A mahashakti-punj is now claimed as perfected in three nights, fourteen days or twenty-seven
And such a mahashakti-punj, he says, people these days perfect in a sadhana kaal of three nights, of three nights, of fourteen days, of twenty-seven days. This Bhairav and that Bhairav, in fifty different ways, and they attach their own rules within it too. Things never happen in this manner, he says.
The durgati the bound atma undergoes for twelve years is something nobody opens up
But the durgati that atma undergoes for twelve years in the name of Bhairav, he says, a sadhak of that kshetra will be understanding well. This thing nobody ever opens up. Know it as though you are suffering and nobody can see you.
The bound atma keeps its power because Bhairav's tattva stands awakened behind it
Because the tattva of Bhairav is powerful behind it, he says: the mantra, the bhog and the rest of such tattvas of Bhairav — the tantra kriyas of that kind have been done in such a way, awakened in such a way, that the person, that atma, has shakti, but in bondage. It is completely controlled.
What should a householder do instead of taking trivacha?
Therefore, living in householder life, one should try to avoid trivacha, he says. Do sadhana always taking this sankalp: for obtaining the kripa katak of Bhagavati, for obtaining the kripa katak of Bhagavan Bhairav. There is no need to fall into trivacha if you are in the grihastha. You should be concerned with your work being completed.
How long does a genuine Bhairav sadhana take?
If you wish to go into the tantra kshetra, he says plainly: of the sadhana of Bhairav it is said that Bhairav gives his mantra himself. From the time you are initiated by such capable siddha sadhaks and go into such a parampara, the sadhana is of twelve years — whether it be of Bhagavan Virabhadra or of Bhagavan Bhairav.
The mantra gives a good deal during the twelve years; only the siddhi does not arrive like halwa
It is not that until the state of twelve years you will obtain nothing, he says. There is so much energy in that mantra that you will get a good deal. But that one thing you are calling a siddhi — the siddhi of Bhairav — that is not obtained like halwa.
Those distributing Bhairav siddhi are not old enough to have completed twelve years of tapasya
And those whose very age is not yet there, he says — from looking at them it does not even seem that they have reached an age at which they would have done twelve years of tapasya and siddhi, or would have obtained so much — they too are shouting Bhairav, Bhairav today. The siddhi of Bhairav is being distributed wholesale.
Which is the kul Bhairav to be worshipped?
Asked how the sadhana and anushthan of Kul Bhairav ji should be done, he tells the listener by name that Neelkanth Bhairav is his kul Bhairav.
How is a shakti freed if she comes in sawari only at the temple?
A listener asks how to free a shakti from bondage if the sawari comes upon him only in the temple. He answers by name: if she will be in a vachan, if a bandhan of some kind has been laid upon her in some abhichaar, then in that place first have her speak from them. Take the help connected with their Bhairav — he opens them from the vachan and frees them. Things happen at their own place; when the sawari comes, it is there that one ought to ask. They themselves will tell.
A symbolic sharp weapon at the main door is the third fixture, kept for the Kula Bhairav
The presence, at the main door of the house, of a symbolic astra-shastra for the sake of the Kula Bhairav. Formerly, he says, sharp weapons of some kind were kept near the main door in front of everyone's house — small or large, symbolic — and it was upon these that the Bhairava of the kula used to be worshipped.
Wanting to live like Bhairav or Datta means leaving home and family, not keeping their symbols
If you have a great wish to become Bhairav, a great wish to become a Bhairav sadhak, a great wish to become like Bhagavan Datta, he says, then adopt a life like theirs — leave home and family, and after that keep what you like.
An abhimantrit iron trishul, however small, belongs at the main door
Third, he says, near the main door of your house there must certainly be a trishul — symbolic if need be, small if need be, but an iron trishul, one that is fully Abhimantran-ed. He says the whole vidhi for this was already given on the channel two or three years ago.
The body is made deva-maya so that on the day of need whichever deity is near may come and be present
So that on the day the need arises, he says, whichever deity is present nearby may come. If Bhairav is to be present in your body, let it happen; if Narasimha is to come into your body, let him come and tear open such vidharmis. That samarthya, he says, is what the energy of the mantra alone will make in you.
What does it mean if oil seeps from the Bhairav lamp or water from the pitr kalash?
The speaker says you should simply change them properly and not read anything into it. He cannot say that seeping oil means inauspiciousness or that seeping water is good or bad. A jointed lamp can leak, whereas ghee is hard and sets below so it does not; and a pot leaks a little by its fine pores, which is exactly why the water in it stays cool — for it not to seep at all is not possible.
What is the name of Batuk Bhairav's vahan?
Asked the name of Batuk Bhairav ji's vahan, the speaker first says Kaal Kantak, then corrects himself: the name of Kaal Bhairav ji's vahan is Kaal Kantak. The name of Batuk Bhairav ji's vahan is different and is not coming to his attention. Kaal Kantak is theirs, Kaal Bhairav ji's, of the chief svarup. Asked further who the Bhairav ji of Mata Kela Devi is, he says he has no knowledge of it.
Is there a vidhan for the Bhairav mantra without diksha?
Without being initiated, the speaker says, the vidhan of the mantra he names — the transcript renders it as the Mahavaro mantra — is on the channel, of how it is to be done; but you will have to do it by its niyam. In a temple of Shiva ji.
Is a stomach problem normal in an ugra sadhana?
No, brother, it is not a matter of the normal, the speaker says. If it is happening from an ugra sadhana, then it is a matter of loss of control. For the one whose sadhana you are doing, you ought to know the vidhi vidhan a little and to do the sadhana of other vidyas first — as, if trouble is arising from the sadhana of Bhagavati, then Bhairav's and Shiva ji's should be done there, for balance.
What order of sadhanas follows the guru sadhana?
Asked which sadhanas of Ganesh ji and Hanuman ji may be done in the next stage after the sadhana of Dattatreya, that is of the guru, the speaker gives the order: guru, Ganpati, then Bhairav ji; after that, according to your birth chart, the sadhanas of the grahas connected with the fifth and ninth bhava, or the sadhana of the lagnesh, whichever needs to be strengthened; then the sadhana of the kul devi devta; and then the principal sadhana.
What prayer should be made at the Bhairav Kund?
The kund is right behind the temple of Bhagavati Vindhyavasini, near Vindhya Bhairav; there is no prohibition and anyone may touch it. Bathe the supari in it, and pray to Bhagavati again and again: O Jagadamba, absorb your shaktis into this, and establish some one saumya form yogini of yours and send her along with it for the protection of our family. Pray to Jagadamba again and again in a humble spirit, entirely surrendered.
How is a shakti that someone has bound to be released?
Asked how a shakti is to be released if someone has bound her, the speaker says: take the help of some knowledgeable person. If you yourself have knowledge, then according to the shaktis concerned — as if she is some sevika of Bhagavati Durga, some yogini — she will obtain strength and capability from performing havan connected with Bhagavan Sadashiva. If you perform sadhana connected with Bhairav ji and do havan, she will obtain capability from that.
Can the Lalita Sahasranama be recited without Shri Vidya deeksha?
Asked whether the Lalita Sahasranama cannot be done without Shri Vidya deeksha, the speaker says that according to him it cannot, because in it there is the mool vidya, the mool mantra and such mantras whose utterance should not be made without deeksha; people are not the adhikari, and there is the process of nyasa and the rest. And by high-order sadhaks initiated in Shri Vidya too, he says, this very thing has been said — that it should not be done.
Which tithi governs a night observance when Purnima falls across two days?
For sadhana you must look at the Purnima or Amavasya that actually spans the night. Where Purnima holds through the night of the 30th, the Deep Daan and every Tantrokta Anushthan belong to that night — on the following night there is no Purnima at all, so nothing done then has benefit.
The Avarana material is withheld because it would be copied and misused
Because it would be copied, reproduced and misused. The speaker cites the Saptashati's thirteen Avaranas, ten of which are worshipped, and notes that the commonly available ninth Avarana omits the Bhairav worship — detail he does not want handed out and copied.
Who is the Kshetrapal of Guwahati?
There is more than one Kshetrapal at Guwahati, and the principal one is Umananda Bhairav. At the Kamakhya Peeth, Kameshwar Mahadev is present alongside Umananda; Umananda stands outside it.
Supporting pujans and offerings a Saptashati parayan needs
The speaker says the fifth mistake was that there was no Ganesha anushthan of any kind, no Bhairav anushthan, no Batuk pujan, no Yogini pujan, no special Naivedya, bhog or offering, and no Bali of any kind — only the plain path was going on. Had the man even followed the archan paddhati's own havan-based vidhan once a week, or once a fortnight, some further vidhans would have been covered and a little peace would have held. He never did.
Where do all the obstacles of life come from?
Not only in trade and employment but in every field of life, whatever vighna baadha comes into whatever we do, comes on account of two particular deities: first Bhagavan Shri Ganesh, and second Bhairav ji. Ganpati is called Mangal Murti above all, and he is called both Vighnaharta and Vighnakarta — both at once.
What order must be followed before any principal sadhana?
In the field of tantra, before beginning any particular principal sadhana, the sadhana of Ganpati and the sadhana of Bhairav ji are extremely necessary. Guru, Ganpati and Bhairav run in this order: first guru sadhana, then Ganpati sadhana, then Bhairav sadhana — in which you may also do the sadhana of your own kul bhairav. After that the sadhana of your kul devi-devatas, anything connected with the pitrs, anything connected with the kundali; and only then do you go to the principal sadhanas. If the sadhana is connected with Bhagavati, then after Bhairav ji the sadhana of Hanuman ji should also be done.
Is Deeh Baba a Bhairav?
Asked about the puja of Deeh Baba done in the village, and whether, being alongside Sheetla Mata, he is Bhairav, he answers that Deeh Baba can be anyone. It is not necessary that Deeh Baba should be Bhairav alone; Deeh Baba can also be Hanuman ji, can be the local veers of that place, can be some pahalwan baba. What is necessary is who has been given the sthan and seated in the deeh. Whether he is the Bhairav who accompanies Sheetla Mata is also not necessary — he may be one who accompanies her, and he may also be independent.
How is the sadhana of Vakratunda Ganpati done?
Asked how to do the sadhana of Vakratunda Ganpati, he answers that he will tell those twelve Ganpatis separately. Asked next by Vipin ji, who takes the name of Swarnakarshan Bhairav Baba in his daily puja, whether he may not then worship Bhagavan Narayan, he answers no, no, there is no such thing — if you take the name, why can you not do the puja of Bhagavan Narayan? There is nothing of that kind in the puja of Swarnakarshan Bhairav; take the name comfortably.
Is Bhairav sadhana done according to the nakshatra?
He answers that Bhairav ji is seated in so many forms that you can do his sadhana in whatever manner you wish — according to the nakshatra, according to the rashi, according to the lagna, according to the fifth and the ninth. Which will bear fruit, neither you nor he will ever be able to decide. But this is certainly held: that the Bhairav of your own kula's devi is the most capable of giving fruit, or the Bhairav of the Shakti Peeth of the region in which you live.
What gives immediate protection from an enemy?
Asked for a prayoga by which immediate protection may be obtained if some enemy suddenly attacks — nowadays enemies do not strike from the front but from ambush — he answers that if you are speaking of it physically, then there is the Janjira of Hanuman ji. There are a great many such mantras of Hanuman ji, and a great many such mantras or sadhanas of Bhairav ji. In the ordinary way too, if you do sadhana of Hanuman ji and Bhairav ji, or sadhana of Bhagavati, in greater and greater quantity — if you take diksha and do formal japa of their mantras up to five lakh, or recite any of their stotras, kavach and the like in that manner — then you will obtain the protection you are wishing for and thinking of.
What of the Bhairav Tandav Stotra and the nakshatra adhipati?
Of the Shri Bhairav Tandav Stotra he says it is in that very stotra — Bhairav bheshajam kashta haram — and that is why it is done. Asked by a listener born under Uttara Bhadrapada whose adhipati is Ahirbudhnya how seva can be done, he answers that when the nakshatra series is brought, he will tell it in detail there.
Who is the Bhairav of Maa Kaila Devi?
Asked who the Bhairav is of Maa Kaila Devi, whom people hold to be a form of Maa Vindhyavasini Devi, he says her temple is in Karauli, Rajasthan, and to take the Bhairav of that very place as the Bhairav of Kaila Devi. If they are a form of Vindhyavasini Maa, then Vindhyavasini Maa does not have one Bhairav — Bhagavati Vindhyavasini has many Bhairavs in the whole Vindhya region. So according to this place he will not tell you.
Who is the kuldevi if the kul devta is a Nag devta?
Asked who the kul devi would be if the kul devta is a Nag devta, he answers that it will have to be looked at — how can one just say which Nag they are; a great many things go along with a Nag. Asked which Bhairav's puja will be done from Ghazipur in UP, he says the questioner should look at what is worshipped around him.
Is it right to speak against Bhairav Baba?
Told that Bhairav Baba has been abused, he says it is completely wrong. But he will not raise the subject and speak against the person, because only one thing would follow from it — that it is a publicity stunt: say something crooked about some very famous person so that your channel and video may go viral, and people will not listen to the subject inside it or understand it. So what need is there to say anything about anyone? People are intelligent themselves; but people have nothing to do with intelligence, they have to do with miracles.
Consecrating the foot band with a rakshak deity
The speaker says the foot band is best consecrated with the mantras of the rakshak (protector) deities. Before wearing it, dedicate it to the shakti of any one of Bhairava ji, Hanuman ji, Ganesha ji or Narsimha ji: do their pujan, bathe the band in raw milk, offer dhoop and deep, scent it well, offer it to them and leave it for at least one day — longer is better; for instance offered to Bhairav ji on Navratri Pratipada and worn again on dashami. The offered band may be worn, but once it has gone on the foot it must never again be placed at the puja place.
What belongs to each of the thousand matrikas?
He says that those sahasra matrikas, each representing one shakti, all have their own separate rishis and separate Bhairavs, independently. That, he says, is for sadhaks.
What else must accompany a kramagat ekakshari diksha?
He says a great many subjects attach themselves besides this: if a kramagat diksha of an ekakshari has taken place, then what else has to be done alongside and how, the Mahamrityunjay, how the Bhairav is to be carried along, and which beejakshari your diksha was in — whether it was in rakar or in lakar. All of this, he says, only your guru will clarify.
Why are the forms of the deities themselves kept secret?
For this very reason, he says, the swaroops of the devis and devatas are also kept gupt. When the dhyana of Bhagavati Pitambara, the Brahmastra Vidya Baglamukhi, is being done in her two-armed form — who is the devi's vahana in that two-armed form, what is her asana, what will the form of her Bhairav be at that time?
The four and eight Bhairavs, the sixty-four yoginis and the patala all have to be specified
He continues: the four forms of the Bhairav of the veeras that will run with her — which one will that be? The eight Bhairavs will be the same eight, but in what manner will their mantra be? Along with them the sixty-four yoginis will be there — what will their form be? If pujan is to be done in a patala, which patala will one go into, will one go into the avrit vritta, which will one go into? These, he says, your guru can tell you very correctly if you do it after being initiated.
Why is Shiva given no importance in the present time?
He says that in this state of delusion about one's own aradhya, people today give Shiva ji no particular importance at all. One has to tell sadhaks that brother, Shiva ji himself is the originator of tantra — that it is he who speaks of tantra to Bhagavati Parvati. But who is asking after Parvati ji, who is asking after Shiva ji? They are asking after Bhairav ji.
Videos display fierce Bhairav forms that ordinary people hold no authorisation for
He says that after every four videos, one video comes on such fierce forms of Bhairav ji that ordinary people are simply not authorised for that form — and the whole thing about them is told. And it has to be told, he says, because brother, it has to be shown to the public that we have a great deal of knowledge.
Bhairav ji is invoked so laziness never comes, and Mahaganapati with him
There is Bhairav ji's, he says — so that laziness never comes at all, so that one becomes terrible — and there is Mahaganapati's.
Can the sadhana of Bhairav ji be done together with Hanuman ji?
Absolutely, he answers: you can perform the sadhana of Bhairav ji along with Hanuman ji. Certainly do it.
How do Christians work tantra — is it from the Holy Bible?
Asking everyone to hear the answer, he says the healing meetings whose videos go viral will astonish people if they know the black truth behind them, although telling it is of no use because Hindu society does not believe in these things and does not believe in divinity, while others are using it. In the tantra granthas of Sanatan culture, he says, sixty-four kinds of Bhairav are told and fifty-two kinds of Brahm. In the phalashruti at the end of the Durga Saptashati it comes that Bhairavs run away on seeing one who recites this Kavach in all three sandhyas. The question arises: why should Bhairavs run away? How did Bhairav become an inferior deity? The answer is that among the sixty-four kinds of Bhairav — just as with the question of who Marhi Bhavani is — there are in the same way Bhairavs who are inferior shaktis, masanik shaktis, to whom the name of Bhairav has been given; those things move away and flee, and these very things are also made siddh in tantra.
Can the beej mantra of Hanuman ji and the mantra of Bhairav both be recited?
Yes, you can, brother — do it, he answers.
When will you actually need a guru?
Do you know when the need for a guru will fall on you, he asks. When you are going to do abhicharik things, some kriya connected with tantra, by yourself — there you need a guru. He gives the example: you are not doing the sadhana of the Mahashakti, you are not doing the puja of Bhairav ji as taught on the channel, where five or seven sadhanas with the Hriday Path and each thing have been explained. You want to do a tamasik sadhana of Bhairav ji, worshipping the eight veers of Bhairav ji — although, he notes, there are not eight veers but sixty-four.
What makes the eight-veer puja impossible from a book?
Because its vidhi-vidhan, he says, is such that at the least — if there are eight veers and you go by the tantra method — at least three mudras will be used for each single veer, so twenty-four mudras. You will have to learn those twenty-four mudras first: by which mudra whose avahan happens. It may be that two veers have the same mudra, it may be that each is different. That is why you will need a guru there.
What bhog should be offered when Kali ji and Bhairav ji are worshipped together?
You can offer any sweet thing at all as bhog, he answers Keshav Mishra ji — what is there that they will not accept in bhog? Offer sweet bhog to Kali ji and Bhairav ji. If you do puja at home, then on Saturday you can make urad bade and offer dahi bada as bhog to Bhairav ji, and to Bhagavati you can give a bhog of anything sweet such as laddu. Daily, raisins, cashew or whatever you are able — patase — and daily laung and elaichi should certainly be offered.
What is a tamasik sadhana?
A tamasik sadhana means one in which we use maans, madira and so on, he answers. As with the sadhana of Bhairav ji, or in the sadhana of Bhagavati Bagla, where the ahuti is made with madya, that is with madira. There are very many shamshanik sadhanas in which havan is done with the liver, with maans, with all these things. That becomes a sadhana of tamasik nature. As for tamasik bhog, he says, if you go over to the Bengali side then there even Lakshmi ji is given a bhog of fish.
What must be known before reciting an ugra vidya?
The speaker asks whether you know how these vidyas are used, what precautions are to be kept before the paath, from which Bhairav permission is taken before the paath is done, and, generally, where and how bhog should be given, and which shakti comes and which does not.
What should be done when a brahm baba's sawari comes but the work is not accomplished?
The speaker tells the questioner to first try to go to the Vindhya kshetra: going there, have the bath done at the Vindhya kund — the kund of Bhagavati's sthan, which is near Bhairav ji, upon whom too the sawari comes — do the trikon yatra, and go to the Bhairav Baba temple near the Kali Khoh cave, where the sthan of all the brahms has been given.
Can Hanuman ji and Bhairav ji stop a tantric prayoga?
To stop whatever is running on adharma, the speaker says, senior things can be used. He says he does not wish to abuse anyone, but abuse escapes his mouth at those who say that Hanuman ji and Bhairav ji cannot do this and cannot do that. Nothing of the sort is so: everything is stopped, everything runs — the one doing it must be of that kind, and one must have trust in one's own ishta and aradhya.
For which deities may a copper lamp be lit?
It may be lit for the ugra devas and for Bhairav ji, the speaker says. It may be lit for Hanuman ji as well — in Hanuman ji's name, for him too.
Which Bhairav and Ganpati should be named when bathing at a sacred river?
The speaker agrees to try to publish the nameless list, but says the better course is this: in whichever region you are performing the act, do it in the name of whatever Shakti Peeth is nearest to that place. That will be the very best.
May the same silver bowl be used for kindling and for Naivedya?
No. The vessel in which you kindle and the vessel in which you offer Naivedya will be separate. You will not burn clove and camphor in the same bowl in which Naivedya is offered — that has become a small Khappar in form.
Should the procedure change if the morning worship is repeatedly missed after a bali?
No, there is no need to change the procedure in this. Do Bhairav ji's alongside as well.
Whose form is Kaal Maheshwar Bhairav?
If it is a form of Bhagavan Bhairav ji, then the root is Bhagavan Shiva's alone. It belongs to no one else; they remain established in the form of Bhagavan Shiva himself.
What order should a first visit to Kamakhya follow?
Do not go straight to Kamakhya ji. Stay in Guwahati and, a day earlier, take the Darshan of Umananda Bhairav ji — the water in the Brahmaputra is lower now, so you can go comfortably by steamer. Only then begin the Nilachal ascent.
Is Durga merely the aggregate of the Devas' Shaktis?
No. She emerged from the assembly of all the divine Shaktis at the killing of Mahishasura — but the root principle in Durga ji is not merely the aggregate of all the Shaktis. She is the one who gives Shakti to all of them. This, the speaker says, is a thing to be understood.
How does a practitioner guard against something put in his food?
One thing should certainly be done in general: wherever you eat and whatever you eat, offer Naivedya from it first — dedicate it in the name of your Ishta. The full prescription, with the mantras, is on the Siddh Sabari Vidya channel.
Kul prayog with a known or unknown kuldevi, and the kul Bhairav who always accompanies her
The speaker says a person will be in one of two situations, either knowing who the Kuldevi is or not knowing who the kula's shakti is, and the prayog is to be done in both. He says it is not only for the kuldevi but also for whichever protector devas of the kula hold the pad of Bhairav. He says one may take it as one hundred percent certain that a Kula Bhairava, a protector deva, is with the kuldevi whether one knows of it or not, in whatever pad, as a Veer, a Mahavir, in the form of Hanuman or of Bhairav. Bhairav, he says, is a pad obtained by a protective deva, possibly by an earlier siddha of the kula by the Devi's grace, and over time people forget or never learn of it.
The threshold rite of the kul havan: kush and mango leaf, five tilaks and the two lamps at the main door
The speaker says the house is cleaned a day before and the prayog begun with a firm Sankalpa, at the main door of the house, or in a rented house at the door where one's own boundary begins. The door is wiped with a cloth soaked in Gangajal. A mango leaf with its tip cut off is bound at the back with at least three Kusha, dipped in Gangajal and hung exactly at the middle of the door; it is marked with Mahabiri Sindoor mixed with ghee, and five tilaks are made on the Chaukhat in the Kuldevi's name. Facing out of the house, a Chaumukh Deepak lamp of mustard oil is lit on the right for the kula's protector Bhairava and one of sesame oil on the left for the kuldevi, each set on a little Akshat or flowers, never on bare ground.
In what order should sadhana be begun?
The beginning of sadhana should be made from guru sadhana. Then Ganpati, then Bhairav ji, then the main sadhana. And in between these are the devi-devatas of one's own kula, who are the most distinctive. Then also the sadhana of the fifth and ninth bhavas of the kundali and of the lagnesh. You may begin from guru sadhana.
The Devi Bhagavat Mahapuran makes plain how many Ganpatis there can be
It is for this that he says: when you read the Devi Bhagavat Mahapuran it will be understood how many Ganpatis there can be. We people know only one Gajanan, we know one Ganpati — there are many, many Ganpatis; there are many and many Bhairavs.
Can the Devi be worshipped directly without a Ganapati puja?
No, it cannot be done, the speaker tells Saksham. The pujan will be in sequence: guru, Ganapati, Bhairav ji, Hanuman ji, and only then Bhagavati. Otherwise, at the very least, Ganapati ji and Bhairav ji, and then Bhagavati.
Where in the sequence does the name-smaran of the 64 Yoginis come?
The name-smaran of the 64 Yoginis is done after Bhairav ji, the speaker says: Ganapati ji, Bhairav ji, then the 64 Yoginis.
What does the upadesh of the Ashtakshari carry with it?
Suppose someone receives the diksha of the Ashtakshari, the speaker says: the guru will not give the Ashtakshari diksha alone, but will give upadesh with it. He will say that the form of Bhagavati as the Ashtakshari, according to the Ashtakshari mantra, has this dhyana mantra — the mantra beginning Kalabhra Brahma and so on will be its dhyana mantra, and you are to meditate with this mantra. Then, since her Bhairav is Ruru Bhairav, the guru will separately give the Ruru Bhairav mantra, his tryakshari or panchakshari. After that, if the Ashtakshari is carried further — whether the yogini is to be present in it, whether the yogini pujan will be done, whether the bali in the dakshin and ishan corner is to be given after the japa — then if that is to be given, the guru will give three more mantras for it.
Bhairav seva-puja through the Mahabhairav mantra vidhan
After guru and Ganpati, the speaker says, comes Bhairava ji: one is to do Bhairav ji's seva-puja. For this a vidhan of the Mahabhairav mantra has been given on his channel; one may do that sadhana and jap it. With this the three arambhik sadhanas are complete.
One day each for Dattatreya, Ganpati and Bhairav when there is no time for the three sadhanas
For one who does not have the time to do the full sadhana of Dattatreya, Ganesha ji and Bhairava ji, the speaker says to do at least one day's sadhana of each: Bhagwan Dattatreya on a Thursday, Ganpati ji on the Friday, Bhairav Baba on the Saturday, one day each over three consecutive days. Their kripa, he says, is extremely necessary. And whatever the devi and devta of one's kula require must certainly be done as well.
May a Durga or Bhairav yantra be made within the five days of Diwali?
Asked, with reference to what he had said in a video about the peeth yantra and about doing it on a good day, whether a yantra of Durga ji and Bhairav ji may be had made within the five days of Diwali, the speaker answers: absolutely, have it made. On an auspicious day you can certainly do it.
May a Ganpati murti be placed at the main door of a house?
The speaker says a murti of Ganpati ji is never to be fixed at the main door and the like; a pratik chinh, a symbolic mark, is what is placed. You may place such symbols before your house — a swastika, or Bhairav ji's trishul. But do not seat an adorned Ganpati ji at the main door. If you do seat Ganpati ji there, then arrange his daily seva puja there. In his own view the pratik chinh is best.
What if you live in a city and know of no veer?
If you have no information about anyone, if you live in a city and cannot find out at all which veer is worshipped there, then you should go and give puja at that Hanuman ji temple which stands at the boundary of your town; or at a Bhairav ji temple which is on the boundary of the town or near it, giving the puja of the first and last day there, according to what is offered to them at that place.
Why is Bhairav connected with the kotwali?
Bhairav always moves in the kotwali, the speaker says. Bhairav pujan happens a great deal in a kotwali — knowingly or unknowingly, there is always some one person who carries that responsibility, perhaps only for the sake of his job. Just as serials used to show dacoits and robbers setting out after worshipping Mahakali, so in exactly the same way, to catch them, kotwali pujan is done. This is why Kashi's kotwal is Bhairav, and the kotwal of every kshetra is Bhairav.
Is there anywhere a tantra badha can still be seated?
This much he says he can certainly say: if there is some knowledgeable person in your acquaintance who is with you and wishes to go and effect the removal of a tantra-related obstruction there, then go to Kali Khoh. In Kali Khoh, behind Kali Khoh, is the sthan of Bhairav Baba; videos of it are all made and he will upload them soon after editing, trying to upload them after or before the Navratri, and will tell in them where and how what is to be done.
Why was the practice of offering silver vark started?
To block that samarthya, he says — somewhere or other this practice was set running for exactly that purpose. In the same way Bhairav was turned out of the house, with people saying do not do Bhairav's puja; and today too people are having Krishna, Kanha, the Laddu Gopal taken out of homes, and stopping the puja of Hanuman, saying do not worship Balaji.
The invaders analysed their defeats and introduced the vark rather than striking directly
It was not that invaders came and finished everything in a single stroke, he says. When they were defeated they analysed where this was coming from; and in the way Bhairav's puja was made to stop, in the same way, to stop this too, they used a vark. Look, he says: the use of silver vark did not exist before — such thin varks were not made in that way.
How does a mantra come to a sadhak within his sadhana?
He relates a listener's experience: a friend of Satpal ji, himself a good knower of tantra who does sadhanas and is also a sadhak of the Bhagatvaal, was doing the Bhairav sadhana that had been told from Ashtami up to Chaturdashi; within the sadhana a mantra was obtained by him, with the adesh that this very mantra was to be japa'd. He sent it as a voice recording, and the speaker sent him a video link in which the whole answer stands, with the mantra and the vidhi. When you do the most ugra sadhana, or some protective sadhana, and the devi-devatas of that place become pleased, then what do you need? How will you get out? They themselves will give it to you — through a dream, or in dhyana, by some medium or other they will let you hear that mantra.
Can a clay lemon be used on Bhairav's trishul?
He refuses it. Where is a clay lemon, he asks — offer the original one; is there any scarcity of lemons? You do not have to change the lemon day after day; put at least one lemon in it on one day of the week. And if the lemon is not available, then in the absence of the lemon at least put a marigold flower in it, which will certainly be found.
Must the lemon of a nimbu bali to Bhairav stay joined at the bottom?
It is cut into pieces, he says; there is no need for it to remain joined. Make two pieces, and then apply the bindi upon it — and by bindi people should not understand that bindi: taking roli, a tilak is to be applied on it in two places.
Can the Bhairav Hriday anushthan be done with only laung bali?
A listener says the black-til laddu havan is too expensive and asks whether the Bhairav Hriday anushthan can be done with laung bali alone. Complete it with laung, he says — if you can do that much, do it. But its energy too will build very greatly and the effect will fall very sharply. So if you wish to do an anushthan of this kind, do it in a temple; do not do it at home, because he does not know what the condition of your house is.
Should the triangle in Bhairav worship be upright or inverted?
Keep one simple thing in view, he says: if you go inside it, take the triangle only so far as that there should be a triangle, and accept that much. The reason is that the triangle at the time of giving bali is one thing, the triangle at the time of havan another; if you are doing yantra pujan the triangle in that is another; in the svarup of Bhairav the triangle is another; the triangle of the Kashi kshetra is another — a great many distinctions arise. So make the triangle; the triangle stands as the symbolic form of Bhagavati and of Bhairav. Make the triangle and do it; that much will suffice and no dosha will attach.
Should Bhairav pujan come before or after the kuldevi pujan?
Do the Bhairav pujan first, he says. Do the kuldevi's pujan after that. Bhairav ji's pujan will happen first. Asked separately whether there is any grantha by the name of Mantra Tantra, he says there are a great many granthas.
May an offering for Chamunda be made at a Kali temple instead?
Asked, by a listener whose kuldevi is Chamunda, which Bhairav would be his, and whether the offering may be given at a Kali temple in Chamunda's name in place of the Badi Durga temple — it can be given, he says. It can be given.
How does one reach that Bhairav temple at Vindhyachal?
When you have taken darshan and come out, you come down the stairs; the road that goes straight from there — ask anybody where the kotwali ke Bhairav are, and go that way.
May Hanuman and Bhairav sadhana be done at the same time?
Do not do the sadhana of Hanuman and of Bhairav ji together, he says. Do them separately; do the seva-puja together.
Niyams of Pitambara sadhana that get skipped
The speaker asks whether the other niti-niyams of Pitambara sadhana were kept at all: yellow cloth is said to be necessary (not green or bhagwa, which is why she is named Pitambara), so does the sadhak wear a pitambari dhoti and know how to tie its lang; is the asana yellow; was Bhagavati ever worshipped with haridra-samskarit materials, with her Sahasranama, her shatnam or her 108 namavali before even a photo; was she ever given abhishek, and was her Bhairav, Bhagwan Shiva, ever given abhishek. He also asks whether the sadhanatmak side was looked at first: the Tithi, the Nakshatra, how and what is to be done and when it is not to be done. If none of this was done, he says, that is the root cause of the trouble, though other causes may also exist.
Is Bhairav worshipped even outside the Shaiva traditions?
He says that whichever gods or goddesses you worship, Bhairav ji is worshipped regardless. Even if you do the puja of Narayan and are a Vaishnav, or belong to some other Shaiva sampraday, Bhairav ji is worshipped. Among the shaktis and avatars connected with Bhagavan Narayan too there is a description of Bhairav ji, and in their mandal pujan the Bhairavs are worshipped. And wherever the Ashta Matrikas are worshipped, there the Ashta Bhairavs are certainly worshipped.
Who is Bhairav?
Therefore Bhairav ji, as the chief devata and as the raksha-pradhan devata, is sakshat Mahadev. Bhairav is sakshat Shiva, and he is from anadi kaal. Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav are held to be his chief forms, in which Bhagavan Mahadev has manifested and taken avatar; and besides them there are many Bhairavs who perform rakshan at the Shakti Peethas.
Who is the kula Bhairav of a family, and how does he come to hold the post?
The raksha-pradhan chief devata of our house is the Bhairav of the kula. That post is held in one way by the bhairav of whichever Mahashakti is our kuldevi. In another way, those who in earlier times in our kula parampara performed the seva of Ma Bhagavati are, when their gati occurs and if there is such a wish, given such a post. But he insists this in no way means that some bhoot, pret or pishach has received the station of Bhairav.
Where are the Ashta Bhairavs worshipped in a mandala?
The Ashta Bhairavs are extremely famous, and their samarthya and their forms are met with in every kind of tantra. In whichever tantra — connected with daivi shakti, with the Shakta, with the Shaiva, and in Vaishnav too the param Vaishnav and maha Vaishnav shaktis — whenever their pujan takes place in the ashtadal kamal, it is the Ashta Matrikas who are worshipped there in different forms; in the middle the Ashta Matrikas, and right at the front, as their eight shaktis, the Bhairavs are worshipped.
Which Bhairav is paired with each of the Ashta Matrikas?
Asitanga is the Bhairav of Brahmi; the Bhairav of Maheshwari is Ruru; of Kaumari, Chanda Bhairav; and of Bhagavati Vaishnavi, Krodh Bhairav — the same Krodh Bhairav who is worshipped alongside Ma Bhagavati Chhinnamastika. Unmatt Bhairav is worshipped with Devi Varahi, and with Indrani, that is Indrakshi, Kapal Bhairav. To those whose kuldevi is Chamunda and who ask who goes with her, he answers that chiefly Batuk Bhairav is with all the shaktis, but seen in that way, with Chamunda the puja of Bhishan Bhairav takes place, and with Lakshmi that of Sanhar Bhairav.
Why are the Bhairavs missing from many avaran pujan texts?
These chief eight Bhairavs and the Ashta Matrikas are worshipped in every yantra: in the yantra mandala of whichever gods and goddesses there are, the pujan of the Ashta Matrikas certainly takes place, and along with them the Ashta Bhairavs certainly are there. But in avaran pujan and the rest you will find various kinds of difference, and at many places the description of the pujan of the Bhairavs is simply not given. He says he does not know the reason; each will have had his own.
What does the Prapanchasara say about the Ashta Bhairavs?
In the same way, in the famous tantra grantha of Bhagavan Adi Guru Shankaracharya Maharaj, the Prapanchasara, there is a description of the Ashta Bhairavs. Only the names have changed a little there, but the form of the Bhairavs is held to be roughly the same. In it Bhishan Bhairav is present, but Kalaraj, Ruru Bhairav and the rest come with separate names, and Krodh, Chanda, Kapal Bhairav and Bhutnath Bhairav — these four have come with separate names.
Beyond the eight, many more Bhairavs are named in the texts, including Manthan, Phatkar and Shatchakra
Besides these there are very many Bhairavs — Manthan Bhairav, Phatkar Bhairav, Shatchakra Bhairav, Havirbhaksh Bhairav, Bhramar Bhaskar Bhairav: in this way mention of the Bhairavs is obtained by you.
What is the relation of the fifty-two Veers to Bhairav pujan?
As for the fifty-two Veers, whom we all know about, in whichever kshetra those fifty-two Veers are chiefly worshipped, there too, without the pujan of Bhairav ji, the puja of those Veers, or their proper condition, cannot come about — their balance cannot come about.
Who are the ten Veer Bhairavs, and where are they worshipped?
The chief ten Veer Bhairavs come for such pujan when the pujan of the ten-armed Mahadurga takes place — the ten-armed Durga who is Mahishasura Mardini — whose distinctive pujan happens in the Sharadiya Navratri in the region of Bengal; there, those who perform tantrokta anushthan especially worship these ten Bhairavs. He names Srishti Veer Bhairav, Sthiti Veer Bhairav, Sanhar Veer Bhairav, Rakt Veer Bhairav, Yam Veer Bhairav, Mrityu Veer Bhairav and Bhadra Veer Bhairav; most of them are worshipped in the kshetra of the shamshaan, for veer and the like. Very few people worship them independently — either they are worshipped within the avaran, in the ten-armed pujan, or they are used when one is to be awakened or made siddha.
The katha of Martand Bhairav with Devi Mahalasa, Malla and Mani was shown in full in the Mahakali television serial
Turning to the south, he says we hear the katha of Bhagavan Martand Bhairav and the rest, and the katha of Devi Mahalasa, of Malla and Mani — the story shown in the Mahakali television serial, in which there was the full description of Martand Bhairav and Bhagavati. In it, of the forms Bhagavan Shankar assumed, it is said he assumed two forms; and besides Martand Bhairav, the Tantra Prapanchasara, the Tantra Chintamani and the like hold various forms, among which a place is also held for Batuk Bhairav.
How many Bhairavs are there according to the Rudrayamala?
The most famous grantha, the Rudrayamala — according to it, he says, although we ordinarily hear of fifty-two Bhairavs or fifty-one Bhairavs, sixty-four Bhairavs walk along with the sixty-four Yoginis. Those whom we worship as the sixty-four Yoginis — Jaya, Vijaya, Ajita, Aparajita, Jayanti — all of those Yoginis have their Bhairavs.
Why is Kshetrapal pujan said to be compulsory?
This, he says, is the very reason Kshetrapal pujan has been called compulsory. It is said that if you do not give the pujan of Kshetrapal, then in your house — as people say — Kshetrapal will send a bhoot, will send a snake, will send a scorpion. This is not being said for nothing, because he is the Kshetrapal, and he is holding your house's negative shaktis there.
What ordinary observance is owed to the gram devata?
One should go for the ordinary pujan: one should go at the time of Holi, one should go at the time of Diwali and place a lamp there, and when a wedding or other auspicious mangalik work takes place in the house, an invitation should certainly be given there. The mistake people make here is not giving it. What will happen if we do not give it? Difficulty arises there, and afterwards there is much trouble; so this mistake you should not make. Bhairav ji has some form — his seva and puja should never be abandoned.
Who is the Bhairav of Tripur Bhairavi among the Mahavidyas?
Speaking of the ten Mahavidyas, he says one should know that of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi among the ten Mahavidyas, the Bhairav — the form that has been called Tripur Bhairav — includes Batuk Bhairav within it. That is, if in the Mahavidyas we are performing the pujan of Batuk Bhairav, then somewhere along with him Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi too is being worshipped. Therefore in one's own home the puja of Batuk Bhairav ji should certainly be done.
Which Bhairav japa must accompany a Trikuta mantra?
When we make use of the Trikuta Bhairav — when we make use of the Trikuta mantra — then the japa of Kameshwar Bhairav should be done. Those who begin reciting the Siddh Kunjika, all the great gupt Kunjikas, the Damar-wali Kunjika, the Damar Kunjika stotra, the Kunjika stotra of Kubjika, the Tripura Kunjika, thinking that they have obtained it and will do it and get siddhi at once — they simply do not know that where the bhukut vidyas and the trikuta vidyas have been used, there the japa of their Bhairavs is also to be done.
Even though the Bhairav mantras are embedded in the Kunjika, a separate dashansh japa of the Bhairavs is still required
In the mantra of the Kunjika the mantras of the Bhairavs have been made garbhasth — embedded within it. But again and again, he says, know this: that a separate dashansh japa of their Bhairavs has to be done.
Who is the Bhairav of Bhagavati Sharada?
Now, of Bhagavati Sharada, of Ma Bhagavati Sharada, the Bhairav has been said to be sakshat Shiva. This you will come to know, he says, and when Bhairav is discussed further, separately, in connection with Bhagavati Sharada, this subject too will be told.
Why is Bhairav associated with pret and pishach?
Of one who has manifested from the amsha of sakshat Shiva, he asks, from where does the talk of pret and pishach ever arise? If his form is such, then it may be said that he dwells in such a place too. And Bhairav ji is not merely one — understand his bhed: they are many, and they are also one.
Savan begins the day after Guru Purnima, and its preparation starts with the Guru pujan
Because Savan begins the day after, and at least three Savan sadhanas already on the channel will be given in proper sequence. The first worship must be of your own Guru — the beginning of it all is from Guru Purnima itself.
What must the Guru Danda never be used for?
Never use it to cause anyone harm. Whatever Tapo-bal you have earned will all be finished. A Danda strike would give a hundredfold the effect of the Yantra-striking described in the Tantra texts — and you would bring about your own destruction, because once the Guru mantra is gone, what is left to you.
Where does a vidhan explicitly require a copper vessel?
When it is given to Bhairav ji, when the pujan of the Ashta Bhairavs is performed, it is stated explicitly there that you are to use a copper lota only — the copper vessel, with tamra patra shodhan. After that, displaying a particular mudra, water is to be poured in a particular way. He declines to state the whole of it. Where such a prescription is absent, either brass or a clay vessel is used.
Why are tantric texts structured as dialogues between Bhairava and Bhairavi?
Unlike Puranic literature's cosmological discourses, most tantric scriptures take the form of person-to-person dialogue between Lord Bhairava (representing pure consciousness, the guru) and Goddess Bhairavi (representing dynamic shakti, the disciple/questioner) — a structure the author frames as a deliberate pedagogic tool for transmitting practical instruction (upadesha).
Which tantric deities are popularly associated with which practical outcomes?
Popular understanding links worship of Bhairava (an angry form of Shiva) with removing obstacles or enemies, worship of Baglamukhi with success in legal disputes and conflicts, and upasana of Pratyangira (a ferocious form of Kali) with protection against abhicara/black magic.
Which two deities were treated as the most tantric, and with what result?
Kali Mai and Bhairav ji, he says, were held to be the greatest tantric deities. People used to tremble at those two names alone. In villages a man seen going daily to a Kali temple is talked about — that he is learning something, that he will do something — and people are told not to enter his house or eat there.
Batuk Bhairav upasana at home is now widely known and widely done, but many further Bhairav subjects lie beyond it
That there is a form of Bhairav ji and that the upasana of Batuk Bhairav ji should be done at home — this much, he says, everyone has come to know, and everyone is doing that much. But even after this there are many further subjects.
Who is Kshetrapal, and what is his relation to Bhairav?
Those who live in villages, or who know village traditions, will know of Bhagavan Kshetrapal, or of Deeh, or of Bhumiya Maharaj, whatever he is called in their region. The form of Bhagavan Kshetrapal, he says, is Bhairav ji's own; it is Bhairav ji who is established as Kshetrapal everywhere. Other lok devatas and Brahma and the rest were given place later, but at root they too are subordinate to Kshetrapal — no lok shakti can be Kshetrapal, and if one is, she must take the authority from Kshetrapal, from Bhairav ji.
Does a knower drop Bhairav puja where a lok devata is worshipped as protector?
Never, he says. Even if a lok devata of that place is receiving pujan as Kshetrapal, as protector, a man who knows never leaves off the puja of Bhairav; within Kshetrapal he will certainly perform the pujan of Bhairav ji separately. Because he knows that the day some fierce tantric performs a prayoga of that sort, those shaktis will never be able to stop him.
When a laag is cut, in whose name is the rite performed?
Whenever a laag is cut, and so that it does not enter again after the cutting, the whole proceeding will never be conducted for the sake of a lok devata, he says. There it will certainly and always be for the sake of Bhairav ji.
Which are the chief forms of the shamshaan?
Among the chief forms there, he says, are Bhagavan Mahakal, Bhagavati Tara, Bhagavati Mahakali, Bhagavati Shmashan Kali, and all the shaktis connected with the shamshaan. Among them, those said to be foremost are the ones we call Shmashan Bhairav — which simply means the Bhairavs of the shamshaan.
Bhagavati Shashthi and Bhagavan Bhairav ji are left out of public discourse precisely where a deity has the greatest utility
This subject will not be discussed, he says; this will not be told. About Bhagavati Shashthi it will never be discussed. About Bhagavan Bhairav ji it will not be discussed. Wherever a deity has utility, wherever a form has greatness, on that there will be no discussion.
When did Bhagavan Sharabha take avatar?
When the Varaha avatar of Shri Hari Narayan took place, he says, Bhagavan Sharabha fought with Varaha. By kalpa bheda, one occasion of Sharabha's avatar was at the time of the Narasimha form: when Narayan descended as Narasimha, Bhagavan Sadashiva had to take the Sharabha avatar to pacify his anger, and had to assume the form of Akash Bhairav.
The Chaturdashi falls on a Friday night, when the deep daan vidhi of Bhairav ji should be done at a Shiva temple or at home
This time the Chaturdashi falls on a Friday, he says. On that Friday, everyone listening should perform the deep daan vidhi of Bhairav ji — whether at a Shiva temple or at home, certainly do it. The Chaturdashi is on Friday night. It will be best if you do it in the night; if you do it at midnight it is extremely divine; otherwise certainly do it in the evening.
Can bali be offered by cutting a lemon?
Offer bali, he says — offer bali by cutting a lemon. People at home are afraid of the cutting of a lemon. If there is a professor of chemistry, he says, let him explain what potassium or whatever it is they apply to the knife; apply that, cut it, and frighten everyone — look, red blood is coming out, you people do not do puja, tantra has been done upon you. Use that kind of knife especially for the one who chatters most, so that blood comes out of the lemon. By saam, daam, dand and bhed, he says, take the sharanagati of Bhairav so that protection may happen.
Why do so many people end up confused about worshipping Bhairav at home?
The speaker says the same questions keep returning because well-known kathavachaks and men called learned — who present themselves as possessing trikaal drishti and as knowing everything without being told — say wrong or negative things about Bhagavan Bhairav, and fear then spreads that his seva and puja should not be done in a house.
What does six months of Bhairav or Baglamukhi anushthan produce in a sadhak?
Suppose someone performed the anushthan of Bhagavati Bagla's satnaam many times, and of Bhairav ji many times, for six months. Within those six months his sorrow and pain may not end and the suffering of his life may not finish, yet such ojasvita will come into him that people will be charmed simply by hearing him speak, and his whole personality will develop. That, the speaker says, is the effect of sadhana — the devatva arising within him by Bhagavati's grace.
How many forms does Bhagavan Bhairav have, and which should a home worship?
Bhagavan Bhairav's form is not one. Chiefly he is said to be established as Kaal Bhairav, Batuk Bhairav and Baal Bhairav; the Brahmavart Puran and Brahmanda Puran give many forms, and the tantra granthas give many more that a reader will never have seen. At home, the speaker repeats, worship your kula Bhairav if you know him, or else Batuk Bhairav chiefly; a third option is the Bhairav of a Shakti Peeth.
How was Bhairav kept in ordinary homes when images could not be made?
Symbolically. In the medieval period images could not be made in every house, so at the Tulsi chaura — where Hanuman ji's flag is planted — elders would grow five Tulsi plants, keep khadaun near the flag, and a little away at the side plant a trishul. The trishul was the symbol of Bhairav and Hanuman ji the symbol of Langurveer; both are raksha-karak devas.
What does the name Bhairav itself mean, and what has happened to it?
Bhairav's name means the one who removes fear, the speaker says, yet here the reverse is running: everyone is afraid of the word tantra and afraid of the very name of Bhairav ji. Fear should flee at Bhairav ji's name; instead people become frightened and say, this man worships Bhairav ji, keep away from him — he will do something, he will do tantra-mantra.
Can Bhairav ji's trishul be installed in the puja place?
Absolutely, the speaker answers. He adds that Martand Bhairav is worshipped in the south and is a form of Bhairav ji himself, whose Pauranik katha will be told separately. Asked another question, he says one may certainly do japa while taking Bhagavati's name as well.
What should be given in daan for Bhairav's grace, and how is deep daan done?
The live video will come by the evening of the next day, the speaker says. How deep daan is to be done for Bhairav ji, and how bhog is to be offered to him in a temple or at home, will be shown by actually performing it the next morning.
What is the difference between Batuk, Kaal Bhairav and each Devi's own Bhairav?
Asked about Batuk, Kaal Bhairav, all the Mahapeers, and the purusha tattva Bhairav who is each Durga's own consort form, the speaker answers that everything is separate according to the swaroop. There are differences — and even being different, all are one.
Where can an offering be surrendered if it may not be taken inside?
It may be surrendered at a Shakti Peeth where Bhairav ji is present, the speaker says; and if you are not allowed to go there, then it may be surrendered at the side of the threshold of the main door.
The Bhairav Namavali tantrokta anushthan vidhi will be released the next day along with its PDF.
The vidhi of the Bhairav Namavali tantrokta anushthan, the speaker says, will absolutely be available along with the PDF the very next day.
If Shri Krishna is Parabrahma, why did he worship Bhagavati Durga?
The speaker turns the question round. Why did Shri Krishna, who according to the Gita is Parabrahma Parameshwar, do the upasana of Bhagavati Durga at all? What need was there for him to tell Arjuna to go and do the aradhana of Shiv ji to obtain the Pashupatastra? Why did he send the mighty Bhima to go and bring Bhairav ji? Why did he say, please Hanuman ji? There was no necessity — he was the Purna Brahma Paramatma. He had every one of these things done, and there is a reason behind each.
Is a dream of chanting Hare Krishna Hare Ram a good sign?
Asked about a dream in which those who perform abhichar are seen being made bhasma while some people chant Hare Krishna Hare Ram, the speaker answers that if that is what is being seen, it is a good dream. To another question he repeats that the trishul of Bhairav ji may certainly be installed in the pujan sthan.
Is it true that Hanuman sadhaks should not do Bhairav sadhana?
A listener says he saw it stated in a YouTube video that those who do Hanuman ji's sadhana should not do Bhairav ji's sadhana. The speaker replies that he would not have said such a thing and does not know who did — who said that Bhairav ji's puja should not be done along with Hanuman ji? Such great people abound, he says, and it is their followers who grow, because everyone wants an easy path: do less work, do less puja, worship Hanuman ji only on Tuesday.
Can Neelkanth Bhairav be worshipped like Batuk Bhairav?
For Neelkanth Bhairav the vidhan is to take diksha and do it with the full vidhi vidhan, the speaker says, whereas Batuk Bhairav's puja can ordinarily be done by everyone — and both are Bhairavs. He gives an example: for Bhagavati Baglamukhi, Mahamrityunjay is worshipped in the Bhairav swaroop, Batuk Bhairav is also worshipped, and Swarnakarshan Bhairav is there too in her anga vidya. In the same way, here there is Neelkanth Mahadev, Neelkanth Bhairav, and Batuk Bhairav also.
Which oil should be used for Bhairav ji?
Mustard oil is better than til oil, the speaker says — use mustard oil for Bhairav ji.
What is the difference between a Devi's designated Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav?
There is swaroop bheda, the speaker answers, but Batuk Bhairav's puja can be done with every form of Bhagavati. Whichever swaroop you are doing upasana of, you should and must do the upasana of the Bhairav of that swaroop; but if you perform the upasana of Batuk Bhairav, it will serve in every swaroop, because Batuk Bhairav is present in every swaroop anyway.
Is there a dosha in worshipping Shiv ji instead of a Devi's designated Bhairav?
The puja will simply become incomplete, the speaker answers. Shiv ji is indeed there in the Bhairav swaroop, but if you want special grace and are performing puja by their special vidhi, then it becomes necessary. The swaroop exists precisely so that his special pujan may take place. So whichever swaroop you are worshipping — if you are worshipping Bhagavati Baglamukhi or doing some aradhana of hers — do at the very least the Batuk Bhairav along with it.
Swarnakarshan Bhairav is not being taught now because people will not accept its rules and abandon Batuk Bhairav for it.
He cannot speak on Swarnakarshan Bhairav at present, he says. There is a rule for performing Swarnakarshan Bhairav; people nowadays are not accepting it. They leave Batuk Bhairav aside and run after Swarnakarshan. It can be done, he allows, but then a great many things have to be looked at.
Should the Krodh Bhairav sadhana of 8000 japa be taken up on one's own?
A listener says a tantra grantha gives a Krodh Bhairav sadhana in which only 8000 japa is done, that very fine results are coming, and that a friend of his has taken it up. The speaker replies that those getting very good results should be checked — whether it is only Krodh Bhairav's, or whether they are not disclosing the end of it. According to him, Krodh Bhairav's sadhana should not be done in this manner: it should be done only after knowing the entire vidhi vidhan and being initiated.
What is the correct order of guru pujan, Ganpati, Kaal Bhairav, kuldevi, Hanuman and Shiv?
First guru pujan, then Ganpati pujan, then the pujan of Bhairav ji, then the pujan of Hanuman ji, then the pujan of Lakshmi Narayan, then the pujan of Bhagavati, and then at last the pujan of Shiv ji.
Should Bhairav be coated with kajal as is done in Chhattisgarh?
A listener says that in Chhattisgarh Bhairav ji is coated with kajal, so he has blackened his household Baal Bhairav, and asks what if Baal Bhairav did not like being black. Very well, the speaker answers — do according to what is done in your region. Asked whether pushp archan may be done during Bhairav ji's anushthan, he says it may certainly be done, with his Satnamavali or with his Sahasranamavali.
The praan pratishtha vidhi of Bhairav is being condensed before release, because a difficult vidhi would leave few able to perform it.
The vidhi of Bhairav ji's praan pratishtha exists, the speaker says, but he is having to think about how far he can condense it — because if he gives a difficult vidhi, then it will not be possible for everyone, and that is why he is not uploading it. He will now make its full rendering into Hindi and post it for Bhairav ji and for some other devatas together.
Can the abhishek of Bhairav ji be done with the Shiv Sahasranama at home?
Do it with Bhairav ji's own names, the speaker suggests. It can also be done with Shiv ji's, and there is no difficulty in that.
Must a cigarette be kept with Bhairav pujan as is seen in some temples?
It does not have to be kept at home, the speaker answers. All that happens in temples — do it only where it is done. Where it is not done, do not start it anew.
Can garlic and onion bhog be offered to Baal Bhairav at home?
His answer is that whatever sattvik food you cook at home, without garlic and onion, is what should be offered as bhog. Because it will not be only Bhairav ji in your house — and to Bhairav ji, and to Baal Bhairav too, only wholly sattvik bhog should be offered.
Is there a particular Bhairav for a person by rashi or kundali?
If you go that far, then there certainly are, the speaker says: there are Bhairavs according to nakshatra as well, according to your rashi as well, according to the lagna as well. For those who have to go into the Krama Bhairav sadhana, everything of that kind exists. It is not necessary for everyone in that way.
Can the Bhairav Janjira be done at home in a sattvik bhaav?
It will depend on which janjira it is, the speaker answers. Bhairav ji has a great many, and Hanuman ji also has a great many; there is a little difference among them, and the bhog changes.
Can Bhairav's anushthan be done before Ma Kali if no Bhairav temple is near?
Yes, do it, there is no difficulty at all, the speaker answers Sharad ji. To another listener who says he too cannot start a sadhana because troubles arise, he says: make the attempt by all means — Bhairav ji removes every kind of suffering and obstruction.
Is diksha needed for the Bhairav Sahasranama, and why was nyasa removed?
For the Bhairav Sahasranama diksha is not needed, the speaker says, but if there is some special vidhi vidhan in its phalashruti, then it should be taken. Difficulty arises with respect to nyasa and the like. In the Bhairav stotra Satnamavali vidhan he will give the next day, there is a complete nyasa vidhi — but people do not keep the rules: they will eat and drink madira and meat, do crooked work, smoke ganja, touch women and girls, and do Bhairav ji's puja alongside and carry out his whole stotra anushthan too. What effect will that give? So he has removed the nyasa vidhi from it and said in the video that nyasa should not be done. Those who wish to do it with the full vidhi vidhan, after thinking it over, may contact him and he will tell them.
What does nyasa mean, and why is it dangerous for a defiled character?
Nyasa means causing those shaktis of Bhairav to dwell in your own body, the speaker explains. And when the deva shaktis have taken up residence in your body, and vikara is arising in your mind, and your eating, your living and your character are being defiled by that vikara, and you touch someone in that bhaav — then your difficulty will increase and you will not obtain success. Then you will weep that you did so much.
How is Mrityunjay Bhairav made siddh?
You people have to make him siddh directly, the speaker says — obtain his grace by becoming initiated. He closes by saying that from the next day onward whatever special vidhi vidhan is connected with Bhagavan Kaal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav will keep coming on the channel, and that listeners should make their preparation.
What if the other side really is doing abhichar?
Then you have used mantras carrying shatkarma-related ugra beejas — sphrem sphrem, khrem khrem and the like, and especially mantras of Hanuman ji, of Bhuteshwar Mahadev, and the various tantrokta mantras of Bhairav ji — simply by reading them off. The speaker says people today are extremely frustrated; the comments are full of it. Nothing is working, nothing is working; nobody will do the work, they are all frauds and hypocrites, so we will do it ourselves and take revenge on everyone.
The claim that Bhairav must not be worshipped at home has needed video after video to answer
The speaker says that in Sanatan sanskriti so much brainwashing has taken place that he has had to make video after video and live after live on a single topic — the brainwash topic that Bhairav ji should not be worshipped in the house. He points out how many people in the live must have worshipped Bhairav ji at home for the first time, begun his pujan-paath, and worshipped Batuk Bhairav ji, because of those videos.
What does the name Bhairav actually mean?
The speaker says that there is so much fear of Bhairav ji — yet the meaning of the name Bhairav is the one who removes fear and who sustains and nourishes the world; that is why he is called Bhairav. Here Bhairav has been made to mean the giver of fear: fear spreads at the very name of Bhairav. Bhairav — oh, he will be a tantric who does liquor and tona. And the serials show it in exactly that way, that the one saying Jai Kaal Bhairav is a tantric who takes away others' lives.
If someone in the house died by tantra, what can be done in Pitru Paksha?
If a full year has been completed, the speaker says, the first thing is to do it before Pitru Paksha, in the month of Bhadrapada and the like — and first confirm that it did happen by tantra. Its vidhi vidhan is that, taking the sankalp of exactly this matter, an anushthan of Bhairav ji should be done or had done. And if there is any sadhak of that kind, it will be done only by sadhaks; pandit ji people will not perform such an anushthan.
Does every deity have all three gunas?
Within every devi there are all three forms, the speaker says: all our devi-devatas and mahashaktis have all three forms — sattvik, rajasik and tamasik. Bhairav ji too has all three. People know only that he is Shamshan Bhairav and stays only in the shamshaan — no, brother. He too has all three forms, and there is a dhyana of all three forms. Trigunatita — beyond the three gunas, past the three gunas, and he is within the three gunas as well. So Bhagavati too has all three forms, and can be worshipped in all three forms.
It runs on the same vedi as the Chandi path, the havan and the daily bali
Whosever japa it is — for example if it is of the Nav Durga, then the whole Chandi path, the havan and the rest and the daily bali and so on are running — so it will all be installed there itself, upon the same vedi; there is no need to do it separately, and on an ordinary day that much cannot be done. Bhairav ji's is being done separately, so for those whose is being done, it is being done there.
Remedy the speaker prescribed for the putla kriya: a 36-day Baglamukhi anushthan with the Bhairav mool mantra
Since the family already worshipped Bhagavati Durga and also Bhagavati Bagla regularly, the speaker told them to take up a 36-day Baglamukhi mahanushthan with a sankalp that had to state in full "परमंत्र परयंत्र परतंत्र शदनार्थे मम परिवारस्य सर्व शत्रु कृत्य प्रयोग इत्यादि विनाशार्थे" (as the transcript has it), followed by the sadhana being undertaken. Alongside it they were to do the prayog vidhan of the Bhairav mool mantra — the Mahabhairav mantra he has published for Bhairav Ashtami — which they had already accomplished earlier; he says every householder should have that mantra done, for its very special effect in protecting one's family. Within three to four days the mother's health began to improve, by day ten or eleven everything was under control, and the sadhak still completed the full 36-day sankalp.
Duty to release a surrendered enemy: upsanhar by tarpan and abhishek
The speaker says the sadhak had done every vidhi-vidhan in full — patala kriyas, with tarpan and the other rites on the yantra — so the whole tantra was destroyed root and branch, Bhagavati gave the punishment, and the other side knew where it came from; their condition worsened daily and they had no counter. Their only options were refuge with their own guru or coming to the family directly, and though it is very rare for anyone to admit a fault, Jagadamba turned their minds so both confessed and begged to be set right as their households tottered. Protecting one who surrenders, he says, is the duty of every sadhak when a prayog has been done on someone — and Bhagavati very rarely lets a punished wrongdoer come and surrender, perhaps to one sadhak in thousands. So through the upsanhar vidhi — tarpan and other rites, abhishek and so on — Bhagavati's ugrata was pacified, Bhairav ji's side likewise by its own vidhi-vidhan, and in about a week the two men's trouble lifted; they vowed never to do such things again.
First round of the Bagla 108-names anushthan: the daily vidhan and an eleven-day sankalp
The speaker says the farmer sat four to five hours daily after a full day in the fields. At the sthan in his house he worshipped Bhagavati Durga herself, dressed in yellow cloth, took Sankalpa, offered Haldi water, ordinary yellow flowers and itra, made besan halwa daily as Bhog, lit a ghee Deepak with haldi mixed in, real ghee from his own cow, and a mustard-oil lamp in Bhairava ji's name, then did 108 paths of the stotra and a Havan of eleven Ahuti for each name. The first Sankalpa was for only eleven days, because the speaker says a long sadhana is not right for a beginner. After eleven days there was no particular effect, but the man's manobal grew; he said he did not know whether it would succeed but found great joy in doing it, and asked when he could begin again.
Persistence in sadhana: the devata yields to one not fixed on the fruit, and why one-day siddhi sadhanas fail
The speaker says that when results do not come people's manobal breaks, but where a person has gone into the sadhana, whose mind is not only on the fruit and who has surrendered to that divine, there even the devata gives in. He contrasts this with today's YouTube culture where everyone wants instant results: one-day Baglamukhi siddhi, one-day Bhairava siddhi, one-day apsara, one-day yakshini. Such people, he says, have been chasing this for years, watching one video then another, reading a magazine, doing one-day, two-day and four-day sadhanas, and nothing happens while time passes. The best lesson from the farmer, he says, is that he repeated one and the same thing again and again: no result, no problem, do it again.
Third round of the Bagla 108-names anushthan: done havanatmak with daily havan, Bhairav bali, bhog placement and beginning mudras
The speaker says that for the third round the farmer told him not to worry about money, since the cost was not much and he would budget for ten days at a time, and asked that this time the sadhana be done havanatmak, with Havan along with the path, and that the Bali vidhan also be given. So the speaker gave him the full vidhan of Bhairava bali and so on: how the bali is to be given, how the havan is to be done, and how and where the Bhog is to be placed. Because things were going better and the man's interest was growing, he says it was his duty to tell him more, so he also taught him a little of the beginning vidhan of Mudra and told him to go ahead. He does not give these vidhans in the talk.
Should one do the Hanuman Janjira or a Bhairav nikari?
Asked whether to do the Hanuman Janjira or the Bhairav nikari, he says: do the Bhairav nikari, and after doing the Bhairav nikari do the Hanuman Janjira. The nikari is a process; the Janjira is a siddhi.
Is there a special method for making Akash Bhairav happy?
He says Akash Bhairav cannot be made happy in that way at all — making happy has become a separate subject. For his kripa, all things are done by his own vidhi-vidhan. If you go into these forms, he says, these are tantric forms; they are shaktis connected with tantra, and here both bhava and kriya are required.
Why must the griha bandhan be done in any case?
The griha bandhan should certainly be done, he says, so that at least an obstruction arises: if the other party projects tantra, it should not be that he gets a completely open field, goes right inside, has a quarrel started and a fight break out. Let him too meet a little obstruction. This much can be done. And there is no difficult vidhi here — the vidhis of Hanuman ji and of Bhairav ji are ones a man can do comfortably.
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