Dattatreya
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The combined avatar of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, worshipped as a guru deity, especially within the Nath and Tantric traditions.
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Reciting a kavach in Hindi instead of Sanskrit
To a listener who recites Bhagwan Dattatreya's Kavach in Hindi, the speaker says: absolutely, do it in Hindi, with full bhaav. Once the Hindi is done, you can gradually move to the Sanskrit.
Batuk Bhairav anushthan: the sankalpa wording and the opening smaran and lamps each day
The speaker says each sitting of the Batuk Bhairav Hridaya Stotra anushthan opens by sprinkling Gangajal on oneself — no mantra needed — and, holding Akshat, a flower and a coin, taking a Sankalpa in one's own name: for the root destruction of whatever abhichar any enemy has done on my body, for complete protection, for the grace of Batuk Bhairav Baba and for every kind of protection of my body and mind in future, I resolve to recite the Batuk Bhairav Hridaya Stotra yathashakti. The items go into a plate. Then remember your Guru mentally — or Dattatreya as guru with "Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu", asking his blessing and adesh to complete the sankalpa and destroy the enemy — then Ganesha with any mantra you know, then your kul devi-devata (if unknown, address "whoever and wherever you are, protector of my kul", asking to be freed so as to serve Bhagwati and reach life's purpose). Then bow to the temple's deity and light a til-oil, mustard-oil or ghee lamp for them, and at your seat a medium-size mustard-oil Chaumukh Deepak lamp for Bhairav with eight doubled wicks of black thread or cotton, set on rice or black sesame in a plate, to burn one and a half to two hours.
The 108 Namavali rather than the Datta Mala Mantra for a Datta idol's homa, 'Pathe' versus 'Jape Viniyogah', and raw green limes from a crossroads
Datta idol Homa should use the 108 Namavali of Dattatreya rather than the Datta Mala Mantra; Viniyoga is phrased 'Pathe Viniyogah' for a single recitation and 'Jape Viniyogah' for repeated japa; raw green limes from crossroads are traditionally preferred for swift occult severance.
Why is Lord Dattatreya considered a supreme synthesis of divine energies?
Lord Dattatreya represents a supreme synthesis of divine energies through whom ancestral spirits and lineage deities across all traditions — Kaula, Shakta, Vaishnava, and Shaiva — find unified harmony and satisfaction.
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.
Repeating a completed anushthan at an old Siddha Peeth or Shakti Peeth
The speaker's fourth task: once the temple anushthan is complete — say 11, 21 or 41 days of Dattatreya's Vajra Kavach, as one could manage — go to a Siddha Peeth, famous Shakti Peeth or other divine peeth near home that is 100 or 200 years old and locally held to be a jagrit peeth; the deity there can be any shakti. Repeat the same anushthan there for at least 3, 5 or 7 days, staying if it is far, commuting if close: 108 paths a day and a daily Havan, nothing elaborate. Seven days there, he says, completes one level: the shaktis whose kavach was recited awaken, and their yoginis, rakshikas and Bhairavs begin to walk with the practitioner.
25 lamps in all — one Karmasakshee and 24 in a triangle — plus coconuts, cotton and Kalawa thread
A total of 25 lamps — one Karmasakshee lamp plus 24 arranged in a triangle — along with two or three coconuts for six coconut-shell lamps, cotton, Kalawa thread, flowers, Palasa-leaf cups, rice, Roli, and turmeric.
One each to Dattatreya, Anagha Lakshmi, the Kuldevi and Kula Bhairava, with two set to the rear
One each to Lord Dattatreya, Goddess Anagha Lakshmi, the Kuldevi (family deity), and Kula Bhairava, with two more placed to the rear for Maharishi Atri and Mother Anasuya.
Three-strand Kalawa wrapped 36 times to reach 108, cut to about four fingers
Fold and wrap standard 3-strand Kalawa thread 36 times to reach 108 strands, cut it to about four fingers long, and fit one wick into each of the six coconut lamps.
Eight lamps to a side around the centre, with the Kula Bhairava lamp outside the triangle
The 24 lamps form a triangle around the center (8 lamps per side), the main deities' coconut lamps sit at the center with the Kula Bhairava lamp placed outside it, and the Karmasakshee lamp is set apart on the worshipper's right or in the Agneya (South-East) corner.
Karmasakshee lit first, then achamana, the Kusha ring and seat sanctification before the sankalpa
After lighting the Karmasakshee lamp, the worshipper performs the opening purification rites (Achamana, wearing the Kusha grass ring, and seat sanctification), then recites a Sankalpa naming their lineage and dedicating the Deepdaan to their ancestors, family deities, Dattatreya, Anagha Lakshmi, Atri, and Anasuya.
Ganpati and Kula Shakti first, then Kula Bhairava, then the 24 of the triangle
After the Sankalpa, light two ghee lamps for Ganesha and the family's Kula Shakti, then the Kula Bhairava coconut lamp, then the 24 triangle lamps one by one in a clockwise direction while reciting Deepdaan mantras or Dattatreya's name.
What doshas does Dattatreya Deepdan alleviate, and what does it bestow?
It is said to alleviate Pitru Dosha, Rishi Dosha (through Atri and Anasuya's grace), and family-deity faults, while bestowing wealth, prosperity, and protection through Dattatreya and Anagha Lakshmi.
Why is Lord Dattatreya described as Smartagami, and what does that mean for the deepdan?
Smartagami means "attainable by mere remembrance" — Dattatreya, the Supreme Guru of the Kaula, Vaishnava, Shaiva, and Nath traditions, is said to become fully present wherever this Deepdaan is performed with sincere remembrance.
Camphor in the clay vessel, water three times around it, and aarti at least five times
Light camphor in the clay vessel, offer water three times around it, perform Aarti at least five times, offer water again near the food offerings while reciting Naivedya mantras, then close with a Pushpanjali of flowers at the deity's feet.
Materials gathered into water and released where feet will not touch them
The used materials are collected in a bucket of water and released (Visarjan) into a flowerpot, clean spot, or river where feet will not touch them; an optional extra lamp can be lit in Dattatreya's name for relief from debt and for the wellbeing of the teacher who taught the ritual.
What are the most auspicious periods for installing a new deity idol (Vigraha Pratishtha)?
Vijayadashami (a self-proven Abhoojha muhurta), Navratri, Guru Pushya, and Ravi Pushya are ideal, along with Margashirsha for Dattatreya and Magha for Surya Narayan; new installations should be avoided between Bhadrapada and Devuthani Ekadashi except under special Navratri injunctions.
What sadhana helps in obtaining a guru directly?
For someone seeking to obtain a guru directly, the speaker recommends worshipping Bhagwan Dutt (Dattatreya) and reciting his parayan as far as one's capacity allows.
Which revered figures in Sanatana Dharma were themselves accomplished Tantriks?
Lord Shiva is the supreme Tantrik; Sage Vashistha (Lord Rama's family preceptor) was a Tantrik; Lord Dattatreya is a Maha-Kaula; Sage Atri and Mother Anasuya are Param Kaulas; and Sage Durvasa was a formidable practitioner of Smashana Kali.
Dream of a white-clad child after starting the Dattatreya Vajra Kavach
The speaker says that a sadhak who began reciting the Dattatreya Vajra Kavacham started, from about the second or third day, seeing a child in white clothes in his dreams every time (Swapna). Because the family already had a tantra-mantra problem and came from a Brahmin lineage, the sadhak feared the child was a bal-brahm — a child of the kul who died young — that the Kavach recitation was making visible again and again.
Dattatreya as smritagami: proven through a year of dream darshans
The speaker says the final event came on the day of Deepdaan, a year later, when the sadhak received a dream message that the sweets and prasad he had thrown away were wanted back. Across that year the presence had appeared in three or four forms, one being the white-clad child. The speaker says the Kavach itself calls Bhagwan Dattatreya Smritagami — he comes at mere remembrance, however one remembers — and this was proven: Datt had been with the sadhak from the second day, cutting his Prarabdha and giving darshan because he was a pure, sattvik and surrendered devotee. Fear, he adds, builds more confusion than is warranted; only after a year did the sadhak see that the grace had been there all along.
Prarabdha is cut gradually, not all at once
To those who ask why Bhagwan, since he had come, did not set everything right in one go, the speaker answers that this is how Prarabdha is made to be cut: courage is given and things are put right little by little. The lesson he draws is never to think "I am reciting the Kavach, so why am I not getting full benefit" — ordinary people lack the wisdom to grasp these matters, which become clear only after time. Whatever tattva or shakti one surrenders to and invokes surely comes, stays alongside according to one's bad prarabdha, and works to get it cut; this, he says, is true bhakti and Bhagwan's kripa.
Warnings rather than sudden retribution when conduct or ritual slips, and Bhikshatana between 11:30 and 1:30 to dissolve an accomplished practitioner's ego
Higher entities closely monitor a practitioner's conduct, sending warnings for errors in conduct or ritual rather than sudden retribution; advanced lineages further use Bhikshatana (subsisting solely on alms from unrelated households during fixed hours) to eliminate the spiritual ego of accomplished practitioners, a discipline Lord Dattatreya Himself is said to embody.
Why is Guru Pushya Nakshatra especially auspicious for Dattatreya worship?
Guru Pushya Nakshatra — falling on a Thursday during the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) — is an exceptionally auspicious day to offer lamps and perform Japa of Lord Dattatreya's mantra, whether at home or at pilgrimage centers such as Kashi, Vindhyachal, and Girnar.
Who is the Adi Guru worshipped across all authentic Shakta, Kaula, and Vaishnava lineages?
Lord Mahasiddha Dattatreya — the Adi Guru and first Guru of all sects, worshipped in his original form or an aspect/incarnation in every authentic lineage; if a tradition claims otherwise, it simply means their Guru never imparted that knowledge.
The primordial Guru and Guru Tattva go undiscussed in the race to project oneself as the highest
Modern claimants do not wish to discuss the primordial Guru or the core Guru Tattva, because there is a race to project themselves as the ultimate Guru instead — assuming titles such as Kaula Guru, Vaishnavacharya, or Jagadguru.
Where is Lord Dattatreya found across sacred sites, and what role does he play in authentic Guru lineages?
Across all 12 Jyotirlingas, 51 or 108 Shaktipeethas, and Siddhapeethas, Dattatreya and Baba Gorakhnath are invariably found nearby — and in authentic Guru lineages, practices concerning him are mandatorily imparted to disciples during initiation up to Purnabhisheka.
Why is worshipping graves (Mazars) on Thursday contrary to Sanatana Dharma?
Thursday is sacred to Lord Dattatreya, so worshipping spirits, graves, or unscriptural entities on that day is contrary to Sanatana Dharma — such unscriptural worship feeds low astral and ghostly energies (Pretas and Pishachas).
What is the Ekakshari (Single-Syllable) Mantra Sadhana of Lord Dattatreya?
A minimum of 400,000 (4 Lakh) repetitions — a fourfold Purascharana in Kali Yuga — to attain mantra Siddhi, further empowered by 100,000 (or a minimum 11,000) repetitions at a sacred pilgrimage site, combined with reciting the Sri Dattatreya Vajra Panjara Stotra alongside the Japa.
What is the practice and application of Lord Dattatreya's 12 Names?
A minimum of 1,100 to 1,200 recitations awakens the mantra, cleansing past transgressions when accompanied by genuine repentance; reciting the 12 Names in the presence of a critically ill or suffering elder or animal during severe distress in the soul's departure grants relief and a peaceful transit.
How does Pitru Tarpan under a Peepal tree dedicated to Dattatreya help, and why should ancestral rites be performed personally?
Pitru Tarpan performed under a Dattatreya-dedicated Peepal tree calms agitated ancestral spirits causing domestic unrest; sacred rites (Gita recitation, Tarpan, Shradh, Pinda Daan, Narayan Bali) are most effective when performed personally with sincere devotion rather than entirely delegated to others.
Kusha or a gold ring in hand for the sankalpa, and taking it in Hindi
The speaker says to use Kusha in the sankalpa if possible. If you are wearing a kusha Pavitri or a gold ring, there is no issue; but if you have neither, kusha must be in the hand at the time of the sankalpa. On the wording, if you can take the full sankalpa in Sanskrit that is fine; otherwise a simple sankalpa in Hindi is acceptable, and the complete method of taking it in Hindi, with a PDF, is in the channel's video on Bhagavan Dattatreya's Dev Diksha Vidhan.
Guru pujan is the first puja after sankalpa, and Dattatreya is the easiest guru without a diksha
The speaker says that after the sankalpa the first pujan is that of the Guru, and this is where the first stage of sadhana begins. Asked how to do guru pujan when there is no guru and no Diksha, he answers that the easiest and simplest recourse is Bhagavan Dattatreya: his form appeared for exactly this reason, so that wherever in the world a seeker needs the Guru Tattva and longs for a guru, he is present at once. Merely remembering Dattatreya, he says, worships the entire Guru Mandala.
Dattatreya's worship is present in every tradition you may later be initiated into
The speaker says Dattatreya's form is the unified form of Brahma, Vishnu and Bhagavan Sadashiva. Whenever in future, by your merits, you are initiated into any kula tradition, whether Vaishnava, Shaiva, Shakta, Kaula Sampradaya or Aghor, Dattatreya's worship will certainly be there in some form; and when your guru teaches you Mandala pujan and the full extended method of patra sadhana, Dattatreya will certainly have a place in the yantra pujan, mandala pujan and adhar pujan. So, he says, surrender to Dattatreya without worry and do the pujan connected to the guru tattva.
How to do guru pujan through Dattatreya, and his command over pitrs, 64 yoginis and 52 bhairavs
For guru pujan through Dattatreya, the speaker says to recite the shlokas dedicated to the guru such as "Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu", or Datta's 108-name ashtottara shatanamavali, or his 12 names; any of these worships the whole Guru Mandala. He adds that Bhagavan Datta is the cause of the uplift of all Pitrs, and that among the Mahasiddhas it is Datta who is the root shakti commanding the 64 Yoginis and 52 bhairavs. Merely worshipping or remembering his form satisfies him; satisfied, he bestows the grace of the whole guru mandala. As your merits grow and your impure Prarabdha decays, discrimination awakens on its own, the path becomes visible, and when the time comes you obtain a guru.
Dakshinamurti and Guru Gita as alternatives for guru pujan, and why the speaker prefers Datta
Asked which sadhana comes first, the speaker says a sadhak's first sadhana should be of the guru. The adi guru endowed with the guru tattva, in the form of the greatest Mahashakti, is Bhagavan Dattatreya; the second form endowed with it is Sadashiva as Dakshinamurti Shiva, who is unique in Tantra and has a place in the worship of any of the ten Mahavidyass. One may go for these forms too, but their vidhi-vidhan should be learnt from a qualified person; the Guru Gita may also be taken as a support for guru pujan. In his own view, since neither you nor he knows which tradition you will belong to later, the power that acts and guides most immediately for everyone is Datta, so take Datta's refuge and worship him.
Longing for a guru is answered: the first purashcharana for Datta until a guru comes
The speaker says that as long as there is no guru, one may do the Dev Diksha Vidhan and make the very first Purashcharana anushthan for Bhagavan Dattatreya, for the Guru Mandala. It is not that because no guru has been found in this birth none was found in earlier births; one surely was. A guru is certainly obtained if this sadhana is done with longing, because it is Dattatreya's very responsibility to grant a guru to anyone who presents that longing and calls out with surrender and a piteous heart. As the share of guru tattva and kula parampara merit from past births grows in a large way, he says, you come closer and closer to that kula parampara.
Dev Diksha Vidhan and Ekakshari japa for a sadhak without a guru, and the doubts around it
The speaker says a sadhak with no guru should first do the Dev Diksha Vidhan; the whole method is on the channel, found by searching YouTube for "Dev Diksha Vidhan Grihastha Tantra". Watch those, perform the vidhan, and do the Ekakshari japa. He notes the doubts people raise, whether one has the right to do Ekakshari japa, and the fear that whoever does it will become detached, a messenger of Dattatreya, a sanyasi, and says these have been answered properly several times in separate lives and videos. His instruction is to listen to those, remove every doubt, strengthen your surrender, and make Datta your first sadhana.
After Ekakshari: Datta Mala Mantra and Vajra Kavach, Thursday puja and purnima deepdaan
The speaker says that once the Ekakshari is done, the two things to practise next are the dattatreya-mala-mantra and the Vajra Kavacham. Whatever level of sadhak you are, completely new or already practising, the first sadhana is of Bhagavan Datta: special pujan on Thursday, Deepdaan for him on purnima and the like, and deepdaan in the time of a maha parva. The full tantrokta vidhi of deepdaan and the experiences of it keep coming on the channel. Done in a spirit of seva and puja, he says, this carries no crooked side-effect and your Tapobal grows. Only after this come the others, such as the Panchakshari Mantra.
Daily vidhi of the Panchakshari purashcharan: materials, lamps, sankalp, smaran, abhishek, japa and aarti
For the daily sitting the speaker asks for yellow cloth and a yellow asan, a Shivling for daily abhishek, Bilva patra, kaner, aakavan and shami leaf or flower, and cow's milk — or a gandhodak of roli, crushed camphor and agar or rose water in water. Sit facing east or north in yellow or white, light two lamps — mustard oil for the protective shaktis (Bhairav, Hanuman, Kali, the yoginis), ghee for Shiva, Parvati, the nourishing shaktis and the kul devi-devatas — and do Achamana, pavitri dharan, shikha bandhan, bhumi sparsh and asan shodhan. Then Swastivachan (or the Mangalam Bhagwan Vishnu mantra), guru smaran — Dattatreya if you have no guru, since Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh are in him, or Shiva or Narayan — and the day's Sankalpa with akshat, flower and water, naming yourself, Gotra, tithi and nakshatra: for Shiva's pleasure, for the siddhi of the Panchakshar mantra, for the destruction of sins of all births and of all known and unknown doshas, for the pleasure of the Pitr devas, I resolve to do yathashakti japa today. Then Ganesha by the Sankat Nashan Stotra, Batuk Bhairava by his stotra and shatanamavali, and Bhagwati by the Saptashloki or her stotra — five minutes in all — then abhishek of Shiva by the names of the twelve Jyotirlingas and shringar, optionally a Shiva Kavach, stotra or the Rudrashtakam, and the japa itself on a Rudraksha mala kept inside a Gomukhi. Afterwards samarpan, a stuti such as the Shiv Tandav Stotra or Lingashtakam, and camphor Aarti. Three hours at most, he says.
What counts are possible across a three-night stay?
A Sava Lakh at minimum. For a practised Ekakshari reciter managing 500 malas a day — about 50,000 japa — three days yields a lakh and a half, and it can be pushed to three lakh.
A Sava Lakh of Datta japa in three days, and four lakh if the stay allows
Someone worshipping Bhagavan Datta at the Kumbh should complete at least a Sava Lakh in three days, and stay long enough for four lakh of the Ekakshari if they can. What was to be done at home is being done at that place instead.
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.
Who should do the Dattatreya ekakshari mantra vidhan?
The speaker says every sadhak should do the vidhan of the Ekakshari mantra of Bhagavan Dattatreya, and especially those who have not obtained a Guru and have not received a mantra from the mouth of a physical guru. Such people, he says, step onto the sadhana path and go straight to the sadhana of Bhairav, Kali, Durga and the Mahashaktis; instead their first sadhana should be Dattatreya, the samyak form of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, accepted as guru, and this ekakshari vidhan should certainly be done before walking the path.
Why does worshipping Dattatreya count as worshipping all gurus?
The speaker says Bhagavan Dattatreya is worshipped in some form, in the guru form, in every panth and sampradaya of Sanatan culture, so serving and worshipping him worships all gurus. The shloka "गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः, गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः" is, he says, seen directly in his form, since Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh are visible in him and he is saakshat Parabrahma, a Mahamuni. He therefore tells the listener to accept him as guru with faith and shraddha.
Special case: a guru obtained but not taking the sadhak forward
The speaker says that even if a Guru has been obtained but for some reason is unable to take the sadhak forward on the sadhana path, or the sadhak is not satisfied, that person too should do this Ekakshari mantra vidhan of Bhagavan Datta. Otherwise, for one who has no guru at all and wants to walk the path, the Dev Deeksha vidhan comes first.
Dev deeksha before the Dattatreya ekakshari anushthan
The speaker says that before walking the sadhana path one should first do the Dev Deeksha vidhan before Bhagavan Dattatreya, on any auspicious parva kaal or on a Poornima day, mentally surrendering before him and accepting him as Sadguru and param guru. Only after that should the ekakshari mantra anushthan be taken up in one's life.
Nature of the Dattatreya ekakshari beej mantra
The speaker says this mantra is the Bija Mantra mantra of the complete form of Bhagavan Dattatreya — just as Kali, Durga and every principal Mahashakti has a beej mantra, so does the param guru swaroop Bhagavan Datta. A beej, he explains, is like a seed from which a tree grows and bears many fruits: this is Datta's smallest form, yet all his shaktis are contained in it. The beej itself is not spoken in the video; he says the full japa vidhi is in a PDF linked in the description.
Datta's promise to the sadhak, and objections to doing the vidhan oneself
The speaker says Bhagavan Datta himself declares that whoever worships him in whatever bhava and manner, he comes at once and fulfils all that person's wishes. So the vidhan should be done for one's own welfare without negative thoughts and without heeding very learned people who say one cannot do such a vidhan by oneself; going into others' talk, he says, one never advances on one's path of welfare. Leave all that, accept Bhagavan's sharanagati and surrender to him. The proof, he says, has been given in earlier Dattatreya videos and lives on the channel, and hearing them removes every doubt.
Start day, dress, asana and direction for the Datta ekakshari japa
The speaker says to begin the sadhana from the Poornima tithi of any month. Keep yellow cloth and a yellow asana, or an asana of Kusha. Face north, east or west, or face the direction in which Girnar parvat in Gujarat lies from your home. Since Datta is Parabrahma and present everywhere any direction works, but grihasthas should not face south at home in sadhana, shanti or Paushtik Karma; apart from that, east, west and north are allowed.
Mala, gomukhi and chandan for the Datta ekakshari japa
The speaker says the Mala for this japa is of Rudraksha, strung in yellow thread, and the Gomukhi is to be yellow too. On the forehead wear yellow cloth and a lepan of yellow Chandan; do not apply red chandan at the start of this sadhana. As an alternative, a lepan of Kesar may be used.
First-day Datta pujan together with the wife
The speaker says that if the sadhak is married, then on the first day, whenever the pujan is done, he should keep in mind to do the pujan of Bhagavan Datta together with his dharmapatni, certainly, if it is possible.
Sadhana cloth, asana, mala and gomukhi reserved for the sadhak alone
The speaker says the cloth used in this sadhana is not to be worn in daily life, only in pujan and paath. No other person should use those clothes or the asana, and no other person should touch the Mala or the Gomukhi; the sadhak alone uses all of them.
Two lamps and the first-day pujan in the Datta ekakshari anushthan
The speaker says a ghee lamp is best in this sadhana, and every person should light two: one in the name of Bhagavan Dattatreya and the second in the name of his mahashakti, Bhagavati Anagha Lakshmi. The pujan is done at the beginning, on the first day; for it he points to the general shodashopachar pujan vidhi given in his dev deeksha video, linked in the description. After that the japa begins.
108 malas a day from Purnima to Purnima, and when to sit
The speaker prescribes 108 malas of the Ekakshari every day from one Poornima to the next. The time may be early morning at dawn, evening, or night, but japa at nine or ten o'clock gives less effect, so try for dawn. The 108 may also be split into two sittings, 54 in the morning and 54 in the evening. Done this way, he says, by Datta's grace nothing will be lacking in material or spiritual life, and his guidance and help will keep coming, directly or indirectly, at the right time.
Bhog, water and leaves in the Datta ekakshari anushthan
Asked what Bhog to offer, the speaker says any sweet item — chhuhara, kishmish, Mishri. After offering, the sadhak may eat it and feed it to the household. The water kept with the bhog is to be drunk by the sadhak himself. Bilva and Tulsi leaf may both be offered to Bhagavan.
Feeding the cow and dogs during the Datta sadhana
The speaker says that as long as the japa and the sadhana period run — and in fact always in life — a cow must be fed bhog every day, because Bhagavan Datta always walks with the cow, Gau Mata Kamadhenu, and is present with her, so her seva is done. Four dogs stay with Datta, so dogs too must be fed during this time. With these acts alongside the japa, he says, Datta's boundless grace is certainly obtained.
Closing havan of the Datta ekakshari anushthan
The speaker says that when the Purnima-to-Purnima japa is complete, on the last day do a Havan as well if possible — at least 11 malas. In it only the Bija Mantra is uttered, and then Swaha; the beej is said in the mind, not with the mouth, and only the swaha is spoken as each Ahuti is given. This is how the japa is completed, and its samarpan is to be kept on being made to Bhagavan Datta.
Daily japa after the Datta ekakshari anushthan and its promised fruits
After the anushthan, the speaker says, keep doing japa of this mantra daily as your capacity allows, five malas or 11 malas. Then spiritual progress follows, and in whatever further sadhana you take up — of Ganpati, Bhairav, Hanuman, the Mahavidyas — you will certainly succeed. No Dosha will then attach to you; and if one does, Bhagavan Datta will guide you and create some nimitt for release from it. Going into the sharan of Mahaguru Mahadatta, he says, brings progress in sadhana, in spiritual life and in material life alike.
Anagha Lakshmi, Dattatreya's consort shakti, worshipped alongside him
The speaker says Lord Dattatreya is the gathered form of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh in whom all shaktis reside, and that his Mahayoga Shakti, his Vamangi shakti, is Bhagwati Anagha Lakshmi. He says that whenever any Mahashakti is worshipped, her paired (yugal) form must also be worshipped, so doing archana or Tarpana of Anagha Lakshmi through her 101 names alongside Dattatreya's worship brings her special grace. If one is doing 100 Mala of any Dattatreya mantra, reciting her 101 names with it gives that special grace.
Regular archana of Anagha Lakshmi with her 101 names: for money trouble and on Krishna Paksha Ashtami
The speaker says that where a money problem is very severe, doing archana of Bhagwati Anagha Lakshmi with Kumkum through her 101 names, just once each morning for at least four months, brings her special grace quickly. Separately, he says those who regularly do Lord Dutt's seva-puja and keep vrats like the Anagha Lakshmi vrat are certain to receive her grace if they do archana with these mantras every month on Krishna Paksha Ashtami.
Silver Shri beej prayoga of Anagha Lakshmi for wealth
The speaker describes a vidhan he calls a great boon for Dattatreya sadhaks, though anyone may use it. Lakshmi's beej akshar Shri is made in silver; on Anagha Lakshmi Ashtami (the Ashtami after Dattatreya Jayanti in Margashirsha), or in a crisis on any Krishna Paksha Ashtami, it is placed on a plate, treated as Bhagwati's own form, worshipped with Kumkum through her names, shown Aarti, and kept where the household money is stored. From that Ashtami on, every day it is brought back to the puja place, worshipped again with kumkum 108 times or with 101 mantras, and returned to the money place, with red and yellow flowers always offered. Done this way, he says, her special grace is certain, especially for money problems.
Dattatreya seva and peepal-tree tarpan for pitru and spirit troubles
The speaker says that when any special problem connected with the Pitr arises, or vaishachik (spirit-related) problems appear, the seva, puja and Anushthana of Lord Dattatreya are very effective at that time. He adds that doing Tarpana with Lord Dutt's mantras on a Peepal tree is also excellent, and that through it the pitrus become peaceful and gentle very quickly.
Where do the shaktis go on the divine tithis, and where do Datta's sevaks go on Mahashivratri?
The first point, he says, is that whatever divine tithis there are, or times of a divine parva, at such times the mahashaktis and mahasiddhas connected with that shakti, who remain in her service, wherever their station may be, certainly come from their own station towards the divine kshetras, towards the tirtha kshetras. As an example: at the time of Mahashivratri, whatever sevaks and sadhaks of Bhagwan Mahaguru Dattatreya there are will all go to the Girnar kshetra for the parikrama, will go to Girnar ji, will go to the Vindhya kshetra where the sthan is, to the place in the Kashi kshetra, to the Chakra Pushkarni tirtha and the rest.
The same mantra gives many times its ordinary effect at such a place and time, and the benefit reaches even at a distance
If at that time, seated at that place, you are doing the seva of Bhagwan Datta, then the mantra you used to japa on ordinary days, and the fruit and the capacity that used to be obtained — sitting at those places, he says, you may see for yourself: it will give many times more effect. But even if you are seated far from that place and do japa at a distance, even sitting at your own home, you obtain fruit many times more than on ordinary days.
Where should the danda of Bhagwan Dattatreya be kept?
The danda of Bhagwan Dattatreya may be placed at the entrance of the house, the main door, on the inner side or the outer side — at such a place that there is no problem in its being seen, that whoever sees it does not carry it away; you may fix it that high. Daily dhoop, deep, kapoor and the rest; and as for the vidhan of its use, how and what is to be done, he says he has told it in an earlier live as well, at length — listen to it once — as to how the special niyams of the danda of Bhagwan Dattatreya may be used.
When may the dev diksha vidhan of Bhagwan Datta be done?
If it is to be done in that manner, you may do it, he says. Take it that you may do it now at Makar Sankranti. You may do it at Basant Panchami, in the Gupt Navratri of the Maa. Just now the Gupt Navratri is not running; the Gupt Navratri will come now in Magh.
What should one do at Gurudatta's seva during the Kumbh crowds?
To a listener who says they are going to Kashi after bathing at the Triveni Sangam, he says: very good. In the seva of Gurudatta ji, at the present time there will be so great a crowd that it is enough if you merely take darshan and do pujan; that alone is a great deal.
Can a pandit perform the dev deeksha vidhan of Bhagavan Dattatreya for you?
Asked by a listener who wants to do the dev deeksha vidhan of Bhagavan Dattatreya and has no pandit ji there to have it done, the speaker says you will have to do it yourself.
Where may those in Kashi do the deep daan, and who eats the prasad?
Those of the Kashi region who wish and have the capacity may do deep daan at the place of Bhagavan Dattatreya, at the Dattatreya Paduka Mandir where the diksha vidhan took place; or at the temple of Batuk Bhairav or Kaal Bhairav; or anywhere at Ganga ji's ghat; or, if they wish, at home. As for the prasad of the deep daan: of Batuk Bhairav ji all the people of the house will eat it. But if you are doing the deep daan at Kaal Bhairav ji's temple and offering naivedya there, then men will eat it and women will not. This must be kept in mind.
Is a rare tantric object valuable in itself?
Nothing happens from an object alone — always remember this, he says. Until divinity is transmitted into that object it will not be divine. It will be awakened according to the nakshatra, according to the tithi, and then according to the mantra; only then will it be divine, only then priceless. Cut a small page of bhojpatra and keep it and it is not worth even fifty paise; you might get it for five or ten rupees. But write on it a small yantra of Bhagavan Datta and one beejakshar, and do crores of japa on it, and it has become property worth crores.
What happens if one does Datta's Ekakshari japa at Manikarnika on this night?
Taking the example of someone who has done japa of Bhagavan Datta's Ekakshari in crores, the speaker says that if on the night of Sharad Purnima he stays around Manikarnika, or does his japa near the Datta paduka temples there, then in all likelihood many yoga shaktis and many yoginis will come, because it is a divine kshetra. For the puja of Bhagavan Datta every kind of shakti arrives — the masanik shaktis of that place, ugra shaktis, deva shaktis alike.
The Datta tattva standing in the aura is what earns such a sadhak the anubhuti
Any of them may become gracious and give darshan to a sadhak who has already done that much japa, the speaker says, because the tattva of Bhagavan Mahaguru Dattatreya will be present in his abhamandal — so an attraction forms in them of itself, that this is a supreme devotee upon whom grace should be shown. They will convey the experience of their presence before going, and that anubhuti is what carries the sadhak further on the path.
Dattatreya with Shakambhari on Paush Purnima, at minimum a single day's worship
Bhagavan Dattatreya together with Bhagavati Shakambhari on Paush Purnima — at minimum a single day's worship. His presence is held to be constant in the Guru Mandala of every tradition a practitioner may ever enter.
Which tradition's timing should be used for Dattatreya sadhana?
Dawn if the practitioner follows the Vaishnava line; evening or dawn if Shaiva; night from the outset if they intend the Goddess's favour later and wish to become a Vira practitioner.
Which Dattatreya mantras should be taken up, and what may not be done with them?
The Ekakshari for those who have performed the Deva Diksha procedure, with either the Vajra Kavach or the Datta Mala Mantra alongside; the twelve names for those who cannot manage a Kavach. No mantra may be used for a prayoga during the sadhana.
How much japa constitutes a serious Ekakshari sadhana in this period?
Four lakh in forty days as an absolute minimum — 100 malas a day, about an hour. An experienced practitioner should manage eight lakh at two hours daily; sixteen lakh is called excellent, four lakh alone being one ordinary Mahapurashcharana.
The Vajra Kavach at 100 daily, reaching 4,000 across forty days, closing at Mahashivratri
The Vajra Kavach at 100 recitations daily, reaching 4,000 across forty days — described as becoming a Vajra for life. The Mandala closes with a fuller Havan and concluding oblation on Mahashivratri, which is dedicated to Bhagavan Datta.
Who may take up the Beejakshar sadhana published on the channel?
The Beejakshar sadhana of Bhagavati that has been published on the channel can be done by every person who has at the very least performed the Dev Deeksha vidhan. For those who have no guru, the speaker says he has repeated the point in those videos too: those who have no guru, who have taken no deeksha of any kind, and who have performed the Dev Deeksha vidhan and completed four lakh japa of the Ekakshari of Bhagavan Dattatreya.
What is needed to perform the Dev Deeksha vidhan at Manikarnika Ghat?
You will have to go to the ghat. The temple of Bhagavan Dattatreya is there in any case. And the Dev Deeksha vidhan can be done with the help of the yantra of Bhagavan Dattatreya that you have taken; there is no difficulty in it.
Can pitrs give trouble to a daughter of the house?
Asked whether pitrs can give bodily trouble to a girl of the house as well: yes, absolutely they can. Especially when she is unmarried, a kunwari.
Where should the Dattatreya Dev Deeksha vidhan be completed?
Asked to name one road among Kashi, Vindhyachal and Girnar: do it wherever your wish inclines. Bhagavan Datta has his place everywhere, and everywhere he remains seated endowed with the sixteen kalas.
Foundation before a Vajra Panjar Kavach samput prayog: Datta diksha, an awakened Ekakshari mantra and an awakened kavach
The speaker says the samput is never applied straight away. In the Kanpur case the sadhak first completed Bhagavan Dattatreya's diksha vidhan, then a four-lakh purashcharan of the Datta Ekakshari mantra in a Shiva temple, and then a one-mandal anushthan of the Vajra Panjar Kavach — 4100 paths over 41 days, 108 a day split between morning and evening, done in the temple from four in the morning. As the general rule he says: before the prayog, awaken the Ekakshari mantra and do at least 1100 paths of the kavach — 11 days if 41 are not possible — with Datta puja, a havan and feeding brahmans or a sadhu, so that the kavach is awakened.
Bhagavan Dattatreya as Mahaguru: no tantra prevails over one who has his grace
The speaker says Bhagavan Datta is in guru form, in Mahaguru form, and asks that his seva-puja be done. However great a pret or pishach, or whatever Islamic shakti or tantra-mantra has been worked, if you serve him with surrender he holds the combined shakti of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh and the Mahashakti of Bhagavati Jagadamba; by Bhagavati's grace he is all-capable and mahasiddh, all traditions descend from him, and by his grace one can win over every kind of tantra. Whoever Bhagavan Datta stands behind, he asks, who can defeat, and what tantra can run on them? A human is only a human; this is Mahashakti, and there is great capacity in taking refuge in him.
Thursdays given to Bhagavan Datta for family protection: kavach or mala mantra path, puja, deepdan, and his temple instead of a mazar or dargah
The speaker asks everyone, for the protection of their family, to do at least this every Thursday: a path of the Dattatreya Vajra Panjar Kavach, or of his mala mantra, or his ordinary puja, or — if the problem is bigger — the deepdan vidhi, Thursday after Thursday. On Thursdays never go to any mulla, mazar, dargah or the place of any peer-fakir; go to a Datta temple, and if there is none, do his puja at home, remember him and invoke him. Reading the kavach in Hindi, he says, shows how fast Datta comes on mere remembrance; give one day of the week to this Mahaguru of the guru tradition and it brings welfare to you and your family, never harm.
A photo or Shri Vigraha of Dattatreya, as large as means allow — he is being taken as Sadguru for life, so it must be there.
A photo of Bhagwan Dattatreya, decorated with as many flowers as are shown. The speaker says you may keep the photo as large as your capacity allows, or keep a Shri Vigraha. Since he is being taken as Sadguru for the whole of life, he says, his Shri Vigraha or photo must certainly be there.
The sample sankalp runs from kalp and manvantar down to the tithi, the gotra, and the purpose of accepting Dattatreya as Sadguru.
The speaker pronounces a sample sankalp: Hari Om Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu, remembering Shrimad Bhagwan Mahapurush, in the Shri Shwetavara kalp, Vaivasvat manvantar, the 28th, in the first charan of Kaliyug, in Bhulok, Jambu Dweep, within Bharatvarsha, the state named Sikkim, the place named Guwahati, near the Kamarup Kamakhya peeth, at his own home, in the auspicious month of Margashirsha, on the Shukla Paksha Panchami tithi, in the morning — born in the Vishwanath gotra, Rudranshu — taking the sankalp to complete the pujan paath and the dev diksha vidhan for accepting Bhagwan Dattatreya in the form of Sadguru.
The sankalp closes with a prayer to be accepted as a disciple and guided lifelong, offered with 'Shri Dattatreya Gurudevaya Namah'.
He prays: may Bhagwan Datta bestow grace on me, accept me in the form of his disciple, and casting his glance of grace on me lifelong, always guide me as a son, as a daughter, as his disciple. The sankalp is offered to Bhagwan Datta with: Om Vishnave Namah Vishnave Namah Vishnave Namah Shri Dattatreya Gurudevaya Namah. The flowers are then offered at the feet and the sankalp is complete.
Gauri Ganpati are worshipped first, and where mantrochcharan is not known the pujan may be spoken in Hindi with plain bhav.
After the sankalp, the pujan of Gauri Ganpati is done. The sankalp has made it clear, the speaker says, that the Gauri Ganpati and kalash pujan and everything else is being done for the purpose of obtaining diksha from Bhagwan Dattatreya. Mantra recitation now begins — and if one does not know mantrochcharan, he says, then with an entirely simple bhav we will do it speaking in Hindi.
Three heaps of flowers are laid — Bhagavati Anusuya, Dattatreya in the middle, and Maharshi Atri — each marked with kumkum and given a lamp.
Now the pujan of the chief Mahamuni, Maharshi, Mahashakti Bhagwan Dattatreya is done. Before his place three heaps of flowers are made: the first heap in the name of Bhagavati Anusuya, who is Bhagwan Dattatreya's mother; the middle one in the name of Bhagwan Dattatreya; and the one beside it in the name of Mahamuni Atri, Atri Rishi. Kumkum is then put on all three heaps of flowers, and a lamp is given a place upon each.
A ghee lamp with a long wick; a khadi batti, the standing wick, is not to be used in this pujan.
The speaker says it should be a ghee lamp with a long wick, and that you should not use a khadi batti, a standing wick, in this pujan. The three lamps are then decorated and made ready in the name of the three devatas, the three mahashaktis, and are kindled one by one.
Anusuya's lamp is kindled first, then Dattatreya's, then Maharshi Atri's, with the Shubham Karotu Kalyanam verse if it is known.
First the lamp of Bhagavati Anusuya will be kindled, then Bhagwan Dattatreya, and then Bhagwan Datta's father, Maharshi Atri. Mantra paath may be done if it is known: Shubham karotu kalyanam arogyam sukh sampadam shatru buddhi vinasham cha deep pur jyoti namastute, deepo jyoti param brahma deepo jyoti janardana deepo haratu me papam sandhya deepam namastute ya deepam jyoti namastute.
Where the mantra is not known the lamp may be kindled with remembrance alone, water then sprinkled on all of them from a flower.
Whatever mantra you know you may recite, the speaker says, or else kindle the lamp while remembering Bhagwan. Water should certainly be sprinkled here on all the lamps, taking the water on a flower, and they should be set down in this way. All the lamps have been well decorated so that they look divine and attractive, so that when Bhagwan is present he may be pleased.
Dattatreya is invoked as Anusuya's son with a flower, given an asan, then water for feet, hands, achman and snan.
Taking a flower in the hand the avahan is made: O Bhagwan Dattatreya, son of Anusuya Mata, wherever you may be in these three worlds, I make your avahan; be present here and accepting this pujan vidhan of mine, be pleased with me — for the avahan I am offering a flower. Then, taking a flower again, the asan is given, and water is offered for washing his feet, washing his hands, achman and snan.
A dhoti or rakta sutra serves as vastra and upavastra, then the yagyopavit, water for achman following each.
After the snan, vastra is offered — you may also give a dhoti and the like, or, as is done here, rakta sutra is offered with the words "O Lord, accept this", followed by water three times. After the vastra, water is poured for achman; then for the upavastra rakta sutra is again offered, then water three times. Thereafter the yagyopavit is offered, placed before him, and water is given three times for achman.
Chandan tilak first, then ashtagandha or kumkum, then a fragrant flower and the garland — the whole vidhi done in Hindi, with bhav.
The speaker says the whole vidhi is being told in Hindi with bhav, and it is to be done with bhav — the Lord will certainly be pleased and bestow grace, for his glory is endless. Chandan tilak is then applied on a flower and offered: O Lord, apply the chandan tilak on your forehead. Then ashtagandha or kumkum tilak. Then a beautiful fragrant flower is offered, then flowers and a flower garland, and after that water again for achman.
A sweet that gladdens one's own heart, with bilva and tulsi patra set in it, and water circled five times around the naivedya.
When the shringar of Bhagwan is done, naivedya is offered: a beautiful sweet, whichever sweet brings a feeling of gladness to your own heart. Both fruit and sweets may be offered, and you may put both bilva patra and tulsi patra into the sweet. Placing it before Bhagwan Datta, water is then circled five times around the naivedya and poured. If the mantra is known — Prana Swaha, Vyana Swaha — that may be used; otherwise, plainly, taking Bhagwan's name and remembering Bhagavati Annapurna. Then the aarti of Bhagwan is taken.
Why is Dattatreya said to grant this diksha even without a living guru?
The pujan of Bhagwan Dattatreya is here completed according to vidhi and capacity, and the speaker says it should be done with full bhav. He calls this quality smarangamita: he has told repeatedly, he says, that Datta Bhagwan himself said to Danadan Muni that whoever remembers him, in whatever bhav, he becomes present immediately. So when you perform the pujan by this vidhi with such bhav, he says, Bhagwan will be present and will certainly grant you that diksha imperceptibly and accept you as his disciple.
Dravya dakshina, then mantra pushpanjali, and the whole puja itself offered at his Shri feet.
Dravya dakshina is offered to Bhagwan according to capacity, for the obtaining of the complete fruit of the complete puja, and after offering the dakshina water is offered again. Then a pushpanjali is given: taking flowers in the hand and remembering Bhagwan, mantra pushpanjali is offered while taking the name of Bhagwan Datta. The whole puja too is offered at his Shri feet — whatever puja was done according to vidhi is offered to you, Bhagwan, may you be pleased.
On a yellow peet vastra with flowers, akshat, durva and dakshina, Dattatreya is asked from that day to become one's param guru and Sadguru.
For the guru varan you should have a vastra — a dhoti or gamcha of yellow colour, a peet vastra. Upon it you will place flowers, akshat, durva grass and some dakshina. Then with full bhav, remembering and invoking Bhagwan Datta, you say: from today I accept you in the form of guru; become my param guru, become my Sadguru, and always do my welfare; within this dev diksha vidhan I accept you in the form of guru along with dakshina and present guru dakshina — please be pleased and accept me as your disciple.
At what moment does Dattatreya become one's Sadguru?
The akshat, flowers, dakshina and the rest that were upon the vastra are to be offered in this way at the Shri feet of Bhagwan; and with that samarpan itself, the speaker says, the udghosh occurs that you accept Bhagwan Datta mentally, in the form of dev diksha, as your Sadguru — and Bhagwan Datta has become your Sadguru.
For five minutes after the pujan, Datta is petitioned for one's abhisht and for acceptance as a disciple, he being present by the vidhi just performed.
When you have completed this vidhan of pujan, then for the next five minutes, remembering Bhagwan Datta, you will make your request to him for the fulfilment of your abhisht: O Bhagwan Datta, today I have taken you in the form of guru and completed this vidhan; please accept me as your disciple. Bhagwan himself has said that he comes and fulfils the abhisht of whoever contemplates him, the speaker says, and you have invoked him by the full vidhi vidhan, so he is present there for the fulfilment of your abhisht.
Why must the beej mantra be perfected by the sadhak himself, and what is needed for it?
Because the first mantra, the beej mantra, has not been obtained by you from the mouth of any guru, the speaker says, you must perform that vidhan yourself and awaken his beej mantra. This mantra you will always keep secret — it is not to be pronounced with the mouth. For the vidhan two bhojpatra are needed, and in a small brass bowl you are to keep ashtagandha, gorochan, kesar and the like, mixing Gangajal and rose water into it to prepare the ink, with a pen of silver wire.
Two inverted triangles — Mool Prakriti and Param Purush — are drawn on each bhojpatra with the Dattatreya beej mantra between them.
The yantra is to be made on both bhojpatra: two inverted triangles one upon the other. These two, the speaker says, are the symbol of Mool Prakriti and Param Purush. Between them the beej mantra of Bhagwan Dattatreya is to be inscribed. He says that the whole vidhi vidhan — which is what and done how — cannot be told; the ordinary simple way is being given, and one should do it accordingly.
Two bhojpatra per person, given pratishtha simply by placing them at Datta's Shri feet with one flower on each; no separate tantrokta vidhan is needed.
Two bhojpatra will be needed for one person — keep that in mind. Writing on both, you will offer them near Bhagwan Datta. For the pratishtha vidhi, first place them at the Shri feet of Bhagwan Datta; there is no need to do any separate tantrokta vidhan — do it if you know it, and it will do even if you do not. Only keeping them there and remembering Bhagwan, speaking to Bhagwan Datta, one flower is to be offered on each of the two.
Roughly 3 lakh japa stand completed by the next purnima, when the second kavach goes into a fine silver khol to be worn for life.
On the next purnima, when your japa is completed, you will offer it to Bhagwan; reckon that roughly 3 lakh japa will have been done in it. After that, the kavach you had kept near Bhagwan Dattatreya, at his Shri feet, is to be put into a fine silver khol — have a very good square, beautiful silver khol made, and if the Shri Vigraha of Bhagwan Datta is made upon it that is very good, or else have Om written on it, so that it looks attractive, because this kavach is to be worn around the neck for the whole of life.
The beej holds every shakti of Dattatreya and works lifelong as one's guru mantra and vajra kavach.
This is your guru mantra, the speaker says, and this very divine mantra is what will always accompany you. Being a beej mantra, all the shaktis that Bhagwan Dattatreya has are contained and present within it. This same beej mantra will work everywhere for you like a guru mantra, like a vajra kavach. So have a beautiful kavach made, and on the next purnima, the day you do your conclusion, put this yantra into that kavach and wear it around your neck.
The vidhan complete, one serves Datta as guru for life — and by his grace a physical guru may still be obtained later.
In this manner, the speaker says, this vidhan of dev diksha of Bhagwan Dattatreya will be complete, and lifelong you will do the seva of Bhagwan Datta, having accepted him in the form of guru. By his grace, he says, if he so wishes, you will certainly obtain a physical guru as well later on in life.
One ghee lamp is asked to be kindled in the speaker's own name for the duration, so no rinanubandha forms between them.
For the sake of rin dosh, the speaker says, whenever you perform this vidhan of Bhagwan Datta, for as long as you do the sadhana, certainly kindle one ghee lamp in his name — so that there may not be a rinanubandha between the two of them, and so that Bhagwan Dattatreya may bestow grace upon him too. He closes hoping that Sanatanis will certainly take benefit from this.
What should those without a guru do on Guru Purnima?
Whoever has no guru — whether you are fifty years old or twenty — should on this Guru Purnima once again perform the diksha vidhan of Bhagwan Dattatreya, or perform the same vidhi with their own ishta-aradhya.
How is the Dattatreya diksha vidhi adapted for Shiva?
If you wish to go on the tantra marg or do the sadhana of some particular mantra, then with folded hands perform the diksha vidhan on this Guru Purnima. In the dev diksha vidhan already given, seat Bhagwan Shiva in place of Bhagwan Dattatreya by the same vidhi, and where the yantra of Dattatreya is written, write Shiva's Panchakshari mantra.
To whom is the guru daan offered when one has no guru?
Whoever your guru is, give to them. If there is none, then having done puja of Bhagwan Shiva — Prabhu, you alone are our guru; Bhagwan Dattatreya, Prabhu, you alone are our guru; Maiya Maa, you alone are our guru — and offer it to the Mother.
Repeating a basic sadhana: five eleven-day cycles, or three twenty-one-day cycles
At least five times if performed in eleven-day cycles, or three times in twenty-one-day cycles — roughly 108 days of basic sadhana. It builds Tapobal, counters previous karma, and secures the means for future practice.
Can the Dattatreya 108-names procedure at the Peepal be done without a guru?
Yes — anyone may do it and no guru is needed, because Bhagavan Dattatreya is himself the direct Guru. The speaker says it may be done taking him alone, and that men and women may all perform it.
The sequence opens with Bhagwan Dattatreya as guru, using his Vajra Panjar Kavach, his mala mantra, or the Dvadash Stambh.
He begins with Bhagwan Dattatreya, the guru, since their whole sequence runs from the beginning. The discussion will be on three things: if the listener has ever performed an anushthan of Bhagwan Datta's Vajra Panjar Kavach, or of his mala mantra, or the third — his Dvadash Stambh, which they have given on the channel.
Datta sadhana is chiefly done by sadhaks of Maharashtra and by those in the Navnath parampara or in his own; less so in Bihar, UP and the north-east.
He says most sadhaks of the Maharashtra region certainly perform Bhagwan Datta's sadhana, and that all the sadhaks connected with the channel who are in the Navnath parampara, or in Bhagwan Datta's parampara, or in a parampara related to his avatars, certainly do it. Sadhaks of Bihar, UP and the north-east may do it less, but those of that side certainly do.
For anyone who can manage no large anushthan, the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita paath is open — and for the pitrs, Bhagwan Dattatreya is the most divine deity of all.
For those who can perform no large anushthan, no Sanskrit paath, and do not wish to do anything, he points to the subject of the paath of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita which they have already given — anyone can do that, it is ordinary. Within that too, he says, if you perform an anushthan of Bhagwan Dattatreya, then for the pitrs he is the most divine deity of all.
The trigunatmak shaktis satisfied in a Tripindi shraadh coalesce directly in Bhagwan Datta, so the pitrs are satisfied by the worship of this one form.
He says the pitrs are satisfied at once. In Tripindi, where the trigunatmak deities are satisfied — in the Tripindi shraadh, for the removal of the pretatva of three kinds of prets — the coalescence of those trigunatmak shaktis occurs directly in Bhagwan Datta, by the worship of this one form alone. That is why, he says, Bhagwan Datta is present in the guru mandala in one form or another, in every parampara.
A place for the adi guru mandala should exist in every home however small, which is why a consecrated Datta mudrika is sent out each Datta Purnima.
He says that just as Batuk Bhairav ji has a place in their own family practice, so Bhagwan Datta — a place of the adi guru mandala or of the guru swaroop — should certainly exist, however small. For this he mentions the Purnima that comes in the month of Margashirsha, Datta Purnima, at which they have tried each time to have a small Datta mudrika, at least consecrated, reach everyone.
A listener may have the mudrika made himself — only the pratishtha would then have to be done separately, by the murti pratishtha vidhi.
He says he thinks at least fifteen or twenty people joined the anushthan last time and received one. A listener can also do it himself; the only point is that he may not be able to perform the pratishtha, and the vidhi of murti pratishtha or vigraha pratishtha would then have to be done separately. It can be done, he says, with a little patience.
After the pratishtha and abhishek it is seated on the guru mandala's asana for daily seva, as shown in the trayomukhi rudraksha abhishek video.
The vidhi of pratishtha has been given, he says — perform the pratishtha, perform the abhishek and the rest, and seat it on its asana, on the asana of the Bhagwan's guru mandala, and do their daily puja. He refers to the video they had posted of the abhishek of a trayomukhi rudraksha, in which they had also shown how the asana for the Datta mudrika is made and how their daily seva is done.
Five or seven kusha are made into a small broom of one bitta for the abhimantran.
Of Bhagwan Dattatreya, he says, you have to take a small quantity of kusha — five or seven kusha — and make of it something like a broom. A small one, of one bitta. Take that and sit down to perform the abhimantran.
The full Dattatreya mantra is read aloud rather than in the mind, because abhichar nash does not happen otherwise.
Read the whole Dattatreya mantra — "अनुसूया पुत्राय" — reading the complete mantra; and when you recite it, he says, you may speak it out. It is not that it must be said in the mind: you may speak. Because here the matter is the destruction of abhichar, and abhichar nash does not happen like that.
Mahasharanagati to the mahaguru among gurus, in whom Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh all stand
He says to take mahasharanagati entirely without anxiety: Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, all three capable shaktis, are with him; he is the root of all, the mahaguru among gurus. If you have desire in material life, he is a giver of materiality too, and he says again and again that by mere remembrance he is a shakti that stands by you. Bhagwan Dattatreya has the capacity to give more than you can think of — read his Vajra Panjar and you will know what his capacity is.
What harm does partial knowledge do?
He says Dattatreya is not only for the Digambar and Avadhoot state, that only such people will do it. Your slight knowledge takes you away even from your own adhyatma and creates an obstruction in the attainment of your materiality too. You stand in one place barking like a dog and at the end are put out of the house like a dog by children — neither is anything attained with spirituality, nor with materiality. So stop this nonsense-talk, he says.
Should Dattatreya tarpan on peepal leaves be repeated on Amavasya or Purnima?
A listener says they had performed tarpan by the names of Dattatreya on peepal leaves on Amavasya, and asks whether to do it again on Amavasya. He answers: no, do not do it on Purnima — do it on Amavasya only.
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.
Making the guru mantra chaitanya and securing oneself before going further
When a guru is found, the mantra he gives is to be made Chaitanya. If none is found, take the shelter of some Mahashakti as guru — Guru Dakshinamurti, Bhagavan Dattatreya, or any form of Bhagavan Shiva — and worship them in the guru-form. Do five Anushthanas of the guru mantra of sava lakh each, performing them over the course of a year. Then in order do the anushthan of whatever other mantra is to be done — of Bhagavati, of Hanuman ji, of Bhairav ji — and of a raksha Kavach, so that you first make yourself fully secure.
Does the Dev Deeksha vidhan remove that prohibition?
In the rarest condition, where the situation is very bad, it is there for a kavach and the like: if you have done the Dev Deeksha vidhan too, and from the heart you have accepted, say, Bhagavan Dattatreya in the guru form, and have made yourself initiated by vidhi vidhan through the Dev Deeksha vidhan, then even so the dosha will not attach. That will pass. But if you have not done it at all, then leave it, and look at another one.
What should be done first in Dattatreya upasana?
Do the Akshi and the mala mantra of Dattatreya first, as much as possible.
Is there a dosha in keeping a Narmadeshwar shivling in the bedroom?
Asked about a Narmadeshwar shivling kept inside the house in the sleeping room, which is used only for food and sleep, and whether there is any dosha in that room: if it is in the sleeping room, then even so, if there is a small temple, put a curtain and the like so that it stays covered — that is, make the effort, if it can be done, so that contact with you does not happen. He also says the mandal of Bhagavan Dattatreya will be made later.
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 does a disciple experience the guru in dreams?
To a listener who writes that he experiences the speaker in dreams several times, the speaker answers that it is by the effect of the guru sadhana he has performed, and by the grace of Bhagavan Datt, that the experience is coming — what capability, he says, do we have?
What if my anushthan is of Dattatreya or the Saptashloki?
If you have been doing the anushthan of Bhagavan Dattatreya's mala mantra again and again and have shraddha in him, you will do that as principal, but the pujan of all will happen. If you were doing Bhagavati's Saptashloki, you will again do the anushthan of the Saptashloki. Havan too you will do with the mantras of these — but that does not mean the other deities get no ahuti.
Where should someone who has done nothing so far begin?
Those who have done nothing at all should begin their sadhana with Bhagavan Ganpati — you may begin with Lakshmi Ganpati ji — or you may begin with Bhagavan Dattatreya; you may do the Dattatreya mala mantra and the rest. You may perform the dev deeksha vidhan on the day of Dhanteras, on the day of the Amavasya Kaal Ratri, on the day of Dooj, and on Akshay Navami which is coming; and you may do the guru varan of Bhagavan Dattatreya and then their sadhana. Or, if you are a new sadhak, you may begin the Sankat Nashan sadhana of Ganpati ji — first of all you should certainly do the Ganpati guru sadhana; otherwise do the sadhana of Bhairav ji, if you are doing an initial sadhana.
What should be done where a sadhana provokes something at the place?
Then something at the place where you are must have been pained by the effect of your sadhana, and is attempting to cause you hardship through that medium. Since you are performing Bhagavan Dattatreya's at present, do a dhuni there with the Mala Mantra.
What mantra and materials are used for a dhuni?
Do the mustard dhuni on Apamarg wood, as described before. Either consecrate the material once with the mantra and do the dhuni daily, or do the dhuni while reciting the mantra. And each evening sprinkle a little gomutra mixed with Gangajal using Kusha, with the Narasimha mantra — or the Dattatreya Mala Mantra at night.
Deities worshipped alongside Bhagavati in the Navratri vrat: Ganpati, Bhairav, Hanuman, Narsingh, and Datt as mahaguru
The speaker says that along with Bhagavati one must worship Ganesha, Bhairava, Hanuman and Bhagwan Narasimha — all four. Even just offering Akshat and flowers in the four names makes the puja accepted, so one should not worry; if one knows the full vidhan, good, otherwise only this much. The way is: sit on the asana, do achaman, meditate on Ganpati and one's guru — and if one has no guru, on Bhagwan Dattatreya, the mahaguru of all, in whom Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh are one — offer akshat and flowers in his name, then in Ganpati's, then in Batuk Bhairava's, and then begin the Durga Saptashati path.
Which anushthans should be done once in a lifetime, and in what order?
The speaker says the anushthan of the mantra given by him may certainly be done on the day of Bhairav Ashtami, and that he is telling everyone to do the anushthan of the Mahamantra. As for Bhagavan Dattatreya: either take hold of him in life, if you have shraddha in him and are of the Maharashtra or Gujarat side and chiefly do his seva-puja. After that come Ganapati ji — the sadhanas of Ganapati that have been given, and failing all else the anushthan of the Sankat Haran Ganesh Stotram. Then Bhairav ji, in whom two or three things have been given, including the Bhairav Hriday; then Hanuman ji, and then Bhagavati or whoever your chief deva-devata is.
Can other deities be worshipped upon a Narmadeshwar Shivling at home?
Asked whether, if a Narmadeshwar Shivling is worshipped at home, the puja of Maa Kali along with Bhairav ji and Datt Maharaj may also be done on the ling murti, the speaker says that although all the devi-devatas are established in a Shivling, you may do it for anyone at all; there is no difficulty of that kind.
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.
Where can one learn basic karmakand, and does Dattatreya jap remove pitru dosha?
Asked whether there is any ashram or gurukul where basic karmakand and puja vidhi can be learnt, he says yes — if you search you will find one; there is one in every tirth kshetra. Asked whether jap of the mantra of Bhagavan Dattatreya gives release from pitru dosha, he answers: yes, absolutely it does.
How often should the puja of Gurudatt be performed?
The vidhan of Gurudatt, he tells a listener, is to perform the same puja every day, as much as one has the capacity for.
May dugdhabhishek be done on a bel tree on Somvati Amavasya?
Asked by a listener who wishes to do dugdhabhishek on a bel tree, and about Bhagavan Dattatreya, on Somvati Amavasya, he says it is very good indeed and to do it by all means. Others too should do it, he says: tomorrow is Somvati Amavasya, and on tomorrow's day do it as your strength allows.
Why does boredom and sleep come during mala and mantra?
Asked how continuity is maintained in puja-path when the mind gets bored, the mind does not want to, and sleep comes while doing the mala and the mantra, he says: if you do the same thing again and again you will get bored. If sleep comes, first complete your sleep. There are two or three things to understand. Insipidity comes because there is no ras in the puja-path. You do not know about the charitra of Bhagavan Datt — read his charitra, and find out who Datt is, how he is, what his capacity is. Hear about him, know him, try to understand him first.
Why is every mantra given forty days?
Because that is the minimum Mandala. The session sets out to answer why any mantra — Dattatreya, Shabar, Pauranik or Tantrokta — is given forty days, and what effects begin to be obtained within them.
Why is service to Dattatreya held to be necessary?
Because he is the Mahaguru — the Siddha of Siddhas, before whom the Acharyas and Siddhas of every tradition bow. His service is held necessary where a curse has attached, or a Kula-Pitr or Kula-dosha is at work; once he casts his glance, the speaker says, nothing has the standing to harm your house.
What is the first step for someone who wants to do Mahakali sadhana for life?
Choose the Guru method first — Bhagavan Dattatreya, the Navnath, a renowned Guru-form of your own region, or one of the three Shaktis. Then perform the Dev Deeksha Vidhan on a proper muhurta; the speaker offers the coming 26 December, or Makar Sankranti on 15 January.
A month or forty-one days of the Ekakshari at 108 mala a day, then eleven days of the Mala Mantra — about two months of preliminary work.
For at least a month, or forty-one days as far as possible, 108 mala a day of the Ekakshari mantra. When that is done, at least eleven days of the Mala Mantra, 108 a day. About two months of preliminary sadhana have gone in this, with the food rules kept throughout.
What responsibility comes with influence?
That society will follow what it sees in you. The speaker says that if your conduct, discrimination and way of living in society benefit Sanatan, then your austerity bearing fruit is right. Influence given wrongly comes back on you, corrupts your own intellect, and does not last long.
Does the direction of the cow behind Dattatreya mark a difference of form?
The speaker has neither heard of nor seen such a difference of form. In the images he has used, the picture was simply edited and placed. The main tradition regarding Bhagavan Datta keeps the cow's face to the right, as he is generally worshipped everywhere; better not to go into it.
Can the Dattatreya Kavach be written on Bhojpatra and worn?
First your Kavach must be accomplished. Without Siddhi there is no benefit in writing it. And the speaker adds that he cannot say which Dattatreya Kavach it is without seeing it, so the Pran Pratishtha cannot be answered in the abstract.
What should be done on Margashirsha Purnima, and how should children be brought in?
Deepdaan on Margashirsha Purnima is called extremely necessary. And tie a knot for Thursdays: on that day recite Bhagavan Dattatreya's Mala Mantra at home, twenty-seven times if you can. There is no question of entitlement in it. Introduce the children to Datta as the Guru form from childhood.
May a brass lamp and plate be used for Deepdaan, and a coconut cut across?
Yes to all three. A brass lamp may be used in place of the clay one, a brass plate in place of the Dona, and a coconut that comes already cut across the middle will serve. The speaker notes his own were cut somewhat smaller for Kula Bhairav and for Bhagavan Datta, and suggests trying for a clean cut.
Can Deepdaan be performed without a picture or an image of Dattatreya?
Yes — do it, there is no difficulty in having neither picture nor image. And do not bring one now. When your regard toward him has formed through proper sadhana, then give him a place. For the present, only perform the Deepdaan. Do not be in a hurry.
Is Dattatreya sadhana forbidden to someone initiated at the Datia Peeth?
No, there is no prohibition on the sadhana of Bhagavan Datta; it may certainly be done. But on Yantras and the like, the speaker sends the questioner back: since you are initiated at the Datia Peeth, ask your own Guru for the full procedure — which side, what is to be made, how it is to be done.
On which day is the Havan done, and must non-vegetarian food be given up after Datta Deeksha?
The Havan may be done on the forty-second day after the japa of the forty-first, but do it on the forty-first if possible. On food, the speaker refuses non-vegetarian food whether or not you take the Deeksha — and asks that Bali and eating not be mixed together as one subject.
The havan-based anushthan and the cow's service fall on the Tuesday; at home, the Datta worship, the Diksha Vidhan if intended, and a havan the same day.
The Havan-based Anushthan and the service of the cow happen on the Tuesday. At your own home, perform the service and worship of Bhagavan Dattatreya, do the Diksha Vidhan if that is your intention, and try to hold a Havan at home that day.
Is there a Gita of Bhagwan Dattatreya?
Asked whether Bhagwan Dattatreya also has a Gita, and in which Purana the information is, he answers that there absolutely is one, and that Bhagwan Dattatreya has a Datta Purana of his own.
Why Dattatreya is the safe channel for offerings to bound pitr
The speaker says Bhagavan Dattatreya is a mahashakti in whom the complete form of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh is seated. If you take refuge in him and do Tarpana for the Pitr through his 108-name namavali, a medium is created by his Kripa through which the fruit of every auspicious act reaches only your own kul pitr; any Preta shakti present with them gets nothing. It is filtered, he says, so the right thing reaches the right one.
Dattatreya 108-name milk tarpan under a peepal, bargad or bel tree to free bound pitr
The speaker prescribes a Tarpana of Bhagavan Dattatreya's 108 names for bound Pitr, begun on any Thursday, Amavasya or Poornima under a Peepal, Bargad or Bilva tree at a place where worship is done, never a lonely tantra-mantra spot. Raw milk with Gangajal and dissolved Mishri is taken in a brass or silver lota (not copper, especially for a woman), at least half a litre or a paav, and poured at the root with a leaf of the tree or a silver spoon at each namah of the 108 names, after a sankalp with name and Gotra, Akshat, a flower and a one- or ten-rupee coin. White cloth is worn; a woman wears a white saree with a border and a full Ghunghat, for women must never do pitr work without ghunghat. A man of the house is best; failing him the badi bahu, then the chhoti bahu. It is done Amavasya after Amavasya, not daily, and after three Amavasyas he expects the kripa to begin and the pitr to show themselves in dreams.
Datt mala mantra recited 27 times after the tarpan, with a white flower and five camphors
The speaker says that seated under the same tree, right after the Dattatreya milk tarpan, you recite the dattatreya-mala-mantra 27 times holding a white flower, then offer that flower at the root of the Peepal or bargad in Bhagavan Dattatreya's name. Then place five Kapoor pieces with one Laung on each — single cloves, never a pair — light them, pray to Dattatreya and return home.
Which jayantis fall on the Margashirsha Purnima?
The speaker says the Margashirsha Purnima, one day after this session, carries the jayanti of three Mahashaktis at once: Bhagavan Dattatreya, Bhagavati Annapurna, and Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who is a Mahavidya. These three jayantis fall together on one day every year.
Which form is dedicated to the guru tattva itself?
The speaker says that in the field of tantra, or of Sanatan generally, there is a distinct shakti and distinct form dedicated to the guru tattva alone, whose aim and whose very descent was only to define the word guru, for guruhood — and that is Bhagavan Datta. His jayanti falls on this day, so the day becomes more special still.
What is the use of Bhagavan Datta in an ordinary life?
The speaker says that without his kripa the guru shakti cannot be present in our life at all. The first shloka of guru mahima — guru brahma guru vishnu guru devo maheshwarah — names three Mahashaktis, and all three are present together in one place in the form of Bhagavan Datta; whatever panth or sampraday one belongs to, his puja certainly happens, so the mahima of this form is endless.
Which other form is a guru swaroop, and who is his shakti?
The second Mahashakti in guru swaroop, the speaker says, is Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva, and the shakti of Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva is Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi. The jayanti of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi and of Bhagavan Datta falls on the very same tithi, and he asks listeners to try to understand that rahasya.
Why should Datta and Dakshinamurti share one tithi?
Who is her astra, he asks — Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva, who is himself the guru swaroop; and on the day her jayanti fell, Bhagavan Datta jayanti fell too. So was there a cause for both of them manifesting on the same tithi, at that very time? And in what way has Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi granted completeness to Bhagavan Datta?
When was Bhagavan Dattatreya given charge of the creation?
When Bhagavan Shri Hari Narayana had been seized and swallowed into the belly, and the whole running arrangement of the srishti was obstructed, the avahan of Bhagavan Dattatreya was performed and he was given the authority to run the srishti — that until Bhagavan Vishnu completes this karma of his and returns, you control it, you run it, you sustain the srishti.
Which shakti stood with Bhagavan Datta at that time?
You will be astonished to know it, the speaker says: at that time Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi was present in ten forms in the ten directions with Bhagavan Datta. In the messages put in Telegram it is written which form of Bhagavati was present and for what cause; there the nine forms are divided according to sattva, rajas and tamas, and one root form — Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who is the fifth Mahavidya — remained present with Bhagavan Datta in person. This, he says, is the rahasya.
Why is deepdaan on this Purnima described as obligatory?
The mahima of Kartik was already such, the speaker says, and the mahima of Margashirsha deepdaan is also infinite. Since on that day it is Brihaspativar, and along with it there is the jayanti of three Mahashaktis, and a chief form of Bhagavan Shiva is present there that day too, we must certainly do deepdaan on that day. Keep it as the very first duty, he says: on that day let deepdaan take place by everyone.
What should a person do on this day if he has no guru?
The third subject: if you have no guru and you want to do a diksha vidhan, then do the dev diksha vidhan, and make a request to Bhagavan Datta — if you need a direct guru — that Bhagavan Datta should manifest directly in your life in the form of a guru, come in a human form, and give you knowledge.
What is the story of Baba Kinaram and Bhagavan Datta at Girnar?
When you read the katha of Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram or see his life, the speaker says, you will learn the tantrokta rahasya of the middle of the Girnar parvat, and how Bhagavan Datta comes daily from the Girnar parvat into the region of Kashi, to Manikarnika, to the Chakra Pushkarini tirtha, and how thereafter, by one ansh, he came to remain present with Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram and performed many kinds of leelas there in a tantric form.
What is the true story about the Vajra Panjar kavach?
A true incident was put on the Grihastha Tantra website in two parts a few days earlier, about the Vajra Panjar kavach of Bhagavan Datta, the speaker says; it takes ten minutes to read. Its whole essence is this: a boy of fifteen or sixteen, upon whom an abhicharik condition was created and a ghat took place — and then, for his protection, the avesh of a shakti of the Kashi region, who comes among the ganas of Bhagavan Datta, took place upon him. But first there had been a pishaach.
On the Purnima the foundational shaktis are to be worshipped, with the deepdaan of Bhagavan Datta and the puja of the guru swaroop.
On the day of the Purnima, perform the pujan of your foundational shaktis, the speaker says. On that day certainly do the deepdaan and so on of Bhagavan Datta. Whichever dev shakti you may worship, certainly do puja of the guru swaroop on that day — certainly do puja of Bhagavan Datta, because the arch shakti of the guru, the root shakti, is Bhagavan Datta.
The deepdaan vidhi, the dev diksha vidhan and the mahima of the twelve names of Bhagavan Datta have all been given already.
Sit down yourself, the speaker says: you know the whole vidhi of doing the deepdaan of Bhagavan Datta. You know the dev diksha vidhan of Bhagavan Datta. You know what the mahima of his twelve names is, in what manner his japa is done, how his prashan is done.
The Vajra Panjar kavach and the Dattatreya mala mantra, with their vidhi vidhan and many posted experiences, are already available.
You know the Vajra Panjar kavach, the vajra kavach of Bhagavan Datta, and you know its mahima, the speaker says. You know the Dattatreya mala mantra and know its vidhi vidhan; and many experiences of it are lying posted on the channel — you know that too.
What is the Datta mudrika?
The speaker says that for the last two years there has been the mudra, the mudrika of Bhagavan Dattatreya — that is, a small coin called the Datta mudrika, upon which the ekakshari beej of Bhagavan is written, and upon which the whole mantra is offered when we do it. What is had done by you, he says, he has done himself; the only difference is that his is quite old and yours will be a year or so new.
Are there restrictions on an anushthan of Bhagavan Datta?
The fruit of your own path will certainly be obtained — why would it not be, the speaker says. There can be no restrictive matters for an anushthan of Bhagavan Datta; for other anushthans such matters remain. Since Bhagavan Datta is himself in the pitr swaroop and stands for the shanti of the pitrs, there is no such subject for his anushthan.
Which wood should be used in the Datta jayanti havan, and what is done with the ash?
This is not for Ankit ji alone but for everyone, the speaker says: whoever does a havan on this Datta jayanti should, if possible, use the wood of audumbar if it is obtainable, and use the wood of palash — and should not immerse that bhasma. Whether you do havan with the one hundred and eight names of Bhagavan Datta or give one hundred and eight ahuti with his ekakshari mantra, at least one hundred and eight ahuti should certainly be given. Sift the whole ash that results and keep that ash: it is a kaal for bhoot pret, a kaal for bhoot pret and tantra mantra matters. Keep this bhasma at your pujan place, and even without any mantra — it already has the mantra in it, and this is being said of the Margashirsha Purnima — if you apply it on the forehead it is exceedingly divine, exceedingly excellent, and anyone may apply it, man or woman.
Can clove, nutmeg and camphor be offered as bhog to Dattatreya?
You can, the speaker says, but give only the clove. The nutmeg, whatever nutmeg there is, will be for the sake of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, who comes among the gupta shakti, the gupta yogini, of Bhagavan Datta.
Can the dev diksha vidhan be done on Gurudatt Jayanti?
Brother, he has been saying it from the beginning, the speaker answers: the dev diksha vidhan is for that very day, and it was on that same day that it was first had done.
Hostile house shaktis block the road to siddhi in a home sadhana
The speaker says the more sadhana a person does in such a house, the more these shaktis will block the road to siddhi — before the sadhak can complete the japa through which siddhi is to be attained, and especially when it is being done at home. The reason is that one is doing a high-order sadhana; in this case the sadhak was doing japa of Bhagwan Datta's ekakshari and mala mantra, and its full effect would not come when the japa was completed.
Begin sadhana with the deity seen repeatedly in dreams
The speaker says he pointed the sadhak to Bhagwan Datta because, from the beginning, the man had said that he had never seen or heard of Datta being worshipped in his home, yet in dreams he had many times seen things connected with Datta's form, though he knew nothing of it and had no name for it. Since he kept seeing that form, the speaker told him: begin right there.
Dattatreya is little known in east India; his principal form was once in Kashmir
The speaker says that from Madhya Pradesh through Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Odisha hardly anyone knows Bhagwan Datta — ask a shopkeeper for his picture or vigraha and he will ask which deity that is. His form is worshipped mostly in Maharashtra and the South; the speaker says he has explained elsewhere how this came about and how the harm was done. Yet it was in Kashmir, he says, that Datta's most prominent form existed — the form his tradition calls the three-fold (tribhar) form, worshipped in tantra and closely resembling Datta — and at one time he was most worshipped there in the Shaiva sampradaya.
Dev deeksha under a peepal on Guru Pushya in the shukla paksha
The speaker says the sadhak was told to begin with the dev deeksha vidhan, which he performed beneath a peepal tree in a very auspicious muhurat — Guru Pushya, in the shukla paksha. From the start, whenever he did seva-puja of Bhagwan Datta he received some measure of protection, so the speaker told him to complete that very path.
The three-month Dattatreya anushthan: four lakh ekakshari, 11,000 Vajra Panjar Kavach, 11,000 mala mantra
The speaker says that when the sadhak moved to the other place he was given four lakh japa of Bhagwan Datta's ekakshari, separately at least 11,000 of Datta's Vajra Panjar Kavach — "not one less", the speaker told him — and then 11,000 of the Datta mala mantra. He completed all of it very well within three months; the havan vidhi had been explained to him.
Havan with Bhagavati Anagha in a Shakti kund when the family's root shakti is a form of Bhagavati
The speaker asks listeners to note that the havan in this case was performed together with Bhagavati Anagha, and that a Shakti kund was used, because the sadhak's household matter was different from the usual. The family's root shakti was, somewhere, a form of Bhagavati, and Bhagwan Datta, he says, must have been the chief power holding control over all of them, or related to their sampradaya, and was extending his grace. Many experiences along the way, he adds, he is skipping for a later live discussion.
Case: an old dilapidated Datta shrine under a banyan as the place of sadhana
The speaker says the sadhak sat at a place where worship connected with Bhagwan Datta had been done in the past: a very old, dilapidated spot, a temple only in name, where people came only around Shivratri and otherwise a single pujari did his own puja and slept after smoking ganja. When the sadhak arrived, the pujari said the puja was now his responsibility. There was a very old vigraha of Dattatreya, so worn it was hard to tell it was Datta's; the sadhak did its abhishek and puja every day, along with Bhagwan Shiva's — it was a shrine of the two — and did his japa there beneath a banyan tree.
Niyam through the anushthan: swapaki, phalahar by day, saltless havishya at night
The speaker says the sadhak was swapaki — he cooked his own food — stayed on phalahar all day, and at night took one meal of havishya anna, that is, food without salt, keeping every rule as it should be kept in the field of sadhana. He admits this is not possible for everyone, but says he is sharing the true experience so that if Bhagavati ever gives you the chance, you do sadhana in this way — then the shaktis will truly show grace.
How do devi-devatas give darshan?
Asked how God gives darshan, the speaker says deities absolutely do give darshan — but never directly in their Vedic form or the dhyana form we meditate on. A four-armed goddess riding a lion will not appear, because we do not have the capacity to bear it. They come in an ordinary form, give darshan like a passing breeze, and go; that is how this sadhak received darshan and grace, and by the grace of Bhagavati and Bhagwan Datta he now lives a very contented life.
Deities manifest for disciplined sadhaks because they test them
The speaker says he hopes the story encourages sadhaks who want to practise with discipline. For the undisciplined, he says, it stays a matter of mere feeling that God will come; but for one who binds himself to a strict daily routine, it is not at all the case that God is absent — devi-devatas certainly manifest for such a person, because they also test. Discipline is not within everyone's power, but for the one who keeps it, however great the difficulty or daivik obstacle, the Devi herself appears, grants direct grace and departs. The sadhak, he adds, now lives an ekantik life, never discussing his attainments, only his seva-puja and Bhagavati's will.
Can one keep the danda of Bhagavan Dattatreya on one's own?
Asked about it, the speaker says the fully vidhivat tantric danda of Bhagavan Dattatreya can be borne and kept only if one walks with brahmacharya and by niti-niyam, and above all only if one has received diksha from a special sadhak of his. It is not something one simply picks up.
How should Brihaspati be nourished alongside Shani?
If along with this you have nourished Brihaspati, he says — as he has said in a live before: you are growing your hair, which is a part of Sanatan Dharma, and we ought to keep our hair long; you are keeping a shikha; if you are a man you are keeping a beard, moustache and beard, however small they may be, you are keeping them. And along with that, particularly on Thursdays, do worship for the sake of the guru of your kula, or of whichever deity is a guru svarupa — whether Bhagavan Dattatreya, Bhagavan Dakshinamurti Shiva, a form of Bhagavan Narayana, or any guru svarupa such as Kalang Swami, or Aghoracharya Kinaram Baba, whomever you worship in guru form.
Can Dattatreya's 108-name tarpan and the pitr rite be done on the same day?
Asked whether the 108-name tarpan of Bhagavan Dattatreya ji for the kula pitrs and the pitr rite can both be done on one day, and whether to do it on the 26th or 27th, he answers: do it early in the morning on the 27th; if it is to be done in the afternoon, then do it on the 26th. Asked by someone who has accomplished the siddhi of the Kaal Bhairav Ashtak whether he may do this besides Mahabhairav, for help, he answers: you certainly can.
What if one is already doing another deity's anushthan in this period?
Whether you perform the dev diksha vidhan of Bhagavan Dattatreya on the Purnima day now, or do any other thing at all, in the month of Shravan the anushthan of the Panchakshari of Bhagavan Shiva should certainly be done, he says — because Panchakshari is for everyone and is the root of all.
Rudraksha is not given in it, and the Dattatreya temple must be reached by four in the morning
To Anita Shri ji he says no, rudraksha will not be obtained in that; those things have been kept extremely strictly. Asked by what time one must reach the temple of Bhagavan Dattatreya on the 10th of July, he says reach in the very early dawn, by 4 o'clock — if you reach by 4 it is most excellent, because in the way the level of Ganga ji is rising, if there is rain the water is bound to fill up to the temple. The earlier in the dawn you reach and complete your vidhan there, the better.
What may be worshipped upon a trimukhi rudraksha?
Upon this you can do the pujan of the svarupa of Bhagavan Dattatreya, upon this same rudraksha, he says — because it is trimukhi and they are the symbols of Bhagavan Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, and for the sake of Bhagavan Datta their special pujan can certainly take place in the trimukhi; in the trimukhi the forms of Bhagavan Datta are held. Second, they are the symbol of Agni. Third, they are the symbol of Bhagavati Kamakhya.
What daily practice supports family health and removes obstacles?
Male family members reciting Chapter 11 of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita daily, sprinkling water consecrated with Tulsi and Kusha grass around the house, and offering a Thursday Deepdaan to Lord Dattatreya (with care that the ghee doesn't overflow) supports family health and relieves obstacles.
Why does high-energy sadhana require strict Brahmacharya, and how is that balanced?
High-energy practices require strict mental celibacy and devotion, since rapid energy generation activates the Muladhara chakra and can temporarily heighten desire and anger — balanced by initial worship of Ganesha and Dattatreya alongside proper Guru guidance.
Veer rasa in sadhana: why a practitioner cannot be passive
The speaker says every dev shakti a person worships has a heroic character — no shakti without strength is ever served — so a sadhak who sinks into meekness after worship, staying silent where fierceness is called for, is not doing sadhana but pretence. He calls "jahi vidhi rakhe Ram" a line people use selectively, only to dodge standing up for the wider Sanatani community. This heroic capability, he says, is granted by every deity alike — Dattatreya, Krishna, Narasimha, Shiva — not only by the Bhairav forms.
Why consecrated tantric objects like a yantra or danda are never discarded
Taking the example of a Peeth Yantra many listeners had made — by a Hindu goldsmith, by hand, after checking the nakshatra — and then worshipped, the speaker says such things are never to be removed: what is invested in them is not just money but one's daily japa and tapa, and they are what will serve you in the future. Likewise the danda given after a Dattatreya yaag: once abhimantrit with such mantras it is fully able to guard the house for a long age. Calamities come more often than we know and are absorbed by such objects and by our punya; they begin to fail only when punya thins and pride sets in. So stay surrendered and free of pride, and learn to respect every tantrokta object you have awakened or received.
Forms in which the Devi grants darshan to sadhaks
Introducing a sadhak's account of darshan received during a Dattatreya anushthan, the speaker says the experiences of those who receive such darshan are nearly all the same: Bhagavati appears as a girl, as a young woman, or — most often — as an old woman. The young form is rare, seen mostly by sadhaks of veer bhaav seeking special siddhis, when Bhagavati is greatly pleased and the mind is very pure. The vriddha form is held the highest: it is the complete, most fierce svaroop with all shaktis under her control, and to receive darshan in it means the sadhak is reaching a high state.
Timing of Dattatreya Jayanti rituals
dattatreya-jayanti falls on the Purnima, so the speaker asks everyone to do the Dattatreya anushthan chiefly at night on that day. Those who cannot do it at night may do the Dattatreya-related anushthan in the daytime on the following day; there is no problem in that.
Dattatreya Vajra Kavach does not require deeksha
Asked how to obtain Dattatreya's kripa without Deeksha, the speaker answers: recite the Vajra Kavach. There is no requirement of deeksha in it; recite Bhagwan Dattatreya's Vajra Kavach — it is the best of all.
Which special deepdaan is recommended in the Vaishakh Shukla Paksha?
The speaker says deepdaan is done at home in any case, but for one who wishes a special one in this paksha, do Bhagavan Dattatreya's deepdaan at the time of sandhya — for whatever pitr-related problem there may be, however much loss is occurring, whatever kind of dosha. If a brihad deepdaan is not wanted, do the laghu form; the tantrokta vidhi of Bhagavan Shiva's Panchanan deepdaan has been given on the channel.
A guru does no separate shodhan when daily practice has already made the aura bright
If it is not necessary he will not have it done — because you are already doing japa: doing panchakshari japa daily, Shiva ji's abhishek, Ganapati ji's tarpan, the seva of Bhagwan Dattatreya, deepdaan, teerth yatra, panchabali. Then the energies present in the sukshma sharir outside your body, your aura, will have become so bright that your capable guru will not do a separate and special shodhan; he will accept you through the ordinary sankalpa.
Where a yantra comes from, and why the state of the craftsmen limits what is available
For the abhishek, he says, suppose it is Bhagwan Shiva's yantra — or take Bhagwan Dattatreya's: you are doing Bhagwan Datt's seva-puja and have some yantra connected with him, whether obtained through an anushthan, made by yourself, had made to order, or one whose nitya pujan you do. The only difference that arises is of the vidhi — from where it will be taken, in what condition and by whom it is made. The condition of the craftsmen, he says, is very pitiable; Sanatani goldsmiths are hard to find, and so a great many such things are available to us only within very narrow limits.
What should be recited while performing the abhishek of a yantra?
For Bhagwan Datt, he says, you will be reciting his Vajra Panjar kavach, his mala mantra, his stotra and satnamavali. Recite these and perform the abhishek at the same time; or commit the stotra and satnamavali or the stotra to memory and perform the abhishek while reciting it or doing japa, with more than one repetition.
Is abhishek alone sufficient as a pujan of the yantra?
Yes. Begin the recitation — "Om Mahasiddhaya Namah Dattatreyaya Namah" — go on reciting your own mantra and keep pouring the stream of water over the yantra; the abhishek is done. By abhishek alone, he says, the complete pujan of that yantra takes place. If you know nothing else and do not wish to do anything, do nothing — just perform the abhishek of the yantra, and the abhishek of all the deities present in it happens together.
The Devi Suktam is recited at the abhishek of Bhagavati's yantra, and serves on any yantra at all
If it is Bhagavati's yantra, the abhishek will be done in just the same way; at the time of abhishek recite the Devi Suktam. And if, after the abhishek of Bhagwan Shiva's yantra, you recite the Devi Suktam and offer a bel-patra on it, that is very good. The daily recitation of the Devi Suktam serves on any yantra at all, he says — whether Bhagavati's, Bhagwan Shiva's or Bhagwan Datt's — because shakti is seated in all of them.
A shatarchan with the Datta mala mantra brings the grace of the whole Datta mandala
If you have time, do a shatarchan. Doing japa of Bhagwan Datt's mala mantra and making the offering upon the yantra brings the grace of the whole Datta mandala; reciting his Vajra Panjar kavach and making the offering brings a divine kavach and a divine blessing.
How the names are spoken in a yantra tarpan
You will do the tarpan using the ashtottara satnamavali: "Shri Mahasiddhaya tarpayami namah, Shri Dattatreyaya tarpayami namah, Shri Anaghaya tarpayami namah" — in this manner you will perform their tarpan. If it is Bhagavati's: "Shri Durgayai tarpayami namah, Shri Satyai tarpayami namah, Shri Bhagavatyai tarpayami namah", and however many names there are in it. Take the satnamavali with the chaturthi vibhakti attached.
Recite the kavach of the aradhya whose kavach you actually wear
If you have chiefly worn the kavach of your own aradhya and it is connected with their form, then do that very kavach. If you keep Bhagwan Datt's kavach, sanctified with the Datta Vajra Panjar, then reciting that is excellent. If you wear Bhagwan Vinayak's Haridra kavach, then recite Bhagwan Ganpati's 108 namavali, or the kavach of Bhagwan Haridra Ganpati, or the kavach of any form of Bhagwan Vinayak — that is excellent. Or recite the kavach of Bhagavati Baglamukhi, which is excellent too, because by it every one of them is satisfied.
What should be done when an unknown shakti obstructs japa?
A listener says some unknown shakti is becoming an obstruction in japa — a mala that takes five minutes now takes twenty. He answers by name that in the time now running these things come a great deal. When an unknown shakti is becoming an obstruction in japa, a havanatmak prayoga should be done: of your own ishta, on the day connected with the ishta — as, if you do the seva of Hanuman ji, then on Tuesday and Saturday; or if you are doing that of Bhagavan Dattatreya, then on Thursday — a havanatmak prayoga of the mantras connected with them. Do at least one thousand one hundred and eight ahutis, he says, if it seems too much to you.
Are there sadhanas of Dattatreya's ganas and the Nath Panth siddhas?
Asked whether, as there is Rudragana sadhana, there is any sadhana of the ganas of Guru Dattatreya or of the siddhas of the Nath Panth, he answers: yes, yes, absolutely there is. There is one of Bhagavan Dattatreya too, and there is one of the siddhas of the Nath Panth too.
Further Shabar tantra sadhanas of Gorakhnath and Dattatreya are to come shortly
Asked to upload further sadhanas of Shabar tantra, such as those of Guru Gorakhnath ji and Guru Dattatreya ji, he says he will do so shortly.
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.
Bhagavan Datta struck the nagara at the ganika Pingala's house
He relates a story he says came in a good video by some gentleman about Pingala, whom Bhagavan Datta held as a guru: she was a ganika, a nagarvadhu, at whose house people stood in line, and a nagara was kept there which had to be struck at the cost of so many gold coins for her to come out and be seen once. Bhagavan Datta went there in the state of an avadhut and began striking the nagara again and again.
A rain of gold followed, and Pingala became his disciple
She came out flustered, wondering which rich man or chakravarti had come to strike the nagara so many times, and saw a faqir; laughing, she said, where will you give so much from — but tell me what I should do for you. He rained gold: God is God, he says, siddhis are in his every pore, and it is Bhagavan Datta who is directly the lord of all the siddhis. When the rain of gold occurred she became his disciple, and he took what he learned from her and held her as a guru.
Datta walked with a cow as well as a dog, but only the dog is ever cited
If you have samarthya equal to Bhagavan Datta's, so that you can have a rain of gold made, then keep a dog and go about with a dog, he says. But Bhagavan Datta walked with a cow — why do you people not keep that cow? Datta's dog is visible to you and his cow is not. Keep the cow too.
Begin with Datta's dev diksha vidhan, the chaukhat, the water place and daily panchbali, then jeev and plant seva
The beginning is made from the house, he says. So first of all your dev diksha vidhan of Bhagavan Datta; the chaukhat of your house; the place for drinking water; panchbali — let all this be daily. After that comes jeev seva, and after that the seva of trees and plants: begin the seva of some one tree or plant.
One with no guru should do four lakh japa of the ekakshari of Datta's dev diksha vidhan over a year
Assuming you have no guru, he says, then take the dev diksha vidhan of Bhagavan Dattatreya: if you did even one lakh japa of the Ekakshari, four lakh japa, then a great deal will come about. Do a minimum of four lakh japa of the ekakshari. It will take time — take a year — but after a year there will be a difference of earth and sky between your condition today and your condition then.
Can an undiksha person worship Guru Dattatreya by his twelve names?
Asked by a listener who is not initiated in any parampara whether he may worship Guru Datt by his twelve names and later go on to the Datta Mala Mantra, the speaker says yes, you can absolutely do it.
Where at Vindhyachal is the charan paduka of Guru Dattatreya?
A listener says he did not see the charan paduka of Guru Dattatreya beside Bhagavati Saraswati, though the speaker had said it was there. The speaker says he said behind Saraswati ji: today, where the sthan of Mahasaraswati is, right beside them there is a door; go behind through that door. There are two param tantra sthans, and in the middle of those two param tantra sthans the Shri Vigrahas of devi devatas are installed — among those is also the paduka of Bhagavan Datt.
What is the daily niyam for the Datta paduka?
The Datta paduka will always stay at the guru sthan, the speaker says — that is, at the pujan place, where you make a good arrangement, spread a yellow cloth and give the guru paduka, the Datta paduka, a place upon it. You may do their abhishek daily; after the abhishek, decorate them with fragrant chandan, kumkum and the like, making a swastik and so on upon them, offer flowers, and show dhoop. In paduka pujan you may generally apply itr as well. In this manner the paduka pujan will be done.
Can a red roli tilak be applied to Guru Dattatreya?
Absolutely you can apply it, the speaker says; and if somewhere it has been said that you cannot, then that subject is at least not valid for Bhagavan Datt. Bhagavan Datt is the one such devata whose seva and puja both a householder and a supremely detached one may do, one who is supremely attached, the most defiled of defiled sadhaks and the cleanest of clean persons — both can do it.
A crama of Dattatreya, Ganpati, Surya, Jayanti Mangala and Panchakshari still has no kavach in it, and one kavach must be there
A listener sets out his crama: one mala of Guru Dattatreya's ekakshari, then Ganpati, then Surya's twelve namavali, twelve of Jayanti Mangala, one mala of Panchakshari, one mala in the morning; and in the evening the Batuk Bhairav stotra and the namavali of the 64 yoginis. Brother, there is no kavach at all in this of yours, the speaker says. Involve some kavach also — the kavach of your chief aradhya. All the rest is very good, but let there certainly be one kavach. Let all the sadhaks and sadhikas pay attention: all the path and japa on one side, one's own aradhya's kavach on the other. A kavach must certainly be there.
Why did a toothache go away after deepdaan?
A listener writes that he had done the Dattatreya deepdaan on the day of the Jayanti, that his tooth was hurting very much at the time, and that by the next morning it had come down of itself. Yes — you did so much deepdaan, so it will have come down from the heat of the deepdaan, the speaker says; behind this there is science, this is science. In this our shraddha has little part; neither we nor you have any shraddha in it. This is bheem science.
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 special sadhana should be done on Guru Purnima?
Asked whether special sadhana should be done on Guru Purnima, the speaker says it absolutely may. All those who have performed the sadhana of Bhagavan Gorakhnath in particular should do the Guru Gorakh Sabari Navnath sadhana and the like again on that day, as a one-day observance. Those who have done Bhagavan Dattatreya's should do the sadhana of Bhagavan Dattatreya. This you may do.
How many gurus may one make in life, and may children do Dattatreya japa?
Asked how many gurus we can make in life, the speaker says there is no such limit. Asked whether children may do japa of the mantra of Guru Dattatreya, he says yes, they may — it is not as though the japa of Bhagavan Dattatreya cannot be done. Have them do japa of Shripad Pallav Digambara. Digambara hai Digambara, he says; in the form of a bhajan the japa of this mantra is exceedingly beneficial for children.
How is a pret that runs with the pitr removed?
If your lineage is increasing, the speaker says, then it does not have the capability. You may have it removed with vidhi vidhan by having a nikari and such prayogas done. If it is with the pitr, then, provided no dosha is attaching to the pitr, or provided your pitr are still strong, it can be removed through them as well. And through Bhagavan Dattatreya, by his special sadhana — by which only the pitr are satisfied and the prets receive distress — it can be removed too.
Does the Sabari Kavach require initiation?
No initiation of any kind is needed, not even Navnath Deeksha. Only one thing to note: where the Gayatri occurs once within it, do not pronounce it aloud — recite that part mentally.
What is given where obstruction comes from pitr dosha?
If you are initiated, your guru can tell you a great deal. Otherwise the prayoga given is the mala mantra connected with Bhagavan Dattatreya — because if anything has run in unconsidered fashion with the pitrs in your house, Bhagavan Datta stops that thing; his vidya works in the manner of a sieve, and having strained it he conveys the right thing to the pitrs.
Where to do the Dattatreya 108-name tarpan
The speaker says the Tarpana with the 108 names of Bhagavan Dattatreya should not be done on a Narmadeshwar Shivling. As he has explained before, it is best done on a Peepal tree; if it has to be done at home, do it in a vessel, because doing it on a shivling would not be proper.
May one do Dattatreya tarpan for the pitrs under a bilva tree?
A listener says he is doing the path of the seventh adhyaya of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita as instructed, and asks whether he may sit under a bilva tree and perform the tarpan vidhi for the pitrs with Bhagavan Dattatreya's ashtottara namavali. He answers: if you have done the path of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita for at least a sava mahina, then start the Bhagavan Dattatreya vidhan, the tarpan one.
Where can the Dattatreya mala mantra be learnt?
He tells the listener Divyajay that for the Dattatreya mala mantra there is already a live, in which it has been told in full brihad form. Listen to it once, he says; it will be about a year old.
Can the Datta Mala mantra be repeated from Poornima to Amavasya?
A questioner wishes to do the Datta Mala mantra again and again from Poornima to Amavasya. Absolutely, do it from Poornima to Amavasya, he answers; observing brahmacharya in that period is exceedingly necessary.
How did high shaktis come to be installed against epidemics?
Speaking of what spreads in the form of a mahamari in different places, he says that for their shanti the sadhaks of that time laboured very hard — whether Kaul sadhaks, or sadhaks of the Nath sampraday, or upasaks of Bhagwan Datta. So in place after place such shaktis were established, which were shaktis of a high order, and in the course of time they became worshipped by society. Those who came to be worshipped were then accepted in the form of Bhavani; the name of Bhavani was given to them, the word Bhavani was attached before their name, and they became worshipped.
A heart gone to Girnar while the body remains a householder leaves the mind unsettled and sleep broken.
He tells the listener that his information is always very strong, and that this is exactly why he remains in a state of uchchatan. The actual matter, he says, is this: the mind is not settling, sleep is not coming — the fact is that your heart has gone away to the Girnar mountain, near Bhagwan Datta. Your experiences too are tremendously divine. And now you have to remain here to complete your physical life, your grihastha life. So you are able to be neither of this side nor of that. That is the difficulty.
What must be installed in the place of an entity that has been removed?
And when you remove it, he says, after that you must certainly give a place there to some divine energy, some divine shakti relating to Sanatan culture — especially the Panchmukhi Hanuman form, or the form of Bhairav ji. Among Bhairav ji, give it in Batuk Bhairav; and do not think of Batuk Bhairav as an ordinary saumya Bhairav. He closes by saying that they will meet again after a somewhat longer time, and that meanwhile videos will keep coming on the channel.
Whom should someone from Maharashtra hold as guru?
If you are from the Maharashtra region or thereabouts, the speaker says, look — Guru Dattatreya is worshipped in every home there. Do his puja. He repeats what he says often: Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, all the tattvas, are contained in him. Do his seva and puja and a physical guru will be attained by you through his grace.
What results have people reported from the Dattatreya Mala Mantra?
Of all the people who have done the Dattatreya Mala Mantra guru sadhana given on the channel so far, the speaker says, no one has obtained a physical guru — but people are satisfied, and that itself is his grace somewhere. Counting Telegram, Instagram and Facebook together, roughly twenty to twenty-two people have said that they have been doing the Dattatreya Mala Mantra sadhana continuously since December, about a month by now, and are getting darshan of a guru swaroop in dreams. Who that guru is, they do not know.
What should someone afflicted by abhichar do about finding a guru?
If you want to do some mantra sadhana, or are seized by abhichar or badha of some kind, and are searching for a guru who would give you a mantra and include you in his guru parampara, he says he would still say: first of all take the refuge of Bhagavan Dattatreya. Or, according to your regional tradition, see which guru is most famous there in the sadguru swaroop and has recognition, and holding him as guru go to his samadhi sthal, go to whatever siddh peeth of his there is, and go there again and again and pray. He will show grace, indirectly; he may even come before you and you will not know it.
Whom should you hold as guru until a guru is obtained?
Until a guru is attained, the speaker says, you must hold on to some one swaroop in the form of guru and walk with it. Carry Bhagavan Dattatreya; or take any one of the Navnaths; or take the eighty-four siddhas. According to your region, take whoever attracts you most, whoever seems a siddh purush. If you are from Uttar Pradesh, hold Devraha Baba — than whom, he says, there will be no more capable siddha yogi — or Guru Gorakhnath ji, whose mantras too are given on the channel. Carry Telang Swami in the guru parampara, or Lahiri Mahashay, or Baba Neem Karoli.
The prayer over the salt asks Bhagavan Dattatreya for that person's uchchatan from the thing
Do this process and see, he says. All that is to be said there is: He Bhagavan Dattatreya, show such grace that this person gets uchchatan from this thing. You are doing this on the path of dharma. When you do it and see, then by the time that salt is finished the person will have become uchchatit. In this way, whoever is going on a wrong path in the house, if you are a sadhak you can use these things thus; you do not need to go to anybody else. Become capable yourself, he says.
A Dattatreya sadhana missed at Makar Sankranti may run Pratipada to Poornima of the Gupt Navratra
Asked by Anil Sonara ji, who could not begin the Dattatreya sadhana on Makar Sankranti because of Covid, whether it can be started on Pratipada, he answers yes, absolutely — do it from the Gupt Navratra up to Poornima; do the sadhana from Pratipada up to Poornima.
Is there a sadhana for obtaining a siddh guru?
Absolutely, he answers: do the seva of the Datta Mala Mantra. Do the Datta Mala Mantra continuously, a hundred and eight times daily at night, for a hundred and eight days.
If you do a daily havan holding Gurudatt as guru, can tantra still succeed against you?
To Aadi Chintan ji he says that if the grace of the guru, the grace of the guru mandal, comes, then nobody will wish to do tantra — how would he be able to? And he draws the parallel: the Brahmastra was not going to have any effect upon Hanuman ji, but to keep the honour of the Brahmastra he was bound; for him it was nothing. In the same way, if you are doing the sadhana of Bhagavan Dattatreya and someone performs a tantra prayoga upon you, then to keep the honour of that tantra you may suffer harm. But it will not be very great; it will be for some time. If he does a very great tantra prayoga, it may be that if he has done a marana that one finger of yours breaks, gets cut, something happens. There will be an effect; you will be troubled a day or two, troubled a week — but after that there will be nobody left to save him. Shaktis keep the honour of shaktis.
What should be done in the Navnath sadhana if there is no space for vessels?
If there is a problem of space and you are not able to keep the vessels, he says, then in the Navnath sadhana do it without vessels — but do it with a photo of the Navnath and of Bhagavan Dattatreya.
Is it proper to do upasana of the Devi while doing upasana of Dattatreya?
Absolutely, the speaker answers: along with Bhagavan Dattatreya, upasana of Bhagavati should be done.
Videos sent in claimed it leaves one with no concern for home, family or the world.
Sadhaks had sent him links to videos claiming that if one performs Bhagavan Dattatreya's sadhana, the avadhoot state will be attained — avadhoot meaning one who has no concern left with home, family or the world. Because of this, he says, fear has arisen in people, and he had kept the subject brief the previous day but now takes it up at length.
How were the three sons born from Mahasati Anusuya's test?
When Mahasati Anusuya took her test and invoked the Tridevas in the form of sons — making all three into children by the shakti of her satitva — the form that was to manifest from Narayan's amsha was to come. When they returned to their former state they gave the blessing that they would be her sons, equal to the Tridevas themselves. From Brahma ji's amsha Chandrama was born, from Shiva ji's amsha Rishi Durvasa was born, and from Bhagavan Narayan's amsha Bhagavan Datta.
Why do all three tattvas reside inside Bhagavan Datta?
The form of Bhagavan Narayan whose body had decayed before Shiva's anger was the amsha given to Bhagavati Mahasati Anusuya — which is why that form could not be born or produced completely. To make it complete, Brahma ji and Mahadev absorbed their own shaktis into it, and so the entire shaktis of the Tridevas came to reside in Bhagavan Datta.
Which tattvas are present within Bhagavan Datta?
Within Bhagavan Datta, the speaker says, the tattva of Brahma ji the creator is present; the Shri tattva of Narayan, the sustainer, is present; and the Rudra shakti, the Rudra tattva of the deity of dissolution, is present. So if you need the capacity for creation within you — to become a teacher, a scientist, an engineer, to go into the medical profession, into any creative field at all — Bhagavan Datta will grant grace there.
Which aspect of Datta is invoked for wealth and material desires?
If you wish to go into service work, if you wish to advance greatly in business, to attain wealth and grain, to be counted among the rich, if you want the fulfilment of material desires — then the Shri-tattva-endowed shakti of Bhagavan Datta, which is the form of Narayan, will grant grace, and Shri will be given to you.
Which aspect helps a sadhak seeking siddhi or protective work?
If you wish to become a sadhak, to go into sadhanas, to attain siddhis, to go into public service or national service or into the kind of work that is protective in nature, then it is the Rudra shakti of Bhagavan Datta, the helping Rudra tattva, that becomes the helper and takes you forward in it.
How much should a completely new sadhak do at the start?
It is not that because the mantra is short you may do five hundred japa in a single day, the speaker says. Do a little less at the start. New sadhaks do not yet know how to turn the Mala, and have done no special sadhana before — so after performing the Diksha vidhan, do as much as you can: 27 mala, or 11 mala. Along with it, do one path of Bhagavan Dattatreya's Vajra Kavach, which was uploaded that day; there is no need to recite it more, one path is enough.
What happens after about a month of Datta sadhana?
By the time a month has passed, the speaker says, the path will begin to open for you as to how to go forward in the sadhana — you will come to know of yourself that such a thing should be done. He cites sadhaks on the channel, naming Meghnath ji and Andhakasura as among those whose experience this was: doing Bhagavan Datta's sadhana, Datta appeared to them directly in dreams and gave guidance that this sadhana of yours is complete, now do your further work in such a manner.
Is the avadhoot state itself something to run from?
This is a divine sadhana in itself, the speaker says, and you are not to be troubled anywhere that something untoward will befall you. And if the avadhoot state is attained by someone, then in itself it is divine and miraculous. Why are people running from it, he asks, and why is this thing being made frightening? It is a matter worth thinking about, why people fear it. Becoming an avadhoot is not so easy a matter, and even if it did happen, in itself it is divine — you would liberate your whole kula.
Which shloka of the Vajra Kavach describes Datta's changing states?
In the path of the Vajra Kavach, the speaker says, you will find a shloka written about Bhagavan Datta: "कदा योगी कदा भोगी कदा नग्न पिशाच वत" — sometimes he is a yogi, sometimes a bhogi, and sometimes he wanders in a digambar state like the pishachas. It is written precisely so that you do not make the mistake of thinking he remains only in the avadhoot state; in whatever form the devotee calls him, for whatever desired end, that is what he fulfils.
What did Bhagavan Datta promise Rishi Parnad?
In the Vajra Kavach itself, the speaker says, you will read that when Rishi Parnad called him, he said that with whatever bhava, with whatever purpose you call me, I will fulfil that very purpose. So why do you have this fear, he asks, when he himself is saying this? Therefore leave off fearing.
What can be recited for peace of mind during Datta japa?
Therefore, in the japa of this mantra especially, do not think that there is some negative shakti and that if we do japa somewhere it will take it. Even so, for the satisfaction of your own mind, you may do the utterance of the twelve names of Bhagavan Datta, which have already been given on the channel. If you do not recite the whole shloka there is no difficulty — there is no need at all to recite the whole shloka; recite just the twelve names that have been given.
How is deepdaan done for Bhagavan Datta?
Asked to tell the vidhi of Deepdaan for Bhagavan Datta, the speaker says time is very short, but according to the information obtained so far, deepdaan of 16 lamps should be done for Bhagavan Datta. He says he learnt this through a very good sadhak who does Bhagavan Datta's sadhana himself and on whose kula parampara Bhagavan Dattatreya's grace is very particular.
Which part of Dattatreya's twelve-name stotra should be recited most?
Yes, certainly, the speaker says: in Bhagavan Dattatreya's twelve-name stotra it is the mool stotra in particular that is to be recited more. The rest — the Phalashruti and so on — has been given for your information.
Can Guru Dattatreya's twelve names be recited for life?
Asked whether Guru Dattatreya's twelve names can be recited for one's whole life, the speaker says certainly they can — you may do it exactly like a guru mantra. There is no difficulty at all in your doing naam japa. The naam japa of any god or goddess can be done while walking and moving about. Do the twelve names; you certainly can.
Can a one-day japa of the twelve names be done on the jayanti to cut karma?
A listener who has a bhautik guru asks whether he may complete a japa of the twelve names on the following day, the jayanti, as a one-day observance, for the cutting of his whole karma. Certainly you can, the speaker says — do as much of it as possible.
Should someone who already has a guru do this diksha vidhan?
Asked whether those who already have a guru may do this Diksha vidhan for the pleasing of Bhagavan Dattatreya, the speaker says there is no need for the diksha vidhan. You may do his pujan, you may do his Havan. There is no need of diksha.
What is the daily pujan vidhan in the Datta sadhana?
Asked what the vidhan of daily pujan is in the Datta sadhana, the speaker says it has already been told — there is a video on the channel, in the Diksha vidhan, as to how it is to be done daily. The ordinary things have been told in it.
May the twelve names be recited lifelong purely for material desires?
Deepak ji asks that, since there is not much need to hold Guru Datta as param guru, he may still — only for his grace and for some material desires — do a lifelong recitation and sadhana of the twelve names. Yes, certainly you may, the speaker answers.
If husband and wife both do the five lakh japa, is everything doubled?
Avadhesh Pandey ji asks whether, if he and his wife both wish to begin the five lakh japa, all the materials told will be used in twos. If you wish to do the five lakh japa of Bhagavan Dattatreya's sadhana, the speaker says, then whatever the vidhi-vidhan of pujan is, it will be one only. If husband and wife are doing it, nothing is to be done in twos. Only the Yantra that is being made — the two yantras to be worn and worshipped — will be separate, yours separate and hers separate; besides that, the Mala will be separate for both of you. All the rest of the pujan, whatever bhog is offered, whatever flowers and prasadi there are, will be in one place only, not separately.
The messages that came in were mostly the fear of becoming an avadhoot.
Just now, the speaker says, it was only being discussed that tomorrow's sadhana should be completed, because a great many people's messages had come in. The biggest fear everybody had, he says, was that we may not become an avadhoot — meaning that if we become an avadhoot then we will wander about the house like that, and even if someone strikes us it will have no effect.
What does the kavach say about Dattatreya's daily round?
It is written in it, the speaker says, that Mahamuni Dattatreya daily bathes in the morning in the river Ganga at Kashi; then, reaching the Mahalakshmi temple of Kolhapur by the sea, does japa and dhyana of the Devi; and going to Mahuripur, Mahurgadh, does bhiksha there; and then rests and sleeps in the caves of Sahyachal in digambar garb. Reading all this, he says, you will get to know a great deal — there are many things in this kavach.
His gurus already exist, and it would be the very sadhana being told here.
Asked which sadhana he would do if he had to do his first sadhana of Shri Dattatreya ji, the speaker says his gurus already exist, and that it would be the very one he is telling all of you.
Can Dattatreya's sadhana be done from a stotra rather than the mala mantra?
Asked whether, besides the mala mantra, the sadhana of Dattatreya ji can be done from some stotra, he says yes, it can, and that it will be told — when they begin a little work on the Siddh Sabari vidya it will be told then what can be done.
Can Bhagavan Dattatreya's Vajra Kavach be recited for self-protection?
Certainly, he says — the Vajra Panjar Kavach, the Vajra Kavach, Dattatreya Vajra: the paath of all these can be done. The vidhan of the purashcharan and so on he will have to tell separately; or you may look in the phalashruti and do it accordingly.
How should the nyasa of the Datta Vajra Kavach be performed?
Exactly as the vidhi of the nyasa is given in the Datta Vajra Kavach, in that same way it is to be done — at the beginning and at the end both. There is no need to make any change in it.
Dattatreya as the guru-swarup accepted across all paths
For one who wants to go further still, the speaker says what he would recommend as best is the sadhana of Bhagwan Dattatreya, because he is the samyak swarup of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh; the sadhaks of every path, Shakta, Kaula Sampradaya, Shaiv or Vaishnav, accept him, and he has full importance in every panth and sampradaya. Whatever swarup one follows, Dattatreya integrates into it, and if his kripa is obtained one gets a Guru in physical form too, advances on the spiritual path, and receives the kripa of the Guru Mandala. One may take refuge in his swarup, or, if not that, take one of the Navnath.
Dattatreya's sadhana needs diksha, but his sharanagati is open
The speaker says that one who takes Bhagwan Dattatreya along should jap his Mala Mantra, which is on his channel; this is what comes before the arambhik sadhana of Bhagavati Pitambara without Diksha. He acknowledges that Dattatreya's sadhana too requires diksha, but says he is the param Guru: if a guru is not being obtained because one's Prarabdha has not yet formed one, then at the very least his sharanagati should be accepted. How the preliminary Dattatreya sadhana is done is told in full in a video on his channel; the sadhana of Guru Gorakhnath and the Navnath is on his Siddh Sabar Vidya channel, and one of these preliminary sadhanas should be done first.
Japa counts for the preliminary Dattatreya sadhana
The speaker says Bhagwan Dattatreya has an Ekakshari mantra; it is a beejakshar, but since there is no Pranav in it, it is at least suitable, and one may use it for smaran or jap his name. Of this one should first do at least a Savalakh; if that much cannot be done, 27000 must certainly be done, a thousand for each Nakshatra. If one does the Dattatreya Mala Mantra instead, an anushthan of at least 1100 should be done.
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.
What should a new sadhak do in this Gupt Navratri?
A new sadhak should first of all do a guru-related sadhana. He may do that of Bhagavan Dattatreya, or of Bhagavan Ramakrishna Paramhansa; or of whichever shaktis are seated in the form of guru in his own area; he may do Guru Gorakhnath ji, or any one of the nine Naths, or the vidhan given for the nine Naths together on the Siddh Sabari Vidya channel.
Dattatreya mala mantra milk tarpan at the threshold through Pitr Paksha to reach bound pitr
The speaker says he gave the sadhak two sadhanas for this Navratri season. The first, in Pitr Paksha, was the dattatreya-mala-mantra sadhana with the full Tarpana vidhi, because Pitr who are in Bandhan cannot receive anything offered for them — whatever you do for the pitr is not reaching them. The two easiest means of getting it through are a tantra prayog of Bhagavan Ganesha and Bhagavan Dattatreya, who is supreme since the three shaktis Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh reside in him. He prescribed tarpan with milk on the Dattatreya Tantrokta yantra, the tarpan milk to be poured at a Peepal, a Bargad and a Tulsi — and, because a Muslim thing was involved, the tarpan was done at the Chaukhat (threshold) of the house with a lamp lit; he says he will clarify that vidhan further some time. The sadhak did the Datt tarpan by this vidhi for the full sixteen days of Pitr Paksha, from Poornima to Amavasya, and reported great peace from the first day.
Which Guru form should an ordinary person worship on Guru Purnima?
Either Bhagavan Shiva or Bhagavan Datta, or whatever power or Mahashakti holding the Guru-tattva belongs to the Panth or tradition you accept — Vaishnava, Shaiva or another. The speaker's own recommendation is Bhagavan Datta, because his presence is in every Guru Mandal.
The Guru on the yellow heap, the Guru Mata on the red — Anagha Lakshmi as Guru Mata for Datta
The Guru on the yellow heap and the Guru Mata on the red. For those who performed Bhagavan Datta's Dev Deeksha Vidhan, the yellow heap with the large supari and a yellow Kalava wrap is for Bhagavan Datta as the Guru, and the red heap to its left, with a red Kalava, is for Ma Bhagavati Anagha Lakshmi as the Guru Mata.
Does Bhagavan Datta's Dev Deeksha close off other traditions?
No. If you are performing Bhagavan Dattatreya's Dev Deeksha Vidhi, you may go into any tradition afterwards. It is not that one thing applies for the Shakta, another for the Shaiva and another for the Vaishnava — Bhagavan Datta is present in every Panth and every tradition.
A ghee lamp with a double wick is excellent for the Datta Mala Mantra
If you are doing Bhagavan Datta's Mala Mantra, a ghee lamp would be excellent. The lamp's wick should be double.
May om be used in the Dattatreya mala mantra?
On japa with om in the Dattatreya mala mantra, he says one absolutely can, there is no difficulty at all — it has been given along with it, so those who wish may do it. In the satakshari, in the sahasrakshari, in all of those there is not that much trouble, and it has already been given. Had it not been there, he says, he would have removed it beforehand.
What if you think you are too insignificant for a guru to come?
You think a guru will hardly come for one insignificant person like us, he says; even doing this much, no guru can ever come here, we will never get a guru. No, babu, he says, you are very wrong. One soul can accomplish the welfare of many crores of souls. If you are making yourself endowed with that capacity, then for you alone Bhagavan Datta will certainly come in bodily form; that pure purush will come and initiate you himself. And it is no exaggeration to say that what you ought to get, you may sit at home shut in and not go out, and they will come to your house and give it to you. This, he says, is his belief and his experience.
Whom should one make a guru if no good guru is available?
The speaker calls it a strange question — a guru who is not a bad guru. He cannot say at present whom the listener in Odisha should make a guru. For now, until you obtain a guru, perform the sadhana and puja of Bhagavan Dattatreya especially; the ordinary vidhi vidhan of it is put on the channel from time to time. When you are worthy and capable, and Bhagavan Datta shows grace, you will find a true guru.
Dattatreya as the samyak swarup of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, resident on Girnar
The speaker says Bhagwan Dattatreya is called the samyak swarup of all three Mahashaktis — Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva — which is why he is the deity to take as guru when one has none. Just as Sadashiv Maharudra and various shaktis are said to dwell eternally on Kailash, he says, countless crores of siddhas are said to dwell with Dattatreya on Girnar Parvat, where he resides eternally.
Dattatreya Jayanti on Margashirsh Purnima and the Anasuya katha of his three-headed form
The speaker says the Purnima of Margashirsha Maas is taken as dattatreya-jayanti, the day of his descent. He recounts the katha: when Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh came to test Mata Anasuya's satitva, she turned all three into infants by the power of her pativrat dharma, and from the grace of these three came three swarups — Chandrama, Durvasa and Dattatreya. Dattatreya is held mainly to be Vishnu's ansh, he says, but is the samyak form of all three, with three heads — Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh — and six arms.
Dattatreya as Mahaguru: taking his shelter leaves no guru mandala out of reach
The speaker says Dattatreya should be worshipped daily as Mahaguru, because every Guru Parampara and every Guru Mandala in the brahmand has come out of the parampara of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, who became the greatest shaktis by the grace of Mata Jagdamba Bhagwati Mahashakti. So when a sadhak takes the shelter of this Mahaprabhu of Girnar, he says, it cannot happen that he is left deprived of the kripa of any guru or any guru mandala. Whichever parampara one wants to enter but does not know how, and cannot decide among many options, he says, take the sharan of Dattatreya — by his grace every manokamna will be fulfilled.
Dattatreya beej mantra as guru mantra and the daily prayer for a physical guru
Alongside the mala mantra, the speaker says, a sadhak may take up the japa of Dattatreya's Bija Mantra mantra for the purpose of a Guru mantra, and may also do it mentally. If no guru mantra or naam mantra has been received from any guru in physical form, he says, then until that is obtained the sadhak should take the sharanagati of Dattatreya and pray to him daily: that the Lord bless him as a shishya and grant him a guru in physical form.
Establishing Dattatreya as adi guru and beginning the Datt mala mantra on a Purnima
The speaker says the dattatreya-mala-mantra japa is begun on the Purnima of any month; if begun on Margashirsh Purnima, that day is Dattatreya Jayanti. At home one may establish a vigrah of Dattatreya smaller than six inches, or a Dattatreya Yantra, or do the japa before Bhagwan Sadashiv without either. A sadhak with no Diksha at all who wants one in physical form should establish Dattatreya as his first, adi guru — either the vigrah or the yantra, or the yantra wrapped in yellow cloth with the vigrah placed on it. On that Purnima, he says, do abhisheka with panchamrit, dress the vigrah well, offer dhoop, deep and naivedya as one is able, and light a ghee lamp with a little haldi added to the ghee.
Daily japa vidhi of the Datt mala mantra
The speaker says the sadhak wears yellow or white cloth, or bhagwa (saffron), and sits on a Kusha Asana or a yellow asana. The Sankalpa is taken for Dattatreya's supreme kripa, the shaman of all bad prarabdha, the rise of punya, a guru in physical life and full success in the sadhanas to come; water is offered, and then the dattatreya-mala-mantra is recited 108 times on a panchmukhi Rudraksha mala. The Viniyoga and the opening shlokas are done only once, he says, and the japa is offered into the Lord's right hand. If no vigrah or yantra is kept, the same is done before Sadashiv's vigrah or a Shivling with a lamp lit, and the japa is offered to him.
Feeding birds, dogs and cows daily during the Datt mala mantra anushthan
As long as the anushthan runs, the speaker says, the sadhak must daily, as he is able, put out grain for birds, feed dogs and feed the cow. His reason: behind Dattatreya stands Gau Mata, dogs sit at his feet and birds fly around him — this swarup of the Lord is wholly dedicated to prakriti, so serving them is essential. If a sadhak feeds the cow daily along with dogs and birds, he says, write it down as 100 percent certain that Dattatreya's full kripa will come within the period of the anushthan itself.
Daily recitation of the Datt mala mantra after the anushthan and the awakening of sixty-four crore mantras
After the sadhana is complete, the speaker says, the sadhak should keep reciting the dattatreya-mala-mantra every day without break — at least five times, or seven, eleven, twenty-one or twenty-seven — and whenever he sits on the asan this mantra is the first japa he does, as many as his capacity allows. He says every person, new or old sadhak, can and must do this sadhana, because by the awakening of this mantra and Dattatreya's kripa the sixty-four koti of mantras run — every kind of mantra becomes awake, set in motion and effective.
Should a separate ghee lamp be lit for the guru during the Datt mala mantra?
A questioner who runs two lamps, one of mustard oil and one of ghee, asks whether a separate ghee lamp should be lit for the guru while doing the guru mala mantra of Bhagwan Datt. He answers that if one has the means financially, light a separate one; otherwise two lamps are enough.
May the Datt mala mantra be done for the pitrs?
Yes — the Datt mala mantra can be done for the sake of the pitrs.
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