Mahakali
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The transcendent, supreme eternal form of the Goddess, whose realm even Brahma and Vishnu did not directly know — a single direct vision (Darshan) of her liberated Devraj Indra from the sin of Brahmahatya.
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How Batuk Bhairav originated: the child who calmed Mahakali
The speaker tells that when Bhagwan Mahadeva once came under the feet of Bhagwati Mahakali, Mahamaya asked him for a sankalp and a vow that in future he would never again come under her feet — and for a means to control and balance her whenever, in her ugra state, she goes beyond her own control. The Skanda Purana and Devi Bhagavat, he says, describe how when Bhagwati took the Mahakali form to end the rakshasa Daruka and again became uncontrolled, Shiva took the Batuk form — a small child under eight years of age, Bal Bhairav — and called out "Maa, Maa"; hearing the word "Maa" from this child, she became calm. This is how Batuk Bhairava originated. Shiva himself thus stands near the Mother in the Batuk form, so wherever Bhagwati Durga or Mahakali is worshipped, Batuk Bhairav is certainly worshipped; his worship is mandatory, he is Shiva himself, and so his installation at home becomes mandatory.
Decorated Mahakali altars without her seva, and the few sadhaks who release their shaktis
Once a shakti has been brought to siddhi and given a place, the speaker says one often finds the spot very handsomely decorated, with a photo of Mahakali and a lit jyot in front of it — but he says to notice whether that bhagat once did Mahakali's own seva well. This, he says, is the case some 90% of the time; the other 10% are sadhaks who bind such shaktis for genuine lok kalyan or personal interest but release them, or whose vachan is that the shakti is automatically visarjit when the sadhak's own body departs — mostly people within a guru parampara, where trouble is comparatively less. The rest, whom he calls "uchhrinkhal" (unruly, like a loose bull), are his subject here.
What is a chowki?
The speaker says never to assume that Bhagavati Mahakali's own swarup has been installed at such a place. What is actually given a place there, through some mantra of Mahakali or through the sadhak's own guru's teaching, is a particular female pret shakti in a dakini swarup — nourished by Mahakali-related puja, bhog and mantra through this tantra kriya until its energy is transformed into something that broadly reflects Mahakali-related tattva, but in a negative form; it is awakened because it is tivra and works powerfully. Alongside it sit masaan, kache kalve, dakini-related shaktis and pret-vichar, each placed in its own way — together, this whole composite is what is called a "chowki". Perfume, flowers and milk are offered there, but the mantra actually running behind everything is a single Mahakali sabar mantra.
Punishment for breaking the vachan of release
If a sadhak who took on such a shakti later fails to fulfil his own vachan of eventually freeing it, the speaker says the paramsatta — since such shaktis fall within a domain understood to belong to Mahakali — holds the authority to punish him for it, and does. This, he says, is why even accomplished tantriks sometimes meet a quite bad death; even good tantriks can fall into this same mistake.
Which of the four Saptashati hymns to adopt, by the devotee's ishta
The speaker says one of the four stutis should be taken into one's life, and matches them to the devotee: a devotee of Mahakali should do the Ratri Suktam; a devotee of Bhagavati Mahasaraswati the Jai Durga Stuti of the eleventh chapter; an exclusive upasaka of Mahalakshmi the Shakradi Stuti, the 27 shlokas of the fourth chapter; and one who is a devotee of any form of Bhagavati, wants the grace of all her forms and sees his Mother, his Durga, his Kali in every shakti — the fiercest kind of upasaka — should never leave the Tantrokta Devisuktam. He says these four have the power to change life, each has its own independent prayoga, and doing them now means that when, by the Devi's grace, a learned Guru who makes such things happen appears in life, they will be of great use.
What to practise on Aghor Chaturdashi and Tara Amavasya: by tradition and by ishta
Asked what should be done on this day, the speaker answers by tradition. A sadhak of the Shabar line does their pujan with Sabar Mantras or their own Tantrokta methods such as Sahasrarchana, and must take in all three tithis, the night of Chaturdashi and the night of Amavasya — in 2021 that meant japa from Sunday through Monday to Tuesday night or Tuesday morning. The vidhi-vidhan is to be kept according to one's own Ishta Devata: a sadhak of Mahavidya Bhagavati Mahakalika, for example, takes whichever of her mantras they have repeatedly done sadhana, anushthan or Purashcharana of, and does its Japa and Havan on these tithis without fail.
Puranic precedents that deities can be bound: Hanuman by Meghanad, Mahakali by Malla and Mani
To those who laugh at the idea that anyone could bind a devi-devata, the speaker answers from the Puranic accounts: see how Hanuman ji was bound by Meghanada, and how Bhagavati Mahakali was imprisoned in their yantra and put into bandhan by the tantriks named Malla and Mani — which is why Bhagavan Shiva had to take the avatar of Martand Bhairav, an Aghora form. Something like these characters, he says, plays out in Kalikaal too among the deva shaktis and partial yoginis who sit in a kul and carry the family's nurture and protection.
Can a tantrik really bind a deity?
The speaker says that in the Ramayana era Indrajit bound the panch devas — Agni, Varuna, Yamraj and the others — with his powers, and got his name because he bound Bhagwan Indra himself with a Pasha and carried him off; so such powers certainly existed then. Asked whether anyone today can bind a deity, he answers that binding of deities is possible and people do it, but what gets bound are lok shaktis, the partial (anshatmak) attendant powers — never Mahadev or Mahakali in person, because nobody today has the capacity even to hold such a power. He adds that Bhagwan Shankaracharya, whom he calls Shankar himself, did Utkilana of fierce shaktis at many places so that people of Kali kaal could not misuse them; anyone that capable today would neither do such a thing nor ever appear openly. Binding happens in this limited way, he says, and its cutting happens the same way.
Indra's Brahmahatya from Dadhichi's death survived an Ashvamedha; Gautama said only Mahakali's direct vision could free him, and Shiva had to guide even Brahma and Vishnu to her realm.
Indra incurred Brahmahatya after Sage Dadhichi's death (whose bones forged the Vajra that slew Vritrasura); an Ashvamedha Yajna failed to absolve it, Maharshi Gautama said only Mahakali's direct vision could liberate him, and since even Brahma and Vishnu did not know her realm's location, Lord Shiva had to guide them there.
Bhairavas held the outer gates and Vinayakas the inner; Mahakala appeared and Shiva merged into him, and dust from the inner sanctum on Indra's forehead dissolved the dosha.
At the outer gates Bhairavas and Bhairavis stood guard, while multiple Vinayakas held the inner gates through Sarupya Mukti; in Mahakali's presence, Lord Mahakala appeared and Shiva merged into his effulgent body, and Mahakali instructed that sacred dust from the inner sanctum be applied to Indra's forehead, completely dissolving his Brahmahatya Dosha.
What is Dvij Ganapati (Brahma Ganesha), and what is the Vaidyanath Chitabhumi worship sequence?
A four-faced, four-armed form representing solar/Brahmani energy, worshipped alongside Mahasaraswati, Brahmani, and Kaushiki for mastery in learning; in the Vaidyanath Chitabhumi Kshetra, worship proceeds from Neelkanth Mahadeva with Brahma Ganesha, to Haridra Ganapati at Bagalamukhi's shrine, to Shakti Vinayaka at Mahakali's shrine.
Bhagavati Mahakali is the fiercest energy present now, this being one of the foremost kalpas in which she manifested — a chief time like the sandhi kaal itself.
The ishta devi of tantra who is present at this time — the fiercest energy present now — is Bhagavati Mahakali, the speaker says, because among the different kalpas in which Bhagavati manifested at different times for the slaying of different daityas, this too is one of the foremost such times. Just as the sandhi kaal in which Bhagavati manifested is her chief time, so also this is a chief time.
Which form of Bhagavati should be chosen for the Diwali pujan?
The pujan for Bhagavati is also to be begun from tomorrow. Whichever principal pujan you do — for Bhagavati Mahalakshmi, for Bhagavati Mahakali, or for some other shakti — you will select the shakti according to what is needed in your life at present, and then perform their anushthan.
Which shaktis should be chosen for the destruction of abhichar?
Yesterday the two subjects were for the destruction of disease and for the attainment of wealth. Today the emphasis is on the destruction of abhichar, on protection, and on the attainment of siddhi. Sadhaks attempting the destruction of abhichar should select the ugra shaktis: Bhagavati Pitambara, Bhagavati Mahakali, the ugra forms and mantras of Bhagavati Durga, about which material has already been broadcast on the channel, and Bhagavan Mahabhairav.
What should be done after completing 51,000 of the Jayanti Mangala mantra?
A listener reports that 51,000 have been completed. Correcting that it is not of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, the speaker says that since 51,000 have been done, take it on to a sawa lakh. Since you have done 51, do more further as well.
Can a sadhak carry the worship of many shaktis at this level?
It is also a truth, he says, that one sadhak will not be able to do the puja of many kinds of shaktis to this level — he will burst. If we are doing Bhairav ji now, we can do as excellent a sadhana of Bhairav ji as is possible. But to think that we are doing Batuk Bhairav, and Mahabhairav, and let us now do Mahakaal Bhairav too — you will be able to maintain only one, and one alone gives so much kripa.
Which shaktis stand behind the Argala's first mantra?
Their chhatra shakti is Mahakali — it is the Argala, so Mahakali is the chhatra shakti of this mantra. And Mahalakshmi: by Mahalakshmi's kripa you obtain vaibhav as well. All the shaktis, however many lok shaktis and lok devis there are, their kripa will be obtained by you through this one single mantra.
Daksha's yajna and the conflict, Virabhadra and Mahakali, and the Andhak daitya remain to be described
The whole description of Daksha's yajna and the conflict will be discussed the next day. In it the group is to learn about the shaktis — in what manner a shakti manifests, and by which mantras which shakti manifested that helped in the destruction of Daksha's yajna: how Virabhadra, Mahakali and which other shaktis came. Also the subject of the Andhak daitya, who, the speaker says, hung upon Shiva's trishul for many kalpas; even now one form of his remains hanging, and in another form he was established as one of Shiva's ganas.
Which shaktis count as the ang vidyas of a deity?
The speaker says that one should therefore never do the anushthan of only one deity or one Mahashakti without also doing the anushthan of their ang vidyas from time to time, as one is able. For Bhagavati Mahakali these are Mahakal, Bhagavan Sadashiv, Bhairav ji, and Hanuman ji and Mahavir who are among her veers; further on come one of Bhagavati's yoginis, one of her sahacharikas, and for a Shakti Peeth sadhana a shakti of that place or a siddha of it.
What is the difference between a shatkarma yantra and a deity mahayantra?
Besides the shatkarma-related yantras there is the yantra of the devatas, the yantra of the Mahashaktis, in which we repeatedly speak of aavaran pujan — in that yantra we worship, from the chief deity onward, every single member of their family and every single limb, and all their astra and ayudha. Those are the mahayantras, of whichever god or goddess they belong to.
Why is the Chandi kavach the greatest of all kavachs?
Because, he says, of all the kavachs in the world the best is the kavach of Bhagavati Chandi, since Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh — all three — are its rishis. In the viniyog we read Brahma as the rishi, but it is composed by all three. Its devata is Chamunda, and Chamunda here means Bhagavati Mahakali directly.
Why might the Kilak be linked to the Uttar Charitra of the Saptashati?
Because, he says, the Kilak's connection is with the Uttar Charitra: the presiding shakti of the Kilak is Ma Mahasaraswati and the presiding shakti of the Uttar Charitra is Mahasaraswati. Perhaps we skip it and do not recite it, and so it is said to be left out. But on that reasoning, he says, one would have to leave the Pratham Charitra too, since Mahakali is not in it — and then do not do the kavach either; but the kavach is necessary for protection.
For which deities' yantras are the Tantrokta Devi Suktam mantras used, and for which not?
Whenever any yantra of Bhagavati is constructed — any kind of yantra at all, related to Jagadamba, whether of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati, Ma Bhagavati Durga, or of any one of the ten Mahavidyas — except Dhumavati, because in Dhumavati these whole mantras will not be used; in Dhumavati there are certain Lakshmi-related mantras.
What do the three "Namastasyai" in the Tantrokta Devi Suktam denote?
Take first the place where the Namastasyai mantra begins — "Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Nidra Rupena Samsthita, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah". The three Namastasyai in it are the sign of the three Mahashaktis. Then it depends in which order and for which devi you are doing it: if for Mahakali, then after Namastasyai Mahakali will be attached.
What materials are used in the tarpan of a Mahakali yantra?
When the yantra process is complete, then, if it is being done for Mahakali, we will first do her archan and tarpan with this — the tarpan vidhi of the yantra comes afterwards. For Mahakali there will be black til water, black til will be there; in the black til there will be madhu, and mixing it we will begin to pour water on the yantra, lifting it with a tridal bel patra, or with a silver bel patra, with these very mantras.
From which shloka of the Devi Suktam does the Mahakali tarpan begin?
Up to the 13th shloka, the shlokas before "Vishnumayeti shabdita", it is ordinary for you. But as soon as you come to "Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Vishnumayeti Shabdita", from here Namastasyai becomes "Mahakalyai" — from here Mahakali begins. Since we are doing it for the yantra of Mahakali, first of all "Mahakalyai tarpayami namah"; then at Namastasyai, "Mahalakshmyai tarpayami namah"; then at Namastasyai Namo Namah, "Mahasaraswatyai tarpayami namah" — it will be three times.
Does the order of the three Mahashaktis change in the Devi Suktam tarpan?
Yes. He says one cannot recite these alone as "Namastasyai tarpayami namah" and so on — ordinary people who do it that way is a separate matter, but in the specific vidhi all three are named. If Mahalakshmi is being done first, Mahalakshmi will go into the first Namastasyai, Mahasaraswati in the middle and Mahakali afterwards; when Mahasaraswati is first, then Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi, Mahakali. Havan proceeds in the same way: "Namastasyai Mahakalyai svaha", "Namastasyai Mahalakshmyai svaha", "Namastasyai Namo Namah Mahasaraswatyai svaha".
What does the seventh adhyaya of the Saptashati say about the Ashtami-Navami sandhi kaal?
In this same adhyaya, he says, there is the description that Bhagavati Chamunda manifested at the sandhi kaal of the Ashtami tithi and the Navami tithi — she who slew Chanda and Munda became renowned by the name Chamunda. And it is for this reason that at the time of the sandhi kaal of Ashtami and Navami we should certainly do the pujan of Bhagavati.
Do Mahakali and Aghor Kali carry Shri tattva?
Asked in effect whether Bhagavati Mahakali or some other shakti such as Aghor Kali is devoid of Shri tattva, the speaker answers that no, their tattva is of a different kind — it is endowed with aghor tattva. Their subject is separate, and he puts it plainly: an ordinary householder person cannot accept those tattvas.
The three charitras of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati, their three different rishis, and where Bhagavati manifests in each.
What the three charitras of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati are like; how the rishis of the three come to be different from one another; at which points Bhagavati is manifesting and how the devatas are offering stuti; what would be obtained if these chief stutis were performed independently; what is to be obtained from the path of the Kavach; and what is going to happen from the path of the Argala and Keelak.
Why should a Shakta study the Durga Saptashati even if he does not recite it?
Because, the speaker says, even if you do not do the path of the Shri Durga Saptashati you should at least study it. When you read the Murti Rahasyam and look at the three rahasyas and the three charitras, you will come to know who the Mahalakshmi svaroopa is.
Should someone with tantra done on them go straight to the Mahakali beej mantra?
He tells Jai Singh ji, who says tantra has been done on him and is asking to do the Mahakali beej mantra directly, not to do so: first perform at least the initial sadhana related to Bhagavati herself — her Ashtottara Shatanama and the like — do the kavach, and only then go to the beej mantra.
What does a form with khadga, mudgar, narmund and khappar indicate?
A listener describes a form with khadga, mudgar, narmund and khappar, with Shiva ji at the feet and the left foot upon Mata ji — that is, Bhagavati has placed her left foot upon Shiva ji. He says that if it is khappar-bearing Kalika then she is ugra; had it been Dakshina Kalika there would have been only the narmund and the khadga.
When guru, Ganpati and Bhairav are complete, the ishta aradhya is taken up beginning with his Ashtottar Shatnam
When the sadhana of guru, Ganpati and Bhairav ji is complete, after that go on taking your own ishta aradhya. Suppose you are proceeding with Mahakali — then which sadhana of Mahakali will you do first? It begins right here: first of all do her sadhana of the Ashtottar Shatnam.
The principal sadhana stays yours, and the Diwali pujan runs complete alongside it
Those who have been doing Mahabhairav will do the principal sadhana of Mahabhairav itself, but along with it there will be the complete pujan of Diwali — Dhanteras, and on the Diwali night Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati, Lakshmi-Ganesh, Kuber and Yam deep daan will all happen. Only the principal sadhana stays theirs.
Whose pujan is done on Amavasya?
For the Amavasya pujan, seeing the sthir lagna and so on, he says they will separately put out a community post about when it falls; or according to your own region, whenever you wish, do the pujan of Lakshmi-Ganesh ji, of Yamraj, of Kuber ji, of Chitragupta ji Maharaj, and along with them of your kula devi-devatas, and of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati — panchopachar, dashopachar or shodashopachar pujan. First of all will be Ganpati ji, then Lakshmi ji, then the kula devi-devatas, and along with them Yaksharaj Kuber ji.
Swarnakarshan Padalik Bhairav is taken up, with Kalratri and Mahakalika separately
The anushthan connected with Bhagavan Swarnakarshan Padalik Bhairav, who are the chief Bhairav — chosen because the problem connected with dhan is everyone's, everyone has need of wealth and the rest, and dharma can happen only from dhan. He quotes: tum bin yajna na hoe vastra na koi pata. But it is not only that: two chief acharyas will perform separate anushthans — the whole mandal pujan utsav of Swarnakarshan Bhairav by one acharya, and the pujan of Bhagavati Kalratri and Mahakalika separately.
Can I worship a Mahakali with weapons in all ten hands?
Answering Rahul Rana ji, he says he has clarified this before in a live and there is a separate video too: it is fitting to do the pujan at home of a shri vigraha in which at least one hand of Bhagavati is in the ashirvad mudra, in Bhagavati's saumya form, because our own bhav is formed accordingly. And if it is that ten-faced Bhagavati, she is the form of the ten Mahavidyas — you may keep her photo and do seva-puja, that will do; if she has a khappar, then keep madhu in the khappar, and it is fitting that one hand be in the ashirvad mudra.
Can the pran pratishtha of a Mahakali murti be done on Dhanteras?
On the day of Dhanteras you can do the pran pratishtha of any dev shakti at all, he says. Do it comfortably; do it in the afternoon time, in the Abhijit muhurat, or comfortably at the afternoon time. You can do Batuk Bhairav ji's that day as well. On the day of Dhanteras itself do everyone's — do Kuber ji's too, do Batuk Bhairav ji's too, do Bhagavati Kali's too. Do everyone's together on that same day. And if you do not do it yourself, if you call an acharya ji and have it done, that is better still; and if you are doing it by watching a video, then watch and revise it well, understand each vidhan, bring the materials, and only then do it.
Can a pregnant woman be taken to the Vindhyavasini darbar?
Asked whether one may take a pregnant woman to the Vindhyavasini darbar, since people say one should stay at home in this state, he answers Navin Dubey ji: if the pregnancy has become of more months, then travelling, and going and coming anywhere, is not fitting. We too will not say that you should take such a person along in that state; it is not fitting to go so far from the house, if it is far. He also answers a Durga mantra offered on a Mahakali yantra — absolutely offer it; you can do it on a shivling too, you can do it on both.
Beyond mantra anushthan, a tantratmak one is open — the Shodashopachara pujan of Bhagavati, and her yantra pujan to whoever knows or is learning it.
If you wish to do only mantra anushthan then you can; but apart from that, if you wish to do a tantratmak anushthan — the Shodashopachara pujan of Bhagavati, and especially her yantra pujan — and if you know yantra anushthan or are learning it, then you may.
What does Aghor Chaturdashi permit, and what does it not?
Hearing the word Aghor, we are not to perform any Tamasic worship, and this Navratri is not kept at home. The right to keep it belongs to the traditions in which it is kept, because many things in it cannot be done in a house. We should only do a special worship on the night the Chaturdashi holds.
What is the laghu trikon, and what fruit is ascribed to it?
For those doing the trikon in Navratri the fruit is a thousand times what it is on ordinary days, he says. The laghu trikon is the one within the temple itself: at the three corners stand Bhagavati Vindhyavasini in one place, and Bhagavati Mahakali and Mahasaraswati in the others. Have darshan of Vindhyavasini, then of Bhagavati Kali whose place is at the balipeeth in front, then go across for darshan of Bhagavati Mahasaraswati, come back and have darshan of Bhagavati, and drink the water of her kund — your trikon is done.
What is the mool trikon of Vindhyachal?
When you do the mool trikon, it is the darshan of the four main temples: leaving Vindhyachal you reach Kali Khoh directly — the other smaller places are all principal places too, but supposing you leave them all — you have darshan of Bhagavati Mahakali at Kali Khoh, darshan of Ashtabhuja, and darshan of Bhagavati Tara seated in the shamshaan, the mahashamshan, and then return to Bhagavati Vindhyavasini's temple and have her darshan there. That is the mool trikon.
Dosha when a pret shakti's bhog reaches a divine kul-shakti
The speaker sets two homes side by side: one where the original Mahakali is worshipped as kuldevi generation after generation with her own vidhan kept within the kul, and one where a lok shakti — a dead ancestor, perhaps a grandfather called a siddha — has been installed as kuldevata. If bhog offered in the second home reaches someone from the first, the tattva divides: the bhog of a pret shakti's ansh is handed to a divine shakti in whose share prana urja lives, so someone else's jhootha reaches her. A higher-grade shakti thus accepts the bhog of an upadeva-grade shakti; the distinction of superior and inferior is breached, and that is the dosha. He rejects in advance the objection that shaktis are not high or low, saying the technical reasons are being classified precisely, and tells Vedanta-followers to walk their own path rather than lecture on this channel.
Dosha when a Mahakali lineage's bhog reaches a home worshipping a pret shakti
Reversing the case, the speaker says that bhog offered to Mahakali and subtly taken by her yoginis carries a different energy and divinity altogether. If that prasad enters a home whose people serve a shakti of upadevata grade and they consume it, the level of Mahakali's energy is explosive, and because of her divine ansh the shakti in that house becomes bound and stunted — it suffers. He stresses this concerns kul-shakti bhog only, not the prasad of outside temples, and adds that the pret installed as kuldevata need not have been a sadhak in life; wicked people too are made household deities through bhagatvaal, and when such bhog reaches them they suffer.
How long do pitrs remain if their sadgati has not taken place?
If one is not capable, or if for some other cause such as abhichaar dosha their sadgati is not taking place, then in such a condition they have to remain a minimum of three generations. Reckon three generations from their birth and death; their presence will remain until then, and after that their sadgati takes place, if Narayan Nagbali is performed in the third generation. For pitrs, seven generations has been held. Worship, he adds, is a separate matter: the Mahakali vidhan he has given, done at a Kali temple where there is a peepal tree, is done outside and works indirectly through Bhagavati.
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.
The Kavach is accomplished before anything else — 1100 japa and its havan — and only then the Bhagavati mantras one is entitled to.
The Kavach. The speaker calls it the most necessary thing — accomplish the Kavach first. In the worked example, 1100 japa of the Kavach, then its Havan procedure learnt; only then the Bhagavati mantras the practitioner is entitled to, or the Stuti, Stotra, Sahasranama and Satnama.
Who are the 64 Yoginis whose stotra should be recited?
After completing the pujan of Bhagwan Shiva, you should do the pujan of Bhagavati's 64 Yoginis. He says he will upload the 64 Yogini stotra as a PDF, giving the names of those who are chiefly the 64 Yoginis of Bhagavati Durga — the same chief Yoginis whose forms change within Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati and all the Dasha Mahavidyas.
Is there harm in listening to the Mahakali Sahasranama during puja?
Asked by a listener who listens to the Mahakali Sahasranama at the time of morning and evening puja whether any harm will come from it, the speaker says no — why would there be any harm from listening? There is no harm at all in listening to the name of the mother.
What is done on the first morning of Ambubachi?
On the morning of the 22nd, at dawn, before sunrise if possible: from whatever service-Vigraha you have — Mahakali's, Durga's, whichever — take off the garments already put on, all the gold chains, whatever is in the ears, the nose, the hands, the anklets, the crown, all of it.
When the weapons were turned on Ganesh, Parvati manifested two Shaktis — a thousand such powers live within the gentle Parvati
She was swept into boundless anger and manifested two Shaktis. One stood with her mouth spread wide like the cave of a black mountain; the other took a form like lightning, many-armed, punishing the wicked, a terrible Mahadevi. Within the gentle Parvati, he says, a thousand such Shaktis are present.
Learning of the beheading, Parvati produced crores of Shaktis in a moment and ordered them to devour everyone, kin or stranger
She produced crores of Shaktis from her own body in a moment, and ordered them: by my command, make Pralaya in the whole of creation. You are not to consider who is a Deva, a Rishi, a Yaksha, a Rakshasa, who is ours or another's. Devour them all, forcibly.
What does Raktabija's story show about tantric sadhana?
The speaker says asuras also performed tantric sadhana — take Meghnath, or Raktabija, who obtained his shakti by Bhagavati's grace alone. Bhagavati gave it and Bhagavati took it back: Chamunda Mai herself killed him. It will astonish you, he says, that the sadhana Raktabija performed was of Bhagavati Chamunda herself. The one who gave, took.
Which mantra works during sutak, and how is the coconut empowered?
The speaker says Bamanti Kalika will work — the Bamanti Kalika mantra will run in sutak, and will run all the stronger. He notes this is a little off the householder subject but that a person should keep such things ready; if you have fear, do not do it. Then empower the coconut with those mantras according to your strength, only as long as the fire burns.
Each of the fifteen shlokas of the Ratri Sukta has its own presiding Shakti among the Mahavidyas
A video on the channel sets out the whole prescription of all the Ratri Sukta's shlokas — fifteen in particular — according to each of the Mahavidyas, because Bhagavati Tara and Bhagavati Kali all have their special place in it. Each shloka has its own separate presiding Shakti. Perform their Anushthan at night, after nine.
What should be done in a Shani Mahadasha with Rahu Antardasha?
Take the refuge of the Tantrokta Ratri Sukta with your eyes closed; take the refuge of Bhagavati Kali. Begin the sadhana and worship of Mahakali from this Navratri.
How can one learn the seva of an unfamiliar local kuldevi?
A listener says his kuldevi is Saraund ki Kali Mai, a form of Mahakali, who he has learnt is also the kuldevi of Raja Anangpal Tomar of Delhi and is also named Chille Bhavani, and asks for her seva. The speaker says he has no knowledge of these svarupas; go to the place yourself sometime and take the information there, and if there is some devotee of hers, they will tell you well and correctly.
Can the japa of Jayanti Mangala Kali be dedicated to Mahakali, or to several goddesses at once?
Asked whether the japa of Jayanti Mangala Kali may be dedicated to Ma Mahakali, the speaker says absolutely it can. Asked whether Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and one's own kul Durga may be offered it together at one and the same time, he says that too can be done.
What is dear to Bhagavati Mahakali and to Batuk Bhairav?
Asked what is dear to Bhagavati Mahakali and Batuk Bhairav ji, as abhishek is to Shiva ji and tarpan to Ganesh ji, the speaker says that archan is dear to Bhagavati Mahakali; archan is greatly dear to all the svarups of Bhagavati; archan is greatly dear to the 64 yoginis too; and along with archan, havan is very dear. And as for what is dear to Batuk Bhairav ji — if you go especially into the Bhairav svarup, then all the Bhairavs there are, the Bhairav svarups, are pleased most of all, and are pleased quickly, through japa. Japa is very dear to the Bhagavan.
What if Mahakali's sawari comes upon someone?
Asked by Kavita ji what should be done by one upon whom the sawari of Mahakali comes, he answers: mother, where would the sawari of Mahakali come from? Mahakali's sawari does not come; the sawari of her yoginis comes. And you should meet some knowledgeable person of right understanding.
How should one obtain the ekakshari diksha of Mahakali?
A listener asks about samput of the Tantra Devi Suktam with Jayanti Mangala Kali, and how to obtain the ekakshari diksha of Bhagavati Mahakali, and how much. He says the samput of the Devi Suktam with Jayanti Mangala is fine. But if you wish to do the samput in order that you may obtain the diksha, then do not fix a number for it — that will happen when it is to happen. First do as much japa as possible of both independently, and only then do the samput.
Can Kamakhya and the kuldevi both be worshipped in Gupt Navratri?
In Gupt Navratri you can absolutely do the sadhana of Bhagavati Kamakhya as well, he says, and you can also do that of Kuldevi Mahakali. It is not necessary that you do only one of them.
What should be done if the mother of the house is in sorrow?
If the mother of the house is in sorrow, he says, do the seva of Bhagavati Matangi; that is the best. In an ordinary way, do not do the seva in the Uchchha Chandalini swaroop.
Can Mahakali be sent against someone by giving bhog and bali?
Nobody can send Mahakali, the speaker says; no one has that much capacity. It is a manner of speaking that Mahakali is walking, that the chauraha-wali is walking — she is not sitting so idle that she will go off having eaten one laddoo or some meat. That is a separate thing, and he has already clarified the subject in videos on which shakti it is that walks and what she actually is.
Tantra kaat with a nimbu bali in one's deity's name, without any mantra
The speaker says the simplest tantra kaat uses no mantra at all: someone who does daily sattvik dakshinachari worship of, say, Bhagavati Mahakali — japa of her mantras, dhoop-deep-naivedya, aarti — and who senses a tantra prayog on them, remembers her (bali being dear to Bhagavati), gives a nimbu bali and prays for that prayog to stop; at least 20-30% relief comes quickly and the thing halts. He stresses that no deity is being given a bali in this.
What is the Navarna mantra, and whose is it?
Its root Shakti is Bhagavati Mahadurga. In Mahadurga all of them come — the Navadurga who manifested from her, the three Mahashaktis Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati, and the ten Mahavidyas as well. It is not a mantra, the speaker says, but a Mantra-raja.
Can wealth be had from the sadhana of an ishta who is an ugra devata?
There is no such swaroop at all that is not capable of giving wealth, he says. Name one devi or devata in whose hand there is no astra, or who has not worn jewels and ornaments and the like. Every devi and devata has three swaroops, however ugra they may be. Bhagavati Mahakali herself remains laden with gold and silver from head to foot; she too does the sixteen shringars.
What are the essentials of Kartik that must not be missed?
The speaker says to keep in mind that the first thing is the morning bath and the second is deepdaan, and these must absolutely not be missed; besides these, do whatever japa and havan you can. He notes that the five-night, that is five-day, festival of Diwali is coming, in which Bhagwati Kalika and Chandika along with many forms of Bhagwati manifest, and which is the prakatya kaal of Bhagwati Kamala.
What if deeksha was received but no mandal puja was given?
There is no upaya, the speaker says; the upaya is straightforward. Suppose you have received the deeksha of Bhagavati Mahakali but you do not know the mandal puja: then make the request to your own guru for the mandal pujan — guru ji, tell me the vidhi for the pujan of the ang vidyas, in which yantra their pujan is to be done, whether it is to be done of Mahakali or of Adya Kali.
A trikon mandal establishes Kali Khoh Mahakali, Ashtabhuja and Vindhyavasini together at home
Go to Vindhyachal dham, he says, and going there first of all give the puja of that place, and do the puja of Bhagavati Vindhyavasini. If you can, do the sthapana of a trikon mandal at home — that is, establish the three together: the Mahakali of Kali Khoh, Ashtabhuja and Vindhyavasini. Establish the trikon yantra connected with Vindhyavasini with the full vidhi vidhan, and then do their pujan.
Who are Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, and Mahasaraswati, and what does each govern?
The three goddesses Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, and Mahasaraswati are said to govern the most fundamental forces of the universe — power and destruction, wealth and prosperity, and knowledge and creativity respectively — forming the foundation of many Hindu rituals and practices.
A mahatma on a train glossed ashtapada as releasing apana vayu in eight ways, against the real sense of a deity's many feet
On a train, in a general bogie, he says, some people — one of them a mahatma who must have been a great opponent of Sanatan — were discussing Ashtapada, and gave its meaning as releasing apana vayu in eight ways, calling that too a kind of siddhi. He laughed. Asked where that is described, the man said it will come up anywhere. People think, he says, how can there be eight feet, and how could such a being be counted among men or devatas — to which he answered that devatas have thousands of hands and thousands of feet; in the Saptashati, when we contemplate the first charitra, Bhagavati has ten feet, and there are subjects with more than that.
Can a silver kada be made siddh with the mantra used for a copper one?
You have made a copper kada siddh, the speaker says — do the silver kada with that very mantra. It can absolutely be done. Asked also which Mahakali Sahasranama may be recited at home at night, he asks the questioner to specify which one, since there is more than one Mahakali Sahasranama.
Who may recite Bhagavati Kali's Jagan Mangal Kavach and who should not
The speaker says Bhagavati Kali's Kavach makes a person able to do what seems impossible, but it gives its effect properly only to a sevak or sadhak of Kali. Because it combines every bija mantra of Kali and generates enormous energy — and life changes very fast after it, which one must be able to absorb, handle and use — a complete beginner with no sadhana, no japa tapobal, no guru or diksha and no prior anushthan should not recite it directly or heavily; such a person may recite it once a week, on Saturday, until unshakeable faith in Jagdamba forms or diksha is received. Two kinds of people may take it up fully: anyone crushed by enemies' Abhichara, conspiracies, a near-death situation at home or false court cases, who may do its anushthan even without Diksha with no dosha; and a daily sevak of Mahakali who does her panchopachar, dashopachar or shodashopachar puja and bija japa every day, for whom being initiated or not does not matter. Not every kavach is for everyone, he insists; do not start it just because it read well on the internet.
Who is the Mahakali tantrokta mandal pujan actually meant for?
People want the Mahakali tantrokta mandal pujan free, the speaker says — a thing they have no need of at all, but they see that it is behind a payment. What is the need? Do you have to do the puja of Kali ji? Have you ever in your life been to Kali ji's darbar? Whose kuldevi is Kalika, or whose kuldevi is connected with Kali ji, or who needs it, or who wishes to worship Kali ji lifelong — if such a person asks, it makes sense: take it, brother, do it. It will be taught, it will be shown video by video; it is no great matter.
Which rishis and devatas stand in the Kavach, Argala and Keelak?
Everyone will know the Kavach, Argala and Keelak and everyone will recite them, the speaker says. Look in the Kavach: Brahma ji is the rishi. In the Argala, Vishnu ji is the rishi. And in the Keelak, Shiva ji is the rishi. But look at the devatas there. Brahma ji is the rishi — but who is the devata? Chandika, that is Kalika, Kali ji, Mahakali ji. Look in the Argala: Vishnu, Narayan, is indeed the rishi — but who is the devata? Mahalakshmi. And look in the Keelak: here Shiva ji is the rishi, but the devi is Mahasaraswati. It ought to have been, he says, that where Brahma ji is Saraswati ji would be, and where Shiva ji is Bhagavati Kalika would be.
What is the animal beside Shyama Devi under the skull?
Asked whether Mahakali is a devi of tantra, the speaker says yes and refers to a live on her puja vidhi. Asked about Shyama Devi, beside whom stays a small fox-like animal that stays beneath the skull, he answers: they are with Ma Dakshina Kalika too — jackals.
What are the differences between Bhadrakali, Mahakali, Kali and Kalika?
There is a great deal of difference, the speaker says: Bhadrakali, Mahakali, Kalika and Kali all differ. Bhadrakali is she who manifested from Bhagavan Shiva's jata, from the krodh tattva. Mahakali is the form of the Adya Shakti herself, she who is Adya — Adya Kali, Dakshina Kali, Mahakali. And as for Kali, within Kali too there is a Kali and a Kalika. Kali, when you read the seventh adhyaya of the Durga Saptashati, manifested from the forehead of Ma Kaushiki; her we also call Kali, and the same one is also called Chamunda. And there is a Kalika, who is the form that remained when Bhagavati Kaushiki went out of Ma Parvati's body; that form became famous as Kalika. This, he says, is the fundamental difference of form.
Mahakali has sixteen nityas, Shri Vidya fifteen
In this, the speaker says, if you go into the dhyana form and the mantras and the rest, tantra is very extensive, and then all of them have their nityas. In this, Bhadrakali too has nityas, and Bhadrakali herself is also in a nitya form. Mahakali too has sixteen nityas. Now go into Bhagavati Mahavidya, go into Shri Vidya, and in Shri Vidya too there are fifteen nityas — and in a way there are sixteen nityas in them as well.
What besides japa may be performed on Holika night?
Besides naam jap and mantra jap, sahasrarchan and the mandala pujan of yantras. Of the Shri Yantra in particular there is a great mahima; so too of the Saptashati mandala yantra of Bhagavati Durga, and of Mahakali together with her full fifteen nityas — sixteen nityas — when the archan of her complete yantras is performed along with the purva nityas. Of that it is said that kripa is obtained in a single night.
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