Gupt Navratri
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4 Jul: The tithi began and ended without ever falling at sunrise (kshaya); the day it runs through is kept.
Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
The two lesser-known, more Tantra-oriented nine-day Navratri observances (in Magha and Ashadha), distinct from the two mainstream Navratris — used for advanced or covert ritual applications.
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Should a householder set up a Kalash (Kalash Sthapana) during Gupt Navratri?
Householders generally don't need to establish a Kalash during Gupt Navratri unless already advanced in sadhana and committed to repeating it every Gupt Navratri for at least 5 consecutive years — otherwise, Kalash Sthapana belongs to Chaitra and Sharadiya Navratri, with an Akhand Jyoti or simple regular worship sufficing for Gupt Navratri.
Home prayoga against an enemy inside the family: prerequisites, no names, and nine days of Gupt Navratri
The speaker says the home stage came only after the man had completed the full vidhi-vidhan at the shrine, put on the Kavach, and learned Yantra and Tarpana — three to four months of learning — and seemed at an initial level able to carry it. He then told him how to apply it at home, with one rule: take no one's name. Those who do Mahabhairav know there is a provision for naming, but here the Sankalpa was to be only for "known and unknown Shatru" — whoever it is will understand their own position. The man began the Anushthana at home during Gupt Navratri, for nine days, by the vidhan he was given, using certain Tantrokta items: things done Abhimantran were to be mixed into the food, which everyone at home would eat as they normally do.
Repeating the Durga 108 names anushthan through the year for a changed life
The speaker says this anushthan should be done again and again — at least eleven times if possible. In a year four Navratris come, two Gupt Navratri and two prakat, so four anushthans happen that way; and if in the remaining months too one keeps doing the 1,100 paths with havan and the rest from Ashtami to Chaturdashi, then within a year, he says, it will change the sadhak's life — it is an extremely divine thing.
Why is Sadhana during Gupt Navratri especially potent, and who traditionally observed it?
Sadhana performed during Gupt Navratri yields far greater results than on ordinary days; historically, only families with an established lineage of practitioners were aware of it, and it was traditionally undertaken by Tantra practitioners for specialized Anushthans rather than ordinary householders.
Which parvas fall within these forty-five days?
And in this interval, he says, if you go to the Prayag kshetra, or bathe anywhere in Ganga ji, or by the niyam of the Magh kshetra bathe in any river or lake, go to a tirtha kshetra, do a havan and so on — because much is going to fall in between. There is Shakambhari Purnima; after that Mauni Amavasya; then the Gupt Navratri of Magh; after that Maghi Purnima, on which day is the jayanti of Lalita Amba, the jayanti of Maa Bhagavati Maha Tripura Sundari; on this side the jayanti of Bhagavati Shakambhari is falling; and after that the Navratri of Shiva ji begins again, and Mahashivratri will fall.
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.
Shakambhari runs from the Saptami night, and the Magh Gupt Navratri from Mauni Amavasya
It depends on the kula parampara, he says: if we say it is not running now and you come to know that by the Kamagiri Peeth it is running now, and you say we are speaking wrongly — no, that too is correct. But for those like you whose kuldevi is Bhagavati Shakambhari, and where the chief pujan of Bhagavati Shakambhari will take place, take it that from the Ashtami tithi, from the night of the Saptami, their Navratri will begin — the Gupt Navratri. So that is the Shakambhari Navratri. And the Magh Gupt Navratri, the Vasantik Navratri, the Magh Gupt Navratri will be the chief Navratri dedicated to Bhagavati Sharada; it will begin from Mauni Amavasya.
Can havan be done every day in Gupt Navratri?
Asked whether havan can be done every day in the coming Gupt Navratri, the speaker answers: absolutely. Asked whether it can be done with the namavali of Maa Durga, he says yes, absolutely, it can be done.
When can the Kalika Yogini sadhana be done?
The speaker says the most important night is Kali Chaudas — the Chaturdashi night before Diwali — and Diwali itself, though the sadhana begins from Dhanteras. In any other month, begin on the Krishna Paksha Ashtami and complete it on Amavasya; repeat it often, ideally all twelve months. At Diwali do at least five or eleven days starting from Dhanteras or Chaturdashi. It can also be done in all four navratris, including the gupt ones and Shakambhari Navratri — but not Aghor Navratri, which he says is not for householders — and in the month of Shravan.
What about the faults of the birth chart?
If after the first three or four sadhanas a birth-chart fault still seems to be affecting you, either have its Shanti performed, or make the Daan and wear what the running Dasha and Antardasha require — or do seven-day sadhanas of your Panchamesh, Lagnesh and Navamesh. One month covers it.
Where are the 64 Yogini temples, and in whose parampara were they built?
The 64 Yogini temples, wherever they are, were built in the parampara of Adi Guru Shankaracharya. They are in the region of Kolkata, and in the region of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, around Jabalpur. Special pujan is done at all those places.
When should a kavach that has been ordered be worn?
Asked when the kavach he has had sent is to be worn, the speaker says: wear it at any time in the month of Shravan. Gupt Navratri is running now, so wear it at any time in that. Wear it on the Purnima — there is time and to spare.
What is the Ambubachi festival?
The speaker explains that once a year the pind of Jagadamba at Kamakhya becomes rajaswala: just as a woman menstruates once a month by the moon nadi, blood seeps from the established stone. He calls it that awakened a Shakti Peeth, and says the occasion is also held to be the earth's own menstruation. This is the Ambubachi festival; it falls roughly between 22 and 26 June each year, in the month of Ashadha, and sometimes makes an extremely divine muhurta by falling inside the Ashadha Gupt Navratri, as he says it did in 2023.
How should the Aprajita stotra be perfected in Gupt Navratri?
Asked what the vidhan is for perfecting the Aprajita stotra in Gupt Navratri, he says: do it by that vidhan by which you have been reciting it until now. On the Aprajita stotra he says every time that there is a very great inclusion of beej mantras in it, so the pronunciation of the beej ought to come to you properly. If you do the pronunciation properly, then you may recite it to your capacity.
What should someone do when a neighbour has had a kriya done on his family?
A listener says there had been some quarrel with a neighbour, that the neighbour has acquaintance with tantriks and bhagats, and that a kriya has been had done on his house and family. The speaker answers by name: the vidhi of the havan with the Hanuman Chalisa for forty days is given on the channel; have it done, do it, continuously, morning and evening if possible. It will take ten minutes, five to ten minutes. If your schedule is such, then it will take five minutes in the morning — do it in the morning, and then do it at night whenever you get home. Try it once, he says. Start it now from Gupt Navratri and do it until Savan Purnima — from the thirtieth of June until the day of Raksha Bandhan, do havan with the Hanuman Chalisa continuously morning and evening. The vidhis have been told; the vidhi for doing havan with the Hanuman Chalisa in Chaitra Navratri is available on this very channel. Hear it once and try doing it.
What should be done when enemies are acting against a coming marriage?
A listener says his brother's marriage is about to take place but that enemy folk are pressing hard, and asks for some totkas. He answers: in Gupt Navratri, have the samput paath of the Durga Saptashati done at some temple by a good Durga-pathi Brahman — for the stambhan of enemies.
Is guru diksha necessary to perfect the thirty-two names of Ma Durga?
Asked whether taking guru diksha is necessary for perfecting the thirty-two names of Ma Durga, he answers: it is not necessary at all; you may do it at your ease, and its vidhi has also been told. For protection, whoever wishes — the vidhi for Durga ji's thirty-two names, the chakra vidhi that has been told on the channel, how the Dvatrimsat Naam Mala is to be perfected — you may perfect it in Gupt Navratri. There is no need of any diksha.
What should an entirely new sadhika do in Gupt Navratri?
He tells a listener by name that if she is an entirely new sadhika, then she should recite, to her capacity, the chalisa connected with that swarup of Bhagavati whose seva and puja she does. The chalisa can be perfected, he adds, and the vidhi for perfecting the Kali Chalisa and the Tantrokta Durga Chalisa has been told on the channel.
Which mantras should be practised in Savan, and what changes for women?
Householders who are initiated should perform the sadhanas of whatever mantras they have received from their guruji, the speaker says; regarding the Panchakshari he has spoken in an earlier live. If deeksha has not been received, then men should do japa without the pranav. Women should place the namah afterwards and should not do japa placing it before, and they should not utter the pranav.
In Gupt Navratri, is a Navarna mantra anushthan better or a Saptashati path?
Asked whether in Gupt Navratri a japa anushthan of the Navarna mantra would be better or a Saptashati path, the speaker answers that when you do the Saptashati path you should do it with the Navarna mantra as samput. The whole vidhan of the Saptashati path, in which manner it is done, has been explained on this very channel in a live, showing the whole granth of the Saptashati — it is live on this channel under the name Saptashati Sarvasvam. Those who cannot do thirteen adhyayas in one day should do the Saptashati path in the Mahavidya krama, whose full vidhan has also been given.
If you do ghat sthapana once, are you bound to repeat it?
He says he says it again and again — that from all the education and diksha he has received so far and whatever guru grace he has, he has learnt this: if you do ghat sthapana in any Navratri, then when that Navratri comes again the next year you will have to do ghat sthapana in that one too, and it should be done for five years. The rule is held to be that for five years you will call Bhagavati again and again in that Navratri, and the shaktis of the house stay awakened there. So if you do ghat sthapana in Gupt Navratri, you should do ghat sthapana again and again in that same Gupt Navratri every year. If you do not do it, light an akhand deep.
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.
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.
The Mahabhairav sadhana already given is to be repeated in this Gupt Navratri
Asked for advance sadhanatmak guidance for Navratri by a sadhak of the dedicated group, he says that the Mahabhairav sadhana that has been given, which was to be done three times — it seems to him that everyone has done it only once — should be done again in this Gupt Navratri.
How is the Durga kavach awakened?
Asked how to awaken the Durga kavach, the speaker says two videos on the subject are available on the channel — search "Durga kavach Grihastha Tantra" and both will come up. One vidhi makes a full mandala and shows how to make it siddh; the other is the simplest, easiest vidhi. Follow either one and awaken it in this Gupt Navratri.
How is the Devi Khadgamala stotra made siddh?
The Khadgamala stotra, the speaker says, is in itself extremely unfailing, divine and swift in effect, and is svayam-siddh. According to its phalashruti you may make an effort for siddhi: at least 1100 paths should be done, and since the Khadgamala is in itself a kind of chakra vidya, a great many niyams have to be followed. Its havan should not be done.
May the same sadhana be repeated in the next Gupt Navratri?
Asked whether the Shri Kali Chalisa siddhi may be repeated again in the coming Gupt Navratri, the speaker says: very good, absolutely do it. He says one should repeat one and the same sadhana again and again for at least a year — that is, the four navratris, and if possible in Shakambhari and Ghor Navratri as well — and only then begin a second sadhana the next year.
Householders learnt that there are more Navratras than the two they knew
Earlier householders knew only the Sharadiya Navratra and one other — beyond those, no Navratra was particularly known to them. Those who went into the field of sadhana, one-odd percent of people, were told by their gurus and had special sadhanas performed. Then, through YouTube and Facebook, a great many people came to know that there are two Gupt Navratras.
Is the Gupt Navratra only for sadhaks and not for householders?
Many people began saying that since it is a Gupt Navratra it is only and only for sadhana and for sadhaks, not for householders. This, the speaker says, cannot be held to be wholly true — it cannot be that it is not for any householder. It is from the grihastha ashram itself that the remaining three ashrams run.
How should a householder conduct himself in a Gupt Navratra?
This much is certainly so, he says: when you wish to do sadhana while living in household life, or go into it, then in the time of the Gupt Navratra the sadhana should be done while keeping some special rules — or else ordinary pujan-paath should simply be done.
Dehleez raksha vidhan: Saptashloki siddhi, Kaal Bhairav ekakshari japa, samput path over a copper lota, and the water poured on the threshold
The vidhan the speaker gave has three parts. First, siddh the Saptashloki with 7000 Japa; the sadhak did this over six months, from Sharadiya Navratri to a little before Chaitra Navratri, though it was complete in three. Second, at chaitra-navratri take the Ekakshari bija of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairava, the single bija only, and do 1.25 lakh japa, extended to 4 lakh so that the bija became prachand; the sadhak already wore the Yajnopavita from his wedding and did proper sandhya with the Gayatri updesh of a good acharya. Third, from baglamukhi-jayanti, do the Samput path of the Saptashloki with that ekakshari bija, by the samput method on the channel, holding a copper lota of water with Gud, a few red or rose petals and a little rose ittar, praying that the house be fully bound, the dehri sealed, Bhairav ji's guard set on it, and any outside shakti that crosses it to do harm be destroyed and punished by him. A traditional Sabar Mantra with tantric pranav and bija, which he shared privately and does not give here, then sets the charged water in motion; it is poured on both sides of the dehleez, alongside the regular dehri pujan and the atta-deepak.
The Chhinnamastika vidhan is deferred to the Gupt Navratri because its mantra makes the subject too long for now
It will not be possible this time, the speaker says, because the mantra it requires makes the subject a little long, and he does not think it right to put out so long a video now, with time short. Next time, or after the Navratra when time comes again, he will put it out — at the time of the Mother's Gupt Navratra.
Which kula deities must be worshipped in Gupt Navratri?
Worship your own ishta, but in Gupt Navratri three works must certainly be done separately as well. The first is that of the kula: whichever kula devi is yours together with whichever Bhairav, about whom you have information — and even if you do not, then in their name, because in a kula there are both a devi and a Bhairav.
At what hour should a Gupt Navratri anushthan be done?
Since before sunrise is not possible, the anushthan should be done in the night hours, or in the evening around six or seven o'clock. Many kinds of anushthan have been given on the channel and any of them may be done. The third chief and special point is that when you have completed the purnahuti and some fruit comes to you, some pleasant experience occurs, you should not discuss that fruit at once — you should keep it limited to yourself. That is why it has been called gupt.
Why must one not be hasty in Gupt Navratri?
Any karma performed by you in a Gupt Navratra, any satvik karma, any right karma, fructifies very quickly. That is why one should never be hasty. It should also be kept in mind that when you express negative thoughts at the time of a navratra, those too fructify very quickly — as in: we have been doing puja for a whole year and nothing at all is happening.
Why is ninda forbidden in this period?
The second thing is that ninda of any person — whether your elder or your junior — should be avoided in this period, because by doing ninda your punya is obtained by the very person about whom you are doing the ninda. So make the effort not to do it: in this time we are not to do ninda in any way whatsoever.
What conduct is forbidden during the navratra?
You are neither to touch another's feet, nor to let anyone touch your own feet, nor to give anyone a blessing, nor to give anyone a boon, nor to give anyone a curse. If others abuse you, beat you, strike you — accept it gladly. Bhagavati will understand; she will consider it.
Who are the veers worshipped as lokveers held to be?
These, he says, are such shaktis connected with Hindu culture and current from the medieval period, who in their living time had also perfected some tantra siddhi or other and were along with it of a veer bent, or had attained veergati in battle, or had obtained some such siddhi. If deities of this kind are in your area and you have information about them — and only if you have information, and only if they are satvik — you should go to their place at the time of Gupt Navratra and kindle dhoop and deep.
These small works are to be done quietly, with no selfie or post announcing them
These are such small works, but in doing them you are not to make a noise. Not that you went on the first day and put up a selfie saying we have done Hanuman ji's puja, we have decorated it so well. Nor will you publish anything of any other day either. Staying gupt in this manner, keeping the small things in mind, perform the sadhanas in the Gupt Navratra.
Those able to do nothing else should perfect by japa the four raksha mantras of the Saptashati's fourth adhyaya
He requests everyone watching that if they are unable to do anything in their life, then in the navratra they should perfect by japa the four raksha mantras described in the fourth adhyaya of the Durga Saptashati. If you cannot do 108 recitations daily, do 27, do nine, do 11 — but continue it, do it for nine days; and if possible, do 108 each in these nine days.
Should a new sadhana be started in Gupt Navratri?
If a sadhana already running from before is coming into Gupt Navratri, complete that very one; do not begin a new sadhana, the speaker says.
Can Ganpati puja be done in Gupt Navratri, and may parents' feet be touched?
Asked about the puja vidhi of Shri Ganpati ji in Gupt Navratri, he says yes, it may be done — you may do it from Pratipada as well, and from Chaturthi as well. Asked whether the feet of one's mother and father should not be touched in Navratri, he says the feet of mother and father may be touched.
Which puja should be started for a government-related problem?
Reading the question as being about a government problem, the speaker tells Heerawa Patel ji that if there is any trouble connected with the rajkiya tantra — that is, any government difficulty — then at that time you should take the refuge of Bhagavati Baglamukhi. A playlist has been made on the initial subjects connected with Baglamukhi, and after seeing it you may do the sadhana in Gupt Navratri.
How much fruit does Sabar mantra japa give in Gupt Navratri?
It will give very good fruit, the speaker answers. When you do a Sabar mantra in Gupt Navratri it will give a great deal more fruit than ordinarily — but do the japa of only one single mantra.
Can the Navarna mantra be done in the Ashadha Gupt Navratri after deeksha?
A listener says he has made a guru and has also taken the deeksha of the Maa Durga Saptashati mantra, and asks whether he may do the Navarna mantra japa in the Ashadha Gupt Navratri. When you have taken the deeksha, then do it with complete joy, the speaker answers; do it with the mind applied. When the guru deeksha has taken place, then do it at ease.
Is a Baliyari Vidhan needed at the Sandhi Kaal of Gupt Navratri?
There is no need to perform the Baliyari Vidhan at the Sandhi Kaal of Gupt Navratri, since the fasting rules and so on are not being kept in it and there is no need for it either. Its particular importance belongs to Sharadiya Navratri and Chaitra Navratri.
When to begin the Shakambhari sadhana
The best time to begin, the speaker says, is any Navratri of the year, whether prakat or Gupt Navratri. The sadhana may also be begun from any special parva kaal, and it can also be begun from a Poornima tithi.
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