Panchakshari Mantra
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Are emotional outbursts or crying during Shiva Panchakshari japa a sign of negativity?
No — experiencing intense emotions or tears during Shiva Panchakshari japa is an auspicious state of devotional absorption (Bhava), arising from deep surrender and the awakening of the mantra's living consciousness (Chaitanya).
Why is the claim 'Mahadeva bound all mantras' wrong, using Panchakshari as the test case?
It's a popular but false belief that all of Mahadeva's mantras are bound — Shiva's own Panchakshari mantra, for instance, was never bound, and a viral claim to the contrary offered 'unbinding through Viniyoga,' which isn't even a valid unbinding method.
Which mantras were never bound by Mahadeva at all?
Mantras of Shiva/Rudra's core forms — Maheshwara, Rudra, Mrida, Pashupati, Pinaki, Girisha, Krura Bhairava, Samhara Bhairava, Kalagni Bhairava, and others — including Shiva's own Panchakshari, were never bound in the first place.
What is Devi Pranava, and why can everyone chant it without restriction?
Devi Pranava (Hreem), Bhagavati Bhuvaneshwari's Maya seed, has the capacity to unbind any mantra it's encased with and is never itself bound — making it a viable path for someone without a Guru or unable to afford initiation fees.
Which sadhana should be performed during Shravana?
Choose one of Shiva Panchakshari, Mahamrityunjaya, or the new Shiva Mala Mantra Sadhana; practitioners already committed to Neelakantha Aghorashtra should continue that instead, uninterrupted, for at least 5 years.
Why should the sacred-thread-wearing chant Panchakshari without Pranava?
Adding Pranava (Om) to Panchakshari — making it Shadakshari — is prescribed only for Nivritti Marga (renunciation, liberation); it is not for material, Pravritti Marga desires, and shouldn't be adopted without a Guru's specific instruction.
What is the Sadhana for Yaksharaja Kubera's grace during Shravana?
Daily, from the first day of Shravana to Raksha Bandhan, recite the 111 names of Yaksharaja Kubera Samputita within the Panchakshari mantra: 27 Malas of Panchakshari, then 27 recitations of the 111 names, then 27 more Malas of Panchakshari.
Is it acceptable to do panchakshari japa without a mala or a fixed count?
Doing panchakshari japa without a mala and without counting repetitions — setting aside an hour or two and doing it silently, without uttering it aloud, together with dhyan — is permitted. There is no rule against it, and no harm is being done by leaving the count aside.
How should someone without the yajnopavita perform a panchakshari havan?
For an intensive Panchakshari-mantra anushthan without the yajnopavita, a learned brahmin should perform the havan portion. On whether swaha should follow namah, the speaker says this is not a universal rule — where the mantra was formed by attaching namah in the first place, removing it means the mantra is no longer truly a five-syllable (panchakshari) mantra at all.
Which mantras did Brahma and Vishnu receive upon obtaining Shiva's vision?
When Brahma and Vishnu obtained Shiva's vision, they received initiation into the Pranava (Om), the Panchakshari Mantra, Gayatri Mantra, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Chintamani Mantra, and Dakshinamurti Mantra.
Tulsi bearing the names of Rama or Radha for Vaishnavas, Rudraksha for Shaivas and Shaktas
Vaishnava practitioners should use genuine Tulsi malas for Rama or Radha japa; Shaiva and Shakta practitioners should use authentic Rudraksha malas for the Panchakshari mantra or Devi mantras; gemstone malas can be consecrated with planetary, Tantric, or Kavacha mantras for specific benefits.
What Mahashivratri marks: Panchanan, the Panchakshari and the Gayatri
The speaker says that on the day Shiva gave Brahma his boon, many other boons were given too: the Panchanana form of Mahadev came into being, the Panchakshari Mantra was taught and given in diksha, the Pranava Gayatri was taught, and the Tripada Gayatri appeared. All of this, he says, happened on the tithi of Phalgun Krishna Paksha Trayodashi joined with Chaturdashi, and that is what is called Mahashivratri. On that day Shiva bestows grace on everyone in a special way. So Mahashivratri marks these events, not Shiva's first appearance as the pillar of fire.
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.
What is the Panchakshari mantra, and where did it come from?
The speaker says Bhagwan Shiva's most famous mantra is the Panchakshari Mantra, whose mahatmya fills the Shiv Mahapuran. When Shiva first manifested his sakar, five-faced form, the Gayatri appeared from his five mouths and with it the Pranav; Pranav has two forms — the subtle one is Omkar, and the gross, direct one is this Panchakshari, born of the five swaroops Sadyojata, Vamadeva, Aghora, Tatpurusha and the rest. So a sadhak who does its japa gains the grace of all five mahaswaroops, their tattvas come to dwell in his Aura, and all four Purusharthas are accomplished — which is why it is a mahamantra. The Shiv Mahapuran also says, he adds, that at the most divine time of Mahashivratri, Shiva as guru and Jagdamba as guru-mata gave the Diksha of this very mantra to Vishnu and Brahma. He opens by saying that a human birth in which one does no Purashcharana of any mantra and gains no mahashakti's grace is wasted — even if only trouble drives us to it.
Fruits of Panchakshari mantra siddhi
The speaker says that if we accomplish siddhi of the Panchakshari in our life, every shakti connected with Shiva comes to our side — for there is no shakti in the whole world that does not take refuge in Bhagwan Shiva: Yaksha, bhoot, Preta, Pishach, updev, the greatest mahashaktis, any other form of devi-devata, dev, danav, gandharva, kinnar, apsara, lok devi-devatas, shamshanik shaktis, any graha, Baital. When the mantra becomes awakened and siddh — present in our aura, our causal and subtle body, our soul — all shaktis turn favourable, all grahas and nakshatras turn favourable, whatever ill effect is falling on the twelve houses of the kundli and whatever bad days are running are destroyed, and all the ganas, pret, pishach and Brahmarakshas become calm and favourable by its effect.
How much japa gives Panchakshari siddhi according to the Vishveshwar Samhita
The speaker says the Vishveshwar Samhita of the Shiv Puran states that a person who does at least 25 lakh japa of the Panchakshari in his life becomes mukt. The general rule of Mantra Siddhi is one lakh japa per syllable, so five lakh accomplishes this five-syllable mantra; but in Kali Yuga dharma — Shiva's bull, Vrishabh — stands on one leg of four, so a fourfold Purashcharana of 20 lakh is taken as giving siddhi. The Samhita illustrates it by varna: a kshatriya who does five lakh sheds his kshatriya-hood and becomes a brahmin, another five lakh sheds brahmin-hood, and a third five lakh gives siddhi — 15 lakh; a person of the fourth varna does four purashcharans and gains siddhi in the fifth, becoming dvija and attaining mantra-vipratva at 25 lakh. This, he says, is no exaggeration but shastra — woman, shudra, anyone at all can become pure and attain siddhi by this japa; that is what is written, and what experience shows may differ still.
Who may prefix Om to the Panchakshari, and the Namah Shivaya versus Shivaya Namah order
The speaker says the right to prefix Pranav belongs only to sannyasis walking the path of sannyas dharma; householders should do the pure Panchakshari without Om, and anyone who tells you that without Om you will not get Shiva's full grace has incomplete knowledge — this is why a guru is needed. Among householders, those who have had the Yajnopavita sanskar say Namah first and Shivaya after, as the mantra stands; those who have not — those who are not entitled to it, those for whom it is never done, and mothers and sisters — say Shivaya first and Namah after. The Vishveshwar Samhita is the proof, he says, and it adds that a guru giving Diksha of this mantra should give it in the same way for each kind of person. A kshatriya or brahmin who has never actually worn the yajnopavit should also say Namah after: without it you are simply not dvija, so why put it first? It is for your own welfare, he says, not a matter of quarrelling "we are brahmins, we are kshatriyas".
Adding Bhagwati Parvati's Saptakshari mantra alongside the Panchakshari purashcharan
The speaker says that whenever we do japa of a mantra, doing japa of its shakti too — the Panchakshari is a purush mantra, so its stri shakti — brings still more special grace; so those doing the Panchakshari purashcharan do well to also do a Dashamsha of Bhagwati Parvati's Saptakshari mantra. He states plainly that this is from his own experience, not from the Shiv Mahapuran, and there is no pressure to do it. If ten malas are not possible, even a single Mala of the Saptakshari, given in his PDF, is fine; no separate rosary is needed — if you have one, use red chandan, red moonga, red hakik or nine-mukhi Rudraksha, otherwise do that one mala on the same mala used for the Panchakshari and offer it to Bhagwati.
Best months for a Panchakshari purashcharan
The speaker says that if the Purashcharana of the Panchakshari is done in the month of Savan, of Bhadrapad or of Magh, the mantra awakens very swiftly and Shiva's special grace is received; the Shiv Mahapuran describes that an anushthan in Bhadrapad too brings benefit and swift accomplishment. It can be done in any other month as well — there is no prohibition at all — but he is discussing Shravan, taking it as a month of 30 days.
Structure of a one-month Panchakshari purashcharan: five lakh target, daily malas and a daily sankalp
The speaker says to keep the target of the purashcharan at a minimum of five lakh, which he counts as 5,000 Malas. With even three hours set aside, the japa is done comfortably in two to two and a half hours: at least 166 malas a day — call it 171 — over 30 days gives 5,130 malas, completing the five lakh and one full Purashcharana, which in Shravan bears the very best fruit. If 171 is not possible do 100, or even 50, but at least 1,250 malas in the month — a sava lakh — must be done, and do not dwell on the lower number. He also asks that the Sankalpa be taken every day, not once for the whole month — he has nothing against a single vow if you prefer — so that if it breaks for some reason there is no distress: the target stays five lakh, but sankalp and samarpan are done daily.
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.
Resuming a Panchakshari japa sitting after an interruption
The speaker says that if the 200 or 171 malas cannot be done in one sitting and you have to get up partway, do samarpan of whatever japa was done in the first sitting, walk a little to straighten your hands, feet and back, then sit on the asan again, do Achamana, remember guru and Ganesha again, begin the japa and do samarpan again at the end.
Shravan Purnima havan that closes the Panchakshari purashcharan
The speaker says a Havan must certainly be done on Shravan Purnima, with the same mantra plus Swaha — those who say Shivaya first say Shivaya, Namah, Swaha; those entitled to say Namah first say Namah, Shivaya, Swaha. Give at least five malas of Ahuti, and as many more as you can — 10, 11, 21 or 27 malas. For samidha use navagraha wood or cow-dung cakes; never use mango wood; dry Bilva wood is best of all. Offer the ahuti with a mix of nourishing samagri, listed on the channel, and men in particular offer ghee mixed with Guggul. If husband and wife do this purashcharan anushthan together, he says, heaven itself is laid at their feet by Shiva and Jagdamba — it is a divine time, take its benefit.
What ritual should be performed for deep physical ailments or ritual decay caused by an occult attack?
Regularly perform the ritual water cleansing (Marjana) associated with Shiva's Panchakshari Mantra, or recite protective armors such as Bhairava Kavacha, Pitambara Kavacha, or Kali Kavacha — continuing systematically even through Uchatana-induced distraction breaks the negative influence.
What is the significance of observing Mahashivratri?
Lord Shiva states in the Shiva Mahapurana that the devotee who observes the Mahashivratri vow is dearest to him — Abhisheka is performed through the first three watches until midnight, fire offerings in the fourth watch are accepted as Agni Abhisheka, and Japa performed on this night becomes inexhaustible (Akshaya).
Kalka Yogini and the shabari sadhanas are very sharp, and not everyone stays balanced when those energies land — five lakh of the Panchakshari first.
He says that for the Kalka Yogini or the other shabari sadhanas he does not apply much pressure, and does not discuss them much, because those things are very sharp. He does not know whether the listener has done at least some foundational sadhanas or not. If he keeps discussing only that, then a great many will indeed do those sadhanas, but when the energies become present and their effect falls, not everyone is able to stay balanced. So he says it is better if those who go into all that have done at least five lakh of the Panchakshari.
Does every mantra have its own separate yantra?
Yes. Any single mantra has a yantra — the Panchakshari mantra has its own yantra. If we attach the pranava to it, the yantra changes; if you attach the pranava before and after, or make a samput with the devi pranava, its yantra changes. Every mantra has a different yantra, and every deity has many kinds of yantra.
Can the first mantra of the Argala and the Panchakshari be combined in nitya pujan?
Asked whether one may do the first mantra of the Argala and the Panchakshari in the morning, and japa in the evening for Baba Vaidyanath and Mata Jai Durga in the nitya pujan, he says yes, absolutely one can. Asked about the Batuk Bhairav hriday stotra in Hindi, he says by all means do it. On the Panchmukhi Hanuman Kavach he says its Sanskrit is very difficult and not everyone can do it.
What does the Shiv Mahapuran say about twenty-five lakh Panchakshari japa and brahmanatva?
Asked whether a Shudra may wear the yajnopavit, and whether even then he must do 25 lakh Panchakshari according to the Shiv Mahapuran in order afterwards to become a Brahman, he says that according to the statement of the Purana in the Shiv Mahapuran it is this: that when you complete a japa of 25 lakh, you attain brahmanatva — and what it means to attain brahmanatva should also be understood. As to wearing the yajnopavit, he does not think it is stated anywhere that he should wear it.
How should one without the adhikara do the Panchakshari mantra?
If you do not have the adhikara for it, then without wearing it at all you should do the Panchakshari according to whatever adhikara exists — by attaching the chaturthi vibhakti, that is, placing the "namah" afterwards, and doing that much accordingly. Further guidance, he says, may come to him by Ishvara's kripa himself; it is not even necessary. We can prove ourselves the best within this very station, and what we ought to obtain will be obtained.
From the five faces to the Panchakshara, the Tripada Gayatri, the Vedas and crores of mantras
The speaker says the separate letters that came in order from the same five faces are Bhagavan Sadashiva's Panchakshara, and from the Panchakshari Mantra the matrika varnas of five kinds appeared; the Panchakshara is held to be Shiva's own form, the one place where his full five-faced form is described. Citing the ninth and tenth adhyayas of the Vishweshwara Samhita, he says from that shiro-mantra the Tripada Gayatri Mantra appeared through four faces, from the Gayatri the whole of the Vedas, from the Vedas crores of mantras, and by those mantras different works are accomplished. So at the root stand the Pranava and the Panchakshara, and through them every work in this world can be accomplished.
Should the archan be done on a panchakshari yantra or on the vigraha?
Asked whether the archan of Bhagavati should be done on a panchakshari yantra or on her Shri vigraha, the speaker says: do it on the Shri vigraha; do it on the Shri vigraha for now. If the form whose nitya japa and the rest you do is the one connected with which you wish to perform archan on the panchakshari yantra, then there is no question in it at all.
After Batuk Bhairav come the Panchakshari of Shiva, a stotra-satnam of Bhagavati and her kavach, and only then the Ekakshari.
After that, going further, let there be the Panchakshari of Bhagavan Shiva, the stotra-satnam of Bhagavati, her kavach — whether that be the Kubjika Kavach or the Kamakhya Kavach, or whatever other kavach connected with Bhagavati you perform. Only after performing sadhana this far along does the sadhana of the Ekakshari mantra come, where the shakti is, because we are the root beej.
Can a householder chant a Shiva mantra without diksha?
The speaker says a householder's life can never be complete without worshipping Sadashiv, yet people hear from many sources that without Diksha they may not chant his Vedic or Puranic mantras, and even over the Panchakshari Mantra they are torn — objections about purity, the "gupt Gayatri" claim, doubt over adhikar for Pranav, the view that women should not chant it, mahatmas who forbid it because Namah comes first — so they chant or do not chant according to whoever they last heard. He gives a mantra with no restriction anywhere, chantable without doubt at Mahashivratri, at masik Shivratri or all one's life, in which Mahadev, Gauri and Lakshmi's form all dwell, and which needs no diksha at all.
Who has the adhikar of Shiva pujan and the Panchakshari?
The adhikar of the pranav is not for everyone, the speaker says, but it is stated in the Vidyeshvara Samhita of the Shiv Mahapuran, as discussed on the channel, that once you have made Shiv ji your guru, the adhikar of japa of his Panchakshari mantra belongs to all — the shudra has it too, women have it too, and the adhikar of Shiva pujan belongs to everyone.
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.
What should those without a yajnopavita write and wear?
Those who have not had diksha and do not wear the yajnopavita at all should write the Panchakshari mantra without the pranav on bhojpatra — offering one to Shiva and wearing one around their own neck — and do japa of that same mantra.
How does the writing differ for women and the fourth varna?
Those who are of the fourth varna, and those who are women, will all write "namah" afterwards and "shivaya" first, the speaker says, and then, having offered it, will do their path and puja with it.
The Panchakshari is done in exactly the Dattatreya diksha vidhi, with Shiva placed there instead.
Taking a listener, Akash Vishwakarma ji, as his example, the speaker walks through it: he performed the Panchakshari mantra of Bhagwan Shiva properly, in exactly the vidhi told for the Dattatreya diksha, only placing there a pratima of Bhagwan Shiva or the Shivling that is in the house.
How much japa is done in the Guru Purnima diksha vidhi?
After that, as strength allows, he did japa of twenty-seven malas or 108 malas of Bhagwan Shiva's Panchakshari mantra. If there is no mala, do it with the karmala; if that too is not to be done, then sit for a quarter past an hour, or at least even fifteen minutes, and do the japa of the Panchakshari.
What does offering bel patra with the Panchakshar give?
Those who offer bel patra to Shiv ji with the Panchakshar mantra attain the pada of Shiv ji, that is, the attainment of Kailash happens. Take the bel patra, utter Shiv ji's mantra, saying it in the mind, and offer it upon the Shivling.
Is it wrong to sing the Panchakshari or Gayatri as a bhajan?
These bhajans people sing — "Har Har Bhole Namah Shivay", the whole song — the speaker says that for anyone who is taking the Panchakshari diksha, or whose yajnopavita has been done, singing this song too is wrong. It should not come out of the mouth. The Panchakshari does not have a bhajan; the Gayatri does not have a bhajan.
Does that secrecy apply to the Shambhu Shiva mantra too?
Keep this in mind too, the speaker says: if you are taking the Panchakshari diksha, it is not to be spoken. If you are taking the Shambhu Shiva diksha and doing the vidhi of that mantra, then that mantra too is never to be spoken from the mouth. It is always to be kept secret. This subject is for everyone — a guru mantra is never spoken.
The kavach, stotra or satnam is what gets used; the ekakshari, panchakshari and saptakshari stay in the account of punya, spent very sparingly.
He says it is the kavach and the stotra or satnam that will be used — that will be more proper here. The ekakshari, panchakshari and saptakshari mantras are to be kept safe in your bank, in the account of punya; their use is to be made very carefully and sparingly. He says such use will also be made, but very little.
With the dhuna running and the house in protection, the sankalpa for artha is taken — so that no utpaat breaks out the moment the anushthan begins.
The dhuna will keep being given, things will keep becoming prachand, the house and family will remain in protection — and then, he says, do there the sadhana of Lakshmi ji, or of Bhagwan Bhairav ji, or of any other devi-devata, panchakshari or any other, with the aim of obtaining artha, taking a sankalpa with the desire for the attainment of artha. Then whatever calamity or obstacle comes will keep being destroyed, and it will not give an effect such that as soon as you did the anushthan an utpaat broke out. Bring a protective disposition, he says.
Which one mantra should a person perfect in his lifetime?
Certainly keep one mantra perfected, the speaker says. You may do Durga ji's ekakshari; but if you do mantras such as Jayanti Mangala up to 40,000 once in your life and keep it, or complete the Panchakshari at five lakh — whichever one of these you do and keep, it will protect you for the whole of your life.
What japa should be done on those two days?
The second thing is that on these two days, whatever your ishta mantra may be — the Panchakshari mantra, or some other ekakshari, whatever mantra whose siddhi vidhan you have performed in Navratra and the like — do it without fail, tomorrow and the day after, at the time of sandhya or at night, as much as you can manage.
May a person who eats tamasic food and wears no janeu do the Shiva Panchakshari with pranav?
Those who take tamasic food and do not wear the janeu should not do japa of the Shiva Panchakshari mantra together with the pranav, the speaker says: there will be difficulty.
Panchakshar, shadakshar and ashtakshar each have a separate kavach, and the nyasa follows the number of aksharas in the mantra
Whichever mantras of Shiva ji the vidhi of purashcharan has been told to you for — panchakshar, shadakshar, ashtakshar — according to that, according to how many aksharas the mantra is of, there are separate kavachs; and of that kavach and of that mantra the nyasa is done on the body by the full brihad vidhi.
Should Panchakshari be done with or without the pranav?
A listener says he has taken Bhagavan Shiva as his guru, does the puja of Hanuman ji, reads the chalisa, and does japa of the Panchakshari. If you are initiated, the speaker answers, do it with the pranav; if you are not initiated, then do japa of the Shiva mantra without attaching the pranav.
How is that dust prepared and consecrated?
Bring it home, and into this same earth mix kesar, ashtagandha and the rest; then, taking the name of Bhagavan Pashupatinath Mahadev, or consecrating it in his name, or by doing eleven mala or one hundred and eight mala of the Panchakshari that same night, consecrate it and keep it.
What if I do not know any mantra for the abhimantran?
If you do not know a mantra, then as discussed before, use the Panchakshari mantra according to your own varnashrama dharma, keeping the yajnopavit and the rest in mind, without transgression. Consecrate it accordingly, or consecrate it with the Jayanti Mangala mantra and then use it — from that too you will get benefit.
How is the purashcharan of the Shiv Panchakshar mantra done?
Twenty-seven lakh, he says — listen to the Shiv Mahapuran live. The Panchakshar is described in full detail there; the playlist has been made. He tells Meghnath ji to listen to the live, where it is given with proof: that beginning from Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi up to Shukla Paksha Chaturdashi you have to do five lakh japa of the mantra; then how many ahutis will be offered by the Brahmins seated with you and what its vidhan is; and after that how the Shiv pujan and Rudra pujan will happen. The whole vidhan has been given in the live with the Shiv Mahapuran, attested.
What is the panchakshari mantra actually made of?
The speaker says the five-lettered mantra people japa — whether one places "namah" after or before it, according to one's adhikara — is the sayujya form of the five principal avatars that occurred in five kalpas of Bhagwan. The Panchanan swaroop is the mool swaroop of Bhagwan Shiva, the form of the Parabrahma Parameshwar.
With which mantra did Brahma praise Sadyojata Shiva?
With the mantra सद्योजात प्रपद्यामि and the rest, Brahma ji offered stuti to Bhagwan Shiva and did japa of it.
A stated measure of panchakshari japa is described as bringing one the post of Brahma ji
The speaker recalls the earlier discussion of the mahima of the panchakshari at the beginning of the Shiv Puran, where it was described how much japa of the panchakshari brings one the post of Brahma ji, and with it the responsibility of creating the srishti.
Which forms should be meditated during panchakshari pujan?
When you do pujan of the panchakshari mantra, the speaker says, do the dhyana of all these five swaroops within it. Raise your own level gradually, he tells those who stay connected; those who are truly sadhaks and have been doing japa of the panchakshari until now, and who meditate the Panchanan swaroop, should take note.
In what order are the four hues to be meditated?
First Bhagwan Sadyojata in white hue; after him the Vamadeva swaroop in red hue; then the third swaroop of Bhagwan Shiva, Tatpurusha, in which the Shiva Gayatri is done, of pita hue; and then the fourth, the Aghor swaroop, in which Shiva ji of krishna varna is meditated.
What are the five forms, and who is entitled to the panchakshara?
The five principal swaroops are Ishana, Tatpurusha, Aghor, Vamadeva and Sadyojata. These five murtis are renowned in this world by the designation Brahm, and their gathering into one makes Panchanan Mahadev. One letter from each of these five swaroops makes up the panchakshari mantra — and for it, the speaker says, every person of every varna and every woman is authorised, keeping in mind only how "namah" is to be placed, which has been described many times.
How does the panchakshari compare with the Gayatri?
The speaker says this is no ordinary mantra and no ordinary subject. Its fruit is equal to that of the Gayatri; those who do not have the adhikara for doing Gayatri do japa of this very mantra.
Knowing which letter holds which Brahm changes the panchakshari one has recited since birth
Because people have heard the panchakshari from birth, in songs and bhajans, but do not know its real mahima — which swaroop is joined how, and how each single letter takes on a single form of Brahm. Once this is heard, the speaker says, one's intention becomes clearer and dedication grows; and when one then sits upon the asana and meditates these five forms, the mantra joins with the mind and assumes a still vaster form.
A sava-lakh Panchakshari japa for the family ancestors in Pitru Paksha is entirely appropriate
Entirely appropriate — go ahead and do the Panchakshari Mantra japa for the ancestors, there is no difficulty in it at all.
Panchakshari japa order for a sadhak without yajnopavit
The speaker says the sadhak, being of the third, vaishya varna and not having had his Yajnopavita, took up Shiva's Panchakshari Mantra in the way the shastras direct for such people: placing namah after, and doing the japa in that order.
A householder's Namah Shivaya purashcharan beside a siddha's samadhi
The speaker says the sadhak began with ordinary japa and then started a Purashcharana: daily abhisheka of Bhagavan Shiva with his whole parikar and parivar, dehri pujan of the Shiva temple, bathing Shiva, applying fragrant itra, drawing Tripundra, and then at least 251 malas of the Panchakshari every day, about 25,000 japa. He sat near the samadhi of the siddha baba at that temple, away from the small garbha griha, looking towards Shiva. His Sankalpa was completely clear: that the land dispute be settled at the very earliest, that he seeks forgiveness and does prayashchit for his father's offence, and that Shiva show grace on his kul and grant him the land. Though from a farming family, he made the time for this daily.
If you do not know your family deity, whose fault is that?
Your forebears'. If you do not know your Kul Shakti and are frustrated about it, that is their bequest — you cannot blame a discourse-giver, a Puranic reciter, a storyteller or a knower of Tantra for it. Their omission; and now your responsibility not to repeat it.
What does a Brahm Shakti require before granting full grace?
Two things: the great Chandika — Bhagavati Durga, called Badi Bhavani in the Bhagatwal tradition — and Shiva. Offering the Somvar and Amavasya Satvik worship alone will bring grace, but very limited grace, and you will feel that this is all there is.
How is the Havan performed if you do not know your family deity?
Offer to Bhavani Shankar and the nearest Shakti Peeth — 108 oblations each. With a Yajnopavita use the Pranava; a woman with no man available uses the Devi Pranava instead, as "Hreem Vaidyanathaya Swaha" and "Hreem Jay Durgaya Swaha".
Should a mantra you do japa of be spoken aloud during oblations?
No. The mantras you perform japa of are not spoken aloud during oblations — if you do japa of the Panchakshari, do not say it aloud with Swaha. Say the mantra mentally and speak only Swaha aloud, exactly as you do in japa.
Who is authorised to perform the Rudra Chandi Path?
Read the text: it states plainly that not everyone can perform it, and for whom it is forbidden. The speaker refuses to rule on it from a channel, and points out that when a famous teacher says anyone may, ten lakh people accept it and scripture is set aside.
What Shiva Abhishek pacifies Rahu, and what is the silver Naag-Naagin method?
Abhishek a Shivling that still has the serpent fitted to it. On Amavasya, have a small silver Naag-Naagin made for a hundred or hundred and fifty rupees, put it in a copper pot of milk — copper only for this — and offer it at a temple, reciting the Panchakshari mentally. Once fallen on Shiva, they are not touched again.
Fifteen days of Panchakshari japa and havan before the Mahabhairav prayoga
The speaker says that so the Prayoga has no adverse effect on you, first do Japa of Mahadev's Panchakshari Mantra for at least 15 days before starting, 100 Malas daily, placing before Shiva the prayer that you are about to do a Mahabhairav prayoga, so let no adverse effect come, let you and your home be protected, and let the enemy be punished. After 14 days of 100 malas, on the 15th day offer at least 10 malas of Ahuti in Havan with paushtik samagri (shown in a channel video; bought in the market). The 15 days can be done any time, without looking at Krishna or Shukla paksha; in an emergency start any day. If choosing days, start from Pratipada or Panchami; best is japa from Pratipada to Chaturdashi and the havan on Amavasya or Poornima, in either paksha.
Daily sequence of the Mahabhairav prayoga at the temple
The speaker says a karan patra must be with you every day: carry a bottle of Madira and a small, medium-size clay Khappar; fill it fully with madira, drop in two cloves and one cardamom, and offer it to Bhairava ji as Naivedya. The order is: first light the four-faced lamp and offer the karan patra; then sit on the asan, remember Guru and Ganesha, do one Mala of the Panchakshari Mantra, then at least five malas of the Mahabhairav mantra, five recitations of the Mahabhairav Stotra, and again five malas of the mantra, all while looking towards Bhairav ji. Then burn clove-camphor and offer it in some vessel. The laddus and other naivedya are offered as Bhog beforehand, and whatever Prasad you get is eaten there on the spot after the pujan is complete; it is not to be brought home. On returning home, bathe and do puja again at home.
Prayashchitta when the enemy dies as a result of the Mahabhairav prayoga
The speaker says that if in any way loss of life occurs, for example your enemy's life itself departs while you are doing this Prayoga, you must certainly perform the Prayashchitta vidhi, because somewhere you became the cause of his death. He points to Kurukshetra: whomever Arjuna, Bhimsen and the Pandavas killed, they did prayashchitta for that dosh afterwards. For it, do pradakshina at some tirtha kshetra, such as the Trikon Parikrama at Vindhyachal or the parikrama of Govardhan ji; bathe at tirthas, bathe at Triveni ji; and give daan as you can, completing the prayashchitta with daan and the like. Always keep doing seva-puja of God and never give up the Panchakshari Mantra Japa: once his grace has come, you will never have to look back, you will be full of wealth and grain and free of enemies.
What happened on the night of Mahashivratri?
On the night of Mahashivratri, he says, Shiva appeared before Brahma and Vishnu in an embodied form, in the Panchanan swaroop. The Pranav, the Gayatri and the Panchakshari mantra — all three — arose that day from the mouth of Shiva, and the guru diksha of these three was received by Brahma and Vishnu.
What should a woman do in place of the Gayatri mantra?
To a listener he says it is a very good thing that she is not doing the Gayatri mantra: you are a woman, so in place of the Gayatri mantra you should do the Panchakshari mantra, as has been said again and again. The Panchakshari, the Gayatri and the Pranav — all three appeared on one and the same day and at one and the same time, from Shiva, on Mahashivratri, as they discussed today. First the Pranav, then the Panchanan swaroop, and then from the four-faced swaroop the Tripada Gayatri appeared.
Who may do Gayatri and who must do the Panchakshari?
Those who have the adhikar for Gayatri and who live by the Vedic vidhi should do Gayatri, he says; the remaining people should do the Panchakshari. Women, and those who do not wear the yogopavit, should place the namah — the fourth vibhakti namah — afterwards and do the jap in that manner. That itself is Gayatri. It arose from his five faces: from those five faces the Panchmukhi vidya, the Panchakshari vidya appeared, each face represented by one letter.
Which five faces give the five letters, and what is the Panchakshari called?
Sadyojat, Vamdev, Aghor, Tatpurush, Ishan: from these five mouths the five letters came out and the Panchakshari was made. It is described in the Shiv Mahapuran, he says — we are not speaking from our own mind. And that Panchakshari has been called Gayatri directly, in the form of the laghu Gayatri. Those who have no adhikar for Gayatri will do this. And it was told that if you cannot do ten malas of the Gayatri mantra, which is long, then do ten malas of the Panchakshari. No other mantra has been given that value.
What is the daily minimum he gives for each kind of person?
If you are initiated into some panth, he says, what the guru gives you there is a separate subject and you should do jap of that mantra. But those who ordinarily wear the yogopavit ought certainly to do ten malas daily of either the Gayatri or the Panchakshari. A woman should do ten malas daily of shivaya namah, placing the fourth vibhakti afterwards. This, he says, is the root.
Is there a daily japa that everyone must keep?
Yes — ten mala of some one mantra every day, man or woman, and with no Sankalpa attached to it for any particular work to be completed. Those entitled to the Vedic Sandhya are told ten mala of the Gayatri; those who cannot, the Panchakshari. The speaker says this is compulsory for all.
Does the festival worship of a month displace your own sadhana?
No — both run. Through Savan the daily Abhishek of Shiva is compulsory, done in the morning; then after resting the limbs for ten or fifteen minutes you sit again on your asana and do your own ten mala or your Anushthan, morning, evening or night as suits.
At about eighteen months the groundwork lets a Guru give the Panchakshari straight away, skipping the four opening sadhanas.
At around a year and a quarter to two years. The speaker undertakes to have the person examined by a suitable authority and formally initiated in a proper tradition — and because the groundwork is done, the Guru may give the Panchakshari straight away instead of the Ekakshari, skipping the opening four sadhanas.
Which mala should be kept if one mala is to serve for all Bhagavati mantras?
Use the Bhairavi mala — the Bhairavi Rudraksha. The nine-mukhi Bhairavi Rudraksha will be the best for this. In the same stretch the speaker also notes that Shiva ji's Panchakshari may be recited on Dattatreya Jayanti.
Which Shiva mantra needs no viniyoga or nyasa?
Besides the Panchakshari vidhan of Shiva ji, which is on the channel with its full mahatmya, there is the mantra of Shambh Shiva — the mantra "Shri Shambh Shivaya Namah". In that, he says, you have no particular need of viniyoga or nyasa; you can do its japa and the rest directly.
Siddhi of the Panchakshari mantra comes first in Savan, with the mala mantra carried alongside it
He will upload two or three more videos for other sadhanas, and tomorrow a video of some special experiences of the mala mantra, and a vidhan for making the mala mantra siddh. Those not doing very much Panchakshari japa may carry the mala mantra along with it — but keep the first priority on making the Panchakshari mantra siddh.
Which sadhana destroys poverty in Shravan?
Asked which sadhana to do in Shravan for the destruction of poverty, he answers: do the purashcharan of the Panchakshari. Akhand Lakshmi is obtained. If Mahadev is pleased, he says, consider that Kuber ji became lord of wealth and finance minister of the devatas by his grace — what could be impossible from his pleasure?
Which colour of asana should be used for the Panchakshari?
Asked whether a white asana is compulsory for Panchakshari japa and whether the red asana on which the questioner does other divine sadhanas may be used, he answers that choosing a sadhana according to colour is a subject that has come down from before. So use only a yellow asana, a white asana, or a kusha asana. The red asana is for Bhagavati, and in Bhagavati the colours also change according to the difference of her forms.
Can Kali's Trilok Vijayi kavach be added to the Panchakshari vidhi?
Asked whether, along with the Panchakshari vidhi, one may do japa of Ma Kali's Trilok Vijayi kavach at night because of a greater shraddha towards Ma Kali, and whether Ma Kali's 108 namavali may be read in place of Ma Durga's in the Panchakshari sadhana, the speaker answers: absolutely do so. You may do japa of Ma Kali's Trilok Vijayi kavach, and you may also read the 108 namavali.
How does a woman complete a thirty-day Panchakshari sadhana across her period?
Asked how to complete thirty days if one becomes rajaswala during the Panchakshari sadhana, and what to do during the gap, he says the four or five days that will fall are no difficulty. In that time the rule that applies is the usual one — not to touch, not to do puja. You need not be troubled about the four days that are missed; a little less will be done, but nothing else needs doing. If you wish very much, you may extend the sadhana by four more days, and that will be even better.
Which months does the Shiv Mahapuran name for the Panchakshari purashcharan?
In the month of Bhado and in the month of Ashadh too there is pujan of Shiva ji and japa of the Panchakshari; and for the Panchakshari purashcharan the month of Bhadrapada and the month of Magh — these two months — have been stated in the Shiv Mahapuran, in the seventeenth adhyaya. Read the seventeenth adhyaya of the Vidyeshwar Samhita, he says, and you will find it.
How loudly should the Panchakshar mantra be recited in a temple?
You may absolutely perform the vidhan of Panchakshar mantra siddhi at night daily in a Shiva temple in the month of Savan, he says. And while doing japa the mantra must not be audible at all — everyone should keep this in mind. Nobody should come to know which mantra you are doing japa of. Do not do japa of mantras out loud; only the lips should move, murmuring a little, in the manner of upanshu japa. It is not to be done very loudly or at speed.
Who may recite the Pranava with the Panchakshari?
A listener writes that for doing japa of the Panchakshari with the Pranava it has been said that the utterance of the Pranava should be done only by sannyasis, and that therefore they should do only the Panchakshari. The speaker agrees: for doing japa of the Shadakshari, only if some guru gives diksha and then, having given diksha and upadesh, commands you to do the japa, should you use the Shadakshari. Otherwise, if you are not initiated, do japa only of the Panchakshari — and in that too, if you do not wear the yajnopavit, do the japa with namah placed afterwards.
Is the Panchakshari sadhana better done in a Shiva temple?
If you do the sadhana of the Panchakshari mantra in a Shiva temple, that is most excellent, the speaker says — absolutely do it, there is nothing here to ask about. You may absolutely do the upasana of Bhagwan Shiva's Panchakshari mantra in a Shiva temple.
How do husband and wife each recite the Panchakshari?
If the husband wears the yajnopavit, then he will say namah first and shivaya afterwards. And if he does not wear the yajnopavit, and for the wife, then they will say namah afterwards and shivaya first.
Which mala is used for Panchakshari japa?
Panchakshari japa is to be done only on a rudraksha mala, he says. And an abhishek of Bhairav and Bhairavi on rudraksha may absolutely be done.
Can the dev diksha rudraksha mala be used for other mantras?
Asked whether the rudraksha mala obtained in dev diksha may be used for japa of the Panchakshari and other mantras, he says it can, there is no difficulty, and if there is no other mala it can be done on that one. But do only Shiva ji's, Ganapati ji's, Hanuman ji's and Bhairav ji's on it — do not do japa of Bhagavati's mantra upon it.
Which is the more special mantra, the Panchakshar or Shiva-Durga?
Asked which mantra is more special, the Panchakshar or Shiva-Durga, the speaker says such a comparison can never be made. Both are exceedingly special in their own respective places.
Why might a sadhana of one deity point you toward another?
You may be doing the Panchakshari of Bhagavan Shiva, and although these are complete in themselves, there may be some place where you carry a rin dosha — a work with that devata that was to have been completed and you left it, or where some offence was formed. Then, by one medium or another, that thought will arise in your medha and buddhi: that you must go to this place, or you should do this sadhana. And do it yourself, he says; full motivation for it will also come of its own accord.
Comparing the Panchakshari against the Kali mantra, because Shiva lies beneath her feet, leaves the sadhak hanging like Trishanku.
A doubt begins in the middle, the speaker says: what is the mahima of the Panchakshari? Kali ji mantra must be more powerful than the Panchakshari, because Shiva ji, whose mantra it is, lies beneath Kali ji feet — so who turned out to be more capable? Kali ji. Hearing someone talk, you drift away from the main sadhana you are doing, your buddhi is pulled from it, and even if you continue you now think: let the Panchakshari five lakh be finished quickly so we can do Kali ji, because there is no power in the Panchakshari at all.
Can the Lalita Sahasranama be recited without diksha?
There is a great deal of controversy over the Lalita Sahasranama without diksha, the speaker says. In his opinion too, the subject of the viniyoga and nyasa in it comes up, because it is a tantrokta subject; and on the matter of diksha for Bhagavati Lalita, Shankaracharya Maharaj too has spoken in favour of diksha for it. Even so, if you insist so much, then first do at least five lakh japa of the Panchakshari; after that do dev diksha and so on — or do dev diksha first and then do it after completing the five lakh japa. And learn the viniyoga and nyasa well, or simply take upadesh for the Lalita Sahasranama from someone who recites it.
Can the viniyoga of the asana be done in daily puja, and which mala for the Panchakshari?
Asked whether the viniyoga of the asana may be done in daily puja, the speaker says one absolutely can. Asked which mala to take for the Panchakshari, he says you are to take that same one — for the Panchakshari you will take a panchmukhi.
Should different mantras be japped on separate malas?
Asked whether the following mantras should be japped on separate malas — Dattatreya ekakshari, Batuk Bhairav sabar mantra, Mahabhairav mantra, Shiva Panchakshari mantra, Durga ekakshar beej mantra — the speaker says you can do the japa of all the mantras together; only for the mantra that is for the sake of Bhagavati, keep a separate mala for that, or else consider who your ishta is. If you wish to do the chief sadhana of Bhagavati, then keep only one mala separate for her; the japa of all the rest can be done on one mala. And if there is a mantra of Bamati Kali, then that japa will not be done on this mala — keep it in mind.
What is the Panchakshari purascharan prayoga with ghrita and mishri ahuti for obtaining Lakshmi?
You are doing the Panchakshari and have completed five lakh japa; Shani Deva is in the eleventh bhava for the sake of labh, he says. There is a vidhan of doing its purascharan and then making ahuti with ghee mixed with the mishri that goes with the ghrita, along with bilva patra and the rest, for the sake of obtaining Lakshmi. If such a person does this thing vidhivat after accomplishing the siddhi — purascharan being the point at issue — then the vidhan of the pujan of the Panchanan Mahadev forms applies, which he says is discussed in full in the Shiv Mahapuran; he tells listeners to read the Dvaishva Samhita of the Shiv Mahapuran, where it is discussed how the purascharan of the Panchakshari mantra is done.
What kamana does he prescribe in the sankalpa?
What is written, he says, is: for the obtaining of the full kripa and ashirvad of Bhagavan Devadideva Mahadev and Mata Parvati; and by their kripa, for the destruction of the sins accumulated over births upon births, for the shaman of all known and unknown doshas; and by the kripa of Shri Shiv-Parvati, for the purashcharan of the Shiv Panchakshari mantra — today, with the upacharas available, the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva together with the Panchadeva and the kula, together with the kula shakti, and yathashakti the japa of the Panchakshari mantra, I take this sankalpa.
What should those doing other Shiva texts add to the sankalpa?
Only the purashcharan of the Shiv Panchakshari mantra is named there, because that is the mantra to be japped most of all. But those who are going to do the Mahamrityunjay Stotra, the Shiv Raksha Stotra or the japa of the Shiv Mala Mantra will pronounce all these things here too. If you are doing only Panchakshari and the rest will get one recitation each, then not pronouncing them causes no difficulty. Someone doing the Shiv Mala Mantra will simply say Shiv Mala Mantra in place of Shiv Panchakshari.
Which nyasas are given for the Panchakshari mantra?
After that comes the Panchakshar mantra of Bhagavan Shiva. Someone had asked yesterday how the rishyadi nyasa of Panchakshari is to be done; it has been given here. There is the rishyadi Nyasa, there is the karanyasa, and there is the hridaya nyasa.
How is the viniyoga done, and where is the water poured?
When the viniyoga is to be done, it is performed with water taken in the hand. The water should not be dropped on the ground but poured into the arghi, near the arghi or near the shivling, where feet do not fall. Saying the whole mantra — asya shri shiv panchakshari mantrasya vamadeva rishi pankti chhanda — you will pour the water. Then you will do the nyasa.
Is the Panchakshari written with the pranava, and who says namah first?
In the japa, the Panchakshari mantra has been written here without the Pranav. Its rule will be written in the PDF that is uploaded, and everyone knows it: those who do not wear the Yajnopavita will place namah afterwards.
How is the Mahamrityunjay Stotra to be done with Panchakshari?
After that comes the Mahamrityunjay Stotra of Bhagavan Shri Shiva. If you are doing a special sadhana of the Mahamrityunjay Stotra, then first perform the viniyoga and nyasa of Panchakshari and do at least 27 mala of japa of Panchakshari, and only then recite the Mahamrityunjay Stotra. Do the viniyoga, do the dhyana, and recite the full stotra.
What daily totals does the morning-and-evening samput produce?
If you do this daily with Panchakshari Samput at both times, morning and evening, then think: 108 recitations in the morning and 108 in the evening. 27 and 27 mala, that is 54 mala in the morning and 54 in the evening, making 108 mala of Panchakshari; and 216 — take it as just 200 — recitations of the stotra.
What does the whole month of that practice amount to?
In the whole month at least 600 recitations of Mahamrityunjay will be done, and approximately three lakh japa. Sava lakh japa is counted as one ordinary Purashcharana; you did three lakh, which means two purashcharans. So two purashcharans of Panchakshari and a good, substantial purashcharan of Mahamrityunjay will be accomplished in the month of Sawan.
What are the full Sawan figures if Panchakshari is used as samput?
If you have made Panchakshari the embedding — the full vidhan of Panchakshari is given — and having embedded them, that is having put them in samput, you first performed the anushthan of Panchakshari and did five lakh japa of Panchakshari in Sawan; and along with it you did at least 1100 recitations of the Mahamrityunjay Stotra.
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.
How do those without the yajnopavita, and women, say the Panchakshari?
Even to one who has the adhikar of nothing at all, Bhagavan Shiva has given the adhikar of the Panchakshari, he says. They will do japa without the Pranav; those who do not wear the Yajnopavita will attach namah afterwards; the mothers and sisters too will attach namah afterwards and say shivaya first, namah after. Those who wear the yajnopavita will say namah first and shivaya after.
What is the minimum and the better Panchakshari count for Shravan?
In Shravan certainly do at least sava lakh, which is 1250 mala; and if you want to do it well, take it up to five lakh. As for the rest — the Shiv Mala Mantra, the Mahamrityunjay Stotra, the Mahamrityunjay Stotra Satnamavali — choose any one of them to perform the anushthan of. Having performed the anushthan of any one of the three, keep it: it is going to be of use in many places in life.
What is the third practice for Shravan after abhishek and japa?
The next most prominent thing to do in Shravan, he says, is Deepdaan. So far there is the abhishek of Shiva ji; second, the japa of Panchakshari; third, the japa of the Shiv Mala Mantra, or of the Mahamrityunjay Stotra, or of the Mahamrityunjay Stotra Satnamavali. That is one subject; deepdaan is the next.
Those who did large Panchakshari counts before should reduce it and add a Mahamrityunjay text
Last year many people did five lakh of Panchakshari, some three lakh, some up to six lakh. Then at Mahashivratri too, many did up to fifty thousand japa in a single night, and screenshots of several were shared in the group. If you have done that much japa of Panchakshari, he says, then this time reduce the Panchakshari number a little and along with it accomplish one of the Mahamrityunjay namavali, stuti or stotra — you will move up one rung and one more thing will be added to your level.
What is the lowest option in this whole Shravan programme?
Taking the very lowest, he says: in the lowest we will do the japa of the Panchakshari of Bhagavan Shiva. How much? Sava lakh. There is no scope for less than that. Sava lakh means 1250 Mala — when you do 1250 mala of japa, your sava lakh japa will be completed.
How many mala a day make up the sava lakh in thirty days?
If 1250 mala are to be done, then even if you do a minimum of 41 mala each day, in 30 days you will reach about 1230 mala; do 20 mala more on the Purnima and your sava lakh japa will comfortably be complete.
Is a dashansh havan compulsory for Panchakshari japa?
Keep in mind, he says, that if you are not doing the japa because a dashansh Havan has to be done, then in Panchakshari japa there is no compulsoriness of havan. If you do it, it is gold with fragrance; if you do not, nobody will throttle you, and it is not that the effect of the mantra will not come to you. And doing japa of Bhagavan Shiva in Shravan is in itself most distinctive — so do the japa without anxiety and give up laziness.
How long does 41 mala take, and what do larger counts yield?
Forty-one mala will not take much time — 41 mala happens comfortably in 15 minutes. If in place of 41 mala you increase it to 51 mala for 30 days, that becomes 1530 mala, so the number rises a little. And if you do those same 41 and 41 mala morning and evening, then your japa of two sava lakhs will be complete.
How many times must sava lakh be done for the mantra to be awakened?
It is said that in Kaliyuga it is chaturguni: do sava lakh four times and the mantra is awakened. If you make it five lakh, that is most excellent. In the earlier reckoning it was once; here two are already done. And if you feel you must do even less, there is no difficulty — do 21 mala in the morning and 21 mala in the evening; even doing that much, your sava lakh japa will be completed in Sawan.
What do 41 mala morning and evening amount to?
Consider what you have to do, he says. Suppose you did even 41 mala, and if it happened morning and evening, then how much is it — two Purashcharanas of sava lakh each are fully done. Sheer delight. Increase it a little: no, we will do 108 mala, we will take the full enjoyment.
What does 108 mala a day come to, and what is a mahapurashcharan?
If you are doing 108 mala daily, then 10000 japa of one day is completed, meaning three lakh japa minimum. And if you did the same 108 in the morning and 108 in the evening, then it becomes six lakh — that is, you have done one mool mahapurashcharan, the aksharshah mahapurashcharan of the akshara. Five lakh was to be done and six lakh was done.
What do 251 mala morning and evening amount to?
And if someone is a still more formidable person: 251 daily in the morning, and 251 in the evening — 502 mala rammed in daily, properly and not by skimping. Then think, in 30 days 15060 mala of japa was done. Fifteen thousand japa means three purashcharans of five lakh each.
What is prescribed for matters connected with marriage?
For the matter connected with vivah, great benefit comes from performing abhishek with shriphal; if possible one should do it, he says. And along with it, if you are doing the japa of Panchakshari, then it is good if you also do a dashansh of japa of the Saptakshari. If you are doing 100 mala, 10 mala of Saptakshari takes five minutes. Even if you do not do it there is no difficulty; if you do it, it is excellent — particularly for those with marriage matters.
What is the pramana for the Shiv Panchakshari mantra?
He says he is telling you again and again, making an outcry, that this is a thing written in the Vidyeshvara Samhita of the Shiv Mahapuran of Bhagavan Shiva — it is not a concocted subject. The Shiv Panchakshari mantra that you are seeing on the screen: all these things anyone at all can do, and you have the adhikar to do it. And yet you are afraid in it, that no, if we do this then such and such will happen.
Should women perform the nyasa vidhi?
Ladies will certainly do the Nyasa vidhi, he says; they can do the vidhi vidhan of Panchakshari, there is no difficulty in it at all. And the Mahamrityunjay naam shrut has already been put in — for Uma Sut ji, it is in this same PDF.
Shiva stands as guru, object of devotion or father to all nine grahas
To Kunal ji, who comments asking how he will not accept it, he says: then accept it — do Panchakshari, brother. The nine grahas are bad? The nine grahas will become pleased. Bhagavan Shiva is the guru of some among the nine grahas; someone is his devotee, someone is his son. So without anxiety bring the Panchakshari down into your life, and much will be obtained.
Can Panchakshari japa be done to learn one's kula devata?
Asked whether one may do the japa of Panchakshari taking a sankalpa for knowing the kula devi-devata and the Kula Bhairava, he answers: yes, absolutely do it — standing in a river. Do it with whatever kamana it is to be done with, and that thing will be accomplished. Keep your surrender upon Bhagavan Shiva and do it with desire; why would it not happen?
Why will Shiva reveal one's kula devi-devata?
He who can grant the entire knowledge of the world through these mantras — will he not tell you who your kula devi-devatas are? he asks. You have not gone to do some work of adharma, that he should not tell you. He will make your medha buddhi such that you will come to know who the kula devi-devatas are and what the subject is; he will cause much knowledge to be had. And asked whether the morning japa may be in a temple and the evening at home, he says it may.
Does a purashcharan of less than sava lakh count?
To a listener saying he has two mobiles, so two purashcharans, he says: leave the two purashcharans, do just one. Whoever will do a Purashcharana of less than sava lakh — in his view, he says, that person is then of no use at all; his body alone is running, and his atma is on the Mangal graha. Even after so much saying, if you did not do even a sava lakh purashcharan of Panchakshari in Sawan — think how easy it is: 21 mala in the morning and 21 mala in the evening. The easiest work of all.
What is the irreducible minimum for Shravan?
1250 mala are to be completed in the full 30 days, he says. There is no need to sit comfortably doing havan and the like. And if you do not want to do the abhishek of Shiva ji either, if there is laziness even in that much, then brother, do the japa. But he will say that the abhishek of Shiva ji is very necessary; if you do it, it will be very good, and if you do not do it, the loss is yours.
What are the grades of mala Pratishtha?
Three. The simplest: bathe the mala in raw milk, hold the whole of it covered in the hand and read the Pran Pratishtha mantra — or, failing that, Shiva's Panchanan mantras once, or the Panchakshari. The second uses the Bhut Lipi Varna Nyasa in brief. The third consecrates each bead separately with the Vamadeva mantra.
How can Tapobal be increased without formal initiation, and how long does the process take?
Reciting Lord Shiva's Panchakshari Mantra according to Varna and form, along with mastering a protective Kavach, raises Tapobal without requiring initiation — followed by a Siddhi Vidhan of a Bhairav or Maha Bhairav stotra/mantra, the whole process taking at least 3 to 6 months.
Why shouldn't hostel students perform Yogini Sadhana directly, and what should they do instead?
Students living in hostels should avoid direct Yogini Sadhana due to strict rules and restrictions, and should instead build Tapobal through count-based Kavach and Panchakshari Japa at a temple or place of worship until personal space is available.
Sadashiva, Bhairav and Hanuman must be worshipped alongside the Navratri navgrah jap
The speaker says that in all this pujan the worship of Bhagwan Sadashiva and of Bhairava and Hanuman ji is compulsory. It may be as little as lighting one Deepak in their names, or a path of the Hanuman Chalisa, the Shiv Panchakshar Stotra, the Rudrashtakam or the names of Bhairav ji, but it must be done. If it cannot be done in the morning, do it in the evening; these deities are not to be left out.
Why should Shiva's Panchakshari mantra be paired with Parvati's Saptakshari mantra?
Because we are in the Pravritti path rather than the Nivritti path and carry desires — so alongside the male power we should also serve the female. Both mantras can be done by anyone; take them again from the Guru when Bhagavati's grace brings one. The Panchakshari alone is all-capable.
How much japa should be completed in these fifteen days?
If you do japa of Bhagavan Shiva's panchakshari and have already done its purashcharan, the speaker says complete at least a sava lakh in fifteen days — which he says is done comfortably if you wish. Three lakh, if you can manage more, is better still. Those who do Bhagavati's saptakshari should do its purashcharan. The point is that one purashcharan should be completed in this paksha.
What should a sadhak who knows no vidhi at all do?
The speaker says an ordinary sadhak who knows no vidhi vidhan and has done nothing else should certainly do at least a hundred malas of the panchakshari every single day through this month, this week, this paksha, according to capacity. Doing less than that, he says, is of little use — he is not in favour of less.
The Panchanan Panchakshari yantra given in the Mahakumbh anushthan, and why a shastrokta means matters when diksha is not to be had
Those who were in the complete Mahakumbh anushthan, he says, will have received Bhagwan Shiva's Panchanan yantra, the Panchakshari yantra. He has said from the beginning that not everyone is initiated, and nobody knows where or how diksha is to be obtained; until then, if one has a shastrokta means over which everyone has the right, one should try to carry that.
Who has the right to japa of the Panchakshari mantra?
It is the shastrokta right in Panchakshari that anyone may do its japa. Without the pranava, every man and woman may do japa; and for the chaturvarna woman it is that the "namah" is placed afterwards. He says this has been discussed many times before, and that the yantra of this very mantra should never be mistaken for something ordinary.
Which mantras may be done by anyone even without a guru?
The shastras themselves direct that certain mantras may be done by anyone even without a guru — Panchakshari, Bhagavati's Saptakshari mantra, naam mantras and the like — and about those there is no need for much anxiety. He then criticises those who press niyam and nishedh to a level that cannot be carried in Kaliyug: they ought at least to keep open the option of a path of diksha, telling the listener that if he wishes to walk the right road they will take him into their parampara.
The brihad pujan of a yantra — shatarchan or sahasrarchan, with the Shiva mala mantra recited over each bel-patra
That much is the ordinary pujan of a yantra. If you have more time and wish to do a brihad pujan, do shatarchan or sahasrarchan. For Bhagwan Shiva, recite the Panchakshari daily, or recite the Bhagwan's ashtottara satnaam, and most divine of all, recite Bhagwan Shiva's mala mantra and offer with it. If, say, you got five bel-patras, take one bel-patra in the hand, recite the whole Shiva mala mantra, and offer it on the yantra.
Why the Panchakshari japa keeps every worn kavach nourished
If you recite a kavach and offer it upon the yantra, the effect of the kavach also increases — suppose someone wears a Neelkanth Aghor Yogini kavach, or someone wears Bhagwan Panchanan's kavach. Whosever kavach it may be, the japa of Panchakshari is for every single person: whether or not one has the Panchanan kavach, do the japa of Panchakshari. Then the mool energy of every kind of kavach you wear will always remain, because Panchakshari is never to be used for a prayoga. It keeps your atma always nourished, and the kavach you have worn near your heart, near the anahata, will always stay nourished. Everything else may be used for prayoga, he says, but since Panchakshari is not to be so used, it keeps your kavach nourished in any case.
Does advancing in sadhana leave a practitioner isolated?
It follows what you yourself wished for. If you want solitude, Bhagavati will certainly begin giving it; and truly, the nearer you come to your Ishta the further you go from the world. If the distance troubles you, take your Sankalp accordingly instead.
The basic sadhanas — Guru, Ganpati, Batuk Bhairav, Panchakshari — complete within a year at one a month
A year. Within a year you can comfortably complete the basic sadhanas — Guru, Ganpati, Batuk Bhairav, Panchakshari — a month at a time: the Panchakshari in Shravan, some sadhana in Chaitra Navratri, Batuk Bhairav in Margashirsha, Ganpati in Magh, looking at what falls where.
Can the thirty-two Namavali be done in Samput with the Panchakshari?
Only if you have already done five lakh japa of the Panchakshari — and properly it would be fourfold, twenty lakh. The thirty-two Namavali is an awakened subject in itself; for its energy to become wholly favourable and a Dharma-bound wish to be fulfilled, thirty thousand japa is what is prescribed.
What happens if a single letter of a mantra shifts?
If you are doing the Shadakshari, he says, then first know the vidhi vidhan; if even one letter goes here or there, the nature of that mantra changes. The yantra vidhan of the Panchakshari, the whole mandala vidhan, is different, and that of the Shadakshari is different. What you are speaking of, attaching the Maya beej, will change it; when it becomes Shadakshari, everything changes. Knowing these subjects and knowing the nyasa procedure and the like, only then should one do it — the nyasa of each will also be different.
What are the japa counts by the length of the mantra?
And whichever mantra of Kali ji you have taken, he says, according to that you should do at least four times more japa. If you have taken the Ekakshari, then four lakh. If a mahapurashcharan is to be done, then four times the four, that is, sixteen lakh is said; twelve to sixteen lakh is held. So think in that proportion. If you have taken the Panchmukhi mantra — that is, if you have taken the Panchakshari mantra of Bhagavati Kali — then do three hundred times; at the least fifteen lakh, and if you go to the maximum, then reckon it as five lakh each done four times, take twenty-one lakh. At present, he says, your guru will tell you properly which one you have taken and how it was given.
Diksha of that kind makes you a captive for life and binds your entire parampara
Once diksha of that kind has been received, he says, you become that person's captive for the whole of your life and your entire parampara is bound there. The first thing that will be done is that you will be told not to worship the devi-devatas of your own house — you should do this instead, you should worship Shiva ji — and you will not be allowed to.
Which mantras are open to everyone to begin with?
Begin with the devi-devatas of your own kula, he says. Of what is authorised for you: everyone can do Panchakshari, everyone can do the 32 Namavali, everyone can do Jayanti Mangala.
At minimum, an anushthan of five lakh Panchakshari — a hundred malas make ten thousand japa
If you can do nothing else, he says, do at least an anushthan of five lakh of Panchakshari. If you do a hundred malas, then a hundred malas means ten thousand japa.
The count builds to thirty lakh Panchakshari, after which Mahabhairav is done with samput
You will get the practice, he says, and will comfortably do a hundred malas of Panchakshari in an hour. When you have done five lakh of Panchakshari, then ten lakh, then twenty lakh, and go on until the day you take it to thirty lakh — then when you sit to do Mahabhairav, after forty-one days the forty-second day will not be able to stay empty. Doing samput with this same Panchakshari, again and again, you will keep Mahabhairav awakened.
With thirty or forty lakh Panchakshari behind it, diksha makes the growth swift
And if by chance your diksha has taken place, he says, it will not take you long to become tremendous — provided you have kept up thirty or forty lakh of Panchakshari japa. Prarabdha is in its place, suffering is in its place, and the samarthya of the mantras is in its place.
Where should a mantra be perfected before going to a tirtha?
In five or six months a great difference will have come, he says, and only then should you go to a tirtha and perfect the mantras. Before that, perfect the mantras in a temple: if it is the Mahabhairav mantra, then perfect it in a Shiva temple alone. Do only one mala of japa — he says he is not saying you must do a hundred malas of Mahabhairav; but Panchakshari after five lakh.
When should the japa of the Mahabhairav mantras be begun?
The japa of the Mahabhairav mantras should be begun, he says, at the least when five lakh japa of Panchakshari has been completed; after that one should begin doing its japa daily, making samput.
How does one actually call Chandi within oneself?
If you truly want to call Chandi within you, he says, then understand the samarthya of the mantras: do more and more japa, become initiated, learn the nyasa vidhi and perform it. And if no guru is to be found, then by doing the authorised mantras — Jayanti Mangala and the rest, Saptakshari, Panchakshari — again and again and again, make your body wholly deva-maya.
Panchakshari japa continues meanwhile, its full vidhi being in a separate video
Keep doing japa of Panchakshari, he says. You are getting nothing — do Panchakshari. The whole proper subject of Panchakshari has been told several times on the channel; there is a separate video, a short video of it and a full video, everything. Do it.
How should two different mantras be japa'd in one sitting?
The speaker says yes, you can absolutely do this, but it should not be an anushthan — this is your subject of nitya japa. There will be one sankalp only, on one asana. First Bhagavati's nyasa will be done and her japa completed, then Shiva's nyasa and his japa. Samarpan comes after each: Bhagavati's samarpan after Bhagavati's japa, Shiva's samarpan after Shiva's japa.
What is the difference between anushthan and sadhana?
If we are doing sadhana, the speaker says, then the nimitta of sadhan became the nimitta of obtaining siddhi. We are doing Panchakshari, we are doing five lakh japa; the sankalp in it is that the mantra become siddh, that Bhagavan Shiva become pleased. Here there is no application to any work. What is done as anushthan comes under application to a work: we are applying that Panchakshari so that so-and-so's marriage may happen, that he may get a beautiful, well-mannered girl who walks on the dharma path. That became anushthan.
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.
How much Panchakshari japa should be done daily in Savan, and is nyasa needed?
A listener says he has been doing fifty-one malas daily of Baba's Panchakshari mantra and asks how much should be done in Savan and whether viniyoga and nyasa are needed. If you are initiated, the speaker says, then perform the fifty-one malas of japa doing viniyoga, nyasa and so on. And even if you are not initiated, if you do that much japa, it is much better to do it with nyasa and so forth.
Is it proper to take Bholenath as guru and the Panchakshari as guru mantra?
A listener says he has made Bholenath his guru, gone to a Shiva temple, accepted him as guru by vidhi and taken a sankalp, and asks whether it is proper to do japa of the Panchakshari mantra as a guru mantra. The speaker says you are free to do this according to yourself; there is no matter of proper or improper here. Many people may call it improper and many may support it. In his view, whatever this feeling within you is, do not change it because someone says something: if your surrender is in Sadashiva, if you are walking taking him as your guru and everything is going well, then keep going. Only do not do shatkarma, never give anyone a boon and never a curse. Remain immersed in Shiva.
Can grace come from a shakti other than the one being worshipped?
Asked whether it can happen that we worship one deity while the grace and blessing come from some other shakti, the speaker says he explained this whole subject in a video from three or four days back, and asks the listener to hear it once. Asked whether the Panchakshari mantra or the guru mantra gives better fruit in Shravan, he says: do the one in which your shraddha lies — that is the one that gives the best fruit. Shravan is dear to all the devas, because it is the month of the Mahadev of devas, so all bestow grace.
What is the very first thing to do for bandhan vimochan?
Whenever such a matter arises — someone tells you, or you understand, that a bandhan process has been done and uchchatan is happening to you or to a family member — the first work to be done for bandhan vimochan, the speaker says, is that one should certainly take the sharanagati of Bhagavan Shiva. The one who is all-capable in freeing from every kind of shaap is Bhagavan Mahadeva Sadashiva. Then, in a Shiva temple, while performing abhishek with milk, with raw milk, do the japa of Panchakshari according to your own adhikara as you perform it — and from the very first day the heaviness in the body begins to lighten.
What is the daily practice at the chaukhat?
Even if you can do nothing else in life, the speaker says, let there be a chaukhat of the house, let there be nitya seva and puja of the chaukhat, bathe it daily, keep it fragrant, light a lamp — and after that do the pujan you do, whether the japa of Panchakshari, the japa of Jayanti Mangala, the japa of Samb Shiva, or the japa of the 32 Namavali. Keep to whatever daily rule you take up, after doing the pujan of the chaukhat. If the chaukhat is strong, protected and worshipped, he says, it absorbs and destroys 50% of the problems just like that; and if you do not do it, then bear the whole problem.
What should be done before taking diksha in a Shaiva parampara?
To a seventeen-year-old about to take diksha in a Shaiva sampradaya, the speaker says that if the guru who will give diksha is one who gives it in that parampara, then doing an adhikarik japa of Panchakshari beforehand, according to one's adhikara, is very good. Do at least sava lakh; at most five lakh, ten lakh, as much as possible.
Gayatri and Panchakshari each stand in their own place, and Panchakshari is best done without pranava
Whether or not one has Gayatri diksha, the speaker says, Gayatri is in its own place and Panchakshari is in its own place. Panchakshari done without pranava is most excellent; beyond that, as your own viveka says.
When it is confirmed that a masan prayoga is being done on you, do not hesitate to act — but first hold the capacity
A listener says a masan prayoga is being done on him by someone unknown and he has already done Mahabhairav. When it is absolutely confirmed, the speaker says, that a tantra prayoga is being done and being done repeatedly, when the sense of it comes — then, brother, do not hesitate to act. He cannot say it openly, because hostile people would at once set the listener on, saying something will happen; so he will not say it openly, but keep one thing in mind: what must you have to be capable? You should have done the japa of Panchakshari, or of your ishta's mantras, up to five lakh, and you must have done a kavach.
Can Panchakshari be done without a guru?
Absolutely, the speaker says — it is written that Panchakshari japa can be done without a guru. The channel has a detailed video on how each of the four varnas does it, how those without the yajnopavit do it, how mothers and sisters do it, complete with viniyoga and nyasa; watch it well, then do it. Panchakshari is for everyone. Gayatri is for those who wear the yajnopavit; for those who do not, the laghu Gayatri is Panchakshari itself. So do either 10 malas of Gayatri, or 10 malas of Panchakshari, or 10 malas of whatever you received diksha in within your sampradaya, panth or family.
Ten malas of the diksha mantra every day, and why Panchakshari is called the Panchanani vidya equal to Gayatri
They themselves are of the Mahadurga kul, the speaker says, so they should do a minimum of 10 malas of the Mahadurga mantra every day. If diksha happened and the mala was merely received at the start and nothing is being done, nothing will happen — do what you received, and if you received nothing, do Panchakshari. Where you complete even three days of pujan, there are many parva kaal you do not even know of, and japa-tapa done in them makes the vidya grow. The Panchakshari vidya, the Panchanani vidya, is all-capable in itself and equal in rank to Gayatri: both arose at one time and in one manner, from the five faces of Bhagavan Shiva. And the greatest thing is that everyone has the adhikara to do it — so do it without worry.
Prerequisites before a first Mahabhairav anushthan
To a listener who has done no sadhana yet but wants a 41-day Mahabhairav mantra anushthan with an Akhand Jyot at home because of household trouble, the speaker says the Mahabhairav video never told anyone to do that sadhana at home at the start — the first time, it is not to be done at home at all. Taking up Mahabhairav directly without Tapobal will leave you badly unbalanced. First do at least five lakh japa of the Panchakshari Mantra — if not five lakh, then sava lakh without fail — and only then begin Mahabhairav japa at a temple by the vidhi; once the mantra is done, start your prayoga of the stotra with Samput.
Is tarpan and marjan required after the havan of the Panchakshari and Saptakshari, and how much?
Asked by a listener, the speaker says it is very good if you do them, but for these two mantras there is no compulsion if you cannot. The quantity is dashansh at each step: on a sava lakh japa, that is 1250 malas, the havan is 120 malas, the tarpan 12 malas and the marjan roughly one mala.
With which mantra should each rice grain be offered?
After that, he says, offer with the 108 names of Bhagavan Shiva, or with the authorised Panchakshari mantra — whether you are a woman or a man, whether you have the yajnopavita or not, according to the full vidhi he has spoken of many times. According to whichever mantra you are authorised for in the Panchakshari, take one rice grain at a time and begin offering it upon Bhagavan Shiva with the wish that we may obtain dhan and dhanya.
Does using the Panchakshari as a samput reduce its energy?
Asked whether, if some mantra is now put in samput with the Panchakshari again, the energy of the Panchakshari will be reduced, he answers: absolutely it will not be. He adds that he has already made a separate video for this, for the Panchakshari.
How many malas of the Panchakshari should be done in Sawan?
A listener writes that she does five malas daily. He says that from tomorrow Sawan is starting, and there will be no joy in five malas — that is what she does every day anyway. Now what is to be done is that in Sawan at least 41 malas should be done daily; only then will your sava lakh be completed across the whole of Sawan.
What should the daily count be after Sawan ends?
He says that after Sawan finishes, do not carry on with five malas but take it to ten. Because in the nitya Gayatri, in the nitya sandhya, if you do less than ten malas nobody will ask after you. You will reach Shivalok, he says, but people will ignore you; the ganas will not ask after you, Parvati ji's sakhis will not ask after you. You will wander about at the edges feeling that these people are not asking after you, that everyone has ignored you. And there you cannot do japa, so you would have to take birth again. Therefore do ten malas.
Does one need a separate diksha for Chhinnamastika after the Panchakshari?
Asked whether, after taking Panchakshari mantra diksha, the Chhinnamastika mantra has to be taken separately, he says yes — Maai's diksha will again be entirely separate. Even if the diksha of the Panchakshari has taken place, you have to take the Shakta diksha if it is of Bhagavati Chhinnamastika, and then her whole vidhi vidhan will be separate.
Another beeja appears during Panchakshari japa and uchchatan sets in — what does this mean?
A listener says that during Panchakshari japa another beeja is seen, that he starts doing japa of a beeja mantra in the middle, and that uchchatan sets in. He answers: never mind, this happens. One should not be so greatly troubled by it. From the state of tandra forming, all these things can happen with any sadhak.
A month of Shravani Panchakshari runs on of itself into the Bhadrapada japa
Suppose, he says, you have done a month's japa of the Shravani Panchakshari. Now in the month of Bhadrapada you are doing japa of Bhagavati's mantra or Ganpati ji's mantra. If even a little state of tandra forms, then since the practice here has been of the Panchakshari, you will not even know when the Panchakshari begins to run. So this is normal, he says; do not be troubled by it.
Why has sleep increased since doing five lakh Panchakshari?
A listener says that since doing five lakh Panchakshari last year, sleep comes a great deal, and asks the cause. He answers by pointing to what has not been done: if you will have done nothing at all of Ganpati ji, if you will have done nothing at all of Bhagavati, then.
May a yajnopavita-dhari do three Saptashati paths in the three sandhyas without diksha?
Asked whether a person wearing the yajnopavita can do three paths of the Durga Saptashati daily in the tri-sandhya, three paths together, when there is no diksha, he says that if you are wearing the yajnopavita and walking by the niyam, doing Gayatri and so on in the sandhya, or the upadesh your guru has given — and if you do not do Gayatri, then at least do ten malas each of the Panchakshari in the three sandhyas — and along with that a clear, correct pronunciation of the Saptashati, if it has come to you, then do all three sandhyas; there is no problem.
Who may take up the sadhana of Bedi Hanuman ji?
Why do you wish to do the sadhana of Bedi Hanuman ji, he asks the questioner. If you are initiated in tantra, then it is all right, you may do Bedi Hanuman ji; but do his sadhana only when you will have done the preliminary sadhanas. Do sadhana of this kind only if your brahmacharya does not break, if everything is right, and if you are strong in mind — otherwise, if you have made any error after doing all these sadhanas, then folding your hands there will be of no use. He cites Daksha Prajapati, who went on speaking the Panchakshari mantra of Bhagwan Shiva at the last moment, and whose head Virabhadra ji blew off; so do the Bedi Hanuman ji sadhana with thought and understanding.
What is the difference between Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya and Om Namah Shivaya?
Asked by Amej ji what different fruits the japa of Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya and Om Namah Shivaya give, and whether a sava lakh anushthan of the first can be done, he answers on the count of letters: one becomes a shadakshari, and if you attach Om it becomes a dashakshari. As for the fruit, since the swaroop there is one and the same, the fruit you will get will be according to what you desire, according to the sankalp you take. The anushthan you can do; and if you do it with the full vidhi-vidhan it is better.
Other tantra channels shove extra beejas into the Navarna and panchakshari mantras
The speaker says other channels that make tantra videos have shoved in the Navarna mantra, the panchakshari mantra, every mantra — do it, do it well, do it like this, put Om on it, put Om on both sides, insert this beej in the middle, insert the Shreem beej. He never says do Navarna japa this way or that, because Navarna is in itself maha-explosive and in the highest degree consistent with science.
Can the viniyoga be done afresh after japa done without it?
A listener says he has done more than three lakh japa of the Panchakshari without the Viniyoga and so on, and now wishes to do it afresh with the viniyoga. Yes, certainly you may do so, the speaker answers.
Why does the Batuk Bhairav Brahm Kavach come without its Nyasa?
Because performing Batuk Bhairav's Nyasa brings in his mula mantra — the eighteen-syllable or the twenty-one-syllable — and which one you were given at initiation differs. So the Viniyoga was given and the Nyasa was not. Even without it, a Kavach is running in a Nyasa pattern of its own.
What should be done during a Rahu Mahadasha with Ketu Antardasha?
Take Mahadev's refuge and perform the Anushthan of the Panchakshari by the method on the channel — better still in a Shiva temple. And do the daily Abhishek of Shiva's Chaukhat: cleaning it well and then adorning it. In a Rahu, Ketu or Shani period, this gives very auspicious fruit.
Where is a bali given in front of the house?
Bali can be given at the Chaukhat.
Who has the adhikara for the Gayatri mantra?
The speaker says only this much is to be understood — who has which adhikara. Where the yajnopavita samskara is being performed, the adhikara for Gayatri and the rest is obtained there; if you are an adhikari of the yajnopavita samskara then Gayatri is given to you there. All the rest should do the Pauranik Gayatri and the like, or should do the Panchakshari, the laghu Gayatri.
What is said in public about the Panchakshari mantra?
The speaker reports the popular voice as saying that people are being stopped for the Panchakshari — child, nothing happens, the Panchakshari is Shiva ji's, no dosha attaches to Baba's mantra, just do it. His answer is to say: sometime pick up and read the Shiv Mahapuran. To which the reply comes, why should we read, what will come of reading, when without reading we have become so rich and have crores of followers, so what shall we do by reading?
Should a householder do the sadhana of the Mahamrityunjay mantra?
No, he says: you should not do the sadhana of the Mahamrityunjay mantra. Mahamrityunjay is a Vaidik mantra, and its sadhana should be done by Vedic people only. Instead do the sadhana of the Pauranik mantra of Bhagwan Sadashiva which has been held as the equal of the Gayatri — the Panchakshari mantra, in which "namah" comes at the end. You can obtain the kripa of Mahamrityunjay from that too.
How is a Havan done with the Panchakshari?
If you use the root Panchakshari with the Namah in front, pronounce it exactly that way and then say Swaha. If you use it with the Namah at the end, then keep it at the end in the same way and say Swaha, and give the Ahuti.
Can Shiva as Ishta be accepted as the Guru form?
Yes. And if you are already performing the Panchakshari, you will need nothing further and separate. Worship him mentally in the Guru form, or worship him directly before you, until a physical Guru is obtained. There is no need to perform the Deeksha Vidhan again.
Who has adhikar over the Panchakshari mantra?
From the Shiv Mahapuran katha, in which the mahima and vidhi vidhan of the Panchakshari mantra given by Bhagwan Shiva were described at length, he restates: people of all four varnas have adhikar over the Panchakshari, anyone at all can do its japa. Those whose yajnopavita has not been done will do it without the pranava; those whose yajnopavita has been done may do it with the pranava, taking their guru's adesh. The fourth varna and women will do the japa placing namah afterwards.
Is it acceptable to add beej mantras or extra pranavas to the Panchakshari?
Apart from that, he says, those who use a beej mantra in it, or use the pranava and so on, of their own will or having heard it somewhere — in his view that is not proper. To tamper with these mantras is not proper. To the claim that the mantra is keelit and that saying the pranava five times before and five times after will give ten times the effect and grant its siddhis, he answers: first look at the state of the one telling you.
Which alterations to the Panchakshari and Gayatri mantras are wrong?
He names them: that you should put om ten times before the Panchakshari; that five oms should be put before the Gayatri; that agni beej should be used five times before the Gayatri; that maya beej is made to be used five times; and other beejas besides. Do you even know, he asks, what the state of the person will be after using agni beej, and for what purpose he is using it?
Why is the mool form of a mantra best?
As much benefit as can come from the mool, he says, will come from nothing else. So do what has been stated as the mool matter in the Shiv Puran, which is a shastrokta matter. Do the Panchakshari by the vidhi vidhan that has been given, and there will be great benefit.
How many malas does a sava lakh japa take, and how many per day?
He says that if a person does japa even in an ordinary manner, a sava lakh japa can comfortably be done. To do a sava lakh japa we need to do 1250 malas of japa; do 1250 malas and the sava lakh japa is comfortably completed. If we do 1250 malas in fifty-nine days, it comes to roughly twenty-one to twenty-two malas daily.
What precedes the japa once one is seated?
After that, sit comfortably and do guru-Ganapati smaran, light the dhoop and deep, and be sure to do Bhagwan Shiva's abhishek in the morning and his shringar; the remaining members will keep doing theirs later. Then take your asan. If you are entitled to do the viniyoga and nyasa of the Panchakshari — that is, if the yajnopavita has been done — do them; otherwise do only the viniyoga; and if you do not want to do even that, do not do it.
What sankalpa should be taken for the Sawan japa?
Take this sankalpa: that Bhagwan Shiva be pleased; that by this mantra we are doing japa of, a wondrous change occur in our life; that this mantra become chaitanya; and that whenever after Sawan we take a sankalpa with some desire and do japa of this mantra, Shiva's full kripa be obtained and our sankalpa be accomplished. That alone is the desire to hold, and then do the japa. Those who are new and have never done an anushthan of any mantra can also do it.
Two sava lakh anushthans can be completed comfortably now, and the body may not support you when the time returns.
He says two sava lakh anushthans will be done very comfortably this time, and life will change; Mahadev will certainly show some kripa, something good will certainly happen, and one does not know which prarabdha may be cut or which path may open. If you must look only at profit and loss, then look at it that way too: right now there may be strength in the body to sit cross-legged, but this time will pass, and one does not know when it will come again or whether the body will support you.
How many Rudrashtakam paths and lamps go with the Rahu remedy?
Along with the abhishek, do the paath of the Rudrashtakam, at least eight daily. Light two ghee lamps in a Shiva temple. Then a most special kripa will be obtained by you and the shanti of Rahu will happen with the greatest speed. Along with it, if possible, also do the japa by the Panchakshari japa vidhi he has described.
What should a sadhak feel when Sawan closes?
When Sawan is complete, after Rakshabandhan, there should be a divine aura within us, and it should feel that yes, this Sawan did not go in vain — we have done the sava lakh of the Panchakshari, we have done the ashtottara shatanam, we have done such-and-such of their mala mantras. Then there will be a peace within you; you will become far more calm than before, and your intellect will become far sharper. A gladness will remain in the mind at having done so much, and from that itself the path will form. The path is not going to form out of haste.
How should one do Mahadev sadhana in Sawan to obtain darshan?
Asked how to do Mahadev's sadhana in Sawan so that darshan is obtained, he says he has already told it — do that same thing to the maximum; it is a Sawan of sixty days. If it is possible for you, then in place of one sava lakh do five: do a japa of five lakh. If a five lakh japa of the Panchakshari is done, it is tremendous. The task will be accomplished; if God wills it, he will give darshan too. If such a state comes about, it is a true thing — do this much and he will certainly give something good.
Is brahmacharya obligatory during the Panchakshari japa?
The observance of brahmacharya in the Panchakshari japa is absolutely obligatory, he says. In Sawan, eating and drinking and the observance of brahmacharya are all obligatory. In Chaturmas it is obligatory.
What does five lakh japa of the panchakshari give?
He puts this before listeners, he says, because when you are influenced by such subjects you begin to move away from the forms of your own aradhya, you make them a subject of ridicule, and doubt begins in your mind. But if you perform sadhana — if you have done five lakh japa of the panchakshari — that japa has the samarthya that when someone speaks such an abusive thing it will not affect you, and you will push him back properly on the spot. Where the buddhi will come from, where the proof will come from, where you had heard it — it will all work there, and that panchakshari sadhana will give you the samarthya to shut his speech right there. Without sadhana, however great a talker you are, however fierce your speech, you will not be able to speak there.
What goes with you at the end?
A grihastha is never successful without Narayan's grace, he says. Having dealt with Bhagavati Kamakhya, Bhagavati Shashthi, Bhagavan Narayan and Bhagavati Saraswati, at the very last you will meet Bhagavati Shmashan Kali and Bhagavan Shmashan Bhairav. And there neither your Maruti car will go, nor your Range Rover, nor your mansion worth crores. What will go is what we discuss on this channel — do the panchakshari japa.
Should an uninitiated person use the pranava in panchakshari japa?
If you are not initiated, he says, do not attach the pranava; and if you are to attach one, attach the tantric pranava. Attach it or do not attach it, but certainly do it by the vidhi. Observe the discipline. That alone is what will go there — the Shmashan Bhairav will send that alone along with you.
What rules govern the Vedic mantras, and who should not utter Mahamrityunjay?
The Vedic mantras have very many rules, he says. A woman cannot do Mahamrityunjay — it is Vedic and she should not even utter it — yet people do not accept this, and women sit and do Mahamrityunjay. Where anyone has said so, he asks, singing goes on, bhajan goes on, of Mahamrityunjay, of the Panchakshari, of Durga ji's Navarna. These mantras, he says, are obtained in diksha and never uttered from the mouth.
What should someone with back pain during japa do?
To a listener who keeps brahmacharya, does the regular japa of the 32 Namavali, does the daily paath of the Gita and a daily mala of Shiva ji's Panchakshari, and has pain in the waist, the speaker says: sit for as long as you have the capacity, and do not force it too much. If there is trouble in sitting upon the asana, then have a wooden seat made a little high and have the asana made upon that, and then sit, so that sitting is easy. The second thing is that the feet should simply not be upon the ground: keep your asana large so that you can sit comfortably. You may do this, he says; there is no dosha in it.
Why will even a simple Kamakhya japa turn ugra?
Because with ta, ra and the long ee you have her mool mantra: if you do japa of that alone, so much energy will build that it cannot be described. And here you will at the least be doing the panchakshari or ashtakshari mantra of Kamakhya — it will not be less than that, and it will be with this very beej. However simply you go about it, it will be ugra.
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