Bhadrapada Maas
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Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
The lunar month during which Ganesh Chaturthi and Jeevitputrika fall.
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Pratipada of Navratri is the ideal day, Bhadrapada and Pitru Paksha are ruled out, and incense and a lamp morning and evening are the bare minimum
Ideally on Pratipada during Navratri, avoiding Bhadrapada and Pitru Paksha; even without a formal idol, offering incense and a lamp every morning and evening is the essential minimum.
Why do sadhaks gather at Tarapith on Bhadrapada Amavasya?
The speaker says that all the sadhaks, regional tantriks and followers of these vidyas across West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland and the adjoining areas of Bangladesh come without fail to Tarapith on the Amavasya tithi of Bhadrapada Maas. They come to do sadhana in the Mahashmashan, to awaken their vidyas there, to sit and perform anushthan and Purashcharana, and to have darshan of Bhagavati Mahavidya Tara. He notes that this day is not Tara Jayanti, yet it carries great weight in Tantrokta sadhana.
How was the Nanda vrat completed in Bhado?
In the month of Bhado she again performed pujan on the day of the Chaturdashi — the description of all the tithis has come. On the Chaturdashi tithi she used to take only water as her food. Performing pujan in this manner, she began to bring the Nanda vrat to completion.
Can khas-root deepdaan be done daily for Ganpati?
Yes, absolutely, the speaker says. To do it in a special manner, do it from Chaturthi to Chaturdashi in any paksha, which is most excellent; and you may also do it daily if you wish, which is very good. The deepdaan done in the month of Bhadrapada is the most excellent of all, and at that time khas-root deepdaan should certainly be done to Bhagavan Ganpati.
In which Hindi months do the Shakambhari and Aghor Navratri fall?
Asked in which Hindi month the Shakambhari and Aghor Navratris come, the speaker says the Shakambhari will come now, in the middle of December and January; and the Aghor one is yours around Bhado, Bhadrapada.
The sadhana of Maa Mansa is done especially in the month of Bhadrapada.
Because the sadhana of Maa Mansa is done especially in the month of Bhadrapada, the speaker says he will try to give it by Navratri — he will give it before Navratri.
The Chaturdashi and Amavasya of Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha carry a most particular importance in the kshetra of tantra.
The speaker opens by saying that the subject is extremely necessary: the Chaturdashi and Amavasya of the Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhadrapada, whose importance in the kshetra of tantra is of the most particular kind. For those people who especially perform tantric sadhanas of any most particular deity, this time is extremely important.
Which day does Bhadrapada open with?
Hal Shashthi is coming — and today itself is Yogmaya Jayanti, the Jayanti of Bhagavati Ma Vindhyavasini. Not of the Adi Shakti Vindhyavasini, who is from beginningless time, but of the descent, celebrated in particular places as Devi Jayanti on Bhadrapada Krishna Dwitiya.
Her birth fell on Bhadrapada Krishna Dwitiya, and the other two forms are Subhadra at Jagannath Puri and Yogmaya at Delhi.
Her birth took place on Bhadrapada Krishna Dwitiya, today — as Bhagavan Krishna's elder sister, in the Ashtabhuja form. The second is Bhagavati Subhadra at Jagannath Puri, beside the Vimala Shakti Peeth; the third is Bhagavati Yogmaya, whose temple is at Delhi.
What closes the Bhadrapada calendar?
The Ganpati Navratri — Ganesh Chaturthi to Ganesh Chaturdashi, with different prescriptions by which it may be done, and with the question of whether the image should be immersed treated separately.
Who the Pitru Beesa prayog is for, and when in the year it is done
The speaker says this prayog is for people who, as they go further into the tantra field, feel their inclination turning towards the Pitr and want to do some naimittik karma for the pitr of their kula so that the ancestors get tripti and their own work gets done; and for anyone whose pitr are very dissatisfied or whose janma kundli, on examination, shows doshas connected with Pitru Dosha. It should be done in Pitr Paksha, which he calls best of all, or else only on Amavasya. For making it siddh, he says, it is Pitru Paksha that works: the sixteen days from the Poornima tithi of Bhadrapada Maas up to the Sarva Pitru Amavasya tithi.
Complete the Siddhi within Shravan and perform the application in Bhadrapada
Shravan Purnima is fine, as is the following month of Bhadrapada, which carries a power of its own. The clean division is to complete the Siddhi of a mantra or Kavach during Shravan and perform the application — protection, Griha Bandhan or anything else — in Bhadrapada.
How is a Kusha asana made, and when is the Kusha to be gathered?
A ready-made Kusha asana is available — use that. The Kusha itself is drawn on the day of Kushotpatini Amavasya, the Bhadon Amavasya. If that much procedure is possible for you, do that too; and there is a rule within it distinguishing the married from the unmarried.
Timing of the ten-day Ganpati sadhana: Chaturthi to Chaturdashi of any paksha
The speaker says the sadhana is begun on the Chaturthi Tithi of any month and either paksha, Krishna or Shukla, and concludes on the Chaturdashi tithi, making a sadhana of ten days. If one is going to do it in the month of Bhadrapada, when Ganesh puja is publicly celebrated everywhere, that too is very fitting; the sadhana can be done in that month as well.
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.
On which tithi was Ganesh born, and how many Chaturthis are there in a year?
On the Chaturthi of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada, at the auspicious moonrise hour. People observe Ganesh worship especially on the Shukla Paksha Chaturthi of Bhadrapada, but the Chaturthi of both Pakshas is his — the twenty-four Chaturthis of the year all carry his worship.
How long does the Ganesh Chaturthi vrat prescribed by Shiva run?
Until the Chaturthi tithi of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada comes round again — that is, begun on this year's Bhadon Krishna Chaturthi and carried to next year's. Shiva's instruction is that the vrat be performed for one year, and that those wanting incomparable happiness worship on every Chaturthi.
How should the Ganesh Akhyan be recited daily through Bhadrapada month?
Recite it daily — about fifteen minutes — through the whole of Bhadrapada. Bathe Ganesh's Vigraha daily for that month, do a fine Tilak, offer Naivedya, offer Doob grass, recite the Sankat Nashan and then this Akhyan, holding whatever desire you have.
Why should milk be offered to Shiva rather than consumed?
A very good reason has been given, the speaker says: in the three months of Ashadh, Shravan and Bhadon, the cows and all such animals whose milk you drink graze on grass, and because of the rains in these months poisonous plants also grow, from eating which the milk of all these creatures becomes poisonous, becomes toxic, and gives a wrong effect on the body. This is why in these three months you are also forbidden to eat all foodstuffs made from milk — curd is not to be eaten, other things made from milk are not to be consumed in this period.
Which form of Ganpati appeared at the Bhadrapada Chaturthi?
Tell me one thing, he says: the Ganesh Chaturthi that we are celebrating in the month of Bhadrapada — in it one form of Ganpati ji, Bal Ganesh, chiefly appeared. That much is the current katha, that it is Ganpati's birth festival.
Does each paksha's Ganpati have its own importance?
The Ganpati of each paksha has his own particular importance, he says — not only that of the month of Bhadrapada. So that custom and currency began, and as people's faith in it grew, they began to be worshipped in the house: that yes, today we shall do pujan in this manner, we shall install Ganpati's Shri vigraha at home and do pujan.
Is there a dosha in seeing the moon on a Chaturthi?
Asked whether a dosha attaches if the darshan of the moon happens on any Chaturthi day, he answers that the dosha of the chandra darshan of the Bhadrapada month has been spoken of particularly, and that the katha of the Syamantak Mani should be heard. Asked next by Uday Pratap ji, who wants diksha in the Shri Kul and is from Kurukshetra in Haryana, where the diksha will be from and what the beginning rule will be, he answers that he wants diksha in the Shri Vidya, diksha in the Shri Kul — so take diksha in the kula of Adi Guru Shankaracharya, and begin everything from there; there is no need to wander anywhere else.
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 is the Bhadrapada Amavasya called Kushotpatini?
Every Amavasya tithi has had its own special importance, he says, and the Bhadrapada Amavasya has been special above all for the karmakandi Brahmins who perform pujan-paath: it is the Kushotpatini Amavasya. On that day kusha is uprooted and kept for the whole year — the same kusha is then used in your Pitru Paksha, and through the year in making the pavitri and in whatever karmakand there is, especially for tarpan, whether it be deva karma or pitru karma.
What do Kaul and Shakta sadhaks do with the moonj janeu on Bhadrapada Amavasya?
Just as at Hal Shashthi the gramin bhagatvaals give their disciples all the things that come by upadesh, so on the day of the Bhadrapada Amavasya those sadhaks in particular of a Kaul parampara or a Shakta parampara who now wish it — whatever siddhis related to the ang vidyas they hold, or upadeshatmak siddhis — either renounce them through this very moonj janeu, or bestow them on some fit disciple of theirs.
In the whole year these things happen only on this one Amavasya, which Tarapith claims
Things of this kind are the importance of this Amavasya, he says: in the whole year they happen only and only on this Amavasya. He mentions that a video of this Amavasya from the previous year was put in the Telegram group, and that at Tarapith the importance of this Amavasya has been held to be chief.
Which are the two chief nights of Bhagavati Tara in the year?
One is the night of Ram Navami: on the day the Navami of the month of Chaitra is in effect, at the middle of the night, is the birth of Bhagavan Shri Ram, and that night hour has been held to be Tara Jayanti, Tara Navami. And after that, the second night held to be Bhagavati Tara's chief night is the Chaturdashi and Amavasya of Bhadrapada. On these two days special sadhanas related to Bhagavati Tara are done in these regions.
What about the astra puja and naag puja in Ganesh ji's tantric worship?
Asked about the astra puja and the naag puja in the tantric puja of Ganesh ji, the speaker says that of the naag puja there is no video, but a video of the astra puja had been made. He will upload it again before this time's Bhadrapada month: how the astra puja of Ganpati has to be done.
Seven-day Janmashtami anushthan for siddhi of the Krishna kavach
The speaker gives a roughly seven-day anushthan run from the Dwitiya of the Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada up to the Navami after Janmashtami. Only the kavach mula — shlokas one to eight, without purva pithika and phalashruti — is written on a white bhojpatra in gopi chandan, or in ashtagandha ink mixed with kesar and gorochan using a silver, white-chandan or red-chandan pen, or at the least a tulsi pen, in very small letters. It is placed at Krishna's feet and 108 paths are done daily for seven days, with as many as possible on the Janmashtami night so that 1100 paths are completed. The bhojpatra then goes into a silver khol bearing Krishna's form, his names or Radha's name; on the day after Janmashtami a havan is done with Krishna's 108 names or the sahasranama (men with plain ghee, women with mixed paushtik havan samagri), makhan mishri and the like is fed to at least five small boys and to small girls, and the kavach is worn on the neck — best placed on the neck or arm by the hand of an innocent child of up to five or seven years. Worn thus, he says, it is said the Sudarshan Chakra and the gopis protect the wearer wherever he goes.
Completely new practitioners begin with Ganpati in the month of Bhadrapada
Bhadon is coming — and in the month of Bhadrapada, those who are new practitioners and want to begin from the very start will begin at that time with Ganpati ji.
When should prayogas be done instead of in Sawan?
He hopes listeners will do whatever vidhi vidhans they have done in the right manner, will not do a prayoga in a wrong manner, and will avoid doing a prayoga in Sawan. Do the prayoga in Bhadwari — in the month of Bhadrapada there is the Tara Chaturdashi and the Amavasya, and there will be a great many prayoga vidhis then. Those in personal contact, whose work is running, will all be made to do the prayoga vidhi by him. But do not, in a rush, let this Sawan — a greatly divine Sawan — go to waste. Do not use it up in prayoga; in this time let there be as much seva, puja, archan, japa, havan and daan-punya as possible for Mahadev and Prabhu Vishnu together with Ma Bhagavati Jagdamba, so that the strength of our mantras increases, our deities are pleased, the pitrs and forebears of the kula are pleased, and our material and spiritual life both advance.
If someone in the house died by tantra, what can be done in Pitru Paksha?
If a full year has been completed, the speaker says, the first thing is to do it before Pitru Paksha, in the month of Bhadrapada and the like — and first confirm that it did happen by tantra. Its vidhi vidhan is that, taking the sankalp of exactly this matter, an anushthan of Bhairav ji should be done or had done. And if there is any sadhak of that kind, it will be done only by sadhaks; pandit ji people will not perform such an anushthan.
Failing that, a Chandi path from Ashtami to Chaturdashi, or a seven-day anushthan under Krishna
Failing that, the speaker says, at the least have the Chandi path and the like done, or do it, in Bhadrapada from the Ashtami to the Chaturdashi — or from the Krishna Janmashtami that falls, up to the Chaturdashi. Or, taking the shelter of Krishna ji himself and taking the shelter of those whose shraddh it is, take a sankalp and do or have done a seven-day anushthan.
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