Ganga Dashehra
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Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
The day marking the Ganga's descent to earth, and also Batuk Bhairav's Jayanti.
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When to establish Batuk Bhairav at home
The speaker says the day of Bhagwan Kaal Bhairava's origin is held to be the Krishna Paksha Ashtami of the month of Margashirsha, which is also believed to be when Shiva appeared as the Agni Linga. Bhagwan Batuk Bhairava's origin, his jayanti, is Ganga Dussehra — Jyeshtha month, Shukla Paksha, Dashami tithi — and on that very day his special puja should be done. Otherwise, he says, you can establish Batuk Bhairav ji at home on the Ashtami tithi of either Krishna Paksha or Shukla Paksha; and if the full festival of Ganga Dashahra is coming up around the time you hear this, in any year, do his special pujan vidhi at home on that day without fail.
Deepdan and bali for Batuk Bhairav at home on Ganga Dashahra
On the day of Ganga Dussehra, the speaker says, Deepdaan must certainly be done in the name of Bhagwan Batuk Bhairava. For the method, he points to the deepdan vidhi he has described for Kaal Bhairava in another video, and says to do that same vidhi-vidhan at home. There is no need to go to a temple that day: do the deepdan and Bali vidhi and so on for Batuk Bhairav at home, and this pleases him greatly.
What lamp offering is recommended on Ganga Dashami, and to which deity?
Offering 108 lamps (or as many as one is able) to Batuk Bhairava or Mahabhairava on Ganga Dashami is highly beneficial.
When do the most exceptional sants come?
Divine sants and mahatmas are there, absolutely — they are there, they come. It is not only so; but this much is certain, he says, that those who are extremely exceptional will come especially at the time of the Mahakumbh, at the time of Magh, at the time of Ganga Dashehra and the other tirtha parva-kalas, and at the times of eclipse. But the coming and going of all of them goes on there daily as well.
What is the nitya havan discipline for an intractable problem?
If there are the most difficult problems in life for which no way is opening, the kundali has failed, no remedy of graha and nakshatra is working and some work simply will not be accomplished, then fix one hour daily by nitya niyam and make the rule for 40 days — a very intractable task will not be done in five or ten days. Begin on a divine day such as Ganga Dashahara, or an Ashtami, or from a Sunday or Tuesday, rising at 2:30 or 3:00 at night.
What should be done on the day of Ganga Dashahara?
Try to earn punya, he says. He said it yesterday and says it again: on the day of Ganga Dashahara certainly go to Ganga ji. If Ganga ji is near you, then leaving a hundred tasks, leaving a thousand tasks, go to Ganga ji that day. Do not go to the office that day — the boss will scold, that will pass; your customers will be spoiled that day and you will earn ten thousand rupees less, but the punya obtained that day is not equal to your ten thousand rupees.
The date given is only of 2024; the tithi returns every year, and the teaching holds in whichever year it is heard
The day after tomorrow is Ganga Dashahara, he says — but whichever year you are hearing this video in, whenever you are hearing it, it is for every time. The date is only of 2024; it comes every year. Even ten years later, if YouTube survives and you are listening to this video, it will give you as much benefit today as it would have ten years earlier.
How should the Ganga Dashahara snana and japa be done?
All the people of the Kashi region and others who live near Ganga ji, or near any divine rivers, should certainly bathe in those divine rivers that day, and sit in the water in the river itself at least up to the navel — the edge here meaning that one must sit in the water. The water should come up so high that our navel is submerged; the navel should be within the water. That is where our life is from, and that is what has to be strengthened; from there the shaktis are nourished. So to increase the capacity of that manipurak chakra and for the attainment of devi shakti, certainly sit in the river that day and do japa and tapa.
May a small lake be used instead of a river?
Asked whether it may be done at some small lake, he says: if the sarovar is clean, then go — but with the heat as it is, mosquitoes and the like will bite there; let there be no dengue or malaria. Do not go and do all this where water is stagnant. Even at Ganga ji's bank, if water is standing and you cannot find a ghat at all, do not harm your health — just bathe somehow and come away, and do not then get caught up in doing japa.
At what hour should the riverside sadhana be done in summer?
Where the river is flowing, healthy and clean all around and the environment is healthy, sit there and do your anushthan. It is the hot season and the sun is so strong, the temperature going to 45 or 50 degrees — do not go at midday to give up your life. Go at dawn; complete whatever sadhana you can by 7 or 8 and come home. If you go at 10 your health will fail, and the next day a message will come saying you told us to do the Batuk Bhairav anushthan and now we are on saline.
Ganga Dashahara and the Batuk Bhairav Jayanti fall on the same day, and everyone should do the sadhana then
On the day Ganga Dashahara falls, on the 30th of May, on that same day falls the Jayanti of Batuk Bhairav ji. Ganga Dashahara and the Batuk Bhairav Jayanti fall on the same day; this time it falls on the 30th of May. On that day everyone should do the sadhana, puja and deepdaan of Bhairav ji; he says they will also put up a separate video. Remember it on the 30th of May.
What difference does it make if Shani is combust or retrograde?
For both these subjects — Shani Deva being combust, or being retrograde — in the sadhana-related effect discussed just now over the twelve bhavas, he says: if he is combust, then know according to the balabal that he will make still more delay in the effect. And if he is retrograde, then he will give the effect still more rapidly.
Ganga worship on the Dashami tithi, and Batuk Bhairav Jayanti at Ganga Dashahara
On the Dashami tithi the worship of Bhagavati Ganga should be performed. The Ganga Dashahara period is the day on which Batuk Bhairav Jayanti falls, and his particular worship is performed then — there is already a video on the channel about it.
Three Jyeshtha mahaparvas: Amavasya, Aranya Shashthi, Ganga Dashahara
The speaker announces three mahaparvas: on Jyeshtha Amavasya (probably the 25th) fall the Jayanti of Gupta Durga and Shani Jayanti; on the 1st, Aranya Shashthi, Vindhyavasini Jayanti and Van Durga Jayanti; and on the 5th, a Thursday Dashami with Hasta Nakshatra — Ganga Avataran day, Ganga Jayanti, Ganga Dashahara and batuk-bhairav-jayanti. When Ganga Dashahara's Dashami falls on a Thursday it becomes a sarvartha-siddha, sarva-siddha Muhurta for the whole day, and joined with Hasta, the nakshatra in which Ganga descended, it becomes ati-divya. Listeners should prepare themselves for these dates — 25, 1 and 5.
What is the mahatmya of Ganga darshan and snan according to the Devi Bhagavat?
For bathing in Ganga ji you will find a mahatmya in every Purana, he says. Quoting the Srimad Devi Bhagavat, Mahadev ji tells the mahatmya of the smaran, darshan and snan of Ganga ji: by the darshan of Ganga ji and by merely touching her water she destroys the mahapap of beings and grants moksha. And a man who on rising in the morning remembers Ganga even unwillingly has no fear of any inauspiciousness in the three lokas.
For one who desires moksha, the Ganga herself comes to dwell in his sannidhi wherever he remembers her
He says that wherever a man desiring moksha remembers Ganga ji, Ganga herself comes to dwell in his sannidhi for the sake of his mukti. Ganga purifies all desires and wipes out all inauspiciousness — and therefore, if by the Purana-given word the tithi and the rest are being obtained by us, we should make the effort and certainly reach Ganga ji.
Why is Ganga Dashehra called Dashehra, and what is its yoga?
As described by Mahadev ji in the Devi Bhagavat Mahapuran, when Ganga ji came upon the earth the time was joined with Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha Dashami tithi, Mangalvar and Hasta nakshatra. That same tithi and the entire same yoga is being obtained this time on the Tuesday. She is called Dashehra because she carries away the sins of ten births.
What should be added to a pujan when a jayanti falls on that day?
When we are doing some special pujan, or the nitya pujan, on a jayanti, parva and the like, only this much should be done specially: that of whoever's jayanti has fallen — as now you are doing Bhagavati's, but the jayanti of Batuk Bhairav and of Bhagavati Ganga has fallen — eleven ahutis each in their names should be given along with it.
How can the fruit of Ganga snan be had at home?
For the fruit of a Ganga bath at home — mix Ganga ji into your water and take your bath while doing the smaran of Ganga ji.
What should those living outside India do for Ganga snan?
Those who are not in India should, for Ganga snan, mix Ganga ji into the water at their own place and bathe, and do the smaran of Ganga ji.
What should be recited for the Ganga on Ganga Dashehra?
The 108-name stotra of Ganga ji, the satnam and the like, should be recited.
Bathing with Gangajal in Canada, or wherever one is, serves for Ganga snan
Yes, in Canada take your bath with Gangajal, he says. Whoever is wherever, they can do it there too.
Those near the Ganga and able should make the effort to bathe in her in person, while the far-off need not overspend
He says that some cannot come to that state; and that more money than necessary being spent is a separate subject. But if you are in the surroundings and have the capacity, then all of you should make the effort and certainly do the Ganga snan in the region near you.
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