Alakh Adesh
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The Nath tradition's essential invocation — "Adesh" (from Adi-Eesh, Lord Shiva) is an act of remembering and bowing to Shiva, while "Alakh" signifies the unending or infinite, such as an unending flame; without incorporating it, neither Tantrokt Vidhaan nor standard Bhakti bears results.
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Navnath Chaitanya sadhana as the foundation of Nath Shabari vidya
The speaker says that in the field of Nath Shabari Vidya the Navnath are the root, so the very first sadhana is the Navnath Chaitanya mantra sadhana, which he had his group do for eleven days from Makar Sankranti. Once the Navnath have been made chaitanya, they must be woken again before any Shatkarma one ever does, because it is those nine who grant success to the karma. He compares it to Omkar: until Om is chaitanya nothing else becomes chaitanya, since everything is in Omkar. Whether one follows a tantrokta vidhan or does bhakti, if the Navnath are not woken and their alakh adesh not applied, it will not bear fruit. He adds that an experienced sadhak may doubt such a basic sadhana — like a class-ten student asked a class-one question — but that is exactly why it comes first.
Meaning of Adesh and Alakh in the Nath tradition
The speaker says the word Nath sadhaks use is really not "Adesh" but "Adish" — Adi plus Ish, the first Lord, Bhagwan Shiva — which has been corrupted into Adesh. "Alakh" means that which has no end, the jyoti that burns forever; hence "Alakh Adesh". There are different processes for waking the alakh and different ones for giving it, but when ordinary people say "Adesh, Adesh", what it means is that we are remembering Bhagwan Shiva and bowing to him.
What permission must be taken from Umananda Bhairav?
Inside the chief temple there is a cave; one goes down to take darshan there. Having performed all the pujan of Bhagavan with whatever one has brought, one then asks the command: Prabhu, grant us your permission that we may ascend the Nilachal parvat and, taking darshan of Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya together with all ten Mahavidyas, obtain punya, and complete our sadhana and anushthan there. Certainly take this adesh, the speaker says, and only after that go on towards Nilachal.
Akshat and pushpa are also released for Brahma Kund and Pandunath beside Umananda Bhairav, where Madhu and Kaitabh were slain
After the darshan of Urvashi Kund, the Brahmaputra Nad and Umananda Bhairav ji, if you wish, at that same place also release akshat, pushpa and the like in the names of Brahma Kund and Pandunath, right there near Umananda Bhairav ji. Take darshan of both and receive the command from there. The killing of Madhu and Kaitabh, the speaker says, was performed at the place of Pandunath ji, by Shri Harinarayana.
Stay in Guwahati first and take adesh at Urvashi Kund, the Brahmaputra, Umananda Bhairav, Brahma Kund and Pandunath before the ascent on foot
Make the journey on foot; whenever you come, first stay in the city of Guwahati itself, and from there first take darshan of Urvashi Kund, the Brahmaputra Nad and Umananda Bhairav ji. Thereafter you must obtain the command at every one of those three places — ask for the command at Urvashi Kund too, that we be given the command and the capability; and at the Brahmaputra Nad, at Umananda Bhairav ji, at Brahma Kund and from Pandunath ji as well. Leave akshat and pushpa in all their names in the Brahmaputra Nad or beside Umananda Bhairav ji and take the command.
What must be done at Saubhagya Kund before darshan?
Certainly bathe. Before darshan one should bathe here, and Kamleshwar Mahadev is present there and should be given darshan. The kund seen on the other side of the enclosure is held to be for the devatas — in today's time not so many people accept it, but you will find the description particularly in the granths. Where Bhagavan Vinayak is present at the kund, you must perform his seva and puja after bathing, and take the command there, that the kripa of all the devi-devatas present at Saubhagya Kund be obtained; after that go for the darshan of Bhagavati.
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