Aushadhi
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An herb — one leg of the Mantra-Mani-Aushadhi triad (mantra, gemstone, herb), whose results are said to depend on the practitioner's own inner faith.
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Why Sanatan prescribes classified seva of cow, dog, Tulsi and Peepal
The speaker says vanaspati and Aushadhi hold immense importance in Tantra, and quotes the saying that mantra, mani and aushadhi all three give fruit according to bhava. Sanatan culture, he says, places the highest value on seva of living beings, plants and nature, and tells us to serve all — yet it also prescribes a classified seva of the cow, the dog, Tulsi and the Peepal, and there is a reason for that. He criticises modern-minded people who call these hypocrisy and superstition even while posing as masters of the Veda, proving wrong the very acharyas they learned from; his video sets out to explain the reasons.
How many amla lamps are held in the hand?
Of the amla only one lamp will be lit in the hand. What is to be kept burning in the hand is only that one lamp; the rest is the vidhi of deep daan and the like. Once a deep daan has been done and is complete, there is no need to light that amla one again. The amla you keep in the hand should be large, and for it you have to sit with ghrita.
Is there any substitute for the amla in the lamp?
To a listener whose health is bad and who is getting much relief, the speaker says to listen once to yesterday's live, in which the brihad vidhan was described in full, and to do whatever he can manage of it. As for the amla, he says there is no substitute for the amla; there is no substitute for amrit.
What is khappar siddhi at this time used for?
The khappar siddhi done at this time, the speaker says, is especially for the taking down of any kind of disease, for strengthening a sick person, and for the sake of the capacity to remove illness.
What is the dharan mantra, and how is it made siddh?
Village people have a very current mantra connected with rog-haran, the speaker says, called dharan baithana — for when someone's navel has slipped. On the night of Sharad Purnima people make it siddh upon small clay sakoras, or upon a bowl of phula, which is a metal. Then they merely recite over that bowl and, as soon as the dharan — that is, the navel — has slipped, they sit there and blow the mantra, and the dharan seats itself.
Are these prayogas restricted to this one night?
Prayogas of this kind will be done on this very night, the speaker says — on the night of Sharad Purnima alone; in one night it becomes siddh for them. There are also many such mantras in which, if animals are suffering some disease, mantras of this kind are used to set them right. And among those who perform sadhanas of a high order too, mantras connected with rog-haran are special.
Can the Ratri Suktam be recited for a mother's health?
Asked whether she may do the paath of the Ratri Suktam for her mother's health to become well, the speaker answers: yes, you can absolutely do it.
How is the root of the black dhatura brought?
The root of the black dhatura, if it can be had, makes it excellent — but it has its own procedure for bringing. The procedure is that when the Pushya nakshatra falls, one day before the Pushya nakshatra you invite it; and in the nakshatra you are not to look at whether it is Guru Pushya or Ravi Pushya, only that it is one day before the Pushya nakshatra. The next day you go and dig up that root and bring it, and it is kept in this. Then, tied at the waist of the one having the difficulty, the speaker says there is a 99% possibility that the pregnancy will hold — the 1% being Devi's will and your own karmas.
What does each rudrabhishek substance yield?
By rudrabhishek with water, rain; by abhishek with kushodak, the pacification of vyadhi; from curd, the obtaining of cattle; from sugarcane juice, the obtaining of shreya; on performing abhishek with honey and ghee, the obtaining of wealth; from tirtha water, the obtaining of moksha; and from kheer, the obtaining of a son.
Yellow mustard and red chirmi ground to a thorough powder, camphor powder mixed in, and the whole kept in a box.
Take yellow mustard and take red chirmi — these two things. Grind the chirmi and yellow mustard in a mixer grinder into a thorough powder. Into it mix a little camphor, camphor powder, and keep the whole in a box.
Dried turmeric — black if it can be got, otherwise yellow — is powdered into the mustard and chirmi for the Pitambara mantras.
If the listener is doing the mantras of Bhagavati Pitambara, then when their prayoga has to be made, dried turmeric is used — and if by good fortune black turmeric has been got, then dry the black turmeric, whether grown at your own place or brought directly, and make its powder; failing that, make the powder of yellow turmeric after drying it. Mix that too into the yellow mustard and red chirmi powder.
Half a kilo of yellow mustard to 100 grams of red chirmi, with 100 grams of pure bhimseni camphor mixed into the powder.
Supposing you took half a kilo of yellow mustard, he says, then in that half kilo of yellow mustard you will have to keep at least 100 grams of chirmi — red chirmi, lal gunja, 100 grams. Mix it and a powder is made. Into this mix at least 100 grams of desi camphor, or what they call brass camphor, pure bhimseni camphor. That is the basic material you should have.
What remedy does he give for allergic asthma?
Brother, first get the birth chart analysed once and see what the position of Chandra is, the speaker says — it is necessary to look at it, because the whole subject of asthma is dependent on the position of Chandra, and only on that basis can a remedy for asthma be done correctly. If it has already become old, it is very difficult to control, and you have to carry the whole matter yourself with alertness.
What does giving dhuna to a cow at a gaushala do?
If at a gaushala the cow-dung cakes are kindled and by means of various kinds of fragrant dravyas the smoke is made on the day of Vaikuntha Chaturdashi, then the diseases of the body and the rest are destroyed by the kripa of Bhagavati Gau. Those who have various kinds of disease should, if possible, do the dhoop at a gaushala at the time of sandhya.
Can Surya upasana be done for a skin problem?
Asked whether Surya upasana can be done for a skin problem, the speaker says absolutely it can — that for a skin problem Surya upasana in particular ought to be done.
How is a Surya havan performed for bodily trouble?
For removing skin and physical problems, Surya upasana can absolutely be done in a simple way, and his havan can be done too, the speaker says — with this same Pauranik mantra. If ahutis are offered upon aak, that is madar wood, then men should offer with ghee and guggul, and women especially with havan samagri; from this a special grace of Surya Narayan is obtained.
What is done if abhichar has been performed on a child under thirteen?
If a child under thirteen has had an abhichar prayoga done upon him — any kind of abhichar — and he has great affliction and trouble, his intelligence is becoming confused, he has gone completely grave and says nothing at all, or a girl stays very disturbed: then take this dust of the gau's hoof, with kali haldi. The kali haldi is to be brought on the day of the fourteenth, and it too should be brought after giving it an invitation.
Do ghee and honey in equal measure act as poison?
Told that it is written in the Ayurveda granthas that ghee and honey mixed in equal measure act as poison, he says: but the ghee and honey are not being made to drink, nor being drunk. If you go by the quantity, then it is simply not possible for everyone to keep the rule of quantity.
Does burning a til oil lamp for a long time make you ill?
Asked whether it is true that burning a til oil lamp for a long time makes you fall ill, the speaker says he has neither heard nor read such a thing anywhere so far, and knows of no shastric basis for it. If it is so, it is not in his knowledge and he would have to find out; but it ought not to be so. Why would one fall ill from til oil? Only if there were impurity could one fall ill.
What materials go into a dhooni for cutting a tantra prayoga?
For cutting a tantra vichar, the speaker says, you chiefly use kali mirch, pila sarson, the black one called kala rai, chirmi, guggul and gandhak — all these things are used in a particular measure, and some other things are mixed in as well. He notes he has told this in one or two videos too.
Why are onion and garlic forbidden during sadhana?
The speaker says garlic and onion have been forbidden for consumption because, first of all, they will increase heat in the body; the bad smell is a separate matter, set all that aside. They have been told to be taken only for medicine — you should take them only in the form of medicine, on account of medicine, and for any other reason should give them up.
How is gandhodak made for the abhishek?
Gandhodak means water into which you put a little roli and camphor powder, the camphor crushed by hand, and mix in aguru to make it fragrant. If you make gandhodak and do Shiva ji's abhishek with it, that is most excellent — and it is what to use in the absence of milk.
What are the conditions on the haldi used in the Kolahal Narasimha threshold lamp?
Use a khadi batti, and ghee made from desi cow's milk alone, and mix in a little yellow haldi. The haldi has its own tantric condition: it should be from a Hindu's own house or field; a kumari kanya who has not yet become rajaswala should uproot it and dry it; and the haldi powder should be made by her hands. Empowered with this mantra, the speaker says, the prayoga will not need to be done a second time.
What is prescribed alongside the paath of the Kamakhya Kavach?
Have someone send Kamakhya ji's water, the speaker says, tell her to drink it daily on an empty stomach, and along with it tell her to do the paath of the Kamakhya Kavach. He says it is going to give an extremely wonderful effect.
How is gandhodak made for the abhishek?
Into water, rub a little camphor and make it into a powder; add ashtagandha, add a little roli, and mix it well. Add rose water and agaru water. The lota has become fragrant.
Fragrant substances are best worn by the mantrokta vidhi
He tells a listener by name that he had told her this thing last time, how and what should be done. You should wear fragrant substances by the mantrokta vidhi — that, he says, will be the best.
It is given daily on an empty stomach for at least one paksha
Make that water present in your life, arranging for it, he says, and give it daily on an empty stomach to whichever person has such a trouble. It should certainly be given on an empty stomach for at least one paksha.
What is the tree that grows upon a peepal tree used for?
A listener recalls the speaker saying that another tree grows upon the peepal tree and is used. You are speaking of the banda again, brother, the speaker says — that is the subject of vanaspati tantra. We will discuss it at length sometime, for vanaspati tantra.
The kaner root kept in the water through the eclipse
The speaker says one more thing is needed: the root of a kaner plant, either yellow kaner or white kaner, brought on a Thursday. It is properly brought in Pushya Nakshatra, but even if Pushya is not available, bring it and keep it. This root is kept in the bowl of water, the one in which the mala is placed, through the whole Grahan kaal.
May medicine be taken during a sadhana period?
Absolutely take it, brother, he says. Only if the body remains healthy will you be able to do sadhana; if there is not the capacity in the body to run without medicine, then do not give up the medicine.
Should one feel impure after taking medicine?
Understand the meaning of that mantra, he says, and hold that bhavana in it. Even if you take medicine and it seems that the body has now become impure, do not bring that bhav. The body is the annamaya kosha, and to run it, brother, medicine has to be taken — we are not endowed with the capacity, so take the medicine.
Is there a spiritual remedy for heart disease?
He answers that he does not have practical experience of it, so he cannot tell it practically; these would then be hearsay matters spoken by him. He will make a separate video after taking a little more information and give it, because the yajnopavita has very great importance in this: in a spiritual remedy for heart disease, certain vidhans are performed by means of the yajnopavita, the wearing of the yajnopavita and what follows it. He adds that he is not Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, that no divine shakti has been obtained by him such that he could tell it sitting here; the day such a shakti is obtained, he will tell it — why speak a lie?
How is something that has been fed to a person taken out?
Most people of the tantra class, he says — not all, but most — perform various kinds of kriya with a single mantra. Through that mantra, what has been fed is taken out. Different names are given in different regions: in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar it is called pata ojha, and those people purify those vidyas in a different way. Very many people take it out through the body, sucking it out from the navel; this is a real thing, there is nothing of hypocrisy or fraud in it. A second way is killing a jadi with a jadi: if it has been found out what the person in front fed you and what its effect is, then in a particular nakshatra that kind of jadi is brought, ground, charged with mantra and fed, and by that its effect is either destroyed or a kriya is performed to draw it out of the body.
Which substances may be put in the abhishek water, and for whom?
If the deity receives haridra it may be used — but haridra is not offered to Mahadev in that way, so you will not bathe him with haridra-mixed water, whereas you may offer it to the forms of Bhagavati and to Bhagavan Narayana. Various divine fragrant substances are mixed into the water and the abhishek done on one day; do it on Ekadashi, do it on Purnima, as you wish.
How can real siyar singhi and real hattha jodi be identified?
The speaker says hattha jodi and siyar singhi are in themselves a jagrit vastu. One should keep them in the house only after taking complete information about them. He asks the questioner to message him in the group and says he will separately make a full video on the rules of hattha jodi and siyar singhi — a five-minute video in which he will try to show them as well.
How is the shringar of Hanuman ji done?
The chief shringar of Hanuman ji, the speaker says, is the chola shringar, which should be done on Saturday and Tuesday. The chola is applied from below upward: on a paan leaf, the kesariya sindoor — called bhakhra sindoor, or the orange-coloured Hanuman sindoor — is soaked in chameli oil or in desi ghee, and then, taking Ram ji's or Sitaram ji's name, the chola is applied from below upward.
Can the Rudrashtakam be used for gaining wealth?
Absolutely, the speaker answers. Doing the paath of the Rudrashtak over nag kesar, that nag kesar is offered upon the shivling. It is among the unfailing upays for gaining wealth — but this work should be done continuously for at least seven days, beginning from the Tritiya or Panchami tithi of the Shukla Paksha.
Why are some Datta upasak sadhus seen consuming intoxicants?
Asked to throw light on Datta's Aghor form, since many sadhus who are Datta upasaks have been seen consuming cigarettes in his upasana, the speaker says there is no need to throw light. They have left home and gone into the sanyas ashram; theirs is their own state. They say for the purpose of holding dhyana that we are taking booti — those are their things, and it is also true that they consume herbs in that manner. In the regions of the mountains, he says, whether Girnar, the Vindhya region or the Himalaya region, in every region there are divine Aushadhis, divine herbs.
Is what is seen as chillam and ganja the same as what the sadhus take?
Chillam and ganja are a separate matter, the speaker says; but the attainment of dhyana yoga through it, the consumption of those herbs, is taken by a different medium. You are thinking that they are taking a chillam, but that is a different subject, that thing is altogether different. And worldly persons cannot understand those subjects — therefore it is not proper even to discuss it. To them it will only seem that the man is indulging in an addiction of some kind.
Under what circumstances are such herbs administered at all?
One who can do it without any intoxicant is a separate subject, the speaker says; but in hatha yoga, and for attaining certain particular states which are not coming about by ordinary practice, it is then that consumption of it is administered there by the guru. Now in the Kaul parampara and in all these, he adds, this whole subject becomes somewhat apart — and since mothers and sisters are listening too, he avoids these subjects a little, and will tell them some other time.
Do special aushadhis taken with a special mantra vidhan give special siddhis?
Yes, it happens; certainly it happens, he answers — it happens in a single night. But this is only for such people as are wishing to obtain control over all these things, or who take them for a special reason. As, he says, such things are given to the Indian Army as, if eaten in a special circumstance, will keep them from feeling hunger for three or four days and leave no deficiency of anything in the body. But if you and I obtain it somehow and try to eat it, then a case will be filed.
Can a disease already present in the body be destroyed by sadhana?
When a disease has already arisen in the body, the speaker tells Aman Arora, the avichar is destroyed but the disease is not destroyed. If it has damaged some organ, it is not possible to set that right again.
What should be done for a disease that is going to be cured?
If the disease is one that is going to be cured, then complete the purashcharan of the Saptashloki, the speaker says, and then separately do a thousand japa of the rog-nashak mantra that is in Durga Saraswati, the roga-nasheshan mantra; and then recite the complete paath daily with that as samput.
Can consecrated water be given for severe abdominal pain?
If the pain is your own and you have not previously done the purashcharan, then it will not happen, the speaker says; in that case you should take someone's help.
What was the older form in which silver was used?
Chyawanprash is very ancient and its description is found in the Pauranik granthas; in it both gold and silver were used, but in bhasma form, not in vark form. Above bhasma comes chura — a churna of the kind we eat. Vark did not come. Vark was brought by them, and the chief purpose behind it was that, by placing it between leathers, the thing should be made impure.
Are apamarg and chirayata the same thing?
Take apamarg, he says, and admits the mistake: there was probably a confusion in his speaking, and he accepts the fault that in a great many videos he said chirayata. Chirayata is chiefly used as well, but with a difference — using the wood of chirayata only brings a reduction in the effect of the things; they do not go away, their effect is lessened. He and his people use both things.
If garlic and onion are forbidden, may hing and ginger be used?
Why are you becoming so greedy on the tongue, he asks the questioner. If it is forbidden then give it up — hing too is quite sharp and pungent. Eat pungent food and there will be a gas problem; sit in sadhana and there will be stomach pain, waist pain, headache. Then you will say the sadhana is giving an ill effect, and you will not tell all these things. As for ginger: if there is some problem you may eat it; if there is no problem then leave it, give it up, eat plain food.
Is it necessary to give up onion and garlic?
If you ask him, the speaker says, giving them up is absolutely necessary, especially for sadhaks. To those who ask whether brahmacharya must be observed, he answers that onion and garlic raise the quantity of heat in the body so greatly — especially within men — that at a certain point you will not be able to do sadhana at all. If there is some physical trouble, some deficiency in the body, and the vaidya or doctor has told you to take onion and garlic, then you may take them exactly as medicine. If there is no need, then do not take them; if you are physically well, there is no need.
What materials and quantities does the dhaniya and mishri prayoga use?
You need dhaniya seed, ground to powder in a mixer-grinder — at least 250 grams of dhaniya. Then tal mishri: ask at the ration shop for tal mishri and you will get it. If you have taken 250 grams of dhaniya, take 100 grams of tal mishri; if you take half a kilo of dhaniya it will comfortably last a whole month, and in that case take 200 to 250 grams of tal mishri. This too is to be ground together in the grinder. Grind both thoroughly and keep them in a bowl — a brass bowl is excellent. Take care that a copper bowl or copper vessel is not used in this.
How is the dhaniya and mishri mixture charged and taken?
Place the mixture at your pujan sthan, sit there, and recite the twelve-name stotra of Bhagavati Saraswati — the one that begins "प्रथम भारती नाम द्वितीय वाक्य" — 108 times, or at the least 12 times. Having done the 12 paths, cover the vessel and let it stay in the pujan sthan. Every day 12 paths are to be done, keeping the mixture in a second small vessel. When the pujan and the rest is complete, you may eat the churna directly — a little, one spoon — or dissolve it in water and drink it; it is to be done on an empty stomach.
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