Ekakshari
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A Vidya's single-syllable core seed mantra — mastered through repeated Purashcharana (400,000 in Kali Yuga, often raised to 1.6 million in practice) before it can be encased with, and unbind, that Vidya's fuller mantra.
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Can an Ekakshari Guru Mantra be used for material desire fulfillment?
An Ekakshari Guru Mantra can be used to awaken (Jagriti) other mantras as a nourishing application, but it should not be employed directly for worldly or material desire fulfillment (Kamya Prayoga).
What is Ekakshari mantra Purashcharana, and how does it relate to unbinding a fuller Vidya mantra?
Completing four Purashcharanas (1.6 million chants in Kali Yuga practice) of any Vidya's single-syllable Ekakshari seed mantra awakens it enough that the Guru can then use it, encased (Samput) with the fuller mantra, to unbind that mantra directly.
Does it matter if an ekakshari mantra's exact form varies slightly?
The version of the Bhavani mantra circulating with the most authenticity can be traced to tantra granthas. But in an ekakshari mantra, even a slight change of anusvara, or of a long versus short vowel, changes the rishi, chhand and the rest attached to it — the version settled on has to be exact, not whichever variant simply "feels right."
Holika-night dahi vada offering that restores a siddha mantra
The speaker's vidhan for the evening of Holika Dahan: prepare at least nine urad dal dahi vadas, set them one each on nine leaf-plates (sal leaf best; banana leaf, market dona-pattal or small clay pots will do), top each with dahi and a little Gud, and do it after the daily Guru–Ganesha smaran, ideally without garlic or onion that day. For a Sabar Mantra, lift each plate and speak the mantra over it at least nine times (three or five if it is very long); for an Ekakshari or deity/mahashakti mantra, hold each plate in the left hand and do one Mala with the right, nine malas in all. Cover everything with a large sal or banana leaf, carry it to the Holika Dahan site, tell Narayan that you offer this siddha mantra as Havya into the holy fire and ask him to make it fully effective, offer it all and come home. He says the timing should be worked back from the Holika Dahan hour according to how long the mantra is.
What is the Ekakshari (Single-Syllable) Mantra Sadhana of Lord Dattatreya?
A minimum of 400,000 (4 Lakh) repetitions — a fourfold Purascharana in Kali Yuga — to attain mantra Siddhi, further empowered by 100,000 (or a minimum 11,000) repetitions at a sacred pilgrimage site, combined with reciting the Sri Dattatreya Vajra Panjara Stotra alongside the Japa.
What does the Sri Dattatreya Vajra Panjara Stotra protect, and how is it recited using the Samputa method?
It armors all three bodies — the Causal, Subtle, and Gross bodies — and is recited by encasing (Samputita) each verse with the awakened Ekakshari Beeja Mantra, chanted twice before and twice after each verse.
Dev Diksha Vidhan and Ekakshari japa for a sadhak without a guru, and the doubts around it
The speaker says a sadhak with no guru should first do the Dev Diksha Vidhan; the whole method is on the channel, found by searching YouTube for "Dev Diksha Vidhan Grihastha Tantra". Watch those, perform the vidhan, and do the Ekakshari japa. He notes the doubts people raise, whether one has the right to do Ekakshari japa, and the fear that whoever does it will become detached, a messenger of Dattatreya, a sanyasi, and says these have been answered properly several times in separate lives and videos. His instruction is to listen to those, remove every doubt, strengthen your surrender, and make Datta your first sadhana.
What counts are possible across a three-night stay?
A Sava Lakh at minimum. For a practised Ekakshari reciter managing 500 malas a day — about 50,000 japa — three days yields a lakh and a half, and it can be pushed to three lakh.
A Sava Lakh of Datta japa in three days, and four lakh if the stay allows
Someone worshipping Bhagavan Datta at the Kumbh should complete at least a Sava Lakh in three days, and stay long enough for four lakh of the Ekakshari if they can. What was to be done at home is being done at that place instead.
Who should do the Dattatreya ekakshari mantra vidhan?
The speaker says every sadhak should do the vidhan of the Ekakshari mantra of Bhagavan Dattatreya, and especially those who have not obtained a Guru and have not received a mantra from the mouth of a physical guru. Such people, he says, step onto the sadhana path and go straight to the sadhana of Bhairav, Kali, Durga and the Mahashaktis; instead their first sadhana should be Dattatreya, the samyak form of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, accepted as guru, and this ekakshari vidhan should certainly be done before walking the path.
Why does worshipping Dattatreya count as worshipping all gurus?
The speaker says Bhagavan Dattatreya is worshipped in some form, in the guru form, in every panth and sampradaya of Sanatan culture, so serving and worshipping him worships all gurus. The shloka "गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः, गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः" is, he says, seen directly in his form, since Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh are visible in him and he is saakshat Parabrahma, a Mahamuni. He therefore tells the listener to accept him as guru with faith and shraddha.
Special case: a guru obtained but not taking the sadhak forward
The speaker says that even if a Guru has been obtained but for some reason is unable to take the sadhak forward on the sadhana path, or the sadhak is not satisfied, that person too should do this Ekakshari mantra vidhan of Bhagavan Datta. Otherwise, for one who has no guru at all and wants to walk the path, the Dev Deeksha vidhan comes first.
Nature of the Dattatreya ekakshari beej mantra
The speaker says this mantra is the Bija Mantra mantra of the complete form of Bhagavan Dattatreya — just as Kali, Durga and every principal Mahashakti has a beej mantra, so does the param guru swaroop Bhagavan Datta. A beej, he explains, is like a seed from which a tree grows and bears many fruits: this is Datta's smallest form, yet all his shaktis are contained in it. The beej itself is not spoken in the video; he says the full japa vidhi is in a PDF linked in the description.
Start day, dress, asana and direction for the Datta ekakshari japa
The speaker says to begin the sadhana from the Poornima tithi of any month. Keep yellow cloth and a yellow asana, or an asana of Kusha. Face north, east or west, or face the direction in which Girnar parvat in Gujarat lies from your home. Since Datta is Parabrahma and present everywhere any direction works, but grihasthas should not face south at home in sadhana, shanti or Paushtik Karma; apart from that, east, west and north are allowed.
Japa method of the Datta ekakshari: viniyoga, nyasa, the bare beej
The speaker says the full japa vidhi is a PDF in the video description, to be downloaded and printed. Each sitting begins with Viniyoga and Nyasa, then the Japa of the Ekakshari mantra. Neither Pranav nor namah is to be attached: only the Bija Mantra as it is, and its japa is to be done in the greatest possible quantity.
108 malas a day from Purnima to Purnima, and when to sit
The speaker prescribes 108 malas of the Ekakshari every day from one Poornima to the next. The time may be early morning at dawn, evening, or night, but japa at nine or ten o'clock gives less effect, so try for dawn. The 108 may also be split into two sittings, 54 in the morning and 54 in the evening. Done this way, he says, by Datta's grace nothing will be lacking in material or spiritual life, and his guidance and help will keep coming, directly or indirectly, at the right time.
The Datta ekakshari as a guru mantra: never spoken aloud, never told
The speaker says that because this mantra is being held in the Guru form, its Japa is never done by pronouncing it aloud. The lips may move and it may be said very softly, but no one should be able to hear it. It is a guru mantra, so it is to be told to no one and never spoken — in the japa, and in the havan ahutis where only swaha is voiced.
Bhojpatra yantra and kavach prayoga with the Datta ekakshari
The speaker adds an optional prayoga he calls excellent: on two Bhojpatra draw the Yantra shown in his diksha video — two triangles opposite each other with the Datta Ekakshari beej written in the centre — and do its usual Prana Pratishtha if you know the full vidhi. Keep both by Bhagavan Datta on the first day; after that day's japa, seal one into a copper or silver Kavach on a yellow thread and wear it while the japa continues. On the 30th day, the next Purnima, after japa, havan and samarpan, put the yantra left by Bhagavan into a fresh kavach and wear it, and give the first kavach Visarjan in a river. Both the kavach and the mantra, he says, are then siddha.
What happens if one does Datta's Ekakshari japa at Manikarnika on this night?
Taking the example of someone who has done japa of Bhagavan Datta's Ekakshari in crores, the speaker says that if on the night of Sharad Purnima he stays around Manikarnika, or does his japa near the Datta paduka temples there, then in all likelihood many yoga shaktis and many yoginis will come, because it is a divine kshetra. For the puja of Bhagavan Datta every kind of shakti arrives — the masanik shaktis of that place, ugra shaktis, deva shaktis alike.
What is the stated effect of crores of Ekakshari beej japa?
It is held to be the effect of japa of the Ekakshari beej, the speaker says, that if the japa reaches crores then darshan of the akashchari siddhas becomes readily available. Whether we attain that eligibility or not, he adds, is a separate matter, depending on how much our prarabdha has been worn down and how much of our bad prarabdha we have destroyed.
Is recognising such a shakti a separate matter from seeing one?
Through the effect of the Ekakshari mantra, of the Vajra Kavach and so on, the speaker says, recognising or not recognising is a separate matter — because it is also true that even if they come before us, how will we recognise them? They will do their work and their duty and depart, and we will not come to know.
Which Dattatreya mantras should be taken up, and what may not be done with them?
The Ekakshari for those who have performed the Deva Diksha procedure, with either the Vajra Kavach or the Datta Mala Mantra alongside; the twelve names for those who cannot manage a Kavach. No mantra may be used for a prayoga during the sadhana.
How much japa constitutes a serious Ekakshari sadhana in this period?
Four lakh in forty days as an absolute minimum — 100 malas a day, about an hour. An experienced practitioner should manage eight lakh at two hours daily; sixteen lakh is called excellent, four lakh alone being one ordinary Mahapurashcharana.
Who may take up the Beejakshar sadhana published on the channel?
The Beejakshar sadhana of Bhagavati that has been published on the channel can be done by every person who has at the very least performed the Dev Deeksha vidhan. For those who have no guru, the speaker says he has repeated the point in those videos too: those who have no guru, who have taken no deeksha of any kind, and who have performed the Dev Deeksha vidhan and completed four lakh japa of the Ekakshari of Bhagavan Dattatreya.
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.
Which kavach comes before taking the Ekakshari?
The Kubjika Kavach or the Kamakhya Kavach: perform the anushthan of some one of these two up to at least eleven hundred, and after that bring the Ekakshari beej down into your life. When you obtain a guru, take its deeksha from them again; and if a guru is not obtained, no difficulty of any kind is going to come to you in this either — you will only increase further and further, on the sadhanatmak path as well as in material life.
Where can the Ekakshari be carried once taken?
Everywhere. Go to do the trikon and let the japa of the Ekakshari beej run in the mind without a mala. Go to Prayag ji and let the japa run; at the time of darshan; go into the Kashi kshetra and let the japa run; go into the Kamakhya kshetra to take the trikon darshan of the Dasha Mahavidyas, and everywhere the japa will keep running.
Who should begin the Ekakshari purashcharan?
Those who understand of themselves that yes, we can do it, we are fit, we are authorised — let them begin its purashcharan. According to the rule, four lakh japa; and the vidhan of prayoga and the rest after the four lakh has all been given on the channel, including the subject of doing prayoga and the upasanhara.
Foundation before a Vajra Panjar Kavach samput prayog: Datta diksha, an awakened Ekakshari mantra and an awakened kavach
The speaker says the samput is never applied straight away. In the Kanpur case the sadhak first completed Bhagavan Dattatreya's diksha vidhan, then a four-lakh purashcharan of the Datta Ekakshari mantra in a Shiva temple, and then a one-mandal anushthan of the Vajra Panjar Kavach — 4100 paths over 41 days, 108 a day split between morning and evening, done in the temple from four in the morning. As the general rule he says: before the prayog, awaken the Ekakshari mantra and do at least 1100 paths of the kavach — 11 days if 41 are not possible — with Datta puja, a havan and feeding brahmans or a sadhu, so that the kavach is awakened.
Vajra Panjar Kavach samput prayog with the Ekakshari beej to destroy abhichar and kritya on a family
The speaker describes the prayog done in the Kanpur case in a Shiva temple: a sankalp that through this samput path of the Vajra Panjar Kavach every abhicharik act and kritya prayog done on the sadhak and his family be destroyed and they be protected. The purva pithika, viniyog, nyas, dhyan and mantra are read once, panchopachar or manasopachar puja is done, and from where the kavach itself begins each shloka is wrapped with Pranav followed by the Ekakshari beej — "Om Draam" before the verse and "Draam" after it, which he demonstrates on the first three verses. At least 27 such paths are done, up to where the kavach speaks of protection, leaving out the phalashruti. He says the prayog ran eleven days, relief came at once, and the child's chronic stomach pain eased from the first day and was normal by the third or fourth; a Dattatreya mala mantra prayog followed, which he keeps for another video.
Only a kavach already accomplished is spent on a prayoga; a mantra is capital, and the Durga ekakshari, Durga pranava and 64 Yogini were urged this time.
The first thing, he says, is whichever kavach the listener has performed an anushthan of up to now. For the remaining mantras he will not raise the subject of prayoga, because a mantra is our capital. He notes that this time he had strongly urged the Durga ekakshari mantra and the Durga pranava, and the 64 Yogini.
Particular care is kept that no subject goes out to a listener who is unauthorised for it — the Ekakshari experiences sent during Navratri having been over-motivating.
He says listeners sent such experiences of the Ekakshari during Navratri that he became over-motivated. He adds that Jagadamba is making him a medium for placing these things before them, and that he keeps particular care that no subject should go out with a listener for which that listener is unauthorised and which he would then have to perform.
Those who have done the 64 Yogini and the Durga Ekakshari especially should not skip it — a prayoga of one night, and this year falling on a Monday.
Those especially who have done the 64 Yogini and the Durga Ekakshari and all these, he says, should certainly do it — it is a prayoga of one night only. Because the tattva you need, life needs, everyone needs: wealth is needed by everyone, there is no one who does not need it. And wealth is not only this: buddhi too is wealth, intelligence too is our wealth, pragya is wealth. Take a sankalpa of that thing and do the paath or havan on that night, because it is a special night; and it is on a Monday.
How many times is the Dattatreya ekakshari uttered between two mala mantras?
The speaker says that in the ekakshari the matter of samput is simply one time before and one time after — every time, in every mala mantra, once before and once after, that is all.
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 should be done first in Dattatreya upasana?
Do the Akshi and the mala mantra of Dattatreya first, as much as possible.
Is Bhagavati Tara present in Kamakhya's upasana too?
Yes. If you go to perform upasana connected with Bhagavati Kamakhya, then from the Ekakshari onward as you begin to advance, if you are going in krama — although Bhagavati Kamakhya does not come within the Krama Vidya, being a svatantra vidya — Bhagavati Tara is somewhere fully included in those too. The form of Kamakhya is held to include three mahashaktis; even so, by various granths Tara is chiefly contained within her.
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.
A month or forty-one days of the Ekakshari at 108 mala a day, then eleven days of the Mala Mantra — about two months of preliminary work.
For at least a month, or forty-one days as far as possible, 108 mala a day of the Ekakshari mantra. When that is done, at least eleven days of the Mala Mantra, 108 a day. About two months of preliminary sadhana have gone in this, with the food rules kept throughout.
At what count does a mantra awaken, and what is the daily minimum after?
At four lakh. 108 mala a day for forty-one days comes to roughly four lakh eleven thousand, and the awakening of the mantra happens at four lakh. After that, at least 27 mala a day, or a minimum of 11 — five minutes at most, once the practice is there.
Why should a new practitioner keep the daily count high?
Because a new practitioner needs Punya-bal and Tapo-bal. The count could be reduced, but for now eight recitations are kept daily. And during the Ganapati sadhana the Datta japa continues in parallel — 11 mala of the Ekakshari and five recitations of the Mala Mantra at the start of each sitting.
Is a Havan required at the end of each sadhana, and may a woman offer the Ahuti?
Yes, a Havan must be prescribed on the last day of every sadhana — at minimum 11 mala of Ahuti with the Ekakshari. Men use ghee mixed with Guggul; women keep the Guggul higher and the ghee lower. Since this is a Tantrokta procedure, a woman who already has children may offer the Ahuti.
Does the daily sitting keep growing as sadhanas accumulate?
No — once each is accomplished, every count is reduced. One mala of the Datta Ekakshari, the Mala Mantra five times or once, Sankat Nashan once, the Batuk Ashtottar Satnam once, the Hanuman Kavach once, and the nine grahas gathered into a single Navagraha Stotra. Five minutes in all.
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.
What japa should be begun after the dev diksha on that day?
If it is possible for you on that day, the speaker says, then once you have done the dev diksha vidhan, begin the japa of the ekakshari mantra from that day and carry it for forty-one days, or take it up to the Purnima of Magh; complete it up to the Purnima of Paush. At the least, complete it up to the Amavasya of Magh, or up to Makar Sankranti — that will be very excellent. And keep no doubt in it.
Can dev diksha be done on a photo if there is no vigraha of Dattatreya?
Asked by a listener who cannot keep a vigraha of Bhagavan Dattatreya because his temple is small, the speaker says it does not matter: for the dev diksha vidhan you can do five lakh japa of the ekakshari mantra and 5100 of the Datta mala mantra upon a photo. You can absolutely do it.
What is the Datta mudrika?
The speaker says that for the last two years there has been the mudra, the mudrika of Bhagavan Dattatreya — that is, a small coin called the Datta mudrika, upon which the ekakshari beej of Bhagavan is written, and upon which the whole mantra is offered when we do it. What is had done by you, he says, he has done himself; the only difference is that his is quite old and yours will be a year or so new.
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.
Hostile house shaktis block the road to siddhi in a home sadhana
The speaker says the more sadhana a person does in such a house, the more these shaktis will block the road to siddhi — before the sadhak can complete the japa through which siddhi is to be attained, and especially when it is being done at home. The reason is that one is doing a high-order sadhana; in this case the sadhak was doing japa of Bhagwan Datta's ekakshari and mala mantra, and its full effect would not come when the japa was completed.
The three-month Dattatreya anushthan: four lakh ekakshari, 11,000 Vajra Panjar Kavach, 11,000 mala mantra
The speaker says that when the sadhak moved to the other place he was given four lakh japa of Bhagwan Datta's ekakshari, separately at least 11,000 of Datta's Vajra Panjar Kavach — "not one less", the speaker told him — and then 11,000 of the Datta mala mantra. He completed all of it very well within three months; the havan vidhi had been explained to him.
Do these mantras have side effects, and does an ekakshari need the pranava?
Ankit Tiwari ji speaks of some side effect: there is no side effect at all from these mantras, the speaker answers. They are the naam mantras of Bhagavati; in Jayanti Mangala there is the capacity of eleven devis. And there is no need to attach the pranava to an ekakshari, he tells Manasi — keep the ekakshari beej mantra independent.
What do these four days do to a mantra that never bore fruit?
For those doing japa of the Ekakshari, these four days are for making it firm and accomplished. Where a mantra never awakens, never becomes accomplished and gives no experience however much Purashcharan is done — many kinds of dosha are held to attach to a mantra, as when people add the Pranav themselves — these four days, with Bhagavati's worship, release them.
What secrets attach to the many forms of Bhagavati Pitambara?
Because Pitambara has many forms, the speaker says there is what is called a kramagat mantra, and a difference in her ekakshari as well, all interlinked. A high-calibre guru will tell which kind of ekakshari is used as samput with the shodashabhuja or ashtadashabhuja form, what her thirty-six letters are, and with which form's dhyana the sahasrakshari Brahmastra Vidya mala mantra should be recited.
What should stay fixed every Navratri?
In every Navratri one thing of yours should be fixed — that whatever else we do, we will certainly do at least a lakh and a quarter of the Ekakshari Beej japa; or at least eleven hundred recitations of the thirty-two Namavali, or thirty-two hundred; or certainly the Kamakhya Kavach; or ten thousand japa of the Jayanti Mangala. Never leave that one thing.
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.
The many options exist for your convenience, not because one bears fruit and another does not
Because whatever seems manageable to you, you should be able to do. It is not that doing the thirty-two Namavali brings you fruit and doing a Kavach does not, or that your work will not be accomplished — Jagadamba's form is the same everywhere and the same at the root; it will be completed from there too.
How many lakh japa perfects the mantra of Ma Kali?
Asked how many lakh japa of Kali Mata's mantra perfect it, he answers by name: it is according to the mantra of which you have received diksha in the guru's nearness, having become initiated. Look, from the Ekakshari vidhi onward there are mantras up to the twenty-two-akshari and the Sahasrakshari. So, let us take it that the mantra of Dakshina Kalika is of twenty-two aksharas.
One with no guru should do four lakh japa of the ekakshari of Datta's dev diksha vidhan over a year
Assuming you have no guru, he says, then take the dev diksha vidhan of Bhagavan Dattatreya: if you did even one lakh japa of the Ekakshari, four lakh japa, then a great deal will come about. Do a minimum of four lakh japa of the ekakshari. It will take time — take a year — but after a year there will be a difference of earth and sky between your condition today and your condition then.
How should the Sankat Nashan stotra be samput with Ganpati's beejakshar?
If you want to recite the Sankat Nashan making it samput with Bhagavan Ganpati's beejakshar, then first of all do at least four lakh japa of the ekakshari beej which is the Ganpati pranava, and only then make the samput — it will be very good, the speaker says.
Can a single-syllabled mantra reveal everything?
Even if you are doing the japa of an ekakshari, the speaker says, then as you go on increasing it, as your tapo bala goes on increasing, and as long as you go on doing good deeds, stay in discipline and insult nobody, the deities will keep testing you and keep giving to you. The disclosure of the secret will happen even from a mantra of a single syllable — but if you remain persistent, you will have to keep patience.
The devata of the one syllable himself opens the way from one to three and from three to five
So you can obtain all the secrets even from a mantra of one syllable, the speaker says. How to take you from one to three, and how from three to five, is your deity's own affair; the devata of that one syllable will himself find the way, and from that very thing you will come to know the secrets.
What can an ekakshari mantra do if it is taken properly?
He gives the example of an ekakshari mantra — Bhagavati Kali's Chintamani, the Kali pranava, the Devi pranava, or any deity's ekakshari pranava mantra such as Bhagavati Pitambara Baglamukhi's. If only that is taken in a proper kramagat Shakta diksha, and after it four lakh is done — one lakh gives one prasaran, but four lakh is held to be the mool prasaran, at minimum a fourfold — and it is done traditionally, then by the effect of that one ekakshari mantra a great many works and prayogas can be performed, and the prayoga of several mantras can be accomplished from it.
What else must accompany a kramagat ekakshari diksha?
He says a great many subjects attach themselves besides this: if a kramagat diksha of an ekakshari has taken place, then what else has to be done alongside and how, the Mahamrityunjay, how the Bhairav is to be carried along, and which beejakshari your diksha was in — whether it was in rakar or in lakar. All of this, he says, only your guru will clarify.
Having already read of Baglamukhi's rakar, lakar and trayakshari, the bhav is divided before the guru speaks
He says: guru ji will tell you to do japa of the ekakshari. But you have already read and heard and known that in Baglamukhi Maai it is not in rakar; that if the la and ra one is taken the mantra becomes trayakshari, and that even if it is done in the ekakshari it becomes fierce. And guru ji did not give that one. So you are indeed doing japa of the ekakshari, but your bhav is not in that mantra at all — your bhav has gone somewhere else. This, he says, is what happens from obtaining these things without authorisation.
How should one obtain the ekakshari diksha of Mahakali?
A listener asks about samput of the Tantra Devi Suktam with Jayanti Mangala Kali, and how to obtain the ekakshari diksha of Bhagavati Mahakali, and how much. He says the samput of the Devi Suktam with Jayanti Mangala is fine. But if you wish to do the samput in order that you may obtain the diksha, then do not fix a number for it — that will happen when it is to happen. First do as much japa as possible of both independently, and only then do the samput.
Does japa of Datta's ekakshari beej force the avadhoot state?
All three kinds of shakti are absorbed in him, the speaker says, and whatever you need — with whichever kamana you do japa of his mantra — that is what you will attain. There is not the slightest need to be afraid anywhere, that doing japa of Datta's Ekakshari beej will bring the avadhoot state. It is not so. What matters is the sankalpa with which you are doing the japa, and you are not doing it for the avadhoot state at all.
If Datta is taken as guru, will the guru lead one to the avadhoot state?
If you have taken him in the form of guru — then what is a guru? The guru is not taking you into the avadhoot state, the speaker says. The guru will bring about whatever events have to be absorbed into your life, whatever has to be made to happen. So do Bhagavan Datta's ekakshari sadhana free of anxiety, he says, if you have no guru.
Can the ekakshari or the mala mantra be done as a one-day vidhan?
Titu ji asks whether one may do japa of Bhagavan Dattatreya's single-syllable beej mantra, or japa of the Datta mala mantra, and make a one-day vidhan of it, and whether Kar-mala japa may be done. You certainly can, the speaker says, and you can do a one-day one too. But after doing the one-day vidhan, from the next day do at least one mala of japa each — do one mala of japa of the single syllable, and certainly recite the mala mantra at least five times.
Is Shraap Vimochan needed before the Chandi Kavach, and what follows an Anushthan?
Not that necessary before the Chandi Kavach — though it is good if you do it. And after an Anushthan of Durga's Beej mantra, at minimum nine mala of japa should certainly be done every day; the nine mala will strengthen it and your desires will be fulfilled.
Dehleez raksha vidhan: Saptashloki siddhi, Kaal Bhairav ekakshari japa, samput path over a copper lota, and the water poured on the threshold
The vidhan the speaker gave has three parts. First, siddh the Saptashloki with 7000 Japa; the sadhak did this over six months, from Sharadiya Navratri to a little before Chaitra Navratri, though it was complete in three. Second, at chaitra-navratri take the Ekakshari bija of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairava, the single bija only, and do 1.25 lakh japa, extended to 4 lakh so that the bija became prachand; the sadhak already wore the Yajnopavita from his wedding and did proper sandhya with the Gayatri updesh of a good acharya. Third, from baglamukhi-jayanti, do the Samput path of the Saptashloki with that ekakshari bija, by the samput method on the channel, holding a copper lota of water with Gud, a few red or rose petals and a little rose ittar, praying that the house be fully bound, the dehri sealed, Bhairav ji's guard set on it, and any outside shakti that crosses it to do harm be destroyed and punished by him. A traditional Sabar Mantra with tantric pranav and bija, which he shared privately and does not give here, then sets the charged water in motion; it is poured on both sides of the dehleez, alongside the regular dehri pujan and the atta-deepak.
Which ekakshari bija can be used for dehri and body protection?
The speaker says he does not insist on the Samput being made with Bhairav ji's Ekakshari; one may use any bijakshara, even of a saumya devata, though which deity's mantra to use is not a common matter. One may use the ekakshari of Hanuman ji, of Bhagavan Batuk Bhairava, of Narasimha ji, of Bhagavati Kali or of Durga ji; whichever it is, at the least receive that mantra by Dev Deeksha vidhi at some divine time, do 4 lakh japa of it and 7000 japa of the Saptashloki, and then use it for life. It serves not only for protecting the dehri but also for the protection and Bandhan of someone's body, and with shraddha, he says, it can be used lifelong for the protection of home, family or a person's body, sitting anywhere. He adds that a fuller vidhan of it will be shared on the channel in future.
What should be completed before using the Saptashloki Durga in a prayoga?
First accomplish the Saptashloki itself. Seven thousand paaths were done — the total across the seven mantras of the Saptashloki comes to seven thousand. Do that seven thousand first; only afterwards do the ekakshari, a thousand or eleven hundred or twelve hundred of it, and only then go on to the prayoga. The effect will then be of that same order.
Knowledge needed before japping a Pitambara mantra without diksha
The speaker says Diksha brings daksata, and that daksata comes in the things that are kriyatmak. So anyone who japs any mantra of Bhagavati Pitambara without diksha must first of all have its pronunciation correct. He adds that even a single Ekakshari mantra of Pitambara raises a separate question: whether it is to be japped in the makar form or the gakar form, how far that is proper for the person, and in which krama one intends to travel. These things, he says, one must know.
Japa counts for the preliminary Dattatreya sadhana
The speaker says Bhagwan Dattatreya has an Ekakshari mantra; it is a beejakshar, but since there is no Pranav in it, it is at least suitable, and one may use it for smaran or jap his name. Of this one should first do at least a Savalakh; if that much cannot be done, 27000 must certainly be done, a thousand for each Nakshatra. If one does the Dattatreya Mala Mantra instead, an anushthan of at least 1100 should be done.
How many mantras are done in a Shri Vidya mantra anushthan in Navratri?
If you have taken the deeksha of Shri Vidya, Sunil ji, then do it accordingly, the speaker says. If you take it from the Krama Vidya, that is best of all; and within the Krama Vidya too, do it in one single krama, do one single Ekakshari, do the Chaturakshari — but the anushthan should be done holding to one alone. Now, if you have taken the Chaturakshari, then until four lakh are completed you should do the anushthan of that same mantra again and again.
The principal part of the Tantrokta procedure is the worship of your own Guru mantra, which is never uttered aloud
The worship of your own mantra. Whatever mantra you received at Deeksha from your Guru, or the Ekakshari you accepted lifelong at the Dev Deeksha Vidhan as your Guru mantra — that mantra is worshipped there. This is the principal worship. And a Guru mantra, once received, is never pronounced aloud, not even before the Guru himself.
Should a Samput be pronounced aloud while reciting a Stotra?
Even in that condition you must never pronounce the Samput aloud. You are not showing it to the world. Recite the base Stotra; and where the Ekakshari Samput is to be placed, pronounce it silently, in the mind alone.
How is a Guru mantra written for its worship?
The prescription is a silver plate, on which the whole mantra is written with the ring finger in Ashtagandha ink. Where silver is unavailable, write on Phula metal or on brass — brass is best. Never on copper, never on steel.
How is the sixteen-fold worship of a mantra performed?
Pronounce the mantra silently, then say Guru Mantraya namah — or Guru Pradatta Mantraya namah for one who received it from a Guru — and Avahayami, Avahanarthe pushpam samarpayami, placing a flower in the plate. Then a flower for the Asana, then Padya, Achman, Snana, and the whole sequence again, for the mantra.
What makes a mantra that gives no effect finally work?
The prescriptions for a mantra that gives no effect: stand navel-deep in the Ganga and do at least one mala — one mala if it is a long Mala Mantra, a hundred mala if it is an Ekakshari, Panchakshari or Ashtakshari. Or stand in a flowing river and do japa from the beginning of an eclipse to its end.
What's the difference between an ekakshari (single-syllable) mantra and a mala mantra, and how does a practitioner progress between them?
A newly initiated practitioner typically begins by mastering a single-syllable bija (ekakshari) mantra, with the guru introducing progressively longer, elaborate mala mantras — garlanded strings of names, attributes, or bijas — as the practitioner's proficiency and capacity grow.
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