Gau
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The cow, revered as sacred and a form of divine motherhood in Hindu tradition.
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Month-long nag kesar vidhan of the Daridra Dahan Shiv Stotra anushthan
The speaker's daily vidhan: finish the household's regular puja, take a sankalp to Sadashiv that the daridrata in one's home end and dhan-dhanya grow — adding rog and dukh too, since disease is itself a kind of poverty — then sit on one's asan holding one fistful of nag kesar and recite the Daridra Dahan Stotra at least 8 times, best 16, and tie the nag kesar in a yellow cloth or pouch. Then take a lota of water with a little mishri (milk too if possible), two ghee lamps, flowers and bilva patra, touch the lota to the chaukhat of the house one lives in — even a rented one — and go to a Shiva temple: light both lamps, do abhishek and shringar, pour water over Ganpati, Gauri, Nandi and Skanda (durva for Ganpati, bilva patra and flowers for the rest, a shami leaf on the shivling if found), open the potli, restate the wish and offer all the nag kesar on the shivling. Pick up two or three grains, carry them home and keep them where money is stored; the same cloth is reused every day. This is continued daily from a Shivratri to the next month's masik Shivratri — a full month (Phalgun Mahashivratri to the Chaitra masik Shivratri, for example) — and on the closing day gau vansh are fed according to capacity, even ₹100 worth, best of all stray cattle.
Consecrated butter of the Vansh Vriddhi Durga Kavach for conception
The speaker says that after the woman's ritu-snana, butter made from the milk of a pure desi cow — just one spoonful — is placed before Bhagwati and consecrated with this kavach. If she then eats it, he says, the texts describe that conception certainly follows.
Dream of a dhuni given to a sick cow, followed by its recovery
The speaker says that while the Kavach sadhana continued, the sadhak dreamed of the same child giving a dhuna near the nostrils of his Gau, which was sick with thanaila and not responding to medicine. The next day the cow was about eighty percent better, the medicine still running. After these two or three dream events the sadhak understood that the shakti was not a negative energy but a positive one.
Dooj or amavasya milk offering to Shiva against abhichar: the procedure
The speaker gives a small but very strong remedy for a house or person under heavy Abhichara, done on Amavasya or on Dooj of either paksha, whatever the weekday, in Pradosha within half an hour after sunset. Take milk of a single-colour desi cow, one and a quarter litres if it is for many people or one paav if for oneself alone, fill it into a clay Kulhad, place it at your pujan sthan and pray to Mahadeva to protect the house and to remove and bind any negative shakti or abhichar that has entered. Then, at once and barefoot, go to a nearby temple, pour the milk over the Shivling, leave the kulhad there upside down, do pranam and return. Nothing else: nothing mixed into the milk, no dhoop or deep, only the milk. He says this is a starting point for people who do no puja beyond an ordinary dhoop-deep; a second, stronger remedy that needs pujan and some spending on materials he withholds for a separate video.
Healthy pets dying suddenly and cows falling ill and going dry
The speaker says that if a pet in the house, a perfectly healthy animal or bird, suddenly dies, understand that an abhichara process is under way. Likewise, if you keep cows and they keep having trouble and stop giving milk, understand that some abhichara prayoga or other is running on you.
Ancestral impurity caused by an enemy binding the threshold (chaukhat)
The speaker names the first cause: someone who wants, out of jealousy, to bring impure and petty forces into a house must first bind the Chaukhat — nail (keelit) or defile the entrance — and once the door is defiled the Pitrs become impure 99% of the time. Defiling, he says, means having forbidden substances of the sacred cow (Gau mata) — its flesh or a part of its dead body — thrown on or touched to the threshold by shmashan vidya, mantra or tantra, often with the help of Bhagatvaals. The pitrs then can no longer support any auspicious work; the family keeps doing its puja but sudden upheaval breaks out. Enemies do this, he says, when a family is rising or a wedding is coming.
Materials and muhurat for the prana pratishtha of a mala
The speaker lists what is needed: the Mala itself, Dhoop, a lota of water, Gangajal, two kinds of Chandan, ashtagandh, Roli, Haldi, a Deepak, nine Peepal leaves and Panchagavya (cow milk, curd, ghee, dung and urine; there is a special ratio, but ordinarily they may simply be mixed). Also two Laung and one elaichi, used after the pratishtha. A shubh Muhurta is checked, or at least the day's auspicious Choghadiya; a morning pratishtha is very good, so a morning choghadiya is chosen.
Three-stage snan of the mala before prana pratishtha
The speaker says the Mala is placed in a bowl and first washed in pure water; if one can, the vowels and consonants are recited during this, each with the anusvara, beginning with Om (Om am aam im eem um oom and so on through all the vowels and consonants). Then it is bathed in Panchagavya with the Vamadeva mantra, then again in pure water with the Sadyojata mantra, then washed in a mixture of Chandan water with the Gandhadwaram mantra, and finally rinsed well in pure water. After the bath the mala is laid on the peepal leaves in the way it is worn.
Feeding the cow and dogs during the Datta sadhana
The speaker says that as long as the japa and the sadhana period run — and in fact always in life — a cow must be fed bhog every day, because Bhagavan Datta always walks with the cow, Gau Mata Kamadhenu, and is present with her, so her seva is done. Four dogs stay with Datta, so dogs too must be fed during this time. With these acts alongside the japa, he says, Datta's boundless grace is certainly obtained.
From which animal may a shringi for abhishek be made?
Whether it be nilgai, gauvansh, or Nandi ji — meaning those that are called bulls — of those whose death has occurred of itself, having attained the full span of life: at the time of their death, before they are given a place in the ground, the horn should be obtained by proper vidhi-vidhan, and only then should a shringi be made from it for abhishek. The kind made anyhow, he says, does not do.
What should be done at a gaushala or for cows in these five days?
If there is a gaushala nearby or at home, light lamps there, make the sound of guggul and perform gau pujan. If there is no gaushala or cow nearby, then at the very least whatever gau mata you find nearby should be fed, according to your capacity, absolutely fresh naivedya made in your house during these five days; and at the main door, if possible, dhwani should be done on a cow-dung upla — in the morning and in the evening.
What lamp is best when nothing at all is known about the trouble?
The speaker says the best is for the case where we have never done anything, the state of abhichar is present, and we do not even know whether there are devi-devatas in the house, or bhoot-pret, or abhichar, or pitrs — who or what it is. In that state, dry cow dung beforehand, make a lamp out of it and let it dry, put mustard oil in it and five wicks, and light it on both sides of your main door.
Where cow dung cannot be had, soil of Bharat mixed with gomutra and Gangajal makes the lamp — kaccha, never pakka, and two of them lit.
If cow dung cannot be obtained because you are in such a place, or abroad, then make an arrangement for gomutra. And obtain some soil, online if need be, that is of the land of Bharat — sacred soil, from the Ganga region and the like — and mixing gomutra, Gangajal and so on into that soil, make the lamp from it. It should be a kaccha lamp, not a pakka one. Light two such lamps.
Why is staring at someone's deepdaan the biggest failing of Hindus?
A listener reports that while doing deep daan at a gaushala, twenty-five or thirty people were watching, wondering what tantra was going on. The speaker calls this the biggest failing of Hindus; this is precisely the trouble with these people.
Why should one know who Sati's sisters were?
Because whether it is Bhagavati's form as Mata Kamadhenu, or the nagas, the rakshasas, the asuras — the origin of all of them came about through the many sisters of Bhagavati Sati, produced through different rishis. That is, the expansion of the srishti was carried out here by Daksha Prajapati.
Why does a spouse behave the way they do?
The deeds and karmas of our previous births are such, the speaker says, and according to them we obtain our life partner. Their behaviour, which gives us pain or gives us comfort, is our own karma of a former birth. He gives the example bluntly: if one has got a wife who beats one morning and evening with a stick, then such must have been one's karma — perhaps in the past birth she was a cow and we were her master and beat her with a stick, and so in this birth such a wife is obtained.
What did Shiva have Vishwakarma build in his own dham?
Shri Ram says that in ancient times Bhagavan Shambhu once called Vishwakarma — Tvashta Rishi Vishwakarma — in his own param dham. Where did he call him? Listen very attentively, the speaker says: Shiva called him in his own gaushala, in his dham. A gaushala is present in Shiva's loka. There in the gaushala he told Vishwakarma to build a very beautiful bhavan, and had a most excellent sinhasan made in it; and upon that sinhasan, for the removal of obstacles, Bhagavan Shankar had a chhatra made by Vishwakarma, which was most divine, excellent for all time and supremely wonderful.
What is the origin of Golok, in this account?
That very loka, that very dham which we call Golok dham, is the gaushala of Bhagavan Mahamaheshwar Shiva, which he had constructed by Vishwakarma in the form of Golok dham. And there he established Bhagavan Narayana in many different forms and gave him all authority there. That is what is being said: this supremely majestic and utterly resplendent place will be famous by the name of Golok. And he says: O Hare, the avatars of yours that occur on the earth will be the protectors of all and will be my bhaktas; I shall have their darshan, and they will always remain pleased by my boon.
What did Vishnu do after receiving Shiva's boons?
Ram ji tells Sati that, having given Shri Hari his unbroken aishwarya, Umapati Bhagavan Har himself remained on Kailash parvat and began to sport freely with his attendants. And from that time Bhagavan Lakshmipati assumed the gop vesh and, becoming the lord of the gops, the gopis and the cows, began to dwell there with great joy.
How is the samagri mixed, and may women give ahutis with ghee?
The speaker says these three materials should be mixed together well with a little Gangajal added. After mixing well, the opening ahutis may be given with ghee — but women, the sadhikas, will not give them with ghee; for them the havan samagri already described separately is to be used, which listeners can see in the havan videos.
The 108 ahutis are til laddus dipped in honey, offered into a fire of cow-dung cakes, mango wood and the Navgrah woods.
The speaker says that for this, if you wish, make 108 til laddus yourself from the mixture. After that the laddu is to be dipped in honey and given as ahuti — you will keep the 108 laddus made ready and, dipping each one in honey, give the ahuti into the fire. The havan can be comfortably begun with cow-dung cakes, mango tree wood, Navgrah woods and the like.
What is the vidhi for the kheer kept out on Sharad Purnima?
The current belief, as the speaker states it, is that at night kheer made of cow's milk should be kept on the roof in a silver bowl, covered with a red cloth; and in the morning at dawn, after snan and pujan, everyone should eat it in the form of prasad. If you are a sadhak and do a thing of this kind, he says, it is even more excellent, because this is special.
What naivedya must be offered when a paushtik mantra is made siddh now?
Whatever kind of mantra siddhi you are doing, the speaker says, the greatest care to be taken is this: if the mantra is pushtikar and you are performing its siddhi at a divine tantrokta parva kaal such as Sharad Purnima, then certainly offer the naivedya of kheer made from cow's milk to the deity concerned.
How many lamps should be offered, and of what?
As for how much deepdaan is to be done — the number sixteen is exceedingly dear to Bhagavati, the speaker says: the shodashopachar is hers, and the sixteen kalas are exceedingly dear to Bhagavati. So at the time of tomorrow, on the night of Purnima, light at least sixteen lamps of cow ghee; and if cow ghee is not possible, then a lamp of til oil — of what is called meetha tel, of black sesame. Light them certainly at your pujan place, in the name of Bhagavati Lakshmi ji, and offer them to her.
What is offered when the trouble is debt or money?
When there is debt, or a very great problem connected with money, people ask for something utterly solid so that Bhagavati may bestow grace at once, the speaker says. There are two solid things: first, a time that is exceedingly divine and dedicated to this very form of Bhagavati; and second, this vidhan, which is exceedingly dear to the Mother. And if something more special is wanted, then make kheer of cow's milk mixed with kaju, kishmish and mewa and offer it to the Mother.
May one break the sitting, and must the lamps stay lit?
If it is not happening in one sitting, get up, the speaker says — get up after making your offering, walk about, then sit again after ten or fifteen minutes and do the next part of your pujan. Only let the lamp remain lit: do not let the lamp go out, let sixteen lamps go on burning continuously. If sixteen cannot be kept burning continuously, then at least two lamps should burn continuously — those of cow ghee.
What are the first havan materials prescribed?
Mixing panchmewa into kheer and mixing in ghee, mixing in cow ghee, give the ahuti from that — it is exceedingly excellent, the speaker says. If there is bilva wood, samidha of the bel tree, and cow-dung kanda, let these be used as samidha, and let agni be invoked properly. The whole vidhi vidhan has already been broadcast on the channel two years ago, and he repeats the reminder for those who are new.
How is Agni invoked in the havan kund?
The speaker demonstrates: first a piece of cow-dung Upla is placed in the Havan kund with a simple Rangoli drawn. A lamp is lit in the agni kona; from it Agni Deva is first kindled to the south, taken into the kund, and invoked again in the south. Then a fresh wick is lit from that flame, circled three times over the havan kund, and Agni Deva is invoked at the exact centre of the kund. He calls this a brief, simple and correct method, says it works even without any mantra, and says Agni is never invoked after the wood has first been arranged in the kund.
A cow and dogs must be fed daily through the sadhana, and never harmed — lifelong, but scrupulously across these thirty days.
For as long as this sadhana runs, the speaker says, you should certainly feed a cow every day and should certainly feed dogs. Never at any time cause harm to cows, to gauvansh, or to dogs. Harm is not to be caused lifelong, he says, but for these 30 days you are to keep very well indeed.
Why is gau seva the first duty of a household?
The first of the works placed is gau seva. Serving the gau mata, the speaker says, is the responsibility of us all.
Why is gau seva recommended on a birth tithi?
It is not a large amount, the speaker says, but through it the jeev whose birthday and birth tithi it is will also have kalyan, and their pitr, purvajas and devatas will be pleased — because by the blessings that come from serving the gau maiya even the devatas are carried across.
Whose birthdays should a household sponsor fodder for?
At the least, the speaker asks, on your own birth tithi and on the birthdays of everyone who is your own — parents, husband or wife, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters — have the arrangement of hara chara made for one day each, from your house and on behalf of your family.
The Mother herself has taken avatar as the cow for our sustenance, so her seva comes first.
Because Jagadamba herself, the speaker says, has taken avatar in the form of the cow, as this jeev, for our sustenance — so her seva is our very first duty.
What is the fruit of bathing Shiva with kapila panchagavya and kushodak?
If, mixing kushodak into the panchagavya of a kapila cow — kushodak meaning the water of kusha — Bhagwan Shiva is given a bath, then from that ananta phala is obtained.
Dried apamarg wood is the fuel for a dhoop of abhichar nash, a cow-dung upla failing that.
Whenever the dhoop is done for abhichar nash, he says, use apamarg wood — dried. He notes that it is raining heavily everywhere just then, so arrange for a little dried apamarg wood; and failing that, a cow-dung upla.
Why must the dung cake be of a cow and not a buffalo?
It should not be of a buffalo, he says: in the buffalo one the ugrata increases, and it does not suit everybody. It also depends upon the strength of the kula deity, and there must be purity — which is why it should be a cow's dung cake, a cow-dung upla. Or else apamarg wood, which is the very best.
Cow-dung uplas are used particularly for a Hanuman prayoga, alongside the apamarg.
When they go to make Hanuman ji's prayoga, he says, at that time make particular use of cow-dung uplas. The apamarg wood will be there in any case; along with it, use of the cow-dung upla must certainly be made as well.
How does serving creatures strengthen a departed soul?
Suppose you scatter merely a handful of jaggery at the place of the ants, the speaker says. Then the souls of all those ants will bless you when they are satisfied. Gau mata will bless, the blessing of the dog will be obtained, the blessing of the crow will be obtained — and by the blessings of these creatures that capacity and power comes into the departed soul that nobody will be able to keep them in bondage.
Is there any dosha in feeding rice with ghee?
Feeding rice with ghee is not a matter of dosha, the speaker says. For gau mata it is fine; but if you are feeding a dog, then not all of them will be able to eat it and it may cause them trouble — feed something by which no harm reaches them.
What should be done at a gaushala on Vaikuntha Chaturdashi and Kartik Purnima?
But do the deepdaan at home without fail, the speaker says. And if there is a gaushala near you, then if you kindle even one lamp at the gaushala, in the place where gau mata is kept, it will be most excellent.
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.
Doing it where gau mata is kept at home is excellent, and doing it where she is kept outside is equally excellent.
If you keep gau mata at home and are doing it there, that too is excellent; if she is outside and you do it there, that too is excellent.
What exactly does he prescribe for the bhoomi pujan?
He says that whenever you go to have a house built, have the bhoomi pujan done before the neev pujan. For it, first have the cleaning done, purify the whole place well, if possible have gaumutra and panchagavya sprinkled, and then whatever you can manage — either a twenty-four-hour akhand kirtan or akhand Ramayan at that place; and if that is not possible, a Sundarkand paath with samput, putting in mantras of the kind where Hanuman ji comes; or if possible have a Navchandi performed there first.
How should a kalash be prepared before things are placed in it?
He says that whatever object you are going to make abhimantrit — whether a keel, an astra and the like, or a kalash that you seat — you should first bathe and purify the kalash with panchagavya and panchamrit and only then put any abhimantrit object into it; and you should also make the kalash itself abhimantrit with a mantra of this kind, and only after that fill any material into it.
Does an ullanghan destroy the bandhan permanently?
No — he says this does not mean these things will be completely finished a hundred per cent. It is only a check applied for some time. As soon as those things are cleaned away and you again sprinkle panchagavya and panchamrit in the house, the thing returns to its own state and awakens again.
What should be done with suspect prasad brought to the house after an eclipse, before eating it?
Even if you have shraddha, he says, first feed a little to a cow and only then eat; or give a little somewhere to Dharti Mata, or place a little near Tulsi ji saying may Bhagavati accept it. The first bhog should not go into anyone's mouth in the house — it should first be given to the vanaspatis, to the deva trees, or to whatever animals and birds are deva-like, and only then eaten. If anything negative is in it, you will be spared.
What is the fifth thing to watch in the day after an eclipse?
The fifth thing is a domestic animal in the house — gauvansh is a separate matter, but nowadays people keep dogs, keep cats and keep birds in the house — dying within twenty-four hours of the grahan from any cause; or a large animal such as a cow, a calf or a heifer beginning to suffer; or small children in the house, within one or two years of age, beginning to suffer.
What should be done immediately if a pet, cattle, or small child begins to suffer within a day of an eclipse?
Do whatever you have to do medically, immediately and urgently — but even before that, the speaker says, do an utara at once in the house in the name of whichever devi-devatas are of your house and in whom you have shraddha and faith. Do it at once if the child, the cow or the heifer is crying loudly, if the tongue is twisting, if it is jumping and thrashing.
What should be done if children or cattle suffer after the grahan?
Restating the point after a break in the stream, the speaker says that if after the grahan kaal a tantra of any kind occurs, small children may have trouble, and whatever gauvansh is in the house will have trouble. Then in the name of whatever is your ishta, your aradhya, whatever deva shakti is worshipped in the house, a nikari and an utara should be done at once in their name.
A Navchandi Mahayagya has begun at Govardhan Parvat against the lumpy mahamari in cows
He says that the Navchandi Mahayagya of Bhagavati Nav Durga has begun that day at Govardhan Parvat, for the destruction of the mahamari named lumpy that has spread among cows — so that the mahamari is destroyed and Gau Mata is properly protected and saved. So many deaths have occurred, he says, that pure ghee of Gau Mata is not to be had around you. It has been made possible only with the cooperation of the listeners.
Which day should I follow when two tithis are given?
His common request is that you follow whichever tithi is accepted on whichever day in your own region. Ordinarily, however, the Dwadashi is being obtained in the evening on 9 November — it is Govatsa Dwadashi.
Who especially should do something on Govatsa Dwadashi?
Anyone with a dhan-related problem, pitru dosha, the avesh of any negative shakti on the body, or a dosha connected with the kula devi-devatas or their displeasure. Otherwise everyone does gau seva every day, but on that day it should certainly be done.
What is the prayoga of the twelve lamps on Govatsa Dwadashi?
On the day when Dwadashi stands at evening, in the godhuli vela at evening time, at least twelve lamps made of ghee should certainly be lit in the goshala.
What is done with the khunta to which the cow is tied?
Where a bamboo khunta is present, its puja should certainly be done that day — bathing it with Gangajal, coating it entirely with haldi, then a tilak with roli, and before it, on a pan leaf, a bhog offered, with one ghee lamp standing there; the remaining eleven lamps you arrange at different places in the goshala. He says he always tells people whose homes have cows that there should be a bamboo khunta, not the iron ones being made nowadays.
What if there is no goshala or cow anywhere near me?
Then at home itself you will do this pujan mentally, in the name of Kamadhenu Mata, in the name of Nandini Mata, in the name of all gau vansh; kindle the lamps and arrange them at different places in the house. But do it — certainly do it.
What does gau seva remove?
All the devatas dwell in the gau, he says. Our ananta pitru dosha and many papas are cut by gau seva; release is obtained from Yama's side. If there is a yoga of akala mrityu, or a shraap has fallen because of which some disturbance is arising in the body, or one has become afflicted by some disease, then from that there is shanti.
Does it have to be a desi cow for this to work?
It is certainly true that a Ved lakshana gau, a desi cow, is wanted — but in today's time they will not be found everywhere. So do the puja of whoever is present. Remove that feeling, he says: do it in the bhav of jeev seva and in the bhav of the form of the gau. It is not that you will get no fruit, and it is not that any harm will come to you from it.
What symptoms should I check for before doing this prayoga?
Look at these well, he says: there is a great deal of daridrata; a very strong foul smell keeps coming from the body; a very strong foul smell comes from the mouth; the signs of pitru dosha are present in the house. He notes there is a whole separate video on what the signs of pitru dosha are and what troubles arise in it.
What if there is Brahm dosha in the house?
Then tie a knot on it, he says. If there is Brahm dosha in your house — that is, a brahm rakshas, a brahm pishach or a brahm dev, and any kop or dosha connected with them is present, or avesh comes upon someone, or you have the knowledge that yes, such a dosha exists in the house — then keep in mind that you should certainly do this work. It is not a totka or an upay, he says, but the blessing of Bhagavati Gau, and it should be done on Govatsa Dwadashi.
What is done at the khunta in the morning?
In the morning, at the place where the gau mata is tied, go to that khunta with a little akshat coloured in haldi, along with water, and the dhoop that is burnt — especially the dhoop burnt in the puja of Bajrangbali. Burn the dhoop well there, keep dhoop and deep lit, pour the water, and while meditating on Bhagavati Kamadhenu and Maa Nandini, who are forms of Bhagavati, forms of the gau mata, and on Bhagavan Pashupatinath Mahadev, offer your prayer there.
What exactly do you promise at the khunta in the morning?
You say that at the evening time, at the time of pradosh pujan, we will come to this place of yours and take the dust of the hoof of Bhagavati Gau Mata, or the dust of her feet; and whatever prayoga we may do in connection with it, grant us success in it. He explains that when a thing is to be brought, an invitation is given a day before — and since it has to be in pradosh kaal, you give the invitation that same morning.
What if the goshala is my own?
If you have your own goshala you should still do this in the morning. If the gau mata is tied to the khunta there, do it carefully so that she suffers no distress and no dosha attaches. And if the gau mata stays tied, take a roti with gud along and feed it to her at that same time.
What do I carry with me in the evening?
You are to go at evening carrying a yellow cloth, and gau gras for the gau mata — that is, sweet roti, made at home, at least five of them. If more than one gau mata is there, or more gau vansh, then make five or ten rotis in that proportion. First offer pranam, and remove your slippers before entering the goshala — go barefoot from home itself if possible.
What is the order of the evening procedure?
Go barefoot; first offer pranam to the gau mata, then pranam to Bhagavan Pashupatinath Mahadev. After that feed sweet roti to all the gau mata and gau vansh present, and with that same yellow cloth lightly sweep up whatever dry dust you find there and wrap it in that same yellow cloth. Very little dust is needed, he says.
Which dust exactly should be taken?
It should be the dust near the khunta. The dust of the gau mata's hind foot and of her fore foot — if you take the dust of the hind foot, that is the very best. Take it, and if you can get the dust from beneath the hoof, where the imprint of the hoof has fallen, then when she lifts her foot away, pick that up.
How is that dust prepared and consecrated?
Bring it home, and into this same earth mix kesar, ashtagandha and the rest; then, taking the name of Bhagavan Pashupatinath Mahadev, or consecrating it in his name, or by doing eleven mala or one hundred and eight mala of the Panchakshari that same night, consecrate it and keep it.
Can this be used for a small child with masan dosha?
If a small child has come to have such a dosha — the dry wasting called sukha rog connected with masan, where the masan sucks out all the blood of the body — then a lepan of this same earth, mixed in ghee, should be made on the body. Cow ghee, and if completely pure desi cow ghee can be had, mix it in that and apply it on the child's chest especially and on the back, stroking from above downward. Relief comes very quickly, he says, and if you consecrate it, that is gold upon gold.
It is done for children under thirteen, on the tithis named, and should be passed on to any so afflicted
If any person you advise has this kind of affliction, certainly tell them this, and also certainly tell them to serve the gau mata. And this work should be done for children under thirteen years of age. It happens especially at the time of Dwadashi, and there are some other tithis too.
Can ordinary people use the gau raj too?
Ordinary people can absolutely bear the raj of Bhagavati Gau Mata on the forehead — mix it in kesar, ashtagandha and the like and wear it daily on the forehead; every kind of devi-devata is pleased. He adds that many people do R and D on things like dev vashikaran mantra siddhi, but that he does not discuss such subjects because they are very attractive topics and an ordinary person may not understand — supposing they are doing dev vashikaran sadhana and some daitya shakti gets vashikrit instead, through a slip, because there is a raksha vidhan in it.
How should a sadhak use this dust?
If you are a sadhak and perform kriya of this kind, then use it: on the day of Govatsa Dwadashi, take the dust from beneath the hoof of Bhagavati Gau Mata's hind foot and use it mixed into your tilak and the like. You will certainly get benefit — the grace of the devatas is certainly obtained, every kind of devi-devata is pleased by it, there is shanti of pret-pishach as well, and the pitr kop too is quieted. This, he says, is common for everyone.
Gau pujan is all the more necessary for sadhanas connected with shabari vidya
For those doing shabar mantra sadhana, he says to keep especially in mind that for sadhanas connected with shabari vidya, gau pujan is all the more necessary, because a great many prayogas are connected with the gau mata. Those especially who are going to do shabar mantra sadhanas should certainly do the Govatsa Dwadashi prayoga that has been described.
What daan should be done across the five days?
For doing daan and punya in these five days, do panchbali: certainly have the cow fed, the dog, the ants; certainly have the crow fed; and for the sake of any human being — people come to ask — put out grain of food for them, and give it if anyone comes; you may give cooked food too, or if the wish is that we will give wealth, you may give them wealth as well. These five days you should do daan especially, he says, and you may do separate seva for the gau mata as well.
Should ants at home be fed sugar, and can a wild rat be kept?
Mishri and sugar and all this are not to be given to ants in the house, he says — this is given away from the house. If ants come out in great numbers in the house, then atta is put there and they eat and go away; that is all it is. But if you give them sweet now, they will hardly go away. Asked about keeping a wild rat in the house, he asks in what place they have heard of rearing a rat — has anyone heard anywhere that a rat was reared, leaving aside our pauranik villains, leaving aside the rakshasas? For rearing we have heard of gau palan; you must have heard and read of the rearing of buffaloes, of mahish, the rearing of mahishi. These are somehow the creatures that come to our use, on account of which the whole society stands. The swan is not reared; it is nourished, outside the door of the house. But of rearing a rat he has not heard anywhere.
Havan, tarpan, marjan and kanya bhoj that close the Annapurna purashcharan
When the japa is complete by Ashtami, the speaker says, a dashansh Havan of the mantra is done on the Navami: for 8000 japa that is 800 Ahutis, eight malas. The ahuti material is Kheer made with Panchmeva and mixed with pure cow's ghee; after the opening ahutis, eight malas of the jap mantra are offered. Then its dashansh, at least one mala, is given as Tarpana, 11 Marjana are done, and at least one unmarried kanya is fed and gifted (nav kanya bhojan is best). With this, he says, one round of the Purashcharana is complete.
Money for the ancestors is best given directly to a known Brahmin for Gau Seva — never publicly, which draws Drishti Dosha
Give privately, not publicly. Public giving does not prompt others to give; it circulates as screenshots and draws the evil eye (drishti-dosha) onto the giver. Better still, give directly to a known Brahmin — one of your own family line — for Gau seva on the ancestors' behalf.
What is actually mandatory to do in Pitru Paksha?
Panchbali above everything else. Whether or not you do anything else, feed five creatures: fresh roti to the Gau, food to the dog, food to the crow, sugar for the ants, and a meal to a destitute or hungry person. Alongside it, Arghya to Surya and to Tulsi on every day not excluded.
The daily portion for the ancestors is still set aside on the Shraddha day — it and the Brahmin meal are separate obligations
Yes, it is still set aside. The daily portion for the ancestors goes to Gau Mata; the Shradh-day meal is what is served to a Brahmin — they are two different things and one does not replace the other.
What is the Hal Deeksha itself?
A Hal Peeth is built as a Bali Peeth is, before the place of the Kula or lineage deity. Upon it the plough is worshipped together with the Chhan — the tie used to bind a one-coloured cow's legs at milking — and through those two the Guru transmits everything he holds, on a Sankalpa and a vow.
Materials for the Pitru Beesa ahuti: kishmish, honey, silver, an earthen fire pot and the rest
The speaker lists what is needed daily: about twenty-one kishmish; honey, of which at least 250 grams should be bought and kept at one go; a small silver vessel; an earthen vessel for lighting the agyari (the fire), round or four-cornered as one likes; about 50 grams of cow's desi Ghrit; a little raw milk in a silver glass or a copper vessel; Kapoor; white cloth; a Kusha Asana; and a kusha Pavitri, which he calls very necessary in this krama and says must be with you.
The Varah-tusk and gomutra test of whether a mazar shakti is Sanatani
By his often-stated principle of energy projection, the speaker says these shaktis have in a way been set up, charged with negative energy, in opposition to our divine shaktis. His proof: charge a wild boar's tusk through Varah tantra, wear it, and walk into that mazar — they will beat you and drive you away. Why, he asks, if those were Sanatani shaktis, would they loathe it? Why do they run from Gomutra, when our Sanatan is pure? That, he says, is exactly where the trouble begins.
What happens when a Hindu keeps a pir-fakir picture beside the panchayatan in the home shrine?
The speaker says that if a Sanatani has Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and Bhagavati established as a Panchayatana at home and sets a picture of a mulla, maulvi, pir, fakir or mazar beside them, both sides are now in trouble. Sprinkle Gomutra there and you insult the ones you yourself brought in — they would have been honoured in their own place — so the Dosha falls on you; and if you cannot sprinkle it because of them, you are sidelining your own devi-devatas. The two cannot stay in one place, and its effect on your life is certain. If you serve Varah or Varahi, wear a shukar-dant or have used these in griha bandhan, and still worship such images in that spot, he warns you are in for a great deal of trouble.
Giving up pir worship carries no dosha: the speaker's reasons
The speaker asks how those who eat the flesh of the same gau mata whose raw milk you pour in abhishek on Mahadev could become your aradhya or work your welfare. He says that deeper in tantra these practices are so vile that when used on a Sanatani Hindu woman one cannot imagine how low they sink — he will not describe it openly now. So avoid all of it; no Dosha attaches to giving it up. Nothing exceeds Mahadev and Bhagavati; serve, respect and bow only to what belongs to Sanatan culture and has done some work for Sanatan dharma. Bow instead to those who conspired for its fall and your own devi-devatas will abandon you — you are inviting your own downfall.
How should pir-fakir images kept at home be removed, and the house cleansed?
If you have given them a place at home, the speaker says, bid them farewell with respect — no insult at all, for they too are a shakti in their own place; fold your hands and say, brother, you are not for us. You brought them, so mistreating them makes you the offender — call someone to your house and hit him with a shoe and you become the criminal. Do not fling them out the moment you hear this; flow them in water properly or set them back in their own place, all on a good day. Then purify the house and puja place with Gomutra and Gangajal, bathe every vigraha with gangajal, gomutra and panchamrita, sprinkle the house, do abhishek of all, dress them in new clothes and perform a Havan. Only after that, he says, will puja take effect and positive energy grow; otherwise those images keep doing you harm.
Can the adhivas of an already worshipped vigreh be done again?
No. Asked whether the adhivas process can be got done a second time if it was not done properly the first time, the speaker says no — adhivas, whenever it happens, happens the first time only. First of all comes the agni-taran vidhi: the vigreh is immersed well in pure cow ghee, placed upon a paan leaf, and then, while being given abhishek with raw cow's milk or with panchamrit, the path is done. After that the adhivas is done for five, seven or nine — as much as your capacity allows. A second adhivas is not done.
Should the Prasad of another family's Kul Devta be eaten?
No. The Prasad of another family's Kuldevi or Kul Devta should not be consumed — and where such Prasad reaches you, feed it to Gau Mata, whose digestive fire is held capable of consuming and digesting every kind of Laag.
What is Panchbali at the Kuldevi worship, and why is it included?
The donation of grain to five kinds of creature — ants, the cow, the crow, the dog, and one person, feeding someone hungry. Through them the lineage's ancestors are satisfied and the deities are satisfied as well.
What ahutis are held most dear to Jagadamba?
Keep the bhaav in the mind and Mother will certainly hear and fulfil it, he says. Ahuti by navagraha samidha, bel wood, and cow-dung kande and uple with ghee, or with guggal and ghee, is most specially dear to Jagadamba. As for ahuti by jaiphal and the like, he says it is a tantrokta vidhi vidhan and havan of jaiphal and such should not generally be done very much without adesh — but it is exceedingly dear to Jagadamba; when the ahuti falls in the fire, Bhagavati Swaha is exceedingly pleased.
What should be done if a cow will not feed her calf because of nazar?
For this, he says, take moonj — the sharp-edged leaf called moonj, the one in the Hanuman Chalisa line kandhe moonj janeu saaje. Take three moonj and, reciting the Hanuman Chalisa, draw them over the body of the cow from above downwards, that is from front to back; the nazar lying upon her body will be removed. In the same way one may draw red chilli, mustard and the like over her body while reciting the Hanuman Chalisa. Milk offered in the name of Pashupatinath Mahadev, taken down from her head, also brings her benefit quickly.
With what may a shivling be washed?
There is no need to wash a shivling with soap or detergent, he says; it should never be washed with soap or detergent. The abhishek of Shiva should be done with pure water, with Gangajal, with pure milk, with panchgavya, with panchamrit — with all of these. Cow's milk is held to be amrit; you speak of amrit and panchamrit, and in its place you would use a chemical soap. Do not make this mistake.
Does the direction of the cow behind Dattatreya mark a difference of form?
The speaker has neither heard of nor seen such a difference of form. In the images he has used, the picture was simply edited and placed. The main tradition regarding Bhagavan Datta keeps the cow's face to the right, as he is generally worshipped everywhere; better not to go into it.
The havan-based anushthan and the cow's service fall on the Tuesday; at home, the Datta worship, the Diksha Vidhan if intended, and a havan the same day.
The Havan-based Anushthan and the service of the cow happen on the Tuesday. At your own home, perform the service and worship of Bhagavan Dattatreya, do the Diksha Vidhan if that is your intention, and try to hold a Havan at home that day.
Daily rules the forefathers kept that guard against pitru dosha
The speaker says the first thing to examine, when told you have Pitru Dosha, is whether you live the way your great-grandfather, grandfather and father lived. They would at least have done Sandhya morning and evening as a daily rule, kept up the Kuldevi puja of the family tradition, worn the yagyopavit and done the Gayatri sandhya it requires even if only for ten minutes, offered arghya to Surya daily, and served any cows in the house properly, with no shortfall.
What closes the Ambubachi observance?
After the Naivedya and Aarti, if possible perform the Havan of the four days' japa — even one mala, if you did a hundred a day and ten is no longer possible. Do the Tarpan and Marjan; if a Kanya Pujan can be arranged, do it; if not, give one place's food entirely to a cow, and make a Daan in a Devi temple in the girls' name.
Why is arranging water for travellers so important in Vaishakh?
The speaker says there is great mahima in arranging water for travellers from morning through the afternoon into evening in Vaishakh: Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh are all pleased by it, and it works against any kind of curse — even one given by a siddha, or a pret-pishach's shraap dosha. Fill a water pot wrapped in red cloth and give water all day to cows, to birds and animals, and to people.
Which Narasimha is invoked for reclaiming the threshold?
The speaker names Bhagavan Kolahal Narasimha of the Kashi region. Remembering him and doing japa of the Ugravira mantra, offer bali on the chaukhat and remove whatever is there — anyone who comes thinking to establish authority will be torn apart. Kolahal Narasimha's sabar works very swiftly, he says, and even his mere remembrance suffices if the bela is right.
What if one has a grudge against brahmins?
The speaker says such people should be called who are pure and sattvik, and fed kheer, if this kind of dream comes; if water is being seen, give as much water as possible to cows. To those who hold dvesha for brahmins he says: do not ruin your own boat by watching what the world is doing. If a brahmin does something wrong, that is his life — why criticise him and take his paap on your own head?
What is the summary remedy for a dream of being asked for grain, akshat or water at the chaukhat?
If such a dream comes, the speaker says, call a brahmin to your own house and feed him kheer made of milk; or, if you have difficulty with that, then feed gau mata. This is the very first thing that should be done, and certainly should be done.
What liquid should the abhishek of a yantra be done with?
If possible, the raw milk of a cow. Do not perform abhishek with packet milk, he says, because it is already heated and cooled — it is the pasteurisation process, so it is boiled milk and not raw milk. If cow's raw milk can be had, use that; otherwise there is no difficulty at all with gandhodak.
The deities get a raw cow-milk abhishek, the photographs Gangajal, and everything a new or washed cloth
You must perform the abhishek of every deity with the raw milk of a cow. On the photographs, sprinkle Gangajal, wipe the images well and set them safe. All must be purified. When the bath of all at the pujan place is done, you will put a new cloth, or a washed cloth, on them all. Then come the malas, those for japa and those for wearing: the threads of the mala that is worn should be changed, though he says there is no difficulty if they are not.
How exactly is agni sparsh performed?
Take the camphor from the very fire kindled in the havan kund; touch the camphor to it and kindle the flame. Then first wash all the malas with cow's milk; wash the kavach and the yantra with cow's milk and then a little water and purify them, and very quickly pass that mala, that yantra, that kavach right through the fire. Never set about burning it, he warns. Agni sparsh means it passes across in an instant — through the fire, across, come away, not burnt, only touched. Whatever the fire touches becomes pure; Agni is directly a god and purifies everyone.
Jagadamba arrives on the elephant, the arrival that fills with wealth and grain and increases prosperity
On the Gaja. And when Jagadamba comes upon the elephant she fills with wealth and grain, grants happiness and property, and increases prosperity — she is the giver of happiness and good fortune.
What should be done on Sarvapitri Amavasya?
Tomorrow is the last tithi of Pitru Paksha. Whether or not you do anything else, make puri and kheer and feed it to Gau Mata with your own hand. Do that much without fail — recite or not, worship or not, but certainly offer the Naivedya to Bhagavati Gau.
What should be done on Sarvapitri Amavasya if you are away and cannot cook?
Buy sweets made of milk — half a kilo, a quarter, whatever you are able — and place them on a leaf plate, so that if Gau Mata eats the plate too it does no harm. Not the foam or plastic kind. And say plainly: this is the capacity I have, this is my reverence; be pleased with this alone.
No panchbali, no chaukhat, no gau seva and contempt for elders make such protection impossible
If you have never done panchbali in your life, have no chaukhat at all, never do gau seva, never water plants in the heat, speak badly to your wife or husband, abuse your in-laws, do not respect your elder or younger brother, have no respect for the learned, abuse Brahmins, call Kshatriyas impotent, call Vaishyas looters, and use SC-ST language about Shudras — if no one in the world is right for you and you alone are the great one — then such a being will never help you.
The demand for a written source comes from people who do not follow what is written anyway
Asked where it is written, he answers that they do not accept what is written in any case. It is written, he says, that one should rise before sunrise and complete sandhya while the stars are still visible — do you do it? It is written that if you earn ten thousand, three thousand of it should be put into service for your pitrs, for Gau Mata and for panchbali — do you do it?
Datta walked with a cow as well as a dog, but only the dog is ever cited
If you have samarthya equal to Bhagavan Datta's, so that you can have a rain of gold made, then keep a dog and go about with a dog, he says. But Bhagavan Datta walked with a cow — why do you people not keep that cow? Datta's dog is visible to you and his cow is not. Keep the cow too.
Who remains satisfied whatever comes?
Those who repeatedly perform the purashcharana of the mantras, who do Havan, Tarpana and Marjana, who perform gau seva in the panchbali, who perform the seva of mother and father, who perform the seva of plants — their heart and their atma will both remain tript. Whether they obtain anything or not, even if someone abuses them four times and goes, they will remain in satisfaction; there will be no restlessness in their mind, their heart or their eyes, and by the samarthya of the mantra they will become calm.
The Dashami havan of the eclipse guru sadhana
The speaker says that when the japa is completed on Dashami, one does a round of Ahuti, a Havan, on that day. The havan is done only and only with ghee, mango wood and cow-dung cakes; nothing else is to be used, and the ghee must be pure desi ghee. Give 108 ahutis, which is plenty, and then do the Purnahuti. Here, he says, the first charan of the sadhana is complete.
Is it necessary to offer milk on Shiva in Savan?
Taking up Savan, the speaker says there are a thousand questions about milk — is it necessary to offer milk, will Shiva not be pleased without it? The first point is: if you have the capability, perform the abhishek of Shiva with cow's milk. If you do not have the capability, do not do it; there is no difficulty at all, perform the abhishek with water.
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.
If someone insists on serving the poor with milk, what should they use?
If it is your wish to serve the poor, saying that you will see Narayan in man, and you have the capability, then at least do not give the toxic thing, the speaker says. Nowadays purified milk is available; give the poor that kind of milk if you have that much capability. But if you take a cow that goes out to graze, and after it returns from grazing you milk it and give that to the poor, then their loss will occur — you are not doing nar Narayan seva but somewhere giving them distress.
Where should sal wood be obtained and how prepared?
Wherever wood is stored, at a wood yard where doors and such are made, from such a place bring as much sal wood as you can and keep it, the speaker says. Cut it into small pieces, each of one bitta, one hand span, and perform the havan with that; or chiefly make use of cow dung upale.
Does sin attach from hurting a cow with a stick?
Asked whether sin attaches from giving a cow distress with a stick or piece of wood, the speaker says yes, absolutely it does. From giving distress to a cow there is a blow upon the lineage; loss occurs to wealth and to Lakshmi; and the dosha of brahmahatya also attaches. Therefore a cow should not ordinarily be given distress.
What should someone whose body is not healthy do for sadhana?
A listener says his body does not stay healthy and that he wishes to do sadhana. The speaker says that if you remain unwell and wish to do sadhana, take the support of naam japa and the singing of stuti and the like. He adds that everyone's time comes, and that nothing happens before its time.
Which gomutra is beneficial, and how is it used?
Asked whether what has been fed or given to drink is set right by gomutra, and from which gomutra, the speaker says: a cow of one colour, a Girnari cow, a desi cow. When a desi cow is being milked in the morning — at the time when the milk is being drawn — the urine that the cow discharges at that time. If that gomutra is chiefly consumed, having been made abhimantrit with mantras, whether by some sadhak or by an ordinary person reciting the svastivachan and such, then very great benefit comes from it.
What is the first step of the prana pratishtha of Ganpati?
If the Atharvashirsham is committed to memory that is most excellent; otherwise you can do an ordinary prana pratishtha by the Atharvashirsham. First of all, have the Shri vigraha of Ganpati ji bathed with panchagavya.
Why is feeding gau mata called the most unfailing remedy of all?
In such a process, the speaker says, always remember that the most unfailing in it is gau mata. Feed gau mata at your threshold — there is never any restriction of time for her, morning, noon, evening or night, whenever. But if possible, feed her at the main door of your commercial establishment, and feed proper food, not your own leftovers: sweet roti, kheer, or kheer-roti and material of that kind, fed with your own hand, mixed with gud.
The plate goes on the chaukhat, and if the cow passes urine there of her own accord, 99% of the good is done
Placing the plate upon the threshold, or on whatever corresponds to it at your place, feed her there — the speaker says her presence there and her merely eating begins to destroy, to a very great degree, the tantric process performed at that place. And if after eating and drinking water gau mata passes urine there of her own accord, then know, he says, that 99% of the good is done in that very instant. No tithi, no nakshatra, no muhurta needs to be consulted — she does all of that too, if it happens of itself.
What does gau seva do for the pitr?
The speaker says that when you perform the seva and puja of gau mata and that sort of matter is present there, the kalyan of all of them takes place and their presence too becomes properly established again. He adds that you do this same thing at home as well, and that the chaukhat is so necessary a thing that he touches on it in every live session so that people should not forget it even by mistake.
What should a family do when kalah and klesh will not settle?
If there is very great kalah and klesh in the family where earlier there was love, and you are trying to put it right and it is not happening, and you are even employing havan and pujan and it is not happening — then in such a state, the speaker says, let each and every member of that family make kheer on the day of Purnima or on the day of Amavasya, and let all the members feed the kheer to gau mata with their own hand, and feed it with great love.
Feed her at your own door if possible, but the animal must not be the household's own
If possible feed her at your own door, the speaker says — but attention must also be kept on this: the animal should not be one of your own house. Doing this on the Amavasya will bring benefit very quickly.
In what order are the ahutis given in the guggul havan?
First kindle the cow-dung cake. Then give ahuti in the name of Guru and Ganpati; give ahuti in the name of Bhagavati; give one ahuti each in the name of the nine grahas; and after that, reciting the Hanuman Janjira, go on giving ahutis.
How long is the sutak for the death of a cow?
On the matter of the questioner's cow, he says: observe a sutak of five days first. Count five days from the day on which the death occurred. He adds that a video will be made on sutak and patak.
Should ahuti be given on a burning fire or on the cow-dung cake before lighting?
The ahuti that people give, that they perform havan with, should be given upon a burning fire, he answers — on the cow-dung cake, after it is alight, give it while it is burning.
How is the dhooni made?
Let the cow-dung cake be kindled first, the speaker says; when the fire has taken hold fully, then guggul is dropped upon it while the mantra is being spoken. The smoke that comes out of that is the dhooni.
Can the worship of Gau Mata Surabhi be done?
You can do that of Gau Mata Surabhi, the speaker says.
Can a havan be done on cow-dung cakes placed over sand?
Yes — placing the cow-dung upla over the sand, it can be done with cow dung, the speaker says.
What does gau seva in Kartik accomplish?
The speaker says that if jaggery and roti are fed to a cow in the month of Kartik — the cold season is beginning, so it suits in any case — then santan-related doshas of many, many births are destroyed, including where some curse has fallen that the lineage will not increase.
What if a bhog offered daily to the Mother was not fed to the cow?
A listener who does a daily sahasranama path and offers a pomegranate bhog took it to be fed to the cow, and only one was allowed to be fed, the woman saying she would feed the rest later. The speaker answers that this is not the questioner's concern — whoever was given it understood it. If they did not feed it, that is their matter and no dosha will attach to the questioner; and if they ate it themselves there is no difficulty either, they will receive the punya of the cow.
Sign of Muslim tantra: dreams of being fed cow-related forbidden things
The speaker says the sadhak mentioned, two or three times, that the afflicted members of the family repeatedly saw cow-related forbidden things in their dreams — someone feeding them such things in the Swapna. From this alone he felt it must be some Muslim tantra and, though the family was still not disclosing everything, he told them that some such thing could be there and prescribed a use of Gomutra in a particular way. The sadhak never used it, because he already knew what was in the house but was not telling the whole story; only after the dream visions did he tell everything and ask the speaker to look into it, and the speaker found that what was described matched — 'such and such things should be with you' — which the sadhak confirmed, adding that no tod (counter) was to be found.
Free the pitr first, then weaken the Muslim thing: the Varah-tusk gomutra prayog
The speaker says he shares this experience to show that whatever you do does bear its full effect, but the method has to be changed a little. Once you know clearly that the Pitr are in Bandhan and a Muslim thing is present, the first task is to free the pitr from bandhan — and no single method of bandhan-mukti can be applied everywhere: where a Muslim thing is involved, something must accompany it so that the effect of that thing is reduced. Here two or three such vidhis were done, including a Varah prayog: a boar's tusk was made abhimantrit in cow's urine, Kusha was tied to that tusk, and Gomutra charged with a special mantra was sprinkled in the house. He will not reveal that mantra — it is best given only to the one who needs it; some things must stay secret. All of this weakened the thing, though it was old; but the decisive factor was that everyone in the house was mentally strong, all supported each other and all did the puja, path and havan properly. Quarrels and strife certainly happened and it was not a peaceful time; he kept motivating them: do it, do not give up now. By Bhagavati's Kripa the house has been much at peace since this Navratri, things have become gentle, and special sadhanas have been started again.
How is silver vark made, according to the speaker?
It is shown in some places that the silver is placed in the skin of a sheep, and in others that it is placed inside the pouch of a cow's intestine, and then beaten. Anything that must be made very long and spread out will tear if beaten directly, so the thing it is placed inside must not split under the blows — and that is what the thin sheets of leather are for.
What is the rule for naivedya, and what do people offer instead?
The niyam of naivedya is that a sweet made from the milk of a pure desi cow, a Ved-lakshana cow, should be offered to the deity. Today people offer Cadbury Dairy Milk; and leaving the Ved-lakshana cow aside, what is available is made from sheep, goat or buffalo milk, or is a thing made of chemicals, and it is that which is offered as bhog.
Who takes the dosha when vark made in gau mans is offered?
You do. When you offer silver vark that was made inside gau mans, since you are offering it yourself, you are the one who becomes at fault. What is it to Hanuman — Hanuman is Rammay; what dosha is going to attach to him? It is you who are doing this to him.
Is a household right to forbid the eating of vark-covered sweets?
A listener says there is a restriction in his house on eating vark sweets. A very right thing, he answers — it should simply not be eaten. The vark is being made in this wrong manner, put again and again into a pouch of leather; and after that, will whoever eats it not incur the fault? That too in gau mans, in buffalo flesh, in sheep flesh.
Whose disciple was Sai Baba, and does that make him worshipful?
The name the questioner is trying to recall is Swami Samarth, he says; it is said that Sai was a disciple of Swami Samarth. Very well, let us accept it. Maha Swami Samarth is in himself the Maha Swami of Akkalkot, a mahashakti — so he is held. But in later time people have made everything wrong. Read the Sai Satcharita and see what he did: on the day of Ekadashi he stuffed cow flesh into a Brahmin's mouth, and you say he should be accepted. He, for his part, is not going to accept him.
Tarpan of Bhagavati Pitambara to make an ugra shakti saumya
If everything preparatory was done and trouble still grows while the sadhana is repeated, the speaker says the first thing is the sahasrarchan of Bhagavati Pitambara and her Tarpana, and the tarpan of her Yantra: when a shakti begins to turn Ugra, she is made shant and saumya by tarpan. He gives only a small general outline and says one's guru will tell the rest: raw milk of a single-coloured cow if one can be found, with haridra and Kesar mixed in, done in one's own janma Nakshatra (any paksha, any time), before a picture of Bhagavati that will not spoil when wet; for a 108-name tarpan, 108 Bilva patra are dipped in the milk one by one, lifted with a little milk still on them, and offered with one name of Bhagavati and "tarpayami namah" each. By this her ugrata is quietened, the sadhak's Aura that could not receive her energy turns saumya, and whatever the underlying cause, mantra dosha, devi dosha, a Shraap, Pitru Dosha or other doshas, the japa one is doing becomes auspicious in its fruit.
What completes the Guru puja?
The Gau puja. Without Gau puja the full fruit of the Guru puja will not be obtained. After the Guru's worship, food and the rest should certainly be offered to Gau Mata. Those with a living Guru should offer him the Naivedya in person and accept his leavings as Prasad.
What is offered to the cow, and does the chart matter?
Whatever food you serve out for Gau Mata should certainly include something connected with yellow substances — if you are making kheer and puri, put a little saffron in the kheer. And do not go looking at your birth chart to decide whether Guru is a favourable graha for you and whether this is a Daan.
How is buffalo-curd starter purified for use?
Put the starter into cow's milk on the first day; the next day take the starter from that set curd and put it into cow's milk again; the third time, when it has been put into cow's milk once more, it becomes pure. Three rounds of setting are needed.
Preparing the items for the Mahalakshmi kalash: sunset sitting, cow-milk wash, no dhaniya, kumkum tilak
On Sharad Purnima, the speaker says, sit for the puja in Pradosha kaal, at sunset, with Dhoop and lamp lit and the Kalash placed first. Wash every item in raw cow milk, wipe it and dry it fully, in the sun if possible; do not leave the Haldi soaking, and do not wash the Kapoor. Whole dhaniya used to be put in, but people drop it in damp or the kalash stays damp and insects breed, so dhaniya is not to be used at all now and kamal gatta and the other items take its place; everything must be dry. Then give each item a Kumkum or Roli tilak while saying Mahalakshmyai Namah, or any Mahalakshmi mantra one holds; the uninitiated use Mahalakshmyai Namah, tilak and mantra again and again until every single item is charged.
What is the effect of offering water on bamboo?
Giving water on bamboo has a very divine effect, he says, which those in the field of tantra will know. If a cow's peg is of bamboo, if Hanuman ji's dhwaja is of bamboo — if the peg of the gauvansh, or of a buffalo, is of bamboo and they are tied to it — then there are many prayogas in tantra, especially among the rural bhagat practitioners, that are accomplished on these alone; and there are certain shaktis of the upadeva category, not deva but upadeva, who are pleased merely by water being offered on them.
Those to whom Bhagavati has given the capacity to arrange a mahayajna are not being given the sadbuddhi to do so.
Why can it not be arranged, the speaker retorts — those to whom Bhagavati has given the capacity to arrange it are not receiving the sadbuddhi to do so. Those who have been given the means have not been given the good sense. He contrasts this with what was done with the means he was given: on the 6th and 7th of November a two-day Navchandi yajna for gau raksha, on account of the epidemic named Lumpy spreading among the cows, with Navchandi yag and havan by eleven Brahmans, savamani feeding of the gau mata, and feeding of Brahmans and sadhus as far as was possible.
In daily gau daan, must one distinguish between a cow and other cattle?
You may feed anyone, the speaker says — anyone in the gau vansh. It is not necessary that you will feed only a cow and not Nandi ji. You may absolutely feed a bull or an ox; there is no need to make male and female distinctions. Feed the gau vansh — for now, even doing that much is a great deal.
Can pashu seva for the pitrs be done during sutak?
Absolutely, the speaker says: in sutak, pashu seva is done in any case. Every day the portion goes out for the cow, the crow and the dog.
Feeding birds, dogs and cows daily during the Datt mala mantra anushthan
As long as the anushthan runs, the speaker says, the sadhak must daily, as he is able, put out grain for birds, feed dogs and feed the cow. His reason: behind Dattatreya stands Gau Mata, dogs sit at his feet and birds fly around him — this swarup of the Lord is wholly dedicated to prakriti, so serving them is essential. If a sadhak feeds the cow daily along with dogs and birds, he says, write it down as 100 percent certain that Dattatreya's full kripa will come within the period of the anushthan itself.
How the punishment came: the enemy family's own cow injures all thirteen men, and the land is reclaimed
The speaker says that on the third day of the third sadhana, Bhagavati's grace moved. The dabang family, a big joint household with thirteen men, had a cow that strayed at night into another ordinary man's field and was hit with a lathi. Three or four of the family went to fight him; before they could surround him he grew angry, struck one with a lathi below the shoulder and broke his arm. As the other three moved to beat him, the family's own desi cow came loose from its peg, no one knows how, and threw and trampled all three, breaking arms and heads. When the rest of the thirteen came out to finish the fight, that one cow overpowered them all, and not one man of the thirteen was left without a broken arm or leg; all went to hospital, and, as the speaker says, whom would one file a case against, a cow? The farmer's family then took heart, tore out the encroachment and set their land right, saying let us see what they can do now.
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