Mantra Reinforcement
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How can a devotee atone for past mistakes made in Durga Saptashati recitation?
Two steps: an archana ritual to the Goddess with a formal Sankalpa acknowledging past errors and seeking forgiveness, followed by taking refuge in Lord Shiva through an Abhishekam and the Rudrashtakam.
Why a siddha mantra stops working, and who should do the Holika-night remedy
The speaker says a mantra one has awakened — a Sabar Mantra, a mahashakti mantra or a Kamya Prayoga mantra — can stop working either through one's own mistake or through a malicious person who uses a keelan-type Prayoga to bind its power. He says the mantra itself can never be bound; instead an obstruction is placed between the practitioner's Aura and the mantra's own energy, so the mantra gives no result, cannot be used, or even causes pain when chanted. For this he prescribes a prayoga done on the night of Holika Dahan, and says it should be done even on a mere suspicion that some carelessness has put a Dosha into the mantra, and also when a mantra chanted for a long time still gives no effect in use.
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.
Holi-day follow-up by deity after the Holika-night mantra offering
The speaker says that on the day after the Holika-night offering — on Holi itself, without fail — the mantra's own deity must be given its favourite flower or leaf with the mantra spoken over it nine times. For a Bhairava mantra, a Bilva leaf recited over nine times is offered to Bhairav along with his puja; for a Hanuman mantra, a Tulsi leaf recited over nine times is offered and puja given at a Hanuman temple; for a Durga mantra, a bilva leaf with the mantra is offered to her at home and her puja given at a temple, with shringar included. After this, he says, the mantra gives effect again whenever it is used in whatever way it was used before.
An anushthan is not done once and set aside — the Mahabhairav anushthan should be repeated at least three to five times.
The speaker says that after completing this sadhana one should again do an anushthan of the Mahabhairav mantra that has been given. The more one does this anushthan, the more one's closeness to these shaktis increases. People do it once and then sit back comfortably thinking it is done and asking what is next; but it is to be repeated, done again and again — any anushthan should certainly be done at least three to five times.
Does a Sabar mantra's energy remain without daily recitation?
It absolutely remains. From time to time a one-day anushthan of it should be done; and if possible, at least one day in the week — a Saturday, or a Tuesday, or a Sunday, some one day among these three — an ahuti and the like should certainly be given.
What can be done when a mantra stops giving its effect?
For a mantra that is not giving its effect, the speaker says eight kinds of vidhi are given in tantra — taran and such processes by which a mantra is awakened — but that happens under the supervision of a guru. Besides those, twelve more kinds are given, which come under Martand Tantra, some of whose vidhis are given in Kaal Sankarshan Tantra, and which are performed before Surya Narayan.
Makar Sankranti is approaching, and tantrokta Surya sadhanas are to follow on the channel.
He says he is telling this because Makar Sankranti is coming, and at that time certain special tantrokta sadhanas connected with Bhagavan Surya will certainly be on the channel — so that for those who feel the sadhanas and mantras they have been doing are not bearing fruit, or are giving it only slowly, Surya's grace is the best thing for that.
The method of the ten samskaras of a mantra is already fully viral on YouTube and Instagram, so no confirmation is needed from him
Asked for the method of the ten samskaras of a mantra so that the mantra becomes awakened, the speaker says people are already telling it — it is fully viral on YouTube and on Instagram, look at it. He says he knows where the question is coming from and that no confirmation needs to be taken from him: the videos show in what manner the ten vidhis are done and with which beejas a mantra is to be samput, so that the mantra becomes awakened. Do it and enjoy, he says; he has given up speaking about it.
Why do sadhanas and mantras themselves need to be nourished?
The speaker says that everything in life must be obtained, but if food and drink are not had properly no work can be done at all. Pushti is greatly necessary. Just as the body needs its own nourishment, its capability and its strength, so the shaktis, the mantras and the sadhanas a person has once perfected must also be made pushta.
What should be done during Kharmas, when no new sadhana may be begun?
A new sadhana cannot be begun, but for those sadhanas you have already performed before, he says, you should certainly do sadhana in this divine time in order to make them pushta. He gives the example of all those who have done the Kalika Yogini sadhana — some two times over, some three — and answers a question about starting from the sixteenth, when Kharmas begins: there is no difficulty, because that sadhana has already been done, so it may be started again from the Ashtami tithi and repeated again and again.
What should someone who perfected the Hanuman Chalisa in an eclipse do now?
If you have made the Hanuman Chalisa siddh during a grahan kaal or at any other time, then in the Shakambhari Navratri you should take up a nine-day anushthan again with exactly this sankalpa — that it be made pushta and stronger, so that whenever you use it you obtain its full effect.
Nine full days of havan in the Shakambhari Navratri are prescribed for a siddh mantra that has stopped giving effect.
Where something is not working, havan at that place. So if you perform havanatmak prayoga in the Shakambhari Navratri — especially of any mantra of yours which you had made siddh and which is not giving effect, or even otherwise — a full nine days, by which that mantra will become pushta, a positive effect will fall on your body too, and whenever you use it you will obtain more effect from it than you hoped.
Can a mahamantra anushthan done at Bhairav Ashtami be repeated in Malmas?
Asked whether the repetition of a mahamantra anushthan performed on Bhairav Ashtami can be started from the Ashtami tithi, he answers yes: Malmas has begun, there is no difficulty at all, begin it.
What is the rule about starting sadhana during Kharmas?
Do not begin a sadhana during Kharmas, he repeats. Those which you have done during a grahan kaal, if you have done them already before, you can begin those and repeat the sadhana. Do not start anything new.
Can a mantra that has been made siddha be done as an anushthan again?
A mantra that has been made siddha can have its anushthan done again, he says — it should be done again and again. Asked how one knows whether a mantra has become siddha, he tells Sandy ji that there is a video on this subject and asks him to see it once.
A dream said the Chalisa downloaded from social media was wrong — does that happen?
To AK Patro ji, who had downloaded the Ma Bhadrakali Chalisa from social media and started reading it, and in between had a dream that the Chalisa is wrong and should not be read, he answers that this happens. Somebody had sent a Vaishno Devi Chalisa, he says, in which in place of poshan the word shoshan was written. This is exactly the difficulty with downloading from the net. He also says that a mantra made siddha absolutely should be done again.
Which one-day anushthan can be done on Aghor Amavasya?
The anushthan of that very mantra of which you have done the most japa and whose effect you want should be done on that night before Bhagavati — let it be the mantra of any devata whatever. Along with it let there be the pujan of Bhagavati, and a request to her: O Jagadamba, make this mantra the most intense. This, he says, is what he is telling in relation to material matters; for spiritual benefit you may do as you wish, as per the vidhi.
In which months are Sabar mantras awakened and strengthened?
The speaker says that when we come into siddhis, the Sabar mantra cannot be ignored. For those who do Sabar sadhana and keep Sabar mantras perfected, aradhana and sadhana should be done in the month of Shravan, the month of Navratri, the month of Kartik and the month of Margashirsh, especially for the awakening of mantras and for strengthening the mantras that have been awakened.
With what should the astra-mantra abhishek be done, and for what purpose?
In the abhishek, if it is possible for you, do it with madhu while reciting — for the pushti of that mantra, for the pushti of Bhagwan Shiva, and so that whenever you do a prayoga its effect bears fruit entirely and does not go fruitless. The Ravan mala, the Khadga mala, the Neelkanth Aghor astra and the Aghor astra are all to be done in this same way.
What should Bhairav sadhaks do with their mantras in this Sawan?
Those who have been doing Bhairav ji's vidhi vidhan till now, and those doing the Mahabhairav mantra, are told not to do a prayoga. This time the Mahabhairav mantra is not to be used in prayoga but to be strengthened. Everyone should strengthen their mantras in Sawan, which is better because Purushottam Maas is alongside — the mantra will bear fruit much more, and siddhis too will come at once. Whether it is the ashtottara shatanam of Bhairav ji, the Batuk Bhairav hriday, the Mahabhairav stotra or the Mahabhairav mantra, do the same vidhi vidhan you did before, in the same place — the Shiva temple if that is where you did it, at home if that is where. This whole sixty days will be dedicated, and there is no restriction of hour in Sawan.
Two sava lakh japas and a full sixty days of rudrabhishek stand behind a kavach made in Sawan.
Since this time it is Sawan, he says, for all those whose kavach is to be constructed, roughly two sava lakh japas will comfortably be done, and the rudrabhishek will be of the full sixty days. So a very large arrangement has come about this time for kavachs. Whatever you yourself do as well, by that much those things will be strengthened; and after that, wear it.
What should someone who has completed a purashcharan three times do next?
Keep doing it again and again, the speaker answers, and one or two malas of japa should be done in the nitya pujan. The vidhi of prayoga has been given many times on the channel in the experience videos — listen to those and act according to the trouble you have; and for anything personal, send a message.
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