Naivedya
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The food offering (Bhog) presented to a deity during worship, accompanied by water offerings and dedicatory mantras.
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Batuk Bhairav's favourite bhog: boondi laddu and jalebi
After installing him, the speaker says, offer Batuk Bhairava his favourite Bhog in his name — laddus, boondi laddus, and jalebi are his favourite bhog — and having offered that, do his pujan.
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.
Naivedya for Batuk Bhairav in the kavach anushthan, and who may eat it
The speaker says the Naivedya for Bhairav can be boondi laddu, Mishri, or a good dahi vada made at home; jalebi, mishri or laddu may also be bought from outside. Whatever is offered can be accepted by women and men alike, because this naivedya of Batuk Bhairav is a household puja — it is not the case that a woman of the house may not eat it.
Bhog, water and leaves in the Datta ekakshari anushthan
Asked what Bhog to offer, the speaker says any sweet item — chhuhara, kishmish, Mishri. After offering, the sadhak may eat it and feed it to the household. The water kept with the bhog is to be drunk by the sadhak himself. Bilva and Tulsi leaf may both be offered to Bhagavan.
Offering the home-cooked meal into the Holika fire: the mantra turns nourishing and the harm of fierce mantras is blocked
The speaker calls this the most important point: whatever food has been cooked at home for that evening's meal must be offered as Naivedya into the Holika fire — before or after the japa, whichever way the dahan time falls — and the sadhak doing the japa must carry it there with his own hands. Then, when he sits for japa during the dahan, the mantra becomes poshak, nourishing and increasing pushti. He adds that this also stops the Tiryak Prabhava, the oblique ill effect, that japa of fierce mantras otherwise brings: no food-related distress, no such loss of wealth, no loss of Shri, no poverty — because one is satisfying a purifying fire that is of Narayani nature and increases Shri, and doing the japa in front of it.
Eating during a sadhana without first offering the food incurs a fault
Whatever is eaten — roti, any other grain, or fruit alone — is first offered to the practitioner's chosen deity and only then accepted by them. Offering Naivedya before eating is part of the daily rule anyway, but during a sadhana omitting it incurs a fault.
Pujan sequence for each of the eight Vinayaks
The speaker says the pujan of all eight Ganpatis is identical and begins with Mayuresh in the east. For each: Avahan with a flower; water three times while reciting the mantra (for washing the hands, for achaman, for snan); Durva Grass; Bilva patra and flower; then Naivedya of one Laddu with one clove and one cardamom placed on it; then water three times again. Eight Ganpatis get eight separate laddus, each with its clove and cardamom, and he says the order of bilva, flower and durva may be switched without any problem. He kept the sequence the same and completely simple so that anyone can do it, and says that after two or three chaturthi pujans it is all by heart.
Daily temple jalabhishek during the Shri Samba Shivaya anushthan
The speaker says that from the first day to Mahashivratri one goes daily, after the home japa, to a Sadashiv temple for jalabhishek, and one small addition makes the mantra far more intense and brings its grace across lifetimes: a separate panchmukhi Rudraksha bead, a piece of broken rock Mishri and four or five strands of Kesar in the lota of water — only these three. At the temple: first lamps (one for Shiva, or five for the Shiv parivar) with wicks in pairs; then the abhishek, pouring while chanting this very mantra; then flowers, Bilva or Shami; kishmish Naivedya beside, not on, the Shivling; camphor Aarti; the lota left upside down and picked up only at the end. Kesar that stops on the jalhari goes on one's own forehead — woman or man — never lifted off the shivling; kesar left in the lota goes back onto Shiva. At Shivratri itself belpatra, shami, aak flower and fruit are also offered.
Case: a 41-day Navarna mantra sadhana copied from YouTube without diksha
The speaker presents a true case from the Corona period: a man with no Diksha of any kind, who had long served Bhagavati, went through every Navarna Mantra video on a very popular channel, was motivated by the experiences reported there, and began a night-time sadhana. On red cloth and a red asan he sat from about 10:30 pm to 2:30 am trying to complete 108 malas; for 41 days he kept an Akhand Jyot, offered Naivedya to Bhagavati in a solitary room, then did the Chalisa, the Ashtottara Shatanama, Navarna japa and one mala for Ganpati, nothing else. The sadhana completed calmly with no fear, no Avesh and no visitation; he continued nine malas daily and had beautiful dream experiences, which the speaker calls the proper, positive response for any Sadhak. That was 2021.
Daily sequence of the Mahabhairav prayoga at the temple
The speaker says a karan patra must be with you every day: carry a bottle of Madira and a small, medium-size clay Khappar; fill it fully with madira, drop in two cloves and one cardamom, and offer it to Bhairava ji as Naivedya. The order is: first light the four-faced lamp and offer the karan patra; then sit on the asan, remember Guru and Ganesha, do one Mala of the Panchakshari Mantra, then at least five malas of the Mahabhairav mantra, five recitations of the Mahabhairav Stotra, and again five malas of the mantra, all while looking towards Bhairav ji. Then burn clove-camphor and offer it in some vessel. The laddus and other naivedya are offered as Bhog beforehand, and whatever Prasad you get is eaten there on the spot after the pujan is complete; it is not to be brought home. On returning home, bathe and do puja again at home.
Lifelong seva vow to Bhairav once the Mahabhairav prayoga succeeds
The speaker says that if your work is accomplished within the 41 days, you are to tell Bhairava: "Prabhu, on the Ashtami tithi of every month, or whenever it becomes feasible for us, we will come once and do your seva-puja before leaving." And you must serve him for the rest of your life so that his grace remains. He says you are not binding yourself in any bondage; the grace of a divine shakti will be with you, and whenever you fall into trouble this shakti will stand by you. Each time you go, offer him Naivedya.
May naivedya be placed on the yantra?
No — do not place naivedya on the yantra. The naivedya is the bhog offered before them. It is at the time of archan that things are placed on it: if you wish to do archan by the sahasranama or by the satnaam, with raisins, cashews, makhana, lotus seeds or some other substance, then you may place these on the yantra.
Navarna japa calls for bali and naivedya for the yoginis and Kshetrapal pujan
After all the other faults, the speaker says, came the "bumper" fault of the Navarna case: the man never once offered Bali, bhog or Naivedya. The Navarna Mantra is a tantric mantra, he says; with its japa the Yoginis come, and they received no bali, no naivedya, no food at all. Nor was Kshetrapal ever worshipped. Navarna has great glory and all its rules; perform it without fully knowing them, and everything that happened in this case will happen.
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