Paricharika
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A deity's subordinate attendant energy present in a devotee's immediate atmosphere — distinct from the principal deity itself, it is these localized, fractional energies that can grow displeased or be technically obstructed, never the supreme deity they serve.
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Precaution: Devi Suktam prayoga is not for small matters; 40,000 recitations in a lifetime
The speaker cautions that the Tantrokta Devisuktam should not be used as a prayoga without cause — recite it and obtain Bhagavati's grace, but do not deploy it over some small matter when you get stuck. He then says that if you complete 40,000 recitations of all these mantras in your life, Bhagavati's Yoginis, her shaktis, her Paricharikas and the Kshetrapals all become gracious to you and no one can harm you; the effect of the Phalashruti given in the Lalita Sahasranama is obtained through this. He offers this as the path for those who cannot do more and are not initiated (Diksha).
Tying the Devi's grace to worldly demands drives her attendant powers away
The speaker says that once experiences begin, a sadhak either tries to understand them alone — scriptures, YouTube, magazines, other people's accounts — and reaches no conclusion, since these things differ for each person, or goes to someone who knows the field. A right person, he says, will tell him plainly: do not get stuck in the experiences, keep doing the practice, Bhagwati's grace is clearly with you — but do not bring it down into material things. The moment the sadhak starts saying "if grace has come, let my debt clear, let me get divine sight, let the one I love love me back", he stops being nishkam and starts classifying what he wants; when it does not happen he reproaches the Devi about wasted seva, havans and money. The ishta feels no pain from this, but her Paricharikas, who live in our atmosphere and respond fastest, get angry and punish him — experiences fall away. This is not binding, he stresses; it is distance forming between the two sides.
Who is Bhadrakshi, and of which loka is she?
As for loka, Shiva loka alone will come, the speaker says, and Bhadrakshi is among the anga vidyas of Maa Bhadrakali in a yogini swaroop, and among the paricharikas too the name Bhadrakshi comes. But if you are the first person asking about this swaroop, and if she is your kuldevi, then the pujan will always chiefly be in the swaroop of Bhagavati Bhadrakali. Her pujan cannot be done independently, because she is an ugra and tamas-predominant devi; her pujan is done in the tamas manner. Plainly, the asura kula of former times used to worship the devi Bhadrakshi in the ugra manner, performing bali pujan and the like.
Can a Mahavidya be sidhed?
Asked about the origin of Bhagavati Aprajita and why she cannot be sidhed, the speaker says that no Mahavidya can ever be sidhed by you or by him. He does not know what anyone means when they speak of the siddhi of a Mahavidya. Whose siddhi takes place? Even their yoginis bestow grace. The sevikas, the paricharikas of the upa-yoginis have so much capacity within them that there is nothing they cannot do — it is they who are sidhed, and even that in a very subtle form, remaining within great limits.
Why is Guhya Kali gupt?
Asked why Guhya Kali is gupt, the speaker answers that the name itself is guhya. Eighteen kinds of Kali have been held; the sevikas of Kali have chiefly been held so.
How long is a mandal, and who is worshipped in it?
Of how many days will the mandal be — will it be of nine days or of forty days? According to that you should first proceed; all this is different in each case. And chiefly, whose pujan will you carry: if you are doing Mahakali, then you will keep doing Mahakali's alone lifelong with the feeling of bhakti; or if you wish to obtain some shakti connected with tantra, then any one of theirs — a yogini, an upayogini, a paricharika — any one whose seva and puja we may wish to do separately among the ang vidyas. This you should ask.
Does a siddha need food and excretion?
Even in this Kalikaal, he says, a sadhak who becomes yoga siddha — on whom even one paricharika of Bhagavati has shown grace, or on whom even an ordinary servant or parshad of Narayan has shown grace — no longer needs food, nor does mal-mutra form in his body. And you are doing all this to Narayan.
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