Pregnancy
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Who the Vansh Vriddhi Durga Kavach is for: blocked lineage, failed conception and miscarriage
The speaker says a family lineage can stop growing because of a Dosha in the birth chart (a cruel planet aspecting the fifth house), a dosha of the kul, or acts done by ancestors or by the person themselves, so that a medically sound couple still cannot have a child. In such a situation, he says, one should take refuge in Bhagwan Mahadev together with Bhagwati Jagdamba. The vidhan he teaches also applies when a pregnancy does form but then miscarries or repeatedly fails to hold. It must be done with complete surrender.
Consecrated water of the Vansh Vriddhi Durga Kavach: how it is prepared and who drinks it when
The speaker says that while the anushthan and its havan run, a covered Kalash or lota of pure Gangajal is kept so that the energy of the daily recitation falls on it and the heat of the havan fire reaches it. Afterwards, a husband with a Shukra Dosha or similar deficiency drinks this water every morning on an empty stomach after bath, puja and Bhagwati's prasad. The wife starts drinking it on the day she is ritu-snata (her period over, hair washed, first puja done), then daily from the next day for some time; the longer she continues, the better.
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.
Trouble conceiving and repeated miscarriage as a symptom of Pitra Dosha
The speaker says that after marriage, trouble in growing the lineage is a symptom of Pitru Dosha: the wife cannot conceive, or miscarries again and again. He allows that the cause can also be Abhichara, but says the underlying fact is that the ancestors' support is not there, because when the ancestors support a family the lineage grows at once. In his view, if conception is easy, the nine months pass without trouble and the child is born well, that is the ancestors' full grace and protection; if conceiving is hard, the pregnancy is troubled, miscarriage happens, there are repeated hospital visits and bleeding that will not stop, and the whole pregnancy passes in tension, that is a symptom of Pitra Dosha.
Dream of something lifted from an afflicted person's head: a sign of abhichaar being cut, not intensifying
The speaker says that a week or ten days into the Vajra Kavach recitation, the dream child began showing the sadhak that he was lifting something off the head of the sadhak's daughter-in-law — who was under Abhichara and brahm-avesh — and placing it at the main Chaukhat of the house. The sadhak was ninety percent sure this meant the abhichaar was intensifying, since it came on the very nights her disturbance was worst. But he says that after every such dream she became calm and stayed nearly normal for the next two, three or four days — so the dream was showing relief, not attack.
Protecting a pregnant woman with the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach
The speaker says that if a pregnant woman of the house is under some prayog, has trouble in the stomach, or is getting a great many dreams, the Batuk Bhairav Brahma Kavach protects her fully. This works whether or not one has done the kavach's anushthan: even its ordinary recitation, done with a mustard-oil lamp lit, gives her complete protection.
What is the Seven-Grain Flour (Sapta-Dhanya) Ganapati used for?
An icon molded from the flour of seven grains, worshipped with Sahasra-Archana and 100 Tarpanas displaying prescribed Ganesha Mudras, it alleviates obstacles regarding childlessness and pregnancy — Mudra exhibition is mandatory when using raw/perishable substances.
Why did Shukdev remain twelve years in the womb?
He stayed twelve years in his mother's womb, and came out only after Bhagwan Narayan gave the word that his Vaishnavi maya would not touch him and that he would retain the memory of everything he remembered in the womb.
What does the Parvati Gita say about the jiva in the womb?
He says the Garbha Gita — the Shri Parvati Gita — describes that when the jivatma is in the mother's womb, in the sixth and seventh month it obtains awareness of all its previous births. Suffering there, it makes stuti to Bhagavati, to its aradhya, praying that when it takes birth this time it will certainly do her upasana and not let the birth go waste, asking only to be freed from this suffering — for the greatest suffering in the world, he says, is the suffering of the mother's womb, where the jiva hangs upside down and endures it.
Why do ordinary jivas not remember their past births?
Because, as described there, whenever a jiva takes birth, at the very moment of birth Vaishnavi maya touches it — that is, Bhagavati's maya touches it — by which the jivatma forgets all the matters of its previous births, which it did remember while in the womb.
What boon is attached to the Chaitra Trayodashi joined with Purva Phalguni?
Remember this tithi and this time, the speaker says: on the Trayodashi tithi of the Shukla Paksha of the month of Chaitra, in the Purva Phalguni nakshatra, on a day which is a Sunday — whichever man on this earth has darshan of you with bhakti, O Har, by your grace all his sins will be destroyed and all his diseases utterly destroyed. And if a woman is barren, or one-eyed, or without beauty, then by your darshan whatever dosha has been attached to her, on account of which she obtained such a form, from that too she will be freed.
Can a siddha mantra be used for jhada on a pregnant or menstruating woman?
The speaker says a sadhak who has been using his mantra for small household cures — abhimantrit water, Bhasma, a blow of breath — may one day use a sabar or tantrokta mantra of Hanuman or another rule-heavy deity to give Jhada to a woman it should not be used on: a woman more than three months pregnant, or one who is menstruating. Many such mantras are forbidden there, unless the mantra came through Guru Parampara with the guru's direction. For a menstruating woman in distress or under an upari badha, mantras of Parvati, Kamakshi or Durga are used instead. One mantra cannot be used on everyone for everything; used wrongly it becomes polluted and loses its effect.
What are the causes of repeated miscarriage?
The case where a woman's pregnancy repeatedly falls. The speaker names three causes: that some dosha is present in that family, some matter of the pitrs; that an abhicharik condition has been fixed such that when the woman conceives she will see someone in a dream and the pregnancy will fall; and third, whether there is a medical reason or anything else, that she cannot conceive, or conceives but it does not hold and falls.
The substance kept abhimantrit through the rajaswala days is tied at the waist on a Dashami tithi.
If the sadhika who does the Kamakhya Kavach has kept this substance abhimantrit during the time she was rajaswala in the middle of Navratri, then only this much is to be done: have it tied at the waist of the woman concerned on a Dashami tithi — whether of Krishna Paksha or of Shukla Paksha, on a Dashami tithi.
How is the root of the black dhatura brought?
The root of the black dhatura, if it can be had, makes it excellent — but it has its own procedure for bringing. The procedure is that when the Pushya nakshatra falls, one day before the Pushya nakshatra you invite it; and in the nakshatra you are not to look at whether it is Guru Pushya or Ravi Pushya, only that it is one day before the Pushya nakshatra. The next day you go and dig up that root and bring it, and it is kept in this. Then, tied at the waist of the one having the difficulty, the speaker says there is a 99% possibility that the pregnancy will hold — the 1% being Devi's will and your own karmas.
Is it true that Rahu in the fifth house denies motherhood and gives a wicked child?
A listener says everyone tells her that with Rahu in the fifth house she will not obtain motherhood, and that if a child comes it will turn out wicked. The speaker says that from this alone you may understand how much knowledge of jyotish such people have: they will not analyse what the position of the lagnesh is, whom Rahu is with, or whether the dosha of Rahu in the fifth is being cancelled.
What can Rahu in the fifth house actually give?
Weeping is the work of cowards, the speaker says — saying we have Rahu in the fifth, nothing will happen. The Rahu of the fifth can give such a son or such a daughter as will have an extremely developed mind; the child can even become a scientist, and will have that much capacity. Such a one turns out different, with the ability to think very differently from others. He is not wicked.
Precaution: pregnancy past three months and expectant fathers keep out of shmashan bhoomi and the temples around it
Even at a temple that stands before the shmashan boundary, the speaker says, care is needed: a woman whose pregnancy has passed three months must not enter Shamshaan bhoomi, and no pregnant woman should go to a temple in the area around shmashan bhoomi. Along with that, a man who is about to become a father should also not go into this kind of kshetra.
What is the third caution after an eclipse?
After the grahan is complete, he says, be alert in both directions if on any pretext or by any means someone is giving you any garment to wear or has come asking to take one. In the one who comes to give there may be some reason such that trouble will come to you; and if someone has come to take from you and you give it in such a state, an injury may occur somewhere. Where there is a pregnant woman in the house, he says, you need to be extremely careful.
Does japa of the Batuk Bhairav mantra harm a pregnancy?
A listener says she did japa of the Batuk Bhairav mantra in Navratri without knowing. There is no mistake of that kind, the speaker says by name: no negative effect falls upon a pregnancy from japa of the Batuk Bhairav mantra or from japa of Bhagavati's mantra. If someone has told you this, they have told you wrongly. Bhairav ji is a Mahashakti and is himself ready for the protection of all these.
Who guards a child at the time of pregnancy?
Whenever the time of pregnancy comes, the speaker says — as he has told in an earlier live too — there is first Bhagavati Shashthi, who is Dev Sena; and for the protection of the child it is Bal Bhairav and Batuk Bhairav who go with her, the swiftest of all. Bal Bhairav eight, Batuk Bhairav sixteen: in this way they go, and they guard. It is simply not possible, he says, that anything of this kind has happened on account of a kavach path — take this thing out of your heart and out of your mind. There is no mistake.
What should those with oot, miscarriage or masan dosha do?
Those who do the upays connected with oot, or whose miscarriage and the like has happened and those children appear in dreams; women who see themselves as pregnant; unmarried girls who see themselves pregnant or with a child; those with masan dosha and the like, or the dosha of the kalve — such people should on the day of Amavasya go to the temple of Bhagavati Kali ji, where a peepal tree stands, and there certainly do the upay that has been described. For the oot of the house, for children of the house whose death happened in that way, whatever vidhi of pujan has been described is to be done at the temple only. This pujan is not to be done at home — he says he has clarified this again and again.
Can a pregnant woman be taken to the Vindhyavasini darbar?
Asked whether one may take a pregnant woman to the Vindhyavasini darbar, since people say one should stay at home in this state, he answers Navin Dubey ji: if the pregnancy has become of more months, then travelling, and going and coming anywhere, is not fitting. We too will not say that you should take such a person along in that state; it is not fitting to go so far from the house, if it is far. He also answers a Durga mantra offered on a Mahakali yantra — absolutely offer it; you can do it on a shivling too, you can do it on both.
What should be done where conception itself is the difficulty?
Worship, that night in particular, Bhagavan Shri Krishna seated in Bhagavati Yashoda's lap. Yashoda too should have her Shodashopachara worship and her Shringar. Then place that photograph where your wife can see it at every moment, and worship it specially each year on the Ashtami tithi.
Where is the Yashoda form described, and what is the Garbha Chandi prescription?
In the Gupt Garbha Chandi, and in the Radha Tantra, where Bhagavati Yashoda's particular form is described with the Garbha Chandika in Samput. The prescription there is that butter made from cow's milk be consecrated with her mantra and fed to a pregnant woman, for the protection of the womb.
What is the Gomti Chakra used for?
It is also called the Vishnu Chakra, obtained from the sea, used particularly in Lakshmi-related matters — for the protection and holding of a womb where it is repeatedly lost, and where an Abhichar Karma is repeatedly being done. Two kinds are found: living and dead.
When is Kamadev sadhana actually indicated?
Only when disorders of that kind in the body are causing a great deal of trouble — that is, where a child is wanted for the sake of Dharma and the body is not cooperating, where there is a medical problem. Then it should be done. For a fit and beautiful wife, perform Bhagavati's sadhana instead: Patnim Manoramam Dehi.
Does nadi dosha cause difficulty in having children?
The speaker says that if there is nadi dosha in the ashtakoot milan — and it will be of both, so it belongs to both — then there is difficulty in the birth of children. He says it cannot be stated by taking that alone; nevertheless, if you were to say it in one word, the main difficulty lies exactly there. As for what should be done, that can be told only after seeing the whole kundali.
Where does Bhagavati Kamakhya reside within a woman?
Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya remains seated within every woman, the speaker says. From the time a woman first has her monthly period, until the time when it is not permanently ended from her body, until then Kamakhya tattva remains seated within every woman; and it is by the blessing of this very Bhagavati that anyone's progeny increases. If someone's line grows, then there is Bhagavati Kamakhya's blessing in it.
The kriya of masan upon the garbh of women, with its causes, symptoms and remedy, is deferred to a session of its own.
A listener asks for information about the kriya of masan upon the womb of women — its causes, symptoms and remedy — saying that there are women of Assam who have this trouble and would benefit. He says: very well, we will explain that separately.
Can a nurse conduct deliveries while doing a sadhana?
A nurse asks whether it is true, as she has heard, that one cannot conduct deliveries for patients while in sadhana. Since your profession is itself of that kind, for service, do not be troubled by it, the speaker says — do that work. But purity is to be kept: you will have to bathe daily, and at the time of sadhana the hair too will have to be washed, day after day, and that is a somewhat difficult matter.
May the Kamakhya kavach be recited during pregnancy?
Absolutely, he says — the path of the Kamakhya kavach can be done in pregnancy. This much is certain: when the fifth month is completed and the sixth begins, there is no need to go to the puja sthaan and no need to sit there. Sit on your bed, your bistar, on your bed wherever you are, and do the japa. She may even do japa while asleep; if it is by heart, let her keep doing japa, let the Kamakhya kavach keep running in the mind. There is no problem. Even at the time of labour pain, if awareness comes and it is running within, let the Kamakhya kavach keep running; let her keep doing it in any state, and at the time of the child's birth too. Bhagavati will grant a most divine child. There is no need to stop at any time.
Why do the ten Mahavidyas come into her one form?
Because Bhagavati Kamarupa Kamakhya is such a form that within her the ten Mahavidyas may be worshipped — in her one form all the infinite powers of the whole creation are contained. And for that reason the Kamakhya tattva is present within every female principle.
May a pregnant woman recite the Kamakhya Kavach?
She absolutely may — the Kamakhya Kavach can be recited in any condition, and it is not obligatory to go to the worship place to do it. But after the fourth or fifth month a pregnant woman should not go to the place of worship, and above all not where there is a Shivling.
What does repeatedly dreaming of pregnancy mean, and what is the remedy?
Repeatedly seeing pregnancy in dreams, regardless of age, indicates a Dakini affliction — cured by performing the Kshetrapal Nikashi ritual at home at least five times, reciting the Kshetrapal Bhairav Stotra, evening fumigation, and a Bhairav Deepdaan with a sankalpa detailing the affliction.
Why does a new mother in janma sutak show signs of abhichar?
The speaker says an abhicharik state is possible, but that in ninety-nine per cent of cases what happens is that an abhichar already in place turns ugra at that time. The dosha of sthan-ullanghan attaches — she has gone to a hospital, and there are fifty kinds of subject at such a place. Pitrs already in difficulty can also give some trouble. But the greatest matter present in this, he says, is connected with Dakini dosha.
What should be done about long-running illness, blocked business and repeated miscarriage?
A listener writes that his parents' and wife's health is often unwell, that nothing new can be done in the business for eight years now, and that the womb has fallen three times. The speaker says there should be a full discussion about this once, along with the janma kundalis — only then will it be known what the subject is. It is a matter of the house and the janma kundali, and a matter of the members of the family.
Which kavach can a pregnant woman recite for the protection of the child?
The whole subject connected with the garbha is on the channel, the speaker says — he will share it again, there are three videos. In them the whole vidhan is told, of what should be done in which month. It is a simple subject, not very extensive or intricate, because in it there is more rest from after the third month. So listen to that vidhan once. Subjects related to the Parvati Gita have also been placed in it. So do that — and catch hold of the Kamakhya Kavach.
Until when may a pregnant woman perform puja?
A question is put about what a pregnant woman may do to protect her dharma, using a word the speaker cannot make out. He says he did not understand and asks what is meant, and then says: up to the third month she can do puja. The rest of the subject he says he did not understand.
When is the mritika Ganpati prayoga used?
The second is of mritika, of clay — used when you come to know that distress is being caused in some woman's body by the oots. The speaker sets out what troubles follow: various kinds of disease connected with the abdomen, that is with the stomach; the whole region of the stomach from the uterus onward, the region of their birth, the region of children — the maximum problems seen in tantra are connected with all those regions, because they are joined to that place.
When is kokh bandhan most often done?
After the tantric bandhan laid on a household comes kokh bandhan, done for the sake of the continuation of the line — making the womb itself stambhit. The prayoga used most in this, the speaker says, people do at the very time of the marriage. They do it on unmarried girls too, and they do it at the time of the marriage; that is why it is said that the bride and groom should stay very alert.
Is it only the woman who is bound?
The speaker calls it a misconception that only the woman is bound and only her womb is made bound. It is not so — many times it happens that the man is bound. Then, although the man is capable, until deva kripa is present within him no offspring can be produced.
Failed conception or miscarriage that no medicine fixes, and why dvesha arises where there is goodness
The speaker says the women will either not be able to hold a child in the womb at all, or, if they do hold it, there will be a miscarriage; and however much medicine is taken for it, it will not be put right. As for who is envied — envy comes only where there is some goodness: because you are rising for whatever reason, are ahead, are supplied with wealth and grain. And someone who has no son or daughter at all, who is childless, will also out of dvesha have something done.
A girl bound in this way holds no pregnancy after marriage, and the same binding is laid again inside the wedding mandap
The speaker says that later on such a difficulty will arise for her that after marriage no pregnancy will hold at all. And after that, at the time of the marriage, in the wedding mandap, through the whole marriage process from beginning to end, there are also many such vidhans in this ashuddha tantra by which the girl's garbha is made stambhit, is bound.
When no brother in a kunba has a son and every marriage has stopped, the prayoga dates from the father's or grandfather's time
The speaker describes a bandhan on a whole family — if it is a family of four, four brothers, then not one of them is having a son, only daughters are being born; or many times no child at all; or the whole marriage in the whole kunba has stopped, four brothers and all four marriages stopped, all the mangalik work stopped. When it has stopped for all four or five, he says, know that this is not the effect of a tantra prayoga of this generation but of the time of the father or grandfather, which for some reason has now become very strongly effective and is at its peak.
The village vidhan of kicking the womb with a second girl seated alongside is condemned as very wrong
Concerning anything to do with the womb, the speaker says there are many vidyas, and in villages people also run a vidhan of kicking the womb. They do a very wrong thing: they seat some good girl alongside, calling her a friend or companion, and deliver the kick on this side — and the second girl's life is ruined. This one's was made and that one's was gone, he says. Avoid all these things, keep attention on them.
What has happened to the name Bhavani in the course of time?
But what is going on in the course of time, he asks. A girl child who died in the womb, or was got killed in some way by abhichar, or whose pregnancy was aborted after finding out that it was a girl — people have them aborted at six months, at seven months. When she goes above afterwards she begins to throttle, begins to trouble the household, begins to play upon them, does not let the marriages of brothers and sisters take place; and afterwards it becomes: now worship her in the house. Now her sthan has been made, and the name given is Bhavani. An unmarried girl of fourteen, fifteen or sixteen who died for some reason is also being worshipped as a Bhavani, and her name too has become Bhavani.
What restrictions apply to a pregnant woman?
A pregnant woman should not give bali — she should not give bali at all, of any kind, the speaker says. And once past three months she should not even go into the pujan sthan; she should offer her pranam from a distance. Japa and svadhyaya, stuti and mantra paath she should do sitting on her own asana, wherever she is. Puja and paath are not to be given up; only going to the pujan sthan is. Everything else she may do — and bali and the like are not to be given.
Why is a pregnant woman forbidden the pujan sthan?
Going to the pujan sthan is forbidden because the level of energy there is never balanced or of one kind, the speaker says, and the growth of the child in the womb needs stability. He compares it to a doctor forbidding repeated ultrasounds because of the effect of radiation on the child's brain: in your pujan sthan there is the dwelling of devis and devatas and shaktis and their coming and going, so it too is a field of energy. Because of the presence of the devatas' energy, the jeevatma that has come into the body and is about to assume its form will face difficulty. And the second, shastrokta view is that from the third or fourth month, since it is a woman's body with a child in the belly, some fluid or other keeps issuing from the body, so the possibility of the body being impure remains; if in such a state a touch occurs to some object or to the deities in the pujan sthan, that too will incur a dosha.
What does a nakshatra carry with it?
If you go by the nakshatra, then according to the nakshatra there are deities, according to the nakshatra there are trees, according to the nakshatra there are creatures of the sarisrip yoni, and to all a dhatu has been assigned. In the same way tantra holds that if at some time a pregnant woman in the kula dies for some reason, then whichever nakshatra and whichever day her death fell on, a maan attaches to that day in the house.
How does an unfulfilled atma attach itself at a birth?
That unfulfilled atma, the speaker says, because it was caused pain at some time, will not consider what effect will or will not fall upon the child being born in its own family. If she was pregnant, the child in her womb who went as masan or as kalva will attach itself along with her at that time; and the mother in whose breasts the milk is to descend will be drained by that unfulfilled atma. This, he says, is why very often the milk does not descend in the breasts.
Can women blow the shankh?
Two views are current, he says. Somewhere it is said they can, somewhere that they cannot; the reasoning given for not blowing is that an effect falls upon the garbhashay. But the truest thing here, he says, is this: if it were so, then in the region of Bengal it is the women who blow the shankh most of all. His own view is only this — that a pregnant woman should never blow the shankh, because an effect, a pressure, can fall on the garbh. For the rest, ordinarily anyone can blow the shankh. And for the Panchajanya and such, the prohibition does stand, because in that more force has to be applied.
Krishna kavach for obtaining a child
The speaker says the single most distinctive importance of this Krishna kavach is for obtaining a child. If any person, woman or man, is meeting obstruction in obtaining santan, then by wearing this kavach the possibility increases in their life that they may soon obtain a child — a putra ratna or a putri ratna.
Is Kamakhya only a tantric goddess?
If Bhagavati Kamakhya's grace were not in the body of your mother, he says, she could not have given birth to you at all. Bhagavati is clearly present in that form, and you are removing her, saying no, Kamakhya is a tantric devi, how shall we worship Kamakhya Mai, how shall we remember her.
Were Krishna and Subhadra born in the ordinary human way?
Did Bhagavan Shri Krishna take birth like an ordinary man, he asks — you have all seen the Krishna leela; he did not take birth. And Bhagavati Subhadra, his sister, was she born? A presence in the garbha is shown and depicted, and his manifestation is a very different thing. They came into the garbha, but no one is being produced from the garbha. Nowhere, he says, has any shakti's mother had labour pain here.
Which shakti does everyone meet first in life?
Remember one thing in life, he says: whether you do good work or bad work, there are certain shaktis you will have to meet. The first is Bhagavati Ma Kamakhya. On the day you were born — and you have been born already — it was by the grace of Bhagavati Kamakhya that your coming into being took place from your mother's garbha. Do not remember her, do not say it, do not accept Kamakhya if you will, he says; it is your wish, but you met her and her grace fell on you.
How is present karma related to future prarabdha?
The speaker takes the example of a pregnant woman who does not take proper food and does not look after her garbha: if a deficiency then arises in the child that is born, your whole life will go in making it up, and the deficiency will remain within the child lifelong. In the same way, he says, our present karma is at this moment forming the garbha of the future — it is building our prarabdha.
What is the consequence when the japak already has lakhs of japa behind him?
If we have already done lakhs upon lakhs of japa, the speaker says, then that person's misfortune will begin from the very first day. For example, suppose that man's wife is pregnant: there will be roughly a ninety-nine percent chance that she will miscarry. Because here the mantra is siddha, the enemy became stambhit, and fifty kinds of dosha attached. But the one who was doing the mantra japa will not be spared either — he too will be defiled.
When should a pregnant woman stop going to the temple?
Asked when a pregnant woman should stop going to the temple, he answers that she should not go from after the third month. At home too she should do snan and pranam from a distance, and should do path, stuti, japa and the rest comfortably, seated at her own place.
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