Viniyoga
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A standard formula recited before a mantra, naming its sage, meter, presiding deities, and the reciter's specific intent.
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Batuk Bhairav Hridaya Stotra: viniyoga, rishyadi nyasa and the 27 to 108 recitations with cloves and camphor
The speaker says to print the Batuk Bhairav Hridaya PDF from the description and first do the opening vidhi it gives: the salutations to Ganesha, Uma-Maheshwara, guru and Bhairav, the purva peethika, Shri Devi Uvacha and Shri Shiva uvacha. For the Viniyoga take water in hand, say the viniyoga mantra — asya Shri Batuk Bhairav Hridaya Stotrasya, Brihadaranyaka rishi, anushtup chhanda, Shri Batuk Bhairav devata, abhishta-siddhyarthe pathe viniyogah — and drop the water beside the burning Chaumukh Deepak lamp. Do only the rishyadi Nyasa, touching head, mouth, heart and then the whole body; leave out the hridaya, anga and kara nyasa. Then, holding at least 18 cloves and one big lump of camphor in the hand, recite verses 1 to 14 — from "Om pranave sah shirah patu" to "raksha raksha mam kaal sankatat" — at least 27 times, at most 108; 108 is best, 27, 54, 81 or 108 as you are able, counted with supari, flowers or on the fingers. Increase daily and never decrease: never do 108 the first day and 27 the next. Afterwards put the cloves and camphor in an empty clay lamp, offer water at the chaumukh lamp, which is Bhairav's form, and light them there. This is done daily for 11 or 21 days, and the anushthan at least three times.
The 108 Namavali rather than the Datta Mala Mantra for a Datta idol's homa, 'Pathe' versus 'Jape Viniyogah', and raw green limes from a crossroads
Datta idol Homa should use the 108 Namavali of Dattatreya rather than the Datta Mala Mantra; Viniyoga is phrased 'Pathe Viniyogah' for a single recitation and 'Jape Viniyogah' for repeated japa; raw green limes from crossroads are traditionally preferred for swift occult severance.
Viniyoga of a samput path: where the wish is named
The speaker says the ordinary Viniyoga of the Saptashloki stays the same in every kind of Samput paath up to "Devatah". "Shri Durga Preetyartham" is also said, but right after it the wish for which the paath is being done is named, for example "Sarva-mangala-praptyartham", and the viniyoga then ends "Shri Samput Saptashloki Durga Pathe Viniyogah". This viniyoga is said once, and only then does the samput begin.
A water Abhisheka on Shiva alongside the rite, and severe recoil on the practitioner if an innocent is struck
A water Abhisheka on Lord Shiva should be performed alongside the ritual; if an innocent person is accidentally harmed by a potent mantra, the spiritual recoil onto the practitioner is severe — mantra practice must never be treated as a casual experiment.
Why the Devi Suktam counts 82 verses: every Namastasyai is its own mantra
Asked how the Tantrokta Devisuktam comes to 81–82 shlokas when there are visibly fewer, the speaker says people who do Havan must note that havan of the Devi Suktam is not done straight through with the whole mantra: every "Namastasyai" is itself counted as a full shloka. In "Ya devi sarvabhuteshu shakti-rupena samsthita, namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namah", the text up to the first namastasyai is one shloka, the next namastasyai is the second, and "namastasyai namo namah" is the third. Each of these, he says, is an independent mantra with its own devata, rishi, Chhandas, kilaka and shakti, which is why the count rises. He mentions in passing that such namaskara-mantras are a whole subject of their own — namaskara-astras by which someone is slain, described in the Pashupatastra path for those a guru has instructed — and leaves it there.
Second stage: siddhi of the Batuk Bhairav stotra, five paths a day on black pepper for twenty-one days
The speaker says that once the 11 days of the mantra are complete, the stotra path begins from the next Krishna Paksha Ashtami or a shubh tithi such as the masik Shivratri. Each day take 11 black peppercorns for 11 paths or 5 for 5; light Dhoop and Deepak, place the Bhog near Shiva, remember and meditate on Bhairava, do the Viniyoga given in the text, and begin. For every path hold one peppercorn and, when it is complete, place it on Shiva's argha; then the second milk abhishek. At least 21 days at five paths a day, he says, and the stotra becomes for you maha-siddha, like a Vajra, of very intense effect.
Viniyoga and prana pratishtha mantra of the mala, held in the hands
The speaker says the prana pratishtha mantra is read only with its Viniyoga, which he gives: Om asya shri prana pratishtha mantrasya Brahma Vishnu Rudra rishayah, rig-yajuh-samani chhandamsi, prana-shakti devata, aam bijam, hreem shaktih, kraum keelakam, asmin male prana-pratishthapane viniyogah. After the viniyoga the whole Mala is taken into the left hand and covered with the right, and the prana pratishtha mantra is recited. He does not speak that mantra in the video; he says it will be in the description, along with a PDF of the full vidhi.
What does the prohibition against "singing" Durga Saptashati actually mean?
Many misinterpret it to mean chanting according to prescribed meter (Chhandas) should be avoided — but the forbidden 'singing' actually refers to distorting the poetic meter, not reciting it correctly according to the meter specified in its Viniyoga.
Order of worship before the Shani Maha Mala Mantra and who does viniyoga and nyasa
The speaker says first worship the Guru and Ganapati, then do a path of, or at least remember, Bhagwan Surya Narayan together with Shani's mother Chhaya; after remembering both, recite the mala mantra. The mantra comes with a Viniyoga and Nyasa: men who wear the Yajnopavita do them before the japa, while women, boys whose yajnopavit has not yet happened, and men who do not wear it skip them and recite the mala mantra directly.
Japa method of the Datta ekakshari: viniyoga, nyasa, the bare beej
The speaker says the full japa vidhi is a PDF in the video description, to be downloaded and printed. Each sitting begins with Viniyoga and Nyasa, then the Japa of the Ekakshari mantra. Neither Pranav nor namah is to be attached: only the Bija Mantra as it is, and its japa is to be done in the greatest possible quantity.
Should viniyoga and nyasa be done with the Shatanama path?
Only the mool path is to be done. Those who wear the yajnopavita may do the procedure of viniyoga, nyasa and the rest; otherwise do the mool path straight. Do dhyana of Batuk Bhairav and begin the mool path. The mool path runs to the 108 names — that much only; the phalashruti is not to be read every time.
27 to 108 paths daily; viniyoga and nyasa are done once, then the 14 shlokas, closing with the single phalashruti shloka.
The speaker says one should do at least 27 up to 108 paths of the hriday every day. Viniyoga, nyasa and the rest happen once — after doing the nyasa and so on, one does the viniyoga once. There are 14 shlokas in it, 14 mantras, and one recites those mantras. After the paath there is a phalashruti, which is a single shloka only, and after doing that one makes the samarpan.
Why is the Chandi kavach the greatest of all kavachs?
Because, he says, of all the kavachs in the world the best is the kavach of Bhagavati Chandi, since Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh — all three — are its rishis. In the viniyog we read Brahma as the rishi, but it is composed by all three. Its devata is Chamunda, and Chamunda here means Bhagavati Mahakali directly.
Should nyasa be done for each mantra of the tantrokta Durga Saptashati?
In the tantrokta Durga Saptashati there is a viniyog and nyasa process for each mantra, but his own belief is that you should do the full nyasa and viniyog process only if you are initiated or are doing a great deal. Otherwise do only ordinary japa. Women, he says, should not do the nyasa of each mantra at all — hence he commonly says to leave the nyasa process aside somewhat and do japa having done only the viniyog.
What is the sequence for a complete Saptashati paath?
For the complete Saptashati paath there are the six angas of the Saptashati — kavach, argala, kilak. At the beginning you will do the process of shaap vimochan and the rest, then you will do kavach, argala, kilak. After that, if you are a woman you will do only the viniyoga of the Saptashati and will not do nyasa. Nyasa is to be done only when a child has been obtained and is over thirteen years of age, or when your rajonivritti — menopause — has come for good.
What comes before the thirteen adhyayas in a complete Saptashati paath?
Before that, one mala of Navarna japa. In that too this same rule will hold. Then nyasa, and the Saptashati viniyoga, and after that the paath of the thirteen adhyayas, exactly as it has been given.
What do the viniyoga and nyasa of a mantra accomplish?
By doing the viniyoga and its nyasa, absorbing that entire shakti into your body, you yourself are becoming shaktimay — and it is then, meditating on her, that you are performing her puja and her japa. When you go as far as this process and it begins to happen again and again, then understand that the energy settles by degrees into your sukshma sharir, and once you have completed japa up to four lakh, it becomes stable.
Vajra Panjar Kavach samput prayog with the Ekakshari beej to destroy abhichar and kritya on a family
The speaker describes the prayog done in the Kanpur case in a Shiva temple: a sankalp that through this samput path of the Vajra Panjar Kavach every abhicharik act and kritya prayog done on the sadhak and his family be destroyed and they be protected. The purva pithika, viniyog, nyas, dhyan and mantra are read once, panchopachar or manasopachar puja is done, and from where the kavach itself begins each shloka is wrapped with Pranav followed by the Ekakshari beej — "Om Draam" before the verse and "Draam" after it, which he demonstrates on the first three verses. At least 27 such paths are done, up to where the kavach speaks of protection, leaving out the phalashruti. He says the prayog ran eleven days, relief came at once, and the child's chronic stomach pain eased from the first day and was normal by the third or fourth; a Dattatreya mala mantra prayog followed, which he keeps for another video.
What should those who wear the yajnopavita do in the Harihar maas?
Those people who wear the yajnopavita and the rest should practise doing the path of the Vishnu Sahasranama properly, together with its nyasa and viniyoga, so that this year's Harihar maas does not go in vain.
What does the advanced form of the Jayanti Mangala mantra involve?
He says that at an advanced level the Jayanti Mangala mantra is done with full vidhi-vidhan — every single meaning of it, doing viniyoga, doing nyasa, doing yantra archan by the full vidhi — and her puja and seva takes place by the whole brihat vidhi. Everything is done with full vidhi-vidhan from the first mantra of the Argala.
What rules come with mala japa?
But when you do mala japa, then its rules come in: how you are to do the japa, what the vidhi vidhan will be, whether nyasa is to be done or not, how the viniyoga will happen, how many kinds of nyasa there will be, and what rules you must follow after doing the nyasa. If you do not have this information, then go into the Ashtottar Shatnam.
What should women, and men without the yajnopavit, do about nyasa?
Now in the Ashtottar Shatnam too there is viniyoga and nyasa. Women should do the viniyoga. If there are brihad vidhis of nyasa, they should not be done — in any case women should not do nyasa and should do only the viniyoga. Men who do not wear the yajnopavit should also ordinarily not do the process of nyasa and the like; if there is some brihad vidhi, some anushthan of that kind, they should not do it. Ordinarily they can, but if you follow the vidhi and niyam it is better.
Which of sankalp, viniyoga and nyasa must be done daily during a sadhana?
Asked which among the processes of sankalp, viniyoga and nyasa are to be done daily in the sadhana kaal, on each day of the sadhana: whatever the mantra anushthan you are performing requires — whatever things are necessary according to it, you should do all of them.
Pujan sequence on the Pratipada of the Annapurna anushthan
On the Pratipada tithi, the speaker says, one first does Gauri-Ganesha pujan, then pujan of the Guru, then Navagraha pujan, then dhyan, and then the pujan of Bhagavati Annapurna herself with shodashopachara, or at least panchopachara with snan and bhog. After the pujan the dhyan mantra of Jagadamba is read and the Viniyoga done; the full mantra vidhan (dhyan mantra, viniyoga, karanyasa, anganyasa and jap mantra) he does not recite but gives as a PDF linked in the video description.
Navakshari nyasa on a mantra that has grown to twelve syllables
Asked whether he did Viniyoga and Nyasa with the mantra, the man in the Navarna case sent the version published by Gita Press. The speaker says that with Om in front and namah behind, the mantra was no longer the nine-syllable navakshari Navarna Mantra but had become an eleven-syllable, in effect twelve-syllable, mantra, and yet he performed the nyasa of the navakshari on it, which was already an error.
The viniyoga and nyasa of the Panchanan mantras are set out independently in the tantras
The speaker says further description is found of how much japa was done and how the complete viniyoga and nyasa run; that is given independently in the tantras, in the Mahakala Tantra and the like.
Daily sitting of the Badavanal anushthan: sankalp, Sitaram malas, 108 paths counted on urad, samarpan
The speaker says that after the bhog one sits, does achaman, wears the pavitri, purifies the body, does asana shuddhi and shikha bandhan, recites a mangalik path and takes Sankalpa for at least 21 days (women may do 7 or 11), daily or once for all. One remembers the guru, Ganpati, Bhairav, the Kuldevi and sthan devata, does 11 malas of Sitaram on the same tulsi mala, then Hanuman's Dhyan and the Viniyoga of Badavanal, done only once. Holding 108 whole black urad grains, one recites the badvanal-stotra 108 times (11, 21, 27 or 54 are allowed), dropping a grain into a paan- or sal-leaf dona after each path, the mala resting in a Gomukhi meanwhile; then 11 more Sitaram malas. The urad is placed half on each of Hanuman's feet, the japa surrendered with water, then aarti, kshama prarthana and 11 pradakshinas (or 27 or 108 around a peepal or banyan) with Sitaram japa. The whole vidhi is repeated daily to the 21st day, without re-offering the Ram-nama cloth and janeu.
What is given for one who cannot japa the Navarna mantra?
If you cannot japa Navarna and the like because you have no diksha, then the first mantra of the Argala, with its full method, is broadcast on the channel — with complete viniyoga and nyasa, which he says he has hardly found in any grantha to this day.
The Aapada Uddharak Batuk Bhairav Ashtottar Satnam suits a beginner best — with its two or three nyasa procedures left out at first.
The Aapada Uddharak Batuk Bhairav Ashtottar Satnam Stotra is the most exact for a beginning practitioner. It carries two or three Nyasa procedures — do not attempt them at the start. Do the Viniyoga simply and recite the 108 names, before an installed Trishul or a picture of Batuk Bhairav.
Should the Nyasa be done for the Batuk Bhairav Ashtottar Satnam?
Perform only the Viniyoga to begin with. The full procedure is given in the Purva Pithika, but do the Nyasa only after you have completed 1100. Nyasa, the speaker adds, is not needed by everybody.
May the Pranav be uttered at the start and end of the Batuk Bhairav Ashtottar Satnam?
Yes, do it. And in the Viniyoga of the Datta Mala Mantra, saying "Datta Devata Prityarthe Kripa Prapti" is not necessary — say that in the Sankalpa instead.
Twenty-four lamps plus one karma sakshi lamp, ghee best of the three oils — and the Viniyoga is never changed midway.
Twenty-four, plus one Karma Sakshi lamp. Any of ghee, mustard or sesame may be used — ghee is the best of them, and sesame will also serve. And in the Viniyoga: it should be said after everything is accomplished; do not change the Viniyoga at the time of accomplishing.
Which Shiva mantra needs no viniyoga or nyasa?
Besides the Panchakshari vidhan of Shiva ji, which is on the channel with its full mahatmya, there is the mantra of Shambh Shiva — the mantra "Shri Shambh Shivaya Namah". In that, he says, you have no particular need of viniyoga or nyasa; you can do its japa and the rest directly.
Which mantra of Bhagavati can be done without diksha?
The root mantra for all the forms of Bhagavati that can be done without diksha, together with the full viniyoga and nyasa — Jayanti Mangala Kali — that mantra is present, the speaker says. You can offer ahuti with this mantra for the sake of Bhagavati Tripur Bhairavi, you can do japa with it. You know this. You know the whole vidhi vidhan of the beejakshar ekakshari mantra, and you know the kavach of Bhagavati Annapurna.
Can the Lalita Sahasranama be recited without diksha?
There is a great deal of controversy over the Lalita Sahasranama without diksha, the speaker says. In his opinion too, the subject of the viniyoga and nyasa in it comes up, because it is a tantrokta subject; and on the matter of diksha for Bhagavati Lalita, Shankaracharya Maharaj too has spoken in favour of diksha for it. Even so, if you insist so much, then first do at least five lakh japa of the Panchakshari; after that do dev diksha and so on — or do dev diksha first and then do it after completing the five lakh japa. And learn the viniyoga and nyasa well, or simply take upadesh for the Lalita Sahasranama from someone who recites it.
Can the viniyoga of the asana be done in daily puja, and which mala for the Panchakshari?
Asked whether the viniyoga of the asana may be done in daily puja, the speaker says one absolutely can. Asked which mala to take for the Panchakshari, he says you are to take that same one — for the Panchakshari you will take a panchmukhi.
Shiv Raksha Stotra tantra kaat vidhan at the temple: five deepaks, abhishek, viniyog, eight-shloka path, laung and kapur
The speaker's daily sequence: at the Shiv temple first light the five mustard-oil deepaks in the names of the five faces of Panchanana Shiva (he names Vamdev, Ishan, Aghor and says he will write all five), do the abhisheka with the water brought from home, offer flowers, belpatra and bhog, then sit anywhere in the courtyard on an asana brought from home, never the temple's. With water in hand say in the mind to Mahadev that this prayog is done to destroy all abhichaar karma done on you and to obtain his protection, then read the Viniyoga mantra. Keep the printout below until memorised, hold one kapur and two Laung in each fist, and repeat the first eight shlokas of the Shiv Raksha Stotra — from "चरितम देव देवस्य महादेवस्य पावने" to the eighth ending "सर्वांगिनी सदाशिवः" — 5, 7 or 27 times (27 is best), reading on from "एताम शिव वलोपेताम रक्षा में सुकृति पठेत" to the end only on the last round. Then burn the laung and kapur a little away from Shiva, in an earthen vessel if you wish, fold the hands and pray "free me from all these things, protect me", and go home. This is the first thing, done every day; he calls it very easy.
How is the viniyoga done, and where is the water poured?
When the viniyoga is to be done, it is performed with water taken in the hand. The water should not be dropped on the ground but poured into the arghi, near the arghi or near the shivling, where feet do not fall. Saying the whole mantra — asya shri shiv panchakshari mantrasya vamadeva rishi pankti chhanda — you will pour the water. Then you will do the nyasa.
How is the Viniyoga handled in a Samput recitation?
No — the Viniyoga will be done only once. You will begin from the Shiva Uvacha, and it is the Shiva Uvacha you are to repeat again and again; the Viniyoga is done a single time.
How should the viniyoga and nyasa of the Navarna mantra be done?
Asked in what manner the viniyoga and nyasa and the rest of the Navarna mantra should be done, he answers: do it by speaking it aloud.
How much Panchakshari japa should be done daily in Savan, and is nyasa needed?
A listener says he has been doing fifty-one malas daily of Baba's Panchakshari mantra and asks how much should be done in Savan and whether viniyoga and nyasa are needed. If you are initiated, the speaker says, then perform the fifty-one malas of japa doing viniyoga, nyasa and so on. And even if you are not initiated, if you do that much japa, it is much better to do it with nyasa and so forth.
What is the correct krama if the Saptashati is read in reverse?
Now, to do it according to that, you would have to read the three Rahasyas first, then Kavach, Argala, Keelak, then the full thirteen adhyayas, then Keelak, Argala, Kavach, then the three Rahasyas in reverse. You can go in this krama, he says — but he will absolutely not say to do it.
What belongs to each of the thousand matrikas?
He says that those sahasra matrikas, each representing one shakti, all have their own separate rishis and separate Bhairavs, independently. That, he says, is for sadhaks.
Learning avaran pujan from someone who knows it is a good thing
A listener says he had done the Saptashloki sadhana in Ambubachi with viniyoga and nyasa, that a divyansh was obtained, and having completed the sadhana and reported it he was told that now he wishes to be taught the avaran pujan. The speaker says: you did the Saptashloki sadhana; and having done the Saptashloki sadhana you wish to learn avaran pujan, or are learning it, are learning it from someone — that is a good thing, you learn it. In this, he says, there is nothing further we can do.
May a man without a janeu utter the Tatpurusha and Sadyojata mantras?
Asked whether a man without a janeu utters the mantra of the Tatpurusha form and of Sadyojata ji, he says that in the nitya abhishek you may perform the abhishek of Bhagavan Shiva by all five mantras — there is no difficulty. But if you have to do japa of them independently, of all of them, and to perform the viniyoga and nyasa of each, then the subject is different.
Only a sadhak who has accomplished the kavach can perform it, and with a sankalp
He clarifies that he is not speaking here of the viniyoga and the mantra rishi nyasa that follow. Keep in mind, he says, that it is by the procedure of the nyasa of the whole kavach that this thing happens — but for that, either a sadhak must have accomplished the kavach and, making a sankalp, perform it upon you. As for all this subject, he says, practically he has not seen it before his own eyes, so he cannot state it — but he has certainly heard of it.
How are the tattvas within us connected to the Saptashati?
He says to the listener Abhishek that all the tattvas are within us, and in the Saptashati the relation of these tattvas is also with that shakti which is present there. Agni, Vayu, Sur Tattvani — when you go into the Navarna it comes with the three tattvas. Although, he notes, in the prevalent Saptashati the viniyoga and nyasa with the tattvas has not been given.
May phatkar and hunkar be added to sabar mantras in a havan?
Asked whether phatkar, hunkar and the like are all right in the havan of sabar mantras, he says only that a sabar mantra should be spoken exactly as it is, and nothing should be attached to it by oneself, because then the ling of that mantra changes. Mantras have also been divided into all three — masculine, feminine and neuter — and according to whatever we attach at the end, whether we add phatkar, whether hunkar, whether vashat, its distinction follows. If you add it of your own accord, its very nature will change; this is why it should not be done.
Can a beej mantra be japped while walking about?
A question kept coming in the group, he says: if for some reason we cannot do puja-path and are going somewhere, can we do japa of the mantra we do — beej mantras and so on, the Navarna mantra — while walking about? His answer is that it is the naam mantra whose japa should be done. A separate video with the full vidhi-vidhan has been made and will be uploaded soon, but japa of beej mantras is never done while walking about. Those mantras in which the process of nyasa and so on has been prescribed, which have viniyoga by vidhi-vidhan, which are to be japped on a mala with a set direction — never do a walking japa of such a one.
How much of the Dattatreya Vajra Kavach should an ordinary sadhak do?
The Dattatreya kavach, which is the Vajra Kavach, has in it the mool kavach with the whole story from top to bottom — how that kavach was obtained, how its Viniyoga is done, and so on. Do only as much of the viniyoga and Nyasa as stands above the point where the mool kavach begins. There is a separate viniyoga and nyasa for the Mala Mantra; the mala mantra was given last year, and there is no need to do it — it will become very long in this. An ordinary sadhak should not do that much: recite only the mool kavach, that alone is plenty.
Can the viniyoga be done afresh after japa done without it?
A listener says he has done more than three lakh japa of the Panchakshari without the Viniyoga and so on, and now wishes to do it afresh with the viniyoga. Yes, certainly you may do so, the speaker answers.
Where does the Dattatreya Vajra Panjar Kavach begin?
Asked where Bhagavan Dattatreya's Vajra Panjar Kavach will begin from, and from where it is to be done, the speaker says to look at it — you may begin reading from the twenty-sixth shloka. After that comes the Viniyoga.
What is the viniyoga of the Dattatreya Vajra Kavach?
The speaker reads it out as: "अस्य श्री दत्तात्रेय वज्र कवच स्त्रोत मंत्रस्य किरात रूपी महारुद्र ऋषि अनुष्टुप छंद श्री दत्तात्रेय देवता। द्राम बीजामाम शक्ति क्रोम किलिकम ओम आत्मने नमः।" Now this whole nyasa and so on has been given, he says, and having recited all of these one should do the nyasa of all of them.
How is the viniyoga of the Datta Vajra Kavach physically performed?
The whole mantra of the Viniyoga, up to "jape viniyoga" — that is, "अस्य श्री दत्तात्रेय वज्र कवच स्त्रोत मंत्रस्य" and onward — is recited with water taken in the hand. After reciting up to "jape viniyoga", you will offer the water near the Shri feet of Bhagavan Datta.
How does the path change if the kavach is to be recited more than once?
After the viniyoga, if the path is to be done once, then you may recite everything that is written, the speaker says. And if you do not have to recite it all — meaning you wish to recite it more than once, you wish to do 11 paths of the kavach — then after doing the Viniyoga you should come straight to the kavach mantra, which begins from "ओम दत्तात्रेय सिरह पातु". From there you will begin the path of the kavach.
Why does the Batuk Bhairav Brahm Kavach come without its Nyasa?
Because performing Batuk Bhairav's Nyasa brings in his mula mantra — the eighteen-syllable or the twenty-one-syllable — and which one you were given at initiation differs. So the Viniyoga was given and the Nyasa was not. Even without it, a Kavach is running in a Nyasa pattern of its own.
The viniyoga and nyasa of the Argala's first mantra were given publicly across two or three videos
There are so many things in the first mantra of the Jayanti Mangala Argala, the speaker says, that two or three videos were made clarifying it and simplifying the whole of it, and even its viniyoga and nyasa were given. Search and you will find the first on this channel; the Argala first mantra with its nyasa and viniyoga you will not find anywhere else. And if there is some Sanskrit scholar, leaving aside the question of shastra pramana, show it to a Sanskrit scholar and see whether what is given there is correct according to Sanskrit grammar; from that alone you will understand that the arrangement here is entirely right. But people are not satisfied — society can never be satisfied; they want something more, something special, something strong.
What other names of a sahasranama map onto which upachara?
In the same way, the speaker says, where Bhagwati has been called vastra-alankrita, where she has been called vaidurya-mani-bhushita, it means that at the place where the saubhagya sutra and the ratnas for ornamenting are to be offered, we may use these mantras. Where she has been called madhupriya, where it is said that the naivedya of honey is exceedingly dear to her, it means we shall recite that where we offer naivedya in the shodashopachara pujan vidhi.
What is a Bhujang stotra, and when is it done?
Every deity has a Bhujang stotra of their own. Stotra means that the stuti which has been made has a lay, a manner; and when we do the stuti in that manner — when its path is done — it is in the kind of chhanda in which it has been said to be sung, the chhanda being named in the viniyoga, as one says the Anushtup chhanda, the Gayatri chhanda. Every chhanda has its own way of being sung and spoken. It is precisely here, he says, that a guru is needed.
How is the sixteen-fold worship of a mantra performed?
Pronounce the mantra silently, then say Guru Mantraya namah — or Guru Pradatta Mantraya namah for one who received it from a Guru — and Avahayami, Avahanarthe pushpam samarpayami, placing a flower in the plate. Then a flower for the Asana, then Padya, Achman, Snana, and the whole sequence again, for the mantra.
What precedes the japa once one is seated?
After that, sit comfortably and do guru-Ganapati smaran, light the dhoop and deep, and be sure to do Bhagwan Shiva's abhishek in the morning and his shringar; the remaining members will keep doing theirs later. Then take your asan. If you are entitled to do the viniyoga and nyasa of the Panchakshari — that is, if the yajnopavita has been done — do them; otherwise do only the viniyoga; and if you do not want to do even that, do not do it.
Should the Baglamukhi mantra be handed around freely?
Among the Mahavidyas, he says, Bhagavati Baglamukhi's form is the most current today, because it is said she will kill the enemy and finish him off. The mantra is distributed like roasted grain — everyone knows the sarva dushta line, but will not know its viniyoga, nor the nyasa, nor the difference between the aksharas, nor which beej goes in it, nor in which amnaya Bhagavati is worshipped, nor where she is two-armed, four-armed or eight-armed.
Is sabhimuchan compulsory in the Sandhya Gayatri?
A listener whose gurudev, from whom he received the Gayatri mantra at the time of the janeu, is no longer alive asks whether sabhimuchan is compulsory in the Sandhya Gayatri, since he does only ten repetitions rather than a full mala. If you do ten repetitions, the speaker answers, there is no compulsion of sabhimuchan; if you do one mala, then at the minimum it is necessary.
Shakambhari anushthan setup and order of worship: cloth, direction, vigraha, nyas and kavach
The speaker says to use red or yellow cloth, a yellow or red asana, and to do the japa facing east or north, before an installed Shri Vigraha of the four-armed Jagadamba or, alternatively, of the eight-armed Durga, on which the archan and pujan are done. The order is smaran of Guru, Ganapati and the rest, then dhyan of Bhagavati Shakambhari Durga, then the viniyoga, rishi and other nyas, kar nyas, hriday nyas, dhyan mantra and japa mantra exactly as written in the PDF linked in the video description. Before that vidhi one may recite the Shakambhari kavach, or, if it is not available, Bhagavati's Chandi Durga kavach from the Saptashati, and then perform the anushthan of the mantra.
What is contained in the viniyoga of a kavach?
When you recite any kavach there is a viniyoga in it, the speaker says; when the Chandi Kavach is done there is a viniyoga in that too. In the viniyoga there is a rishi, there is a chhanda, there is a devata, and there is the purpose for whose siddhi we are doing it. Those who do it in a very extended form have the keelak and the rest in the viniyoga as well; the keelak gives the whole shakti. But ordinarily, rishi means: who first perfected that kavach, or who is its composer.
Which rishis and devatas stand in the Kavach, Argala and Keelak?
Everyone will know the Kavach, Argala and Keelak and everyone will recite them, the speaker says. Look in the Kavach: Brahma ji is the rishi. In the Argala, Vishnu ji is the rishi. And in the Keelak, Shiva ji is the rishi. But look at the devatas there. Brahma ji is the rishi — but who is the devata? Chandika, that is Kalika, Kali ji, Mahakali ji. Look in the Argala: Vishnu, Narayan, is indeed the rishi — but who is the devata? Mahalakshmi. And look in the Keelak: here Shiva ji is the rishi, but the devi is Mahasaraswati. It ought to have been, he says, that where Brahma ji is Saraswati ji would be, and where Shiva ji is Bhagavati Kalika would be.
Who is the rishi of the Panchmukhi Hanuman kavach?
The speaker says that when you go inside tantra you will see many such subjects. Read the kavach of Panchmukhi Hanuman, read the kavach of Saptamukhi Hanuman. In tantra it is described that the sadhana of Panchmukhi Hanuman was performed by Bhagavan Shri Ramchandra ji; and when you do the nyasa and viniyoga of the Panchmukhi Hanuman kavach, there too you will read Ramchandra rishi — that is, the making of that kavach and its first recitation, siddhi and grace were done first of all by Bhagavan Ramchandra. Consider, he says: he whose aradhya Rama is — Rama himself did the sadhana of that form so that friendship with Hanuman ji might be established, and that is the description.
Daily japa vidhi of the Datt mala mantra
The speaker says the sadhak wears yellow or white cloth, or bhagwa (saffron), and sits on a Kusha Asana or a yellow asana. The Sankalpa is taken for Dattatreya's supreme kripa, the shaman of all bad prarabdha, the rise of punya, a guru in physical life and full success in the sadhanas to come; water is offered, and then the dattatreya-mala-mantra is recited 108 times on a panchmukhi Rudraksha mala. The Viniyoga and the opening shlokas are done only once, he says, and the japa is offered into the Lord's right hand. If no vigrah or yantra is kept, the same is done before Sadashiv's vigrah or a Shivling with a lamp lit, and the japa is offered to him.
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