Mahajanas 3 – Lord Shiva

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Thank you very much Sri Advaitha Gadadhar Srivasadhi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Hare Rama Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Hare Krishna In today’s discourse on God, we were discussing about the 12 Mahajans So today, we are discussing about one of the great Mahajans, Shivji So, there is a shloka written So, this shloka is about how Shivji is a great devotee of God First, I will tell you about that shloka, then we will discuss about that shloka So, this shloka is from Shiva Ashtakam Shiva Ashtakam is a famous shloka This shloka is written by Rishi Chaitanya Mahaprabhu when he went to Gubaneshwar and in Gubaneshwar, there is a temple of Shivji there, he performed an aarti in front of Shivji’s idol and then, while praising Shivji, he wrote this shloka in Shiva Ashtakam So, Murari Gupta, who is also known as Murari Gupta he wrote this shloka in Chaitanya Chaitanya Puran In that, Shiva Ashtakam is written Shri Narada Yai Siddhantam Sukhya First, I will tell you What he is saying is that Narada, etc.
are all great devotees and Sukhya, Sukhya means secret So, about such secrets, Jigyasa Dayashwara Pradaya So, he was doing Jigyasa So, Shivji is a great devotee of Narada He does Jigyasa About whom he does Jigyasa? I will tell you later Devya Hare Bhakti Sukhya Pradaya How can all the beings get the happiness of Hare Bhakti? Narada also discusses this with Shivji What is so special about Shivji? Why is he discussing with Shivji? Ashu Vara Pradaya So, he gives Vara How does he give it? He gives it quickly That’s why, Ashu Ashu means quickly Shivji has a name, Ashu Tosh Tosh means satisfied They get satisfied quickly That’s why, Shivji Sarva Gurave Namaha He is the Guru of all We have to pay homage to him Prem Vijay Dhorai Sri Narada Adhyayi Satatam Sugopya Satatam Sugopya Sri Narada Adhyayi Satatam Sugopya Satatam Sugopya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Ashu Vara Pradaya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Ashu Vara Pradaya Debhyo Harer Bhakti Sukha Pradaya It is actually Sukha Debhyo Harer Bhakti Sukha Pradaya Shivaya Sarva Gurave Namaha Shivaya Sarva Gurave Namaha Sri Narada Adhyayi Satatam Sugopya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Debhyo Harer Bhakti Sukha Pradaya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Ashu Vara Pradaya Debhyo Harer Bhakti Sukha Pradaya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Ashu Vara Pradaya Sri Narada Adhyayi Satatam Sugopya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Debhyo Harer Bhakti Sukha Pradaya Shivaya Sarva Gurave Namaha What she is? Sri Narada Adhyayi Satatam Sugopya Jigyasa Taya Ashu Vara Pradaya Debhyo Harer Bhakti Sukha Pradaya Shivaya Sarva Gurave Namaha Shivji is one of the great Vaishnavas Shivji blesses everyone in different ways We will discuss Shivji in three parts First we will discuss Shivji’s Tattva Then we will discuss Shivji’s Leelas And then we will discuss Shivji’s Blessings There are two types of Blessings Satapattva and Nishkapattva We will discuss that Here in Shri Dhamukti it is told How Shivji was born This is the beginning of creation Brahmaji has been blessed Brahmaji’s mind was created Then he created the universe But after creating the universe He has to create the living beings He needs people He needs living beings in different forms The soul is created But the living soul should be born in this material world So that is why He was doing penance And first of all He went to Kumar Chitush Kumar And Brahmaji told him You serve me as my husband And increase my status So Kumar said no Yes, I am worthy of being your husband That is why I will not do this So Shivji was a little angry He got angry Suppose you are serving God for the first time And the one who is going to help you Says I will not help So what will happen? Suppose you are giving the first sermon And at that time the sound system is not working There is no electricity And the person who is speaking He has to set up the sound system Says I will not do it So how will it happen? Similarly Brahmaji got a little angry He realised After creation He has to serve God for the first time And he is not saying Kumar That is why he is angry And in a way Kumar is his son That is why he can follow his father’s orders So he got angry So the anger Appeared from his head And the ultimate form of anger Which you can see That is anger So Shivji Appeared because of Brahmaji’s anger But what kind of anger was it? It was not emotional It was spiritual anger Why spiritual? Because if a devotee comes to a service The anger in that is spiritual So we should not get angry Because it is spiritual anger But great devotees Sometimes get angry So it is spiritual So this Shivji Appears in this material world But beyond this material world Shivji has an eternal form So the universe The whole existence It has three parts Devi, Mahesh, Hari Dham Sute, Shuteshu It is said What is it? Hari Dham Mahesh Dham And Devi Dham In Brahma Samhita Brahmaji is narrating So Hari Dham is Vaikuntha It is ultimate It is eternal And in between Mahesh Dham Shivji lives there And the third That is Devi Dham Devi Dham means Complete material world In this material world There are many universes And for every universe There is one Brahmaji So Shivji In many ways Appears So this Mahesh Dham Which is beyond all material existence In that Shivji lives His name is Sadashiva He is eternal He is eternal Neither he is born nor he dies And this Mahesh Dham He is at the border Between the material and spiritual world At the border He is at the throne And he is at the throne in such a way That he is at the 1st, 4th Spiritual world And at the 3rd, 4th He is complete And in that Sadashiva Dham There Shivji, Parvati Devi His family and all his brothers All together Lord Krishna Lord Ram Lord Ram So there Shivji is there As a devotee And along with him There is his Guru Along with him There is Lord Ram So this Shivji Sadashiva He is not born This is not Shivji’s birth This is not Shivji’s birth This is Sadashiva But when Brahma is created So every Brahma Every material thing In the material world Brahma is there His Spirituality Brahma is there So whatever Material thing Brahma’s work That is Shivji’s So that work is Shivji And the material things They expand And that Expansion That is created by Brahma That is created by Brahma So this Shivji’s expansion in the material world That is described This expansion’s name is sometimes Rudra Means Mahesh Dham And in Devi Dham There are many Brahmans And in every Brahmans There is one Brahman And that Brahma is Rudra So Shivji If you see In the Brahmans Shivji is there And in the Spiritual world Shivji is there So this Sadashiva Shivji’s position Is higher than Brahmaji Because Brahmaji is eternal His death is eternal Sadashiva never dies But In this material world Rudra He is lower than Brahmaji He was born from Brahmaji Brahmaji’s son is great So that is why In this material world Rudra is there So all the Devis, Indras They die before Brahmaji And Brahmaji Who prays to Vishnu He is closer to them So from the perspective of Shivji is lower than Brahmaji There are three types of Tattvas In the spiritual world God is Vishnu Shivji is Shiv Tattva And in the material world God is Jiva Tattva So Brahmaji is Jiva Tattva Shivji is higher than Brahmaji He is Shiv Tattva But in this material world When he was doing his work He was born from Jiva Tattva He is lower than Brahmaji He is like Brahmaji’s son So When Brahmaji is born Because he is angry Because of anger Rudra gets angry He gets angry When he gets angry Then Brahmaji says I will find different places for you You go there You do penance there And give blessings to people So this is the way Shivji He is a great Vishnu One name of Shivji is Gangadhar Gangadhar means Ganga means In Sanskrit Ganga Ganga means Ganga Ganga Ganga Ganga When Amandeva pierced the sky Then his feet Water came From the sky And came as Ganga So, because this is the holy water of God, that is why Lord Shiva is such a great devotee. If it is holy water of God, then we will drink a little. But Lord Shiva’s holy water is so great that it can come from any source.
Even if it does not come from the holy water of God, it can come from any source. That is why, to get Ganga directly, we have to get it from the holy water of God. I have appeared in this material world.
And because of my contact with the material world, I can be contaminated. So, Rukmini Devi Prasad Singh prays to God. She says that you are in my mind.
I am in your mind. This is the mind of your feet. So, the great thing that is created is in your feet.
Why? Because you are a great devotee. Who is he? Lord Shiva. Who is Lord Shiva? Lord Shiva.
When you come, the effect of Tamoguna, which is the destruction of the material world. This is destruction. The destruction that came from the material world, is called destruction.
The real world is called destruction. But it is showing us that if we are in the material world, then we are destroyed. In the material world, if we are in the material world, then we are God.
The second reason is that when Lord Shiva brought Ganga ji to the material world, Ganga ji brought Ganga ji from the material world to the material world. But Ganga ji had only one form. And Ganga ji was in the heavenly world.
And from the heavenly world Ganga ji came to the material world. So, the flow that was there, it was impossible for her to bear it. That is why Lord Shiva thought that it is my service to purify everyone.
So, if Ganga ji comes to the material world, then it will also help in the purification of people. That is why the service that God has given, the service that God has given, it will help in the purification of people. That is why he said that Ganga ji cannot bear the flow of Ganga ji.
That is why I am on my head. If I am on my head, then what will happen? The weight of Ganga ji, the flow of Ganga ji, will stop. Then, she will not be able to bear it.
That is why Lord Shiva not only wants to purify himself, but wants to purify everyone. He wants to purify everyone. That is why he puts Ganga ji on his head.
By his grace, the devotees say, By the grace of Ganga ji, the devotees get a lot of happiness. They call me Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva.
This is a spiritual house. Why? Because the whole family, the Parama Devi, Parvati Devi, when they sit together, they collect the Lord’s name. And in the Ramayana, the Ramayana, it is said that when Lord Shiva chants, Parvati Devi asks him, in this material world, lakhs of people are chanting your name.
But, whose name are you chanting? That is when Lord Shiva answers them. I will tell you. Ram Ram Rameti Ram Ram Rameti Ram Ram Manorame Ram Manorame Sahasranama Tatvanyam Sahasranama Tatvanyam In Mahabharata, at the end of Vishnu Sahasranama, Lord Shiva says, Ram Ram Ram Ramayana I am chanting Rama Devi.
Why? Because Rama means God, she gives me this pleasure. And, this is not only joy, many things give people joy. Some people say that watching cricket makes me happy, or watching television makes me happy.
But, the name of Lord is vivekanaana vikanaana Namah There is such ease that with that bliss, you have the ability to do great deeds. That’s why it is said, Sahasranama Nithyanandam That Lord Vishnu’s Sahasranama, His ability, His equal ability, is in one Ramanaam. Ramanaam Varanaam Varanaam is the most beautiful face.
Anand means face. You are saying to Ramadevi, that you also have to take refuge in this Ramanaam. I am taking refuge in this Ramanaam.
Lord Shiva is like Parvati Devi. Lord Shiva talks to her. Lord Shiva not only talks to Ramadevi, but great sages also come to her.
And they listen to Krishna. Like we have different sages from Mahabharata, we listen to their stories. And in this way, In Mahabharata, it is said, that when Lord Brahma was in Shivloka, here you can see, Lord Brahma was coming towards Shivloka, towards Kailash Dham.
And when he was coming, what did he see? What are the different Ghusheegans? All of them, sitting in the mudra, listening to the story from Lord Shiva. And then, here it is said, that when Lord Shiva is insulted in Dakshayakya, then after that, Lord Shiva’s star-like form, Veerabhadra, what does he do? He destroys all the Dakshayakya. Then, to calm down Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma came there.
Lord Brahma listens to the story, then he comes and listens to the story. And then Lord Shiva listens to the story of Lord Krishna. And then Lord Krishna listens to the story of Lord Krishna.
And then he punishes all of them. And then Lord Krishna listens to the story of Lord Krishna. Satam Prasannan Mamavihir Samhita Satam Prasannan means, sitting with these people, Mamavihir Samhita Discussing the qualities of God, listening to the stories.
So, there are many stories about Lord Shiva. So, I will tell you one story from Bhagavatam. What we have seen so far, are of God.
He is higher than all the other beings. And he serves as a great devotee of God. So, in Bhagavatam, in the eighth chapter, in the seventh chapter, this is described.
So, Lord Shiva, when he was sitting in meditation, all the deities and asuras got confused. They came to him. Why did they come? Because at that time, there was a war going on.
And because of that, a very dangerous poison came. And when the poison appeared, at that time, no one knew what to do. No one knew what to do.
So, Lord Vishnu was sitting there. And Acharya says that Lord Vishnu wanted to see how, if he needs his grace, then in reality, his grace does not meet him directly. His nature is Sarva Gurve Maha.
He meets his Guru. So, that is why, what did Lord Vishnu tell? He told him to go to Lord Shiva. All the deities went to Lord Shiva.
And, this poison was so dangerous, that even if a person touches it, he will be burnt to ashes. So, what did everyone tell Lord Shiva? Please, drink this poison. Normally, when we go to a devotee, we give them prasad to eat.
We don’t ask anyone to drink poison. But, Lord Shiva, Lord Shiva knew everything. So, when he asked Lord Shiva, then, Lord Shiva said that, all these beings, they are under me.
Lord Shiva has a name, Vishwanath. Vishwanath, Kashi Vishwanath, is a famous temple in Kashi. So, why is his name Vishwanath? Because, all this material world is in Devi’s realm.
And, Devi, Durga Devi, her lord is Lord Shiva. That’s why Lord Shiva is the lord of all this material world. That’s why he is called Vishwanath.
But, Lord Shiva’s name, Lord Shiva was never called Anantapoti Brahman Nayak by this name. Because, Anantapoti Brahman Nayak is Lord Vishnu. So, Lord Shiva, immediately took all the poison.
And, he asked Parvati Devi. So, Parvati Devi, Parvati Devi knew her husband’s power. So, she gave him permission.
And then, there was a big ocean. And, all the poison spread on the ocean. So, Lord Shiva, collected all the poison and took it in his hands.
So, he became concentrated. And then, he started drinking it. And, when he started drinking it, when he was drinking it, it reached his throat.
And, when it reached his throat, the effect of the poison was such, that, Lord Shiva, who is the most powerful of all, the poison was so powerful, that it changed the colour of his clothes. That’s why, Lord Shiva’s name was Neelakanta or Kaalakanta. Kanta means black or blue.
Neelakanta or Kaalakanta was his name. But, Vishwanath Chakra Thakurji Mahanacharya tells us that, if Lord Shiva’s poison would have reached his body, then, nothing would have happened to him. Because, his power is such, that the poison wouldn’t have affected him.
Then, why did he keep the poison till his throat? Why didn’t he let it So, he tells us, Lord Shiva knows that there is God Vishnu in his heart. And, he was thinking, that, if the poison would go to God Vishnu, then, God Vishnu would be troubled. That’s why, he didn’t let the poison go.
Actually, God is never troubled. But, a devotee feels that God shouldn’t be troubled at all. So, what did he do? The poison was troubling people outside.
That’s why, he drank it. He thought, outside, it’s not troubling anyone. But, inside, it’s troubling God.
So, God shouldn’t be troubled. But, inside, he shouldn’t be troubled. So, what did he do? He kept the poison in his throat.
That’s why, his name was Shakti. So, the great guru, Lord Shiva, after seeing the poison of God Vishnu, he himself got the poison. What did he do? He removed the poison from his throat.
That’s why, he got rid of the poison. That’s why, he got rid of the poison. And, in reality, Lord Shiva, he looks at us like this.
And, the great Vaishnavas, they all look at us in the same way. Like this. Because, when we take initiation from the Guru, then, our previous actions, there, we, there, our Guru accepts us.
So, in a way, he accepts us. He accepts us. So, Lord Shiva, for everyone’s well-being, for the welfare of his disciples, that’s why, the initiation, initially, when Prabhupada was taking initiation, then, everyone, the initiation is like this, there is a fruit, a banana, he gives the banana to everyone.
Then, everyone has to put the banana in the fire, in the form of an offering. So, then, that devotee, on the day of initiation, he also fasts. So, on the day of initiation, the devotees were very hungry.
And, before that, Prabhupada never did a yajna. So, that’s why, whenever someone was eating a banana, the devotees thought, that banana is for eating only. So, then, what happened? When the yajna was going on, for the first time, many devotees were hungry.
When the yajna was going on, they didn’t know what yajna is, how holy yajna is. So, what did they do? When the yajna was going on, they ate the banana. And, when they ate the banana, when the yajna was over, Prabhupada said, come and eat the banana.
So, they ate the banana. And, then, the rest of the devotees were thinking, that now, we will eat the banana later. And, when the yajna was over, we will eat the banana next time.
So, Prabhupada ate the banana. So, the devotees were ashamed. What to say? What to say? So, Prabhupada said, that the yajna is so holy, we don’t have to eat anything.
Why? All that is worrying. Prabhupada accepted all that because… Prabhupada accepted all that because… He didn’t have any other problem. He didn’t have any other problem.
But, he accepted all that because… In a way, it is an old karma, which Gurudev takes. But, still, the devotees, their worries, their problems, Gurudev takes the responsibility So, they too, like all the Gurus, like Prabhupada, he too is a Guru. And, he takes all the worries.
After that, as I told you, this is the story of Daksha Prajapati. So, from this story, I would like to tell you, from this story, the one who rejects Vaishnavism, that one has to do something. Shuji, is a great Vaishnav.
And, Daksha Prajapati, he is scared of his own power and his own position. And, he says, I am a great king. I have God.
And, what is this Shuji? Shuji, you don’t even wear clothes. And then, what does he do? He puts ash on his body. And, there is a snake in his throat.
So, he is very impure. So, like this, when he said many times, he did crime of Shuji. And, not only did he do crime of Shuji, but, when the Yajna was taking place, all the Gods and Goddesses had to participate in the Yajna.
So, he didn’t call Shuji for that. So, this is a very big crime. It is a long story.
But, after that, what was the result of that crime? Daksha Prajapati is only a king. And, that Daksha is Prajapati. So, now, as Prajapati, what should be done? So, an animal’s head was cut off.
So, like, Shuji, if there is a head surgery, he is an expert in replacement. Like, Ganesh’s head was also cut off. So, what does he do? He puts elephant’s head there.
So, Ganesh didn’t do any crime there. He only did wrong things. So, elephant’s head was put there.
But, here, as it was the crime of Daksha Prajapati, he was given a goat’s head. So, earlier, it was told like this, earlier, he was given a human’s head, but not a goat’s head. Why? Because, he was insulting the great people.
But, because Shuji gave him this goat’s head, so, later, his goat’s head was of human’s intellect. And, with human’s intellect, he was praying here. He was apologising.
And then, after this birth, Daksha Prajapati is born again. And, when he is born again, his name is Daksha again. His story comes in the 6th stanza.
And, he served his Prajapati and gave birth to his people. It is very dangerous So, Shuji is a very pious person. Why is he pious? Shuji sees that the most pious people should also have prosperity.
So, how will there be prosperity? So, Shuji himself accepts such a role that those pious people, Tamasik people, will also be attracted to him. So, what does he do? He wears such a disguise. So, Shuji has different forms.
Kaal, Bhairav, etc. He looks like a destructive form. And, those who enjoy destruction, those people are attracted to Shuji.
And, Shuji is very popular. He is also a devotee of Shuji. And, it is said that if someone goes to Kashi, and in Kashi, he meets Shuji.
And, he asks, who is Shuji? Shuji takes the name of Ram in his ears. So, Shuji takes the name of a Guru. And, Guru’s service is to help his disciple to serve God.
That is Shuji. Here, he is sitting on his foot. And, the different kinds of ghosts, demons, etc.
are taken to the path of Dharma. That is why Shuji’s name is Guru. So, the Gurus are able to take all kinds of people to the service of God.
So, when Shri Prabhupada was going to America, many people told him that this is an Indian culture, this is Krishna Bhakti. Even Indians are not accepting it. So, what will the foreigners accept? So, there is no need to go.
There will be no benefit. Indians are not accepting it because it is very cheap. We have known it since childhood.
It is not a big deal. But, the foreigners do not know it. If I tell them, they will accept it.
But, when Shri Prabhupada went to America, it was not easy to accept it. Shri Prabhupada also was in the Mahapatipraval culture. That is why people did not accept him.
Just like Shri Shivji helps the people of Tamil Nadu, just like Shri Prabhupada helps the people of Tamil Nadu, Shri Shivji is the protector. He protects the Dham. So, the Dham, the Vrindavan Dham, in all four directions, Shri Shivji’s different temples and there, he protects the Dham of Bhagwan.
There is a beautiful story about it. There are many stories. So, this is a huge tree.
Shivji sits under it and discusses about Bhagwan with his disciples. Vishnu discusses about him. So, in Vrindavan, it is said that when Shivji, when Bhagwan is born in Vrindavan, Shivji comes to visit him.
When Shivji comes, he knocks on the door of Yashodamayi. Yashodamayi sees him and thinks that the yogi has come. He says, I have heard that a very beautiful boy has been born in your house.
So, I am going to visit that boy. So, Yashodamayi looks at him and thinks, what kind of a yogi is he? So, due to the effect of the yoga maya, she does not understand that she does not know how great Shivji is. But she does not recognise him.
She says, no, no, no. He is my younger brother. He is so innocent.
If you see him, you will get scared. I will not be able to face you. So, Yashodamayi goes away.
He has small ears. He is a small boy. When Krishna sees that his devotee Shivji is in distress, he does not go away.
What does he do? He cries. As soon as he starts crying, Yashodamayi, when Krishna starts crying, Yashodamayi gives him milk, butter, but he does not know what he is doing. He goes away.
Yashodamayi thinks, what has happened? Why is my Krishna crying? Then she thinks, is that yogi Baba? Maybe he has put some mantra in my son. He must have put a mantra because of which my son is crying. So, she calls her devotee.
She asks, where is that yogi Baba? Where is he? Maybe he has put a mantra because of which my son is crying. Then, Shivji comes and Yashodamayi takes him in her lap. Then, Now, NITRAI PIRANTI, NAINA BHI RAM The one who is God, is Naina Bhi Ram.
So, the eyes are in bliss. So, Shivji sees Lord Krishna’s baby form. Lord Krishna’s baby form is not ordinary, everyone can see it.
When Lord Krishna meditates on Shivji, he meditates on Lord Krishna’s form, he meditates on Lord Ram’s form. So, Lord Krishna’s baby form is not ordinary. That is why, everyone can see it.
As soon as Lord Krishna sees Shivji, NITRAI PIRANTI calms down. NITRAI PIRANTI calms down. NINA BHI RAM NINA BHI RAM thinks, you are a very good Baba.
She says to Shivji, my son was crying since so long and I could not stop him from crying. But when I saw him crying, I stopped him. So, do one thing, you stay in our village.
Whenever my son will start crying, I will stop him from crying. I will stop him from crying. So, the Acharya says, if you want to stay in Vrindavan, you need the blessings of the people of Vraj.
So, Shivji is a great devotee. But, if he wants to stay in Vrindavan, he needs the blessings of Lord Shiva. So, Shivji thinks, Lord Shiva has given me the service to protect Krishna.
If Krishna starts crying due to some problem, then his crying will stop. So, Shivji gives the service of Dham Palak. There are different types of Dham.
There is Ishwar Mahadev, Keshav Mahadev, Mahadev is in Vrindavan. There are many leelas about Shivji. There are many leelas about Shivji.
So, this leela is narrated by a prince named Paracheta. And, the way to like and worship Lord Shiva is in the forest. Here, you can see Paracheta.
Here is Shivji and Krishna. So, Shivji wanted to meditate on Lord Shiva but how to do that? So, he was going to the forest. He came to a river.
Suddenly, Shivji appeared from the river. Shivji said, you all are pure. You want to attain Lord Shiva.
That is why I will show you the way. How can you attain Lord Shiva? Then, the 24th chapter of 4th Skand is called Rudra Geet. Rudra Geet means the song that Shivji sang to please Lord Shiva.
This is Rudra Geet. This is Rudra Geet. Shivji narrated it to Paracheta.
Later, when it came again, in the 3rd chapter of 4th Skand, Paracheta also attained Lord Shiva. When Paracheta attained Lord Shiva, he said, Lord, how did you attain Lord Shiva? I attained Lord Shiva through his blessings. I attained Lord Shiva through his blessings.
I attained Lord Shiva through his blessings. Actually, when devotees go to Shivji’s temple, what do they do? They ask Shivji for his blessings and he says, I attained Lord Shiva I attained Lord Shiva through his blessings. This is how Paracheta, as a Guru, helped Paracheta to attain Lord Shiva.
Till now, we were discussing how Shivji is a great devotee. As a great devotee, he himself does bhakti and helps other devotees. But there are many people who don’t consider Shivji as a devotee and consider him as God.
They consider Shivji to be the greatest. So, what does Shivji say Shivji says, Shivji’s blessings are of different types. So, the people who consider Shivji to be the greatest, how does Shivji bless them? So, there are two types of his blessings.
One is the ungrateful blessing and the other is the ungrateful blessing. So, ungrateful means dishonest. If a devotee is a worshipper, he goes to Shivji.
Why? Because he goes for his own selfishness. He doesn’t go for bhakti, he doesn’t go for spiritual knowledge, he doesn’t go for bhakti. He goes for his own selfishness.
So, what does Shivji do? He blesses the devotee in the same way. This is the meaning of ungrateful blessing. Ungrateful means, he did a lot of penance to please Shivji.
And when he came to Shivji to do penance, he did penance for a long time. But Shivji was thinking that he is a demon, if I give him power, then he will trouble me more. I don’t want to go.
But later, what did this demon do? He took a knife and started cutting his throat. When he cuts his throat, it is like Nara Yagya, it is like a sacrifice. His head started looking like a sacrifice.
He is doing this in the name of his soul. That’s why, he didn’t come because he liked it, but because of his penance, he came there. Then, Shivji said, what happened Shivji? Kasar said, don’t take me.
Whoever has my hand on his head, I will support him. Whoever has my hand on his head, I will support him. So now, Shivji is like a weapon.
Nowadays, weapons have become such that if you put your hand on his head, the whole city will be destroyed. So, this is the effect of penance. So, the demon is not only mentioned in the Quran, he is still there.
So, the deities in a way, they are like shopkeepers. Shopkeepers give money to them, and whatever they ask for, they have to give it. Similarly, the deities, if you worship them, in a way, they stop giving gifts.
So, what does Shivji do? Okay, I will give you a gift. And then, this Kasar, he was still worshipping Shivji, chanting Shivji’s mantra, saying Shivji’s name. He was worshipping Shivji so much, but that devotion was actually very selfish.
And his intention was to get Shivji’s wife, Gauri. He thought, what will I do, now that I have got the gift, I will put my head on Shivji’s head. I will put my hand on Shivji’s head, Shivji will get up, and will snatch Gauri away.
And as soon as Shivji put his hand up, and gave the gift, the demon picked up his hand, and put it on Shivji’s head. Shivji got angry, and Shivji let him run. And as he was running, the demon was chasing him.
And Shivji was running. So, this is a kind of selfish devotion. So, the one who is being worshipped, has the intention to destroy him.
And when this was happening, Shivji was running, and when problems come, he calls God. So, Shivji was not only calling God for his own welfare, but he was thinking, he has got such a demon, he has got such a power, he has got such a power, he will destroy the whole universe. That is why he was praying to God.
So, what did God do? He came in the form of a Brahmin. He came in the form of a young Brahmin. And when he was running, he started talking to Rukasas in a very sweet voice.
He said, you are running so fast, you will get tired. Call the body, it will help you. He said, if you don’t call the body, how will you get tired? If you don’t call the body, what is the meaning of life? So, don’t run so fast.
What is the need to run so fast? So, the demon, if someone gives him an idea about the body, he immediately likes it. So, why are you running so fast? God asked him, he told him the whole story. So, God is very intelligent.
He said, you are running after Shivji, the whole universe is watching this. And do you know why Shivji is doing this? He wants to make you a fool. Actually, Daksha Pujavati cursed Shivji.
And Shivji said, if God wants to say something, he can say it in such a way that he can make the devotee a fool. According to Daksha Pujavati, what has happened is, Shivji has become a Shakti. So, the curse he has given, it is not working.
Shivji is doing this drama so that you will run in front of the whole world and if you touch his head, nothing will happen. So, the whole world will laugh at you. Do you want everyone to laugh at you? No.
See, if the curse Shivji has given you, if it is not working, then you should punish Shivji. You should test him first. See, Shivji has cursed you.
How should you punish him? You should take your hand and put it on your head. And what should you do? You put your hand on your head and boom! It explodes and destroys itself. So, in this way, the Tamasik people get their husbands and they destroy themselves.
So, Shivji is like this. Shivji is not like this. Once, I was asking Prabhupadaji, can people worship Shivji? He said, the Tamasik people worship Shivji.
So, can pure people worship Shivji? Prabhupadaji said, it is possible, but not much. Prabhupadaji said, no. He said, it is possible.
If someone is going to a shop, if someone is going to a shop, why is he going to a liquor shop? He is going to buy liquor. If someone is going to a liquor shop, he is going to distribute There are very few such people. Prabhupadaji said, are not selfish.
Some people can be selfish. So, it is also true that pure feelings of Shivji are not good. Some people don’t know who is better than Shivji.
Shivji, I don’t know who is better than Shivji. Maybe, he is better than his family, his children. If you ask Shivji, he will say, there is no selfishness in love.
Selfishness means, we do puja because puja is a kind of business. I am doing this puja, you do this puja. If someone doesn’t do it with that feeling, Shivji is not that kind of a person.
There is a story about Vallabhacharyaji. There is a story about Vallabhacharyaji. There is a story about Vallabhacharyaji.
Vallabhacharyaji used to worship Shivji and he used to worship Vishnu also. he used to worship Vishnu also. One day, Vallabhacharyaji got very worried.
He went to Shivji’s temple and started worshipping Shivji with a lot of emotions. He started praising Shivji. When he started praising Shivji, Shivji appeared.
He appeared and said, I am very happy with your puja. I am very happy with your puja. What do you want? Tell me.
Because he had a pure feeling, he said, whatever you consider to be the most important thing, whatever is the most dear to you, whatever is the most beneficial for me, you can give it to me. When Shivji heard this, Shivji was very happy. Along with Madhu Smith, he gave Vallabhacharyaji the image of Lord Krishna.
Then Vallabhacharyaji started worshipping Krishna. He said, Shivji is my Guru and he has put me in the worship of Lord Krishna. So, this is the love of Shivji.
So, Shivji’s Skanda Purana is told by Kartikeya. Listen to this. Shiv Shastra Shastra Shastra Shastra What is he saying? Shiv Puran, the Shastra Till when you accept them? Till when? Bhagwat Shastra means Bhagwat Purana For example, there is Shri Vishnu Purana, Shri Vishnu Bhagwatam As far as the Shri Vishnu Purana is concerned, it is according to the Bhagwat Purana Till when will you accept it? Why? Paramo Vishnu e Rekas Because Param is one and the same, who is that Vishnu? Tat Jnanam Moksha Sandhanam When a person attains this knowledge, he attains salvation Generally, there are many other stories Vishnu is Vishnu’s son Vishnu is the greatest It is said that Shastranam Niyamayasam Vishnu is Vishnu’s son Vishnu is Vishnu’s son Apart from this, there is Tat Anjan Mohanayati Apart from this, there is Mohanam It is for Mohan If a person wants to become a Mohan, the Shastras will guide him in the same way That is why The Shiv Purana is one of the 18 Puranas The level of the Shri Vishnu Purana is lower than that of the Bhagwat Purana That is why, as far as the Shri Vishnu Purana is concerned, we accept it And the rest of the stories are told so that those who do not perform any type of worship they can do a little bit of bhakti It is not that he is the greatest Like Shivji Vishwanath He is a Sati But it does not mean that Shivji is the greatest He is the Supreme God So, why is it told like this? Why do people want to become a Mohan? In reality, the Shastras want to encourage everyone to progress in Dharma slowly So, suppose there is a father who has two sons One is intelligent and the other is less intelligent So, there are two sons One son when there is a test, he scores 90% He scores very well And the other one somehow he passes He scores 40% So, today the result has come Both of them scored 65% Both of them scored 65% The first one who scored 40% The child comes and says Mom, Dad, I scored 75% I scored 40% Well done, very good So, the second one says I scored 75% The third one says Go and get it He scored 75% I scored 75% He is being praised Why did I score 75% So, why? The one who scores 90% If he brings money he is coming down He is being praised And if he scores 40% If he brings money it is a good thing for him He is being praised So, those who are non-believers those who are atheists those who are materialists if they follow the path of Dharma it is good So, those who are atheists they scored 40% And those who are worshipping in some way like Tamasic they scored 75% And those who are doing Shudra Bhakti they scored 90% So, with this balance you can raise the level of Dharma So, that is why the Shastras say that you have to raise it according to the level of the person So, those who scored 40% if they score 90% they will quit their studies Those who are Tamasic if you tell them to do Shudra Bhakti they will say that I will do Shudra Bhakti I will not do Shiv Bhakti So, that is why we tell them to do a little bit of Bhakti you will get whatever you want So, that is why the person who can do Shudra Bhakti for him it is not right to do Tamasic That is why in Bhagavad Gita Bhagavad Gita says This type of Bhakti is not right It is not good Because what is Nishkapat Krupa I will tell you This is Markandeya Rishi the story of Rishi comes There were different Rishis They were doing penance They wanted to see Vishnu So, one of them was Markandeya So, when Markandeya Rishi was doing penance then what happened Rishi Ji was there Rishi Ji saw that Markandeya Rishi was so focused on seeing Lord Vishnu on seeing Lord Vishnu and what did he do with patience Rishi Ji saw Markandeya Rishi and Markandeya Rishi saw Rishi Ji and bowed to Rishi Ji and in reality Shiv Ji who is a great deity his behaviour was wrong in two ways one is to consider him as a very ordinary person and the other is to consider him as a God and the other is to consider him as a great person and so Markandeya Rishi bowed to him Shiv Ji took his blessings and said Lord Vishnu I take my blessings from you and then Markandeya Rishi kept on doing penance and Shiv Ji took his blessings and said Shiv Ji take my blessings and so he was told so so so so Nityanand Prabhu was travelling in south India so he saw Vaishnavas and Shaivas fighting so when he saw Nityanand Prabhu started laughing and laughing laughing so what did he say? he said that such fights should not happen that’s why if there is any other devotee our relative our neighbour so what should we do? we should not fight in reality in reality what should we do? which is Tattva Gyan and Bhavna if we see from Tattva Gyan it is clear that Shiv Ji is God in one way he is God but in reality he is not God Tattva Gyan what is Tattva Gyan? like milk and curd are different in one way God Vishnu is Shiv Ji so milk and curd are same but the difference is milk can give curd but curd can’t give milk similarly God Vishnu can give Shiv Ji but Shiv Ji can’t give Vishnu so there is a little difference so from Tattva Gyan it is clear that God Vishnu is the best but apart from Tattva Gyan there are Bhavnas so if at the level of Bhavnas someone can come from Shiv Ji’s worship then we should not hurt their Bhavnas we should say ok you are worshipping Shiv Ji so you are killing me from Shiv Ji what is the ultimate truth? about that you should kill me and if in this way we ask for Mahadarshan then Shiv Ji will give us Mahadarshan and it is not like I have told you a story which happened hundreds of years ago there was a king who used to worship Shiv Ji and by the grace of Shiv Ji God Vishnu did not harm him God Vishnu did not harm the Bhavnas so from Tattva Gyan we should explain and not from Shiv Ji we should not say you and you are wrong we should say if Mahadarshan is worshipping Shiv Ji and fights with him then Shiv Ji is the best so the poor should not fight with Shiv Ji and we should not help him so in reality we should not face Shraddha we should not worship so we should get Mahadarshan so you should also pray and ask Shiv Ji who is Shiv Ji so the Radhanath Maharaj came from America to India in search of God so he first went to Himalaya and in Himalaya most of the Vishnu’s were Shaivites so that is why he was worshipping Shiv Ji and then he was in Shiv Ji’s temple and there he was praying that what is my path you tell me so he was going from one Shiv Ji’s temple to another and in between he was in a crowded train and that train was not moving for many hours so he came to a station and he thought he will get down because there was no place to get down so he got down and the train was so crowded that people were not able to get inside so he was trying to get inside but he was not able to so he got down and asked where he came so he got worried and later he saw that station was full of Sadhus so he asked this is the station this is Mathura and today is Janmashtami so with the blessings of Shiv Ji he was going from one Shiv Ji’s temple to another and he was in such a situation that he reached the birth place of Lord Krishna so with the blessings of Shiv Ji Shiv Ji’s mother was Vishnu Ji so in the time of Krishna he met his mother that’s why there are so many stories and those who have come here we also have to come to Shiv Ji to know about Lord Krishna and Shiv Ji and Lord Vishnu we are here, Shiv Ji is here Vishnu is here, Shiv Ji is here Vishnu is here so our role is to know about Lord Vishnu but Lord Vishnu is so that’s why we don’t want to force anyone to fight with our knowledge we can pray to Shiv Ji that you understand the truth we can pray to Vishnu and we can say that you also pray to Shiv Ji not only this and that tell me what is the truth so Shiv Ji said the truth is great so so in the end we will discuss how Shiv Ji is a great devotee, Shiv Ji’s birth was with the love of a great devotee and many people in the world like Sadash, Kailash, they are always in the worship of Krishna and Shiv Ji’s If you commit a crime against them, it becomes a big sin.
Similarly, for other beings, for the welfare of others, they worship the Ganga, drink the water of the river, offer prayers, and give blessings to the sages. And those who consider them to be the best, and worship them selfishly, then according to that, they have to be blessed by the Lord. How much ever disease they worship, they have to be blessed by the Lord.
I will recite a shloka. Namah Shri Shri Shivji Mahadev Ki Krishna Bhagwan Ki Srila Prabhupada Ki Gaur Bhakt Bund Ki Mahadev Shri Shivji Mahadev Ki Thank you very much. Does anyone have a question? So, the question is, if Suji has been described in 11 forms, then who is he? Is he a Brahman? In Bhagavad Gita, it is mentioned that this Suji, who is described as a Brahman, he is described in 11 forms.
So, he is described in 11 forms. The meaning is, all types of Samadhi are one and the same. Some are destroyed by walking.
Some are destroyed by walking. Samadhi is different from Rudra. So, Samadhi is different from Rudra.
So, Rudra is different from Samadhi. So, Rudra is different from Rudra. So, 11 forms are one and the same.
That means, Satashiva is one and the same. After that, there is only one Suji who is described as a Brahman. Then, he is described in 11 forms.
And the role of Samadhi is different from Rudra. When we say Samadhi, we should think that it is the end of the world. Every moment, there is Samadhi.
See, our body is destroyed. When it is destroyed, it is destroyed. Every moment, there is Samadhi.
So, Suji does so many things. Any other question? The place of Sadashiva, which is in the middle of the Gautamacharya Jeevat, there, Suji lives as Sadashiva. So, if any devotee worships Suji, will he always go to that place and live there? And will he live there as a Sanatan? It is said that, the devotees who worship Suji, those who live in Sadashiva, they are their eternal devotees.
And they live there. And, for the rest of the beings in the Gautamacharya Jeevat, Suji acts as a Setu for them. That means, the Jeevatma will go from here to the Gautamacharya Jeevat.
And Suji will kill them, he will help them. But, the ones who are of God, they are emotional. So, if there is a devotee, he can have a lot of attachment towards Suji.
He is a devotee of God, but he can have a lot of attachment towards Suji. And his wish is, that he wants to worship God with Suji. So, based on that wish, God will give that person, that Sanatan, that devotee, because he can come from Suji or from God, so he will worship God in the presence of Suji.
But, that wish, that ordinary wish, from Suji’s guidance, that person will become God. And his wish is, that he wants to live there forever. So, that wish is, to serve Suji, and to worship God.
He is a devotee of God. He is a devotee of God. But, at the same time, he wants to serve Ramchandra, in the presence of Suji.
So, based on that. Can a Jeeva Atma, can be killed by Kailash Dham? Actually, that wish is everywhere. So, because of that wish, it can be killed once.
But, once you learn the lesson, it will not be killed later. It is for that. Is this a question for anyone? That was a terrible question.
Actually, the story of Vrikasu, the question was, how was Vrikasu born? So, is this a story of Vrikasu, or, in different places, in different places? So, in some places, it is said that, Vrikasu and Asmasu are different. So, in some places, Vrikasu and Asmasu are different. In reality, in some places, Vrikasu and Asmasu are different.
Vrikasu is a Jeeva. It is a different Jeeva. It is a different Jeeva.
God’s Jeeva, is different. God and Jeeva, are one. And, in that, different souls, Jeeva souls, are one.
For example, when God meets Kamsa, every time when God meets, Kamsa is there. But, Kamsa is not the lord of God. So, in different places, different Jeeva souls, come in the form of Kamsa.
And, this kind of Leela, this is Shivji’s Leela, not Shivji’s Leela. This is Lord Vishnu’s Leela. So, the Asuras in this, in different places, come in different forms.
Different souls, take the form of Asuras, and make the Asuras Leela. So, in different places, in different places, there is no need to go into details. So, the important thing is, that the Asuras, teach us, how we should work.
The devotees teach us, how we should work. The Asuras teach us, how we should not work. Any other questions? Thank you very much.
Today,