How many of us has the patience to do something beyond a period. In Brahmanda Purana Lord Hyagreeva imparted the knowledge of Sree Lalitha Sahsra Nama to Sri Agasthya Maha Muni. The benefits of chanting Sree Lalitha Devi's 1000 Names ( Sahsra Nama ) was vividly explained by Lord Hygriva to Sri Agasthya. Agasthya was the first to be initiated into Devi Sadhana by Lord Hyagreeva and was given to meditate upon Supreme Godessess's 1000 names. Each name for one ayanam ( Six months) and thus completing his meditation by 500 years. If today a Guru says to meditate for one year its pain then forget about 500 years. To get fruitful result for Agasthya Mantra atleast it should be 20 years that also depending upon merits of deeds. I have been chanting the Agasthya Mantra given to me for 20 years and things have changed for me at each decades.
And after the 500 years of profound meditation what results awaits. Its Shivas grace to impart complete sadhana of Devi. The secrets of Devi worship would be complete only after the knowledge of tantra which only Shiva could provide. Pleased by My Masters devotion the Supreme Master Shiva imparted the knowledge of Secret Sadhana both Left hand and Right hand path. He gained mystical knowledge of Devi worship of form and formless. Shiva knew that in 1000 years a Rishi would complete Devi Sadhana.
Exactly as Hayagriva had asked him, Agastya approached Shiva and prostrated before him. Pleased with his devotion and concentration, Shiva imparted to him the secrets of sadhana. He propounded the most mystical knowledge of Devi worship in her formed and formless aspects in both the left-handed and right-handed path of tantra. Shiva mystically predicts that in a few thousand years from then, a tenacious and determined rishi on earth would complete Devi’s sadhana.
Agastya did intense tapasya over the next one thousand years but only managed to complete the right-handed practices. His body was subject to the laws of nature and its time was coming to an end. So he went back to Shiva. Shiva asked him to go and pass on the knowledge to Dattatreya on earth, who would then give it to Parashurama and Vasishta. As instructed, Agastya passed on the esoteric knowledge to Dattatreya and Vasishta and dropped his body in Devi bhava.
Dattatreya and Parashurama
Dattatreya was born from the three aspects of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, to the great rishi Atri and his wife Anasuya, who was famed for her pativrata dharma. Dattatreya imparted the sadhana to Parashurama, but as soon as the complete knowledge was granted, great vairagya sprouted in his mind and he did not marry. Parashurama remained devoted to his Guru and never took up a female consort. The sadhana could not be completed without the tantric worship with a consort. Dattatreya knew that Parashurama was not just any rishi but an incarnation of Mahavishnu himself. He relieved him of the burden of completing the Devi sadhana.
Parashurama was a Vishnu incarnate on earth who had vowed to rid the planet from tyrant kshatriyas. Other than the occult science of weapons – which he would give to Drona, Bhishma and Karna a few thousand years later – Parashurama never imparted the esoteric vidya of Devi to anyone. Vasishta was the only hope now. Dattatreya was not going to give it to any other disciple and if Vasishta didn’t do anything with it, the world would forever be deprived of the grace of Devi.
Vasishta
The great rishi Vasishta was known to be as old as the sun in the earth’s solar system. He had seen the rise and fall of kings. He had seen the transition of yugas. He had been to the three worlds and the 14 planes of existence. He had seen the transformation of Vishwamitra to a brahmarishi. He was not the eager or the impulsive type.
The wise Vasishta saw with his divine eye that the right time had not yet come on earth for anyone, including himself, to practice the sadhana of Devi as passed down by Shiva. He also saw how potent it was and that it could be catastrophic in the wrong hands. Even his own son, a rishi and a siddha, Shaktri, was not fit to do Devi’s sadhana, he realized. He clasped the secret of sadhana close to his heart and first disclosed it to Parashara, the one with no desires.
Parashara
Empowered with the transcendental knowledge, Parashara felt increasingly disconnected from the world. Unlike his father, or grandfather, or the rishis of yore, neither did he marry, nor did he have a consort. Meditating on various aspects of Devi, he spent most of his time in the Himalayas.
The worship of the Supreme Goddess, however, could not be completed without a consort. Immersed in Devi’s bhava, Parashara did not feel attracted to any woman. Even though he well knew that he had to pass on the esoteric knowledge, he spent most of his life in meditation without worrying about a successor or a worthy recipient.
Krishna and Vyasa
A few decades passed and Parashara realized that the issue of a successor could not be postponed any longer. With that thought in mind, he descended from the Himalayas. One day he had to go across the Yamuna, and the chief of fishermen’s daughter, Matsyagandhi agreed to take him across. While she was ferrying him across, Parashara looked up and closed his eyes. With his divine vision, he saw that after more than 4000 years, the stars and planets had aligned themselves most perfectly not just in Akashganga, our galaxy, but across many universes. This was the time to give the world someone who would bring the vidya of kundalini to life. He looked at Matsyagandhi with a sense of desire, and she submitted to him. And it was there, on a nearby island, that the great rishi fathered none other than the legendary Vyasa, who is also known as Krishna Dwaipayana – Krishna, because he was dark, and dwaipayana because he was born in an island, dwipa.
As he departed, he blessed Matsyagandhi that she would no longer smell like a fisherwoman but a fragrant lotus. She would retain her maidenhood and her son would be the greatest poet ever to be born in this world.
A few years later, Parashara established contact with Vyasa to bring to his notice the grand purpose of his life. Parashara whispered the vidya in its entirety, including the kundalini aspect of Devi, to the young and bright Vyasa – the first on this planet earth to be initiated into the sadhana of kundalini. Parashara told his son that he must complete the sadhana of Devi. With her grace, he would go on to document the most esoteric wisdom for the benefit of mankind on this planet. She, as Vagavadini, the power of speech, would speak though him. He instructed Vyasa to create a fourth Veda and include Devi’s worship in it.
For Vyasa, the only goal of his life was to fulfill his father’s word. Vyasa meditated on the formed aspect of Mother Divine for 12 years and spent the next 12 years invoking her as his own latent energy in the form of kundalini. As she rose in him, untying the granthis and piercing the chakras, Vyasa was filled with light and wisdom. With immense shakti in him, unrestrained and divine, he sat down and composed the greatest epics known to human race.
Creating a fourth Veda called Atharva Veda, he elucidated tantra and included Devi worship in its secret passages.
Still brimming with wisdom and energy, he composed the Brahmanda Purana which contains the first documental evidence of Lalita Sahasranama. Devi was still working in him and there was nothing that could stop Vyasa. One after the other, he scribed the 18 Mahapuranas covering every aspect of knowledge, from sublime to mundane, from astrology to tending cows, but Devi was not done yet.
Eventually, he went on to narrate the greatest scripture of all time – the Mahabharata. The poetic fountain of his supraknowledge was bursting forth so rapidly that no one, not even Vyasa himself, could match the speed. Anyone who chose to write would soon feel tired. So, he called upon Shiva’s son, Ganesha, to scribe Mahabharata.
The unstoppable Vyasa went on to narrate the Bhagavata purana, the same story, Amar Katha, that Shiva had narrated to Parvati once.
Finally Devi appeared before Vyasa and told him that his work was over and that he could rest in her abode eternally. Thus, the Supreme Goddess merged in Vyasa.
In Kundalini sadhana, Vyasa was the first true sadhaka on planet earth and it is our greatest fortune that we have access to Lalita Sahasranama, where the complete sadhana of chakras is strewn like pearls around Devi’s neck.
So the dimension of Devi worhip was given by Agasthya Maha Muni and Bhogar adviced Babaji to meditate upon Agasthya for further knowledge of Light. So just glimpse and light for those who think that I have been praying for quite long and results are in vain needs to recalibrate. Think in new paradigm. Your faith is what leads you. And key to your entire scripts lies within you. Musk deer hunts the fragrance of its own and sets for unlimited search. Everything lies within us and we make the possibility of exploring it more difficult with our perceptions. Light the lamp within you are beyon time and space. Thanks to infinite grace of my Masters.
