Speech of HH Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji during Pushya Navaratri – January 14, 2012 – Vijayawada
Jai Bolo Saraswati Swaroopa Sadguru Maharaj Ki Jai
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Shailaputrai Namaha
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Brahmacharinyai Namaha
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Chandra Ghantayai Namaha
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Kooshmaandayai Namaha
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Skanda Maatrey Namaha
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Kaatyainyai Namaha
Om Aim Hreem Sreem Kaalaraatrai Namaha
On this birthday of this physical body, I offer my prostrations at the Lotus feet of Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji. Today is the day of showing exemplary gratitude to this body. 29th & 30th May, Jyesta Suddha Dasami & Ekadasi are the actual birthdays. Those are the two days which gave knowledge and wisdom to this body of renaissance.
We have come across 2 wonderful episodes of Sumbha Nisumbha and Mahishasura Samharam. We are all blessed to be listening the Devi Bhagavatam in this Pushya Navartri.
Why Pushya Navaratri ? What is the result? What do we get by the Darshanam? Yesterday Jyotishya Vidvan Sri Rama Sharma stated an excerpt from Kala Gnanam that the World will end
by the year 2012. To make sure that this shall not happen , Pujya Gurudeva is collating all the sins of the world and putting them beneath the Goddess feet. One prayers offered by our
Guru has the power equivalent to those offered by the entire population around the world. So 2012 cannot be the end and it is defintiely a new beginning.
Pushya is a great month. Pusha Pushtou ! Lalitha Sahasra Nama says ‘Tushtih Pushti’. Pushya gives Pushti , Pushti means to get nourishement. If food gets digested, thats Pushti. Digestion will occur only if there is a certain time gap. Pushti comes from Trupthi – Contentment,Trupthi comes by Sadhana – practise.People urge for more and more. Such urge should be for Sadguru’s Grace and not for materialistic possesions. THe complete meaning of Kalaapushti is explained in the Lalitha Bashyam of Sri Bhaskara Raya. One must have patience to gain the results of their prayers.This is Kala Prushti. We feel , Why cant the prayers be answered immediately.There is Karma theory.Mother Goddess removes our bad karmas and sets the stage for the good one’s to follow the same.
Every season has its own benefits.The month of Pushya comes in Hemantha Ruthu. Hence it gives Pushti. The Vedas Says “Saha Sahasya”. Lord Dattatreya is in Sahyadri. The banks of the river Krishna resemble the Sahyadri.Pushya means Sahasya,Patience gives attaintment. To give Pushti to all of us , Appaji is performing Pushya Navartri. Sravanam ( Listening) leads to Pushti. What Sravanam needs to be done? Bhagavatham. In all other languages except Telugu , it is written as bhagavathamu.Every letter in this word represents different states of mind
Bha -Bhakti – Devotion
Gha-Gnanam – Knowledge
Va-Vairagyam – Non attachemtn
Tha-Thyagam – Sacrifice
Mu-Mukti – Salvation
That too listening from Pujya Gurudeva will lead to spiritual attaintment.
Living in a notion of having only Bhakti by ignoring Sruti , Smriti, Purana, Itihasa, Agama is completely wrong.That kind of Bhakti will make one fall down. Innocent Bhakti is good butKnowledge should also be attained which can be initiated only by Sadguru.Shumbha Ni Shumba story completely talks about this.
Swamiji in yesterday’s discourse mentioned that, the sense of smell for man and a dog is same. May be that is the reason a dog too barked continously yesterday. Pujya Swamiji is disseminating knowledge to all creatures of this world. Sumbha means Horn. Horn indicates Ego.The Ego is destroyed by Mother goddess by killig the demon. It was like an action movie yesterday, a Comedy movie the day before. If i say Navarasalu (Nine different states of mind) , the current generation do not understand. So i try to make them understans by using words like comedy and action. Navarasa leads to Brahma Rasa (Bliss). It is said that listening to the demise of every demon in the Devi Bhagavatham will result in reducing different diseases. The Story of Rakhta Bheejakshara will reduce BP.The one of Shumbha Nishumba will reduce the affect of Brain tumuors and the one of Mahishasura is to bring down heart diseases.
I pray that this festival of Bhogi make you a Yogi and remove all your roga (diseases).
Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthihi !