Mahaa Kaal

[Guest guest]

My dear friends and like minded persons

 

From tomorrow the Mahaalaya Paksh starts which is also called as Pithru Paksh,

this letter is in that respect.

 

I have one interesting subject in this mail. A few years ago, most of you

might still remember, I wrote a letter to you all about Mahaa Kaal of Ujjain

wherein I specifically mentioned that in spite of any one taking birth in Ujjain

and living there for a life time, say, 70 years or so, it is not possible for

any one to realize and understand what Ujjain is. It is such a sacred place in

the name of Avantika of yester years. One may have to recollect Bhoj Mahaaraj,

or Vikramaaditya Chakravarthy, or Mahaa Kavi Kaalidaas, or Raaja Bhartruhari and

………….

 

Today I am not referring all this, but then, I exclaim as how all of us forget

MAHAA KAAL or the God of Death. Every living being descending from elsewhere

and taking the physical shape of a birth, is under the total control of Mahaa

Kaal. No exception whatsoever for any one, even an incarnation of Lord or the

Lord himself taking birth on this Globe. The stop clock starts running for any

one irrespective of an individual’s greatness or divinity. Every one is under

the control of Mahaa Kaal and he is the filter point either to allow us to fly

up and up to the upper spheres leading to Moksha or turning down to the black

hole to turn back as a living being on the earth.

 

We do worship for all our pleasures or comforts or whatever it is, the

Navagrahaas, the Lords in the name of creator or else, or some such in any

religion, region or whatever it is. Most interestingly we presume and worship

certain Gods, but comfortably forget what a certainty is – Certainty is nothing

but MAHAA KAAL. All games in the name of caste, creed, religion, region, race

…what not, all come to an end at Mahaa Kaal. There is no possibility,

absolutely no possibility, of escaping the attention of Mahaa Kaal. Some enjoy

a Great Raja Yoga at the end by simply leaving the physical body; some struggle;

some suffer; some take prolonged time when the kith and kin express their

eagerness to perform the final rituals; and many such dramas. I have not come

across any one worshipping the Lord of Death - while I have seen many preferring

not to utter the name of the Lord of Death and try to conceal themselves without

being noticed by Mahaa Kaal. We fear to utter the name

of Lord of Death; we conceal ourselves; we pretend as if we do not what the

Lord of Death is; what ever it is – a total certainty is that, the Lord of Death

is carefully watching us whether we call him as Lord Yama or something else.

 

My intention in writing this letter, is to make it clear that HE IS WATCHING

AND COUNTING THE TIME MORE ACCURATELY THAN US, and therefore, if possible or let

us make it possible to worship HIM and pray HIM to grant us a peaceful end so

that the so called near and dear do not curse us while we remain in bed with a

prolonged sickness; or we lead a miserable life with physical and material

sufferings. We may miss a Mahaa Raj Yog, but let us not miss the Ultimate

Raajaadhiraj Yog.

 

According to the Vedic order of life, there is a simple way or worshiping the

Lord of death by treating HIM as an unusual Lord and offering TARPANAAS. It is

a very simple procedure and years ago I made a mention of this in my book. To

repeat the same, it is like a DEVA TARPAN and to be offered duly mentioning the

name of the Lord and releasing a little water from the right hand four fore

fingers fourteen times for fourteen Lords. The Lords are specified in the text

named as YAMA TARPAN. According to the original text these tarpanaas are to be

offered on any dark fourteenth day of the month more particularly on the dark

fourteen day of Aswayuj Maas popularly known as Naraka Chaturdasi, just a day

before Diwali. But, when I discussed with my Guruji, he specified that this

tarpan can be given an every day as that of Dev Tarpan and hence the procedure

is detailed hereunder. My Guruji also made it clear that there is no necessity

of using Sesame Seeds – Til for this

purpose. It is 1) Yamam Tarpayaami, 2) Dharma Raajam Tarpayaami, 3) Mrutyum

Tarpayaami, 4) Antakam Tarpayaami, 5) Vaivaswatham Tarpayaami, 6) Kaalam

Tarpayaami, 7) Sarwa Bhoota Kshayam Tarpayaami, 8) Audumbaram Tarpayaami,

9)Tadadhnam Tarpayaami, 10) Neelam Tarpayaami, 11) Parameshtinam Tarpayaami, 12)

Vrukodaram Tarpayaami, 13) Chitram Tarpayaami, 14) Chitraguptam Tarpayaami.

These fourteen Tarpanaas at the best take two or three minutes when once one

practices this.

 

By doing this, we cultivate a habit of knowing that the ultimate is watching,

AS SUCH we will be completing the tasks expected of us ON TIME. We get a

reminder that MAHAA KAAL is in front of us and hence we RESPECT THE KAAL – THE

TIME ELEMENT which is specific and CLEARLY SET FOR EACH LIFE.

 

Nothing is greater than MAHAA KAAL and no one can comfortably escape HIS

attention. It is therefore MAHAA KAAL, the GREAT. My small brain could not

imagine the whole form of MAHAA KAAL but then, I could put down the form of the

Lord of Time into a few line definition – the one which we can not see, the one

which we can see; the one which we can not experience, the one which we can

experience; the shortest and the lengthiest; the end and the

beginning…………………………………….beyond this I have no words, and I remain incapable.

 

May MAHAA KAAL grant us all PURPOSEFUL AND EVENTFUL SPAN OF LIFE and a

Comfortable FINISHING TOUCH.

 

All the best.

Yours affectionately

HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI

 

Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji

3724, Spencer’s Street, #221, TORRANCE CA 90503

Camp: Tallahassee Florida CELL: 310 293 9066

7th September 2006