Posted on: 27 Dec 2017
Pradhama Anuvaakah (First part)
1) Faith associated with knowledge is Kaalabhairava. He is seated on the dog, which represents faith. The four Vedas follow God Datta as four dogs. Hence, Kaalabhairava represents faith obtained through knowledge or sharp-deep analysis, which is not blind faith. It is not faith with rigid ignorance whereas it is faith attained after doing perfect analysis. The faith is based on reason and not based on blind ignorance without reason. Such reason based faith is Kaalabhairava.
2) Base of faith is knowledge or the Veda decided by analysis. If you don’t analyse the faith to find out true faith, there can be several faiths rising from various ignorant experiences. The faith shall be one only if it is true. If there are several faiths, you have to do very sharp analysis to find out the true faith, which is one only without contradictions. To avoid different interpretations, great divine preachers analysed the Veda with very sharp logic to arrive at the ultimate single truth.
3) Different devoted scholars have taken different forms of the medium of God and argued to establish each one as the ultimate truth. The preacher of any religion is very rigid of the truth of own religion and tries to condemn the truth of any other religion, finally resulting as the only follower of the so called ultimate truth as per his version. Unless correlation between all religions is attained, these contradictions will not be solved. Unless you decide the single basic actor acting through various roles, this extreme rigidness will not disappear. We must also analyse whether such single actor is Datta or one of these roles. If such single actor is one of the roles, which role is actual truth? If the ultimate actor is one of these roles, every religion tries to establish its own role as the common actor. We have to do lot of analysis taking various interpretations of the Veda as the basic subject. Unimaginable God is the common basic actor and since any number of unimaginable items must be one unimaginable item only, the unity of all religions is inevitable due to this one unimaginable God!
Dvitiya Anuvaakah (Second Part)
1) Kaalabhairava represents the analytical knowledge of the Veda to decide the ultimate truth and hence, Kaalabhairava is the preacher (Guru) for every soul. The Veda says that God is only one and does the three divine works (creation, maintenance and dissolution of this world). Such definition of the Veda about God is fully applicable in the divine form of God Datta. Such decision is done by Kaalabhairava, who follows it with full faith.
2) Kaalabhairava is personification of the Veda. All the four Vedas became four dogs and follow God Datta representing the unshakable faith. He is personification of knowledge since the Veda means knowledge. He is inseparable from God Datta, who is called as Satguru.
3) Kaalabhairava is very powerful deity punishing all the severe sins. He maintains a vessel of fire in one hand to burn the soul in terrible manner and holds a broom in other hand with which all bad qualities are swept out from the soul. He is the doctor doing surgery of very rigid soul, which can’t be treated in the hell. He attends the treatment of very unique souls, which are not transformed by preaching and by the punishments in the hell also. The pain given in the punishment by Kaalabhairava is very very severe called as Yaatanaa. His horrible roaring in the time of punishments brought this name (Kaala = in the time of punishment, Bhairava= roars with very much threatening voice).
Trutiya Anuvaakah (Third Part)
1) You shall not beat or kill a dog, which is the vehicle of Kaalabhairava. You must respect it by giving food. Even if you don’t give food, it protects your house with full awareness throughout the night. Kaalabhairava is the watchman of the abode of God Datta. He always participates in the service of God Datta and became the representative of divine service without aspiration for any fruit in return. You must always worship the dog.
2) The guest comes to our house due to love on us and not for food. A beggar comes to our house for food only and not due to any love. How to discriminate guest from beggar? The test is that the beggar goes immediately if you don’t give him food. The guest will stay even if you don’t give him food. Dog is watching your house even if the food is not given and hence, it is the best guest. Hence, you should respect always the dog and not insult it.
3) The tail of the dog will have its curved nature in spite of your hectic trials. It means that it will not lose its faith by even hectic tests. Even if you beat it, it doesn’t leave us. Similarly, a devotee shall not lose faith on God in spite of any number of problems. The dog is always at our feet. Kaalabhairava is always at the feet of God Datta. Even if you keep the dog outside your house, it protects your house. All this indicates lack of ego and lack of reaction to insult in the service. Kaalabhairava heads the special hell, which is full of terrible fire and not like Indra placed as head of pleasant heaven. Still, he is faithful to God Datta. Vishvaasa means faith, which is more than life and it means that it may leave even its life, but, not faith (Vi= more special than, Shvaasa=respiration or life). Wherever Datta exists, dog exists there. Wherever dog exists, Datta exists there.
Chaturtha Anuvaakah (Fourth Part)
1) There are five similarities between a true devoted servant and dog:- a) True devotee always takes place at the feet of God. Dog also lies at the feet of its master. b) A true devotee eats food after offering it to God. Dog also eats the remains after the food eaten by its master. c) True devotee will never leave God even after any number of difficulties. Dog also doesn’t leave its master even if it is beaten. d) True devotee shouts with emotion if God is criticized. Dog also barks at the enemies approaching its master. e) True devotee leaves even the life for the sake of God. Dog also leaves its life for the sake of its master. People are scolding a person, (who is dedicated to service and doesn’t leave even after insulting without shame) by using the word ‘dog’ since these people are under very strong illusion because they are not recognizing such dedicated person, who really deserves special appreciation. This is the path to reach GOD, which is understood by these ignorant people in reverse way as DOG. Kaalabhairava is the path and Datta is the goal.
2) The four dogs represent the four Vedas, which come out from the four faces of God Brahma. When you see a dog, you must see it as the most auspicious face of God Brahma reciting the Veda. God is said to be knowledge (Satyam Jnaanam ananttam Brahma) by the Veda. Kaalabhairava is the Veda or knowledge. Hence, Kaalabhairava is God Datta, Himself. Datta stands as path in the name of Kaalabhairava and stands as goal in His own name. This represents perfect monism between devoted soul involved in service and God. The lowest person is scolded as dog and they are not understanding that the lowest always becomes highest due to grace of God. Sometimes, dog barks with weeping sound facing the sky and it is weeping (facing towards God) for the souls not changing by any extent of spiritual knowledge, which are going to be severely punished by its master Kaalabhairava! On Dattajayanti festival, devotees bite breads and give to dog. Such devotees are equal to the highest devotee called Shabari, who offered fruits to God Rama after tasting only to test whether the fruits are sweet or not. Kaashi city is considered to be the highest pious place because a true faithful servant like Kaalabhairava is its ruler (Kshetrapaalaka).
3) Only ignorant people see dog as unholy. The Veda removes all unholy aspects and the Veda is Kaalabhairava or dog. How a dog becomes unholy? God gives highest place to the dog, which gives up even its life for the sake of a handful cooked food grains! The devotees are ungrateful to God even on giving plenty of wealth! The dog stands with highest gratefulness just for giving a handful cooked food grains! When God Datta went to the house of an orthodox Brahmin, called Shila on invitation for a ritual, Kaalabhairava followed God in the form of a black dog. All priests boycotted Datta thinking that the dog is unholy in the Vedic ritual. Datta patted its back and it started reciting all the Vedas! The only soul that passed the three tests of Datta is Kaalabhairava (In quarterly Brahma-test, God keeps silent when you pray Him for money. In the half yearly Vishnu-test, God steals away your money instead of giving it to you. In the annual Rudra-test, God gives you torture, which you can never tolerate! When you pass all these three tests in the annual course of spiritual knowledge, Datta enters and merges with you to make you as human incarnation of God Datta!).
Kaalabhairvopanishat is completed.
Datta Upanishats: Chapter-1: Anaghopanishat
Datta Upanishats: Chapter-2: Kaalabhairvopanishat
Datta Upanishats: Chapter-3: Vishnudattopanishat
Datta Upanishats: Chapter-4: Dharmopanishat