I have written before about Maharaja Rameswar Singh an extraordinary King as well as a Tantrik Sadhaka. I amazed having gone through the glimpses of his Worldly manifestation.
The daily routine of महाराजा रमेश्वर सिंह , the
king of दरभङ्गा (Mithila Region) was an extraordinary occultist and sadhak.
He was an exponent of the science and technology of occult secrets.
Maharaja used to get up at 2 AM and do the complete reading of दुर्गा सप्तशति sitting
on his bed itself. After that, he would complete his bath by 3.30 AM and
perform सन्ध्या वन्दन along with सहस्र गायत्री जप . Thereafter,
he used to offer पिण्डदान of one मण (approx. 40 kgs) of rice.
He used to complete the daily worship of पार्थिव शिवलिङ्ग in
the ब्रह्ममुहूर्त and
then proceed to the temple of Goddess भगवती . Here, he used to perform तान्त्रिक संध्या and
do the पात्रस्थापन according
to the तान्त्रिक rites.
After that he used to perform the worship of Goddess महाकाली , आवरण पूजा ,जप , पञ्चाङ्ग पाठ ; and then offer पुष्पाञ्जली along
with ककरदिसहस्त्रनाम. After that he performed the
पूजन तर्पण of कुमारी ,सुवासिनी ,बटुक and
partake the महाप्रसाद and
be ready by 10.00 AM.
After taking rest for an hour, he used to perform
and supervise his royal duties from 11.00AM-3.30PM. Then, he used to take bath;
perform Vedic
सन्ध्या and गायत्री जप and complete पार्थिवPuja during प्रदोष time.
During the night, he performed ‘Sngopang Nisharchan, 108 Brahmins collectively chanted Durga Saptashati and 51 Brahmins
performed theरुद्राभिषेक . Even otherwise, there used to be
continuous reading of सप्तशति , Vedic and तान्त्रिक japa of गायत्री Rudrbhisheka without
any break during the day. The king who had converted his entire life into महाअनुष्ठान was
well-read and great scholar. He was an expert in English, French, Bengali,
Hindi, and Sanskrit. He was a master of the science of Tantra. In addition,
he was well-versed in वेदान्त , साङ्ख्य योग and व्याकरण .
He was a generous king who gave whatever was asked
of him by the needy. He was a just king who loved by his people. He had n
ardent desire that people should be aware of the scientific aspects of Tantra. That
is why he organised a conference of all eminent scholars of Tantras during the
autumn of the year 1908. Scholarly Brahmins, great sadhaks and
scientists attended this conference. पण्डित प्रकाशनन्द झा of Vaidyanath Dham, पण्डित शिवचरण भट्टाचार्य of Kashi, श्रीविद्या साधक पण्डित सुब्रमण्यम शास्त्री , John
Woodruff, the president of आगम अनुसंधान समिति , Kolkata were amongst the
prominent participants. It was John Woodruff who gets the credit for taking the
knowledge and secrets of Tantra to the western world. Alone with Sir John
Woodruff, Ivan Stevenson, a great doctor from Britain and scientist by name
William Hopkinson had also come. On this occasion, Maharaja of Patiala
Bhupendra Singh, who was a friend of Maharaja Rameshwar Singh had also come. He
had also become sadhak of Goddess Shakti. Maharaja himself was
taking his guests to all the nearby place called Mahishi is the Bhagawati
Ugratara Peeth.
The responsibility of presiding over the conference
was entrusted to पण्डित शिवचरण भट्टाचार्य, who had given special guidance
to the Maharaja in तन्त्र साधना . He was also the Guru-initiator of John
Woodruff. It was the Maharaja who had inspired John Woodruff to get initiated
into शक्ति साधना by पण्डित शिवचरण भट्टाचार्य. Panditji was telling – “Tantra is the
science of study and research of energies that flow within an individual and in
the entire creation. Tantra believes that Shakti energises every atom of the
universe. It
is a different matter that this energy flow is sometimes dormant and at others
active. This energy manifests itself in infinite forms. But there are 10
fundamentals energy streams that are also called ‘दश महाविद्या
पण्डित शिवचरण भट्टाचार्य, the pre-eminent
scientist of Tantra was revealing these facts. He was telling
that the energy that flows in the universe flows in the individual in the form
of the प्राण . It
is through these energy streams that the universes have been created. He then
requested महाराजा रमेश्वर सिंह to speak on the topic of streams of प्राण that
flows in the individual’s body. He also announced that the flows of energies in
the universe will be explained by पण्डित सुब्रमण्यम शास्त्री. Maharaja accepted
this command of पण्डित शिवचरण भट्टाचार्य hesitantly and got up to speak.
He was looking extremely majestic and grand with his round face, bushy
moustache, towering height, wheatish complexion and a tilak with
ashes in the middle of his brow.
“The five प्राणand
five उपप्राण described in the Vedas are the ‘दश महाविद्या present in the body of individual
which connect him to the universe.
(1).The
first महाविद्या resides in the reproductory organ in
the form of महाकाली – अपान and its उपप्राण in the form of कूर्म .
(2).षोडशी and भुवनेश्वरी – प्राण and its उपप्राण resides
in the heart in the form of नाग .
(3)भैरवी and छिन्नमस्ता reside in throat in the form
of उदान and देवदत्त .
(4)धूमावती andबगलामुखी res ide in the navel region in the
form
of समान and कृकल .
(5)मातङ्गी and कमला reside in the brain in the form of व्यान and धनञ्जय .
Maharaja
paused for a while and then said – “I have had the vision of महामाया in
all these forms as I have described till now.”
Everyone present was stupefied at the knowledge that
Maharaja shared from his experiences. After Maharaja has taken his seat,
पण्डित शिवचरण भट्टाचार्य signaled पण्डित सुब्रमण्यम शास्त्री to
deliver his talk. A few years ago, he had initiated Maharaja in a special दीक्षा called साम्राज्य मेधा of Tantra Sadhana. He
had a brilliant voice.
He began
to speak in a serious tone:
“In
this vast universe, the energy of आदिविद्या महाकाली is
active from midnight 12 O clock till sunrise. महाकाल is the भैरव and he is worshipped during the महारात्री .The भैरव of महाविद्या तारा is अक्षोभ्य . Her energies are active during sunrise and the best
time for worship is क्रोधरात्री . Theभैरव of षोडशी , is
the five-faced शिव whose
power is active during the दिव्यरात्री . The भैरव of fourth महाविद्या भुवनेश्वरी is त्र्यंबक शिव . The
time of sunrise is the period when this power is active. The upasana is done during शुद्धरात्री . The
fifth महाविद्या is भैरवी and
her भैरव is दक्षिणामूर्ति . The
active period is after sunrise. The upasana is
done during कालरात्रि . The sixth महाविद्या is छिन्नमस्ता and her भैरव is कबन्ध शिव . The active period is during the
afternoon and the upasana is
done during वीर रात्रि Seventh महाविद्या is धूमावती and her भैरव is अघोर रुद्र . He is active post-noon. The upasana is done during दारुण रात्री Eighth महाविद्या is बगलामुखी and her भैरव is एकवक्त्र महारुद्र . The active period is in the
evening and upasana is done during वीर रात्रि . The
ninth महाविद्या is मातङ्गी and
her भैरव is मातङ्गशिव . The
first phase of night is the active period and upasana is
done during मोह रात्रि .भगवती कमला is
the tenth महाविद्या and her भैरव is सदाशिव . The second phase of the night is the
active period and upasana is
done during महारात्रि . It is with ten महाविद्या that universe has been created and
hence this is also called the science of creation (सृष्टि विद्या ).”
In this way, several expansive discussions took
place during the conference untill evening. After seeking Maharaja’s
permission, John Woodruff and his scientist friends examined Maharaja using
several instruments. After their measurements, they had to announce that the
levels of pranic electricity
and bio-magnetism in a तन्त्र साधक were extraordinarily higher than
found in a normal person. On hearing this, महाराजा रमेश्वर सिंह
laughed and said – “Actually this is the result of union of the visible with
the invisible.”
