Namaste Tripuraghnaji. I just had a doubt with the part saying "mama vañcitam̐ kuru kuru " ; Is it not "mama vāñcitam̐ kuru kuru" instead? Also the part "candrakalāvadham̐sini" ; Is it correct or "candrakalāvatam̐sini" is the correct one? Could you please help clarify? Thanks. Regards.

Thank you for your response Tripuraghnaji. Asking this just to understand better. You said, "The intelligent devotee must know that he will become the deity he worships before reaching the final destination". My understanding here is, please correct me if I am wrong, if the devotee becomes the diety, won't the devotee cease to exist? Or will there be enough ego remaining just to sustain/preserve the worldly identity of the devotee prior to becoming the diety? Is this the same as the analogy of a river merging with the ocean and becoming the ocean while ceasing to exist as a river? Pranaams.

Namaste. Am I correct in understanding that when a devotee becomes one with his favorite form of God, he sees that all other forms of God are manifested through his Ishtadevata? And there is no longer any need to worship different forms, because his chosen Ishtadevata manifests like all other forms? Example: The sun has innumerable rays, each of us can follow our favorite ray, but when we reach the sun and become one with it, then we will see that all other rays are inseparable from the sun and one with it, and we could have come to it by another ray (worshipping another deity). Another example: If one worships Bala Tripura Sundari, first as a mother, then as a friend, and then becomes one with her, at that stage the devotee will see that all other deities manifest through Bala Tripura Sundari, that Bala is Durga, Lakshmi, Kali, Shiva, Ramachandra, Lalita, that She contains all forms and is all of them at the same time. Am I understanding this correctly? Tripuraghna Ji, you said that the last stage, when the devotee becomes one with the chosen deity, is in other words a kind of love for God, when God becomes the devotee's lover (Krishna, Shiva...) or beloved, only in such a relationship can both become one? When a devotee achieves unity with the chosen deity and all other deities manifest through him, for example, even Guhyakali manifests through Bala Tripura Sundari? Earlier you said that Guhyakali is beyond Parabrahman. Thank you very much for your answer! Realize how merciful and kind the Divine Mother is to her children, allowing us to choose the form of Her that we like best, but still, whatever form we choose, She will lead us to Her and manifest all other forms through it, and we will realize that we have not lost anything by not worshipping other forms.

God is very merciful, Ashwatthaman realized his mistakes and sincerely repented, Krishna broke the curse, and the worship of the Divine Mother and Shiva, and the blessings of his Guru also had a great impact. Ashwatthama is doing well now, you can read this article to learn more about him. http://www.pilotbaba.com.ua/mahayog-pilot-baba/ashwatthaman.html

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Pranam Tripuraghna Ji, is it true that Aswathama took Sri Vidya Deeksha from Maharshi Durvasa and was able to get rid of the curse given to him by Lord Krishna? Thanks!

I agree.. considering the bigger picture, it's all Maya and the end game is for a greater good.. I wanted to express what I strongly felt. 

There's nothing wrong with that. Just as humans have their own sports and games, Gods/Goddesses/Avatars/Siddhas/Rishis have their own games and sports. Ultimately creation itself is a game and play of the incomprehensible Brahman. It will always be like this, you cannot separate these two things, even reaching the highest destination. People need to understand this. The final destination is not total inertia and lack of sports and games.

Namaste Tripuraghna ji. What an amazing knowledge. One becomes the Deity one worships. Ferocious Deities too have their calm form. Ferocious form is taken for a purpose. After that Deity must be returning to their calm form. In presence of the calm form of the ferocious Deities, many other forces calm down too. Is it possible for a devotee to worship that calm form? It requires tremendous control over one self. Is it important to try to be like our Ishta Deity? Or is this a gradual process? Can one just worship the Deity for the ultimate relationship? Is the final aim, to become the Deity & merge with Her or there is still a greater aim? Sorry for asking many questions. Thanks in advance. .

Namaste Kiran. It's okay to briefly pay homage to other deities as a form of respect or for a greater long-term purpose. This is your choice. You can choose not to do this if you want. But what cannot happen is that you forget your Iṣṭadevata. Your Iṣṭadevata must always be in your memory, even worshiping other deities. You must see the other deities as different forms of your Iṣṭadevata. You will only worship other deities if it is for a greater purpose in the future. Only your Iṣṭadevata will be worshiped until the end of his life. Worshiping other deities must have some reason linked to your relationship with Iṣṭadevata. A serious devotee goes through the following stages with the Iṣṭadevata: first Devi becomes the devotee's Mother; then Devi becomes the friend of the devotee; then Devi becomes the devotee; then the devotee becomes "Saguṇanirguṇa", that is, he becomes incomprehensible (Parabrahma) and at the same time can assume the form of any other deity (Parabrahmamahiṣi). The intelligent devotee must know that he will become the deity he worships before reaching the final destination. That's what many people who worship aggressive deities don't understand. They end up discovering that they don't like the deity they worship but their power. This is not real devotion. They cannot change the temperament and specific tastes of a Divine Mother form. She is not a toy, you will become that form of her that you adore. So you should behave like her and cultivate the same nature as your Iṣṭadevata. In the end you will become Saguṇanirguṇabrahman, but you will not get there until you become your Iṣṭadevata. That's why most people don't reach the end goal. They are distracted by other deities and cannot become Iṣṭadevata herself. They are lost. There is a worse situation. There is the situation where the devotee does not accept the Iṣṭadeva's temperament and tastes. He cannot change Iṣṭadevata. If he thinks so he should worship another deity. If you don't see in your Iṣṭadevata someone that you would like to be, you have no real devotion for her, but are only interested in what she can offer you and that is selfish.