Shri Bhairavi - Bhairavi is the icon of death, whose power is irresistible and unavoidable, and which is a continuous process in the phenomenal world. Bhairavi is in charge of Nitya Laya (Pralaya or dissolution), which means decay and death of individual entities on a daily basis. Bhairavi is a fierce and terrifying aspect of the Goddess virtually indistinguishable from Kali, except for her particular identification as the consort of the Bhairava. She is also called Shubhamkari, Good Mother to Good People and Terrible to bad ones.She is seen holding book (vedas),rosary,blessings and abhaya mudra.She is also known as Tripurabhairavi. Its believed that when Bhairavi entered the battle field, her horrible appearance made the demons become weak and very feeble, and it's believed that most of the demons started panicking as soon as they saw her. Bhairavi is seen mainly as the Chandi in the Chandi Saptashati version of slaying Shumbha and Nishumbha. However, she kills and drinks the blood of Chanda and Munda the Chieftains of asuras, so the Goddess Parvathi gives her a boon that she would be called Chamundeshwari. In other forms she is also identified with Parvathi or Durga. Bhairavi has forever been worshipped as the saviour of good in its perpetual struggle against evil. When even Gods were on the verge of being overcome by the demons, she manifested in this "Rudra" (angry) form and that was the end of seemingly unconquerable demons like Raktbeej. Her form - long, lolling tongue dripping blood, a garland of freshly severed human heads around her neck and snakes coiled around her arms and ankles in lieu of armlets and anklets - is enough to strike terror in the most evil of humans. Her Sadhana means not just attaining courage and valour but also the divine grace of Bhairava, her consort. Bhairavi is the annihilator of all pains, afflictions, problems and enemies in one’s life. On her Sadhak she bestows perfect health and youth. Death cannot come uncalled to such a person. Her divine presence means birth of supreme conscience and intelligence. A hypnotic charm keeps radiating from the physique of a Siddh of Bhairavi. Friends he has many and foes dare not harm him. Like a mother, Bhairavi fulfils all needs of a Sadhak and blesses him with wealth, fame, respect and a happy family life. And where she assures material prosperity, she also ensures spiritual upliftment. Represents Divine anger and wrath. Yet her wrath is directed towards impurities within us, as well as to negative forces that may try to interfere with our spiritual growth. Though a difficult force to bear, her activity is necessary both to guide and to protect us. Tripurabhairavi is proverbial wrath of a woman and more specifically the wrath of a mother towards whatever may threaten her children. Tripurabhairavi represents the supreme power of speech, which has the nature of fire (Tejas). She is the Word in its unarticulated and primal form as raw energy, the flaming word which appears like a pillar or a sword to remove all resistance. She is the supreme light and heat power, the flame of consciousness itself (Cidagni)- the ultimate knowledge of truth. Tripurabhairavi as Tejas (radiance) rules over the Tanmatras, the subtle sensory potentials behind the five elements and five sense organs which allow for their inter-connection. Through the Tanmatras Tripurabhairavi gives power over the senses and the elements. She is the basic will-power of life, mastering control of all of its manifestations. The fierce form of Divine energy exists within us as the power of transforming heat (Tapas). Tapas is sometimes translated as asceticism. More properly it is a heightened aspiration that consumes all secondary interests and attachments. When we really focus on one object, we naturally lose our attraction to other things. Tapas is this real focus and profound absorption in the spiritual life that causes us to no longer desire anything else. Tapas is the heat of spiritual inquiry and aspiration which causes us to discard all that is non-essential in life. Tripurabhairavi as Tapas is especially worshipped by those seeking knowledge or by those seeking control of their sexual energy (Brahmacharya). She gives control of the senses, the emotions and wandering thoughts. She helps us during fasting, vows of silence, meditation retreats, Pilgrimages, during the practice of celibacy, or any other concentrated spiritual discipline (Tapas) that we may be attempting. Whatever obstructions arise to our practice of Tapas we can call on Tripurabhairavi to help eliminate it. Tripurabhairavi is the fierce form of the Goddess and related to Chandi, the fiercest form of the Goddess, who is the main deity of the famous Devi Mahatmya, a great poem of seven hundred verses (also called ₢handi Saptasati or Chandi) which celebrates the destruction of the demons by her. Tripurabhairavi is the mightiest warrior, who with her power of Divine speech and spiritual fire eliminates all obstacles to the unfoldment of true awareness. As Chandi or the destroyer of evils and odds, she can be invoked for removing obstacles and to allow us to attain any of the four goals of life – enjoyment, wealth, recognition or liberation (kama, artha, dharma and moksha). Bhairavi also embodies the principle of destruction and arises or becomes present when all declines appear. She is a goddess always present and manifests and embodies the destructive aspects of the world. Destruction, however, is not always negative, creation can not continue without it. Also Bhairavi embodies the principle of destruction and Arises When All present or passe declines appear. She is a goddess always present and manifests and embodies the destructive aspects of the world. Destruction, However, is not always negative, creation can not proceed without it. Creation and destruction are two essential aspects of the day-to-day and the Universe, Which Is Continually Their subject to alternating rhythms. The two are Equally dominant in the world and actually depend on each other symbiotically. Bhairavi embodies the principle of destruction. Also it is evident in the self-destructive habits, like eating heavy food (the food has a quality associated tamasic ignorance and lust) and drinking liquor, wearing the body and mind. It is present, it is said, the loss of semen, Which weakens men. Anger, jealousy and other emotions and selfish actions Reinforce the presence Bhairavi in the world. Many such energies emanating from Bhairavi are emanating from hidden powers, some of these to black magic in few systems called Aghori in the vast Hindu worship. She is also identified with Mahapralaya, the great dissolution at the end of a cosmic cycle, during which all things, having been consumed with fire, are dissolved in the formless waters of procreation. She is the force that tends toward dissolution. This force, furthermore, which is actually Bhairavi herself, is present in each person as one gradually ages, weakens and finally dies. Destruction is apparent everywhere, and therefore Bhairavi is present everywhere. A commentary on the Parashurama-kalpasutra says that the name Bhairavi is derived from the words bharana (to create), ramana (to protect), and vamana (to emit or disgorge). The commentator, that is, seeks to discern the inner meaning of Bhairavi's name by identifying her with the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction. Kala Bhairavi: Goddess Tripura Bhairavi or Goddess Kala Bhairavi gives the devotee – the power to attain everything in life and triumph over the sensual desires. MANTRAS: HASAIN HASKARING HASAIN
