Microvita and Spiritual Attainment

Yakśińii Siddhi

This is achieved by practising a special type of Tantra, and is called yakśińii darshana.

Such people are called yakśińii siddhas – sádhakas who have attained a type of occult power.

These yakśińiis(4) work under the instructions of the siddhas. As long as some rules are not violated, the yaksiniis abide by their instructions.

Usually, the yakśińiis cannot be induced to perform any evil deed.

They have no influence in the supernatural and spiritual spheres – their influence is primarily exerted in the physical sphere and to some extent in the psychic sphere.

They follow the yakśińii siddhas like a shadowy image, and very often can be found moving on walls or inside rooms like black shadows.

I have never heard of anyone being harmed by a yakśińii, but it may have happened.

I knew a professor of physics in a college in Bihar. His name was Swapneshwar Chattopadhyaya. He had attained yakśińii siddhi.

He did not have a son, but a daughter who lived far away from him, in the house of her father-in-law.

She had a daughter who used to live with her grandparents (Swapneshwar Chattopadhyaya and his wife). The granddaughter was 2-3 years old.

Mr. Chattopadhyaya had to go to Calcutta for a long time for his academic pursuits.

His wife, Kanika, was a very good but a timid woman.

The thought that she would have to live alone for a long time made her feel half-dead.

After all, how far could she rely on her tiny granddaughter?

Mr. Chattopadhyaya consoled his wife, saying, “Don’t worry. My yakśińii will take care of you. She will help you in all ways.”

On the eve of his departure for Calcutta, he showed his wife a black shadowy image reflected on the wall of their meditation room.

Though the figure was very small, it looked like a human figure.

Mr. Chattopadhyaya said to his wife, “This yakśińii will protect you from all troubles and dangers.”

He set out on his journey and was expected to return after 45 days.

Immediately after his departure, many strange things began to happen. Wherever Kanika went, the image of the yakśińii followed her like a shadow.

For the first few days Kanika was a bit nervous, seeing the shadowy image. But later on, as she was obliged to spend time in its company, she overcame her fear.

Rather, she grew more courageous than before.

Incident 1

At noon one day, while Kanika was washing the dishes in the kitchen, she suddenly noticed that the image of the yakśińii was shaking abnormally.

At first she was puzzled, but then she saw the yakśińii move quickly out of the room. She followed the image and also left the room.

The yakśińii came to the door of the living room beside the main gate. Kanika discovered that a thief dressed like a gentleman was about to escape with a suitcase that was kept in the room.

The thief caught sight of Kanika and took to his heels, leaving the suitcase behind. The main gate had been left open by mistake.

Incident 2

On another day, Kanika was sitting in the kitchen kneading flour.

Suddenly, she noticed that the yakśińii was shaking violently again.

Kanika looked at the figure in utter amazement. Immediately it went out of the kitchen, and Kanika followed it closely.

The yakśińii rushed towards the well across the courtyard of the house.

As soon as Kanika looked towards the well she became alarmed… horrified.

Her 3-year-old granddaughter was sitting precariously on the edge of the well, looking down into it.

If she moved slightly this way or that, or if she moved only a little to look at her own reflection in the water, she would immediately fall into the well.

No one could prevent her certain death.

Kanika moved stealthily forward from behind, picked the child up, and placed her on her lap.

Barely a month had passed since Swapneshwar had left for Calcutta. One day Kanika was cutting okra (“ladies’ finger”) in the kitchen.

Suddenly she looked at the image of the yakśińii on the wall, and she noticed that it was gradually disappearing.

She looked all over the wall but could not see the image anywhere. Meanwhile, she heard the sound of someone knocking at the front door.

Kanika went to the door and opened it, only to see Swapneshwar standing on the doorstep.

Seeing Kanika, Swapneshwar said, “I was supposed to stay in Calcutta for one and a half months, but as the job was finished in one month, I came home without delay.”