[Advaita-l] Beeja Mantrakshara Durga Saptashati

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in> wrote:
> Shri Narahari Bhatt, a great upAsaka of Srividya who family has been blessed by the acharyas of sringeri, is the current pItha devata archaka who >performs the Srichakra Navavarana Archana and Chandramaulishwara Puja in the morning.  This morning puja can be seen in Narasimha Vana and it is >a feast to the eyes to see Shri Narahari Bhatt performing Sriyantra Puja and Panchayatana Worship which involves Sphatika Meru Yantra, Nrisimha >Salagrama, Ratnagarbha Ganapati.


I have some questions.

I have one Meru Sri Yantra of Panchaloha . I do Puja with Durga Sukta
Sri Sukta and some Saraswati mantras. Is this sufficient? One book
mentioned you can do Puja with Devi Khadgamala Stotra also.


> An old copy of Katyayani Tantra, edited by Nrisimha Bharati & Satchidananda Nrisimiha Bharati Mahaswamigal of Sringeri, is preserved by Sri Narahari Bhatt.  This book lays down the rules & regulations of Chandi Parayana & Chandi Homa and Sringeri Pitha ONLY follows this book that was edited by HH Nrisimha Bharati.

> If you are not initiated in Navakshari Mula Mantra, then you can only chant the Sapthasati sans the above shaDangAs.  Then it becomes only a part of Markandeya Purana and NOT a mAla mantra. Sapthasathi becomes a mAla mantra only if prefixed & suffixed with Navakshari Mula Mantra.
>

One day some Purohitas were doing Chandi Homa. They asked me to join
in saying Saptashati. In the beginning they were making offerings with
Navakshari Mantra also. I was saying the same with them. Now do I have
the initiation or not?


> But my advice is that without going too deep into the tantra rahasyas, one can enjoy the beauty of the poetic literature of Sapthasati and chant with devotion the 4 hymns ie., brahma krita devi stuti, shakrAditakrita devi stuti, aparajita stuti & narayani stuti.
>
> Afterall, we want devotion at the holy feet of Divine Mother and not tantrika siddhis.
>
> That is what was the advice of acharya Shri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> regs,
> sriram
>



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Regards

-Venkatesh