SADHANA STEP 9
CHANT THE HYMN OF AUSPICIOUSNESS (SVASTIVACHAM)
A CHANT TO INVITE AND INVOKE THE VEDIC ENERGIES AROUND YOU IS DONE AT THIS STAGE. IT IS USUALLY DONE BY CHANTING A SPECIFIC HYMN CALLED SVASTIVACHANA. YOU CAN EITHER CHANT THE SVASTIVACHANA OR JUST THE FOLLOWING VERSES TAKEN FROM THE RIGVEDA.
OM BHADRAM KARNEBHIH SRNUYAMA DEVAH
BHADRAM PASYEMAKSABHIRYA JATRAH
STHIRAIRANGAISUSTUVAGAM SASTANUBHIH
VYASEMA DEVAHITAM YADAYUH
SVASTI NA INDRO VRDDHASRAVAH
SVASTI NAH PUSA VISVAVEDAH
SVASTI NASTAKSARYO ARISTANEMIH
SVASTI NO BRUHASPATIRDADHATU
OM SANTHI SANTHI SANTIH
TRASLATION
MAY WE ONLY HEAR AUSPICIOUS SOUNDS WITH OUR EARS AND MAY ONLY SEE DIVINE THINGS WITH OUR EYES. MAY WE LEAD A STABLE LIFE OF HEALTH AND PROSPERITY WITH GRATITUDE THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN GRANTED TO US. MAY INDRA OF GREA RENOWN PROTECT US. MAY THE OMNICIENT PROTECT US. MAY LORD GARUDA DESTROY ALL HARM AND NEGATIVITY. MAY BRIHASPATI PROTECT US.
10. MEDITATE ON YOUR GURU ( GURU DHYANA )
NOW THAT YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOURSELF AND THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND YOU BY INVOKING VARIOUS ENERGIES, IT IS TIME TO MEDITATE ON YOUR GURU. CALL UPON YOUR GURU BY OFFERING A FLOWER IF YOU HAVE YOUR GURU'S PICTURE OR YOU CAN SIMPLY VISUALIZE YOUR GURU'S FORM AND CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA WITH REVERENCE :
GURURBRAMA GURUVISNURGURURDEVO MAHESVARAH
GURUREVA PARAM BRAHMA TASTAI SRIGURUVE NAMAH
TRANSLATION
GURU IS BRAHMA, GURU IS VISHNU, GURU IS SHIVA HIMSELF, GURU IS VERILY PARA-BRAHMA (SUPREME SOUL). HUMBLE OBEISANCE AND SALUTATIONS TO MY GURU.
11. CHANT THE GURU MANTRA ( GURU MANTRA JAPA )
NOW YOU SHOULD CHANT YOUR GURU MANTRA 11, 21, OR 108 TIMES DEPENDING ON EITHER THE ROUTINE GIVEN TO YOU BY YOUR GURU OR YOUR OWN USUAL ROUTINE.
12. OBEISANCE TO ALL SIDDHAS
OFFER YOUR RESPECTS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE SIDDHAS, SAGES, SEERS AND GURUS OF THE PAST. GENERALLY, THIS MANTRA CAN DIFFER FROM TRADITION TO TRADITION BUT IF YOUR GURU IS NOT A MANTRA ADEPT (THEREFORE NOT KNOWING THIS MANTRA ) OR HASN'T INTIATED YOU INTO THIS MANTRA, SIMPLY CHANT THE FOLLOWING :
SANSKRIT TRANSLATION
OM DIVYAUGHA NAMAH MY OBEISANCE TO ALL THE SIDDHAS OF
DIVINE BODIES.
OM SIDDHAUGHA NAMAH MY OBEISANCE TO ALL THE SIDDHAS OF THE PAST WHO ARE NO MORE IN THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES.
OM MANAVAUGHA NAMAH MY OBEISANCE TO ALL THE SIDDHAS WHO ARE EITHER STILL IN A HUMAN BODY OR CAN ASSUME ONE.
13. MEDITATING ON YOUR DEITY (ISHTA DHYANA)
OM BALAM VIDYAM TU GAYATRIM LOHITAM CATURANANAM
RAKTAMBARADVAYOPETAMAKSA SUTRAKARAM TATHA
KAMANDALUDHARAM DEVI HAMSAVAHANASAMSTHITAM
BRAHMANI BRAHMADAIVATYAM BRAHMALOKANIVASINIM
TRANSLATION
THE YOUTHFUL, GLORIOUS AND BEATIFUL DEVI IS AN EMBODIMENT OF THE HIGHEST WISDOM. SHE IS OF RED COLOR AND HAS FOUR FACES. SHE HOLDS RUDRAKSHA BEADS IN ONE HAND AND A WATER POT IN THE OTHER. MOUNTED ON A SWAN, SHE'S LIKE SARASWATI. SHE RESIDES AND ABIDES IN THE ABSOLUTE BRAHMAN AND IS A CONSORT OF BRAHMA.
14. CHANT THE PRELIMINARY MANTRA
( ISHTA MANTRA JAPA )
15. PRAY TO MOTHER EARTH (PRITHVI PUJA)
DRAW A TRIANGLE ON THE FLOOR, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WITH WATER. IT'S A SYMBOLIC TRIANGLE. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO INVOKE A MASCULINE MANTRA, THE TRIANGLE SHOULD POINT UPWARDS (TOWARDS THE DEITY) AND IF YOU ARE INVOKING A FEMININE MANTRA, THE TRIANGLE SHOULD POINT DOWNWARDS. PUT A DOT WITH WATER RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIANGLE AND PUT A FLOWER IN THE MIDDLE (ON TOP OF THE DOT) AND SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA :
HRIM ADHARASAKTAYE NAMAH - MY OBEISANCE TO THE PRIMORDIAL ENERGY THAT IS SUSTAINING THE ENTIRE CREATION.
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