Worship Of Durga - Sadhana During Navaratri

On each day of Navratri the Sadhak should early morning have a bath and wear fresh clothes. In place of worship he should spread a red cloth and on it place picture of Gooddess Durga. Before it in a copper place he should place a Jagadamba Siddhi Yantra and on it a Navdurga Siddhi rosary. On leftside of Yantra make a mound of rice grains and on it place a Sarva Siddhi Gutika. Keep all Sadhana articles ready for the Sadhana.

Worship Articles
Wooden seat, red cloth, incense, ghee lamp, flowers, fruit, sweets, Panchamrit (mixture of milk, water, curd, sugar and ghee), coconut, cloth, Jagadamaba Siddhi Yantra, Nav Durga Siddhi rodary, Sarva Siddhi Gutika and Tantrokt Nariyal.
Then start the worship.

Pavitrikaran

Om Apavitrah Pavitro Vaa Sarvaavasthaam Gatopi Vaa|

Yah Smaret Pundareekaaksham Sa Baahyaabhyantarah Shuchihi|

Aachamani

Chanting thus sip water three times.

Om Amritopastaranmasi Swahaa.

Om Amritaapidhaanamasi Swahaa.

Om Satyam Yashah Shreermayi Shree Shrayataam Swahaa.

Disha Bandhan

Take rice grains in left hand and with the right throw them in all directions chanting thus.

Om Apsarpantu Te Bhootaah Ye Bhootaah Bhoomi Sansthitaah.

Ye Bhootaa Vighnakartaaraste Nashyantu Shivaagyaa.

Apakraamantu bhootaani Pishaachaah Sarvato Disham.

Sarveshaamvirodhen Poojakarma Samaarabhe.

Sankalp
Take water in right palm mixed with vermilion, rice grains and flowers and chant thus.
Om Vishnnur Vishnnur Vishnnuh Shreemad Bhagwato Mahaapurushasya Brahmannohni Dwiteeye Paraardhe Shwet Vaaraah Kalp Jamudweep Bhaarat Khande (speak the date) Tithou (speak the day) Vaasare (speak your surname) Gotrotpannah Sakal Siddhi Praapti Nimittam Sukh Soubhaagya Dhan dhaanya Praaptye Gannpati Poojanam Durga Poojanam Chaa Aham Karishye. Let water flow onto the ground.

Worship of Lord Ganesh
Join both palms and chant thus
Om Kharvam Sthool Tanum Gajendravadanam Lambodaram Sundaram, PrasyandanmadGandhlubdh Madhup Vyaalol Gandsthalam Dantaaghat Vidaaritaarirudhireih Sinfoor shibhaakaram, Vande Sheil Sutam Gaannapatim Siddhiparadam Kaamdam. Bho Gannpate Ih aagachh Tishtth Sthiro Bhav.

Offer a seat of flowers to the Lord chanting.
Gam Gannapataye Namah snaanam Samaparpayaami Vastram Samarpayaami Namah. Tilakam Akshtaan Pushpaanni Samarpayaami Namah. Nivedyaami Namah.

Join both palm and chant thus-

Om Gajaananam Bhoot Gannaadhisevitam,

Kapith Jambhu Phal chaaru Bhakshannam.

Umaasutam Shok Vinaakshaarakam,

Namaami Vighneshwar Paad Pankajam.

Worship Of Guru
Offer vermilion, insense, flowers, rice grains and sweet to the Guru chanting thus.

Dwidal Kamalmadhey Baddhsanvit Samudram.

Ghristshiv-mayagaatram Saadhak-aanugrahayartham.

Shrutishirvasivbhaantam Bodh-maartandmoorti.

Shamitatimirshokam Shree Gurum Bhaavayaami.

Shree Guru charannkamlevhyo Namah Dhyaanam Samarpayaami.

Shree Guru Charankamalebhyo Namah Dhyaanam Samaparpayaami.

Kalash Sthaapan
Cover wooden seat with a red cloth and on it make a mound of rice grains. On it place a copper tumbler make a Swastik with vermilion and four marks. Drop a betel nut and a rupee coin in the tumbler. Wrap a coconut in red cloth and place it on the mouth of the tumbler. Join both palms and chant thus.

Kalashasya Mukhe Vishnnuh Kantthe Rudraah Samaashritah. Moole Tasya Sthito Brahmaa Madhey Maatrigannaah Smritaah. Kukkshou Tu Saagaraasapta Saptadweepaa Vasundhraa. Rigvedo Yajurvedah Saamvedo Hyathrnnannah. Angeshashchaa Sanhitaah Sarve Kalasham Tu Samaashritaah. Anna Gaayatri saavitri Shaantih Pushtikare Sadaa. Aayaantu Devpoojaartham Duritakshayakaarakaah.

Offer flowers on the tumbler and join palms. Then sprinkle some water on the picture of Goddess. Bhagwati and wipe it dry. Offer vermilion, rice grains, flowers, incsense and ghee chanting thus.

Durgaa Shamaa Shivaa Dhaatri Swaahaa Swaadhaa Namostute.

Aagachh Varade Devi Deityadarpanisoodane.

Poojaam Grihaann Sumukhi Namaste Shankapriye.

Yantra worhsip
Place the Jagadamba Yantra in a plte and bath it with pure water. Next bath it with Panchaamrit. Again bath with water. In a separate plate draw a Swastik with vermilion and on it place the Yantra. Pray to the Goddess thus.

Durge Smritaa Harasi Bheemtimashesh Jnatoh. Swastheih Smirtaa Mati Mateev Shubhaam Dadaasi.

Daaridryaya Dukh Bhayaharinni Kaa Tvadanyaa. Sarvokaarakarannaay Sadaardrachittaa.

Aavaahan
Place a flowe. Propitate the Goddess thus.

Om Aagachhe Mahaadevi! Sarva Sampatpradaayini. Yaavadvratam Samaapyet Taavatvam Sannidhou Bhav.

Asan
Offer a flower and chant thus.

Anek Ratnasanyuktam Naanaamannigannaanvitam. Kaartasvaramayam Divyam Aasanam Pratigrihyataam.

Arghya
Take a spoonful of watr with rice and flower petals in it and offer to the goddess chanting.

Nidhinaam Sarva Ratnaanaam Tvamanarghtagunnanvitaa. Singhoparisthite Devi! Grihaanaarghyam Namostute.

Aachanam
Offer three spoonfuls of water chanting -

Kapoorenn Sugandhein Surabhi Swaadu Sheetalam. Toyamaachamaneeyaartham Devi! Tvam Pratigrihyataam.

Snaanam
Offer a spoonful of water chanting -

Mandaakinyaah Samaaneeteir Hamaambhoruhavaasiteih. Snaanam Kurushva Deveshi! Salileishcha Sugandhimih.

Panchaamrit Snaan
Offer Panchaamrit chanting -

Payo Dadhi Ghritam Cheiv Madhu Cha Sharkaraanvitam. Panchaamritam.

Bath Yantra with pure water. Wipe it dry.

Vastra
Offer two new pieces of cloth chanting -

Pattkoolyugam Devi! Kanchuken Samanvitam. Paridhehi Kripaam Kritvaa Durge! Durgatinaashini.

Chandan
Make a mark of vermilion, saffron or sandalwood paste chanting -

Shreekhandchandanam Divyam Gandhaaddyam Sumanoharam. Vilepanam Cha Deveshi! Chandanam Pratigrihyataam.

Akshat
Offer unbroken rice grain chanting -

Akshataannirmalaan Shuddhaan Muktaamanni-samanvitaan. Grihaanne-maanhmahaadevi! Dehi Me Nirmalaam Dhiyam.

Maalaa
Offer a garland of fresh flowers chanting -

Mandaarapaarijaataadi Paatalee Pushpaanni Grihaannemani Shobhane.

Offer sweets chanting -

Annam Chaturvidh Swaadu Raseih Shabdabhih Samanvitam Neivedyam Grihataam Devi! Bhaktim Me Hyachalaam Kuru.

Offer three spoonfuls of water and some fruit. Again offer water and a clove and a cardamom.

Dakshina
Offer some money chanting-

Poojaaphal-samridhyartham Tavagre Swarnnameeshwari. Sthapitaa Ten Me Preetaa Poornnaankuru Manorathaan.

Next with Navdurga Siddhi Rosary chant three rounds of the following Mantra.

Ayeim Hreem Kleem Chaamundaayei Vichche.

Om Hreem Dum Durgaayei Namah.

Om Kreem Kreem Kreem Hreem Hreem Hoom Hoom Dakshinn Kaalike Kreem Kreem Kreem Hreem Hreem Hoom Hoom Swaahaa.

Do sing Aarti of Goddess after the worship daily. After completion of Sadhana drop articles in a river or pond.

-Mantra-Tantra-Yantra Vigyaan, Aug 2000

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Master of Mahavidyas

Being born is the most traumatic experience for every creature and in that phenomenal instant a deep fear grips the infant that it has been expelled from the warm, dark recess of a heaven into an open jungle where dangers lurk everywhere around. But soon the warm feeling returns and as it nuzzles up to its mother's blossom its lips greedily start to suck at the source of divine nectar. It's then that it heaves a sigh of relief and known that it is safe in the loving arms of its mother.

Mother or Ma, the word itself spells warms, love, compassion and divinity. In its innocence the child knows that it shall escape the worst of calamities till it has this living epitome of motherly love cuddling it swooning over it.

And even when he grows up, deep down man continues to be a child and whenever ordeals of life become too much to bear he calls out to the Almighty, the Guru. It's in fact the Mother he is yearning for and when the desire intensifies to such a level that all one wants is Her divine love, she manifests in the form of the Ten Mahavidyas - Kali, Bagalamukhi, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Kamala, Matangi, Chinnmasta, Tripur Sundari and Dhoomavati. Needless to say these are the motherly manifestations of the formless Divine, the Guru.

To know one is to know the other and this I came to realise through a marvellous experience. From my very early childhood I nurtured a very sweet thought, germinated perhaps due to effect of some Sadhanas done in my previous life, that the protective hand of the mother always kept at bay all dangers in my life. With such a strong belief there in my mind it was but natural for me to be pulled towards the Sadhanas of the Mahavidyas.

My search for true and authentic Sadhanas took me to wild and virtually inaccessible places. I gathered several pearls of precious knowledge chief among which was that the highest accomplishment of a spiritual life is gaining entry into Siddhashram, the divine invisible Himalayan hermitage, that is the abode of various great souls like Vasisht, Atri, Kannad, Pulatsya, Gautam Shankaracharya and Krishna. But access to this place is not so easy and there are only two ways to enter it - either through grace of a Yogi of Siddhashram or by the means of Siddhi of any two of the Ten Mahavidyas.

The day I struct upon this valuable piece of information I decided to devote my whole life to the search of some Yogi who had perfected the Sadhanas of the Ten Divine Mothers. My search took me to Varanasi where I met a lean Sadhu whose face radiated with an ethereal glow. Day-long the Yogi would remain closeted in his hut on the bank of Ganges, coming out only in the morning for a dip in the river.

I was not able to decide how to speak to him for I did not wish to disturb him. But one day gathering courage I entered his hut where I found him seated in Padamasan. I sat downnearby and it was two hours before he opened his eyes.

"Welcome son! I have been waiting for you." His voice was wonderfully mellifluous. Instantly I bowed in his feet. "Come on," he said smiling at me, "you are a brother to me. Why, have you forgotten?"

What he then told me filled me with intense joy. According to him both of us had been disciples of same Guru in our previous lives and we had lived together for several years. It was great to know that I had a Guru, a teacher, a spiritual master. Cheityanyanand, for that was the name of the Yogi, was a Siddh of Mother Kali and noticing my interest in the Mahavidya Sadhanas he revealed some very secret facts related to Kali Sadhana.

After a few days of sojourn with the Siddh of Kali I started off towards Harhwal. Come to think of it now, I am sure that some divine power was directing my feet, for I reached a very ancient temple which stood next to a pond. It was completely empty except for a three foot tall stone idol. Layers of dust on it made it beyond recognition. Curiousity compelled me to clean it and from beaneath the mounds of dirt emerged a beautiful statue of Kali. I was overjoyed by this piece of luck and decided to try the Kali Sadhana gifted to me by Cheitanyanand.

However success was not easy to come. Two months passed and four times, I had to face failure. I sat down for the Sadhana a fifth time, deciding to succeed or leave the place forever if I failed yet again.

It was the final day of Sadhana. No positive result seemed forthcoming, yet there was a hope that something would happen as soon as I recited the Mantra a last time. However the hope was dashed once again as abject failure greeted me in the end. In desperation I got up and rushed out of the temple cursing Cheitanyanand for giving me a useless Mantra, cursing myself for having undertaken such a foolish venture, cursing the Mother for teasing Her child, and above all cursing the Guru who should been there guiding me.

"Where are you?" I cried out loud but the only answe I got was my echo which resounded in the still night.

It was then that something in me went berserk. I ran inside and picked up the idol of Goddess. Rushing outside I threw it into the pond. All I expected was a large splash, instead there was a loud explosion and blinding light. From it emerged a feminine form and as I watched with bated breath the same figure which had been the idol came to life.

It was the Mother, the Goddess Kali, her divine form hovering over the water surface. The explosions and fireworks continued even as one by one other forms of the Goddess emerged from the image of Kali, till the Ten Mahavidyas had manifested in full ethereal glory.

For two months I had been trying to summon the Mother and I had failed. And when I had become desperate the Ma Kali had suddenly let flow her compassion and instead of just one for She had made all Ten Divine Forms appear. I was completely overwhelmed by this sudden shower of grace and tears flowed out of my eyes. It was all the work of my Guru, I know, and now I yearned to see him.

Even as this thought flashed in my mind there was yet another explosion. Above the Ten Goddesses a bluish-white globe of divine light had appeared. It seemed to pull all the ten forms towards itself and as I watched in surprise one by one the Mahavidya merged into the coruscating sphere and then the mass of light started to grow in size and expand till it had assumed a human form. There was another flash and a divine Yogi stood before me. He has large beautiful eyes, a bright forehead, huge chest, strong arms, long flowing tresses and a tall, fair complexioned physique.

Then out of nowhere in particular the following verse started to echo.

Brahmaand Swaroopayam Nikhilah Nikhileshwaraha

Taneiev Samanupeetaah Va Dashavidyaa Sukeertitaa

"O Mahayogi Nikhileshwar Paramahans, the whole universe resides in your supreme form. Even the Ten Mahavidyas are a part of your being."

As I heard these words another voice rang clear inside - "This is your Guru, the heart and soul of Siddhashram, Paramahans Swami Nikhileshwaranand, whom even Gods yearn to see."

Tears filled my eyes and perhaps having read my mind he walked over the surface of the pond to where I stood. The next moment I was in his feet, crying my heart out. And then his fingers touched my spinal cord, sending waver wave of spiritual ecstasy flowing through my body.

Caressing my head he pulled me up and said, "Why do you cry, son? You wished to attain in Mahavidya Sadhanas. Are you happy now?"

What wonderful moments of my life were those! I had been dying to have glimpse of the Divine Mother and there I was standing before my Gurudev who carried all the Ten Forms of the Mother hidden in his own form.

My joy knew no bounds and my tears seemed unstoppable. Gurudev gently led me inside and asked to sit in Padamasan. As I did so, I felt his thumb come and rest on my Third Eye. Again there was a flash and then all became still. My body grew lighter and I quietly slipped deep into Samadhi.

When I finally emerged from the state of trance, the sun rays were playfully dancing on the surface of the pond outside. I felt greatly uplifted remembering the past night's experiences. More than all that I was delighted to have met my spiritual mentor who assimilated the essence of all the Divine Mothers in his Self. And in that wonderful state of divine ecstasy I could hear my heart sing out.

Vatsalya Bhaavbharitah Dayan Dakshinya Tanmayah

Matriroopah Guru Sakshaat Saangalyah Brham-sanvidah

ie. Paramahans Swami Nikhil is the Absolute Master of the Ten Mahavidyas and these are but his own Divine Powers.

- Mantra-Tantra-Yantra Vigyan, Nov 98