Sri Lalita Chatushshatyupachara Stava

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Satish Arigela <satisharigela wrote:

Received the following from Sri Harsha.

 

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... shrI Lalita chatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgrahaH ..

 

Five, ten, sixteen and twenty-four Upacharas are

generally offered to deities during Pooja or Archana.

 

 

However, sixty-four Upacharas are prescribed during

the Navavarana Pooja of Sri Lalita Mahatripurasundari

Rajarajeshwari Paraabhattaarikaa in the Srichakra.

 

 

These sixty-four Upacharas are detailed in

Vamakeshwara Tantra and in the Parashurama

Kalpasutras.

 

COMMENTS :

 

After expressing my profound respects to the writer of this mail, May I add my

observations.

 

Upacharas are not resticted to only 64 but can extend to 72.

 

There are 8 more upacharas prescribed in other Sri Vidya scriptures which

increases the upachara to 72 from 64. In Bhaskararaya's " Varivashya Rahasyam"

these additional 8 upacharas are explained clearly.

 

Some of these are : Sadhak Wearing the flowers offered to Ambaji, offering

prostrations to guru, to do a puja to Mantra Sashtra granthas, to consume the

water of Padya jala offered to ambaaji etc.

 

Source -- QUOTE :

 

Page 230 : LS Bhasyam of Dr. Pujya Sri GODA VENKATEASHWARA SASTRIGAL who is

considered as an authority in Sri Vidya Scriptures and Vedanta and a recipient

of several titles conferred by both HOLINESSes of Sringeri and Sri Mutt. This

Bhasyam was widely appreciated by our group members for its Comprhensiveness

sometime back.

 

 

 

Observation by the writer :

 

Though it is not possible to physically

offer all these sixty-four Upacharas to Sridevi, by

mentioning these Upacharas and offering the same at

the lotus feet of Sridevi using one’s imagination, the

merit of actually offering these Upacharas to Sridevi

are obtained.

 

Comments :

 

Quote :

 

Page 229 of this LS Bhashyam talks --

 

Where a Sadhak offers these Upacharas Physically it is very special to Devi

earning additional merits and if one can't manage that , akshada and flowers can

be substituted with.

 

Unquote :

 

I would like to share my personal experience in this regard with the members on

the procurement of these Physical items of Upachara. Before a decade back

somehow by devi's grace, I was bent upon making these upachara items Physically.

I used to hunt for these items in many shops at many places. I was succeesful as

I slowly gathered them one by one and after two years of search from

Trivandrum, Bangalore, chennai, Calcutta , Mumbai to Dubai the mission

fulfilled. Some of these items were available readily in brass or sliver or gold

and some had to be ordered .

 

What are those Physical items ? -- Given to Devi during Sri Vidya Navavarana

Puja and what about their availibilty.

 

Suganthi Thaila Abhyangam.

 

The Karnataka Govt sells concentrated Sandal perfume without any additives and

chemicals -- costs Rs 400 for a small bottle and would last for 50 pujas.

 

Dowtha Vastra Parimarjanam.

 

A towel can be made out of a SILK cloth and SriChakra / Devi wiped after Bath to

Devi.

 

Divya Snaneya udvardhanam

 

This is a perfumed powder made from turmeric and is available in Giri Stores.

 

Aruna Dhukula Paridhanam

 

A red Garment made of silk -- One can make this out of Red Silk fabric -

otherwise this is readily available in Mumbai abd chennai.

 

Aruna Kuchotriyam.

 

Red silk blouse -- Can be made at home

 

Chandana Agaru kumkuma mrugamatha karpura kasturi Gorochanadhi Divya Ghandham.

 

With Sandal paste most of the other items available in any Ayurvedic Shops

should be mixed and offered.

 

Kesha bharasya kaala agaru dhupam.

 

Good Frankincense powder is available in India. Sultanate of Oman has THE BEST

Frankincense in the world. pl light this and show it to the hairs behind the

head of Devi after the bath.

 

Mallika malathi Jathi Champka Ashoka sathapatra puga kuhali punnaga Kalhara etc

-- Offering garlands out of these flowers.

 

Garlands made out of these Flowers. Jasmine is mallika - Champaka is Sampangi

are commonly available but not in this part of the world.

 

The following Ornaments ( MINIATURE ) can be made in gold or silver and plated

with gold.- Some are readily available in GIRI STORES or SUKRA Jwellery Chennai

made of Silver or brass. For items to be made , it is better one approaches a

gold or silversmith with a Picture of Rajarajeshwari ,as this would give him a

good idea.

 

Miniature items :

 

Crown with precious stones, ( at least plain), an ornament like the third phase

of moon, a round dot as thilka ratnam, ornaments for both ears and nose, small

medallion and big Medallion , mangalya sutra, necklace made out of pearls,

ekavali -- necklace from 27 pearls, gold necklace, channaveeram -- an ornament

like the sacred thread worn on both the sides, Set of Bangles,Rings,

Kaanchidhamam an ornament for the waist of Devi, kati suthram -- a small rope

chain for the waist, an oranament resembling the leaf of ashoka tree,

padakatakam,ratna nupuram, pasham, angusham,pushpa bhanam,pundrekshu

chapam,padukas, chatram, chamaram,Dharpanam or mirror, Fan etc

 

( explaining the description of each ornament has been avoided for brevity sake

)

 

there are other upacharas like sindoor, Kajal ( kalanjanam), sandal paste,

dhupam , deepam, karpuraveetika (betel leaves with spices ) and minor items

which can be managed. Hot water bath is also an upachara -- a Uddarni full of

water can be boiled with the help of lamp lit and poured in upachara patram.Care

should be taken to see that it is not too hot.

 

In this way one can physically manage atleast 98 % of upacharas to devi and get

Her Bliss. But one can also comment the other way -- whether is it necessary to

RUN AROUND for these items, when with Bhakthi all these can be given by way of

flowers alone.

 

Very True -- This Navavarana puja is done by YOGIES as a Manasa Puja without any

materials including Maha Meru. It all depends on one's state of Bhakthi and in

this respect , Well I feel it is below par for me.

 

Therefore Physical items becomes a necessity.

 

ganapathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ganapathy --- Vijaya

 

" Jai Bhavani "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

srigurubhyo mamah!

Delighted to read Chatushashtiupachara samgraha.

Can I have the sanmskrit version(devnagari)& meaning in english

& audio if posible/give lead where I can find them.

Thanking you,

SRIPRAKASH

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-- In , Satish Arigela <satisharigela>

wrote:

> Received the following from Sri Harsha.

>

> Rgds

> --------------------

> .. shrI Lalita chatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgrahaH ..

>

> Five, ten, sixteen and twenty-four Upacharas are

> generally offered to deities during Pooja or Archana.

> However, sixty-four Upacharas are prescribed during

> the Navavarana Pooja of Sri Lalita Mahatripurasundari

> Rajarajeshwari Paraabhattaarikaa in the Srichakra.

> These sixty-four Upacharas are detailed in

> Vamakeshwara Tantra and in the Parashurama

> Kalpasutras. Though it is not possible to physically

> offer all these sixty-four Upacharas to Sridevi, by

> mentioning these Upacharas and offering the same at

> the lotus feet of Sridevi using one's imagination, the

> merit of actually offering these Upacharas to Sridevi

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, "PRAKASH" <npnrow> wrote:

> Can I have the sanmskrit version(devnagari)& meaning in english

> & audio if posible/give lead where I can find them.

 

Sanskrit version below.

I dont know is there is any audio file.

Please contact Sri Harsha RamaMurthy for meanings or any other info.

harsha_ramamurthy (at mail.com incase hides the email

id)

 

 

http://sanskrit.gde.to/all_pdf/lalitAchatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgraha.pd

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