ashta saraswati sadhana

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ref nov 98

 

Ashta Saraswati Sadhna

In order to continue the good work initiated by Ashish till hee takes

over, I am giving the Ashta Saraswati Sadhana.

 

The bestower of wisdom, Saraswati is appeased even before Ganapati.

The reason is until she who is the creator of Sanskrit language sits

on your tongue, you cannot chant mantras of any other GOD. I myself

tried this. Those days I was fooling with Bagla mukhi and was

chanting jihvaam as jihvyaam keelaaya in the classic mantra without

checking very sure and conceited about my pronunciation. But after

chanting a few malas of ma saraswati I realized my mistake. And for

the very little I have done even on chanting 5 malas, my head was

filled with so much heat that it was unbearable. THis had never

happened before.-just a sign of success in the 5 mala I chanted that

day.

 

Saraswati is the giver of all arts, all knowledge and the one who

will aid you in correct decision making, saraswati literally means sa

ras wati-the one who is filled with ras. And what is more precious in

life than ras? She is alos the bestower of mrital bliss.

 

 

Mahurat: Thursday or shukla paksha pnchami]

Time: early morning is preferable

Samagri: 8 laghu naariyal, maha saraswati yantra, sfatik mala

Clothes aasan and the cloth spread under the yantra—yellow

Direction: not mentioned—east or north

Ghee lamp to be lit during all sadhana period.

Agarbatti

 

The worship place should be clean. Draw the swastik on a copper

plate. Establish the maha saraswati yantra on it after keeping some

rice on the plate. And surround it with 8 laghu naariyal worship the

8 naatiyals with white sandal, white flowers, dhoop, deep etc. if

anything is not available simply offer rice while visualizing you are

offereing the required samagi. There 8 naariyals are the 8 forms of

saraswati.

Lakshmi, megha, vara, shisti, gouri, tushti, prabha and mati.

Though it is not mentioned there I chant aum ayeim lashmyei namah etc

with the offering.

As is clear from the names lakshmi is the wealth, megha is well what

is megha in English? It is more like capability to perform, a

combination of a positive hypnotic power to impress and intelligence.

Vara is the bestower of boons, shishti is the the mangal mayta- the

all pervading auspiciousness-shisht-ta is dignity . gouiri—the

feminine power, prabha-brilliance tej, oj. Mati—the ability to

distinguish right from wrong. Pray for all 8 powers to be be

assimilated in your life. And chant the good old

 

Aum ayeim saraswatyei namah

5 mala if done as a day sadhana. But can be continued on a daily

basis with no loss. Leave the worship place with a prayer—kshamasva

parmeshwari-forgiveness for the mistakes committed.

jai gurudev

anu