[Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru] Mookambika Sahasranama and Markendeya Rishi

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Dear All,

 

I am in more pain now. I had mentioned clearly in my E-mail for the Post to be translated in English if possible and I am surprised that I cannot even read half of the Prayer due to the Pronounciation.

 

Please with a litle pity can someone anyone translate the pronounciation in English for me.

I know its a big trouble.I can read a bit here and there but it just cant get me happy for i know its not right.

As i have been educated in Dubai Hindi was not very good with me.

Pls HELP .

 

Regards,

Babitha

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Dear Sauparnikas,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mookambika sahasranama is a very powerful chant next only to Lalitha Sahasranama and Rajarajeshwari Sahsranama.

 

This chant if done with a bilva leaf on the Mookambika yantra made in gold and placed before a panchaloha idol of Mookambika along with kumkuma and Jasmine flowers will please Mookambika very much. After the puja is over offering Kadimadhura parruppu Payasam(Very very sweet rice pudding made out of Cardomom,rasins,cashews,badam,Raw brownish sugar,Jaggery and kept in a coconut shell and then added with greated coconut and trasferred into two palm leaves and boiled and kept will please immensely the deity(I have reaveld this recipie to all women folk of our group. I myself know cooking but i do not know whether other men understand the divine importance of cooking and food. But women folk do understand I guess,especially when cooking for Amba...One should chant some thing like Om sree mathre namaha while cooking for naivedya)

 

(Kadimadhura parruppu payasam)

IngredientsGreen gram - 1 cupJaggery (sharkara) - 1 cup Cardamom - 5 Cashew - 15

Badam-6Raisins - 15 Coconut Milk/Cow's milk - 1 cup Water - 2 cups Ghee - 2 teaspoonPreparation

 

 

Cook the green gram in water. When it becomes soft, add jaggery to it. Stir untill the jaggery is dissolved. Fry cashew, raisins in ghee and add to the mixture. Stir it for 2 minutes. Remove from the flame and add milk. Mix well.Keep it in a coconut shell with the coconut sticking to it. Then boil it for a few minutes in palm leaves. Add crushed cardamom and mix well.Serev hot to Mookambika devi and distribute the naivedya to family.(It is said that shaktha prasadam is for only family and to be taken from a temple similarly like shiva prasadam.).The kadimadhura payassam becomes even 'kadi' or rather athimadhuram after it has been offered as naivedya to Sree Mookambika Devi(Her spit can even change the posion in Neelkanta's neck to 'Amrita'! Amma spit on this Subodha too !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One who does this daily will see Mookiambika soon.

 

Now this chant is so powerful that one who has done it once gets the phala of doing Sahasra Chandi homa itself!

 

This does not mean one can obviate the need of doing sahsra chandi homa. They give these comparisions only to ellicit enthusiasm from the doer. One should take it in the right spirit and understanding.

 

 

 

 

 

I did this chant and throughly enjoyed it. Though I worship,adore,love and exprience at-oneness with Godess Rajarajeshwari, I just did this in front of Rajarajeshwari considering her to be Mookambika. For me it is all Ammani.

 

But I have been to Mookambika kshetra also.Incidentally,my wife comes from a namboodiri kerala brahmin family so she had a good fortune of being there too! She makes nice Olan for Devi Mookambika though she loves Lalitha ammavaru of Vizag! All devis are one, all woman are Mas

 

 

Olan!

(Olan recipe begged from my wife for you all mathashris!)

IngredientsBlack-eyed beans - 1 cup White pumpkin - 1 cup Pumpkin - 1 cup Green chillies - 3 to 4 nos. Coconut milk - 11/2 cups Curry leaves - 5 to 6 nos. Oil - 1 tablespoon Salt to taste

Preparation

Soak the beans overnight. Pressure cook the next day till 3/4th done. Add chopped pumpkin, salt and slit green chillies. Cook with a little water. When the pumpkin and the beans are completely cooked, pour hot oil tempered with curry leaves into it. Add the coconut milk and simmer for 3–4 minutes. Serve hot with rotis to Sree Mookambika Devi and then partake with relish and with Mother's blessings!

Mookambika is a combination of Mahalakshmi,Saraswathy,Lakshmi,Kaushiki,Mahishamardini,Shatakshi and all gods and godesses.

 

By chanting this Sahsranama regularly one can please Hundred crore Devis and devas in one go who reside in Sridevi(Mookambika is also called Sridevi).

 

 

If you look at the sahsranama one can find similarities between this and trishati atleast for the first few hundrededs of names the letters ma,ka,....come in an order.

 

This is a rare hymn and this litany is generally passed from a Guru to a disciple when being initiated into Mookambika Mahamantra also known as Gauripanchakshari. Please do not ask me for this mantra.One has to get it from a guru. the key to this sahsranam lies in the mantra just like trishati's key lies in panchadasi mantra. That is all I can say!

 

As usual with Devi's hymns this is not be imparted to Unworthy people(as proscribed by Sage Markendeya) and also to people not initiated into Kaulacharya. Now these conditions are good and the kaula clause has been added as an extra protection. If one is pure by heart one can chant this litany.

Now, a small digression here,as the posting title has the name Markendeya Rishi. Now, Markendeya rishi is not to be confused with the Young shiva devotee who was saved by Lord shiva. There are lot of rishis by similar and same names. Just because your gothra contains Bharadwaja one should not jump to the conclusion that one's pravara rishi is the original Bharadwaja.It can be some other Rishi in between too. It is something similar to that!

 

This whole litany comes in Kolaapuramahatmyam of Skanda purana(Kollur;s ancient sanskirt name was Kolaapuri).This comes as a dialogue between Lord shiva and Markendeya mahamuni.

Lord shiva always reveals many things when he talks to either Parvathy Devi or to the Mahamunis like Markendeya. This habit of his is engrained in the incarnation of Dakshinamurthy of the southindian tradition.My mother used to love Dakshinamurthy very much and said to me" Subodha, Dakshinamurthy is more powerful in granting you intellect than saraswathy" and used to take me to a nearby shiva-vishnu temple in chennai,tnagar and ask me to chant his mahamantra there!.Such was her staunch belief!

 

The story of Markendeya Rishi(Mookambika sahsranama will not be complete without a story on this Rishi).

 

Markendeya Risi

 

 

 

One evening at dusk Markandeya was sitting at Puspabhadratira when from somewhere a wind began to blow. The wind increased in strength and the sky became covered with clouds. The place resounded with peals of thunder and soon it began to rain. Rains became heavy. Rivers became flooded and water level in the oceans rose. Everything around was submerged in water and Markandeya alone stood there with his matted hair swinging in the wind. It was impossible to know the directions and Markandeya started walking. He fell into whirlpools but was the next instant thrown up on to the top of surging waves. Then he saw on the top of a high wave a banyan tree. On a branch on the northeast of the tree he saw an infant lying, devouring the darkness by His effulgence. He was attracted to the infant by His vital force and went inside the infant as the infant inhaled. Inside the belly of the child Markandeya had a vision of the entire

universe. He saw the sky, the horizon, the stars, the oceans, the mountains and expanses of land, Suras (demigods), Asuras (demons), forests and all that the universe contained in its proper setup. He saw passing before his eyes the elements, the yugas (ages of time), and the Manvantaras. After some time he was thrown out by an exhalation of the infant. He stood on the waters. The old banyan tree was still there. The infant was still lying on a leaf on that tree. Markandeya then knew it was Maha Visnu. He rushed to embrace the child but the child disappeared before he reached Him. Markandeya then praised Maha Visnu.

 

 

 

 

 

One who does libation to Godess Mookambika after this chant will be triply blessed(Libation means Tarpana)

 

Please use this litany with proper discernment and reval it to only worthy people.

 

Hope Babitha Ma does not miss this posting{I beg my 'kooli' of a blessing from your heart Babitha amma!(as a blessing from a devotee is said to be better than a blessing from Divine mother Herself)},though it is intended for all,

 

Rajeevaranjithapadaa,

 

Subodha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam...

 

 

 

 

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Babitha****** <para_anuloma wrote:

 

 

 

Dear Sauparnikas,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mookambika sahasranama is a very powerful chant next only to Lalitha Sahasranama and Rajarajeshwari Sahsranama.

 

This chant if done with a bilva leaf on the Mookambika yantra made in gold and placed before a panchaloha idol of Mookambika along with kumkuma and Jasmine flowers will please Mookambika very much. After the puja is over offering Kadimadhura parruppu Payasam(Very very sweet rice pudding made out of Cardomom,rasins,cashews,badam,Raw brownish sugar,Jaggery and kept in a coconut shell and then added with greated coconut and trasferred into two palm leaves and boiled and kept will please immensely the deity(I have reaveld this recipie to all women folk of our group. I myself know cooking but i do not know whether other men understand the divine importance of cooking and food. But women folk do understand I guess,especially when cooking for Amba...One should chant some thing like Om sree mathre namaha while cooking for naivedya)

 

(Kadimadhura parruppu payasam)

IngredientsGreen gram - 1 cupJaggery (sharkara) - 1 cup Cardamom - 5 Cashew - 15

Badam-6Raisins - 15 Coconut Milk/Cow's milk - 1 cup Water - 2 cups Ghee - 2 teaspoonPreparation

 

 

Cook the green gram in water. When it becomes soft, add jaggery to it. Stir untill the jaggery is dissolved. Fry cashew, raisins in ghee and add to the mixture. Stir it for 2 minutes. Remove from the flame and add milk. Mix well.Keep it in a coconut shell with the coconut sticking to it. Then boil it for a few minutes in palm leaves. Add crushed cardamom and mix well.Serev hot to Mookambika devi and distribute the naivedya to family.(It is said that shaktha prasadam is for only family and to be taken from a temple similarly like shiva prasadam.).The kadimadhura payassam becomes even 'kadi' or rather athimadhuram after it has been offered as naivedya to Sree Mookambika Devi(Her spit can even change the posion in Neelkanta's neck to 'Amrita'! Amma spit on this Subodha too !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One who does this daily will see Mookiambika soon.

 

Now this chant is so powerful that one who has done it once gets the phala of doing Sahasra Chandi homa itself!

 

This does not mean one can obviate the need of doing sahsra chandi homa. They give these comparisions only to ellicit enthusiasm from the doer. One should take it in the right spirit and understanding.

 

 

 

 

 

I did this chant and throughly enjoyed it. Though I worship,adore,love and exprience at-oneness with Godess Rajarajeshwari, I just did this in front of Rajarajeshwari considering her to be Mookambika. For me it is all Ammani.

 

But I have been to Mookambika kshetra also.Incidentally,my wife comes from a namboodiri kerala brahmin family so she had a good fortune of being there too! She makes nice Olan for Devi Mookambika though she loves Lalitha ammavaru of Vizag! All devis are one, all woman are Mas

 

 

Olan!

(Olan recipe begged from my wife for you all mathashris!)

IngredientsBlack-eyed beans - 1 cup White pumpkin - 1 cup Pumpkin - 1 cup Green chillies - 3 to 4 nos. Coconut milk - 11/2 cups Curry leaves - 5 to 6 nos. Oil - 1 tablespoon Salt to taste

Preparation

Soak the beans overnight. Pressure cook the next day till 3/4th done. Add chopped pumpkin, salt and slit green chillies. Cook with a little water. When the pumpkin and the beans are completely cooked, pour hot oil tempered with curry leaves into it. Add the coconut milk and simmer for 3–4 minutes. Serve hot with rotis to Sree Mookambika Devi and then partake with relish and with Mother's blessings!

Mookambika is a combination of Mahalakshmi,Saraswathy,Lakshmi,Kaushiki,Mahishamardini,Shatakshi and all gods and godesses.

 

By chanting this Sahsranama regularly one can please Hundred crore Devis and devas in one go who reside in Sridevi(Mookambika is also called Sridevi).

 

 

If you look at the sahsranama one can find similarities between this and trishati atleast for the first few hundrededs of names the letters ma,ka,....come in an order.

 

This is a rare hymn and this litany is generally passed from a Guru to a disciple when being initiated into Mookambika Mahamantra also known as Gauripanchakshari. Please do not ask me for this mantra.One has to get it from a guru. the key to this sahsranam lies in the mantra just like trishati's key lies in panchadasi mantra. That is all I can say!

 

As usual with Devi's hymns this is not be imparted to Unworthy people(as proscribed by Sage Markendeya) and also to people not initiated into Kaulacharya. Now these conditions are good and the kaula clause has been added as an extra protection. If one is pure by heart one can chant this litany.

Now, a small digression here,as the posting title has the name Markendeya Rishi. Now, Markendeya rishi is not to be confused with the Young shiva devotee who was saved by Lord shiva. There are lot of rishis by similar and same names. Just because your gothra contains Bharadwaja one should not jump to the conclusion that one's pravara rishi is the original Bharadwaja.It can be some other Rishi in between too. It is something similar to that!

 

This whole litany comes in Kolaapuramahatmyam of Skanda purana(Kollur;s ancient sanskirt name was Kolaapuri).This comes as a dialogue between Lord shiva and Markendeya mahamuni.

Lord shiva always reveals many things when he talks to either Parvathy Devi or to the Mahamunis like Markendeya. This habit of his is engrained in the incarnation of Dakshinamurthy of the southindian tradition.My mother used to love Dakshinamurthy very much and said to me" Subodha, Dakshinamurthy is more powerful in granting you intellect than saraswathy" and used to take me to a nearby shiva-vishnu temple in chennai,tnagar and ask me to chant his mahamantra there!.Such was her staunch belief!

 

The story of Markendeya Rishi(Mookambika sahsranama will not be complete without a story on this Rishi).

 

Markendeya Risi

 

 

 

One evening at dusk Markandeya was sitting at Puspabhadratira when from somewhere a wind began to blow. The wind increased in strength and the sky became covered with clouds. The place resounded with peals of thunder and soon it began to rain. Rains became heavy. Rivers became flooded and water level in the oceans rose. Everything around was submerged in water and Markandeya alone stood there with his matted hair swinging in the wind. It was impossible to know the directions and Markandeya started walking. He fell into whirlpools but was the next instant thrown up on to the top of surging waves. Then he saw on the top of a high wave a banyan tree. On a branch on the northeast of the tree he saw an infant lying, devouring the darkness by His effulgence. He was attracted to the infant by His vital force and went inside the infant as the infant inhaled. Inside the belly of the child Markandeya had a vision of the entire

universe. He saw the sky, the horizon, the stars, the oceans, the mountains and expanses of land, Suras (demigods), Asuras (demons), forests and all that the universe contained in its proper setup. He saw passing before his eyes the elements, the yugas (ages of time), and the Manvantaras. After some time he was thrown out by an exhalation of the infant. He stood on the waters. The old banyan tree was still there. The infant was still lying on a leaf on that tree. Markandeya then knew it was Maha Visnu. He rushed to embrace the child but the child disappeared before he reached Him. Markandeya then praised Maha Visnu.

 

 

 

 

 

One who does libation to Godess Mookambika after this chant will be triply blessed(Libation means Tarpana)

 

Please use this litany with proper discernment and reval it to only worthy people.

 

Hope Babitha Ma does not miss this posting{I beg my 'kooli' of a blessing from your heart Babitha amma!(as a blessing from a devotee is said to be better than a blessing from Divine mother Herself)},though it is intended for all,

 

Rajeevaranjithapadaa,

 

Subodha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam...

 

 

 

 

Click to join Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru

 

 

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