RATHASAPTAMI ON 22.1.2010 - PROCEDURE

January 21, 2010

Ratha Saptami â€“ Maga Shudda Saptami

What is Rathasaptami?

It is on this day that Surya rided the chariot to kill Mandeha named Daithya.

It is on this day that Vishwakarma prepared the Chariot for Rudradevaru to kill Tripurasura

The Sun Chariot has

one wheel, seven horses, Aruna will be the sarathi, and on this Surya â€“

tadantargatha Suryanarayana will be riding.

It was on Vaivaswatha Manvantara Maghamasa Saptami that Surya rided the chariot.

If on Magha Shudda saptami Bhanuvara (Sunday) falls it is termed as Vijaya Yoga and will have mahaphala.

If on Magha Shudda

Saptami Bhanuvara and Revathi nakshatra falls, it is termed as Padmaka

Yoga and is equal to Thousand Suryagrahana Maha parvakala.

If on Magha Shudda

Saptami Surya moves to the next Rashi it is termed as Mahajaya and

snaana, daana, tapassu, pitru tarpana will fetch more punya than any

other day.

We have to do the snaana with seven saptarka parna à²Žà²•à³à²•à²¦à³†à²²à³†à²—à²³à³

We have to do the naivedya of Ellu-bella (like Makarasankranthi)

Why sapta arka parNa ? à²Žà²•à³à²•à²¦à³†à²²à³†à²—à²³à³ -

â€œarkaâ€

is one among the names of Surya and â€œekkaâ€ is the tadbhavashabda of

arka. Surya or the sun god is the Arogya devadi â€“ Arogyam

bhaaskaraadichchEt. On Magha shudda saptami suryaâ€™s rays which are roga

nivaraka will fall on arka patra. That is why those who does the snaana

on this day will have disease free body. Further the sins done in sapta

janma also will be lost by just doing snaana of arka patre. We have to

keep seven arka patraas one each on our head, both arms, two knees, two

foots. We have to brush our body not from soaps but from these leaves

only on this day. Due to this our skin diseases will be lost.

On

this day we have to sketch the figure of Chariot with 7 horses in front

of our Tulasi Vrundavana or in the devaramane and do the pooja of

SuryanaaryaaNa

à¤¸à¥à¤¨à¤¾à¤¨ à¤®à¤‚à¤¤à¥à¤° -

à¤…à¤°à¥à¤˜à¥à¤¯ à¤®à¤‚à¤¤à¥à¤° â€“ to Surya

à²¸à³à²¨à²¾à²¨ à²®à²‚à²¤à³à²° -

Surya à²…à²°à³à²˜à³à²¯ à²®à²‚à²¤à³à²° -

snaana mantra -

yadyajjanmakRutam paapam mayaa saptasu janmasu |

tanmE rOgam cha shOkam cha maakarI hantu saptamI |

EtajjanmakRutam paapam jachcha janmaantaraarjitam |

manOvaakkaayajam yachcha jnaataaj Jnaatam cha yatpuna: |

iti saptavidham paapam snaanaanmE sapta saptakE |

saptavyaadhisamaayuktam hara maakari saptami |

arGya mantra to Surya :

saptasaptivahaprIta saptalOkapradIpana |

saptamI sahitO dEva gRuhaaNaarGyam divaakara |

Kooshmaanda Daana â€“ (à²¬à³‚à²¦à²—à³à²‚à²¬à²³à²•à²¾à²¯à²¿)

On

this day, we have to give daana of Kooshmaanda (à²¬à³‚à²¦à²—à³à²‚à²¬à²³à²•à²¾à²¯à²¿)

(pumpkin). By giving the kooshmandadana, we will be free from any

garbha dosha and will have santaanaphala. mantra to be chanted while

à²†à²šà²®à²¨,

Achamana,

kEshavaaya svaahaâ€¦..praNavasya parabrahmaRuShi: paramaatmaa dEvataa.,

â€¦â€¦ shubhEshObhana muhUrtE adyabrahmaNa: dvitIyaparaardhE

shrIshvEtavaraahakalpE vaivasvata manvantarE kaliyugE prathamapaadE

bharatavarShE danDakaaraNyE gOdaavaryaa: dakShiNEtIrE

shaalIvaahanashaKE, bouddhaavataarE, raamakShEtrE/ parashuraamakShEtrE,

asmin vartamaanE chaandramaanEna shrI ___________ samvatsarE,

uttaraayaNE, shishiraRutou, maaGamaasE, shuklapakShE saptamyaam

shubhatithou, rathasaptamI prayukta, mama kulE sakala garbhadOSha

parihaaraaraartham, sUryaantargata, bhaaratIramaNa

muKyapraaNaantargata, Etad maasa niyaamaka kamalaa maadhava

prItyartham, asmat kuladEvata shrIlakShmI narasimha/vEnkaTEsha

prItyartham, kUShmaanDa daanam kariShyE.

kUShmaanDamtilagavyaaDhyam brahmaNaa nirmitam puraa |

yasmaadasya pradaanEna santatirvardhataam mama ||

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