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--- On Fri, 7/2/04, Harsha Ramamurthy <harsha_ramamurthy wrote:

 

Harsha Ramamurthy <harsha_ramamurthy

RE:Saptashati

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Friday, July 2, 2004, 11:43 PM

 

 

People recite selections from Puranas like Harivamsha, Devi Bhagavata, Vishnu

Bhagavata, Garuda Purana etc. However, these are not recited as a Mala mantra

like Saptashati. Saptashati belongs to a totally different genre. Kavacha,

Kilaka etc. chanted traditionally are also not a part of Markandeya Purana. The

Krama followed, wherein Saptashati is not merely a Puranic passage, but a Mala

mantra, is essentially Tantric, derived from Rudrayamala, Skandayamala, Damara

Tantra, Varahi Tantra, Katyayani Tantra etc. So, one can chant Saptashati

without Kavachadi Traya, Nyasas or the Navarna Japa, but only as a Puranic

Stuti and not as a Siddha Mala mantra. The Pramana is in Katyayani Tantra which

says: Saptashati chanted without Navarna Japa is like trying to eat a mango seed

and hoping to grow a mango tree and consume the resulting mango fruit. Ample

warning about Yogini Shapa is also mentioned. Even otherwise, people have not

understood Saptashati. If one observes Bhashyas like Gup

tavati etc., the first three Shlokas of Saptashati give out in code, the

Navarna Mantra. Navarna Mantra may be seen in lots of places in Saptashati.

Only with Navarna Japa, Saptashati is a mantra or else it is a Stotra. One

should go by Shastra Pramanas, then the Sampradaya and words of the elders and

the enlightened like Bhaskaracharya, Haradutta, Paramacharya etc, and should

not conclude based on the practices of people. Shastras clearly state that a

person should NEVER attempt to do Saptashati (as a Mala Mantra) without Navarna

Diksha. There are ample instances of adverse effects observed if this rule is

not followed. Sri Kalyanananda Bharati has explained this in detail in one of

his books dealing with Mantra Shastra. Nine lakhs of Japa is prescribed as a

pre-requisite to chant Saptashati. Actually the elevation of from Stotra to

Stotramaka Mala mantra happens due to the energy of the associated Moola

mantra. It is the Moola mantra that opens the power of the Stotra to t

he Sadhaka and makes it a mantra for him. Without the Moola mantra, the

Sadhaka only gets an iota of the limitless energy of these Stotras. The key to

open these boxes is necessarily the Moola mantra. Also, Saptashati requires

Shapoddhara and Utkilana mantras, which again are & #8216;mantras & #8217;

only if received from the Guru. Moreover, Ratri Sukta and Devi Sukta should be

chanted with a proper understanding of the Swaras.

 

Saptashati and Navarna are related in two ways. While during Purashcharana of

Saptashati (Mala mantra), chanting Navarna as a necessary Anga of Saptashati

(Damara, Skandayamala). The other is the recitation of Saptashati as a part of

Navarna Purashcharana (Durga Kalpadruma, Rudrayamala, Katyayani, Varahi

Tantras). In the first case, Navarna is an absolute Anga of Saptashati. In the

second case, the primary importance is for Navarna. Thus, Navarna is an

absolute necessity in either cases, and the only way to do it is to obtain it

from a Guru.

 

One needs to firmly believe the fact that the Guru arrives when one is ready

for it. One need not have to go in search of one, or try to please Sridevi only

by chanting Lalita Sahasranama, Saptashati or Kavachas, which require certain

Adhikaras on the part of the Sadhaka. Other Stotras / Sahasranamas etc., which

are not guarded by these restrictions should be recited to obtain divine grace.

A Durga temple was opened in some place in Andhra and the temple committee

appointed a priest. After few months, the priest went with Prasadam to H H Sri

Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahasannidhanam and said, & #8220;Your Holiness, I

have recited Saptashati 108 times and brought you Prasadam. Please accept it

and bless me & #8221;. Mahaswamigal gazed at him for a second and said,

& #8220;How is your daughter? & #8221; The startled Brahmana answered,

& #8220;She is unwell these days. She is suffering from epileptic

fits & #8221;. Mahaswamigal immediately said, & #8220;Without Navakashari

you have been cha

nting Saptashati. This is like banging your head on an iron box to open it.

You have been sent here by Sharadambal only because of your past Samskaras and

Bhakti. Please receive the mantra as per the proper means from Sri Srikantha

Sastrigal, perform Laksha Japa and then start chanting Saptashati. Without a

Guru, don & #8217;t try experimenting with Mani, Mantra and Aushadha. Adi

Acharya has gracefully given us divine Stotras with miraculous powers. The

uninitiated should chant these Stotras with faith and obtain blessings of the

divine [Krishnaswamayyar & #8211; Divine Light of Sringeri] & #8221;.

 

|| Srimatre namaH || 

 

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