to Hennyji- question on hands and other Chandi matters

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Henny said :

yesterday I was looking through some of last year's posts and found

one in which you explain how we use the namaste mudra when bowing to

the lineage of guru's. I also found we use the upasanghara mudra when

reciting the Rigvedoktam Devi Suktam. I was wondering: are there any

more specific mudra's we should use when reciting the Chandi? And

what do you do in general with your hands when reciting (when you

fold them in your lap you easily touch the feet which is not done, I

suppose)? Are there any rules?

Nanda says:This is not a mudra but something we do when chanting every

text. When we "Prithvi tvaya dhrta loka ...casanam" in the beginning

prayers of every text (please refer to the text for the actual page)

, for blessing the earth we place both our hands on the ground to the

sides or the back of our asan.

Swamiji has sometimes recommended that we keep our hands in the chin

mudra ( the tips of the index finger and thumbs touching and the

other fingers extended) , while chanting the text. So your hands

would be on your knees and the fingers in chin mudra. Other than that

there is really no rule for placing the hands except to keep them

still as much as possible and move only the right hand when turning

pages.

Another place where use mudras is in the Navarna Vidhi where we use

tattva mudra to point to the locations in the body during the nyasas.

Other than that I cannot think of any other place where we would use a mudra.

Henny asks:So far, I have not tied the piece of string around the

middle finger or wrist (thought I'd better not complicate things too

much). But: how are you supposed to do it? (I guess the instructions

'using the knees as a frame' I found on the website are not

applicable here?). And do you keep it on after you've finished? Any

particular colour?

Nanda says:I have not done this during the actual chanting either. I

just chant the mantra. When I have seen Swamiji and others do this

tying of the thread (left hand for ladies and right for men) , it has

been the "normal" tying of thread - no fancy threadwork involved as

mentioned on the website. The color of the thread has been either

white or red.

Henny asks:

Last year's post also specified that we purify mouth and hands with

the mantra's beginning with 'om kesavaya' end ending with 'om

vishnuh'. Do we sip water, as in the Shiva puja, with 'om vishnuh'

only or also with the other mantra's?

Nanda says:No the process for sipping water is different from beginner

Shiva Puja - thank you for asking this question.

We say "Om Kesavaya Namah svaha" - sip waterWe say "Om MAdhavaya Namah

svaha" - sip waterWe say "Om Govindaya Namah svaha" - sip water

Om Vishnuh Om Vishnuh Om Vishnuh - wash hands with water and pat dry.

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