To Danilo about Kali Mantra (was from post 11, Mantra from charanjit)

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Danilo wrote:

Is here someone who has widely extended list of Kali

(SmashanaKali,Chamunda, Kali Ma,...) mantras in all her aspects??

Dear Danilo ~ in the Chandi Path, there is a section atha brahmadi

shapa vimochanam ~And now, the Removal of the curses by Brahma and

others (in my book, this starts on page 49, but the newer books ma be

different).

This entire section calls on all the Goddesses ~ Durga, Lasksmi,

Saraswati, Kali ~ for the removal of the curses, and actually, verse

19 does say that "These are the great mantras which were recited by

the Supreme Lord of Existence. Whoever will recite this Chandi Pathah

in the day and in the night, will become a God without a doubt."

Here is verse 17 (the one for Kali):

om krim kalyai kali hrim phat svahayai rgveda svarupinyai brahma

vashishtha visvamitra shapad vimukta bhava ll

Om Transformation, She who Takes Aware Darkness, She who Takes Away

Darkness, Maya, cut the ego! I am One with God! the intrinsic nature

of the Rg Veda, may the curses of Brahma, Vashishtha and Vishvamitra

be removed.

Verse 19 says:

ityevam hee mahamantran pathitva parameshvara l

chandipatham deeva ratrau kurya dayva na samshayaha ll

These are the great mantras which were recited by the supreme Lord of

Existence. Whoevere will recite this Chandi Pathah in the day and in

the night, will become a God without a doubt.

I am not sure if you can take separate mantras from the Chandi and use

them alone. I think this question came up once, and the answer was

yes, but to be sure you may want to ask Swamiji.

The Chandi Path is one of the most powerful scriptural texts, and may

also be used as a Puja, which has been lovingly translated by Swamiji

to aid in our spiritual growth. If you don't have the book, I highly

recommend it. I have read it over and over, recited it (not yet up to

using it as a puja, due to my health), and every time, I learn

something new. This book comforts me in my illness, helps me find the

strength to face the day, and allows me to know I am not alone in my

difficulties or my quest. B

Besides the book, you can also go to Shree Maa's website: http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/

On the left side of the page, under "Learn More," click on "Classes."

When you get to the Classes page, click on "Chandi." Then click on

the Devya Kevacham, numbers 37 - 55. This is actually two chapters,

so if you put your player curser about half way, that will take you

to the beginning of the "Removal of the Curses" chapter. If you put

your player curser almost at the end, you will come to Verse 17,

which is the mantra for Kali.

Please understand, that, along with reciting of the text, that Swamiji

is giving wonderful commentary, so you have to be patient to find the

text. For verses 16 - 20, Swamiji doesn't recite these in Sanskrit,

but in English, yet still it is wonderful to hear. In fact, if you

can listen to at least this section, your whole heart and mind will

feel renewed ... or at least that is how it was for me, for the part

I listened to.

Swamiji Ki Jai ~ Linda