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Navaratri Sadhana Spring2013 2016 Fall I bow to the Goddess who resides in all beings in the form of: {wisdom, light, abundance etc} To the Great Mother of all Beings, the Shining One, I bow in recognition with love and devotion again and again
Yaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu Goddess Prayer
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Heart Altar - connect with the inner fire in the first waking hours of your morning with your sincere dedication for the day and tend the fire of your awareness till your last closing gratitude offering before you sleep. Visualize the flow of your day from your heart. Home Altar Care - Light a candle/oil lamp or offer a flower for 40 days in the morning, noon or night (or two or all three) Offer the Weekly Embodying Mudra Meditation daily or 3 x minimum Gaze/connect with the Moon every day and participate/offer new and full moon rhythm in our collective gathering or on your own. Integrate living meditation throughout the day by shifting into the “parasympathetic
* Participate once a week in the soulful community posts Explore starting the pranams as vinyasa. Light a candle/oil lamp daily on your alter or offer a flower or any other offering. Circulate the WeeklyNamaskar 2-5 times a week in the different live classes or on your own for your sacred training Integrate other practices on yoga alchemy Gaze/connect with the sunrise, noon or sunset every day and honor the solar collective gatherings eight times a year.
Personal Wellness Dedication to Nourish with Love the Vital Fire of our: Earth Body (Annamaya Kosha) Emotional Body (Pranamaya Kosha) Thought Body (Manomaya Kosha)
Follow your dedications for nourishing your life-force Personal Wellness Dedication to Kindle and Purify with Love the Vital Fire of our: Earth Body (Annamaya Kosha) Emotional Body (Pranamaya Kosha) Thought Body (Manomaya Kosha) Wisdom Body (Vijnanamaya Kosha) Communion (Anandamaya Kosha)
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sacred space— tending your home altar Tending your inner fire is an important aspect of cultivating the sacred space of your retreat, and this process is reflected in your home altar. Your personal altar is a great nexus—a navel that connects your inner and outer worlds—a conduit for your prayers, and a reflection of your inner space and what is stirring within your heart. Every altar has a central focus—a primary symbol—which can take any form: an image, a sculpture, a natural object such as a stone or feather, or anything else that you find meaningful.
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Throughout our lifetimes, various symbols come to us; sometimes they are given to us, sometimes we find them, and sometimes we must search for them. Often they come our way before we are fully ready to understand their meaning. So remain open to the possibilities. Beneath this central symbol we may place an altar cloth made of any natural material of any color. We can have several of these and change them with the seasons, with the lunar cycles, or whenever it feels appropriate.
Also on the altar we often include symbols of the elements. Earth can be represented by fruit, a rice bowl, living plants, or flowers. Water can be placed in a separate bowl and changed daily, or it can serve the purpose of keeping flowers fresh in a vase. Incense is the most universal way we invoke the element of air, or feathers can be used. Space can be represented as a container or a vessel in which intentions or symbolic objects can be placed. Fire can take the form of candles or lamps—you can let your spiritual tradition be your guide.
P U R I F Y YO U R S A C R E D S PA C E Honor the sacred space of your altar by regularly cleaning and refreshing it. Before your dedicated retreat time, clear away any objects that may have served their purpose. Remove dust, wilted flowers, or ashes or wax left from burning. You may bathe sacred objects in water or dust them with a special cloth that you only use for your altar. You can do this daily or weekly; each time invoke the new beginning that is connected to this symbolic ritual of revival.
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the spirit of offering: puja—natural rituals to integrate into your retreat A puja is a heartfelt offering. There are probably an infinite number of ways to make a puja, and even if you always follow the same steps, it will have a different quality or feeling each time. The following twelve-step puja is a method of altar care that can be practiced in the flow of yoga based upon the guidance of Sreedevi Bringi, and includes many beautiful elements. You can choose to complete all twelve steps or do a shorter form that stops after step five, at which point you can begin meditation or another practice.
S TA G E S O F A P U J A O F F E R I N G Krama One—renew yourself and sacred space—atma shuddhi—purification of the soul Before you begin your puja, take a bath or splash water on your face and change into fresh clothes. Clean and refresh your altar space so that everything is vital and alive. Chant Om for three rounds and offer a prostration to become connected to your heart. Then offer this mantra, sipping water from your right palm after each repetition: Chant Om three rounds and then Om achutaya namah, Om anantaya namah, Om govindaya namah I honor the Divine, the Infinite Divine, and the Source of the Senses Krama Two—balance and purify your energy field through your breath—nadi shodhana pranayama Do three or seven rounds of alternate-nostril breathing (nadi shodhana pranayama). Krama Three—invoke your puja You can invoke your puja and connect to your outer and inner altars using any of the meditation practices from part 2, such as the invocation of Om with mudra or the use of a mantra or the mandala invocation. Across yoga traditions, the auspicious
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current embodied in the energy of Ganesha is often the focus of the invocation step; he is revered as the remover of all vibrational dissonance and obstacles on the path. Recite Om gam ganapataye namah to invoke the auspicious current. Krama Four—offer your intention, or samkalpa Every time you enter into ritual space is an opportunity to declare and affirm your intention for this sacred time. This can be a simple connection to the living sacred or a specific dedication or samkalpa for a ritual period. Bring your hands together with your left palm placed on top of the right for samkalpa mudra.
You can end your puja ritual here if you like and move directly to mantra japa or meditation, or to your closing prayer. If you choose to continue, the following stages of the puja will allow a deepening connection to the Heart Fire.3 Krama Six—honor the Divine Self within: atmapuja Embody the art of nyasa (touch with awareness and mantra). You can use your touch by itself or with healing herbal powders such as sandalwood, sacred ash from a ritual fire (vibhuti), red turmeric powder (kumkum), or essential oils. You can touch your heart, throat, third eye, and then crown of the head, accompanied by your own prayer or with the mantras that follow. Pause and connect to each part of the body with the mantra, meaning, and intention of deep communion. For the last nyasa, you can also offer a flower with reverence for the Supreme Self within you:
Om Atmane Namah (touch heart): I honor/bow to/realize the Divine Self (atma)
Om Antaratmane Namah (touch throat): I honor/bow to/realize the Divine Self (atma) existing within all (antar)
Om Jnanatmane Namah Krama Five—ignite your altar Offer a prayer as you light your candle (use a nonpolluting kind such as soy or beeswax) or oil lamp (containing pure oils or ghee), with reverence for the fire element and the fiery flow of consciousness. You can: Offer the mantra Om dipayai namah or offer your own prayer as you light the flame.
(touch third eye): I honor/bow to/realize the Wisdom (jnana) Self (atma) within
Om Paramatmane Namah (touch top of head): I honor/bow to/realize the Self (atma) beyond all conceptions (para)
Om Atmapuja Samarpayami (place a flower on top of your head): I worship and love with devotion the Divine Self within
Krama Nine—offer food (naivedyam) Sprinkle water upon your food offering (prasad) of fruit, rice grains, or a prepared dish, and chant the following mantras, honoring the movement of life (prana) that is manifested from food. This is a wonderful mantra to say before a meal as well, while visualizing the movement of prana through your body. Chant the movements of life as you offer fruit or food: Om pranaye swaha: I honor the in-drawing, rising energy within all creation Om apanaye swaha: I honor the downward, rooting THE SPIRIT OF OFFERING IN PUJA Krama Seven—offer water (achamaniyam) In this practice, you offer a spoonful of water to your central altar image or just to the heavens, and then while sipping the water recite the mantra and visualize yourself being nourished by the sublime flow of love.
flow within all creation Om samanaye swaha: I honor the energy that contracts to the core within all creation Om vyanaye swaha: I honor the energy that expands omnidirectionally from the core within all creation Om udanaye swaha: I honor the energy that rises and moves outward within all creation
Offer the mantra Om namaha achamaniyam samarpayami while sipping water. Krama Eight—offer flowers (pushpanjali) The offering of flowers or leaves or any living substance is an intrinsic conduit of the heart. You can change the flowers you offer with the season. I often use fresh wildflowers from the nearby hillside. It is the heart exchange that matters, which can also be just within one’s mind, with the most extraordinary flowers referred to as the highest offering from one’s heartmind (manaspuja). Offer flowers or flower petals from your heart with a prayer or a mantra of your chosen ishta devata.
Krama Ten—awaken heart consciousness (hridaya nyasa) Place your right hand in tattwa mudra (touching the thumb to the base of the ring finger) and place it over your heart. Gaze into your heart and combine mantra and touch as a form of hridaya nyasa. Offer the mantra Om aim hridayaya namah: I bow to the sacred Self in the heart chakra.
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Krama Twelve—offer light, or arati, with mantra, kirtan, or prayers
Krama Eleven—make offerings through meditation, or mantra japa Now, here within the sacred ritual rhythm and space of the puja, you can enter meditation, including mantra connected to your seasonal sadhana and what is arising from within your heart or dedicated practices. You may also offer something from your altar to your heart—a flower or some rice—with each repetition of the mantra; if you have an image on your altar that symbolizes a deity, a teacher, or an ancestor whom you wish to honor, you may offer flowers or rice to this symbol instead. Remember that offerings can come in all forms, from the pure vibrational substance of feelings and intentions, to the universal altar materials of flowers, rice, incense, fruit, and nectars (holy water, milk, or honey). Also remember that all outer offerings are also inner offerings. You can release difficulties as offerings as well. Offer challenging states of being, thoughts, emotions, objects symbolizing life challenges, sour-hot fruits such as lemons or chili peppers, or written prayers for letting go. These are equally beautiful offerings because they represent the full spectrum of life. Rest in meditation or offer the mantra of your choosing for nine, eighteen, twenty-seven, fifty-four, or 108 rounds in full connection to your heart.
There are many ways to end your puja. One firekeeping way within yoga and many spiritual traditions is to wave your candle or lamp above and around your altar in an offering of light—a ritual called arati. Chant a mantra, sing or make joyful music (kirtan), or pray. All of these are ways to celebrate the time you have dedicated to communion with your Heart Fire as you draw your puja to a close. Offer the light, or arati, with Om or a mantra, kirtan, or prayer such as lokha samastaha sukihinoh bhavantu or Om shanti, shanti, shanti—Om peace, peace, peace.
Devi Kavacham Devi Kavacham is the great introductory practice before the epic Shakti text, the Devi Mahatmya. This stotram (chant) purifies what even back in 800 a.d were considered " negative vibes” or dissonance around you. The activation of this “Sacred Armor of the Goddess” is a way of creating wholeness in your inner and outer body particularly in changing times or distress.
Devi Kavacham is a meditative chant praising the Great Mother in the form of Parvati who embodies nine different aspects of the Divine Mother. In these 47 slokas, the one offering the chant makes a embodied circumambulation with their awareness invoking the courage, vitality, love and power to transform the most difficult. In the Devi Kavacham, Lord Brahma praises Goddess Parvati in nine different forms of Mother Divine. Lord Brahma asks each aspect of the Divine Mother to empower her devotees with Devi’s “Kavacham” or “sacred divine armor” chanting different names of Devi associated with different parts, qualities and energies of the body.
Navaratri Blessings
Translated by P. R. Ramachander Markandeya Uvacha: Yath guhyam paramam loke sarva rakshakaram nrunam, Yanna kasya Chidagyatham, thanme bruhi pithamaha., 1 Oh Lord Brahma (Grand father of all) Please teach me that which is secret to all the world, which is great, which gives complete protection, and which has not been told to any one. Brahmo Uvacha: Asthi guhya thamam vipra, Sarva bhoothopakaarakam, Devyasthu kavacham punyam tachrunushwa maha mune., 2 Hey great sage, There is a very secret Devi Kavacha (Armour of Goddess, which is useful to all animals and which has not been told to any one. Pradhamam Sailaputhreethi, dwitheeyam Brahma Charini, Treetheeyam Chadra Gandethi Koosmandethi Chathurthakam., 3
Panchamam Skanda Matheti shashtam Kathyayaneethi cha. Sapthamam Kala Rathreethi Maha Goureethi Chasthamam., 4 Navamam Sidhitha proktha Nava Durga prakeerthitha, Ukthanyethani naamani Brahmanaiva Maahaathmana., 5 I have with extreme happiness sung the fame of the nine mothers, Sailaputhri(The daughter of Himalayas), Brahmacharini(She who leads you to salvation), Chandra Ganda(she who hangs the crescent in her bell), Kooshmanda(She who eats away the earth with its pain and sorrow), Skandamatha(Mother of Lord Subrahmanya), Kathyayani(She who was born in the hermitage of Sage Kathyayana), Kala Rathri(She who is the end of God of death), Mahagouri(The pure white Goddess) and Sidhitha(She who gives Salvation. The great God has told these in the Vedas. Agnina dahyamanasthu Sathru madhye Gatho rane, Vishame durgame Chaiva bhayartha saranam Gatha., 6 Na Thesham jayathe kinchid asubham rana sankate, Naapadam thasya pasyami soka dukha bhayam nahi., 7 He who remember these nine mothers will not suffer even if he is burnt in fire, even if he has gone to war, even if he is very sad, even if he is terribly afraid of war. Yaisthu bhakthya smrutha noonam teshamrudhi prajayathe., 8 Pretha Samstha thu Chamunda varahi Mahishasna, Any one who remembers those names with devotion is also are free of these fears and sorrows. Indri Gaja Samaruda Vaishnavi Garudasana, Maheswari vrushabarooda Kaumari Shikhi vahana., 9 Brahmi hamsa samarooda sarvabharana Bhooshitha, Nanabharana Shobhadya Nano rathnopa Shobitha., 10 Drusyanthe Radhamarooda Devya Kopa Samanvitha, Samkham Chakram, Gadham, Shakthim, Halancha, musalayudham., 11 Kali rides on corpses, Varahi rides on Garuda, Maheswari on bull, Kaumari on Peacock, Brahmi on a swan and all of them wear different types of ornaments and have different types of luster, wear different type of gems and are seen on the charriots with very angry faces. This is the description of the seven holy mothers. Gedagam, thomaram chaiva parasum pasameva cha, Kunthayudham, trishoolan cha Sarngayudhamuthamam,., 12 Daithyanam deha nasaya bakthanam abhayaya cha, Darayanthyudhanetham devanamcha hithaya vai., 13
They hold in their hands conch, mace, spear, plough, shield, tall spear, axe, trident, strong bow made of horns so that they can kill asuras, bless devotees and for the good of devas. Mahabale, mahothsahe, Maha bhaya vinasini, Trahi maam dushprekshya, Sathrunam Bhaya vardhini., 14 Hey strong Goddess, Hey enthusiastic Goddess, Hey goddess who removes fear of death, Hey Goddess who is extremely impossible to see and Hey Goddess, who increases the fear of your enemies, please protect us. Prachyam Rakshathi mamaindri, agneyam agni devatha, Dakshine raksha Vaarahi, Nairythyam thwam Gadga Dharinim., 15 Let Indrani (Power of Indra) protect me in the east, Agni (Female power of fire God, in the southeast, varahi (the power of varaha) in the south, and Gadgadharini (She holds a sword), in the southwest. Pradeechyam varuni Rakshed vayavyam Mruga Vahini, Raksed udecchyam Kaumari and easanyam Soola Dharini., 16 Let the power of Varuna (God of rain) protect me in the west, the power of wind, in the northwest, Kaumari (the power of Lord Subrahmanya) in the north and Maheswari (The power of Lord Shiva) in the Northeast. Urdhwam Brahmani mey rakshed adhsthad vaishnavi Thadha, Evam dasa disa Rakshe Chamunda Sava Vahana., 17 Let Brahmani (Power of Lord Brahma) protect me at the top, let Vaishnavi (Power of Vishnu) protect me below and let Chamunda who sits on a seat of Corpse thus protect me on all the ten sides. Jayame Chagradha sthadhu, vijaya sthadu Prushtatha, Ajitha vama parswe sthu Dakshine chaparajitha., 18 Let Jaya (She who is Victory) stand before me, let Vijaya (She who is always victorious) stand behind me, let Ajitha (She who cannot be won) stand to my left and Aparjitha (She who has never been defeated) stand on my right. Shikhamudhyothini rakshedhuma moordhni vyavasthidha, Maladhari lalate cha brovow rakshed yasawini., 19 Let Udhyothini (She who is ever prepared) protect my hair, Uma (goddess Parvathy) my head, Maladhari (She who wears a garland) my forehead and Yasawini (She who is famous) my eye brows. Trinethra cha bruvor madhye yamaganda cha Nasike, Sankhini chakshshor madhye, srothrayor vindhya vasini., 20 Kapalow kalika rakshed, kana moole thu sankari, Nasikayam sugandha cha utharoshta cha charchika., 21 Let Trinethra (She who has three eyes) protect the space between eye brows, Yamaganda (death to God of death) protect my nose, Sankhini (She who has a conch)
the space between two eyes, Dwara Vasini (She who lives deep inside) my ears, Kalika (the black goddess) my cheeks, Sankari (Wife of Lord Parameshwara) the ear lobes, Sugandha (She who smells nice) the nose bridge and Charchiga (she who is above description) outside my mouth. Adhare Cha amrutha kala, jihwayam thu saraswathi, Dandhan rakshathu Kaumari, kanda madhye thu Chandika., 22 Let my lips be protected by Chandra Kala, (she who wears the crescent moon) Sarawathi (Goddess of learning) my tongue, Kaumari (She who is a young girl) my teeth and chandika (she who cannot be measured) the middle of my neck. Gandikam chithraganda, cha mahamaya cha thaluke, Kamakshim Chibukam raksseth, vacham me sarva mangala., 23 Let my throat be protected by Chitra Ganda(She who is picturesque), Mahamaya(great enchantress) protect the small tongue, Kamakshi(She who has attractive eyes) protect my beard and voice be protected by Sarva mangala. (She who gives all that is good) Greevayam Badhrakali cha prushtavamse danurdhari, Neelagreeva bahikante nalikam nalakoobhari., 24 Gadga dharinyobhou skandow bahu me vajra dharini, Hasthayor dhandini rakshed ambika cha anguleeshu cha., 25 Let Badrakali (the black goddess who protects) protect my neck, Neelagreeva (the goddess who is blue) protect the back portion of my neck, Nalakoobari protect the neck joint, Gadgadharini (She who holds the sword) protect my shoulders, Vajradharini (She who holds Vajrayudha) protect my arms, dhandini (She who punishes) protect my hands and Ambika (she who is the mother of the world) protect my fingers. Nakham sooleswari raksheth kukshow rakshet naleswari, Sthanou rakshet mahadevi mana soka nasini., 26 Let Sooleswari (she who holds the spear) protect my nails, Naleswari protect my abdomen, Mahadevi (The great goddess) protect my breasts and let Soka nasini (She who destroys sorrows) protect my mind. Hrudayam lalitha devi hydhare shoola dharini, Nabhim cha kamini raksheth, guhyam guhyeswari thadha., 27 Let Lalitha (The goddess who is easy to attain) protect my heart, let Sooladharini (She who holds the trident) protect my stomach, Kamini (She who is lovable) protect my belly and let Guhyeswari (She who is secret) protect my reproductive organs. Bhoothanatha cha medram cha gudham mahisha vahini, Katyam bhagagavathi rakshed januni vindhya vasini., 28 Let my penis be protected by Bhoothanada (She who is the ruler of all beings), my behind protected by Mahisha vahini, (She who rides on buffalo) my thighs by
Bhagawathi (She who is the goddess) and knees be protected by Vindhyavasini. (She who lives on Vindhya Mountains) Jange mahabala proktha janumadhye vinayaki, Gulphayor narasimhi cha padha prushte amithoujasi., 29 Padamanguli sreedhari cha padadasthalavasini, Nakhan damshtra karali cha kesamscaivordhwa kesini., 30 Let my knee cap be protected by Mahabala (she who is very strong) who has been mentioned in the Vedas, the centre of the knee be protected by Vinayaki, (She who helps us carry out things without obstruction, the forelegs be protected by Narasimhi)(The female power of Lord Narasimha), the top of the feet be protected by Amithoujasi, the fingers of the feet be protected by Sreedhari (She who holds Maha lakshmi), the bottom of the feet by Thalavasini, Nails of the feet by Karali (She who is black with anger)and hair all over the body by Oordhwakesi. (Goddess having long hair) Roma koopani Kaubheri twacham Vageeswari Thadha, Raktha majjavasa mamsanya asthi medhamsi parvathi., 31 Let the hair pores all over the body be protected by Kaubheri (The female power of the of Kubhera), skin be protected by Vagheeswari, (The goddess of words) and let Parvathy (The daughter of the Mountain) protect my blood, flesh, juices bones and fat. Andhrani kala Rathrischa, piuthancha makuteswari, Padmavathi padma kose kaphe choodamani sthadha., 32 Let my intestines be protected by Kala Rathri, (Goddess of Dark night) the bile be protected by Magudeswari, (Goddess who wears a crown, heart be protected by Padmavathi)(Goddess who sits on lotus) and let Choodamani (Goddess who is a great gem) protect my phlegm Jwalamukhi nakha jwalam abhedya sarva sandhishu, Shukram brahmani me rakshed chayam chathreswari Thadha., 33 Let the shine of my nails be protected by Jwalamukhi (She who has a face of a flame), all the joints be protected by Abhedya (She who cannot be injured), shadow be protected by Chatreswari (She who is like an umbrella) and Oh Brahmani (The female power of Lord Brahma) protect my semen. Ahankaram Mano budhim rakjsha me dharma charini, Pranapanou thadha vyana samana dhanameva cha., 34 Yasa keerthim cha Lakshmin cha Sadha rakshathu Chakrini, Gothram Indrani me raksheth pasunme raksha Chandika., 35 Hey Dharmacharini(she walks on the path of Dharma), please protect my mind, intellect and my ego. Let the winds of the body viz. Prana, Apana, Vyana, Samana, Udhana. as well as fame, good name and wealth be protected by Chakreswari(She who wields the
holy wheel). Hey Indrani(The female power of Lord Indra) protect my progeny and Hey Chandika(She who cannot be measured) protect my cows. Puthran Rakshed Mahalakshmi, Bharyam Rakshadu Bhairavi, Margam Kshemakari rakshed dwijaya sarvatha sthitha., 36 Let Maha Lakshmi protect my sons, Let Bhairavi (Another name for Parvathy) protect my wife and let my way be protected by Kshemakari (She who looks after) who is victorious and lives everywhere. Raksha heenanthu yath sthanam varjitham kavachena thu, Thad sarvam raksha me devi jayanthi papa nasini., 37 Whichever part does not have protectio, let all those be protected by you goddess who is the greatest and who destroys sins. Padamekam na Gachethu yadi chedh cha Shubatmana, Kavachenavyatho nithyam yathra yathra hi gachathi., 38 Thathra thathratha labascha vijaya saarva kamika, Yam yam chinthayathe kamam tham tham prapnothi nischitham., 39 The one, who wishes all good to happen to him, should not walk a step without this Armour. One who travels to any direction protected by this armor will earn lot of money, get all sort of victory and definitely get all his wishes fulfilled. Paramaiswaryamathulam prapsyathe bhoothale pumaan, Nirbhayo jayathe marthya samgrameswaparajitha., 40 The man will get unmatched wealth and all human beings that chant this will walk without fear, being victorious in all wars. Trilokye thu bhaveth poojya kavachenavutha puman, Idanthu devya kavacham devanam abhi durlabham., 41 Ya padeth prayatho nithyam trisandhyam sradhayan witha, Daivikale bavethasya trilokye cha aparajitha., 42 Jived varsha satham sagramapamruthyu vivarjitha, Nasyanthi vyadhaya sarve lutha visphotakadhaya., 43 Sthavaram jangamam chapi kruthrimam chapi yadvisham, Abhicharani sarvani manthra yanthrani bhoothale., 44 Bhoochara khecharas chaiva jalajaschoupadashika, Sahaja kulaja mala dakini sakini sthadha., 45 Antharikshachara ghora dakinyancha maha bala, Gruha bhootha pisachascha yaksha gandarwa rakshasa., 46 Brahma rakshasa vethala Koosmanda bhairavadhaya, Nasyanthi darsanathasya kavache hrudhi samsthithe., 47
He who daily reads this Armour of the Goddess, which is even difficult for devas to obtain, in dawn, noon and dusk with devotion would be able to realise the goddess in person. He would live for one hundred years without getting defeated in all he three worlds with no untimely death in his family. This would destroy all the poxes. All the effects artificial poisons with temporary and permanent effects would be destroyed. All the black magic done in this world, and the bad spirits which travel on the earth and in the sky, which are made in water, which can be created and which hear the suggestions like Kulaja, Mala, Shakini and dakini, the terrible spirits which travel in the ether, the ghosts which reside in the home, yakshas, gandarwahas, Rakshasas, Brahmarakshasas, Vetalas Koosmandas and Bhairavis will be destroyed by the sight of such a man. Manonathir bhavedragna thejovrudhi karam param, Yasahasa vardhathe sopi keerthi manditha bhoothale., 48 The king would honour him and for he will have the glitter of divine power and his fame will increase in this materialistic world. Japeth sapthasathim chandim kruthwa thu kavacham pura, Yavad bhoomandalam dathe sasaila vana kananam., 49 Thavathistathi medhinyam santhathi puthra pouthriki, Dehanthe paramam sthanam yath surair abhi durlabham. Prapnothi purusho nithyam mahamaya prasadatha., 50 After reciting this Armour of the Goddess if one recites The “Devi Mahatmya (also called Chandi or Durga Sapthasathi) he would live in this world (Surrounded by forests and mountains) with sons and grand sons and in the end attain that salvation which even gods cannot get.
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