Shitala Ma Chalisa

Jai jai mata shitala, tumahin dharai jo dhyaan.

Hoy vimal sheetal hrday, vikasai buddhi balagyaan.

Jai-jai-jai shitala bhavaanee. Jay jag janani sakal gunakhaanee.

Grh-grh shakti tumhaaree raajit. Pooran sharadachandr samasaajit.

Visphotak se jalat shareera. 

Sheetal karat harat sab peera.

Maatu shitala tav shubhanaama.

 Sabake gaadhe aavahin kaama.

Shokaharee shankaree bhavaanee.

 Baal-praanarakshee sukh daanee.

Shuchi maarjanee kalash kararaajai.

 Mastak tej soory samaraajai.

Chausath yogin sang mein gaavain. 

Veena taal mrdang bajaavai.

Nrty naath bhairo dikharaavain.

 Sahaj shesh shiv paar na paavain.

Dhany-dhany dhaatree mahaaraanee.

 Suranar muni tab suyash bakhaanee.

Jvaala roop maha balakaaree.

 Daity ek visphotak bhaaree.

Ghar-ghar pravishat koee na rakshat.

 Rog roop dhari baalak bhakshat.

Haahaakaar machyo jagabhaaree.

 Sakyo na jab sankat taaree.

Tab maiya dhari adbhut roopa. 

Karamen liye maarjanee soopa.

Visphotakahin pakadi kar leenhyo.

 Musal prahaar bahuvidhi keenhyo.

Bahut prakaar vah vinatee keenha.

 Maiya nahin bhal main kachhu cheenha.

Abanahin maatu, kaahugrh jaihaun.

 Jahan apavitr sakal duhkh harihaun.

Bhabhakat tan, sheetal hvai jaihain.

 Visphotak bhayaghor nasihain.

Shree shitalahin bhaje kalyaana.

 Vachan saty bhaashe bhagavaana.

Visphotak bhay jihi grh bhaee. 

Bhajai devi kahan yahee upaee.

Kalash shitala ka sajavaavai.

 Dvij se vidhivat paath karaavai.

Tumheen shitala, jag kee maata. 

Tumheen pita jag kee sukhadaata.

Tumheen jagaddhaatree sukhasevee.

 Namo namaami sheetale devee.

Namo sukkhakaranee duhkhaharanee. 

Namo-namo jagataarani taranee.

Namo-namo trailoky vandinee.

 Dukhadaaridraadik kandinee.

Shree shitala, shedhala, mahala. 

Runaleehyunanee maatu mandala.

Ho tum digambar tanudhaaree. 

Shobhit panchanaam asavaaree.

Raasabh, khar baishaakh sunandan.

 Gardabh durvaakand nikandan.

Sumirat sang shitala maee.

 Jaahi sakal dukh door paraee.

Galaka, galagandaadi juhoee. 

Taakar mantr na aushadhi koee.

Ek maatu jee ka aaraadhan. 

Aur nahin koee hai saadhan.

Nishchay maatu sharan jo aavai. 

Nirbhay man ichchhit phal paavai.

Kodhee, nirmal kaaya dhaarai.

 Andha, drg-nij drshti nihaarai.

Vandhya naari putr ko paavai.

 Janm daridr dhanee hoee jaavai.

Maatu shitala ke gun gaavat.

 Lakha mook ko chhand banaavat.

Yaame koee karai jani shanka. 

Jag me maiya ka hee danka.

Bhanat raamasundar prabhudaasa. 

Tat prayaag se poorab paasa.

Puree tivaaree mor nivaasa. 

Kakara ganga tat durvaasa.

Ab vilamb main tohi pukaarat.

 Maatu krpa kau baat nihaarat.

Pada kshar tav aas lagaee. 

Raksha karahu shitala maee.

Ghat-ghat vaasee sheetala, sheetal prabha tumhaar.

Sheetal chhiyaan mein jhulee, maiya palana daar.

Namami Sheetaladevi Rasbhastha
Digambara
Marjani Kalshopeta Shurpalankrut Mastaka

Tantroktam Lakshmi Kavacham

om asya shree lakshmee kavacha stotrasya
shree eeshvaro devataa
anushTup Chandaha
shree lakshmee preetyarthe paThe viniyogaha ||

om lakshmee me chaagratah paatu kamalaa paatu prushThataha
naaraayaNee sheershadeshe sarvaange shree svaroopiNee ||
raamapatnee tu pratyange sadaa avatu shameshvaree |
vishaalaakshee yogamaayaa kaumaaree chakriNee tathaa || 2 ||
jayadaatree dhanadaatree paashaaksha maalinee shubhaa |
haripriyaa hariraamaa jayankaree mahodaree || 3 ||
krishNa paraayanaa devee shreekrishNa manamohinee |
jayankaree mahaaroudree siddhidaatree shubhankaree || 4 ||
sukhadaa mokshadaa devee chitrakooTa nivaasinee |
bhayam haratu bhaktaanaam bhavabandham vimuchyatu || 5 ||
kavacham tan mahaapunyam yah paThet bhakti samyutaha |
trisandhyam ekasandhyam vaa muchyate sarva sankaTaat ||
etat kavachasya paThanam dhana putra virdhanam |
bheetih vinaashanan chaiva trishu lokeshu keertitam || 7 ||
bhoorjapatre samaalikhya rochanaa kunkumena tu |
dhaaraNaat galadeshe cha sarvasiddhih bhavishyati || 8 ||
aputro labhate putra dhanaarthee labhate dhanam |
mokshaarthee moksham aapnoti kavachasya prasaadataha ||
garbhinee labhate putraM vandhyaa cha garbhinee bhavet |
dhaarayet api kanThe cha athavaa vaama baahuke || 10 ||
yah paThen nityam bhaktyaa sa eva vishnuvat bhavet |
mrutyu vyaadhi bhayaM tasya naasti kinchin maheetale || 11 ||
paThedvaa paaThayedvaa api shruNuyaat shraavayet yadi |
sarvapaapa vimuktastu labhate paramam gatim || 12 ||
sankaTe vipade ghore tathaa cha gahane vane |
raajadvaare cha noukaayaam tathaa cha raNa madhyataha ||
paThanaat dhaaraNaat asya jayam aapnoti nishchitam |
aputraa cha tathaa vandhyaa tripaksham shruNuyaat yadi ||
suputram labhate saa tu deergha aayushyam yashasvinam |
shruNuyaat yah shuddha buddhayaa
dvou maasou vipra vaktrataha || 15 ||
sarvaan kaamaana avaapnoti sarva bandhaat vimuchyate |
mrutavatsaa jeevavatsaa trimaasam shravaNam yadi || 16 ||
rogee rogaat vimuchyeta paThanaan maasa madhyataha |
likhitvaa bhoorjapatre cha athavaa taaDapatrake || 17 ||
sthaapayen nityam gehe na agni choura bhayam kvachit |
shruNuyaat dhaarayet vaapi paThedvaa paaThayedapi || 18 ||
yah pumaan satatam tasmin prasannaah sarvadevataaha |
bahunaa kimihoktena sarva jeeveshvareshvaree || 19 ||
aadyaa shaktih mahaalakshmeeh bhakta anugraha kaariNee |
dhaarake paaThake chaiva nishchalaa nivased dhruvam || 20 ||

|| iti tantroktam lakshmee kavacham sampoorNam ||

By His Light

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā 

vidyuto bhānti kuto'yamagniḥ | 

tameva bhāntamanubhāti sarvaṃ tasya 

bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti || 15 ||

The sun does not shine there; nor do the moon and the stars, nor do these lightnings shine. How could this fire? Him shining, all shine after. All this shines by his light.

---the Katha Upanishad, Verse 2.2.15

HAPPY DIWALI!

Yamaya Namaha

Om Surya puthraya Vidhmahe 

Maha Kalaya Dheemahe 

Thanno Yama Prachodayath

Yama Deepam Mantra is here

OM YAMAAYA NAMAHA

Like a Lamp

Painting by Georges de La Tour

Incited by something external
Is like a small lamp
Whose flame is fed with oil,
Or like a stream fed by rains,
Where flows stop when the rains cease.
But love whose object is God is like
A fountain gushing forth
From the earth.
Its flow never ceases,
For He Himself is the source of this love
And also its food,
Which never grows scarce.

---by Isaac of Stella (1100 - 1169)

Scourge of Love

El Greco self-portrait (detail)

I also maintain that those who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love.
Nay, what is so bitter and vehement as the torment of love?
I mean that those who have become conscious that they have sinned against love suffer greater torment from this than from any fear of punishment.
For the sorrow caused in the heart by sin against love is more poignant than any torment.
It would be improper for a man to think that sinners in Gehenna are deprived of the love of God.
Love is the offspring of knowledge of the truth which, as is commonly confessed, is given to all.
The power of love works in two ways. It torments sinners, even as happens here when a friend suffers from a friend.
But it becomes a source of joy for those who have observed its duties.
Thus I say that this is the torment of Gehenna: bitter regret.
But love inebriates the souls of the sons of Heaven by its delectability.

---by St. Isaac the Syrian (640-700 AD), from "Homily 72"

1-2-3

Wonderful Shakti atmosphere during the concert of Andre Rieu.
Music: Shostakovich 'Second Waltz
It's so true. Dao De Jing, Chapter 42:

Dao gives birth to One. 

One gives birth to Two. 

Two give birth to Three. 

Three give birth to ten-thousand things.

1-2-3,1-2-3,1-2-3...

Durga Dwatrimshan Namavali

durgaa durgaarti shamanee durgaa aapadvi nivaariNee |
durgama cChedinee durga saadhinee durga naashinee || 1 ||
durgatoddhaariNee durganihantree durgamaapahaa |
durgamagyaanadaa durgadaityaloka daavaanalaa || 2 ||
durgamaadurgamaalokaa durgamaa aatmasvaroopiNee |
durgamaargapradaa durgamavidyaa durgamaashritaa || 3 ||
durgamagyaana samsthaanaa durgamadhyaanabhaasinee |
durgamohaa durgamagaa durgamaarthasvaroopiNee || 4 ||
durgamaasura samhantree durgamaayudha dhaariNee |
durgamaangee durgamataa durgamyaa durgameshvaree || 5 ||
durgabheemaa durgabhaamaa durgabhaa durgadaariNee |
naamaavalim imaam yastu durgaayaa sudhee maanavaha
paThet sarva bhayaanmukto bhavishyati na samshayaha || 6 ||
shatrubhih peeDyamaano vaa durgabandhagato api vaa |
dvaatrimshannaama paThena muchyate naatra samshayaha ||

Kill Bull - 7

Happy Navratri! So, the great festival is in full swing and here is my regular post "Kill Bull"(see Kill Bull-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). This is the right time to speculate about what makes our soul to be or pretend to be a bull, and how to summon a Divine Power to take off this asuric spell.
Durga Puja offers us, in dramatic form and by means of religious ceremonial a philosophy of the spiritual life, teaching many things, including the awakening of man upon earth from animalism to a life of purity and honor. Goddess Durga's images is a perfect reflection of the eternal Power that pervades all living beings and all things on Earth. It is beautiful dramatic expression of the belief in the ultimate victory of Good over Evil and the great human aspiration for union with God.

Durga is all about struggle and strength, but how does this apply to us personally? Mystic Sandhi puja is not about the event that once was and passed, but what happens today, in the eternal now. Each individual life goes along the horizontal line from birth to death. Good or evil force shapes it, and, if it is not saint-born, his life can not develop without a struggle. Everyone has his own personal Mahishasura. Because of itself the jivatma would be a mere inert passivity, unbalanced by a positive opposite. Like in Lewis Carroll's tale we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that. But how much does it depend on our personal efforts? By and large, it does not depend on man's desire or effort, but on Mercy only. But I believe that this is inherent element of human nature. I want to say that the soul always seeks God. It is a fundamental necessity of the soul because its properties are the result of the union of eternal Divine basis with itself, modified by the good or evil tendencies. It is reproduced in the Durga yantra.

This is in deep correspondence with human life itself and the world we live in, which are themselves but allegories and symbols. The struggle, external or internal, is part of everything that surrounds us. But this struggle is not for survival. It's a life-and-death struggle. Literally, for the average person, and figurative for the mystic. Because this is the universal truth that mystical death must precede mystical rebirth. This is the death to one's lower self.

Gilgamesh, legendary King of the city of Uruk fighting against the Bull

Many cultures and religions, both current and past, tell us this story. According the St Paul "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live "(Rom 8:13), or the sufi saying "die before you die."
He who desires to rise to the heights of his own being must first crush his own lower nature and inclinations. Through this blessed battle, older versions of "I" may very well die.

Heracles and Cretan Bull

The message of this battle is that we need to tame the demanding self-centered beast within us and bring the power to good use. This process asks to bring the higher and lower consciousness in perfect balance, knowing that control is always in your hands, and purity in your heart. However, it has nothing to do with the confidence a person has when filled of one's own strength. Rather, it depicts the confidence of those whose blessed individuals strength is founded in God.
During the battle with the Shakti herself, (which is impossible by definition, because everything is shakti) the inertia and negativity of the soul become increasingly transmuted and superseded by the positive energy and activity of the Spirit. Like in the Yantra when the upper triangles gradually assumes preponderance over the triangle with a vertex down, signifying that the seeker becomes a more spiritually conscious being.
This battle is actually about Divine union. Divine Shakti's energy overcomes severity and uses mercy to become strong and enduring. This is called a gentle strength. Strength of having the inner-qualities of love, patience and power. And joy. When our pains of division are made up for by the joys of reunification.

Happy Birthday, Ganesha!

May the destroyer of evil grace you with peace and love. 

May Lord Ganesh bless you!

Lalbaugcha Raja Live Darshan

Lalbauga Raja is a heart of millions of devotees now. In Ganeshotsav, devotees come from Mumbai and abroad to visit the Lalbaugcha Raja. During this Ganesh festival, you can take a online live darshan of Lalbaghcha Raja day and night.

Tutari - Ganesh Chaturthi 2017 Song

Singer: Shankar Mahadevan
Music: Shankar Mahadevan
Lyrics: Sameer Samant

No obstacle is too large

for the one who removes them.

Jai Ganesh-ji!

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

Varahamukhi Stavah

varaahamukhee stavah

kuvalayanibhaa kausheyaardhorukaa mukuTojjvalaa
halamusalinee sadbhaktebhyo varaabhayadaayinee |
kapilanayanaa madhye kshaamaa kaThoraghanastanee
jayati jagataam maatah saa te varaahamukhee tanuh || 1 ||
tarati vipado ghoraa dooraat parihriyate bhayah
khalitamatibhih bhootapretaih svayam vriyate shriyaa |
kshapayati ripooneeshTe vaachaam raNe labhate jayam
vashayati jagat sarvam vaaraahi yah tvayi bhaktimaan || 2 ||
stimitagatayah seedadvaachah parichyuta hetayah
kshubhita hrudayaah sadyo nashyaddrusho galitaujasah |
bhayaparavashaa bhagnotsaahaah paraahata paurushaa
bhagavati purastvat bhaktaanaam bhavanti virodhinah || 3 ||
kisalaya mrudurhastah klishyate kandukaleelayaa
bhagavati mahaabhaarah kreeDaa saroruhameva te |
tadapi musalam dhatse haste halam samayadruhaam
harasi cha tadaaghaataih praaNaanaho tava saahasam || 4 ||
janani niyatasthaane tvadvaama dakshiNapaarshvayoh
mrudu bhujalataa mandotkshepa praNartita chaamare |
satatamudite guhyaachaaradruhaam rudhiraasavaih
rupashamayataam shatroon sarvaanubhe mama devate || 5 ||
haratu duritam kshetraadheeshah svashaasana vidvishaam
rudhiramadiraamattah praaNopahaara balipriyah |
avirata chaTatkurvat damshTraasthi koTiraTanmuko
bhagavati sa te chanDochchanDah sadaa puratah sthitah || 6 ||
kshubhitamakaraih veecheehastopa ruddhaparasparaih
chaturadadhibhih kraantaa kalpaanta durlalitodakai |
janani katham uttishThet paataala sadmabilaadilaa
tava tu kuTile damshTraakoTee na chedavalambanam || 7 ||
tamasi bahule shoonyaaTavyaam pishaacha nishaachara
pramatha kalahe chora vyaaghroragadvipa samkaTe |
kshubhitamanasah kshudrasyai kaakino api kuto bhayam
sakrudapi mukhe maatah tvannaama sannihitam yadi || 8 ||
viditavibhavam hrudyaih padmaih varaahamukhee stavam
sakala phaladam poorNam mantraaksharaih imameva ya |
paThati sa paTuh praapnotya aayushchiram kavitaam priyaam
suta sukha dhana aarogyam keertim shriyam jayam urvaraam||9||
|| iti shree varaahamukhee stavah sampoorNam ||

OM Varahaya namah

Brahmanda Pavana Krishna Kavacha

Brahmanda Pavana Krishna Kavacha Stotram

brahma uvaacha -
raadhaakaanta mahaabhaaga kavacham yat prakaashitam |
brahmaaNDa paavanam naama krupayaa kathaya prabho ||
maam mahesham cha dharmam cha bhaktam cha bhaktavatsala|
tvat prasaadena putrebhyo daasyaami bhaktisamyutaha||
shree krishNa uvaacha -
shruNu vakshyaami brahmesha dharmedam kavacham param |
aham daasyaami yushmabhyam gopaneeyam sudurlabham ||
yasmai kasmai na daatavyam praaNatulyam mamaiva hi |
yattejo mama dehe asti tattejah kavache api ||
kuru srishTim imam dhrutvaa dhaataa trijagataam bhava |
samhartaa bhava he shambho mama tulyo bhave bhava ||
he dharma tvam imam dhrutvaa bhava saakshee cha karmaNaam|
tapasaam phaladaataa cha yooyam bhakta madvaraat ||
om asya shree brahmaaNDa paavana kavachasya
saakshaat shreeharih rishihi gaayatree Chandaha
sa eva jagadeeshvarah shreekrishNo devataa
dharmaartha kaama moksheshu viniyogaha ||
yo bhavet siddha kavacho mama tulyo bhavettu sah |
tejasaa siddhiyogena gyaanena vikrameNa cha ||
praNavo me shirah paatu namo raaseshvaraaya cha |
bhaalam paayaat netrayugmam namo raadheshvaraaya cha ||
krishNam paayaat shrotrayugmam he hare ghraaNameva cha |
jihvikaam vahnijaayaa tu krishNaayeti cha sarvataha ||
shreekrishNaaya svaaheti cha kanTham paatu shaDaksharaha |
hreem krishNaaya namo vaktram kleem poorvashcha bhujadvayam ||
namo gopaanganeshaaya skandhaah ashTaaksharo avatu |
dantapanktim oshThayugmam namo gopeeshvaraaya cha ||
om namo bhagavate raasa manDaleshaaya svaahaa |
svayam vakshasthalam paatu mantro ayam shoDashaaksharam ||
aim krishNaaya svaaheti cha karNayugmam sadaa avatu |
om vishNave svaaheti cha kankaalam sarvato avatu ||
om haraye namah iti prushTham paadam sadaa& avatu |
om govardhanadhaariNe svaahaa sarva shareerakam ||
praachyaam maam paatu shreekrishNah aagneyyaam paatu maadhavaha |
dakshiNe paatu gopeesho nairutyaam nandanandanaha ||
vaaruNyaam paatu govindo vaayavyaam raadhikeshvaraha |
uttare paatu raameshah aishaanyaam achyutah swayam |
santatah sarvatah paatu paro naaraayaNah svayam ||
phala shrutihi
iti te kathitam brahman kavacham parama adbhutam |
mama jeevanatulyam cha yushmabhyam dattameva cha ||

Krishna kavacha from Ganga samhita is here

Om Sri Krishnaya Namaha

MahaLakshmi Stotram

aadi lakshmee namastestu parabrahma svaroopiNee |
yasho dehi dhanam dehi sarva kaamaanshcha dehi me || 1 ||
santaana lakshmee namastestu putra poutra pradaayinee |
putraan dehi dhanam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 2 ||
vidyaa lakshmee brahma vidyaa svaroopiNee |
vidyaam dehi kalaam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 3 ||
dhana lakshmee namastestu sarva daaridrya naashinee |
dhanam dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 4 ||
dhaanya lakshmee namastestu sarva aabharaNa bhooshite |
dhaanyam dehi dhanam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me ||
medhaa lakshmee namastestu kalikalmasha naashinee |
pragyaam dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me ||
gaja lakshmee namastestu sarva deva svaroopiNee |
ashvam cha gokulam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 7 ||
veera lakshmee namastestu paraashakti svaroopiNee |
veeryam dehi balam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 8 ||
jaya lakshmee namastestu sarvakaarya jayaprade |
jayam dehi shubham dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 9 ||
bhaagya lakshmee namastestu saumaangalya vivardhinee |
bhaagyam dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me ||
keerti lakshmee namastestu vishNu vakshasthala sthite |
keetim dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 11 ||
aarogya lakshmee namastestu sarvaroga nivaariNee |
aayur dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me || 12 ||
siddha lakshmee namastestu sarvasiddhi pradaayinee |
siddhim dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me ||
soundarya lakshmee namastestu sarvaalankaara shobhite |
roopam dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me ||
saamraajya lakshmee namastestu bhukti mukti pradaayinee |
moksham dehi shriyam dehi sarva kaamaamshcha dehi me ||
mangale mangalaadre maangalye mangalaprade |
mangalaartham mangaleshi maangalyam dehi me sadaa || 16 ||

Ganapati Atharvashirsha Upanishad

gaNapati atharvasheersha upanishat

om bhadram karNebhih shruNuyaama devaaha | bhadram
pashyemaakshabhiryajatraaha | sthirairangai stushTuvaagm sastanoobhihi | vyashema devahitam yadaayuhu | svasti na indro vRuddhashravaaha | svasti nah pooshaa vishvavedaaha | svasti nastaarkshyo arishTanemihi | svasti no bRuhaspatirdadhaatu ||
om shaantih shaantih shaantihi ||
om lam namastey gaNapataye | tvameva pratyaksham tattvamasi | tvameva kevalam kartaa~si | tvameva kevalam dhartaa~si | tvameva kevalam hartaa~si | tvameva sarvam khalvidam brahmaasi | tvam saakshaadaatmaa~si nityam || 1 ||
rutam vachmi | satyam vachmi || 2 ||
ava tvam maam | ava vaktaaram | ava shrotaaram | ava daataaram | ava dhaataaram |
avaanoochaanamava shishyam | ava pashchaattaat | ava purastaat | avottaraattaat |
ava dakshiNaattaat | ava chordhvaattaat | avaadharaattaat | sarvato maam paahi paahi samantaat || 3 ||
tvam vaangmayastvam chinmayaha | tvamaananda mayastvam brahmamayaha | tvam sachchidaanandaa adviteeyo~si | tvam pratyaksham brahmaasi |
tvam jnaanamayo vijnaanamayo~si || 4 ||
sarvam jagadidam tvatto jaayatey | sarvam jagadidam tvattastishThati | sarvam jagadidam tvayi layameshyati | sarvam jagadidam tvayi pratyeti | tvam bhoomiraapo~nalo~nilo nabhaha | tvam chatvaari vaakpadaani || 5 ||
tvam guNatrayaateeta ha | tvam avasthaatrayaateetaha | tvam dehatrayaateetaha | tvam kaalatrayaateetaha | tvam moolaadhaarasthito~si nityam | tvam shaktitrayaatmakaha | tvaam yogino dhyaayanti nityam | tvam brahmaa tvam vishNustvam rudrastvam indrastvam agnistvam vaayustvam sooryastvam chandramaastvam
brahma bhoorbhuvah svarom || 6 ||
gaNaadim poorvam ucchaarya varNaadim stadanantaram | anusvaarah parataraha | ardhendulasitam | taareNa ruddham | etattava manusvaroopam | gakaarah poorvaroopam | akaaro madhyamaroopam | anusvaarashchaantyaroopam | binduruttararoopam | naadah sandhaanam |sagmhitaa sandhihi |saishaa gaNeshavidyaa |gaNaka rushihi |nichRudgaayatreecChandaha | gaNapatirdevataa |
om gam gaNapataye namaha || 7 ||
ekadantaaya vidmahey vakratunDaaya dheemahi |
tanno dantih prachodayaat || 8 ||
ekadantam chaturhastam paasham ankushadhaariNam |
radam cha varadam hastair bibhraaNam mooshaka dhvajam |
raktam lambodaram shoorpa karNakam rakta vaasasam |
rakta gandhaanu liptaangam rakta pushpaih supoojitam |
bhakta anukampinam devam jagat kaaraNam achyutam |
aavirbhootam cha srushTyaadau prakruteh purushaatparam |
evam dhyaayati yo nityam sa yogee yoginaam varaha || 9 ||
namo vraatapataye | namo gaNapataye |
namah pramathapataye |
namaste~stu lambodaraaya ekadantaaya vighnanaashiney shivasutaaya varadamoortaye namaha ||10 ||
phalashruti etad atharvasheersham yo~dheetey sa brahmabhooyaaya kalpatey | sa sarvavighnairna baadhyatey | sa sarvatah sukhamedhatey | sa panchamahaapaapaat pramuchyatey | saayamadheeyaano divasakrutam paapam naashayati |
praataradheeyaano raatrikrutam paapam naashayati | saayam praatah prayunjaano paapo~paapo bhavati | sarvatraadheeyaano~pavighno bhavati | dharma artha kaama moksham cha vindati | idam atharvasheersham ashishyaaya na deyam | yo yadi mohaad daasyati sa paapeeyaan bhavati | sahastraavartanaadyam yam kaamamadheetey tam tamanena saadhayet || 11 ||
anena gaNapatim abhishinchati sa vaagmee bhavati | chaturthyaamanashnan japati sa vidyaavaan bhavati | ityatharvaNa vaakyam | brahmaadyaavaraNam vidyaanna bibheti kadaachaneti || 12 ||
yo doorvaankurair yajati sa vaishravaNopamo bhavati | yo laajair yajati sa yashovaan bhavati | sa medhaavaan bhavati | yo modaka sahasreNa yajati sa vaanChita phalam avaapnoti | yah saajya samidbhir yajati sa sarvam labhatey sa sarvam labhatey || 13 ||
ashTau braahmaNaan samyag graahayitvaa soorya varchasvee bhavati | sooryagrahey mahaanadyaam pratimaa sannidhau vaa japtvaa siddha mantro bhavati |mahaa vighnaat pramuchyatey |mahaa doshaat pramuchyatey |mahaa pratyavaayaat pramuchyatey |sa sarva vidbhavati sa sarvav idbhavati |ya evam veda | ityupanishat ||14 ||

om shaantih shaantih shaantihi || 

How to Love God?

"How then should one love God? You should love God mindlessly, this is, so that your soul is without mind and free from all mental activities, for as long as your soul is operating like a mind, so long does it have images and representations. But as long as it has images, it has intermediaries, and as long as it has intermediaries, it has neither oneness nor simplicity. And therefore your soul should be bare of all mind and should stay there without mind. For if you love God as he is God or mind or person or picture, all that must be dropped. How then shall you love him? You should love him as he is, a not-God, not-mind, not-person, not-image – even more, as he is a pure, clear One, separate from all twoness. And we should sink eternally from something to nothing into this One. May God help us to do this. Amen."

---by Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Divine Wheel

The Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Adhyaya One
The Divine Wheel

6. We understood Him as a wheel which has one felly with a triple tyre with sixteen end-parts, fifty spokes, twenty counter-spokes, with six sets of eights, which has one rope of various forms, which has three different roads or paths and which has one revolution for two causes.

7. God is meditated upon as the wheel of this universe, and circumference of this wheel is Maya.

8. The three tyres are the three qualities of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas or time, space and causation.

9. The sixteen end-parts are sixteen modifications or Vikritis, viz. the five organs of knowledge, the five organs of action and mind and the five gross elements.

10. The fifty spokes are (a) the five classes of ignorance viz., Tamas, Moha, Maha-Moha, Timira (darkness) and Andha-Timira (utter darkness); (b) The 28 disabilities; (c) the nine Tushtis or satisfactions; (d) the eight Siddhis or perfections viz., Tara, Sutara, Tarayanti, Pramoda, Pramodita, Pramodamana, Ramyaka and Satpramodita.

11. The twenty counter-spokes are the ten senses and their ten objects.

12. Six sets of eight: (1) the eight producers of the Sankhya eightfold Prakriti viz. the five elements, mind, intellect and egoism. (2) the eight constituent parts of the body or Dhatus viz. external skin, internal skin, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen. (3) Ashtasiddhis or eight superhuman powers viz., Anima, Mahima etc. (4) Eight mental states (Bhava) viz., virtue, unrighteousness, knowledge, ignorance, dispassion, attachment, super- human power and want of superhuman power. (5) The eight deities viz., Brahma, Prajapati, Devas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Rakshasas, Pitris and Pisachas. (6) The eight virtues of the soul, viz. compassion, forbearance, absence of jealousy, purity, freedom from fatigue, auspiciousness, freedom from poverty, and desirelessness. (7) Three different roads are virtue, vice and knowledge. (8) The rope is desire.

13. We understand Him as a river of five sources, impetuous and crooked, whose waves are the five Pranas or vital breaths, whose original source is the fivefold perception, which has five whirlpools, which is impelled by the velocity of the fivefold misery or pain, which is divided by the five kinds of misery, and which has five turnings or branches.

The five senses represent the five streams.

The five Pranas represent the waves.

The five objects of the senses viz., sound, touch etc. are called whirlpools, because the individual souls get drowned in them.

The five kinds of pain are the pain arising from existence in the womb, from birth, old age, disease and death.

14. In the infinite wheel of Brahman in which everything lives and rests, the pilgrim-soul, or the reincarnating self is whirled about when it thinks that it and the supreme Ruler are different or separate. It attains immortality when it is blessed or favoured by Him.

15. This is verily declared as the supreme Brahman. In that is the triad. It is the firm support. It is the indestructible. By knowing what is therein, the knowers of Brahman become devoted to Brahman, merge themselves in it and are liberated from birth.

16. The triad are the world, the individual soul and the supreme Soul. The triad are the enjoyer, the objects of enjoyment and the supreme Soul. It may mean also the waking state, dream and deep sleep.

Loving

My heart had various longings,
    but since seeing you, they’ve all become one
My envied mine envier became, and
    I became the lord of mankind, since my lord you became
I left everyone to their world and their religion
    busy with my love for you, oh my world and my religion
You lit two fires in my liver:
    one between my ribs and the other between my guts.

---by Mansur Al-Hallaj