DURGA PUJA Step 2:  Nyasa       

3.     NYASA (Identification):

     Revd. Maharaj (Swami Dayatmanandaji)’s favorite Upanishadic quote regarding puja is: “Devo bhutwa devam yajet” i.e., become God to worship God. Hence, the next step after Shuddhi is Nyasa where the worshipper identifies his fingers, different parts of his body, nay the entire body (instrument of worship) to the deity to be worshipped. The steps are outlined below.

    Blow the conch Shell. (optional) Conch Shell is usually blown at the beginning of or during any worship.

Video 6/19: https://youtu.be/gM9KhN6j4tI

3.1.  Kara Nyasa: (Identification of your hands with your chosen deity’s hands)

For both hands;

-         touch at first the tips of thumb and forefinger (index) for the first two steps then

-         touch the thumb and middle finger,

-         touch the thumb and ring finger and

-         touch the thumb and little finger.

-         Finally, for the last mantram, clamp all fingers together, keep rolling the right palm around the left palm in a clockwise motion while uttering the mantram and then end with striking the right-hand fingers (clamed together) against the middle of the left palm which results in a clap like sound.

-         Imagine that these fingers and the hands belong to the deity who is worshipped.  

ॐ ह्रां अंगुष्ठाभ्यां नमः ॐ ह्रीं तर्जनीभ्यां स्वाहा ॐ ह्रूं मध्यमाभ्यां वषट् ॐ ह्रैं अनामिकाभ्यां हूं ॐ ह्रौं कनिष्ठाभ्यां वौषट् ॐ ह्रः करतलपृष्ठाभ्यां अस्त्राय फ़ट्॥

om hrāṁ aṁguṣṭhāabhyāṁ namaḥ om hrīṁ tarjanībhyāṁ svāhā om hrūṁ madhyamābhyāṁ vaṣaṭ om hraiṁ anāmikābhyāṁ hūṁ om hrauṁ kaniṣṭhābhyāṁ vauṣaṭ om hraḥ karatalapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ astrāya faṭ ||

3.2.  Anga Nyasa: (Identification of various parts of your body with your chosen deity’s body)

Gather all the fingers of your right hand and:

-         touch the heart while uttering the first mantram

-         touch the fore-top (first part) of the head while uttering the second mantram

-         touch the middle-top (little behind the center) of the head while uttering the third mantram

-         touch the two shoulders (left and then right) while uttering the fourth mantram

-         touch the two eyes and in between the 2 eyes while uttering the fifth mantram

-         Finally, for the last mantram, clamp all fingers together, keep rolling the right palm around the left palm in a clockwise motion while uttering the mantram and then end with striking the right-hand fingers (clamed together) against the middle of the left palm which results in a clap like sound.

-         Imagine that all these body parts belong to the deity who is worshipped.

ॐ ह्रां हृदयाय नमः ॐ ह्रीं शिरसे स्वाहा ॐ ह्रूं शिखायै वषट् ॐ ह्रैं कवचाय हूं ॐ ह्रौं नेत्रत्रयाय वौषट् ॐ ह्रः करतलपृष्ठाभ्यां अस्त्राय फ़ट्॥

om hrāṁ hṛdayāya namaḥ om hrīṁ śirase svāhā om hrūṁ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ om hraiṁ kavacāya hūṁ om hrauṁ netratrayāya vauṣaṭ om hraḥ karatalapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ astrāya faṭ ||

3.3.  Sri Guru Puja:

Offer a flower to the teacher uttering:

ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री गुरवे नमः

om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī gurave namaḥ

Om Salutations to the teacher with this flower. You may offer flower to other teachers and other deities at this time (like Ganesha, Shiva, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Vishnu etc.).

ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री गणेशाय नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं महादेव्याय नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री महालक्ष्मी देव्यै नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री सरस्वती देव्यै नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री कालिकायै नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री कृष्णाय नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री रामकृष्णाय नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं श्री सारदादेव्याय नमः ॐ इदं सचन्दन पुष्पं विवेकानन्दाय नमः

om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ mahādevyāya namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī mahālakṣmī devyai namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī sarasvatī devyai namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī kālikāyai namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī kṛṣṇāya namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī rāmakṛṣṇāya namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ śrī sāradādevyāya namaḥ om idaṁ sacandana puṣpaṁ vivekānandāya

3.4.  Peetha Nyasa: (worship of the deities in the Heart seat)

Touching the heart utter:

ॐ ह्रीं एते गन्धपुष्पे पीठदेवताभ्यो नमः। ॐ ह्रीं एते गन्धपुष्पे पीठशक्तिभ्यो नमः॥

om hrīṁ ete gandhapuṣpe pīṭhadevatābhyo namaḥ | om hrīṁ ete gandhapuṣpe pīṭhaśaktibhyo namaḥ ||

(Om Hrim Salutations to the deities of the seat in the Heart.

Om Hrim Salutations to the powers residing in the heart).

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Durga Puja Step1: SHUDDHI

 DURGA PUJA Step 1: Shuddhi of Durga Puja    

1.     Set Puja Atmosphere:

Video 1/19: https://youtu.be/6J_ba6WEjNE

Video 2/19:https://youtu.be/x5FzcR5IBy8

1.1. Prostrate and pray that Divine Mother may

1.1.1.   graciously accept the worship

1.1.2.   overlook all shortcomings

1.1.3.   bestow purity, devotion and dispassion.

1.2. Light the lamp.

1.3. Burn incense and wave.

1.4. Meditate for 15 mins:

1.4.1.   Do your japa 108 times with your Ishta mantra (Received from Gurudev).

1.4.2.   Those who do not have Ishta mantra may chant

ॐ श्री दुर्गायै नमः

om śrī durgāyai namaḥ

1.5.  Chanting: Everybody chants together in rhythm 108 times Durga Gayatri . Three options given below. Any one maybe chosen.

दुर्गा गायत्री	durgā gāyatrī
ॐ महादेव्याय विद्महे दुर्गा देव्यै च धीमहि तन्नो देवि प्रचोदयात्। १।	om mahādevyāya vidmahe durgā devyai ca dhīmahi tanno devi pracodayāt | 1 |
ॐ रामकृष्णाय विद्महे सारदेश्वरी धीमहि तन्नो दुर्गिः प्रचोदयात्।२।	om rāmakṛṣṇāya vidmahe sāradeśvarī dhīmahi tanno durgiḥ pracodayāt |2|
ॐ कात्यायनाय विद्महे कन्याकुमारी धीमहि तन्नो दुर्गिः प्रचोदयात्।३।	om kātyāyanāya vidmahe kanyākumārī dhīmahi tanno durgiḥ pracodayāt |3|

Video 3/19: https://youtu.be/0YmKHGU_JMs

Video 4/19: https://youtu.be/iIw8ZzZy604

Video 5/19: https://youtu.be/N7_HsPLxP8o

Blow the conch Shell. (optional) Conch Shell is usually blown at the beginning of or during any worship.

1.6. Mangal Dhwani: Puja start. 
1.6.1.  Blow the conch Shell. Conch Shell is usually blown at the beginning of or during any worship.
1.6.2.   Ask devotees to sing bhajans.

2.     SHUDDHI (purification):

Video 6/19: https://youtu.be/gM9KhN6j4tI

2.1. Sip water thrice from the palm uttering mentally:

(ॐ श्री दुर्गायै नमः) x3

(om śrī durgāyai namaḥ) x3

2.2. Pray with folded hands:

2.2.1.    

ॐ सर्वमंगल मांगल्यं वरेण्यं वरदं शुभम्। नारायणं नमस्कृत्य सर्वकर्माणि कारयेत्॥

om sarvamaṁgala māṁgalyaṁ vareṇyaṁ varadaṁ śubham | nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya sarvakarmāṇi kārayet |

(One should start all activities by saluting the Divine Mother, the most auspicious, of incomparable splendor and giver of boons.)

2.2.2.    

ॐ तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः दिवीव चक्षुराततम्।

om tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ divīva cakṣurātatam |

(Just as the eye perceives the universe by the light of the Sun in the vast expanse of the sky, so the sages perceive the supreme state of Vishnu, the All-pervading Reality at all times.)

2.2.3.     

ॐ अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोपि वा। यः स्मरेत् पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरं शुचिः॥

om apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gatopi vā | yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bāhyābhyantaraṁ śuciḥ ||

(Pure or impure, degenerated in every way, by remembering the Lotus-eyed Divine Mother, one becomes pure externally and internally.)

2.3.    Sankalpah (resolve)

2.3.1.           Pray thus:-

ॐ तत् सत् अद्य श्री परमेश्वरी (दुर्गा) प्रीतये श्रद्धा भक्ति वैराग्य ज्ञान मुक्ति लाभाय यथा साध्य सामान्य विधिना श्री दुर्गा पूजां करिष्यामि॥

om tat sat adya śrī parameśvarī (durgā) prītaye śraddhā bhakti vairāgya jñāna mukti lābhāya yathā sādhya sāmānya vidhinā śrī durgā pūjāṁ kariṣyāmi ||

(Om Tat sat. Today I perform the worship according to my means and capacity. May the Divine Mother be pleased by this worship of mine and grant me faith, devotion, dispassion, knowledge and liberation. May all beings attain the highest good.)

2.4. Samanya Arghya Sthapana: (Arranging a simple offering in a vessel).

2.4.1.   Take a flower (smeared with sandal paste if possible) and put on the ground beneath the water vessel uttering:

ॐ एते गन्धपुष्पे आधार शक्त्यादिभ्यो नमः।

om ete gandhapuṣpe ādhāra śaktyādibhyo namaḥ |

(OM, I offer this flower (with sandal paste) to the powers supporting this place.)

2.4.2.   Place the kosha on the offered flower, fill it with water uttering

(ॐ नमः शिवाय) x3

(om namaḥ śivāya) x3

Blow the conch Shell.

2.5. Invoke the Sacred Rivers:  

2.5.1.   Touch the water in the Kosha with the middle finger and utter:

ॐ गंगे च यमुने चैव गोदावरि सरस्वति। नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरि जले अस्मिन् सन्निधिं कुरु॥

om gaṁge ca yamune caiva godāvari sarasvati | narmade sindhu kāveri jale asmin sannidhiṁ kuru ||

(May the sacred rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu and Kaveri be present in these waters.)

2.6.  Asana Shuddhi:  (Purification of the seat).

2.6.1.   Take a flower and place it under the right corner of your seat uttering:

ॐ एते गन्धपुष्पे आधार शक्तये कमलासनाय नमः।

om ete gandhapuṣpe ādhāra śaktaye kamalāsanāya namaḥ |

 (OM, I offer this flower to the powers supporting the seat. May it be purified). 

Blow the conch Shell.

2.7. Guru PranamaH: (Saluting the line of Teachers).

2.7.1.   Salute with folded hands by remembering the Gurus. Start from by left ear and then raise up higher and higher. Ganesha is by the right ear and Heart is for Mother Durga. Guru (one’s own guru ex. Swami Dayatmanandaji), Param Guru (Swami Yatishwaranandaji, guru’s guru), Parapara Guru (Swami Brahmanandaji, Yatishwaranandaji’s guru), Parameshti Guru (Thakur).  

ऐं गुरुभ्यो नमः। ऐं परम गुरुभ्यो नमः। ऐं परापर गुरुभ्यो नमः। ऐं परमेष्ठि गुरुभ्यो नमः। ॐ गणेशाय नमः। ॐ श्री दुर्गायै नमः।

aiṁ gurubhyo namaḥ | aiṁ parama gurubhyo namaḥ | aiṁ parāpara gurubhyo namaḥ | aiṁ parameṣṭhi gurubhyo namaḥ | om gaṇeśāya namaḥ | om śrī durgāyai namaḥ |

2.8. Pushpa Shuddhi: (Purification of flowers).

2.8.1.   Sprinkle a little water on the flowers uttering

ॐ शताभिषेक हूं फ़ट् स्वाहा

om śatābhiṣeka hūṁ faṭ svāhā

 (May these flowers be purified). Sprinkle on all flowers.

2.9. Pranayama: (rhythmic breathing).

Practice pranayama for a few minutes. (4 count in, 16 count hold breath, 8 count out)

2.10. End of Suddhi

Nov 18, 2018   
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