Hosthilu pooja

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 Srividya Guruprasad6 Comments

First ensure that Rangavalli is done in front of the House
On special Festival days the Front door is decorated with Fresh Mango leaves with Flowers.

Things to be taken

The Lady, after taking bath, dressed, in Madhwa attire, [if possible only], must carry with her:

a)The Silver or Brass plate containing five silver bowls filled with, Haldi(Arishina), Kunkuma, Shree Gandha, Akshate, and Chandhana

b) The plate should also have betel leaves (more than 5 nos,) with Nuts (more than 2 nos) with Coconut or plantain-Banana or any Fruit, depending upon the Masa ( or Pancha PhalagaLu – i.e : Draakshi- Godambi- Baadaami- Kallu Sakkare- Kharjoora- and Kobbari ) with scented stick, Flowers, Gejje Vastra;+ SuvarNa pushpa DakshiNe.

c) A silver or copper or bronze bowl called “Thumbi” (in Kannada) filled with pure water.

d) A silver argya patre with Uddarane

e) Mahaa Niraajana (Mangalaarati) A silver small plate with Two sodolu with vicks dipped in ghee

If you keep all these things ready, you could perform Pooja smoothly

Procedure:

1) The hosthilu is washed( Sarisuvudu) with a few Uddarane of water.

2) Put Rangavalli on the hosthilu.

i) Keep the “Thumbi” with water , on the centre of the Hosthilu. Perform Ganesha Prarthana.

ii) Apply “sri ganda or arishina, Kumkum, ” on 4 sides of “thali(Marati word) -Tumbi (Kannada word) ”

iii) Put 1 flower in thali,close the thali in such a way that your right hand should be on top.

iv) Offer Prayer to Lakshmi-Parvati Devi

v) Remove your hand.

vi) Take water in a” uddarane”(silver spoon) use the same flower to Sprinkle water

vii) Sprinkle water on all “pooja samagri(things) kalasa(Tumbi),on yourselves”

viii)Put that flower on “argya patre”

ix) Now Apply Haldi –Arishina , Kumkum, hoovu (flower) and Mantrakshat to the

hosthilu at the edges and as well as at the Centre

Recite the following slokas:

Pranaatharkadha maayapathi vasudevaya namaha
apaanantharkadha jayapathi sankarshanaya namaha
vyaanantharkadha krutapathi pradyumnaya namaha
udhaanantharkadha saanthipathi aniruddhaya namah
samaanantharkadha lakshmipathi narayanaya namaha

asmathbimba pathi koloka barathi ramana mukhya praananatharkatha sri devi pathi purushaya namaha

boodhevi pathi thaijasaya namaha
doorgapathi kaalaya namah

x) At the TOP of the door(if you can)

xi) Perform Pooja with Gandha, Chandhana and Mantrakshate, Flowers.
xii) Put Gejje Vastra either on the top, (if she can, if she is Tall) or at the bottom.

xiii) Do Naividya

xiv) Light 2 Agarabattis

xv) do Managalarati by lighting 3 battis (vicks) dipped in ghee(sodilu – small size Nillanjana in silver plate) sing arati Hadu.

xvi) Do pooja applying Haldi Kunkum and Mantrakshate on the hosthilu, singing the song you know on Lakshmi-Parvati.

xvii)Give argya (by keeping Mantrakshate in right hand, putting water from the uddarane and leave in argya patre)

xviii) Perform PrArthana-NamaskAram

xix) Take the “Thumbi”- sprinkle (ProkashaNe) a few drops of the water in front of the House and then to the Tulsi Plant and perform Tulsi Pooja.

xx) Sloka to be recited while performing the Pooja:

1) Shree kaara RoopiNi Devi
VeeNaa Pusthaka DhaariNi
VedhamaathaR NamsthuBhyam
SauBhaagyam Devime Sadhaa ||

2) Kaathyaayani Mahaamaaye
Mahaayoginya DheeShwari
Nandhagopa Sutham Devi
Pathim Me Kuruthe Namah||

3) Ramaa Devi NamasthuBhyam
SwaBhaRthaa Saha Shaayini
Muncha baahulathaa Paashaath
Swaaminam Bhaktha Vathsalam

Loudly sing any Dasara Keerthana on Lakshmi or Saraswati or TuLasi or Parvati and enter the House. So that all listening could by heart and sing with you for generations.

MADHWA

Ananyas chintayanto maam

August 22, 2016 Srividya Guruprasad1 Comment

Once Yadavaryaru was very hungry and starving not having food for a long time. He could not get anything for his food.

One morning, he was reading Bhagavad Geetha. When he was going through the ninth adhyaya, shloka no 22 which reads as follows :

ananyāściṁtayaṁtō māṁ yē janā: paryupāsatē |

tēṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yōgakṣēmaṁ vahāmyahaṁ |

Meaning – Those who worship me with devotion regularly, without praying the other gods/goddess and does the chintana of Srihari only always – I will protect them in all times and it is my responsibility to look after the welfare of them and that I will give them moksha which does not bring back to Samsaara.

These are the words of Srikrishna to Arjuna in Bhagavad Geetha (Adhyaya 9, shloka 22)

After reading the stanza, he thought Krishna may not have said like that. Some one must have wrongly interpreted the word incorrectly as “yogakshemam vahamyaham” and he struck these words in the book with three red lines.

As he had not got food for a long time, he was doubtful about those lines. He went ourside for taking biksha

A while later the wife heard someone at the door. She saw an handsome boy of about 10-12 years years with a huge basket over his head. “help me put down the basket, Your husband has sent these for you”, the boy said. She gave a supporting hand and as he bent down to put the basket on the floor, she noticed three ugly red beating on his back, and was bleeding, as if someone had just struck him. She asked the boy “Oh my God! who did this to you?” she asked. The boy told, “it was your husband who beat me because he doubted my willingness to deliver this basket to you”. She asked the boy to wait for some time and wanted to clean the wounds, but before which the boy was disappeared.

Soon her husband returned and was surprised to see his wife busy in the kitchen. She called him and asked him to do the naivedya, hastodaka and that the food is ready.

He was shocked. Sometime back she had told nothing is there in the house, now how come such items for preparation of food. Then she told him that ” you had sent that huge basket full of fresh vegetables, and grains, enough to last us six months. But why did you beat the handsome young boy and beat him three ugly red lash-wounds on his tender back?”

He was shocked as he had not received on that day. And he told that he has not many anyone and not beaten anybody.

He rushed to the Gita he had been reading that morning and open the page which he was reading. He observed that the three lines which he had striken were missing in the Yogaksheyamam vahamyaham verse no 9.22.

Now, he realized that it is the same srihari, whom he had doubted for some time during his hungry, who had sent the vegetables and all the grains to his wife in the form of a small boy. He prostrated before the god’s idol and sought excuse for his ignorance.

Then he turned to his wife and told her that the boy who had delivered the vegetables and grains was none other than Srihari himself.

Source:

Sumadhwaseva.com

MADHWA · POOJA · shodasha upachara pooja

what is Shodasha upachara puja?

August 22, 2016April 7, 2017 Srividya Guruprasad2 Comments

For any festival, Shodasha upachara pooja is a must ritual in any pooja. It is a step by step procedure need to be followed properly.

“Shodasa Upacahar” is a complete process of performing the rituals of pooja, the worship. Upachar means service; there are 16 upachars to be executed for worship.

1. Dhyanam (prayer)

Dhyanam is reciting a short prayer specific to god that one worships and engage our mind into lotus feet of that god.

2. Avahanam(invocation)

Inviting the worshipped God or Goddess to come into the place of worship or idol by chanting the Vedic verse or slokas similar like you are inviting a lovely guest to your home.

3. Aaasanam (offering seating)

Offering the worshipped God a seat.

4. Paadyam (washing of feet)

Wash the feet of God by pouring water at His feet.

5. Arghyam (washing of hands)

Water is offered to the deity to wash hands.

6. Aachamana, (Offering water to drink)

Water is offered to drink with the chanting of the relevant vedic mantra.

7. Snanam (bathing with water or panchamruthas)

Sprinkle water on God as if giving Him bath. In a detailed pooja, bath God with panchamrutham (Milk, Yoghurt, Ghee, Honey, Sugar, Coconut Water, Fruit Juice, Sandal Powder, Turmeric one at a time). This is followed by bath with fresh water

8. Vastram (new clothes), Abharana

Offer new clothes, Jewellery. This is the phase you will decorate idol or photo with gajavashtra

9. Yajnopavitam (sacred thread)

Offer Yajnopaveetham(sacred thread/flower/akshathas).

10. Gandham (sandal paste)

Place sandalwood paste on the forehead of God.

11. Archana (flowers)

Glorify God by reciting His 108 names, and offer one flower or a petal at a time.

12. Dhoopam (incense)

Show incense to God.

13. Deepam (Oil lamp)

Show oil lamp to God. It also symbolizes bringing of light into one’s place and life.

14. Naivedyam (offering of specially prepared food).

Offer specially prepared food to God. This food must be prepared cleanly in separate utensils, other than in what we eat, and without tasting beforehand.

15. Tamboolam (offering Betel Leaves and Betel nuts)

Betel leaves and betel nuts are offered to God after the Naivedhyam. After delicious food, it is the practice to offer betel leaves for proper digestion.

16. Neerajanam

It is again customary that in every auspicious occasion aarati is offered to the deity. This is an important and auspicious occasion as Lord himself has come home, so with utmost devotion offer “Aarati” to the Lord.

everyday · MADHWA · narasimha · slokas

Narasimha Prapatti

August 22, 2016May 10, 2017 Srividya Guruprasad3 Comments

ಮಾತಾ ನೃಸಿಂಹಶ್ಚ ಪಿತಾ ನೃಸಿಂಹೋ
ಭ್ರಾತಾ ನೃಸಿಂಹಶ್ಚ ಸಖಾ ನೃಸಿಂಹಃ
ವಿದ್ಯಾ ನೃಸಿಂಹೋ ದ್ರವಿಣಂ ನೃಸಿಂಹಃ
ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ನೃಸಿಂಹಃ ಸಕಲಂ ನೃಸಿಂಹಃ

ಇತೋ ನೃಸಿಂಹಃ ಪರತೋ ನೃಸಿಂಹೋ
ಯತೋ ಯತೋ ಯಾಮಿ ತತೋ ನೃಸಿಂಹಃ
ನೃಸಿಂಹದೇವಾದಪರಂ ನ ಕಿಂಚಿತ್
ತಸ್ಮಾನ್ನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಶರಣಂ ಪ್ರಪದ್ಯೇ

Mata narasimha, pita narasimha

bratha narasimha, sakha narasimha
vidyaa narasimha, dravinam narasimha
swami narasimha, sakalam narasimha

itho narasimha, paratho narasimha
yatho yatho yahihi, tatho narasimha
narasimha devaath paro na kaschit
tasmaan narasimha sharanam prapadye

Meaning:

Mother is Narasimha; Father is Narasimha
Brother is Narasimha; Friend is Narasimha
Knowledge is Narasimha; Wealth is Narasimha
My Lord is Narasimha; Everything is Narasimha.
Narasimha is in this world, Narasimha is everywhere (Omnipresent)
Wherever I go, there is Narasimha
Narasimha is the Supreme Lord, there is none other than HIM
So, I humbly seek refuge in you, Shri Narasimha

MADHWA · narasimha · runa · slokas

Runa vimochana slokam

August 22, 2016December 28, 2016 Srividya Guruprasad6 Comments

This is a powerful sloka that when recited regularly will relieve people of their debts and
insolvency.

ದೇವತಾಕಾರ್ಯಸಿಧ್ಯರ್ಥಂ ಸಭಾಸ್ತಂಭಸಮುದ್ಭವಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೧ ||

ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯಾಲಿಂಗಿತವಾಮಾಂಗಂ ಭಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ವರದಾಯಕಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೨ ||

ಆಂತ್ರಮಾಲಾಧರಂ ಶಂಖಚಕ್ರಾಬ್ಜಾಯುಧಧಾರಿಣಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೩ ||

ಸ್ಮರಣಾತ್ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಘ್ನಂ ಕದ್ರೂಜವಿಷನಾಶನಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೪ ||

ಸಿಂಹನಾದೇನ ಮಹತಾ ದಿಗ್ದಂತಿಭಯನಾಶನಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೫ ||

ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದವರದಂ ಶ್ರೀಶಂ ದೈತ್ಯೇಶ್ವರವಿದಾರಣಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೬ ||

ಕ್ರೂರಗ್ರಹೈಃ ಪೀಡಿತಾನಾಂ ಭಕ್ತಾನಾಭಯಪ್ರದಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೭ ||

ವೇದವೇದಾಂತಯಜ್ಞೇಶಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರುದ್ರಾದಿವಂದಿತಮ್ |
ಶ್ರೀನೃಸಿಂಹಂ ಮಹಾವೀರಂ ನಮಾಮಿ ಋಣಮುಕ್ತಯೇ || ೮ ||

ಯ ಇದಂ ಪಠತೇ ನಿತ್ಯಮೃಣಮೋಚನಸಂಜ್ಞಿತಮ್ |
ಅನೃಣೀ ಜಾಯತೇ ಸದ್ಯೋ ಧನಂ ಶೀಘ್ರಮವಾಪ್ನುಯಾತ್ || ೯ ||

|| ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ವಾದಿರಾಜಪೂಜ್ಯಚರಣವಿರಚಿತಂ ನೃಸಿಂಹಪುರಾಣೋಕ್ತಂ ಋಣಮೋಚನಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ||

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