Aprajita
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The Goddess of victory worshipped on Vijayadashami as a plant (alongside Shami) — a small twig is cut with prayer after Her worship and offered onto the established Kalash, signifying victory in all endeavors.
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Shami and Aprajita pujan on Vijayadashami
The speaker says Shami and Aprajita pujan must be done on Vijayadashami: Shami destroys enemies, Aprajita gives victory in every field, and the nine-day vrat reaches completion only by their grace — no vrat or festival is complete without prakriti puja. Those without the plants light two lamps in their names, even mentally, or get the plants from a flower seller or nursery. The cutting tool is washed and worshipped as a shastra; then with roli, kumkum, deepak, akshat, naivedya, paan, supari, clove, cardamom, Gangajal and mouli one goes first to the Aprajita, offers water, ties the mouli, offers akshat-kumkum, flowers, dhoop-deep and naivedya, prays repeatedly for the full fruit of the vrat and victory, cuts a little of the creeper asking forgiveness, then does the same at the Shami, and places both on the Kalash. In the full vidhan this is done outside the town boundary, which he says is not possible today.
What should be done on Navami and on Dashami of Navratri?
By Ashtami we have completed the whole paath and japa, whatever was to be done. On Navami we have the havan and the kanya bhojan and the rest done. And on the Dashami tithi, in the morning, the pujan of Shami ji and the Aparajita pujan. If you wish to do a paath on that day, do the paath of the kavach, do the paath of the Tantrokta Devi Suktam, do the paath of the Sahasranama and so on, and after that the ayudh pujan.
Which other plants should be watched in the days after an eclipse?
If Tulsi ji dries within three or four days, know at once that some tantra has been used, all of a sudden. Within three or four days after the grahan Tulsi ji should not dry, the creeper of Aparajita should not dry, Shami ji should not dry. If this is happening within three or four days, become alert, and a havan should be done at home at once.
How many Pratyangiras are there?
The speaker says there is the mool Pratyangira, then Pratyangira, then viparit Pratyangira, then mahaviparit Pratyangira — there are four. Aparajita too, he says, is in one way a shakti of Pratyangira herself, by the tantra-bheda of later times.
What garland should be offered to Shiva through Shravan?
If you can get a garland of neel Aparajita daily in Savan — a garland of the blue Aparajita flower — you should certainly put that garland on Bhagwan Shiva. If you are financially able to take two garlands, or if there is an Aparajita creeper near you, make the garland yourself and offer it: one garland for Bhagwan Shiva and one for Ma Parvati, through the whole of Shravan.
A sankalp of one mandal using Aparajita brought a milestone success in only a week
He says he obtained a very great success in his life, which he counts as a milestone, and used Aparajita in it in the most divine manner, along with some most special prayogas of Bhagavati. He had taken the sankalp of one mandal, and after only a week his work was accomplished — in a field of competition he received double what those who had gone before him got.
Which Aparajita flowers and leaves may be used for Shiva's shringar?
You may do his shringar with Aparajita flowers, with bilvapatra, and with the leaves of the Aparajita as well. Aparajita leaves, bel leaves, and the neel Aparajita in particular; the white Aparajita may also be used; if other colours are obtained — pink, red — those may also be used, but the neel Aparajita is the most excellent.
Is it true that an unmarried man must not offer neel Aparajita to Shiva?
The speaker says he does not hold this authentic. He has nowhere found it in writing as proof in any tantra grantha to date, though he allows there may be a deficiency in his study. He hears from some people that if a man is unmarried he should not offer the neel Aparajita flower to Shiva ji, but he says he has no basis for this at all.
No reference for the neel Aparajita restriction was produced from the Sharada Tilak, the Shri Vidyarnava or the Kularnava
He says he followed the matter for three or four days so that he could find the proof and himself forbid people if it matched. He asked for it from the Sharada Tilak, from the Shri Vidyarnava, from the Kularnava — from anywhere. Nothing was given from anywhere; they only said it is not done, our guruji said it is not done. No proof was found.
What is the standing of the Aparajita and Parijat plants in a home?
The flower of Aparajita is directly Bhagavati's flower — the Parijat and the Aparajita came from svarga. Where these are in a house, the matter is altogether different: the tattvas of Shiva and Shakti are always present there, and the sthan of the Yoginis forms itself there.
Which shakti is seated in the shikha?
Look at the shikha mantra, he says: in it we tell Bhagavati that Ma, be seated in the shikha. The shakti held chiefly to be in the shikha, in the tantrokta form, is Bhagavati Aparajita — Ma Aparajita is seated in the shikha. If you do not keep a shikha at all, then by whom will your punya be protected?
When is the Havan, and how does the Navratri close?
The Havan may be done after the Sandhi Pujan on the 30th if your Anushthan is complete, but the most special time is Mahanavami, Wednesday the 1st of October — look at the Choghadiya, take Shubh and Amrit and leave the Rahu Kaal out. Ayudh Puja falls the same day; Aparajita and Shami Puja on the 2nd, then the Visarjan and the Paran.
When is the Paran taken if the Kanya Pujan is on Ashtami?
Taking the Paran immediately after the Kanya Pujan is not proper — that the Ashtami worship is done and the Kanya Pujan is done, so we take the Paran. We perform Bhagavati's Kanya Pujan on Navami and do not take the Paran after it; how then would the fruit of Navami be obtained? The Paran should be taken on Dashami, after the Aparajita Pujan.
Can a Mahavidya be sidhed?
Asked about the origin of Bhagavati Aprajita and why she cannot be sidhed, the speaker says that no Mahavidya can ever be sidhed by you or by him. He does not know what anyone means when they speak of the siddhi of a Mahavidya. Whose siddhi takes place? Even their yoginis bestow grace. The sevikas, the paricharikas of the upa-yoginis have so much capacity within them that there is nothing they cannot do — it is they who are sidhed, and even that in a very subtle form, remaining within great limits.
How may Bhagavati Aprajita be worshipped?
The second thing, the speaker says, is that if you wish to obtain special grace then you should take deeksha and perform her special sadhana. Nevertheless, Bhagavati Aprajita can also be served and worshipped independently. Her shaktipeeth is present in the region of Bengal, and in other forms her shaktipeeth exists in Bangladesh as well. So if you especially want her grace, you may take deeksha and do the sadhana, or you may also perform her seva puja through the Durga Saptashati.
Can the Aparajita Stotra be recited daily?
Do it only if there is a need, he answers. Nowadays a man says to do it just like that. If you are seized by abhicharik kriyas, or have that kind of problem, or if you work in a field where you have to meet people again and again and convince someone — for instance if you are in the marketing field — then do it.
If someone who speaks ill of a sadhak is punished, does a dosha attach to the sadhak?
A sadhak of Maa Aprajita asks whether, if someone speaks ill of him and evil then befalls that person or he is punished, any dosha attaches. Look, there is no question of a dosha attaching in this, he answers. You are doing the seva-puja of Bhagavati, or of any devi or devata; someone is speaking ill of you, and he is also getting his punishment for it. You are not the one going to give the punishment — so why should a dosha attach to you?
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