Chaitra Navratri
Every question on the site tagged Chaitra Navratri, each answered from a timestamped source rather than a summary written from memory.
Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
Notes from our sources
Devi worship in Navratri is incomplete without her attendant deities
The speaker says that in Navratri people worship the Navadurgas, the ten Mahavidyass or one chosen form of Jagdamba, but while doing her puja and japa they forget certain deities whose worship is compulsory; without it, he says, the Devi's puja and japa is never complete. The reason he gives is that in Navratri, and especially chaitra-navratri, every shakti is at its peak and comes from its own loka to the earth, to its holy places and to its devotees' homes. Her Anga Shaktis and Mandala Shaktis are like a family: invite her and she does not come alone, her sons and children come with her, so all of them are to be worshipped and remembered, as far as one knows them.
Hanuman worship through Chaitra Navratri, Pratipada to Chaitra Purnima
The speaker says every home must worship Hanuman in chaitra-navratri, daily from Pratipada up to Chaitra Purnima, which is Hanuman Jayanti; this brings many benefits, and worshipping him with a proper vidhi for one wish brings many more. The ways he gives, from simplest up: reciting Hanuman Chalisa, which is enough if that is all one does, but must be done; the Havan of the Chalisa by the vidhi he has taught; archana with his 108 names using flowers or tulsi leaves, two or three minutes, which pleases him greatly; and for a wish, archana with his Sahasranama from Pratipada to Purnima, which he says Hanuman certainly fulfils. If Bhagavati Anjani, his mother, is worshipped and remembered alongside, nothing can stop the work from being done, since mother and son are both being served.
Why is Chaitra Navratri particularly divine for attaining this Siddhi?
Ram Navami falls during chaitra-navratri, and Tara Navami falls on the same day — since Goddess Tara was the primary deity worshipped by Ram's family guru, and through her grace Ram activated his powers in human form, performing this Siddhi alongside both powers and one's family deity brings immense grace.
What did Sati offer on the Chaitra Shukla Chaturdashi?
Then Chaitra Shukla Chaturdashi — that is, after the Chaitra Navratri has passed, one day before the Purnima arrives. On that day she performs the pujan of Shiva with palash flowers and with grains.
What was the muhurta of Shiva and Sati's marriage?
It is described that on the Chaitra Shukla Paksha Trayodashi, on a Sunday, in the Purva Phalguni nakshatra, Maheshwar began the journey for the marriage, and it is described that the marriage took place on this same day. The speaker stresses this combination, because a boon is obtained on this same nakshatra, this same tithi and this same day of the week further on.
What should someone do who cannot recite the whole Durga Saptashati?
They should do the ordinary paath of the Shri Durga Saptashloki — one paath, or 27, or nine; at the very least nine paaths. Even a person who never does kalash sthapana, keeps no fast and does no vrat should certainly do nine paaths of the Saptashloki at least once through the whole Chaitra Navratri.
Alongside the Kartik preparation, control should begin to be established over whatever disturbance is already present in the house.
Along with the preparation, he says, one thing more must be done — begin establishing control over whatever problem-related disturbance is present in your own house. He addresses this to those who have at least been with the channel since Chaitra Navratri and are performing anushthans themselves, not to new listeners.
Is the havan compulsory on Diwali night?
Havan you must certainly do on this day — you should certainly do the havan on the night of Amavasya. And on the day of Diwali, if you have been keeping an upvas from before, then keep it; if you have not been keeping one, then after doing the night-time pujan you should certainly eat food. This year do not begin an upvas newly, he repeats — not in this samvat; begin it after the next Chaitra Navratri.
On what day does this Chaitra Navratri begin?
Chaitra Navratri is beginning from the Sunday, with Pratipada as the tithi of that day; Tritiya and Chaturthi are falling together. Navratra means new nights, and beginning from Surya vaar — the first day of the week, the day of Suryadev, king of the grahas — makes this new year very divine in itself.
What should those who cannot fast for nine days do?
This time the Navratri is of eight days. Those who cannot keep a nine-day upvas should at the very least keep the upvas of Pratipada and of Ashtami or Navami.
Pratipada begins on Sunday, Tritiya and Chaturthi share Tuesday, and Ashtami falls on Saturday.
Pratipada begins on Surya vaar; Dwitiya is on Monday; Tritiya and Chaturthi are on Tuesday; Panchami on Wednesday; Shashthi on Thursday; Saptami on Friday; and Ashtami falls on the Saturday.
When is the sandhi puja on that Ashtami?
Ashtami is falling on the Saturday, and on that very Ashtami, in the evening from around seven o'clock — he says the full timing will be posted as well — the period between seven and eight will hold the sandhi kaal of fifty or forty minutes. That is, sandhi pujan will take place between seven and eight on the Saturday evening.
Why will this Saturday sandhi puja be exceptionally divine?
Because on one side it is a krura day — a day of ugrata, a fierce vaar — and on the other the Ashtami tithi together with Navami, that is the sandhi time. The form of Jagadamba that manifests then, whose energy pervades the whole brahmand for those forty to forty-two minutes, is that of Bhagavati Chamunda.
A Sat Chandi path is being held in the Vindhyachal trikon for the first time.
Many Saptashati-related sadhanas are broadcast on the channel that you may do independently, and the experiences connected with them are there too, he says. Give further momentum to your surrender towards your aradhya — and this year, this Chaitra Navratri, for the first time a Sab Chandi path of Bhagavati is being organised in the Vindhyachal trikon.
What fruit comes from one trikon done during Navratri?
Whichever trikon you do, he says, understand this: when you do a trikon in the days of Navratri, one trikon means plainly that you obtain the fruit of a thousand samput paths of the Shri Durga Saptashati.
Will the puja succeed if a kalash is not kept?
It will absolutely succeed, he answers. There is nothing of the kind that if you do not keep a kalash the puja will not succeed. Householders should keep a kalash only in the Chaitra and Sharadiya Navratris — or in whichever one of these two you keep it and do it. For the rest, if you are a sadhak the matter is different.
Dehleez raksha vidhan: Saptashloki siddhi, Kaal Bhairav ekakshari japa, samput path over a copper lota, and the water poured on the threshold
The vidhan the speaker gave has three parts. First, siddh the Saptashloki with 7000 Japa; the sadhak did this over six months, from Sharadiya Navratri to a little before Chaitra Navratri, though it was complete in three. Second, at chaitra-navratri take the Ekakshari bija of Bhagavan Kaal Bhairava, the single bija only, and do 1.25 lakh japa, extended to 4 lakh so that the bija became prachand; the sadhak already wore the Yajnopavita from his wedding and did proper sandhya with the Gayatri updesh of a good acharya. Third, from baglamukhi-jayanti, do the Samput path of the Saptashloki with that ekakshari bija, by the samput method on the channel, holding a copper lota of water with Gud, a few red or rose petals and a little rose ittar, praying that the house be fully bound, the dehri sealed, Bhairav ji's guard set on it, and any outside shakti that crosses it to do harm be destroyed and punished by him. A traditional Sabar Mantra with tantric pranav and bija, which he shared privately and does not give here, then sets the charged water in motion; it is poured on both sides of the dehleez, alongside the regular dehri pujan and the atta-deepak.
Is a Baliyari Vidhan needed at the Sandhi Kaal of Gupt Navratri?
There is no need to perform the Baliyari Vidhan at the Sandhi Kaal of Gupt Navratri, since the fasting rules and so on are not being kept in it and there is no need for it either. Its particular importance belongs to Sharadiya Navratri and Chaitra Navratri.
Lack of svadhyaya, and the habit of cutting away whatever is abused, is what makes Sanatanis abandon these subjects
He says he had already told the Telegram group and earlier lives that none of this is to be given up. The lack of study and svadhyaya, plus the mentality that when someone abuses us we begin cutting ourselves off from the thing being abused, has left Sanatanis, in his words, almost entirely uncomprehending.
On which tithi should Mahabhairav be worshipped?
The description there, he says, is that Bhagavan Shmashan Bhairav, Mahabhairav, having become present, and of the pujan of Bhagavan Mahabhairav — that on the tithi of Chaitra Shukla Chaturdashi the pujan of Bhagavan Mahabhairav should be performed.
An akhand jyot, a Chandi path and a samputit Chandi path are being arranged
The speaker says that as in Chaitra Navratri, when the akhand jyot sthapana was had done for many people and the video of it is on the channel showing with what grandeur it was done, the same kind of anushthan will take place this time as well. For those who wish to have the akhand jyot sthapana done, of mustard oil or of ghee, there is an arrangement; for those who wish to have the full nine days' Chandi path done there is an arrangement; and for those who wish to have the nine days' samputit Chandi path done there is an arrangement — but the arrangement is limited, since the capacity is of only two paths in a day. Those who come first will have it done.
No notes match "".