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Saptashati Chandika Dhyanam

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nama paradevatyai
mtarme madhukaiabhaghni
mahi apr pahrodyame

helnirjitadhmralocanavadhe he ca amu
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rdini

nie ktaraktabjadanuje
nitye niumbhpahe

umbhadhvasini saharu durita durge namaste.abike ||


a au
bhujg mahi asya mardin
saakhacakr araladhri m |
t divyayog sahajtavedas
durg sad ara amaha prapadye ||
mahi amastakanttavinodana
sphuara
anma inpuramekhal |

jananarak a amok avidhyin


jayatu umbhaniumbhani din ||
brahm kamalendusaumyavadan mhevar llay
kaumr ripudarpananakar cakryudh vai av
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vrh ghanaghoraghargharamukh da r ca vajryudh
cmu ga antharudrasahit rak antu m mtara ||
uddhatau madhukaiabhau
mahi sura ca nihatya ta

dhmralocanaca amu
aka

raktabjamukhca tn |
du aumbhaniumbhamardini
nanditmaravandite

vi apatrayatu
i bhadrakli namo.astu te ||

ikri

lak mpradnasamaye navavidrumbh


vidypradnasamaye aradinduubhrm |
vidve ivargavijaye.api tamlanl
dev trilokajanan ara a prapadye ||
candrahsa trila ca akhacakragadstath |
dhanurb a ca musala pigala mu imeva
ca ||

pkuamus hca
mudgara parau tath |

vajryudha ca kunta ca khavga
ca halyudham ||

t ra k urik mudr tomara pnaptrakam |


pa asa
da anga
ca kuntadantau tathaiva ca ||

darpa a rudrav ca bibhrad dvtriadostalm |


padmargaprabh dev blrkakira tmikm ||
raktavastrapardhn raktamlynulepanm |
daapdmbuj dev daama alapritm
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danan trinetr ca samunnatapayodharm |


eva dhyyenmahca
mahi suramardinm ||
sarvadridryaaman sarvadu khanivri m |
brahm amadhyajihv
t mahvaktrakarlinm ||

daashasradorda
nnastrstradhri m |
vicitryudhasannaddh vivarp ivtmikm ||
dnavntakar dev raktabjavadhodyatm |
raktavastradhar ca
bh a matibhairavm ||
sampr ayauvan lak m klik kamalnanm |
madhukaiabhasa
hartr mahi suramardinm ||

ca amu
sarvadaityani dinm |
airacchetr

raktabjasya sahartrmae surabhak i m ||


niumbhaumbhamathanmae yudhadhri m |
mahbrahm amlg
sarvbhara abh itm ||

vetlavhanr h sihavyghrdivhanm |
balihomapriy vande madhumajjopahri m ||
phalaruti
ya ida uynnitya
trisandhya ya pahennara

ako
ypahara

a rogadridryananam ||

sarvasiddhikara pu ya sarvakmaphalapradam |
bhaktnandakar dev parabrahmasvarpi m ||
tma daap
hasth
tripurmadhidevatm |

vande vivevar dev bhuktimuktiphalapradm ||


ida saptaatdhyna sarvarak kara n m
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rasa rasyana siddhyet guliknjanasiddhidam ||
pdukyugala siddhyet mantrasiddhikara n m
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saundaryarjasammnaputrapautrbhivardhanam ||
aivaryalbhavijayabhuktimuktipradyakam |
sad sannihit lak m ca ik
paradevatm ||

smarennitya prayatnena a mst prpyate phalam |


mahbhaypahara a atruk ayakara tath ||

acal riyampnoti sarvavydhivinanam |


ante svarga ca mok a ca satyameva na saaya ||
Amidst so many apparent dualities - dvaita/advaita, shUnyatA/brahman, spiritual/material etc., there is
one constant stream of light that seems to always bring balance - the grace of parAshakti.
A few months ago, as I advised a student to regularly recite durgA saptashatI, there seemed to be an inner
voice telling me to listen to my own advice. That night, after an excessive amount of time spent on the
Thokar Kriya, the dvAdashAkSharI mantra automatically transformed into chaNDikA navAkSharI and a
form of parAmbA appeared dazzling before the minds eye sporting thirty-two hands. The breath seemed
to disappear and the awe-inspiring form of ugra-chaNDA caused both joy and fear in my mind, the only
other time I experienced such fear was during the sAdhanA of vajravArAhI. The vision lasted for only a
few seconds but it seemed like an instruction from parAmbA to delve deep into saptashatI.
I made a sankalpa to recite saptashatI 1008 times and complete navalakSha japa of navArNa
mahAmantra. As always, the task was completed effortlessly thanks to the grace of shrI gurunAtha.
Having completed the final recitation on Friday, I decided to run to the park and indulge in a round or
two of Taiji (Wu-Hao is my preferred form). It was dark, and as I practiced alone in a large park under a
light (one never ever practices any internal daoist art in total darkness), I noticed a large white woman
slouching on a nearby bench. She held a bottle of alcohol in her hands and was staring at me with her
abnormally large eyes. For some reason, that drunk lady appeared to be verily the divine mother herself,
as mAtangI swaying with the bliss generated by madhu; as chaNDIkA who had consumed Asava to
generate sAttvika-krodha for the purpose of slaying tamorUpI pashu. She stared at me with her ruddy
eyes for a while and then said, who is that lady with you? I looked around and saw none. As I
contemplated whether to ignore her and leave the place, she said, she has many hands, she looks like an
angel - there was not much I could say but simply stare at the drunk woman. It is generally my habit to
dismiss such occurrences as unimportant and fanciful notions of a conditioned mind, but for once, I
decided to not do that and take it as a sign of blessing from the Mother. Several signs and visions that
followed for the next two days confirmed later that this was no apparition or aberration but indeed the
overflowing grace of parAmbA. Time and again, I continue to experience the reality of the statement kalau chaNDI-vinAyakau
namastripurasundaryai

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