{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/db/bk12ch07.htm","path":"hin/db/bk12ch07.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk12ch07.htm","text":"THE TWELFTH BOOK\nChapter VII\nOn the D\u00eeks\u00e2 vidhi or on the rules of Initiation\n1-3. N\u00e2rada said :-- I have heard the one thousand names or n\u00e2ma stotras equivalent in its fruits to S\u2019r\u00ee G\u00e2yatr\u00ee, highly potent in making a good fortune and tending to a splendid increase of the wealth and prosperity. Now I want to hear about how initiations in Mantrams are performed, without which nobody, be he a Br\u00e2hmin, a Ksattriya, a Vais\u2019ya or a S\u2019\u00fbdra, is entitled to have the Dev\u00ee Mantra. O Lord! Kindly describe the ordinary (S\u00e2m\u00e2nya) and the special (vis\u2019esa) rules thereof.\n4-41. N\u00e2r\u00e2yana said :-- O N\u00e2rada! Listen. I am now telling you about the rules of initiation (D\u00eeks\u00e2) of the disciples, pure in heart. When they are initiated, they become entitled then and not before that, to worship the Devas, the Fire and the Guru. That method of instruction, and religious act and ceremony is called the D\u00eeks\u00e2 (initiation) by which the Divine Knowledge is imparted; and at once flashes in the heart and mind of the initiated that Knowledge and all his sins are then destroyed. So the Pundits of the Vedas and the Tantras, say. (The Divine Knowledge is like lightning, fire, arising and permeating the body, mind, and spirit.) This D\u00eeks\u00e2 ought to be taken by all means. This gives excellent merits and pure results. Both the Guru and the S\u2019isya (disciple) ought to be very pure and true. (This is the first essential requisite. Then the results are instantaneous). First of all, the Guru is to perform all the morning duties, he is to take his bath and perform his Sandhy\u00e2 Vandanams. He is to return home from the banks of the river with his Kamandalu and observe maunam (silence). Then, in order to give D\u00eeks\u00e2, he is to enter into the assigned room (Y\u00e2ga Mandapa) and take his seat on an \u00c2sana that is excellent and calculated to please all. He is to perform \u00c2chanara and do Pr\u00e2n\u00e2y\u00e2ma. Then he should take water in his Arghya vessel and putting scents and flowers in that, charge that water with Phatk\u00e2ra mantra (that is, condense electricity Spirit in that). Then uttering the Phat mantra, he is to sprinkle the water on the doorways of the worshiproom and begin his P\u00fbj\u00e2. Firstly, on the top of the door at one end invoke the Deity Ganan\u00e2th\u00e2 by His mantra, at the other end invoke Sarasvat\u00ee by Her mantra and at the middle, invoke Laksm\u00ee Dev\u00ee by Her mantra duly and worship them, with flowers. Then, on the right side worship Gang\u00e2 and Bighnes\u2019a; and on the left side worship Ksettrap\u00e2la and Yamun\u00e2, the daughter of the Sun. Similarly, on the bottom of the door, worship the Astra Devat\u00e2 by the\nPhat mantra. Then consider the whole Mandapa as inspired with the presence of the Dev\u00ee, and see the whole place as pervaded by Her through and through. Then, repeat the Phat mantra and destroy the Celestial obstacles as well as those from the middle space (Antar\u00eeksa); strike the ground thrice with the left heel and thus destroy the Terrene obstacles. Then touching the left branch on the left side of the chouk\u00e2t, put the right foot forward and enter into the Mandapa. Then instal the S\u2019\u00e2nti Kumbha (the peace jar) and offer the ordinary Arghya (S\u00e2m\u00e2ny\u00e2rgha). Next worship the V\u00e2stun\u00e2tha and Padmayoni with flowers and \u00c2tapa rice and the Arghya water, on the south-west and then purify the Pancha Gavya. Next sprinkle all the Mandapa and the entrance gate with that Arghya water. And, while sprinkling with Arghya water, consider the whole space right through as inspired with the presence of the Dev\u00ee and repeat the M\u00fbla Mantra with devotion and sprinkle with Phat mantra. The Kart\u00e2, then, uttering the mantra \u201cPhat,\u201d is to drive away all the evils from the Mandapa and uttering the mantra \u201cH\u00fbm\u201d sprinkle water, all around, thus pacifying the atmosphere and bringing peace into the hearts of all present.\nThen burn the Dh\u00fbpa incense inside and scatter Vikira (water, sandal-paste, yava, ashes, Durba grass with roots, and \u00c2tapa rice). Then collect all these rice, etc., again with a broom made of Kus\u2019a grass to the north east corner of the Mandapa; making the Sankalpa and uttering Svasti v\u00e2chana (invocation of good), distribute and satisfy the poor and orphans with feeding, clothing and money. Then he should bow down to his own Guru and take his seat humbly on the soft \u00c2sanam allotted to him with his face eastwards and meditate on the Deity (\u00cesta Deva) of the mantra that is to be imparted to the disciple. After meditating thus, he is to do the Bh\u00fbta s\u2019\u00fbddhi (purification of elements) and perform Ny\u00e2sa, etc., of the Deya mantra (the mantra that is to be imparted to the disciple) according to the rules stated below, i.e., the Risi on the head; the chhandas in the mouth, the \u00cesta Devat\u00e2 in the heart, B\u00eeja on the anus and S\u2019akti Ny\u00e2sa on the two legs. Then he is to make sound thrice by the clap of his palm and thus thwart off all the evils of the earth and the middle space and then make digbandhan (tieing up the quarters) by the mudr\u00e2 chhotik\u00e2 three times (snapping the thumb and forefinger together ). Then perform the Pr\u00e2n\u00e2y\u00e2ma with the M\u00fbla mantra of the would-be-\u00cesta-Devat\u00e2 and do the M\u00e2trik\u00e2 Ny\u00e2sa in one\u2019s own body, thus :-- Om Am namah s\u2019irasi, Om \u00c2m namah on the face, Om Im namah on the right eye, Om \u00cem namah on the left eye, and so on, assign all the letters duly to their respective places. Then perform the Kar\u00e2nga Ny\u00e2sa on the fingers and the Sadanga Ny\u00e2sa thus :-- Speak: Om Hriday\u00e2ya namah, touching on the heart, utter Om S\u2019irase sv\u00e2h\u00e2, touching the head; Om\nS\u2019ikh\u00e2yai Vasat, touching the tuft; Om Kavach\u00e2ya H\u00fbm, touching on the Kavacha, \u201cOm netratray\u00e2ya Vausat,\u201d touching the eye, and \u201cOm Astr\u00e2ya Phat\u201d touching both the sides of the hand, the palm and its back. Then finish the Nay\u00e2sa by doing the Varnany\u00e2sa of the M\u00fbla mantra in those places that are said in the cognate kalpas (i.e., throat, heart, arms, legs, etc.).\nO N\u00e2rada! Next consider within your body the seat of an auspicious \u00c2sana (a seat) and make the Ny\u00e2sa of Dharma on the right side, J\u00f1\u00e2nam on the left side, of Vair\u00e2gyam (dispassion) on the left thigh, prosperity and wealth on the right thigh, of non-Dharma in the mouth and of Non-J\u00f1\u00e2nam on the left side, Avair\u00e2gyam (passion) on the navel, and poverty on the right side. Then think of the feet of the \u00c2sana (the body) as Dharma, etc., and all the limbs as Adharma (non-Dharma). In the middle of the \u00c2sana (body), i.e., in the heart consider Ananta Deva as a gentle bed and on that a pure lotus representing this universe of five elements. Then make Ny\u00e2sa of the Sun, Moon, and Fire on this lotus and think the Sun as composed of twelve Kal\u00e2s (digits) the Moon composed of sixteen Kal\u00e2s (digits) and the Fire as composed of ten Kal\u00e2s. Over this make Ny\u00e2sa of S\u00e2ttva, R\u00e2ja and T\u00e2mo Gunas, \u00c2tm\u00e2, Antar\u00e2tm\u00e2, Param\u00e2tm\u00e2 and J\u00f1\u00e2n\u00e2tm\u00e2 and then think of this as his \u00cesta\u2019s altar where the devotee is to meditate on his \u00cesta Devat\u00e2, the Highest Mother. Ny\u00e2sa-assignment of the various parts of the body to different deities which is usually accompanied with prayers and corresponding gesticulations. Next the devotee is to perform the mental worship of the Deya Mantra Devat\u00e2 according to the rules of his own Kalpa; next he is to show all the Mudr\u00e2s, stated in the Kalpa for the satisfaction of the Deva. The Devas become very pleased when all these Mudr\u00e2s are shown to them.\n42-46. O N\u00e2rada! Now, on one\u2019s left side, erect an hectagon; inside it a circular figure; inside this again a square and then draw within that square a triangle and over it show the S\u2019ankha Mudr\u00e2. After finishing the P\u00fbj\u00e2 of the Six Deities at the six corners of the hectagon, Fire, etc., take the tripod of the S\u2019ankha (conch-shell) and sprinkling it with Phat mantra, place it within the triangle. Utter, then, the Mantra \u201cMam Vahniman dal\u00e2ya Das\u2019a Kal\u00e2tmane Amuka Devy\u00e2 Arghyap\u00e2trasth\u00e2n\u00e2ya namah\u201d and thus worshipping the S\u2019\u00e2nkhya vessel place it within the mandala. Then worship in the S\u2019ankha p\u00e2tra, the ten Kal\u00e2s of Fire, beginning from the East, then south-east and so on. Sprinkle the S\u2019ankha, conchshell, with the M\u00fbla Mantra and meditating on it, place the S\u2019ankha (conch shell) on the tripod. Repeating the mantra \u201cAm S\u00fbrya mandal\u00e2ya Dvadas\u2019akal\u00e2tmane Amukodevy\u00e2\nArghyap\u00e2tr\u00e2ya namah\u201d worship in the Arghyap\u00e2tra S\u2019ankha, sprinkle water in the S\u2019ankha with the Mantra \u201cSam S\u2019ankhya namah.\u201d Worship in due order the twelve Kal\u00e2s of the Sun Tapin\u00ee, T\u00e2pin\u00ee, Dh\u00fbmr\u00e2, etc., utter the fifty syllables of the M\u00e2trik\u00e2 in an inverse order (i.e., beginning, see the S\u00e2rad\u00e2 Tilaka, with Ksam, Ham, Sam, Sam, S\u2019am, etc.,) and repeating the M\u00fbla Mantra also in an inverse order, fill the S\u2019ankha, three-fourths, with water. Next perform in it the Ny\u00e2sa of Chandrakal\u00e2 and uttering the Mantra \u201cUm Soma mandal\u00e2ya Sodas\u2019akal\u00e2tmane Amukademt\u00e2y\u00e2 Arghy\u00e2-mrit\u00e2ya namah,\u201d worship in this conchshell. Next with Ankus\u2019a mudr\u00e2, invoke all the t\u00eerthas there, repeating the Mantra \u201cGange Cha Yamune chaiva, etc.,\u201d and repeat eight times the M\u00fbla Mantra (the basic Mantra). Then perform the S\u2019adamga Ny\u00e2sa in the water and with the Mantra \u201cHrid\u00e2 namah, etc.,\u201d worship and, repeating eight times the M\u00fbla Mantra, cover it with Matsyamundr\u00e2. Next place on the right side of the S\u2019ankha, the Proksan\u00ee P\u00e2tra (the Kos\u2019\u00e2 vessel from which water is taken for sprinkling) and put a little water in it. By this water sprinkle and purify all the articles of worship as well as one\u2019s own body and consider one\u2019s \u00c2tman as pure and holy.\n47-81. After doing works thus far the until Vis\u2019es\u00e2rghya is placed, the devotee should erect Sarvato bhadra mandala within the altar and put the S\u2019\u00e2li rice within its pericarp. Next spread Kus\u2019a grass on that Mandala and put on one Kurcha, looking well and auspicious within it, made of twenty-seven Kus\u2019a grass knotted with Venyagra granthi. Worship here the \u00c2dh\u00e2ra S\u2019akti, Prakriti, K\u00fbrma, S\u2019esa, Ksam\u00e2, Sudh\u00e2sindhu, Manimandala, Kalpa vriksa and \u00cesta devat\u00e2 and the P\u00eetha. (Durg\u00e2 Dev\u00ee yoga p\u00eeth\u00e2ya namah). Then have an entire kumbha (waterjar) having no defect, wash it inside with Phat mantra, and encircle it with the red thread thrice as symbolising the three Gunas. Place within this jar the Nava ratna (nine jewels) with Kurcha and worshipping it with scents and flowers put them in the jar repeating the Pranava, and place that on the P\u00eetha (seat). Next consider the P\u00eetha and Kumbha (waterjar) as one and the same and pour waters from the T\u00eerthas, repeating in an inverse order the M\u00e2trik\u00e2 Varnas (from Ksa to Ka) and fill it, thinking of the \u00cesta Deva and repeating the basic mantra, put the new and fresh twigs (Pallavas) of As\u2019vattha, Panasa and mango trees, etc., in the jar and cover its mouth and place over it fruits, rice, and chasaka (honey) and wrap it with two red cloths. Then perform the Pr\u00e2na-Pratisth\u00e2 and invoke the Spirit of the Dev\u00ee by the Pr\u00e2nasth\u00e2pana Mantra and show the Mudr\u00e2s, \u00c2v\u00e2hana, etc., and thus satisfy the Dev\u00ee. Then do the Sodas\u2019opach\u00e2ra P\u00fbj\u00e2 of the Dev\u00ee after me-\nditating on the Parames\u2019var\u00ee according to the rules of the Kalpa.\nFirst offer \u201cwelcome\u201d in front of the Dev\u00ee and then duly offer the P\u00e2dya, Arghya, \u00c2chaman\u00eeya water, Madhuparka, and oils, etc., for the bath. Then offer nice red silken clothes and various jewels, ornaments; repeating the M\u00e2trik\u00e2 syllables electrified with the Deya Mantra, worship the whole body of the Dev\u00ee with scents and flowers. Next offer to the Dev\u00ee the sweet scent of Kal\u00e2guru mixed with camphor and the K\u00e2s\u2019m\u00eeri sandalpaste mixed with Kast\u00fbr\u00ee and various nice scented flowers, for example, the Kunda flowers, etc. Then offer the Dh\u00fbpa prepared from Aguru, Guggula, Us\u2019\u00eera, sandalpaste, sugar, and honey and know that the Dh\u00fbpa is very pleasing to the Dev\u00ee. Next offer various lights and offerings of fruits, vegetables and fooding. Be particular to sprinkle everything with the water of the Kos\u00e2, thus purifying, before it is offered to the Dev\u00ee. Then complete the Anga P\u00fbj\u00e2, and the \u00c2varana-P\u00fbj\u00e2 of the Dev\u00ee, then perform the duty of Vais\u2019vadeva. On the right side of the Dev\u00ee erect an altar (sthandila) six feet square and instal Agni (Fire) there. Invoke there the Deity, thinking of Her Form and worship Her with scents and flowers. Then with the Vy\u00e2rhiti Mantra with Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 prefixed and M\u00fbla (Deya) Mantra perform the Homa ceremony with oblations, charu and ghee, twenty five times. Next perform Homa again with Vy\u00e2rhiti. Next worship the Dev\u00ee with scents, etc., and consider the Dev\u00ee and P\u00eetha Devat\u00e2 as one and the same. Then take leave of (visarjana) the Agni (Fire). Offer valis (sacrifices) all round to the P\u00e2rs\u2019vadas of the Dev\u00ee with the remnant charu of the Homa.\nNow again worship the Dev\u00ee with five offerings and offer betel, umbrella, ch\u00e2mara and others and repeat the M\u00fbla mantra thousand times. After finishing the Japam, place Karkar\u00ee (a water-jar with small holes at the bottom, as in a sieve) on the rice in the north-eastern corner and invoke the Dev\u00ee there and worship Her. Uttering the mantra \u201cRaksa Raksa\u201d moisten the place with water coming out of Karkar\u00ee, and repeat the Phat mantra. After re-worshipping the Dev\u00ee, place Karkar\u00ee in due position. Thus the Guru finishes the Adhiv\u00e2sa (foregoing) ceremony and takes his meals with the disciple and sleeps that night on that altar.\n82-106. O N\u00e2rada! Now I am describing briefly about the Homa Kunda (a round hole in the ground consecrated to the Deity) and the Samsk\u00e2ra ceremony of the Sthandila (the sacrificial altar). Uttering, first, the M\u00fbla Mantra, see, fix your gaze on the Kunda; then sprinkle it with water and the Phat mantra and drive away the evil-spirits from there. Then with mantra \u201cH\u00fbm\u201d again sprinkle it with water.\nThen draw within it three lines Pr\u00e2gagra and Udagagra (on the eastern and northern sides). Sprinkling it with water and the Pranava, worship within the P\u00eetha, uttering the mantras from \u00c2dh\u00e2ra S\u2019aktaye namah to Amuka Dev\u00ee Yoga P\u00eeth\u00e2ya namah. Invoke, in that P\u00eetha, the Highest One, Who is S\u2019iva S\u2019iv\u00e2 with all one-ness of heart and worship Her with scents and offerings. Then think for a moment the Dev\u00ee as having taken bath and as one with S\u2019ankara. Bring then fire in a vessel and taking a flaming piece thereof throw that in the south-west corner. Then purifying it by the gaze and quitting the portions of Kravy\u00e2dah, impart the Chaitanya by \u201cRam,\u201d the Vahniv\u00eeja repeat \u201cOm\u201d over it seven times. Shew, then, the Dhenumudr\u00e2 and protect it by Phat K\u00e2ra and cover, veil, it with the mantra \u201cH\u00fbm.\u201d Then turn the fire, thus worshipped with sandalpaste, etc., thrice over the Kunda and with both the knees on the ground and repeating the Pranava, consider the Agni as the V\u00eerya of S\u2019iva and throw it on the yoni of the Dev\u00ee in the P\u00eetha. Then offer \u00c2chamana, etc., to the Deva and the Dev\u00ee and worship. Then light the flame with the mantra \u201cChit Pingala Hana Hana Daha Daha Pacha Pacha Sarvaj\u00f1\u00e2 J\u00f1\u00e2paya Sv\u00e2h\u00e2.\u201d Then utter the stotra to the Agni Deva with great love, repeating the mantra \u201cAgnim Prajvalitam vande J\u00e2tavedam Hut\u00e2s\u2019anam suvarna varnamamalam samiddham Visvatomukham.\u201d Then perform the Sadamgany\u00e2sa to the Agni Deva \u201cOm Sahasr\u00e2rchchise namah, Om Svasti P\u00fbrn\u00e2ya Sv\u00e2h\u00e2,\u201d \u201cOm Uttistha purus\u00e2ya vasat,\u201d \u201cOm Dh\u00fbma vy\u00e2pine H\u00fbm Om Sapta Jihv\u00e2ya vausat\u201d \u201cOm Dhanur dhar\u00e2ya Phat.\u201d Repeating the above six mantras, perform the Ny\u00e2sa on the heart, etc., the six places. Now meditate on the Agni as of a golden colour, three-eyed, seated on a lotus and holding in His four hands signs of granting boons, S\u2019akti, Svastika and sign of \u201cno fear,\u201d also meditate on Agni, as the seat of the greatest auspiciousness. Then moisten the Kunda on the top of the belt (mekhal\u00e2) with water. Next spread the Kus\u2019a grass all around and draw the Agni yantra over it, i.e., triangle, hectagon, circle, eight-petalled figure and Bh\u00fbpura; rather have this drawing before the Agnisth\u00e2pan\u00e2. Now meditate this only. Then, within the Yantra, recite \u201cVais\u2019v\u00e2nara J\u00e2taveda Lohit\u00e2ksa sarvakarm\u00e2ni S\u00e2dhaya Sv\u00e2h\u00e2\u201d and worship Agni. Then worship in the centre and in the hectagon at the corners worship the Saptajihv\u00e2 (seven tongues Hiranya, Gagan\u00e2, Rakt\u00e2, Krisn\u00e2, Suprabh\u00e2, Bahur\u00fbp\u00e2, Atiraktik\u00e2) and next worship within the pericarp of the lotus the Anga Devat\u00e2s. Then recite the following mantras within the eight petals :-- \u201cOm Agnaye J\u00e2tavedase namah,\u201d \u201c Om Agnaye Saptajihv\u00e2ya namah,\u201d \u201c Om Agnaye Havyav\u00e2han\u00e2ya\nnamah,\u201d \u201cOm Agnaye As\u2019vodaraj\u00e2ya namah,\u201d \u201cOm Agnaye Vais\u2019v\u00e2nar\u00e2ya namah,\u201d \u201cOm Agnaye Kaum\u00e2ra tejase namah,\u201d \u201cOm Agnaye Vis\u2019vamukh\u00e2ya namah,\u201d \u201cOm Agnaye Devamukh\u00e2ya namah\u201d and considering the forms to hold S\u2019akti and Svastik, worship them. Then consider Indra and the other Lokap\u00e2las (Regents of the several quarters) situated in the east, south-east, and so on together with their weapons, the thunderbolt and the other weapons, and thus worship them.\n107-134. O N\u00e2rada! Next purify the sacrificial ladles, etc., sruk, sruva, etc., and ghee; then, taking ghee by sruva, go on with the Homa ceremony. Divide the ghee of the \u00c2jyasth\u00e2l\u00ee (the vessel in which the ghee for the Homa purposes is kept) in three parts; take ghee from the right side and saying \u201cOm Agnaye Sv\u00e2h\u00e2\u201d offer oblations on the right eye of the Agni; take ghee from the left side and saying \u201cOm Som\u00e2ye Sv\u00e2h\u00e2\u201d offer oblations on the left eye of the Agni; take ghee from the centre and saying, \u201cOm Agnisom\u00e2bhy\u00e2m Sv\u00e2h\u00e2,\u201d offer oblations on the central eye of the Agni. Take ghee again from the right side and saying \u201cOm Agnaye Svistakrite Sv\u00e2h\u00e2\u201d offer oblations to the mouth of the Agni. Then the devotee is to repeat \u201cOm Bhuh Sv\u00e2h\u00e2,\u201d \u201cOm Bhuvah Sv\u00e2h\u00e2,\u201d \u201cOm Svah Sv\u00e2h\u00e2\u201d and offer thrice the oblations; next he is to offer oblations thrice with the Agni mantra. After this, O Muni! for impregnation and each of the ten Samsk\u00e2ras, natal-ceremony, tonsure, etc., he is to repeat the Pranava Mantra and offer the eight oblations of ghee on each occasion. Now hear of the tenfold Samsk\u00e2ras :-- (1) Impregnation, (2) Pumsavan (a ceremony performed as soon as a woman perceives the foetus to be quick), (3) S\u00eemantonnayana (a ceremony observed by women in the fourth, sixth or the eighth month of pregnancy), (4) J\u00e2ta Karma (ceremony at the birth of a child), (5) N\u00e2makarana, (naming the child), (6) Niskr\u00e2mana (a ceremony performed when a new-born child is first taken out of the house into the open air usually in the fourth month), (7) Annapr\u00e2s\u2019ana (when the rice is put in the mouth of the child), (8) Ch\u00fbd\u00e2karana (the ceremony of the first tonsure), (9) Upanayana (holding the sacrificial thread; (10) God\u00e2na and Udv\u00e2ha (gift of cows and marriage). These are stated in the Vedas. Next worship S\u2019iva P\u00e2rvat\u00ee, the Father and the Mother of Agni and take leave of them. Next in the name of Agni, offer five Samidhas (fuel) soaked in ghee and offer one oblation of ghee to each of the \u00c2varana Devat\u00e2s.\nThen take the ghee by the S\u2019ruk and covering it with the S\u2019ruva, offer ten oblations to Agni, and Mah\u00e2 Ganes\u2019a with mantras ending in Vausat,\nThe Mah\u00e2 Ganes\u2019a mantras run as follows :-- (1) Om, Om Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 (2) Om S\u2019r\u00eem Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (3) Om S\u2019r\u00eem Hr\u00eem Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (4) Om S\u2019r\u00eem Hr\u00eem Kl\u00eem Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (5) Om S\u2019r\u00eem Hr\u00eem Kl\u00eem Glaum Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (6) Om S\u2019r\u00eem Hr\u00eem Kl\u00eem Glaum Gam Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (7) Om S\u2019r\u00eem Hr\u00eem Kl\u00eem Glaum ityantah Gam Ganapataye Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (8) Om Vara Varada ityantah Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, (9) Sarvajanam me Vas\u2019am ityanto Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 and (10) \u00c2naya Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 ityantah.\nNext perform in the Agni the P\u00eetha P\u00fbj\u00e2 and meditate on the Deya \u00cestadeva and worship him. Next offer twenty-five oblations to his face, repeating the M\u00fbla Mantra. Then think of that and Agni Deva as one and the same, and then again as one with \u00c2tman. Then offer oblations to each of the Sadamga Devat\u00e2s separately. Then search for the N\u00e2dis (veins) of Vahni and \u00cesta Devat\u00e2 and offer twenty one oblations. Then offer oblations to each of the two Devat\u00e2s separately. Next offer one thousand and eight oblations to the \u00cesta Deva with Til soaked in ghee or with the materials enumerated in the Kalpa. O Muni! Thus finishing the Homa ceremony, consider that the \u00cesta Deva (the Dev\u00ee), Agni and the \u00c2varana Deities are all satisfied. Then, by the command of the Guru, the disciple is to take his bath and perform his Sandhy\u00e2, etc., and put on new clothes (cloth and ch\u00e2dar) and golden ornaments. He is to come then, to the Kunda with Kamandalu in his hand and with a pure heart. He is to bow down to the elders and superiors seated in the assembly and take his seat in his \u00c2sana. S\u2019r\u00ee Guru Deva then would look at the disciple with kind eyes and think the Chaitanya of the disciple within his own (the Guru\u2019s) body. Then the Guru Deva would perform the Homa and look at the disciple with a divine gaze, so that the disciple becomes pure-hearted and able to get the favours of the Devas. Thus the Guru must purify all the Adhvas (the passages) of the body of the disciple.\nThen the Guru is to touch respectively the feet, generative organ, navel, heart, forehead, and the head of the disciple with K\u00fbrcha (a bundle of Kus\u2019a grass) and til soaked in ghee, in his left hand and offer at each touch eight oblations, repeating the mantra \u201cOm adya S\u2019isyasya Kal\u00e2dhv\u00e2nam S\u2019odhay\u00e2mi Sv\u00e2h\u00e2, etc.\u201d Thus the Guru would purify Kal\u00e2dhva (in the feet) Tattv\u00e2dhva (in the generative organ), Bh\u00fbvan\u00e2dhva (in the navel), Varn\u00e2dhva (in the heart), Pad\u00e2dhva (in the fore-head) and Mantr\u00e2dhva (on the head), the six Adhv\u00e2s and think these all to be dissolved in Brahm\u00e2 (Brahmal\u00eena).\n135-155. Then, again, the Guru would think all these to be re-born from Brahm\u00e2 and transfer the Chaitanya of the disciple that was in him to the disciple. Then the Guru must offer P\u00fbrn\u00e2huti and consider\nthe \u00cesta Devat\u00e2, placed in the fire by the visarjana mantra for the Homa purposes, as entered into the water-jar. He is to perform again the Vy\u00e2rhiti Homa and offer all the Amg\u00e2hutis (oblations to all the limbs) of the fire and take leave of the fire withdrawing the Deity from the jar, into his own body. Uttering then the Vausat Mantra he would tie the eyes of the disciple with a piece of cloth and would bring him from the Kunda to the mandala and make the disciple offer pusp\u00e2njali (flowers in his palm) to the \u00cesta deva. Then he would take away the bandage or piece of cloth from his eyes and ask him to take his seat in the seat Kus\u00e2sana. Thus the Guru, after having purified the elements of the body of the disciple and performed the Ny\u00e2sa of the Deya Mantra, would make the disciple sit in another mandala. Then he would touch the head of the disciple with the twigs (Pallavas) of the Kunda and repeat the M\u00e2trik\u00e2 Mantra and make him have his bath with the water of the jar which is considered as the seat of the \u00cesta Deva. Then, for the protection of the disciple, he would sprinkle (abhiseka) him with the water of the Vardhani vessel placed already in the north-east corner. Then the disciple would get up and put on the pair of new clothes and besmear his whole body with ashes and sit close by the Guru. When the merciful Guru would consider that the S\u2019iva S\u2019akti has now passed out of his own body and that Divine Force, the Dev\u00ee, has entered into the body of the disciple, i.e., charged the disciple with the pass. Thinking now the disciple and the Devat\u00e2 to be one and the same, the Guru would now worship the disciple with flowers and scents. The Guru would then place his right hand on the head of the disciple and repeat clearly in his right ear the Mah\u00e2 Mantra of the Mah\u00e2 Dev\u00ee . The disciple is to repeat also the Mah\u00e2 Mantra one hundred and eight times and fall prostrate on the ground before the Guru and thus bow down to the Guru, whom the disciple now thinks as the incarnate of the Deva.\nThe disciple, the devotee of the Guru, would now give as a Daksin\u00e2 all his wealth and property for his whole life to the Guru. Then he would give Daksin\u00e2 to the priests and make charities to the virgins; the Br\u00e2hmanas, the poor and the destitute and the orphans. Here he is not to be miserly in any way in the expenditure. O N\u00e2rada! Thus the disciple would consider himself blessed and he would daily remain engaged in repeating the Mah\u00e2 Mantra. Thus I have described to you above\nThe most excellent D\u00eeks\u00e2. Thinking all these, you are to remain ever engaged in worshipping the lotus feet of the Great Dev\u00ee. There is no Dharma higher than this in this world for the Br\u00e2hmanas. The followers of the Vedas would impart this Mantra according to the rules stated respectively in their own Grihya S\u00fbtras; and the T\u00e2ntrikas\nwould also do the same according to their own Tantras. The Vaidiks should not follow the Tantra rules and the Tantriks are not to follow the Vaidik rules. Thus all the S\u2019\u00e2stras say. And this is the San\u00e2tan Creed. N\u00e2r\u00e2yana said :-- O N\u00e2rada! I have described all about the ordinary D\u00eeks\u00e2 that you questioned me. Now the essence in brief is this that you would remain always merged in worshipping the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti, the Highest Force, the Mah\u00e2 Dev\u00ee. What more shall I say than this that I have got the highest pleasure and the Nirv\u00e2na, the peace, that passeth all understanding, from my daily worshipping That Lotus Feet duly. Vedavy\u00e2sa said :-- O Mah\u00e2r\u00e2ja! O Janamejayan! After having said this D\u00eeks\u00e2tattva, the highest Yogi Bhagav\u00e2n N\u00e2r\u00e2yana, meditated by the Yogis, closed his eyes and remained merged in Sam\u00e2dhi, in the meditation of the Lotus Feet of the Dev\u00ee.\nKnowing this Highest Tattva, N\u00e2rada, the chief of the Risis, bowed down at the feet of the Great Guru N\u00e2r\u00e2yana and went away immediately to perform the tapasy\u00e2 so that he also might see the Mah\u00e2 Dev\u00ee.\nHere ends the Seventh Chapter of the Twelfth Book on the D\u00eeks\u00e2 vidhi or on the rules of Initiation in the Mah\u00e2pur\u00e2nam S\u2019r\u00ee Mad Dev\u00ee Bh\u00e2gavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vy\u00e2sa.","title":"The Devi Bhagavatam: The Twelfth Book: Chapter 7","type":"page"}