Pt. Sanjay Rath

Śrī Mātre Namaḥ Obeisances to Mother.

There are many mantra in the sacred literature which have tremendous potential, but some of these mantra stand head above shoulders over others not only because of their potential but because they have the power to remove all blemish related to the proper performance of other mantras, puja, Yantra or spiritual practices. These are the prasiddha mantra of the devatā. Many people claim that they regularly recite the Durgā Saptashati (Devi Mahatmya) and the Lalita Sahasranama. Sometimes even the best pundits fail to observe all the rites with the devotion and perfection required in these texts. A warning comes in the form of a near and dear one falling ill. The illness normally comes to the one living near or one close to heart and a good astrologer can decipher the indications. When it comes to Durgā Saptasathi or Lalita Sahasranama, the governing planet is Venus which shows spouse, daughters and ladies at home or female relations and friends.

There is a well recorded episode of the priest of a new Durgā temple in Andhra Pradesh who had come to the Kanchi Kamakoti Pithadhipati - Shankaracharya Sri Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswati Maharaj, with prasad (food offering) from the temple after performing his daily recitation of the Durgā Saptasathi. He said, “Your Holiness, I have recited Saptashati 108 times and brought you this Prasadam. Please accept it and bless me.” Sri Chandrasekhara Swami gazed at him momentarily and asked, “How is your daughter?” The startled priest replied, “She is not well and has been suffering from epileptic fits these days.”
Sri Chandrasekhara Swami told him, “Without Navakshari you have been chanting the Saptashati. Your past good karma has resulted in your coming her by the grace of Sri Sarada Mata. Receive the Navakshari mantra from Sri Srikantha Shastri and recite it 100,000 times before you resume chanting of the Saptashati.”

This Durgā [Chamunda] mantra is a blessing for anyone to recite before they do any Durgā sādhanā.

Navakshari Mantra: aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ camuṇḍāyai viccai
Please note that there are no Namah or Svaha or such words and the mantra is exactly as given above.
The Yantra is a visual representation of the mantra for concentration when the mantra is recited initially.

This is one of the most auspicious tithi for starting new things as it is a moment of time when the Sun and Moon are exalted. It falls on the third day of the month of Vaishakha when the Sun is exalted in Aries and the Moon should, in ideal circumstances, also be exalted in Taurus. Sometimes, like today the Moon has moved over to Gemini early showing that the tritiya tithi prevailed for a short while at sunrise.
Why not the previous or next Tithi?
Dvitiya the second lunar day, is not chosen as it is the dagdha (combustion) tithi of the Sun while caturthi the fourth lunar day, is meant for worshipping Ganesha to get over the sins of laughing at others or other ego related issues that stand in the way of true knowledge. It was on a caturthi that the Moon God Chandra laughed at Ganesha, and got cursed to wax and wane. So Ganesha is worshipped on caturthi.
Deity
Every tithi personifies a deity and tritiya is ruled by Gouri, the divine mother personifying the sustenance of everything that is created. Food is the finest offering to the mother. On this day the akshaya patra (vessel used for worshiping the Sun, Moon and Gouri) are to be filled with rice that is used for offering so that food never finishes in this world. This was Krishna’s blessing to Draupadi, the gift of the askhaya patra. We too can imbibe such great values in our lives and make an offering of food to any person, community or temple where we want the food to continuously exist. Some sources list Vishnu as the deity of this tithi, but that is new thinking. Dvadashi is the tithi for Vishnu worship and not tritiya.
Mantras
This is a good day to start mantras that are related to food and such things which we take for granted but which we need every day.
Simple Gouri mantra: om hrīṁ gouryai namaḥ
To Do: Call our mother and talk to her. She is the manifestation of Gouri Devi for us, as she was the first to feed us and our first source of food. It is with her blessings and love that we continue to get food for the rest of our lives. Thank the source and we have thanked God.

Ucchista Ganesha is the favorite of those who seek initiation as the word ucchista means that which has been touched by the lips, and words/sound touches the lips of the guru before it comes to the ears of the shishya. There are some spelling errors in the sanskrit like vaahana instead of vahana etc. I don;t have the patience to correct it here. kindly bear
About Ucchista Ganapati

This is the dancing form of Ganesha and the meditation etc, visualize Ganeha in a rather jovial, compromising mood. Ucchista Ganesha is worshipped to remove domestic disharmony and the relationship with spouse is improved. All sorts of troubles with in-laws etc vanish and the family gets together and lives happily. For the last two decades we have advised the placing of a statue of dancing Ganesha (idol) near the headstand of the bed and the relationship between couples has improved. Marriages which were on the verge of breakdown have smoothened out in a most miraculous manner.
|| Ucchista Ganapati dhyana ||

|| Asta Siddhi mantra ||


The eight great supernatural strengths that cause a person to achieve much beyond normal human abilities are also given by Sri Ucchista Ganapati. Sri Krishnamurti, the famous South Indian astrologer and inventor of the Krishnamurti Paddhati (KP System) was an ardent devotee of Sri Ucchista Ganapati.

|| Vahana mantra ||

Thereafter the Mouse representing the vehicle of obstacles (due to fall in Dharma) is worshipped with the following mantra. A fall in dharma is the cause of troubles in marriage, corruption of women etc.:

|| Japa mantra||

Thereafter place a 108-bead hakki rosary on the neck of Ücchista Ganapati (idol) or offering this on a framed picture, and using sphaöika (crystal) rosary for counting, the Ücchista Ganapati mantra is recited. This mantra gives siddhi and great occult powers. It is vital that the mantras given below should be properly checked and the most suitable one be prescribed.

Some of the Japa mantra have been given here. The rules of mantra shastra should be strictly followed in choosing the mantra and the various tests should be done. Choose one mantra based on the position of Ketu and Sun in the chart.
Navarna mantra

Dasakshari mantras


Dvadasakshari mantra

Mala mantra

Meaning of mantra

Meaning of the mantra is revealed at the time of initiation of the mantra by the appropriate Guru. However, a discussion on this subject had occured and we reproduce relevant extracts of the letters that will bring out the meaning of the mantra.
First try to understand the dual role of Ketu in any chart, especially when Ketu is placed in the 12th house. In simple words, MARRIAGE IS A CURSE. Now, you have already seen how this has befallen your destiny, not once but more than that. So, when you come to me, I have to give results, and in this terrible Kali Yuga, I will not advise you to fall at the feet of your spouse or any other lady, but will teach you to fight strong. There is a nice saying “all’s fair in love and war", and so, I gave you this mantra for ending war and bringing some peace at home. The house which would seem like a haunted house with the in-laws becoming out-laws needs to be first cleared of all demonesses and evils that possess your spouses, not once but again and again. The present action has shown that Ketu has again proved to be stronger in the 12th and its other role of ‘kulasya unnatim’ or continuity of lineage has been forgotten. Ketu indicates that a mistake shall be made and that is how the upadesa (advise) is lost.
In fact the dhyana for the mantra is far more interesting and has something to do with marriage, sexuality etc. You can read this from mantra-mahodadhih as I am not going to teach you that. Perhaps it is a prayer to the delighted and happy Ganapati who has just got married (to help you also in the same manner)..to write (or rewrite) your destiny with some sweetness and the fragrance of love and affection; perhaps it is also a prayer to drive away the demoness(es) called Pisachi’s which possess a woman in her periods so that you may not have to face their wrath…perhaps. hasti refers to the elephant headed Ganesha.
Pisacha, as used in the Veda refers to a class of demons that cause PASSION and ignis fatuus. They were classified along with the Asuras or those who control the actions AT NIGHT. Pisachi is a kind of SHE-DEVIL that has a great fondness for fighting and picking fights at the slightest pretext. Now, all these hints should tell you what the mantra aims at.
While the word ‘Likhe‘ is quite well known to all and sundry as meaning to scratch or write, what is of less knowledge is its meaning of ‘Uniting with a female’ or its meaning of coming together of heavenly bodies. Perhaps it is a mantra to unite an elephant headed person who refuses to budge from his tapasya with a female whose anger and passion are impossible to control.”

Best remedy for students…draw one yourself

The Ganesha yantra is drawn based on the teachings of Sri Narada in the ‘Ganesha dvadasanama stotra’. The twelve petal lotus is symbolic of the heart lotus and the door of this heart lotus is guarded by Ganesha. This is a miraculous yantra and is used for various purposes.

1. Students aspiring to do well in their examinations and studies should make eight copies of this yantra (jyotish - eight copies for each of the 8 chara karaka) and offer them to eight brahmana (priests/teachers) for three consecutive Thursdays along with 21 yellow laddoo (sweets).

2. A spiritual aspirant hoping for siddhi of any mantra should visit a temple of the mantra devta (deity associated with the mantra) and offer this yantra to the deity on the days considered auspicious for the purpose.

3. Spiritual aspirants aiming to achieve perfection in Yoga and shastra should visit a Shiva temple on Monday and offer this yantra at the Shiva Linga.

4. Spiritual aspirants aiming for moksha (emancipation) shoulod offer this yantra on Thursdays at a Vishnu temple.

5. Businessmen should offer this yantra on Wednesdays at a temple to Lakshmi or Ganesha for wealth and success in their business enterprise respectively.
badhak damana mantras

The mantras associated with the Ganesha Yantra have been taught in Mantra Mahodadhih of Mahidhara. The damana (supression) bija (phoneme) is suffixed to these twelve names of Ganesha to obtain the badhak damana mantras. These mantras remove all obstacles and ensure that the work is completed successfully. These mantras have the krodha (anger) vija (huM) suffixed to the name of Ganesha associated with the 12 signs. Depending on the sign where the badhaka planet or other evil is indicated, the mantra is recited to overcome the evil.

Some also recommend Ganesha vija gaM or glauM to be prefixed to the mantra.

In this mantra, the Ganesha Bija ‘gaM’ is stationed between two Shakti Pranava (i.e. Shakti Bijakshara) ‘hrIM’. This results in complete protection from the evils of the seventh house. This mantra is used for removing problems pertaining to marriage, relationships as well as business enterprise. Visualise baby Ganesha is held in the hands of Durga (His mother) and is being protected from the evil eye [of Saturn].
Jyotish Teaching
The evil thoughts and energies of the seventh house are transferred to the third house of Parakrama and the mantra devata sits in the eleventh house of gains. This mantra can give achievement of all objectives. The mantra has seven words and fifteen syllables.

Experience
This is my favorite mantra for worshipping Lord Ganesha. It removes evil eye and all kinds of Saturn drishti badhaka, vashikaran and black magic. This mantra has been used to save a lady from the clutches of a mad man who had used black magic to seduce her into hating her spouse and children.