Navaratri Six: Katyayani - Aspect of Mother Kali
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Mantras: Number 541-648 in the 700 Names of Divine Mother
Navaratri Six Begins at Sunset on October 2 and ends at sunset on October 3.
Monday morning Fire Ceremony is dedicated for the intentions of those who are struggling financially right now--that their resources are plenty with the fear and worry eliminated.
Om Shri Maha Laksmi Namah
Gratitude and Appreciation to All of You!
Happy Navaratri!

LAKSHMI: The second three days are devoted to Lakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity, wife of Vishnu; it is a time of preservation and taking care of things or acquiring what is necessary to make your life full of prosperity and fulfillment. This is about receiving the proper things you need to make your life happy and comfortable.


To bring something truly special into your life you may consider saying this prayer to Shri Lakshmi each day for 30 days. The requests for cows, horses, and servants can be updated to the needs of modern day life (unless you live on a farm and this is your need.) This is considered to be one of the most powerful prayers to Lakshmi:


(You can listen to it here, with English subtitles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vd6xbQDTYs
the vibration of sound is the key in Sanskrit language.)

Shri Sukta
O Jatavada! Bring Lakshmi (the Goddess of Wealth) of golden color to me, (bring her to me) who is remover of sins, who is (resplendent) with her garlands of (lotuses of) gold and silver, who is the source of pleasure like the moon (for the universe) and who possesses a lot of (wealth) gold, etc.(1)

O Jataveda! Bring me that Lakshmi who will not ever desert me and by whose grace I may get gold, cows, horses and sons together with other descendants. (2)

I invoke Goddess Sri (Lakshmi) who has the cavalry before her and the chariots (carried by horses) in the middle, who delights the world by the resounding trumpet of elephants (attending on her). May she be graceful to me and reside at my place forever! (3)

I invoke Sri, the blissful goddess, who is sweet-smiling, who lives in a hall of gold, who is full of compassion and drenched with it from the heart (due to the fact of being bathed by attending elephants or having risen from the milky ocean), who is resplendent at the seat of the lotus, is lotus-hued, and who bestows all pleasures to her devotees.(4)

I take refuge in Sri who is the effulgent one like the moon, who shines with the fame of herself, who is adored by the Gods like Indra, etc. Who is benevolent in offering gifts, who dwells in the middle of the lotus, who protects all (her devotees). May the poverty be removed from my end, (and for that) I invoke you, O Goddess Lakshmi.(5)

O (Lakshmi) of sun-like lustre! The Tree of the name Bilva was produced by your penance. May the fruits of that tree remove all our ignorance, distresses and other extrinsic things by (our) penance.(6)

O Mother Lakshmi! May the Gods like Indra, Kubera (friend of Mahadeva) come to me together with fame and gems. (Here the fame is Sati, the daughter of Daksa, and the gems are the friends of Kubera like Manibhadra) I am born in this world and may you (Kubera) give me fame and plenty for wealth.(7)

I destroy the poverty (Alakshmi) which is the cause of hunger and thirst, which is the elder sister of Laskshmi, and which is impure. O Goddess, please get the paucity of wealth from my abode obliterated and all the hurdles in the way of the acquisition of wealth be removed.(8)

I invoke Sri, who is to be gotten by offering fragrant flowers, who is unassailable, who has abundance of crops and wealth and cattle, and who is supreme of all beings. (9)

O, Lakshmi! May we realize all the wishes of our hearts and willingness, the truth of our words, the wealth of cattle (milk, curd, etc.) and forms of food. May Goddess bring me fame and wealth too. (10)

O Kardama! Come dwell in me. Make Sri, who is the Universal Mother and who is adored with a garland of lotuses, dwell in my family. (11)

(It is said that Lord Varuna produces oily substances, i.e., beautiful things)
(The beauty in substances is known as Lakshmi. She has three sons--Kardam, Ciklita and Sruti. Here Ciklita is prayed: O Ciklita (son of Lakshmi)! Come to dwell in my house, and, not only you but make your mother (also Mother of The Universe), Lakshmi, also live in my abode.(12)

O Lord Agni, (God of Fire)! Bring to me Lakshmi, who is very kind, who has elephants around her pouring water on her (for her bath), who is the goal of sacrificial rites, who is tawny-hued, who is decked with a garland of lotuses, who is lustrous like the moon and thus enlightening the living beings and also possessed of plenty of wealth.(13)

O Jataveda! Bring to me Mother Lakshmi, who is always compassionate to her devotees, who punishes the wicked ones, who is golden (exquisitely beautiful) color, who puts on garland of gold, who is wealth (herself), and who makes the whole world illumine like the sun. (14)

O Jataveda! Bring to me Lakshmi who will never leave me and by whose grace I may get plenty of gold, prosperity, cows, horses, servants and other descendants. (15)

One who aspires for the attainment of Lakshmi, should regularly, in a sanctified and determined way, offer the cow-ghee in oblation and recite all the 15 verses of Srisuktam. (16)
- Sri Suktam, translated by Jawaharlal Gupta, published by B.C. Butala

We offer our gratitude to Shri Lakshmi for all of the support we have received and have yet to receive in the way of financial donations and in generous acts of service. We all work together to add more love to the world, living from our truth and honoring the truth of others, and simplifying our lives for the benefit of the Higher Good.
Blessings to All!
May you feel the Loving Compassion of the Divine Mother in all your endeavors.
Love and light,
Marge
Jai Maha Maya Ki Jai!

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