Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji after concluding 11 days of special rituals – November 12, 2014 – NM, Mysore
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Maha Ganapataye Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sripada Vallabha
Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha
Navagraha stuti we must chant daily without fail. It is a simple short mantra that you should chant as soon as you wake up and again at lunch time. Om Namo Hanumate Namaha is another mantra which you must chant. These are raksha deities. They give protection and good health.
Navagraha mantra:
Namah Suryāya Chandrāya mangaḷāya budhāyaca
Guru śukra śanibhyaśca rāhavē kētavē namaḥ
Yajna, yaga, homa, ishti, and all types of rituals are being done here. Just listening to the sounds itself is highly beneficial. All the priests/scholars did the proceedings with great dedication. They have their professions. Still, they have taken time off from their normal duties to come and perform these rituals addressed to the different deities strictly as per the scriptures.
Sani/Saturn is my friend. He always helps me. For Krishna, his mother Yashoda, noticing that he was repeatedly being harassed by demons, removed dishti/evil eye. So many rituals she had them perform for his protection, all out of love for Krishna. Similarly Bala Swamiji has done here for Swamiji’s health and protection.
There is no need to fear Sani. Rahu dasa also, there is no need to fear. They will only give us benefit. You may consider Lord Dattatreya as a conglomerate of all planets. Just prostrate to Him. That is enough. Baby Krishna was subjected to so much of stress and strain, with all types of ablutions with hot water, cold water, homas, yagas, and so on. They did so much for removing the bad effects/dishti. Datta is all deities. All are his friends.
I do not see Lakshmi knocking at the door wishing to come in. She normally only opens the door to go out. Here you are tapping on people to get their attention to give prasadam. Today’s prasadam is given like that.
If you know the rules and procedures, offer pranams as per the rules. If you don’t know them, go with devotion and offer your prayers and obeisance. There is no need to say you do not know anything and do not understand. But if you know the rules, then do not be lazy. Do what you have to do. Follow the rules. Do not listen to bad or see anything bad. Don’t blame yourself for your ignorance. Remain good and do your dharma. Don’t have regrets. Don’t regret that you did not perform rituals. Do what is within your capacity. Don’t avoid. Do what you can do. Do not harm others. Speak the truth. Do not give pain to others. Learn new things. Give up bad qualities. Don’t cry and feel bad. Chant the mantras and prayers which you know. Don’t tell lies and don’t trouble others. Lakhs of devotees knew about this program here. It is your duty to find out what is happening. Many who knew about this could have come. But they did not. Those who have come have derived great joy by witnessing the proceedings.
Enjoy the darshan of excellently decorated deities. Do not take home the jewels worn by the deities. Security guards will catch you. If you can, offer a jewel or two to improve the decoration. Enjoy seeing Annadanam/feeding the hungry being performed. Do not make fun at how the people eat. Let them eat happily and be contented. Don’t cry that you have no yoga to do it. Somebody said such words to me this morning. That is why I address this issue. You should encourage Swamiji to do more such events. Also you must participate. The priests/scholars did with so much love and sincerity. Let all the benefit go to them.
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Guru Datta