page no. foreword 2 items used for sri satyanaaraayan's vrat kathaa

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SRI SATYANAARAAYAN PUJAA
The yajamaan takes water in right hand and chants following commitment mantra :
ATRAADHYA MAHAA MAANGALYA FALPRAD MAASOTTAM MAASE ..........(say month)
MAASE ..........(say which fortnight) PAKSHE............(say which date) TITHAU ...........(say which
day ) VAASARE .......... (say which constellation) NAKSHATRE
AASAN MURTINAAM, ANGA PRATYANGA SANDHI SAM UTTAPANNAM, AATAPAAGNI
SANYOG JANIT KOSH, PARI HAARA ARTHAM AGNAYU, TAARANMAHAM KARISHYE
Then smear Lakshmi Naaraayan statue with ghee and pour water over it. Then holding the
statue in hand chant the following mantra to invoke life-force in the statue:
AUM HRIM KLIM YAM RAM LAM VAM SHAM SSHAM SAM HAM ADAM KSHAM SOHAM
AASYAAM PRAANAA IHA PRAANAAHAA (life force enter!)
AUM HRIM HANSAHA SOHAM
AASYAAM SARVE INDRIYAANI VAAD MANASTVAK CHAKSHU SROT JIHVAA GHRAAN
PAANI PAAD PAAY UP PASTHAANI SUKHAM CHIRAM TISHTANTHU (may all the senses,
speech, mind, eyes, ears, nose, ....., feet, ....., ...... reside ever comfortably.)
Then place the Lakshmi Naaraayan statue on a betel leaf which should be located on the front
of the baajat on the front on the red cloth. Also place photograph of Sri Satya Naaraayan on the
baajat and
Thereafter do either 5 fold pujaa (abridged version) with sweet smelling items etc.
or
Do 16 fold (shodshopchaar) Lakshmi Naaraayan pujaa as follows :
Hold flower in right hand, chant the following mantra and meditate on the form of Sri Satya
Narayan:
[1] Dhyaan (meditation)
Shaantaakaaram bhujang shayanam padma naabham suresham
Vishva aadhaaram gagan sadrasham megh varanam shubh angam
Lakshi kaantam kamal nayanam yogi bhirdhyan gamyam
Vande vishnum bhava bhaya haram sarva lok ek naatham
Satyam guna atitam guna traya samanvitam
Lok natham trilokesham kaustubha bharanam hari
Nil varanam peet vaasam sri vatsa pad bhushitam
Govindam gokulaanandam brahmaa dheir pipujitam
ITI DHYAANAM
[2] Aavaahana (welcome – invitation)