%@@1 % File name : lalitAchatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgraha.itx %-------------------------------------------- % Text title : shrI lalitA chatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgrahaH % Author : Brahmasri K. P. Narayana Shastrigal % Language : Sanskrit % Subject : philosophy/hinduism/religion % Description/comments : % Transliterated by : Harsha Ramamurthy harsha_ramamurthy@yahoo.com % Proofread by : Harsha Ramamurthy harsha_ramamurthy@yahoo.com % Translation by : % Latest update : July 7, 2004 % Send corrections to : sanskrit@cheerful.com % % Special Instructions: % i1h.hdr,ijag.inc,itrans.sty,multicol.sty,iarticle.sty % Transliteration scheme: ITRANS 5.2 % Site access : % http://sanskrit.gde.to/ % http://www.alkhemy.com/sanskrit/ % http://sanskrit.bhaarat.com See the document project %----------------------------------------------------- % The text is to be used for personal studies and research only. % Any use for commercial purpose is prohibited as a 'gentleman's' % agreement. % @@2 % % Commands upto engtitle are % needed for devanaagarii output and formatting. %-------------------------------------------------------- \documentstyle[11pt,multicol,itrans]{article} %\documentclass[11pt]{article} %\usepackage{multicol} #include=ijag.inc #endwordvowel=.h \portraitwide \parindent=100pt \let\usedvng=\Largedvng % for 1 column \pagenumbering{itrans} \def\engtitle#1{\hrule\medskip\centerline{\LARGE #1}} \def\itxtitle#1{\medskip\centerline{\LARGEdvng #1}\medskip\hrule} \def\endtitles{\medskip\obeyspaceslines} %% \begin{document} \engtitle{.. shrI Lalita chatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgrahaH ..}## \itxtitle{.. shrI lalitA chatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgrahaH ..}##\endtitles ## ## {\Large Five, ten, sixteen and twenty-four Upacharas are generally offered to deities during Pooja or Archana. However, sixty-four Upacharas are prescribed during the Navavarana Pooja of Shri Lalita Mahatripurasundari Rajarajeshwari Paraabhattaarikaa in the Shrichakra. These sixty-four Upacharas are detailed in Vamakeshwara Tantra and in the Parashurama Kalpasutras. Though it is not possible to physically offer all these sixty-four Upacharas to Shridevi, by mentioning these Upacharas and offering the same at the lotus feet of Shridevi using one's imagination, the merit of actually offering these Upacharas to Shridevi are obtained. The truth of this statement is confirmed by Shri Bhaskararaya in his Setubandha and also by Shri Rameshwara Suri in his commentary on the Parashurama Kalpasutras. Shri Lalita Chatuhshashtyupachara Samgraha is a hymn, which beautifully summarizes these sixty-four Upacharas. This hymn, composed from a high state of consciousness, is the masterpiece of Brahmasri K. P. Narayana Shastrigal, the late Asthana Vidwan of Mysore State and Dakshinamnaya Shringeri Sharada Peetham and retired professor of Advaita Vedanta, Chamarajendra Sanskrit College, Bangalore. A scholar par excellence and a highly accomplished Upasaka of Shri Mahatripurasundari and Shri Chandramoulishwara, Shri Narayana Shastrigal was held in a very high regard by the Shankaracharyas of the Amnaya mutts and by scholars across the sub-continent. Most of his disciples went on to become Mahamahopadhyayas and scholars of great repute. He spent a greater part of his life in the holy city of Varanasi and was popularly referred to as 'Kashivasi' Narayana Shastrigal. He was instrumental in editing and publishing the first ever copy of Skandadeva's Rudra Bhashya. He accepted Turiyashrama towards the end of his life. It is popularly remembered to this day in Kashi that when the great man attained Siddhi, a Bana Linga had materialized on his body. It is indeed due to the limitless compassion of Shridevi that I was fortunate to have as my Guru Brahmasri K. P. Shankara Shastrigal, younger brother of Shri Narayana Shastrigal, an equally brilliant scholar and an equally accomplished Shrividya Upasaka. It is recorded that one afternoon, after performing Nirajana to Shridevi, Narayana Shastrigal burst into a hymn and a disciple noted it down. The then Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal of Shringeri read the hymn and declared that it was indeed Shridevi who had spoken through Shastrigal. The following hymn, which is a composition of Brahmasri Narayana Shastrigal, has been reproduced over the ages in various books like the Shrividya Ratnakara of Karapatri Swamin, Saubhagya Ratnakara Valli of Purnananda, Shrividya Saparya of Dattatreyanandanatha, by various Guhananda Mandali books and many books dealing with Shrichakra Pooja and Devi Stotras in Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam. One may estimate the greatness of this hymn by simply considering the fact that this hymn was included in their Saparya Paddhatis by great men like Chidanandanatha and Karapatri Swamin. It is unfortunate however that none of these publications have given any credit to the author of this supremely beautiful hymn by at least mentioning his name.} ## OM hR^inmadhyanilaye devi lalite paradevate . chatuShShaShTyupachaaraaMste bhaktyaa maataH samarpaye .. 1.. kaameshotsa~Nganilaye paadyaM gR^ihNIShva saadaram . bhUShaNaani samuttaarya gandhatailaM cha te.arpaye .. 2.. snaanashaalaaM pravishyaa.atha tatrastha maNipiiThake . upavishya sukhena tvaM dehodvartanamaachara .. 3.. uShNodakena lalite snaapayaamyatha bhaktitaH . abhiShi~nchaami pashchaattvaaM sauvarNakalashodakaiH .. 4.. dhautavastraprocChanaM chaaraktakShaumaambaraM tathaa . kuchottariiyamaruNamarpayaami maheshwari .. 5.. tataH pravishya chaalepamaNTapaM parameshwari . upavishya cha sauvarNapIThe gandhaanvilepaya .. 6.. kaalagarujadhuupaishcha dhuupaye keshapaashakam . arpayaami cha maalyaadi sarvartukusumasrajaH .. 7.. bhuuShaamaNTapamaavishya sthitvaa sauvarNapiiThake . maaNikyamukuTaM muurdhni dayayaa sthaapayaambike .. 8.. sharatpaarvaNachandrasya shakalaM tatra shobhataam . sinduureNa cha siimantamala~Nkuru dayaanidhe .. 9.. bhaale cha tilakaM nyasya netrayora~njanaM shive . vaaliiyugaLamapyamba bhaktyaa te vinivedaye .. 10.. maNikuNDalamapyamba naasaabharaNameva cha . taaTa~NkayugaLaM devi yaavaka~nchaadhare.arpaye .. 11.. aadyabhuuShaNasauvarNachintaakapadakaani cha . mahaapadakamuktaavalyekaavalyaadibhuuShaNam .. 12.. ChannaviiraM gR^ihaaNaamba keyuurayugalaM tathaa . valayaavalima~NgulyaabharaNaM lalitaambike .. 13.. oDyaaNamatha kaTyante kaTisuutra~ncha sundari . saubhaagyaabharaNaM paadakaTakaM nuupuradwayam .. 14.. arpayaami jaganmaataH paadayoshchaa~Nguliiyakam . paashaM vaamordhwahaste te dakShahaste tathaa~Nkusham .. 15.. anyasminvaamahaste cha tathaa puMDrekShuchaapakam . puShpabaaNaaMshcha dakShaadhaH paaNau dhaaraya sundari .. 16.. arpayaami cha maaNikyapaaduke paadayoH shive . aarohaavR^itideviibhiH chakraM parashive mudaa .. 17.. samaanaveShabhuuShaabhiH saakaM tripurasundari . tatra kaameshavaamaa~Nkaparya~Nkopaniveshiniim .. 18.. amR^itaasavapaanena muditaaM tvaaM sadaa bhaje . shuddhena gaa~Ngatoyena punaraachamanaM kuru .. 19.. karpuuraviiTikaamaasye tato.amba viniveshaya . aanandollaasahaasena vilasanmukhapa~Nkajaam .. 20.. bhaktimatkalpalitikaaM kR^itiisyaaM tvaaM smaran kadaa . ma~NgalaaraartikaM ChatraM chaamaraM darpaNaM tathaa . taaLavR^iMtaM gandhapuShpadhuupadiipaaMshcha te.arpaye .. 21.. shriikaameshwari taptahaaTakakR^itaiH sthaaliisahasrairbhR^itam divyaannaM ghR^itasuupashaakabharitaM chitraannabhedairyutam . dugdhaannaM madhusharkaraadadhiyutaM maaNikyapaatraarpitam maaShaapuupakapuurikaadisahitaM naivedyamambaa.arpaye .. 22.. saagraviMshatipadyoktachatuShShaShTyupachaarataH . hR^inmadhyanilayaa maataa lalitaa parituShyatu .. 23.. shriimukhaakhyasya varShasya tulaayaaM shuklapakShake . chaturthyaamaparaahNe cha lalitaarpitamaanasaH .. 24.. saagraviMshatipadyaistu chatuShShaShTyupachaarakaan . samagrahiitparaambaayaaH priityai naaraayaNo mudaa .. 25.. naaraayaNaH shriipuruShottamaatmajo.alikhanmahiiShuurapure vasankR^itii . deviisaparyaamakhilaabhilaaShadaaM kaameshavaamaa~Nkagataa prasiidatu .. .. iti shivam .. ## Encoded, proofread, and text introduction by Harsha Ramamurthy harsha\_{}ramamurthy@yahoo.com \medskip\hrule\obeylines \medskip {\rm Please send corrections to sanskrit@cheerful.com} {\rm Last updated \today} \end{document}