Aniruddha Upasna Centre Goregaon (W)

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As every year,  Ashubhanashini Navratra Utsav will be celebrated from 25th September to 3rd October 2014 at ShriGurukshetram

Schedule: (Reference: ShriKrupasindhu)

25th September : Ashubhanashini Navratra Utsavarambh
28th September : Lalita Panchami
3rd October : Dasara / Ashubhanashini Navratra Samapti

Lalita Panchami :

(Article by Samirsinh Dattopadhye: http://aniruddhafriend-samirsinh.com/lalita-panchami-shree-matruvatsalyavindanam-story/)

आश्विन शुद्ध पंचमी म्हणजेच श्रीललिता पंचमी. आदिमाता महिषासुरमर्दिनीने रामास दिलेला वर, म्हणजेच रावणाचा वध हे कार्य पूर्ण करण्याच्या आड येणार्‍या दुर्गमाचा वध करण्यासाठी रामसेनेच्या ठिकाणी ती आश्विन शुद्ध पंचमीच्या रात्रीस प्रगटली व तिने तिच्या परशुने त्या काकरूपी असुराचा म्हणजेच दुर्गमाचा वध केला. ह्या काकासुराचा अर्थात दैत्यराज दुर्गमाचा वध होताच आदिमाता महिषासुरमर्दिनीने तिच्या ह्या लीलेचे वृत्त श्रीरामास कळविण्यास व राम-रावण युद्धाचे पुढील वृत्त जानकीस वेळच्या वेळी कळविण्यासाठी आपल्या लाडक्या कन्येस – आह्लादिनीस “लीलाग्रही” अर्थात “ललिता” रूपाने तेथे पाचारण केले.

ही संपूर्ण कथा श्रीमातृवात्सल्यविंदानमच्या सत्तावीसाव्या अध्यायामध्ये येते. ललिता पंचमीचे महत्त्व सांगणार्‍या या अध्यायात श्रीआदिमातेचे अशुभनाशिनी स्तवनही येते. ह्या स्तवनामध्ये सर्व श्रद्धावान भक्तांना मार्गदर्शक ठरणारी बिभीषणाची प्रार्थना आहे:

पापोऽहं पापकर्माऽहं पापात्मा पापसंभव:।

त्राहि मां आदिमाते सर्वपापहरा भव॥

(Reference: Starvrutta)

Importance of Jagran 

During His Marathi discourse on Thursday 7th October 2010 at Shri Hari Guru Gram Param Poojya Aniruddha Bapu described the importance ofNavratri and also explained everyone the upasanas (worship) that should be performed in this period. Bapu said that during this period maximum sacrosanct and extremely holy waves and vibrations are being transmitted throughout this universe. Hence taking this fact under consideration Bapu described the few points as under.

Bapu initially stressed on the presence of word 'Ratri' in the word Navratri and hence further stressed on the importance attached to all the nights that fall in this period. Bapu urged everyone to  do Jagran i.e. staying up till late night atleast once during the period of nine nights. But while we do jagran we should do recitations of Ashubhanashini Stavanam, Shubhankara Stavanam, Ram Raksha, Shree Gurukshetram Mantra, etc without counting the number  of recitations and / or perform reading of Matruvalsalya Vindanam or Ram Rasayan (both these books are authored by P. P. Bapu Himself). One can even keep reciting just the word"Aai" from the bottom of his heart and call "Her (Aadi Mata)". These recitations or readings should ideally begin from 9:30 pm at night and should end not before 2:30 am in the morning. But it would be best to stay up for the entire night. But while we observe jagran we should take care that the others around us are not disturbed for which we should refrain from creating any noise or being vocal. Bapu completely ridiculed and criticized the practice of playing cards under the name of Jagran and the waste of time that is associated with it. Bapu also criticized the wrong way in which this holy festival is now-a-days celebrated in the society (where people drink alcohol and participate in the Navratri festival, dandiya and processions, involve in immoral activities under the name of garba ordandiya and offer non-vegetarian foodstuffs and alcohol to Goddess by considering it to be a holy offering).

Bapu also said that when a devotee reads Matruvalsalya Vindanam, during that time Aadi Mata Mahishasurmardini Herself sits right next to him. Now its natural for the a child to follow his mother and hence where there is Aadi Mata Mahishasurmardini would be there, there would be Bapu. Bapu promised everyone that He would stand behind every devotee and most importantly promised everyone that He Himself would help them to perform these recitations and readings in every possible way.

To make one successfully stay up and awake for the entire night or even partially and avoid napping and yawning we should include foodstuffs which have a bitter tinge in them and also take care that the last morsel that we swallow should also be of the a bitter foodstuff. Curry leaves (kari patta) which was described by Bapu is His discourse on Ram Rajya as anti-carcinogenic (antidote against cancer) is also bitter to taste and hence can  help in avoiding unnecessary sleep. Hence it should always form part of our diet and especially should be included in the food we have on the night on which we plan to stay up late. 

(Importance of Jagran courtesy: http://aniruddhafriend-mihirnagarkar.blogspot.in/2010/10/importance-of-navratri-festival-as-told.html)

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