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On the day of Varalakshmi Vrata several years ago, our Guru Asthana
Vidwan Brahmasri K P Shankara Shastrigal initiated me into vanadurgA
mahAvidyA. Gurunatha was also proficient in the prayoga of vanadurgA
saptashatI and had assisted the late Maharaja of Mysore when times were
dire for the royal family, through the invicible prayoga of vanadurgA
mahAvidyA saptashatI. Several years later, Sri Namboodari Appa blessed
me with initiation into a different form of vanadurgA along with Her anga
and pratyangas. While the purvAnga included gurutrayam, mahAgaNapati,
vaTuka and kirAta-vArAhI, the uttarAnga consisted of bAlA tripurasundarI
(who is considered absolutely necessary for japa-shAnti), shivapanchAkShara mahAmantra, bagalAmukhI and kirAta mUrti. The worship
of kirAta mUrti, which I thus learned, was of particular importance to the
familial tradition of Sri Namboodari Appa.
Lord mahAdeva assumed the form of kirAta to bless arjuna with
pAshupatAstra. The mantrakalpa for kirAta is said to be from umAyAmaLa.
The mUla mantra of kirAta mUrti is of five different kinds, followed by the
popular mAlA mantra. One is allowed to undertake japa of this form after
successful purashcharaNa of laghu pAshupatAstra mantra. After the
worship of kirAteshvara in the maNDala, kirAta-panchaka stuti is used to
offer puShpAnjali to the Lord. Finally one offers eight prostrations to the
Lord while reciting kirAtAShTaka. The kirAtAShTaka presented here is that
same hymn. This should not be confused with another kirAtAShTaka (on the
lines of vArAhI nigrahAShTaka) which is used along with samputa of kirAtapanchaka mantras and mAlA-mantra for various nigraha prayogas. Worship
of kirAta mUrti protects one from various calamities and enemies.
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