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    upAsanA During Apat Kala

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    The document discusses performing worship during times of distress when regular rituals cannot be done due to lack of supplies. It recommends chanting names and mantras as alternatives. It also notes that reciting the Devi Mahatmya provides the same benefits as a year of regular worship with various offerings.

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    The document discusses performing worship during times of distress when regular rituals cannot be done due to lack of supplies. It recommends chanting names and mantras as alternatives. It also notes that reciting the Devi Mahatmya provides the same benefits as a year of regular worship with various offerings.

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    upAsanA during Apat kAla (आपत्काल)

    During Apat kAla - time of distress / hard times / emergency/curfew etc, when it is
    impossible to perform elaborate nityArAdhanA ( daily rituals) or nAimitikA anushtAnAs
    (Occasional Obligatory observances) such as the navarAtrOtsava, due to the insufficient
    supply of pUjA dravyAs, flowers, fruits and other essentials means for devatArAdhanA,
    One should indulge in bhagavat nAma smaranA,mAnasikA pUjA , japA and dhyAnA.
    dwIjAs should indulge in sahasra gAyatrI japAs during these period. Even if one has been
    initiated into panchadashI or shodashI, he should never neglect sandyOpAsanA and
    gAyatrI japA.

    āpatkāle nitya pūjāṃ vistārāt kartumakshamAh |


    ekavāraṃ japa dhyānam sarva pūjā phalaṃ labhet |

    For a shrIvidyOpAsakA, if nityA navAvaranArchana could not be done in time of


    distress / emergency, he must atleast recite the shuddha shakti mAlA mantra
    (khaDgamAlA) which grants the benefits of performing a complete navAvaranArchana.
    One must bear in mind that this only applies during ApatkAlam and not a tool to mitigate
    voluntary omission of nityArAdhana owing to laziness. The upAsakA should indulge in
    japa sAdhanA during this period. An additional 1000 recitation of panchadashI/ shOdashI
    mantras has to be done as prayAschittA (for omission of nityArAdhanA).

    One may recite the mantra mAtrukA pushpamAlA stavA or dEvI chatusshashti upachAra
    pUjA stOtrA to derive the benefits of worshiping dEvI with 64 upachArAs.

    One dEvI mAhAtmya pArAyanA is equivalent to a year long upAsanA

    sarvaṃ mamaitan māhātmyaṃ mama sannidhikārakam


    Paśu puśhpārghya dhūpaiśca gandha dīpais tathottamaiḥ|
    viprāṇāṃ bhojanair homaiḥ prokśhaṇīyair aharniśam|
    anyaiśca vividhair bhogaiḥ pradānair vatsareṇa yā||
    prītir me kriyate sāsmin sakṛduccarite śrute|
    śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārogyaṃ prayacChati||

    bhagavatI candikA Herself had declared in the dEvI mAhAtmyA, that the pArayAnA of
    dEvI mAhAtmyam facilitates her sAnnidhyA and the felicity derived from a yearlong of
    offerings of the finest variety of pushpa( flowers), hOmAs ( fire oblations), dhUpa
    (incenses) gandha ( perfumes), dIpa ( lamps or vipra bhOjana ( feeding of brAhmanAs or
    pious upAsakAs), sacrifices, prokshana ( sprinkling of consecrated waters) vividhair
    bhOgaIh ( offerings of other enjoyable objects) every day to devi, is equally derived by
    dEvI by the recitation dEvI mAhAtmyA. All evils are mitigated and freedon from diseases
    obtained by just listening to the dEvI mAhAtmya pArAyanA.

    Does insufficient supply of pushpa and puja dravya hinders your upAsanA during this
    navarAtrOtsava?
    Not at all. We have been graced with the time and luxury to indulge in long hours of japA
    sAdhanA, dEvI mAhAtmyA pArAyanA, and various sahasranAmA pArAyAnA without
    the need to take additional leaves from office due to the Lock down policy of various
    countries. Take this as a blessings in disguise to spend more time in sAdhAnA. The pomp
    and grandeur may be missing due to the absence of garland supply and flower supply but
    what matters is the devotion and sAdhanA done during this period. This is a good time to
    indulge in mantra purascharanas. It could be the 'will' of dEvI to encourage upAsakAs to
    indulge in proper upAsanA without dambhA and AdambarA

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