Pumsavana

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Below is a qoutation from Srimad Bhagavatam about

Pumsavana mantras.

 

You can find it on cite www.philosophy.ru

 

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Maharaja Pariksit said: My dear lord, you have already spoken

about the pumsavana vow. Now I want to hear about it in detail,

for I understand that by observing this vow one can please the

Supreme Lord, Visnu.

 

Sukadeva Gosvami said: On the first day of the bright fortnight

of the month of Agrahayana [November-December], following the

instructions of her husband, a woman should begin this

regulative devotional service with a vow of penance, for it can

fulfill all one's desires. Before beginning the worship of Lord

Visnu, the woman should hear the story of how the Maruts were

born. Under the instructions of qualified brahmanas, in the

morning she should wash her teeth, bathe, and dress herself with

white cloth and ornaments, and before taking breakfast she

should worship Lord Visnu and Laksmi.

 

She should then pray to the Lord as follows:

 

alam te nirapeksaya purna-kama namo 'stu te

mahavibhuti-pataye namah sakala-siddhaye

 

My dear Lord, You are full in all opulences, but I do not beg

You for opulence. I simply offer my respectful obeisances unto

You. You are the husband and master of Laksmidevi, the goddess

of fortune, who has all opulences. Therefore You are the master

of all mystic yoga. I simply offer my obeisances unto You.

 

yatha tvam kripaya bhutya tejasa mahimaujasa

justa isa gunaih sarvais tato 'si bhagavan prabhuh

 

O my Lord, because You are endowed with causeless mercy, all

opulences, all prowess and all glories, strength and

transcendental qualities, You are the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, the master of everyone.

 

After profusely offering obeisances unto Lord Visnu, the devotee

should offer respectful obeisances unto mother Laksmi, the

goddess of fortune, and pray as follows:

 

visnu-patni maha-maye mahapurusa-laksane

priyetha me maha-bhage loka-matar namo 'stu te

 

O wife of Lord Visnu, O internal energy of Lord Visnu, you are

as good as Lord Visnu Himself, for you have all of His qualities

and opulences. O goddess of fortune, please be kind to me. O

mother of the entire world, I offer my respectful obeisances

unto you.

 

om namo bhagavate maha-purusaya

mahanubhavaya mahavibhuti-pataye

saha maha-vibhutibhir balim upaharamiti

 

"My Lord Visnu, full in six opulences, You are the

best of all enjoyers and the most powerful. O husband of mother

Laksmi, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are

accompanied by many associates, such as Visvaksena. I offer all

the paraphernalia for worshiping You." One should chant this

mantra every day with great attention while worshiping Lord

Visnu with all paraphernalia, such as water for washing His

feet, hands and mouth and water for His bath. One must offer Him

various presentations for His worship, such as garments, a

sacred thread, ornaments, scents, flowers, incense and lamps.

 

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: After worshiping the Lord with all

the paraphernalia mentioned above, one should chant the

following mantra while offering twelve oblations of ghee on the

sacred fire:

 

om namo bhagavate maha-purusaya mahavibhuti-pataye svaha.

 

If one desires all opulences, his duty is to daily worship Lord

Visnu with His wife, Laksmi. With great devotion one should

worship Him according to the above-mentioned process. Lord

Visnu and the goddess of fortune are an immensely powerful

combination. They are the bestowers of all benedictions and the

sources of all good fortune. Therefore the duty of everyone is

to worship Laksmi-Narayana.

 

One should offer obeisances unto the Lord with a mind humbled

through devotion. While offering danÔavats by falling on the

ground like a rod, one should chant the above mantra ten times.

Then one should chant the following prayer:

 

yuvam tu visvasya vibhu jagatah karanam param

iyam hi prakritih suksma maya-saktir duratyaya

 

My Lord Visnu and mother Laksmi, goddess of fortune, you are the

proprietors of the entire creation. Indeed, you are the cause of

the creation. Mother Laksmi is extremely difficult to understand

because she is so powerful that the jurisdiction of her power is

difficult to overcome. Mother Laksmi is represented in the

material world as the external energy, but actually she is

always the internal energy of the Lord.

 

tasya adhisvarah saksat tvam eva purusah parah

tvam sarva-yajÐa ijyeyam kriyeyam phala-bhug bhavan

 

My Lord, You are the master of energy, and therefore You are the

Supreme Person. You are sacrifice [yajÐa] personified. Laksmi,

the embodiment of spiritual activities, is the original form of

worship offered unto You, whereas You are the enjoyer of all

sacrifices.

 

guna-vyaktir iyam devi vyaÐjako guna-bhug bhavan

tvam hi sarva-sariry atma srih sarirendriyasayah

nama-rupe bhagavati pratyayas tvam apasrayah

 

Mother Laksmi, who is here, is the reservoir of all spiritual

qualities, whereas You manifest and enjoy all these qualities.

Indeed, You are actually the enjoyer of everything. You live as

the Supersoul of all living entities, aid the goddess of fortune

is the form of their bodies, senses and minds. She also has a

holy name and form, whereas You are the support of all such

names and forms and the cause for their manifestation.

 

yatha yuvam tri-lokasya varadau paramesthinau

tatha ma uttamasloka santu satya mahasisah

 

You are both the supreme rulers and benedictors of the three

worlds. Therefore, my Lord, Uttamasloka, may my ambitions be

fulfilled by Your grace.

 

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Thus one should worship Lord

Visnu, who is known as Srinivasa, along with mother Laksmi, the

goddess of fortune, by offering prayers according to the process

mentioned above. After removing all the paraphernalia of

worship, one should offer them water to wash their hands and

mouths, and then one should worship them again.

 

Thereafter, with devotion and humility, one should offer prayers

to the Lord and mother Laksmi. Then one should smell the

remnants of the food offered and then again worship the Lord and

Laksmiji.

 

Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme

Person, a wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by

offering him prasada. The husband, being very pleased with his

wife, should engage himself in the affairs of his family.

 

Between the husband and wife, one person is sufficient to

execute this devotional service. Because of their good

relationship, both of them will enjoy the result. Therefore if

the wife is unable to execute this process, the husband should

carefully do so, and the faithful wife will share the result.

 

One should accept this visnu-vrata, which is a vow in devotional

service, and should not deviate from its execution to engage in

anything else. By offering the remnants of prasada, flower

garlands, sandalwood pulp and ornaments, one should daily

worship the brahmanas and worship women who peacefully live with

their husbands and children. Every day the wife must continue

following the regulative principles to worship Lord Visnu with

great devotion. Thereafter, Lord Visnu should be laid in His

bed, and then one should take prasada. In this way, husband and

wife will be purified and will have all their desires fulfilled.

 

The chaste wife must perform such devotional service

continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should

fast on the full-moon day in the month of Karttika

[October-November].

 

On the morning of the next day, one should wash oneself, and

after worshiping Lord Krisna as before, one should cook as one

cooks for festivals as stated in the Grihya-sutras. Sweet rice

should be cooked with ghee, and with this preparation the

husband should offer oblations to the fire twelve times.

 

Thereafter, he should satisfy the brahmanas. When the satisfied

brahmanas bestow their blessings, he should devotedly offer them

respectful obeisances with his head, and with their permission

he should take prasada.

 

Before taking his meal, the husband must first seat the acarya

comfortably, and, along with his relatives and friends, should

control his speech and offer prasada to the guru. Then the wife

should eat the remnants of the oblation of sweet rice cooked

with ghee. Eating the remnants insures a learned, devoted son

and all good fortune.

 

If this vow or ritualistic ceremony is observed according to the

description of sastra, even in this life a man will be able to

achieve all the benedictions he desires from the Lord. A wife

who performs this ritualistic ceremony will surely receive good

fortune, opulence, sons, a long-living husband, a good

reputation and a good home.

 

If an unmarried girl observes this vrata, she will be able to

get a very good husband. If a woman who is avira-who has no

husband or son-executes this ritualistic ceremony, she can be

promoted to the spiritual world. A woman whose children have

died after birth can get a child with a long duration of life

and also become very fortunate in possessing wealth. If a woman

is unfortunate she will become fortunate, and if ugly she will

become beautiful. By observing this vrata, a diseased man can

gain relief from his disease and have an able body with which to

work. If one recites this narration while offering oblations to

the pitas and demigods, especially during the sraddha ceremony,

the demigods and inhabitants of Pitriloka will be extremely

pleased with him and bestow upon him the fulfillment of all

desires. After one performs this ritualistic ceremony, Lord

Visnu and His wife, mother Laksmi, the goddess of fortune, are

very pleased with him. O King Pariksit, now I have completely

described how Diti performed this ceremony and had good

children-the Maruts-and a happy life. I have tried to explain

this to you as elaborately as possible.

 

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