Saturday, 17 October 2020

STORY OF DEVI BRAMACHARNI - NAVRATRI DAY 2

Navarathri  Day 2

 

Devi: Bramacharni is the unmarried form of Mata Parvati & is a store house of Wisdom personifies Loyalty and Calmness. Devi Mata Brahmacharni empowers ACTUAL REALISATION OF GOALS.

Brahmacharini means Practitioner (Charini) of austerity. She is radiant and extremely gorgeous. This goddess has a garland of beeds in her right hand and she holds Kamandala and Lotus Flower in her left hand.

 Graha : Mangala (Mars)

 Flower:Sevanthi / Jasmine (as she is associated with Pious Strictness)

Neivedhya:   Sweet Bondhi / Puliyora/Simple Sugar and Fruit of Bowl/ Rice Kheer

You can offer Panchamrit as bhog to the deity.

Sugar is the best bhog as well as prasad for Brahmacharini Mata. It is believed that by offering sugar, the life of the family members increase and health improves. Thus, you can worship Goddess Brahmacharini and fulfil all your desires.
Goddess Brahmacharini is also known as Tapasyacharini and hence simple food which is easily digestable is offered.

 Raaga:kalyaani

POOJA VIDHI OF MATA BRAHMACHARINI

Firstly, invoke God in the mind with a  gentle smile.
Give the Idol of Mata a Panchamirt Bath (Milk, Curd, Honey, Melted Butter, Sugar)
Offer different types of Flowers, Akshata, Kumkum, sindoor.
Before performing aarti for Brahmacharini Mata, you have to give the idol a bath with milk, curd and honey. After the bath, offer prasad to her, the same prasad that is offered to Goddess Durga.

Offer WHITE and fragrant Flowers.

Then hold a flower in both your hands joined together and chant the mantra with folded hands.  

Mantra :

 ॐ देवी ब्रह्मचारिण्यै नमः॥

Om Devi Brahmacharinyai Namah

Stuti

या देवी सर्वभू‍तेषु माँ ब्रह्मचारिणी रूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥

Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Maa Brahmacharini Rupena Samsthita
Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah

 Prathana :

  Om Hreem Shri Brahamacharini Durgaaye Namaha

Om Devi Brahmcharinyai Namah

Dadhaanaa Kar Padmaabhyaamakshmala Kamandaloo | Devi Prasidatu Mayi Brahmcharinyanuttamaa

 After this, worship your Kula Devata, Ista Devata, Village God and do MAHA AARTI of MATI BRAHMACHARINI.

 Rules of worship of Maa Brahmacharini

- Wear yellow or white clothes while worshiping Mother Brahmacharini.

- Offer white things such as sugar, sugar or panchamrit to the mother.

- Meditate on Jyoti on the 'Swadhisthan Chakra' or half-moon meditation on the same cycle.

- For Maa Brahmacharini, chant "Oom Ain Namah" and special attention should be paid to aquatic and fruits.

 

POOJA BENEFITS :

Worship of Mata Brahmacharini equals severe penance.
It gives us qualities like SELF-CONTROL, VIRTUE.
It gives us strength to face any difficult struggle in life and not deviate from our duty.

With the grace of Mother Brahmacharini Devi, you attain perfection and victory everywhere. It is good to meditate on the mother Brahmacharini for liberation from desires.

Students specially should pray with deep devotion to Mother Brahmacharini to increase CONCENTRATION POWERS.
Mata Brahmacharini  governs Lord Mangal, the provider of all fortunes and hence blesses her devotees with wisdom and knowledge. Her puja brings good fortune and removes all the obstacles.


 BRAHMA CHARINI DEVI TEMPLE 

Located in Varanasi.

Brahma Charini is located at K-22/72, Durga Ghat.  Devotees can travel upto Bhaironath by rickshaw and walk on foot upto Brahmeshwar temple.  Alternatively, they can travel upto Durga Ghat / Brahma Ghat by boat and climb the steps. 

The pond of water right next to the Brahmacharini temple is a popular get-together spot for devotees to perform their customs.


There is another Devi worshipped as Brahmini who is very powerful alongwith Goddesses like Maaheshwari, Varahi etc.  This Devi idol is located at Brahmeshwar temple  at D-33/66 Khalispura, near Dasaswamedh, Varanasi.

Temple Timings : Temple opens from 6.00 a.m. to 01.30 p.m & from 04.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. Aarti is performed at 06.00 a.m., 04.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m. (Shayan Aarti).



THE STORY OF DEVI BRAHMACHARINI :

Sources : Shiv Mahapuran, Devi Mahatma, Ramcharitamanas and various other sources.

 Durga Mata took birth as the daughter of Himavan, the king of the Mountains.

She was named as Parvati, also called as Hemavati.

 Once Sage Narada visited and told Parvati about Lord Shiva's qualities. When Parvati  enquired the Sage on how to get Lord Shiva to marry her. The sage said that if she followed a path of severe penance, she will be able to.

Parvati resolved to marry Lord Shiva.

 Her parents learn of her desire, and try to discourage her, but she pursued what she wanted and did Tapasya for about 5000 years.

 ENTRY OF KAMADEVA :
In mean time Gods approached god Kamadeva - the Hindu god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection and asks him to generate desire in Shiva for Parvati. They did this because of an asura named Tarkasur who gained the boon of being killed by only Lord Shiva's child. Kama reaches Shiva and shoots an arrow of desire

 Shiva opens his 3rd eye in his forehead and burns the cupid Kama to ashes. Parvati does not lose her hope or her resolve to win over Shiva. She begins to live in mountains like Shiva, engage in the same activities as Shiva, one of asceticism, yogin and tapas - it is this aspect of Parvati that is deemed to be that of goddess Brahmacharini.

Devi Parvati due to this severe austerity cames to be known as TAPASCHARINI AND BRAHMACHARINI.

 

For several hundred years, Devi Parvati ate only fruits and flowers. Thereafter for a 100 years, she ate only vegetables, followed by 3000 years of eating only FALLEN LEAVES.

She eventually stopped eating even that and lived on mere Air. Thats why Brahmacharini is also called APARNA (one who lived even without leaves).

 She slept on the floor of the forest under an open sky for years in order to successfully complete her penance.

 Devi Brahmacharini became fragile and very weak. Her mother, Maina Devi cried out in sorrow "O Maa". Hence, Devi is also called UMA.

  

Her ascetic pursuit draws the attention of Shiva and awakens his interest. He meets her in disguised form, tries to discourage her, telling her Shiva's weaknesses and personality problems.

 Parvati refuses to listen and insists in her resolve. Shiva finally accepts her and they get married.

 The essence of the story of this goddess is that the mind should not be distracted even in the difficult struggles of life.

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