NEW AGE PUROHIT DARPAN Bd¤¢eL Book 9 GRIHAPRAVESH Nªq Purohit (priests) Kanai L. Mukherjee – Bibhas Bandyopadhyay Editor Aloka Chakravarty Publishers Association of Grandparents of Indian Immigrants, USA 50032, Nashvillle, TN 37205 () Distributor Eagle Book Bindery Rapids. IA 52405 Fourth Edition
Utensils to herald puja celebrations: Sankha (conch to blow), kansar and bell. Naivedya: Four naivedyas are customarily made: Naranaya (if shaligram is present), Pancha devata (Ganesh, Vishnu, Shiva and Jagadhari/Durga), and Navagraha (nine planets). For Narayana make a small mound of sugar and sweets around. Panchadevata naivedya has five mounds of rice associated with small fruits and small sugar cubes/sandesh. Navagraha naivedya is made with nice mounds of rice (small mounds) with sugar cube on top and grape (or any small fruit) on the top of the mound. Arati: Panchapradeep, a small gamcha (red piece of cloth), incence, camphor, had fan (chamar). Other things used are described below: water conch, bell, holder for burning camphor, flower etc . sequence: Pancha pradeep, water conch, gamcha, flower, incense, camphor and fan. Adoration of goddess with lamp (arati) is a sort of dance that symbolizes in sequence – welcome to goddess with lamp into the house (panchapradeep), wash the feet (water from water-conch), wiping the feet (gamcha), decoration with flower (flower), purifying air (incense and camphor), and rest (fan) Keep in stock a few bottles of drinking water, a small bottle of oil to feed the lamp, few extra incense sticks and a match box. Layout
who is of dark-blue o^ ErEKyQ H¾dREdbtAkA nIlbNÑA| Om! Rekheyam Indradevataka neelbarna | This line is for Lord Indra of pale blue color. o^ ErEKyQ EsAmEdbtAkA ökÔbNÑA Om! Rekheyam Somadevataka shuklabarna This line I am drawing in the name of the moon with white color. Now take out a pinch of the sand and throw out side the havan kunda with a kush while chanting the following mantra: o^ pRjApitÑVi> aigÃEdÑbtA wqkr inrsEn ibinEyAg:| o^ inrÙ¹: prAbsu| Prajapati rishir devata Utkar nirasaney viniyogah | Om! Nirastah parabasu || In the name of sage Prajapati and the Fire God Agni, I am throwing off this sand with the kush grass. In my attempt to remove all the bad spirits from this place of worship. Lighting the holy fire aigÂsQØkAr Agnisanskar Take the fire from the lamp lit for puja by burning seven dry sticks without any ghee and chant: fËS¡f¢aGÑ¢o z Jy œ²hÉ¡cj¢NÀw c§lw kjl¡SÉw NµRa¥x ¢lfËh¡qx zz Prjapatirishi Stritupachanda agnirdevata agnisamskarey biniyoga | Om kravyadagnim prhinomi Yamarajyam gachchatuh riprabaha || As chanted by sage Prajapati, sung in Strishtupa meter in the name of Lord Agni, I am lighting this fire. May the ill-fire (kramdagni) that bring destruction, Go to Yamaraj (death) leaving this land pure and happy. After taking the fire from the lamp with the sticks, circle the them around the Havan kunda and then stick them into the wood pile in order to start the fire. (If you are using solid fuel, lit the fuel at this point). Establishing the fire aigÂÙÛ¡fe Agnisthapan With foleded hands welcome the fire:
fËc£f à¡lOV f¤Öf a¥mp£ c§îÑ¡ ¢hmÄfœ f¤Öf j¡m¡ 2 BjË fõh X¡h h¡ e¡lL¡m (OVl) ¢jø¡æ °e−h−cÉl b¡m¡ 4 : f’−cha¡ ehNËq fËd¡e e¡l¡uZ AeÉ¡eÉ °ehcÉ : gm ¢j¢ø L¥Q¡ °e−hcÉ −Nm¡p, 2 −i¡SÉ Q¡m l¡æ¡l jnm¡ O£ (h¡ am) X¡m pê£ fy¡Q lLj f’¡jªa O−Vl N¡jR¡ −q¡j p¡j¡NË£ −q¡j L¥ä h¡¢m L¡W L¡¢W (p¢jd) O£ f§ZÑf¡œ p¤¤f¡l£ −i¡N f¤l¡¢q−al ea¥e S¡j¡/d¤¢a Oil lamp Pitcher at the door Flower Tulasi Bel leaf (wood apple) Garland 2 (Narayana and Ghat) Mango leaves Coconut (ripe or unripe) Sweets Naivedya (food platter) 4 Five gods (five mounds) Nine planets (nine mounds) Principle deity (Lakshmi), One single mound Narayana platter: Sweet Platter of small mounds Tumblers 2 Bhojya (uncooked food materials) Rice Spice Ghee (or oil) Dal Vegetable (five Mixture of five sweets: (Yogurt, milk, ghee, honey and sugar) Red towel (small) for holy pitcher Hom materials Fire pot Sand Wood or Sterno Wooden sticks Ghee Overflowing rice tumbler Beetle nut Cooked food (Bhog) New cloth for purohit (shirt/dhoti)