Shri Ashutosh Jani, a visitor to this blog had graciously provided the Dhoomavati Mala Mantram. The audio for this as well as the lyrics in Sanskrit are posted at the following link: Dhoomavati Mala Mantram Audio .
The heart felt so happy after the development of the audio, that it was felt that a homam should be performed with a mandalam of this mantram. A mandalam comprises of 48 repetitions; with the addition of "Svaahaa" at the end to synchronize with the offering to Agni. The picture at the top of this post is a still photograph from the Homam. One might be able to visualize Sri Dhoomavati Devi in the Agni facing right ! In addition to this mantram, the Dhoomavati Gayatri Mantram was also included in the Homam. The Homam was performed in the backyard on a windy cold 5th of February 2018.
Two short video clips are presented below for the benefit of all !
In the following 1 minute 43 second clip, the Dhoomavati Mala Mantram is being chanted.
In the following 35 second clip, the Dhoomavati Gayatri Mantra is being chanted.
Thanks again to Shri Ashutosh Jani for this opportunity !
As mentioned in the previous post, I was elated to receive
the Sahasranamams and Shatha Nama Stotrams of the Dasha Mahavidyas from my
brother-in-law. Needless to say, I quickly went through them and they were
absolutely beautiful. But I knew that to perform the Homam with the
Sahasranamams, I would not be able to do all ten in one sitting, since each one
would take about an hour and twenty minutes or so.
In about six weeks or so, I embarked on a mission to perform
the Dasha Mahavidya Homam using Sahasranamams one after the other every day
until completed. I was very nervous. On July 7, 2015 which was a Tuesday, the
first was for Kalika Devi; the next day was for Tara Devi; on Thursday, it was
for Shodashi Devi. I started feeling weak and had a massive tooth ache with
swelling. I could not be going to the dentist and all that because I did not
want obstacles in my Homam schedule. Work was difficult also. All I did was
rinse the mouth with some Listerine anti-septic mouthwash. On Friday, after
work homam was for Devi Bhuvaneshwari. And I prayed to Devi Bhuvaneshwari that
my tooth pain be gone, so I can complete the undertaking nicely with full
concentration and enjoy the journey. Believe it or not, Saturday morning, there
was no pain of any kind. My wife and children had to go to Seattle to visit
grandpa. Those tickets were bought long time ago. Went to work, finished up,
came back and performed Chinnamasta Devi and Bhairavi Devi Homam in one
sitting. Then on Sunday, completed Dhoomavati and Bagalamukhi Homam in one
sitting in the morning; went to work; came back and completed Matangi Devi and
Kamala Devi Homam in the evening, thereby completing Homams for ALL the Dasha
Mahavidya Devis without a break.
I thanked the Almighty for helping me complete this
undertaking and giving me tremendous happiness performing the same. Within a
week of completion, I received as a gift, a book from my brother-in-law that details all the tantric procedures for
the worship of each of the Dasha Mahavidya Devis in Sanskrit.
I was in cloud nine again, once again confirming
that the Divine hears every word of praise that we sincerely offer. And as
average human beings, we seem to ration out the praise; how much more ignorant
can we be?
I have just started reading it and have enjoyed what I have
read so far.It must be mentioned as
before that I, as a human being, do NOT take credit for this performance. The
Yagna Itself (IS) Are the Devis, the conductors are the Devis – I was and still
am simply an instrument at Their beautiful hands. Thank you for reading … The
very fact that you are reading this post is because of Divine Will – They
invited you here, otherwise you will not see this post..
I have a special interest in the ten Dasha Mahavidyas. It
was my intense heartfelt desire to perform a homam for ALL the ten Dasha
Mahavidya Devis in one sitting. Now, this is considered quite a complex task.
In the world of homams, also called yagnas or havans, the Dasha Mahavidya homam
is considered to be a high risk high reward undertaking. Needless to say, I did
not know if I could conduct one of this magnitude and was quite nervous.
In earlier times, kings used to perform this Dasha Mahavidya
Homam in order to succeed in battle or other situations of the protection of
the citizens and so on; in recent times politicians including some recent high
ranking Indian statesmen have performed this havan for victory in elections and
have succeeded very well just like the kings of ancient times. Of course, they
have had the luxury of employing purohits to conduct the actual task; whereas,
here I am a one-man operator; where from can I get the strength and the
stamina?
But unlike actions and undertakings in the material and
especially the corporate world, the spiritual world is all involved with
intention; I would like to elaborate on this very important topic in another
post at another time. In the spiritual world, it does not matter what your
resources are or what your financial or physical capacity is; that is NOT how
the Divine rewards. The Divine looks at intention – in Sanskrit, there is a phrase called
Yathaa Shakthi – it is doing with whatever one can given the cards that one has
been dealt; however, the intention matters and in fact that is all that
matters.
So, I gathered all the moola mantrams and all the gayatri
mantras for all the ten Devis and deciphered that just by doing 108 moola
mantrams for each deity and adding all the extra time involved in the
invocation, neivedyam, etc, it should take me a little over four hours. My wife
was a champion and she made ten different sweets over a period of two days
observing as much “madi” – Tamil word for spiritual cleanliness – as possible;
my son wanted to participate in the homam – amazing indeed that a young adult
less than 24 years old born of Indian parents but born and grown up in America
would even be interested in such efforts – hats off to him – he did all the
kainkaryams and the little daughter did her little part and we all jumped in
not knowing what to expect and we started early on May 24, 2015, a Sunday
morning on our back deck with a sincere prayer to the Almighty to please help
us conduct the homam without obstructions and problems and perform it nicely.
I decided to stay with only the moola mantrams for all the
ten Devis, for two reasons: one was the time factor as mentioned before to do
in one sitting. The second factor is that I like to perform homams with
Sahasranamama Strotrams if possible – for example, Lalita Sahasranamam for
Lalita Tripura Sundari or Vishnu Sahasranamam for Lord Vishnu Homam, etc but
while I had the Sahasranamam Stotrams for SOME of the Dasha Maha Vidyas, I did
NOT have for ALL of them; and I felt bad that I could not even obtain a
Sahasranama Stotram for the ten Devis. I just could not find them – that is the
state of affairs today…
The Homam went very well and all four members of our family
were in cloud nine once we had completed the havan. Miraculous successes
followed within weeks of the Maha Yagnam --that is how powerful the Devis are. While there were great miraculous
material successes, there was also a miraculous spiritual reward. I would like
to explain the latter below.
I made a very short video clipping on this in a clumsy
manner – I am NOT very tech savvy – and sent it to my brother-in-law. Here is Kamala Devi Homam :
And following is Dhoomavati Devi Homam:
Within two days, he called me and said that he has a
surprise for me – he sent me the Sahasranamams AND the Ashtottarams for ALL the
TEN DASHA MAHA VIDYA DEVIS neatly organized in one set – what I really wanted
deep inside my heart but had not told anyone -- the story behind how he came across it is nothing short
of an interesting story in itself – I will reserve that one for later. The end
result is I got what was requested to the Power Above with a clean heart and
good intention – the intention is to be able to recite the greatness and glory
of the Goddesses using 1000 name hymns.
If one worships the Dasha Mahavidyas with heartfelt love,
with good intention and request Them to help in the stuthi (praise), the Wisdom
Goddesses are here to bestow Their blessings and boons to each and every one of
us. They ARE after all the Divine Mothers and we are all Their children.
It must be mentioned that I, as a human being, do NOT take
credit for this performance. The Yagna Itself (IS) Are the Devis, the
conductors are the Devis – I was and still am simply an instrument at Their
beautiful hands. Part 2 of this story at another time…. Thank you for reading …
The very fact that you are reading this post is because of Divine Will – They
invited you here, otherwise you will not see this post..
