AdhyAtmic significance of NavarAtrI

[Savithri D]

>The victory is celebrated by offering the leaves of the
>Shami tree ( a sacred tree for Hindus which bore the weapons hidden by
>the Pandavaas during their exile in Mahabharata story ) to an elderly
>person who is a vayO vridhdhA and also a jnaana vridhdhA and the
>following mantra is chanted while offering the leaves :
>
>shamI  shamIyatE  pApam  shami  shatru  nivAranam
>arjunasya  dhanurdhArI   rAmasya  priya  darshanam.
>
>May the devIs be pleased by our sincere effort and may we become
>successful in our search for the Truth.
>
>Hari Om
>Regards,
>Latha Vidyaranya

Namaste and happy navarAtri to all,

We chant this mantra with 2 more lines while doing namaskaara to elders and
offering the shamI leaves

>shamI  shamIyatE  pApam  shami  shatru  nivAranam
>arjunasya  dhanurdhArI   rAmasya  priya  darshanam.
shamI kamala patrAxi shamI kanTaka dhaariNi
aarohantu shiko laxmi aayuH prANAbhi raxatu

We had a beautiful start to navarAtri yesterday with 10 ladies reciting
Lalitha sahasranAma, Lalitha trishati and ashtothara.

Om shaanti shaanti shaantiH

Let peace be with one and all this navarAtri season
Savithri
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