Samksepa-arcana-paddhati
The chanting of the holy names leads to total perfection, yet in one’s devotional life the various activities related to the arcana are very important.
In the morning, after washing, the sadhaka should sit on an asana looking east. Touching the water in your patra-bench you invoke all the tirthas by chanting this mantra:
gange ca yamune caiva
godavari sarasvati
narmade sindho kaveri
jale ‘smin sannidhim kuru
Sprinkling water on your head, then perform the acamana by chanting, om sri visnuh, om sri visnuh. Then you mark your body in twelve points with the gopicandana as you recite:
lalate kesavam dhyayen
narayanam athodare
vaksah-sthale madhavam tu
govindam kantha-kupake
visnum ca daksine kuksau
bahau ca madhusudanam
trivikramam kandhare you
vamanam vama-parsvake
sridharam vama bahau tu
hrsikesam ca kandhare
prsthe tu padma-nabham ca
katyam damodaram nyaset
tat praksalana-toyam tu
vasudevaya murdhani
First do the guru-puja, meditating on your guru like this:
pratah sriman-navadvipe
dvi-netram dvi-bhujam gurum
varabhaya-pradam santam
smaret tan-nama-purvakam
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sits under a jeweled pavilion. On His right sits Nityananda Prabhu and on His left Gadadhara Pandita. Also standing on the right is Advaita Prabhu offering prayers with folded hands. Also standing on the left is Srivasa Pandita holding a parasol. Sri Gurudeva sits on an altar below.
This is a section of the book “Bhajana Rahasya”, by Bhaktivinode Thakura.
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