॥ अरुणगिरि योगीश्वर वन्दनम् ॥ aruṇagiri yogīshvara vandanam🔗

In the Arunagiri Yogishwara Vandanam we offer our respects and gratitude to Arunagiri Yogishwara, the Avatar of Sadashiva, who incarnated thousands of years ago, and who is the source of the infinite bio-energy of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

The meaning of the mantra is:

One who has the tripunḍrī, the three-lined sacred ash on His forehead, the mark of sacred musk applied on his forehead, who is the wearer of a glittering garland, who wears a loincloth on His radiantly glowing waist, who upholds the unconquerable king cobra and a crescent moon on His forehead – victory onto Arunagiri Yogishwara, who is the Cosmic Light of Enlightenment onto all beings.

Kriya: Now, taking flowers in your folded hands, close your eyes and offer the flowers at the Guru's sacred lotus feet at the end of the mantra.

ललाटे त्रिपुण्ड्री निटिलकृत कस्तुरी तिलकः स्फुरन् मालाधारः स्फुरित कटि कौपीन वसनः। दधानो दस्ु तारं शिरसि फणिराजम् शशिकलाम् प्रदीपः सर्वेषाम् अरुणगिरि योगी विजयते ॥

lalāṭe tripuṇḍrī niṭilakṛta kasturī tilakaḥ sphuran mālādhāraḥ sphurita kaṭi kaupīna vasanaḥ । dadhāno dustāraṃ śirasi phaṇirājam śaśikalām pradīpaḥ sarveṣām aruṇagiri yogī vijayate ॥

Because of being established in the calmness of restful awareness and being free from the attitude of performing all actions related to the fivefold cosmic functions, Lord Sadashiva is called 'Shiva' by the experts in the great tantras (Agamas). I offer myself onto that Shiva, who is the Guru and who is eternally beyond passion and who is beyond any limiting aspects of embodying and manifesting in form (kala). Because of His immeasurable greatness and being eternally unborn, He is greatly praised and celebrated as Ananta.

Kriya: Now please take some flowers in your hands and offer them at Guru's divine feet/paduka along with the mantra.

शान्तत्वात् सर्वकर्तृत्वभावोपरति कारणात् । शिव उक्तो महातन्त्रमन्त्रविद्भिः सदाशिवः ॥ तस्मै शिवाय गुरवे वीतरागकलाय वै । अमेयत्वात् अनन्तोऽयं अजत्वाच्च प्रकीर्तितः ॥

śāntatvāt sarvakartṛtvabhāvoparati kāraṇāt । śiva ukto mahātantra-mantravidbhiḥ sadāśivaḥ ॥ tasmai śivāya gurave vītarāgakalāya vai । ameyatvāt ananto'yaṃ ajatvācca prakīrtītaḥ ।।

॥ शुक्लाम्बरधरं ॥ śuklāmbaradharam ॥

We chant this mantra invoking the energy of Sri Ganesha, the Lord of spontaneous completion and obstacle remover, to remove the obstacles that may prevent us from completing the Puja.

I meditate upon the Lord Ganesha who is clad in white garments, who is all-pervading, who is as bright colored as the Moon, who has a smiling, pleasant face, having four shoulders or hands, and who is the remover and pacifier of all obstacles.

शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष शश ्णुं िवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्विघ्नोपशान्तये ॥

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam । prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ॥

Kriya: Please take the akshata, turmeric mixed rice and a flower in your right hand. Keeping both the hands as fist, tap the sides of your forehead (on the temples) while chanting the

॥ प्राणायामः ॥ prāṇāyāmaḥ ॥

The next is prānāyāma, the regulation of the prana - life-energy. Kriya: Continue to keep the akshata in your right hand. Now open only the little finger, ring finger and the thumb (as shown in picture)

• Close your right nostril with the thumb and exhale completely through your left nostril observing silence in your inner space.
• Now close the left nostril with the ring finger and little finger and inhale slowly through your right nostril. Chant "u" within as you breathe-in visualizing Moon and Vishnu.
• Close your right nostril and hold your breath chanting "म्" "m" in your inner space and visualizing Sun and Shiva.
• Now, close your right nostril with the thumb and exhale slowly, through your left nostril chanting 'आ' 'ā' in your inner space visualizing Fire and Brahma, as you breathe-out.

Now repeat steps 2 to 4 two more times. Finally touch the right ear with the right hand.