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% Author                : Brahmasri K. P. Narayana Shastrigal
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\engtitle{.. Shri Lalita Chatuhshashti Upachara Sangraha ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIlalitA chatuHShaShTyupachArasa~NgrahaH ..}##\endtitles ##
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Five, ten, sixteen and twenty-four Upacharas are generally
offered to deities during Pooja or Archana. However, sixty-four
Upacharas are prescribed during the Navavarana Pooja of Shri
Lalita Mahatripurasundari Rajarajeshwari ParAbhattArikA in
the Shrichakra. These sixty-four Upacharas are detailed in
Vamakeshwara Tantra and in the Parashurama Kalpasutras. Though
it is not possible to physically offer all these sixty-four
Upacharas to Shridevi, by mentioning these Upacharas and
offering the same at the lotus feet of Shridevi using one's
imagination, the merit of actually offering these Upacharas
to Shridevi are obtained. The truth of this statement is
confirmed by Shri Bhaskararaya in his Setubandha and also
by Shri Rameshwara Suri in his commentary on the Parashurama
Kalpasutras.

Shri Lalita Chatuhshashtyupachara Samgraha is a hymn, which
beautifully summarizes these sixty-four Upacharas. This hymn,
composed from a high state of consciousness, is the masterpiece
of Brahmasri K. P. Narayana Shastrigal, the late Asthana
Vidwan of Mysore State and DakShinamnaya Shringeri Sharada
Peetham and retired professor of Advaita Vedanta, Chamarajendra
Sanskrit College, Bangalore. A scholar par excellence and a
highly accomplished Upasaka of Shri Mahatripurasundari and
Shri Chandramoulishwara, Shri Narayana Shastrigal was held
in a very high regard by the Shankaracharyas of the Amnaya
mutts and by scholars across the sub-continent. Most of his
disciples went on to become Mahamahopadhyayas and scholars
of great repute. He spent a greater part of his life in
the holy city of Varanasi and was popularly referred to as
'Kashivasi' Narayana Shastrigal. He was instrumental in
editing and publishing the first ever copy of Skandadeva's
Rudra Bhashya. He accepted Turiyashrama towards the end of
his life. It is popularly remembered to this day in Kashi
that when the great man attained Siddhi, a Bana Linga had
materialized on his body. It is indeed due to the limitless
compassion of Shridevi that I was fortunate to have as my
Guru Brahmasri K. P. Shankara Shastrigal, younger brother of
Shri Narayana Shastrigal, an equally brilliant scholar and
an equally accomplished Shrividya Upasaka. It is recorded
that one afternoon, after performing Nirajana to Shridevi,
Narayana Shastrigal burst into a hymn and a disciple noted it
down. The then Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal of Shringeri read
the hymn and declared that it was indeed Shridevi who had spoken
through Shastrigal.  The following hymn, which is a composition
of Brahmasri Narayana Shastrigal, has been reproduced over
the ages in various books like the Shrividya Ratnakara of
Karapatri Swamin, Saubhagya Ratnakara Valli of Purnananda,
Shrividya Saparya of Dattatreyanandanatha, by various Guhananda
Mandali books and many books dealing with Shrichakra Pooja
and Devi Stotras in Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada,
Bengali and Malayalam. One may estimate the greatness of this
hymn by simply considering the fact that this hymn was included
in their Saparya Paddhatis by great men like Chidanandanatha
and Karapatri Swamin. It is unfortunate however that none of
these publications have given any credit to the author of this
supremely beautiful hymn by at least mentioning his name.

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\section{shrIlalitA chatuHShaShTyupachArasa~NgrahaH}
OM hR^inmadhyanilaye devi lalite paradevate |
chatuShShaShTyupachArAMste bhaktyA mAtaH samarpaye || 1||
kAmeshotsa~Nganilaye pAdyaM gR^ihNIShva sAdaram |
bhUShaNAni samuttArya gandhatailaM cha te.arpaye || 2||
snAnashAlAM pravishyA.atha tatrastha maNipIThake |
upavishya sukhena tvaM dehodvartanamAchara || 3||
uShNodakena lalite snApayAmyatha bhaktitaH |
abhiShi~nchAmi pashchAttvAM sauvarNakalashodakaiH || 4||
dhautavastraprocChanaM chAraktakShaumAmbaraM tathA |
kuchottarIyamaruNamarpayAmi maheshwari || 5||
tataH pravishya chAlepamaNTapaM parameshwari |
upavishya cha sauvarNapIThe gandhAnvilepaya || 6||
kAlagarujadhUpaishcha dhUpaye keshapAshakam |
arpayAmi cha mAlyAdi sarvartukusumasrajaH || 7||
bhUShAmaNTapamAvishya sthitvA sauvarNapIThake |
mANikyamukuTaM mUrdhni dayayA sthApayAmbike || 8||
sharatpArvaNachandrasya shakalaM tatra shobhatAm |
sindUreNa cha sImantamala~Nkuru dayAnidhe || 9||
bhAle cha tilakaM nyasya netrayora~njanaM shive |
vAlIyugaLamapyamba bhaktyA te vinivedaye || 10||
maNikuNDalamapyamba nAsAbharaNameva cha |
tATa~NkayugaLaM devi yAvaka~nchAdhare.arpaye || 11||
AdyabhUShaNasauvarNachintAkapadakAni cha |
mahApadakamuktAvalyekAvalyAdibhUShaNam || 12||
ChannavIraM gR^ihANAmba keyUrayugalaM tathA |
valayAvalima~NgulyAbharaNaM lalitAmbike || 13||
oDyANamatha kaTyante kaTisUtra~ncha sundari |
saubhAgyAbharaNaM pAdakaTakaM nUpuradwayam || 14||
arpayAmi jaganmAtaH pAdayoshchA~NgulIyakam |
pAshaM vAmordhwahaste te dakShahaste tathA~Nkusham || 15||
anyasminvAmahaste cha tathA puNDrekShuchApakam |
puShpabANAMshcha dakShAdhaH pANau dhAraya sundari || 16||
arpayAmi cha mANikyapAduke pAdayoH shive |
ArohAvR^itidevIbhiH chakraM parashive mudA || 17||
samAnaveShabhUShAbhiH sAkaM tripurasundari |
tatra kAmeshavAmA~Nkaparya~NkopaniveshinIm || 18||
amR^itAsavapAnena muditAM tvAM sadA bhaje |
shuddhena gA~Ngatoyena punarAchamanaM kuru || 19||
karpUravITikAmAsye tato.amba viniveshaya |
AnandollAsahAsena vilasanmukhapa~NkajAm || 20||
bhaktimatkalpalitikAM kR^itIsyAM tvAM smaran kadA |
ma~NgalArArtikaM ChatraM chAmaraM darpaNaM tathA |
tALavR^intaM gandhapuShpadhUpadIpAMshcha te.arpaye || 21||
shrIkAmeshwari taptahATakakR^itaiH sthAlIsahasrairbhR^itam
      divyAnnaM ghR^itasUpashAkabharitaM chitrAnnabhedairyutam |
dugdhAnnaM madhusharkarAdadhiyutaM mANikyapAtrArpitam
      mAShApUpakapUrikAdisahitaM naivedyamambA.arpaye || 22||
sAgraviMshatipadyoktachatuShShaShTyupachArataH |
hR^inmadhyanilayA mAtA lalitA parituShyatu || 23||
shrImukhAkhyasya varShasya tulAyAM shuklapakShake |
chaturthyAmaparAhNe cha lalitArpitamAnasaH || 24||
sAgraviMshatipadyaistu chatuShShaShTyupachArakAn |
samagrahItparAmbAyAH prItyai nArAyaNo mudA || 25||
nArAyaNaH shrIpuruShottamAtmajo.alikhanmahIShUrapure vasankR^itI |
devIsaparyAmakhilAbhilAShadAM kAmeshavAmA~NkagatA prasIdatu ||

iti shrIlalitA chatuHShaShTyupachArasa~NgrahaH |

|| iti shivam ||
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