hi Wide Awake, currently I am unsure of the meaning of Navatdhika hence I cannot confirm whether if this is true. Regarding the bija(s) that you asked, this mantra is already complete with the bjia-makuta (crown) of siddhilakshmi (khphrem), hence there will be no need for modification. 1) aim hrim srim - makuta of lalita mahatripurasundari 2) aim glaum aim - makuta of maha-varahi 3) aim hrim srim aim klim sauh - makuta of maha-rajamatangesvari 4) aim hrim srim klim krim hum krom sphrom - is the makuta of kamakalakali 5) hrim hum chrim phrem - is the makuta of guhyakali 6) kphrem - is the makuta of kalasankarsini and finally 7) aim hrim klim - is the bija makuta of candi. Not to forget, the bija makuta of ganapati is a) gam and the bija makuta of subrahmanya is b) saum. This bija makuta of Para is sauh. And lastly the bija mantra makuta of Sambhava is hsaumh and the bija makuta mantra makuta of Shambavi is s-haumh. You ideally choose a deity and stick with them for life. And whenever you wash your hand or perform any action, you remember the deity by "(makuta-bija) I am washing my hands now". Hope this clarifies and please correct me if I am wrong.

namaskaram Dylan, thank you for clarifications :)

Namaste prince ! Does Navatyadhika mean adhistatri of navdurga ? And is it complete mantra of should one add om āim hŕim klim before it ?

Namaste Prince. Descending from dvādaśānta, the central point of the maṇḍala, Kuṇḍalinī is Mahāmāyā and generates the world of transmigration. She is Śaktikuṇḍalinī, coiled like a sleeping serpent as though She has drunk poison. But, awakened by one-pointed awareness, She attains Her supreme abode. In doing so, the Goddess undergoes multiple births. It is said in the Manthānabhairava Tantra: "The Kaulika reality manifests in the seventh birth, that of the Śāmbhava state, which is the last... A Buddhist in the first life and a Jaina in the second. Then a Vedika the third, a Vaiṣṇava in the fourth, a Saura in the fifth and a Śaiva in the sixth." The seventh birth of the Goddess is as the daughter of Himavat. What this means is that one's awareness progressively becomes more and more purified until eventually attaining the Śāmbhava state, which is described as such: "One whose mind is free of thoughts is successful - this is the alchemical potion. Thought is only delusion and thought is in the mind. Once thought has been destroyed then there is success without any doubt." The various mantras and their deities are reflective awarenesses, each a kind of wisdom. For instance, in the scheme of the Paraśurāmakalpasūtra, Mahāgaṇapati, the primordial resonance of consciousness which rules the totality of all things which unfold from it, is practiced first as the reflective awareness of the oneness of all things within pure consciousness through the recognition of one's true nature. Śyāmalā and Vārāhī are the subtle and gross - inner and outer - aspects of reality, the former being the aesthetic wonder of one's true nature and the latter being the secret festival of the relish of one's true nature. Bālā, the slayer of the thirty sons of Bhaṇḍāsura, overcomes the lower states of consciousness. As it is said in the Śivasūtra: "Māyā is the lack of discernment of the principles beginning with Kalā." You can probably understand somewhat the significance of the Pañcadaśī and Mahāṣoḍaśī mantras from my previous comment about lunar symbolism. It is worth quoting a passage from Tantrāloka here: "The perception of the object of knowledge, along with the metaphysical principles that constitute it, which is full or less complete, is the knowledge that, increasingly higher, quells each corresponding form of transmigratory existence. 'I am unsullied by attachment and the like', 'I am inwardly empty' and 'I am not an agent' - this kind of knowledge, whether collectively or individually, liberates from only that much bondage. Therefore, even though someone may be free from one limitation, he is not liberated because other limitations continue to exist. He who is truly liberated is free of all limitations."

For worshippers of siddhilakṣmī , please use the following for your daily practice (tattva-shodana + gayatri) siddhilakṣmī gayatri : khphreṁ siddhilakṣmī vidmahe navatyadhika dhīmahi tanno lakṣmīḥ pracodayāt tattva shodana : 1) khphreṁ hrāṁ ātmatatvāya svāhā || 2) khphreṁ hrīṁ vidyātatvāya svāhā || 3) khphreṁ hrūṁ śivatatvāya svāhā

Dear Dylan, I would like to ask about the significance of krama in mantra sadhana. Namely, what is the philosophy behind starting with one-syllable mantra and gradually working up to mantras with increasing (gradually) more syllables (kali krama, for e.g., starting with 1) chintamani bija KRIM, then to Ekajata Tara mantra and so on and so forth). In addition to this, learned Acarya Timalsina also states that in the beginning we visualise simpler forms in dhyana, and we work our way up to increasingly complex forms, which directly corresponds to increasingly complex mantras. Thank you so much for your help.

om namash chandikayai. Kindly assist or advise me in getting the deeksha for this manthra

Sai ram, very very thanks for sharing this. I really appreciate it much. Since Ashwatthama is a maharishi now from what i had read in this manblunder article here and i had seen the image of Ashwatthama shared here, I am really astonished of how Ashwatthama looks now. Since Ashwatthama's has relieved from his curse and became a guruji, is there any way for me to meet or see Ashwatthama now ? what does this mantra Ashwathaama Balir Vyaso Hanumanash cha Vibhishana Krupacharya cha Parashuramam Saptatah Chirjeevanam means ? please tell me and can i chant this ? if yes at what time ?

Dear Nesh, you may check out 'English Renderings of the Tiruvarutpa' or please check out Volume 2 of Arut Perum Joti and the Deathless Life. I would highly recommend you to learn Tamil, for it is the best way to understand and enjoy the songs within. I am highly fortunate here to have learnt Tamil ever since a very young age (I am still learning now) even though I am not from India.

thank you for explaining it beautifully dylan