Dear Pandya, Navarana mantra although looks small is one of the most important mantra. It contains the power of all Mahalakshmi,Mahakali and Mahasarasvati. It is so potent that chandi homa is adopted also by various vedic sampradays. If you live anywhere in India. It is really not possible to not get initiated into Navarna mantra. You can really go to a nearby temple and take updesha from a priest or ask him for someone to initiate you. It is relatively easy to get a Navarna initiation. Don't look for online, step outside your home and do some efforts.

Thank you so much Krishna, I am extremely happy to hear that. I will keep checking in from time to time to see if it is posted!

Dear Guinevere, you are certainly eligible for the Sarasvati mantra practice. Please give me a few weeks to publish the mantra on this site and then I can initiate you if you wish to take it from me. The only caveat is that I am not practicing it. You may practice it and awaken it within you. I normally don't suggest anyone to get a mantra from me, but in this case a close friend and fellow sādhaka hand wrote the mantra with the procedure and sent it to me. This is certainly a sign that you deserve this mantra.

Namaste Tīvra ji, please help this lost soul. Date: 29 09 2002. Time: 8:45am

Hello Krishna, thanks for your reply. I have been reciting Lalitha Sahasranamam for over two years multiple times a week, and every Friday for Lalitha puja at my local temple. I have also performed Lalitha Sahasranamavali Archana for their Friday pujas on several occasions. I have taken deeksha for the Maha Ganapati Moola Mantra and completed the tarpanams for 40 days and 100,000 mantra jaapas, I received permission from the same guru to do Sri Chakra Puja (not Navavarana) as well. I am also actively enrolled in Sri Vidya classes with Devipuram and am taking a Devi Mahatmyam class with Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram. I truly believe that after hearing my crying and my constant prayers for help with my physical and mental health, Lalitha has brought herself to me as Sarasvati. She has saved me from myself many times and is the only reason that I am where I am today. I have been teaching myself every stotram, sukta, mantra, etc related to Sarasvati and her many names, and I have been unsuccessful in finding anyone local to help me as I live in an area with only 3 temples. The priests are all Vaishnava and have noting beyond a surface level understanding of Shaktism and I have been told to just recite the Dakshinamurthi Stotram. I understand however that I am a stranger on the internet and that it might not be possible to receive any initiation to a Sarasvati mantra for this reason or simply that I am not at the right place in my journey. If that is the case, could you tell me at what point, in your experience, someone could reasonably be ready to take deeksha for a Sarasvati mantra? Are there things that should be focused on first? I understand this can depend a lot on the person and the situation.

wow u people are so much knowledgable in hindu religious , u also know what things is where written in which book too ; highly appreciating , bt still no one is helping me in initiating in navarna mantra when this child is begging multiple times from multiple days ; u people should also think like let this child also do sadhna nd attain devi's priytam , nd that too i m not asking fr very much big big mantra / mahavidya sadhna ; simply need navarna mantra initiations nd proper sidh kunjika nd certains doubts related to it how to do it , nd how it ll give max effects howmuch jaap etc etc nd ofc correct pronunciation nd with om or without om etc etc ; u people are too much highly spiritual knowledgable becoz of divine mother's grace u should also support me too when i m dedicated to follow spiritual path na ; i m really sad after too much wait i became impatient ; sorry if i had hurt anybody , may god bless u all with more knowledge nd dont share it with me stay happy all respected peoples

Namaste Mr., it is truly unfortunate that it has to be told like this, but I will try to answer your queries. Goats and humans are different. A human can do mantra japa, tapasya, dhyan, and puja. Goats can't do that. How can you compare the sacrifice of a goat with humans? And scriptures confirm this. No need to get confirmation from Sriram ji. If one commits suicide in the guise of Bali, one goes to a yoni lower than this.

I can understand that you have many problems, but please be aware that Dharma for mere animals(goat, etc.) is different from the Dharma of a human, due to variation in capability. Hence, offering themselves in bali, mere animals can get promoted to higher planes(to be used as bali, there should be very great prarabdha(previous) karmas). But for humans, that is not the case. They should strive for the best without giving up, and cherish the rarest gift ever - being born as a human.

What needs to be sacrificed is our ego, desires, greed etc. - the Ariṣaḍvargas also called Ṣaḍripus. These animalistic tendencies need to be sacrificed and let go. There is no need to sacrifice any animals or birds or any other sentient beings. Unless you wish to eat the bird or animal you are sacrificing, do not do the same. The person reciting the mantras or recommending the sacrifices must commit to consume your karmas explicitly and not leave it to the whims of the gods. Ātma jñāna or self-realization and the higher pursuits of spiritual emancipation - mokṣa are certainly not obtained through the bali rituals. Neither the sacrificed animal nor the priest or the sponsor who consume the meat will get them either. Please do not blindly follow scriptures. Study and verify. Instead of the Vedas or Purāṇas, I would suggest going through Upaṇiṣads, Traipura Siddhānta, Kaṣmīra Śaiva Siddhānta (Trika philosophy) etc. to understand the true meaning of Bali and follow the same. Rest assured, no animal unless its drugged, will willingly submit itself to slaughter. There is no greater task master than the Divine Mother Mahāmāyā and She is both extremely benevolent and merciless at the same time. When the Ariṣaḍvargas are sacrificed, the heart Anāhata cakra is fully activated and the unstruck Parā-nāda sound is experienced and one can certainly feel the presence of their soul - Ātmapuruṣa. Also, please look at the message previously posted by revered Tīvra on suicide etc. That explains everything you might wish to learn about. At no stage of your life should you consider this. I can understand some exceptional cases where people get a court approval for a medical assisted euthanasia.

Let us take a look at our scriptures regarding human sacrifice. "There is human sacrifice in theory, in the Brahmanas(a section of the vedas), but you don’t “kill” any human in that. Rather, the men tied to the stake are released after reciting mantras in their ears. This is explicitly mentioned in Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. The other instance where an actual human sacrifice was to be done in the Brahmanas(a section of veda), is in the story of śunaḥśepa. Even there, when Śunaḥśepa knows he is to be sacrificed, he calls out to Varuṇa (to whom the sacrifice is supposed to take place) Agni, Viśvedevas and finally Indra and Aśvins, who rescue him from the sacrifice and bless him with great insight. Earlier in the story, Indra protects son of Hariścandra from being victim. Whether the story is true or not, it surely explains the attitude of Brahmanas(veda), the ritual texts, towards the ritual of sacrificing any human. It is also a fact that Śunaḥśepa is one of the iconic sages of Rigveda first maṇḍala". The credits for this info goes to Kiron Krishnan(Quora). Now that we know that our original scriptures (Vedas) have clear instances of even devatas saving humans from being sacrificed, we can conclude that devatas do not prefer human sacrifice. But why do so, when they gladly accept animals? Because animals have only 5 senses, so they can never win over their instincts. Being eternally influenced by animalistic instincts, they can never attain liberation on their own. Hence such a facility exists for animals. But for humans that is not the case. They have 6 senses, hence can(should) attain liberation on their own. They are simply "too high value (can help other souls liberate)" to be used in sacrifices. What would be the significance of specifically taking a human birth with higher capabilities, if the human uses methods of liberation prescribed for lowly capable beings? Hence it is the duty of human to use his full potential and attain liberation on his own. Also note that the animals sacrificed only attain heavens, not moksha. It later takes birth as a human(possibly) and learns brahma gyan. Moksha can only be achieved(learnt) by the soul, cannot be given directly by devatas. Devatas can give all the necessary tools. Also, suicide is not equal to bali. In the left hand path, human sacrifices are mentioned, and even in them, there are very strict procedures for the sacrificed human, like a certain amount of japa should be done by the one that is sacrificed(a certain mental state is to be achieved), etc. So the vedas do not support human sacrifice, and a human should not sacrifice himself, since he/she is much more capable, and hence it is his duty to perform to his fullest abilities. Suicide is forsaking this duty, hence leads to only hell.