How To Meditate on Mātangī

In this talk, we discuss the Matangī meditation mantra and present a simple worship of Matangi since the day before yesterday was her Jayanti (birthday).

We were all of us recovering from our Atlanta adventure so I didn't get to write to you yesterday and wish you all a happy Akshaya Trititya; you were all in my heart!

Akshaya Trititya is such an auspicious day combining so many important events that I think I'll say a few things about it in class today also before our practice.

On this day:

1. The day the first naga sadhu, Rishabha was fed

2. Treta Yuga began

3. Parashurama, the axe-wielding, angry avatar of Vishnu was born

4. Ganga Mā first flowed down from heaven

5. Shiva appointed Kubera the ruler of material prosperity

6. Vyāsa begin composing the Mahabharata (with Ganesh taking dictation)

7. Yudishtira received the Infinite Bowl (Akshaya patra)

8. Parvati took the form of Annapurna

And of course it's also the auspicious Jayanti of Matangī Mā! 

Worship of Mātangī

Draw a red downward pointing triangle in the North-East and then chant the Matangī meditation mantra:

śavopari–samāsīnāṁ raktāmbaraparicchadām।

raktālaṅkāra saṁyuktāṁ guñjāhāra vibhūṣitāma॥

ṣoḍaśābdāṁ ca yuvatīṁ pīnonnatapayodharām।

kapālakartṛkāhastāṁ paramajyotirūpiṇīm॥

vāmadakṣiṇa yogena dhyāyenmantraviduttamam।

īṣathāsya samāyuktāṁ nīlamegha samaprabhām॥

Translation:

The highest knower of the mantra (i.e the Tantrik adept) should meditate on this Goddess through the yoga of the Left and Right as follows:

Seated on a corpse, dressed in red, adorned with red ornaments, garlanded in poisonous flowers/seeds, a young woman of sixteen with comely breasts, holding a sword and skull-bowl, whose form is the supreme light (of consciousness), endowed with a subtle smile, radiant like a storm cloud.

Meditate on Mā, perform mental worship and then offer an already offered flower saying,

OM jyeṣṭhamātaṅgi namāmi ucchiṣṭacaṇḍālini trailokyavaśaṅkari svāhā

idaṁ nirmālyapuṣpādikam ucchiṣṭacaṇḍālinyai namaḥ ।

Translation:

To the eldest Mātaṅgī, I bow.

To the fierce Ucchiṣṭa Caṇḍālinī—

the outcaste goddess who sanctifies impurity,

who enchants and subjugates the three worlds—

I offer myself with these leftover flowers and all their fragrance.

Svāhā!

All this is offered to You, O Ucchiṣṭa Caṇḍālinī—salutations!"

and then place some offered food on mandala saying:

oṁ lehyacoṣyānnapānādi tāmbūlamanulepanam।

nirmālyaṁ bhojanaṁ tubhyaṁ dadāmi śrīśivājñayā॥

These foods and drinks as well as the tambulam and fragrant pastes that have already been touched by the tongue, this leftover (sullied) food I offer to you by the command of Lord Shiva!

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