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Homa – Fire Ceremony for World Peace and Prosperity
The homam (fire-yajña), also called Agni-Hotra, is an ancient fire ceremony originating in the Vedic culture and its sacred text. Agni refers to fire and Hotra means, healing. This healing fire ceremony is considered one of the highest Vedic ceremony. Specially trained priests make offerings of ghee (butter-oil) and grains into the fire while reciting Sanskrit mantras to invoke protection and blessings of health. Participants are also invited to join the priests at specified times with offerings of rice into the fire, as symbol of divine light. The ceremony is energizing and purifying for the environment.
The Sudarśana Homam is a fire ceremony performed to invoke the energy of Sudarśana, the Disc of lord Viṣṇu, which is a very powerful protector. The performance of Sudarshana Homa through the sacrificial fire gives relief from unknown diseases, all kind of illness, poison, black magic, evil eye, accidents etc. by nullifying the demoniac negative forces.
Sudarśana Cakra – the disk of auspicious vision
The Lord’s Sudarśana Cakra is a spinning, disk-like weapon, which produces intolerable heat, having thousands of flaming sharp edges in two rows moving in opposite directions which gives it serrated edge (serrate means saw-toothed edge). It is used by lord Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa) to kill his enemies and protect his devotees.
The literal meaning of the Sanskrit word sudarśana (सुदर्शन चक्र) is “auspicious vision”. It is a combination of the words “su” (सु) which means “good/auspicious” and “darśana” (दर्शन) which means “vision”. Sudarśana, the disk of auspicious vision, is worshipped by Vaiṣṇavas and regarded as the Deity who helps the devotees to clear the difficult path to attain the lord.
The personification of Sudarśana Chakra
the Lord’s ultimate weapon, shaped like a wheel
Sudarśana is described in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam as follows:
“O Sudarśana wheel, you are religion, you are truth, you are encouraging statements, you are sacrifice, and you are the enjoyer of the fruits of sacrifice. You are the maintainer of the entire universe, and you are the supreme transcendental prowess in the hands of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are the original vision of the Lord, and therefore you are known as Sudarśana. Everything has been created by your activities, and therefore you are all-pervading.” (SB 9.5.5)
The Sudarśana Cakra is mentioned in four Vedas as an ultimate weapon of law, preservation to eliminate the enemies and the demoniac, negative forces, protecting good over evil. This divine Cakra is generally portrayed on the right rear hand of the four hands of Viṣṇu, who also holds a śaṅkha (conch shell), a gadā (mace) and a padma (lotus).
Sudarśana-Cakra – The Wheel of the Lord
by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Srimad Bhagavatam 1.9.6-7 purport
Sudarśana: This wheel which is accepted by the Personality of Godhead (Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa) as His personal weapon is the most powerful weapon, greater than the brahmāstras or similar other disastrous weapons. In some of the Vedic literatures it is said that Agnideva, the fire-god, presented this weapon to Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but factually this weapon is eternally carried by the Lord. Agnideva presented this weapon to Kṛṣṇa in the same way that Rukmiṇī was given by Mahārāja Rukma to the Lord. The Lord accepts such presentations from His devotees, even though such presentations are eternally His property. There is an elaborate description of this weapon in the Ādi-parva of the Mahābhārata. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa used this weapon to kill Śiśupāla, a rival of the Lord. He also killed Śālva by this weapon, and sometimes He wanted His friend Arjuna to use it to kill his enemies (Mahābhārata, Virāṭa-parva 56.3).
The wheel in the hand of the Lord, called the Sudarśana cakra, has one thousand spokes. The yogī is advised to meditate upon each of the spokes. He should meditate upon each and every one of the component parts of the transcendental form of the Lord. (SB 3.28.27)
The yogī should further meditate upon the Lord’s four arms, which are the source of all the powers of the demigods who control the various functions of material nature. Then the yogi should concentrate on the polished ornaments, which were burnished by Mount Mandara as it revolved. He should also duly contemplate the Lord’s discus, the Sudarśana cakra, which contains one thousand spokes and a dazzling luster, as well as the conch, which looks like a swan in His lotuslike palm. (SB 3.28.27)
त्वं धर्मस्त्वमृतं सत्यं त्वं यज्ञो’खिलयज्ञभुक्
त्वं लोकपालः सर्वात्मा त्वं तेजः पौरुषं परम्
tvaṁ dharmas tvam-ṛtaṁ satyaṁ | tvaṁ yajño ’khila-yajña-bhuk
tvaṁ loka-pālaḥ sarvātmā | tvaṁ tejaḥ pauruṣaṁ param
“O Sudarśana wheel, you are religion, you are truth, you are encouraging statements, you are sacrifice, and you are the enjoyer of the fruits of sacrifice. You are the maintainer of the entire universe, and you are the supreme transcendental prowess in the hands of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You are the original vision of the Lord, and therefore you are known as Sudarśana. Everything has been created by your activities, and therefore you are all-pervading.” (SB 9.5.5)
Set into motion by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and wandering in all the four directions, the disc of the Supreme Lord has sharp edges as destructive as the fire of devastation at the end of the millennium. As a blazing fire burns dry grass to ashes with the assistance of the breeze, may that Sudarśana cakra burn our enemies to ashes. (SB 6.8.23)
Mahārāja Ambarīṣa said: O Sudarśana cakra, you are fire, you are the most powerful sun, and you are the moon, the master of all luminaries. You are water, earth and sky, you are the air, you are the five sense objects [sound, touch, form, taste and smell], and you are the senses also. (SB 9.5.3)
O Sudarśana, you have a very auspicious hub, and therefore you are the upholder of all religion. You are just like an inauspicious comet for the irreligious demons. Indeed, you are the maintainer of the three worlds, you are full of transcendental effulgence, you are as quick as the mind, and you are able to work wonders. I can simply utter the word namaḥ, offering all obeisances unto you.
The disc of the Lord is called Sudarśana because he does not discriminate between high and low criminals or demons. Durvāsā Muni was certainly a powerful brāhmaṇa, but his acts against the pure devotee Mahārāja Ambarīṣa were no better than the activities of asuras. As stated in the śāstras, dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam: [SB 6.3.19] the word dharma refers to the orders or laws given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja: [Bg. 18.66] real dharma is surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore real dharma means bhakti, or devotional service to the Lord. The Sudarśana cakra is here addressed as dharma-setave, the protector of dharma. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was a truly religious person, and consequently for his protection the Sudarśana cakra was ready to punish even such a strict brāhmaṇa as Durvāsā Muni because he had acted like a demon. There are demons even in the form of brāhmaṇas. Therefore the Sudarśana cakra does not discriminate between brāhmaṇa demons and śūdra demons. Anyone against the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees is called a demon. In the śāstras we find many brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas who acted as demons and have been described as demons. According to the verdict of the śāstras, one has to be understood according to his symptoms. If one is born of a brāhmaṇa father but his symptoms are demoniac, he is regarded as a demon. The Sudarśana cakra is always concerned with annihilating the demons. Therefore he is described as adharma-śīlāsura-dhūma-ketave. Those who are not devotees are called adharma-śīla. The Sudarśana cakra is just like an inauspicious comet for all such demons. (SB 9.5.6)
The following is a verse in praise of Sudarśana from Śrī Vaiṣṇava pāñcarātrika texts mentioning Sudarśana inside the Śaṭ-kona yantra:
Invocation of Sudarśana
śaṅkhaṁ cakraṁ ca cāpaṁ paraśu asimiṣuṁ śūla pāśāṅkuśāmś ca |
bibhrānaṁ vajra-khetaṁ hala musala gadā kuntaṁ atyughra daṁṣṭraṁ ||
jvālā-keśaṁ tri-netraṁ jvala-dānala nibhaṁ hāra keyūra-bhūṣaṁ |
dhyāyet śaṭ-kona saṁsthaṁ sakala ripu-kula prāṇa saṁhāra cakraṁ ||
“I meditate upon you o great Cakra, residing in the middle of the Śaṭ-kona (hexagon, six-cornered star) holding conch, discus, bow, axe, sword, trident, noose, goad, diamond shield, plough, cudgel (stick), mace, spear, thunderbolt, pestle. You have terrible fangs, fiery hair and three eyes. You have the intensity of a raging inferno with a blazing halo and You are adorned with garlands, ornaments and necklaces. O Sudarśana, eliminator of all hostile forces, remove the life of all our enemies.
“After hearing from the sun and moon demigods about Rāhu’s attack, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, engages His disc, known as the Sudarśana cakra, to protect them. The Sudarśana cakra is the Lord’s most beloved devotee and is favored by the Lord. The intense heat of its effulgence, meant for killing non-Vaiṣṇavas, is unbearable to Rāhu, and he therefore flees in fear of it. During the time Rāhu disturbs the sun or moon, there occurs what people commonly know as an eclipse.” (SB 5.24.3)
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is always the protector of His devotees, who are also known as demigods. The controlling demigods are most obedient to Lord Viṣṇu, although they also want material sense enjoyment, and that is why they are called demigods, or almost godly. Although Rāhu attempts to attack both the sun and the moon, they are protected by Lord Viṣṇu. Being very afraid of Lord Viṣṇu’s cakra, Rāhu cannot stay in front of the sun or moon for more than a muhūrta (forty-eight minutes). The phenomenon that occurs when Rāhu blocks the light of the sun or moon is called an eclipse. The attempt of the scientists of this earth to go to the moon is as demoniac as Rāhu’s attack. Of course. their attempts will be failures because no one can enter the moon or sun so easily. Like the attack of Rāhu, such attempts will certainly be failures. (SB 5.24.3)
Lord Kṛṣṇa is known as Cakradhara – One Who Carries the Disc
sudarśanaṁ mahā cakra govindasya karāyudha |
tīkṣṇa dhāra mahāvega sūrya koṭi samaprabhā ||
“O Sudarśana great discus held in the hand of Govinda, you are
exceedingly, sharp, very swift and radiate like millions of Suns.”
Sudarśana mantra
सुदर्शन महाज्वाल कोटि सूर्य समप्रभा ।
अज्ञानान्धस्ये मे देव विष्णोर् मार्गं प्रदर्शय ॥
sudarśana mahājvāla koṭi sūrya samaprabhā |
ajñānāndhasye me deva viṣṇor mārgaṁ pradarśaya ||
“O Sudarśana, great flame, as refulgent as an hundred thousand suns, lead me
O Lord from the darkness of ignorance and guide me towards Lord Viṣṇu’s path.”
Sudarśana gāyatri
ॐ सुदर्शनाय विद्महे महाज्वालाय धीमहि।
तन्नश्चक्रः प्रचोदयात्॥
oṁ sudarśanāya vidmahe mahājvālāya dhīmahi |
tannaścakraḥ pracodayāt ||
WORD FOR WORD: oṁ – invocation, sudarśanāya – vision of the lord, disc, discus, the lord’s weapon, vidmahe – known, to understand, we know, mahājvālāya – from the burning of the great poison, fever, evil, dhīmahi – we meditate , I do meditate upon, let us chant, visualize, tannaś – (tan noh) whose form, body, cakraḥ – wheel, disc, weapon, shaped like a wheel with 1000 spokes, pracodayāt – may he direct, may it move forward.
TRANSLATION: Let us meditate on the auspicious vision of Sudarśana cakra, the Lord’s ultimate weapon, shaped like a flaming wheel with sharp edges, shining brilliantly like thousands of fierce suns, filling all the world with his light. May he protect us from all evil, fever and poison.
Prayers to the Lord’s Weapons
To the Sudarśana Cakra
Text 23
चक्रं युगान्तानलतिग्मनेमि
भ्रमत् समन्ताद् भगवत्प्रयुक्तम् ।
दन्दग्धि दन्दग्ध्यरिसैन्यमाशु
कक्षं यथा वातसखो हुताशः ॥ २३॥
cakraṁ yugāntānala-tigma-nemi
bhramat samantād bhagavat-prayuktam |
dandagdhi dandagdhy ari-sainyam āśu
kakṣaṁ yathā vāta-sakho hutāśaḥ ||
Set into motion by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and wandering in all the four directions, the disc of the Supreme Lord has sharp edges as destructive as the fire of devastation at the end of the millennium. As a blazing fire burns dry grass to ashes with the assistance of the breeze, may that Sudarśana cakra burn our enemies to ashes. (SB/6/8/23)
To the Club – Gada
Text 24
गदे’शनिस्पर्शनविस्फुलिङ्गे
निष्पिण्ढि निष्पिण्ढ्यजितप्रियासि ।
कुष्माण्डवैनायकयक्षरक्षो-
भूतग्रहांश्चूर्णय चूर्णयारीन् ॥ २४॥
gade ’śani-sparśana-visphuliṅge
niṣpiṇḍhi niṣpiṇḍhy ajita-priyāsi |
kuṣmāṇḍa-vaināyaka-yakṣa-rakṣo-
bhūta-grahāṁś cūrṇaya cūrṇayārīn ||
O club in the hand of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you produce sparks of fire as powerful as thunderbolts, and you are extremely dear to the Lord. I am also His servant. Therefore kindly help me pound to pieces the evil living beings known as Kuṣmāṇḍas, Vaināyakas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Bhūtas and Grahas. Please pulverize them. (SB/6/8/24)
To the Conchshell – Pāñcajanya
त्वं यातुधानप्रमथप्रेतमातृ-
पिशाचविप्रग्रहघोरदृष्टीन् ।
दरेन्द्र विद्रावय कृष्णपूरितो
भीमस्वनोऽरेर्हृदयानि कम्पयन् ॥ २५॥
TEXT 25
tvaṁ yātudhāna-pramatha-preta-mātṛ-
piśāca-vipragraha-ghora-dṛṣṭīn |
darendra vidrāvaya kṛṣṇa-pūrito
bhīma-svano ’rer hṛdayāni kampayan ||
O best of conchshells, O Pāñcajanya in the hands of the Lord, you are always filled with the breath of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore you create a fearful sound vibration that causes trembling in the hearts of enemies like the Rākṣasas, pramatha ghosts, Pretas, Mātās, Piśācas and brāhmaṇa ghosts with fearful eyes. (SB/6/8/25)
To the Sword
त्वं तिग्मधारासिवरारिसैन्यम्
ईशप्रयुक्तो मम छिन्धि छिन्धि ।
चक्षूंषि चर्मञ्छतचन्द्र छादय
द्विषामघोनां हर पापचक्षुषाम् ॥ २६॥
TEXT 26
tvaṁ tigma-dhārāsi-varāri-sainyam
īśa-prayukto mama chindhi chindhi |
cakṣūṁṣi carmañ chata-candra chādaya
dviṣām aghonāṁ hara pāpa-cakṣuṣām ||
O king of sharp-edged swords, you are engaged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Please cut the soldiers of my enemies to pieces. Please cut them to pieces! O shield marked with a hundred brilliant moonlike circles, please cover the eyes of the sinful enemies. Pluck out their sinful eyes. (SB/6/8/26)
Prayers to Sudarśana Cakra
Sudarśana Stotram
नमः सुदर्शनायैव सहस्रादित्य वर्चसे ।
ज्वाला-माला प्रदीप्ताय सहस्राराय चक्षुषे ॥ १ ॥
namaḥ sudarśanāyaiva sahasrāditya varcase |
jvālā-mālā pradīptāya sahasrārāya cakṣuṣe || 1 ||
Obeisance unto Sudarśana as brilliant as a thousand suns. A Radiant flaming garland with a thousand spokes and eyes.
सर्व दुष्ट विनाशाय सर्व पातक मर्दिने ।
सुचक्राय विचक्राय सर्व मन्त्र विभेदिने ॥ २ ॥
sarva duṣṭa vināśāya sarva pātaka mardine |
sucakrāya vicakrāya sarva mantra vibhedine || 2 ||
Obeisance unto him who destroys evil and removes sins. Obeisance unto Suchakra and Vichakra
the piercer of all mantras.
प्रसवित्रे जगद्-धात्रे जगद् विध्वंसिने नमः ।
पालनार्थाय लोकानां दुष्टासुर विनाशिने ॥ ३ ॥
prasavitre jagad-dhātre jagad vidhvaṁsine namaḥ |
pālanārthāya lokānāṁ duṣṭāsura vināśine || 3 ||
Obeisance unto the Protector & Destroyer of the universe. In order to protect the worlds He destroys the demonic forces.
उग्राय चैव सौम्याय चण्डाय च नमो नमः ।
नमश् चक्षुः स्वरूपाय संसार भय भेदिने ॥ ४ ॥
ugrāya caiva saumyāya caṇḍāya ca namo namaḥ |
namaś cakṣuḥ svarūpāya saṁsāra bhaya bhedine || 4 ||
Obeisance again and again to the awesome one having a ferocious form as well as a gentle one. Obeisance to the eye of the universe who removes the fear of reincarnation.
माया पञ्जर भेत्रे च शिवाय च नमो नमः ।
ग्रहातिग्रह रूपाय ग्रहाणां पतये नमः ॥ ५ ॥
māyā pañjara bhetre ca śivāya ca namo namaḥ |
grahātigraha rūpāya grahāṇāṁ pataye namaḥ || 5 ||
Obeisance unto him who breaks asunder the cage of Māyā, obeisance to our benefactor.
Obeisance unto him in the form of a planet surpassing all other planets, obeisance to the
Lord of planets.
कालाय मृत्यवे चैव भीमाय च नमो नमः ।
भक्तानुग्रह दात्रे च भक्त गोप्त्रे नमो नमः ॥ ६ ॥
kālāya mṛtyave caiva bhīmāya ca namo namaḥ |
bhaktānugraha dātre ca bhakta goptre namo namaḥ || 6 ||
Obeisance again and again to the personification of Time and Death, to the Ferocious, Obeisance
to the benefactor of the devotees, obeisance to the protector of the devotees.
विष्णुरूपाय शान्ताय चायुधानां धराय च ।
विष्णु शस्त्राय चक्राय नमो भूयो नमो नमः ॥ ७ ॥
viṣṇu-rūpāya śāntāya cāyudhānāṁ dharāya ca |
viṣṇu śastrāya cakrāya namo bhūyo namo namaḥ || 7 ||
Obeisance to the form of Viṣṇu, the tranquil bearer of all weapons. Obeisance again and again
to the Supreme Weapon of the Lord – to the Cakra I offer my repeated obeisance.
Śrī Sudarśana Chakra – worshiped by Vaiṣṇavas
Śrī Sudarśana Chakra is one of the main weapons of Śrī Viṣṇu, Who is therefore a powerful ally of Śrī Viṣṇu in protecting the devotees and thwarting the efforts of those who are evil and demoniac, who wrong the devotees. We need to purify our body and mind before approaching Śrī Sudarśana, and He would empower us to fight our demoniac tendencies as we make our spiritual progress.
प्राग् दिष्टं भृत्यरक्षायां पुरुषेण महात्मना ।
ददाह कृत्यां तां चक्रं क्रुद्धाहिम् इव पावकः ॥
prāg diṣṭaṁ bhṛtya-rakṣāyāṁ | puruṣeṇa mahātmanā
dadāha kṛtyāṁ tāṁ cakraṁ | kruddhāhim iva pāvakaḥ
As fire in the forest immediately burns to ashes an angry snake, so, by the previous order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His disc, the Sudarśana cakra, immediately burnt to ashes the created demon to protect the Lord’s devotee.(SB 9.4.48)
नमः सुनाभाखिलधर्मसेतवे ह्य् अधर्मशीलासुरधूमकेतवे ।
त्रैलोक्यगोपाय विशुद्धवर्चसे मनोजवायाद्भुतकर्मणे गृणे ॥
namaḥ sunābhākhila-dharma-setave | hy adharma-śīlāsura-dhūma-ketave
trailokya-gopāya viśuddha-varcase | mano-javāyādbhuta-karmaṇe gṛṇe
O Sudarśana, you have a very auspicious hub, and therefore you are the upholder of all religion. You are just like an inauspicious comet for the irreligious demons. Indeed, you are the maintainer of the three worlds, you are full of transcendental effulgence, you are as quick as the mind, and you are able to work wonders. I can simply utter the word namaḥ, offering all obeisances unto you. (SB 9.5.6)
OTHER MANTRAS
Sudarśana mantra viniyoga
अस्य श्री सुदर्शन महामन्त्रस्य अहिर्बुध्न्यो ऋषिः।
अनुष्टुप् छन्दः। श्री सुदर्शन महाविष्णुर्देवता॥
रं बीजम्। हुं शक्तिः। फट् कीलकम्। श्री सुदर्शन प्रसाद
सिद्धयर्थे जपे विनियोगः॥
asya śrī sudarśana mahāmantrasya ahirbudhnyo ṛṣiḥ |
anuṣṭup chandaḥ | śrī sudarśana mahāviṣṇurdevatā ||
raṁ bījam | huṁ śaktiḥ | phaṭ kīlakam | śrī sudarśana prasāda
siddhayarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
Another Sudarśana mantra
ॐ सुदर्शन महाज्वाल कोटीसूर्य समप्रभ ।
अज्ञानं तस्यमे देव विष्णोर्मार्गम् प्रदर्शय॥
oṁ sudarśana mahājvāla koṭīsūrya samaprabha |
ajñānaṁ tasyame deva viṣṇormārgam pradarśaya ||
Sudarshana dhyaana mantra
शंखं चक्रं च चापं परशुमसिमिषुं शूलपाशांकुशाग्नीन्
बिभ्राणं वज्रखेटौ हलमुसलगदाकुन्त-मत्युग्रदंष्ट्रम्।
ज्वालाकेशं त्रिनेत्रं ज्वलदननिभं हारकेयूरभूषं
ध्यायेत् षट् कोणसंस्थं सकलरिपुजन प्राणसंहार चक्रम्॥
śaṁkhaṁ cakraṁ ca cāpaṁ paraśumasimiṣuṁ śūlapāśāṁkuśāgnīn
bibhrāṇaṁ vajrakheṭau halamusalagadākunta-matyugradaṁṣṭram |
jvālākeśaṁ trinetraṁ jvaladananibhaṁ hārakeyūrabhūṣaṁ
dhyāyet ṣaṭ koṇasaṁsthaṁ sakalaripujana prāṇasaṁhāra cakram ||
Sudarshana moola mantra
ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय गोपीजनवल्लभाय पराय
परमपुरुशाय परमात्मने
परकर्म-मंत्र-तंत्र-यंत्र-औषध अस्त्र-शस्राणि संहर संहर
आयुर्-वर्धय-वर्धय-मृत्योर्मोचय मोचय शत्रुन् नाशय नाशय
ॐ नमो भगवते महासुदर्शनाय दीप्ते ज्वाला-परीताय
सर्वदिक्-क्षोभणकराय हुं फट् परब्रह्मणे परंज्योतिषे
ॐ सहस्रार हुं फट् स्वाहा
oṁ śrīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ kṛṣṇāya govindāya gopījanavallabhāya parāya
paramapuruśāya paramātmane
parakarma-maṁtra-taṁtra-yaṁtra-auṣadha astra-śasrāṇi saṁhara saṁhara
āyur-vardhaya-vardhaya-mṛtyormocaya mocaya śatrun nāśaya nāśaya
oṁ namo bhagavate mahāsudarśanāya dīpte jvālā-parītāya
sarvadik-kṣobhaṇakarāya huṁ phaṭ parabrahmaṇe paraṁjyotiṣe
oṁ sahasrāra huṁ phaṭ svāhā
Most merciful!
Please if you can keep this going on your computers 24/7 for all the children and babes who are being rescued world wide. As well of course for everyone including ourselves.