VISNU PUJA AND SATTVIKA VRDDHI SRADDHA One should start by performing acamana, svasta vacana, sankalpa, guru

visnu puja. om svasti no govindah svasti no cyutanantau svasti no vasudevo visnur dadhatu svasti no narayano naro vai svasti nah padmanabhah purusottamo dadhatu svasti no visvakseno visvesvarah svasti no hrsikeso harir dadhatu svasti no vainateyo harih svasti nonjanasuto hanur bhagavato dadhatu svasti svasti sumangalikeso mahan sri krsna saccid ananda ghanah sarvesvaresvaro dadhatu jyetha..mase ukla..pakse tritiya..tithau punarvasu..naksatra samyutayam vriabha.rasi stithe bhaskare sri krsna prityartham garbhadana samskarartham sri visnu puja purvaka arghya danam aham karisye idam asanam + mula mantra svagatam su svagatam + mula mantra etat padyam + mula mantra idam arghyam + mula mantra idam acamaniyam + mula mantra esa madhuparkah + mula mantra idam acamaniyam + mula mantra idam snaniyam + mula mantra idam vastram + mula mantra (idam tilakam) + mula mantra

idam abharanam + mula mantra esa gandha + mula mantra idam sagandha puspam + mula mantra esa dhupah + mula mantra esa dipah + mula mantra idam naivedyam + mula mantra (idam paniyam) + mula mantra (idam acamaniyam) + mula mantra (idam tambulam) + mula mantra esa puspanjali + mula mantra (all assembled devotees may offer flowers and pranamas three times)

Panca Bhagavata Puja: ete gandha puspe . om visvaksenaya namah om sanakaya namah om sanatanaya namah om sanandaya namah om sanat kumaraya namah Nava Yogendra Puja: om kavaye namah om havaye namah om antariksaya namah om prabuddhaya namah om pippalayanaya namah om avirhotraya namah om drumilaya namah om camasaya namah om karabhojanaya namah Maha Bhagavata Puja:

om brahmane namah om sukadevaya namah om sadasivaya namah om garudaya namah om naradaya namah om kapilaya namah om balaye namah om bhismaya namah om prahladaya namah om hanumate namah om ambarisaya namah om janakaya namah om yama bhagavataya namah om svayambhuvaya namah om uddhavaya namah om vyasaya namah Visnu Sakti Puja: om paurnamasyai namah om laksmyai om antarangayai om yamunayai om gopyai om vrndavatyai om gayatryai om tulasyai om sarasvatyai om prthvyai om gave om yasodayai om devahutyai om devakyai om rohinyai omsitayai om draupayai omkuntyai omrukminyai om satyabhamayai om jambavatyai om nagnajitayai om laksanayai om kalindyai om bhadrayai om mitravindayai

Then, in a conch or earthen vessel five times with the following mantras, he should offer arghya to visnu five times, using the following mantras. (Arghya consists of pancamrta, pancagavya, water, milk, haritaki, gandha, betels, flowers, candana, tumeric, kumkuma, durba grass, tulasi, amlaki, scents and other auspicious items. It may be offered over the Lords head or to his hand.) om jagannatha mahabaho sarvopadrava nasana nava puspotsave merghyam grhana jagadisvara etat arghyam om sri visnave namah (or mula mantra) om narayana hare rama govinda garuda dhvaja navapuspotsve merghyam grhana paramesvara etat arghyam om sri visnave namah (or mula mantra) om dinabandho krpa sindho paramananda madhava navapuspotsave merghyam grhana madhusudana etat arghyam om sri visnave namah (or mula mantra) om visvatman visvabandho visvesa visvalocana navapuspotsave merghyam grhana syamasundara etat arghyam om sri visnave namah (or mula mantra) om cidananda hrsikesa bhaktavasya janardana navapuspotsave merghyam grhana kamalapate etat arghyam om sri visnave namah (or mula mantra) (Oh supreme Lord, at this festive occasion with fresh flowers please accept the arghya offered by me.) The husband facing east , should situate himself behind his seated wife. With his right hand reaching over her right shoulder he should touch her yoni saying: om visnuh yonim kalpayatu acyuto rupani pimsatu

asincatu harih garbham jagadiso dadhatu te May visnu prepare the yoni; may acyuta fashion the forms; may hari carry out the fertilization; may jagadisa present the child to you. om garbham dhehi garbhosasayin garbham te naranarayanau adhattam puskara srajau Garbhodasayi visnu please bestow the child; nara narayana, bedecked with lotus garlands, please give her the child. Touching her navel he should say: om dirghayusam krsna bhaktam putram janaya suvrate Oh virtuous wife, bear a long-living son, a devotee of Krsna. Then they should unite. Bathing After the Act: As one has to take bath after using the toilet, so one has to wash himself with water after sexual intercourse, especially when at a forbidden time. SB 3.14.38, purport As with every vedic ritual, gifts should be distributed at the conclusion of the ceremony. PUMSAVANA (rite for making a male child): Time: In the case of a first pregnancy this rite should be performed during the third month of pregnancy, and may be performed later for other pregnancies, when the signs of pregnancy begin to show. Manu says that it should be performed when the foetus beg ins to move in the womb. Some commentators say the rite should be performed on the first pregnancy only, and not during the following pregnancies. It should be performed when the moon is in a male constellation. Procedure: The woman should fast, bathe and put on a new cloth.

The husband having performed his morning duties (bathe, putting on new cloth, sandhya vandana), the husband should worship visnu and perform vrddhi sraddha (see marriage preliminaries). He should then set up a yajna, performing kusandika rites, calling the fire named candra, and ending with virupaksa japa. He should seat his wife to his own right side on the west side of the fire upon a kusa asana. They should both face east. Silently he should place ghee-soaked wood of one pradesa length into the fire. Vyasta samasta mahavyahrti homa: om bhuh svaha om bhuvah svaha om svah svaha om bhur bhuvah svah svaha The husband, standing behind his wife, should touch her right shoulder, then her navel, repeating the following mantra three times: om pumamsau mahavisnu vasudevau pumamsau acyutanantau ubhau puman govindas ca visnus ca puman garbhabas tavodare The Supreme Lord, the supreme male, mahavisnu, vasudeva, acyuta, ananta, govinda and visnu, and the male child reside in your womb. He should then perform vyasta samasta mahavyahrti hom: om bhuh svah om bhuvah svah om svah svaha om bhur bhuvah svah svaha He should then throw ghee-soaked wood of pradesa length into the fire silently. He should then perform udicya karma, vaisnava homa etc. and give daksina to vaisnavas. According to some texts the juice from crushed banyan leaf sprouts should be poured into her right nostril to give her strength at this time. During the time of pregnancy she should avoid having sex, sleeping in the daytime, staying awake at night, exerting herself physically, riding in vehicles, taking purgatives, experiencing all types of mental strain, and eating spicy, salty, sour, or h eavy foods.