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1. Altar, Deity (statue/photo),
2. Two big brass lamps (with wicks, oil/ghee)
3. Matchbox, Agarbatti
4. Karpoor, Gandha Powder, Kumkum, gopichandan, haldi
5. Sri Mudra (for Sandhyaavandan), Vessel for Tirtha, Yajnopaviita
6. Puujaa Conch, Bell, One aaratii (for Karpoor), Two Aaratiis with wicks
7. Flowers, Akshata (in a container), tulsi leaves, tulsi garland
8. Decorated Copper or Silver Kalasha, Two pieces of cloth (new),
9. Coconut, 1/2 kg. Rice, gold coin, gold chain
10. Extra Kalasha, 3 trays, 3 vessels for Abhisheka
11. Betel nuts 6, Betel nut Leaves 12, Bananas 6, Banana Leaves 2, Mango Leaves 5-25
12. Dry Fruits, 5 bananas, 1 coconut - all for naivedya
13. Panchaamrita - Milk, Curd, Honey, Ghee, Sugar, Tender Coconut Water
14. Puja Books (Sri VishhNusahasranaama Book, Sri KrishnaashTottara Book,
Sri SatyanaaraataNa Vritta Book)
15. SapaaD - One and one-fourth measure of Rava (soojii), milk, ghee, sugar and
banana. Cook it to form prasaad similar to shiiraa

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The previous night, think of Lord Sri SatyanaaraayaNa and mentally decide
to perform puujaa the next day. This is the sankalpa.
On the puja day, early in the morning keeping the same thoughts of
worshipping the Lord, take a head bath (if possible an oil-bath).
Wash Kalasha and fill it with clean water upto 3/4 of it and place it near the
altar in a clean place and cover it up.
Observe Fast (if possible).
Again in the evening take a head-bath. This should be done by both
husband and wife. Wear your best dress and decorate yourself. Decorate the
front door, altar, kalasha and the place near the altar. Invite your relatives,
friends (who have bhakti in the Lord). The yajamaan's dress should be
traditional dhoti.
Keep all the things for puja ready, near the altar.
Duration - start to Arati - 2 hours
Total duration - start to finish - 3 to 3.5 hours

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spoon onto the palm and sip it. This is called achaman.. Just as
bathing causes external purification, partaking water in this
way is responsible for internal purification. This act is
repeated thrice. Thus physical, psychological and spiritual,
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to the Shrutis, Smrutis and Puranas in order to acquire ....
result and then should offer the water from the hand into the
circular, shelving metal dish (tamhan). Offering the water into
the circular, shelving dish signifies the completion of an act.)

 
(Stand and hold a fruit in hand during sankalpa)

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Katha
INTRODUCTION
Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita (Ch4.9) "
Janma Karma cha may divyam yevam yo veththi
tha-thwathah...." " One who knows My divine birth
and activities will not be born again". Sri
Sathyanarayana katha is one such activity of the
Lord, by studying which we have every chance of
being liberated. Sri Sathyanarayana katha forms a
vital and integral part of this pooja. Not listening to
the katha will be a major loss. Repeatedly hearing
this story and meditating on its different aspects will
make us more and more interested in the Lord and
His activities. As the Lord Himself says further in
Gita (Ch9.14) "Sathatham keerthayantho maam
yathanthascha dradhavrathaah: "The mahaatmaas
among devotees, always speak and sing My glories,
and try with determination, to realize Me"
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CHAPTER 1
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Shri Sathyanaranayana katha is from Skandha
purana, Reva kaanda. Sutha Puraanikji was the
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narrator of these stories, in Neimishaaranya to the

rishis lead by Shounakji who were performing a
1000 year yajna for the benefit of mankind.
Shounakaji and others now ask Suta Puranikji an
important question. "When a man has a desire, how
can he fulfill that ethically sound desire? By
worshipping whom, by what vrita, or tapas? Please
let us know.
Sutaji was pleased to know that this question they
asked, was for the benefit of the mankind and not
for their personal benefit, for, they had abandoned
their homes and all desires. Sutaji said "this
question was also asked by Devarshi Naradaji once
to Lord Narayana Himself; Let me tell you that
story.
Once Naradaji was traveling all over the worlds and
finally came to Bhuloka, where he found almost
everyone was suffering one or the other misery on
account of their past Karmas and were not knowing
how to extricate themselves from their untold
miseries which were multiplying everyday on
account of their ignorance. Being a Satjana his heart
felt their agonies and immediately he reached
Vaikunta, to Lord Narayana to find the right answer
for getting the people out of their miseries. But
when he sees the Lord, being a great devotee of the
Lord, he forgets his purpose and starts praising the
Lord. The Lord Narayana smiles at him and asks the
purpose of his visit, knowing that normally Naradaji
does not visit Him without a purpose. Naradaji tells
Him what he saw and requests Him a panacea for
all such miseries. The Lord is now happy at this
question of Naradaji because of Naradajis intention
of benefiting the world by seeking the right answer.
The Lord said:
Yes, there is a vrita called Sri Satyanarayana vrita
which is not known to the inhabitants of the
Bhuloka. This is a secret and yet since your interest
is the benefit of the mankind, I shall narrate to you
this vrita. This can be performed by anyone (anyone
means it does not need an expert or a priest to
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worship the Lord - ANYONE of any caste,

community, creed can worship the Lord directly)
and very easily. One who does this, will get all the
benefits and the pleasures of this world and will
eventually get Moksha too. Now Narada wants to
know more details of this vrita. The Lord says, this
can be done any day, in the evening. Gather friends
and relatives and perform this vrita with faith and
devotion. The prasad for this vrita is known as
Sapaad which is prepared thus: Take an equal
measure of rava, Milk, Ghee, Banana, Sugar ( the
measure should be 1 1/4 or multiples thereof ) cook
it till all mix into a paste. The night should be spent
in Bhajans and praise of the Lord. All those
attending Pooja should be given food and respect.
Thus the performer will get all his wishes fulfilled.
End of Chapter 1
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CHAPTER 2
Sri Lord Narayana tells Narada the further story:
There was an old and poor Brahmin in the city of
Kashi. He was a man of virtue and yet extremely
poor and was always begging for the next meal.
Since the Lord is Viprapriya- (Brahmana priya
means Lover of Brahmana- Brahmana means
anyone on the devotional path ) - He came in the
guise of an old Brahmin and accosted him " Tell me
my friend, what ails you?". The brahmin replied "I
am an old and very poor man and I shall be grateful
if you can tell me how to get rid of this poverty of
mine which does not seem to leave me". The Lord
replied "Why dont you perform Sri Satyanarayana
Vrita", and He told him how to perform the Vrita.
The poor man now desires to do this vrita and
thinking over these thoughts of the Lord he goes to
bed. He could not sleep on account of these
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thoughts. Again in the morning he had same

thoughts and he says to himself, "whatever I earn
today by begging I shall use it to perform the vrita".
Since the Lord likes such feelings, (Bhavena Devam
- Lord does not want our material possessions, he is
won by the genuineness of our feelings) that day, he
got plenty of money while begging and thus
pleased, he took the necessary articles and
performed the vrita.
Very soon he became rich and had all the things of
the world and thereafter he started performing the
vrita every month and thus he enjoyed all the
pleasures of the world and finally reached the
Moksha too.
Now Shaunakji and other rishis want to know how
this vrita spread in the world. Also those who have
heard the story, what benefits they got. Sutaji
replies:
Once when this brahmin was performing the Sri
Satyanarayana Pooja there came to his house a
woodcutter. He saw the pooja and wanted to know
what it is and what are its fruits. The brahmin said,
"This is Sri Satyanarayana Pooja. Whatever desires
you have in your mind will be fulfilled by
performing this vrita. My own poverty and troubles
all ended by my very decision to perform this vrita".
On hearing this, the woodcutter prostrates to the
Lord, takes prasad, and decides to perform this
pooja next day. He thought in his mind, "Whatever
amount I get from the sale of the wood tomorrow, I
will use it for the performance of the vrita." That
day he sold the wood for twice the price. Happily
thinking of the Lord Satyanarayana he proceeds to
do this pooja, inviting his friends and relatives.
Thus performing regularly he became rich and
happy and finally reached Satyaloka.
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CHAPTER III
Suta Puranikji continues the story:
Once there was a good king called Ulkamukha. He
was wedded to truth and sense- control. Everyday
he used to go to the temple, worship the Lord,
distribute alms to the needy. Once he was
performing Sri Satyanarayana Vrita on the banks of
a river. At that time there came a merchant in a ship
loaded with precious goods. He approached the king
and wanted to know the details of the pooja and also
its fruits. The king said, "My friend, what we are
doing is a vrita called Sri Satyanarayana Pooja. This
is done with a desire to have progeny, wealth,
property, etc. By this, we are worshipping Lord
Narayana or Mahavishnu".
The merchant said, "Please tell me the details as to
how to perform this vrita, because I would like to
have children whom I have not been fortunate to
have till now." The king tells him the details of the
vrita and the merchant returns home. He tells the
details to his wife and they decide to perform this
vrita if they get a child. Sometime later his wife
Lilavathi became pregnant and delivered a girl who
was named Kalavathi. Lilavathi reminded her
husband about the vrita and he kept postponing it,
till his daughter grew of age and was ready to be
married. The father finds a suitable groom and
marries her off and again forgot to perform the vrita
although he had decided to do so at the time of
marriage of his daughtier. The Lord now wanted to
remind him.
The merchant and his son-in-law were in a city
called Ratnasara where king Chandrakethu was
ruling. There was a theft at the palace and the
burglars were chased by the police. The running
burglar saw these two merchants resting near a tree
and they left the booty with them and ran off. The
police caught the two merchants with the stolen
goods and they were straight away sent to the
prison. The king himself overlooked to investigate.
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It is this time the merchant suddenly realized that

this was all on account of his forgetting the promise
to the Lord. At about this time, back home both
Lilavathi and her daughter Kalavathi lost all their
belongings due to thefts at home and were rendered
beggars. During one such wandering trying to find
some food Kalavathi sees Sri Satyanarayana Pooja
being performed at one house. She goes in, hears
the story and details and returns to tell her mother
what had taken place. Lilavathi now knows that it is
their forgetting to do the Pooja that had created all
these problems. Next day she calls her relatives and
friends and performs the Pooja, begs for
forgiveness. Accordingly, the king had a dream that
the merchants were innocent and he releases them
on inquiry and gives them lot wealth.
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CHAPTER IV
Suta Puranik continues the story:
Thus released from the custody the merchants were
returning home. They reached the outskirts of their
town in their ship. The Lord in order to test them
again comes in the form of an old Sanyasi and
inquires as to what the load in the ship is. The
merchant bluffs and says that it contains dried
leaves. The sanyasi says "Tathasthu". When the
merchant returns to the ship he finds that it does
contain now dried leaves only. He swoons and when
he regains his consciousness he realizes that these
are doings of the Sanyasi whom he had cursorily
dismissed earlier. He seeks him out and begs for
forgiveness. The ever-merciful Lord again forgives
him. Now that the merchant was near the town, he
sends a messenger in advance to Lilavathi to let her
know that they are on their way home. Lilavathi.
tells her daughter to complete the Satyanarayana
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poola they were performing and goes ahead to meet

her husband. Kalavathi does the pooja, but in a
hurry to meet her husband, she neglects to take the
prasad; and when she nears the anchorage, she does
not find the ship nor her husband! It looked to her
that they both sank/drowned. She swoons and now
she decides to die.
The merchant thinks that this must be on account of
some fault on their part in ignoring the Lord and
then and there he decides to do the pooja as a part of
expiation from his side for mistakes of omission or
commission. The Lord now pleased makes him
realize that it is the daughters oversight in not
accepting the prasad that has created this problem
and now if she goes and takes the prasad, everything
would be all right.
Kalavathi returned to the altar and took prasad with
all faith and reverence. And her husband returned
and from then onwards, they all performed Sri
Sathyanarayana Pooja regularly till the end of their
life and finally after death, they reached Satyaloka.
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ignored the prasad of Sri Satyanarayana Pooja and

had to suffer very dearly to that.
Once this king was returning from hunting the wild
animals in the forests. He rested under a tree for a
while. A few yards away a small group of cowherd
boys had gathered to perform Sri Satyanarayana
Pooja. They did not have anything except their daily
bread they were carrying and a talkative among
them became their priest and they played the game
of doing a pooja. At the end of the pooja, they
offered the prasad to the king who, out of contempt
and pride, left it untouched.
Pretty soon all his wealth was lost; his hundred
children died and he now knew, being a good king
that this was all on account of his contempt for
those childrens pooja. Without any delay the king
goes to that very spot where the cowherd boys had
done the pooja earlier, gathers them all around him
performs the Satyanarayana Pooja with all shraddha
and bhakthi.
Thus the king again got all his wealth and kingdom
and kins.
Suta now tells the Rishis that this Vrita is specially
effective in Kaliyuga. This Lord of Lord is called
Ishwara, Satyadeva, Sri Satyanarayana and by many
other names. He alone has taken names and forms.

CHAPTER V

One who reads this story and one who hears it will
be rid of all woes and difficulties.

{5th chapter is important to us as we too tend to

behave like the King in this story, in respect of other
peoples pooja/worship/religion }

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Vrita to Shounaka and other Rishis:
In ancient times, there was a King called
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