om çré mahägaëapataye namaù om çré gurubhyo namaù om åñibhyo namaù

Simplest Chandi Homa

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Introduction

Chandi literally means the fierce one. Mother Chandi helps one overcome various external and internal enemies. Her
homa can be done every day or every Tuesday or every Ashtami/Navami/Chaturdasi tithi.

Preparation

Find a standard homa kunda or simply a small vessel/utensil made of copper/silver/bronze/steel, in

square/circular/rectangular shape. Even if it was used for cooking earlier, it's ok. Clean it thoroughly, dry it and use it.
We'll simply call it "homa kunda" in this writeup.

Find some ghee (clarified butter). If not available, use sesame oil or some other oil. Find a copper/silver/steel
cup/tumbler/vessel to keep melted ghee. Find a copper/silver/steel spoon for offering ghee.

Find another tumbler and spoon for water. Keep a matchbox and camphor (if available) ready.

If possible, get some dry coconut (copra) halves at a nearby store and make small pieces (roughly 1 inch x 1 inch). If not,
collect some fallen dry twigs from nearby trees (or other firewood). If you have dried cowdung pieces, you can use those
too.

If you have black/brown/white sesame seeds and any unsalted plain nuts (e.g. cashews, almonds etc), you can use them
too.

Some Precautions

Do NOT consume meat or alcohol or drugs on the previous day. Sleep well and get up early on the day of homa. Take
bath and wear clean clothes that you feel comfortable in (no need for traditional clothes if they make you uncomfortable,
as being in a calm state of mind is more important than externalities).

If possible, it is ideal to do homa in an open space outdoors. When doing in a closed room, one should have enough
ventilation to avoid accumulation of smoke in the room, resulting in smoke inhalation. One should also take precautions
and avoid fire hazards like inflammable substances near the homa.

Procedure: Pre-Fire Stage

Sit down facing east and place the homa kunda in front of you.

Place some water in your right palm. If you are not comfortable with Sanskrit, say this:

For the establishment of Dharma on earth and for the well-being and peace of all people, I shall do a Chandi Homa within
my abilities.

If you are comfortable with Sanskrit, say this:

bhüloke dharma sthäpanärthaà sarveñäà janänäà sukha çänti siddhyarthaà caëòé homakarma
yathäçakti kariñye yathäçakti kariñye

After saying it, drop the water in front of you, over the tips of fingers.
Place a couple of copra pieces (or twigs) in homa kunda and light them with a matchstick (use a camphor for ease if you
have), while saying the following and imagining that Holy Fire will cooperate in this ritual:
om bhürbhuvassuvarom

Procedure: Initial Offerings in Fire

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your consciousness to Prajapati, via
Holy Fire:
om prajäpataye svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your faculty of inspired perception to
Indra, via Holy Fire:
om indräya svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your faculty of logical and structured
thinking to Agni, via Holy Fire:
om agnaye svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your faculty of feeling and intuition to
Soma, via Holy Fire:
om somäya svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your awareness of physical, mental and
spiritual realms to Prajapati, via Holy Fire:
om bhürbhuvassuvaù svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your ability to plan and avoid obstacles
to Ganesha, via Holy Fire:
om gaà gaëapataye namaù svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your ability to persist and overcome
problems to Varuna, via Holy Fire:
om vaà varuëäya namaù svähä

Procedure: Offerings to Main Deity

Use the first shorter mantra or the longer mantra containing 7 verses after it. Offer a drop of ghee (or sesame seeds or
nuts) in fire while imagining that Mother Chandi is accepting it, at each svaha:

om aià hréà kléà cämuëòäyai vicce svähä

om jïäninämapi cetäàsi devé bhagavaté hi sä|

balädäkåñya mohäya mahämäyä prayacchati| svähä|
durge småtä harasi bhétimaçeña jantoù|
svasthaiù småtä matimatéva çubhäà dadäsi|
däridrya duùkha bhaya häriëi kä tvadanyä|
sarvopakära karaëäaya sadärdra cittä| svähä|
sarvamaìgaøa mäìgaøye çive sarvärtha sädhike|
çaraëye tryambake gauri näräyaëi namo'stu te| svähä|
çaraëägata dénärta pariträëa paräyaëe|
sarvasyärti hare devi näräyaëi namo'stu te| svähä|
sarvasvarüpe sarveçe sarvaçakti samanvite|
bhayebhyasträhi no devi durge devi namo'stu te| svähä|
rogänaçeñän apahaàsi tuñöä|
ruñöä tu kämän sakalän abhéñöän|
tvämäçritänäà na vipannaräëäm|
tvämäçritä hyäçrayatäà prayänti| svähä|
sarväbädhä praçamanaà trailokyasyäkhileçvari|
evameva tvayä käryam asmadvairi vinäçanaà| svähä|

You can do this as many times as you can. You can also use any other mantras you are attached to.

Don't rush. Imagine that lord is in fire, accepting your offerings and mantra. Imagine that his blessings are coming to you.
Try to develop that feeling and enjoy it.

Procedure: Final Offerings in Fire

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your physical experiences to Agni, via
Holy Fire:
om bhüù agnaye svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your mental experiences to Vayu, via
Holy Fire:
om bhuvaù väyave svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering your spiritual experiences to Surya, via
Holy Fire:
om suvaù süryäya svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering everything physical, mental and
spiritual that is being created inside you, to Prajapati, via Holy Fire:
om bhürbhuvassuvaù svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering everything physical, mental and
spiritual that is being sustained inside you, to Vishnu, via Holy Fire:
om viñëave svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are surrendering everything physical, mental and
spiritual that is being destroyed inside you, to Rudra, via Holy Fire:
om rudräya svähä

Procedure: Poornahuti (Complete Offering)

Say this and offer a big copra piece or a nut or a twig or a big drop of ghee in fire while imagining that you are
surrendering your sense of being to Mother Chandi:

om aià hréà kléà cämuëòäyai vicce svähä

Say this and offer a drop of ghee in fire while imagining that Holy Fire with seven tongues is pleased:
om agnaye saptavate svähä

Meditation

Now, meditate as long as you can, with the following mantra (or any other mantra you like).

om aià hréà kléà cämuëòäyai vicce

At the end, say this while imagining that peace descends on you and others:

om çäntiù çäntiù çäntiù