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Śāntākāram bhujagaśayanam padmanābham sureśam, ṛṣvādharam gaganaśāyariṣam meghavarṇam śubhāṅgam. Lakṣmīkāntam kamalanayanam yogihṛjñānadānam, vande viṣṇum bhavabhayaharam sarvam. E mihi aroha, e mihi mahana tēnei ki a tātou kua hui hui mai nei ki roto i te whare aroha nei. Kia ora, everybody. It’s lovely to be here. On behalf of the tangata whenua of this area, I’d like to acknowledge what’s happening here and the love that’s going around. We’re going to sing a Māori waiata, and this waiata is dedicated to all our mothers and all our sisters. Jai Bhujraṭī kī jai ho! Jai ho! Merā bhāī, one more. Voī lage lage ho! Voi lage lage ho! Voi lage lage ho! So we’ve actually started the journey in the afternoon at 3 o’clock with 11 girls under 12 years of age. They are considered to be pure, and they are obviously a very special part of this ceremony. We went to the Bhad River and fetched water in 24 of these copper pots, actually. They are called kalaśas, and they have a coconut and a lot of other ingredients in them. Tomorrow we’ll begin with Gaṇeśa Pūjā. So, for Lord Gaṇeśa, we’ve got ten deities, and they are all actually in the foyer. We have covered them because we’re not really supposed to do that. Mahāprabhujīp Karatā Mahāprabhujīp Karatā He Kevalam. Full yajña, this is dīp yajña, which is a shortened version of the yajña. So on Tuesday we’ll have full yajña, and Tuesday evening we’ll have japa again. Then we’ll be actually putting all the deities to sleep in a separate room, where there will be silence, pin drop silence; we won’t be able to talk after we put them to sleep. So they’ll be put on the mattress, they’ll be put to sleep, we’ll put blankets on them, and we’ll put a toothbrush, mirror, comb, and some food for breakfast. So all the things that we do in the morning will be actually put so that when they wake up in the morning, they can also freshen up, I guess. And after that, we’ve got the pūjā starting at 8:30 or 9 o’clock. You just have to allow for the timing to be flexible because this is Indian time. But make sure that you do come on Wednesday. Even if you can’t come tomorrow or Tuesday, don’t miss coming on Wednesday. This is really a rare opportunity for us to be part of this. And I’m sure we’ll be blessed. We’ve got blessings from Swamījī. And I’m really grateful. Thank you very much, Yoga and Daily Life devotees, for coming to sing bhajans. Swamiji has many, many blessings. And he was delighted with such a beautiful pūjā. And many blessings from Swāmījī, who is going to India now. Oṁ Asvadhori Vabhumna Prathavi Varimna Tasyaste Prathavi Devaya Jani Prashte Agni Manna Damna Vyaya Dade Agni Dutam Puro Dade Avya Vaham Apaprave Devam Asa Daya Dhūpam, Dīpam, Naivedyam, Samadevaya, Yajamāna, Śāstṛdhāta, Yajamāna, Śāstṛdhāta,... Purījī, Purījī... Namaḥ, Namaḥ,... Namaḥ. Don’t need to rush. In the center. Okay, on the head again. On the head again. You only need one drop, okay? Om Dham Dham... Om Śrotraṁ Vāk Cakṣur Jīva Nānātvane Om Śikhāyai Vasaṁ Bhagavad Gītā Cāritra Parāpācāt. Okay, at the back of the head, see the top here, can you see that? Yeah, good. We need to put it on two eyes and on the forehead. Can you see that? Where we have channel, okay, see we do it one, two, and three, okay, because God has got three eyes, okay, three eyes, one is on the forehead, yeah, it’s a little bit on the forehead, right, on the lips, on the teeth, on the shoulders, on the belly button. On the arms, their hands, their waist, their thighs, their knees, and their feet. So this is actually a very important part of the Sūrya Maṇi, and these are all girls in the twelve, except for one, because we were short. So these are considered to be pure. They are actually really part of God as well, because they are the only ones who are pure. Okay, thank you. Dhanurbāṇam Dharapure Vasi Bhīmanī Dhiyā. He has given bath to all the deities, and the next thing is to actually put their specially made clothes on. We have actually made them at home here because the family member is able to make the clothes, and we are able to put clothes on now. Purījī, Purījī... Śrī Śrī... Śrī Simandar Svāmī Mahārāj Kī Jai, Śirḍī Patī Saināth Bhagavān Kī Jai, Har Har Mahādev Kī Jai, Pārvatī Mātā Kī Jai, Kārtik Mahārāj Kī Jai, Bal Ganeśa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Namaḥ Pārvatī Patai, Namaḥ Pārvatī Patai,... Hari Om, everybody. Yoga in daily life. We had a wonderful four days of Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā. Leading up to the Prāṇa Pratiṣṭhā, we had 11 days where we went to the river. We started with that because they are actually pure and they are very close to God. And then we came back from the river, and we had a beautiful Deep Yajña. And, of course, the importance of deep yajña is just as great as yajña. We had a beautiful prasādam on Sunday. We had a lot of people in the house, about 120, and everyone really made the whole event very, very successful. On Monday, we had more bhujia, and it was just about all day. So we started in the afternoon, and then we had a proper yajña on Monday. We had Japa, which is actually chanting mantras, and we chanted mantras for each and every deity that we’ve got. So we chanted about 1,000-plus mantras for each of the deities. On Tuesday morning we started early; it was the longest day yesterday. We started in the morning at 9 o’clock with the pūjā again, and then we actually did the ceremony for 16 different gods. Mahāprabhujīdīp Karatā, Mahāprabhujīdīp Karatā, Mahāprabhujīdīp. We had fruits, we had also ghee, and also we had other ingredients that actually purify the bhūtis, or the marble features, and after that we actually gave them a bath, a proper bath. After that, we got them ready, and then at the end we actually took them to sleep, just like we go to sleep, by putting blankets over there. We put the toothbrushes, and mirror, and food as well for the breakfast, and towels, and everything. In the morning at 6 o’clock, we actually started waking them up with bhajans, light bhajans, and we actually did that for one hour. Then we gradually woke up all the deities and then we shifted them from where they were sleeping into all the temples, and after shifting them into the temples, we started preparing for the big event, and then we actually again did all the pūjā for all the deities. Then we did the yajña, and after the yajña, we obviously gave, put honey on each of the potatoes, on the whole body just about. Then we actually gave them a light bath, or sponge bath you can say, because we already gave them a bath yesterday. And then we actually had the clothes that my cousin made, and we actually put all the valance, we put all the jewellery and everything that we actually had. So after that, we actually opened for everybody, and then we actually did the abhiṣeka for the śivaliṅga, and that was a beautiful experience once again. After that, we had Pūrṇāhuti as the completion of the program, and then we did the Āg, and now everybody is having Prasādam. So thank you very much. Hari Om.