Post by Dineshkumar Harursampath

Today (Wednesday, July 30th, 2025) is𐃆śiriyāl̥a/nīlāṁbikā🦚ṣaṣṭhi✡️+🤺skanda🐓pavitrārōpaṇā+🐴kalki🏇jayanti, a potent💪combo following yesterday’s🔴Tuesday+nāga-garuḍa pañcami+ 1st🥇maṅgala🧜🏼‍♀️gauri🧘🏻‍♀️vratā🧎🏻‍♀️‼️ What a fine occasion to practice the6️⃣-faced🤲🏻gesture: ṣaṇmukhi🔯mudrā⁉️ Amongst the 16 types of offerings in the ṣō-daśa-upa-chāra pū-jā, the most significant from the𐃆perspective of withdrawal💀of the senses (pratyāhārā) with a final set of offerings are the 1. 💨agarbathi-sām̐brāṇi-samēta-dhūpam̐🥢incense; 2. 🍌kadaliphalam̐-samēta-naivēdyam̐🍚food; 3. 🏮nānavida-alaṅkāra-dīpam̐🪔lamp; 4. 🪵késari-candanam̐-samēta-gandham̐🫥sandalpaste+ 🍃patram̐-samēta-arcaṇā-puṣpam̐💐flowers; & 5. 🐚śaṅkha/ghaṇṭa-nādam̐ conch/bell🔔, associated with the 5️⃣ sensual perceptions of smell👃, taste👅, sight👀, touch🤏 & sound👂respectively, to be withdrawn (along with their master, the sixth: manas@mind) inwards from their inherently external-oriented tendencies. And, that’s precisely what’s enabled effortlessly by the6️⃣-faced🤲🏻gesture: ṣaṇmukhi🔯mudrā❣️ https://lnkd.in/gHVr3px5