Transcript The Almighty

Swaagatha Namaskaarah
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Humble Submission
This is a humble attempt to translate Sri Sankara
It is a part of my Self study; I am privileged to dare do it
This is for exclusive submission to his lotus feet
All mistakes are mine; The reflected glory of this is His
I pray the Divine Mother for the prosperity of One and All
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The Almighty
The ALL MIGHTY is one and only ONE
There is no ‘My GOD’ and ‘Your GOD’
There is no ‘more powerful’ or ‘less powerful’ God
Different worships are different routes to same goal
Mere rituals take us no where –
We need to realize our Identity with God
Our fellow men are the GOD before us
This is reiterated by all our Great Gurus and Scriptures
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All in ONE and ONE in All
Aakaasaat patitati toyam
Yadha gachchati saagaram
Sarva daeva namaskaarah
Kesavam prati gachchati
Puri Jagannath Shrine
Each and every drop of water from the Sky that blesses the Earth ultimately finds its way
to the Ocean (Water Recycling Mechanism). Much the same way, worship performed in
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any name or form will finally reach the Almighty.
The Almighty
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The Pranava Swaroopam
Om Bhoor Bhuvah Suvah Om Tat Savitur VaraeNyam
BhargO Daevasya Dheemahi DhiyOyO Nah PrachOdayaat
I meditate on the Eternal Effulgence symbolized in the SUN, who illuminates
all the three worlds, namely The Earth, The Visible Cosmic space and the
Invisible Divine realm. May He please illuminate the wisdom in ALL of us.
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The Para Brahman and Adi Sakti
The Almighty is The Para Brahman
This entire creation is His Will and Play
The Sentient Energy or Chaitanya is the ADI SAKTI
Brahma, Hari, Hara are the different aspects of HIM to
conduct the world’s activities – Srusti, Sthiti and Laya
Contemplating on Adi Sakti is contemplation of the Trinity,
the above three and reverence to Almighty.
Adi Sakti is the indescribable, intangible Power
An emphatic description of this Eternal Beauty is …..
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The Soundarya Lahari
The Adi Sankara Acharya’s Master Creation
Poet Sankara Acharya excels in mirroring the Eternal
These 100 mesmerizing verses grant salvation to all
First 41 verses describe the Formless as the Nature itself
From 42 till the end – The Supreme Power – Adi Sakti is
described from top to toe in immaculate poetic nectar
Sri Chakra and Sri Mantra are the symbolic forms of
Adi Sakti and their worship bestows all prosperity to all
Our Reverence to You, Sir
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Om Sree Lalita Triayambikai Namah
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The Sree Chakra
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The Sri Sakti (Vidya) Mantra
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Siva Saktwaa yuktoyadi bhavati Saktah prabhavitum
na chae daevam daevo na khalu kusalah spanditum api
atas twaam aaraadhyaam hari hara viranchaadibhir api
pranantum stotum vaa katham akrita punyah prabhavati.
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You are all powerful
O! Bhagavati! Only if Parama Siva is enjoined with
You, the Sakti, He is empowered to create. The same
Lord is indeed powerless even to move sans Thy
company. O! Mother, the celebrities such as Hari,
Hara and Brahma and others, ever worship Thee. In
such a context, how can one (I) be capable of saluting
or praising you without the meritorious effects of (my)
yester deeds?
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taneeya amsam paamsum tavacharana pankaeruha bhavam
virinchis sanchinwan virachayati lokaan avikalan
vahatyaenam Saurih katham api sahasraena Sirasaam
harah samkshudyainam bhavati bhasmod doolana vidhim.
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The Dust of Your lotus feet
O! Bhagavati, Virinchi (the Creator) carefully gathers
the minute dust from Thy celebrated lotus feet to
accomplish his creativity of all the worlds, without any
hindrance. Shouri (Vishnu) somehow manages to
carry this dust on his thousand heads. Hara (Siva)
amalgamates this powder and observes the injunction
for sprinkling it on Himself as the sacred ash
(vibhooti).
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avidyaanaam antas timira mihira dweepa nagaree
jadaanaam chaitanya stabaka makaranda sruti jharee
daridraanaam chintaamani gunanikaa janma jaladhau
nimagnaanaam damshtraa mura ripu varaahasya bhavati.
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Power of that Dust
O! Mother! For the spiritually ignorant, engulfed by
darkness, the dust of your lotus feet is the shining
Sun of an island city. For the dull witted, it is the
flowing stream of honey of the Kalpaka flower cluster,
the pure intelligence. For those impoverished it is the
necklace granting all wealth like the Chintamani. For
those immersed in the ocean of samsara (births etc.,),
it is the tusk of the savior Wild Boar (Varaaha Vishnu),
the enemy of Mura.
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twadanyah paanibhyaam abhaya varado daivata ganah
twam aekaa naiva asi prakatita vara abheety abhinayaa
bhayaat traatum daatum phalam api cha vaanchaa samadhikam
saranyae lokaanaam tavahi charanaa vaeva nipunau.
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Thy expert feet
Other than you, the assemblages of gods assure protection
from fear and gesticulate this by the Abhaya mudra (hand
gesture). You alone do not display such gesture with your
hand of bestowing boon and protection from fear. Oh!
Mother, the refuge for the worlds! Indeed, your expert feet
(you are ready to walk up to us) are good enough in
offering such protection and giving bountiful rewards much
in excess than our desires.
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hari stwaam aaraadhya pranata jana soubhaagya jananeem
puraa naaree bhootwaa pura ripum api kshobha manayat;
smaropi twaam satwaa rati nayana laehyaena vapushaa
muneenaam apy antah prabhavati hi mohaaya mahataam.
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The Power of Thy worship
O! Mother, the very cause of auspiciousness to people who
worship You, Once Sri Hari having worshipped you, has
become an astonishingly beautiful woman and agitated the
mind of even Lord Siva and stole his pride. Having bowed to
you, Smara (cupid) too is blessed with an eternally handsome
appearance which is like a soothening liniment to the eyes of
his consort, Rati. With this appearance, he has indeed
generated delusion within hearts of even great sages.
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dhanuh poushpam mourwee madhukaramayee pancha visikhaah
vasantas saamanto malaya marud aayodhana rathah
tathaa apy aekas sarwam hima giri sutae kaamapi kripaam
apaangaat tae labdhwaa jagad idam anango vijayatae.
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The Power of Thy Glance
O! Daughter of the snow mountain! What to say about your
blessings! Manmadha’s bow is sugarcane twig. Its string is
made of bee line. His five arrows are flowers. Vasanta (spring
season) is his pal and companion. Gentle (Malaya) mountain
breeze is his chariot to wage his war. Thus, though all his
instruments and associates are so inefficient, Ananga
(Manmadha) triumphs over this entire world. Isn’t because of
the compassionate glance from the corner of your eye?
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kwanat kaanchee daamaa kari kalabha kumbha stana nataa
pariksheenaa madhyae parinata sarat chandra vadanaa
dhanur bhaanaan paasam srunim api dadhaanaa karatalaih
purastaa daastaam nah puramathitu raaho purushikaa.
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Thou art the “I” Consciousness
Let the Divine Mother dwell intimately in our hearts …with
her tinkling fillet girdle, Her full bosom - akin to the frontal
globes of a young elephant - making her bend forward
(reaching us), Her lean waist enhancing her beauty, Her
face akin to the full autumnal moon. She sports in her
palms a bow and arrow, a noose and a goad. I revere this
Divine Mother who is the ‘I’ consciousness in the Lord,
Parama Siva.
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sudhaa sindhor madhyae sura vitapi vaatee parivritae
mani dweepae neepopa vanavati chintaamani grihae
sivaakaarae manchae parama siva paryanka nilayaam
bhajanti twaam dhanyaah katichina chidaananda lahareem.
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Thy Abode – The Sakti Triangle
Only a few evolved souls are blessed to worship you Devi!
O! the unending flood of Eternal Bliss Absolute, You and
Lord Siva sharing a same bed, with Siva himself as your
resting couch which is of the shape of a triangle (the Sakti
triangle), in a house decorated with several Chintamanis,
possessed in the garden of Kadamba (kalpaka) trees, in
the vicinity of a park of celestial trees, in the midst of an
island in the ocean of amrita (ambrosia).
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maheem moola adhaarae kamapi manipoorae hutaavaham
sthitam swaadhishthaanae hridi marutam aakaasam upari
mano api bhroomadhyae sakalamapi bhittwaa kulapatham
sahasraarae padmae naha rahasi patyaa viharasae .
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Beyond The Five Elements
May I understand Thee! You are The Earth element in the Mula
Adhara, The Water element in the Manipoora, The Fire element
present in the Svadhishthana (inner core of conciousness), The
Air element in the heart, (going) above the Space element, and
Thy mind element between Thy brows (Thy immanent vision).
Thus having passed through all the Pancha (five) Bhootas
(Gross Elements) and exhausting them in Thy path (Kulapatha),
You sport your creative activity in secret with your husband in the
thousand petalled lotus.
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SHAKTI
Lotus (Abode)
Padma sthanam
Air (Maruth)
Hridi sthanam
Center (Bhruh)
Bhruh staanam
Fire (Hutavah)
Swadhistaanam
Mind (Manas)
Manostanam
Water (Mani)
Manipooram
Sky (Aakaasa)
Upari staanam
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SIVA
Earth (Mahi)
Moola adhaaram
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sudhaa dhaaraa saarais charana yugalaantar wigalitaih
prapancham sinchantee punar api rasaamnaaya mahanah,
avaapya swaam bhoomim bhujaga nibhamadyushtha valayam
swam aatmaanam kritwaa swapishi kulakundae kuharini.
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Thy Kula Kunda Sthaanam
O! Mother! You infuse the whole universe with Amrita,
drenching it in this torrential stream (Amruta dhaara),
which trickls from within your pair of feet. Once again,
this flow reaches your territory, after drenching the Moon
- who is apparent essence of Amrita. You pervade the
Earth element in the form of Kundalini Sakti (Kula
Kunda) by making yourself into three and a half coils
similar to a serpent, sleeping in it as exceedingly subtle
consciousness.
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chaturbis Sreekanthais Siva yuvatibhih panchabhir api
prabhinna abhis Sambor navabhir api moola prakritibhih
chatuschatwaarimsad vasu dala kalaasra trivalaya
tri raekhaabhis saartham tava Saranakonaah parinataah.
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Thy Sree Chakra
The Sri Chakra (the abode of the Sakti) has 44 angles with
four Sri Kantha (Siva chakras) and five Siva Yuvati (Other
Sakti chakras), separate from the Siva chakras and these
are nine source materials for the universe. These are
surrounded by the eight petalled lotus (Asta dala padma),
next by the sixteen petalled lotus. All these are in three
circles separated by the 3 lines. (Sree Sakti is the 1000
petalled lotus in the brain.)
1, 7, 8 and 9 are Siva Sthanas; 2,3,4,5 and 6 are Shakti Sthanas
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twadeeyam soundaryam tuhina giri kanyae tulayitum
kaveendraah kalpantae kathamapi virinchi prabhritayah
yad aalokoutsukyaad amara lalanaa yaanti manasaa
tapobhir dushpraapaam api girisa saayujya padaveem.
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Thy Peerless beauty
O! Daughter of the snow mountain! The best of poets such
as Virinchi (Brahma) and others are unable to compare, at
least somehow or other, your beauty (with any thing they
know of). Out of their ardent curiosity to witness your glory,
the celestial women (apsaras) enter the Lord Siva’s mind
through contemplation and total surrender. O! This
experience is impossible even by any rigorous penance.
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naram varsheeyaamsam nayana virasam narmasu jadam
tavaapaanga alokae patitam anudha avanti satasah
galad vaeneebandhaah kucha kalasa visrasta sichayaah
hathat trutyat kaanchyo vigalita dukoolaa yuvatayah.
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Thy tiny slanted look
O! Mother, A tiny glance from even the corner of your eye is
good enough! A man, even though is very old, very ugly
looking and apathetic in amorous sport, hundreds of young
women go after him, unmindful of their loosened braided
hair, slipping upper cloth from their attractive bosoms,
suddenly snapping waist ornaments and their drooping silk
sarees. Isn’t it the power of thy blessing?
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kshitou shatpanchaasad dwi samadhika panchaasad udakae
hutaasae dwaashashtis chamaradhika panchaasad anilae
divi dwishshat trimsan manasi cha chatu shshashtir iti yae
mayookhaas taeshaam apy upari tava paada ambuja yugam.
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Thy Bindu Sthaanam
O! Mother! Your pair of lotus feet is even above the following
beams of light that are thus disposed. They are fifty six in
the earth element, fifty two in the water element, sixty two in
the fire element, fifty four in the air element, twice thirty six
(72) in the space element, and sixty four in the mind
element. Sakti staanam is above these six planes in the
1000 petalled lotus in the Amruta Ocean and is called the
BINDU STHAANAM
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SHAKTI
Lotus (Abode)
Padma sthanam
54 in
Air
Center (Bhruh)
Bhruh staanam
62 in
Fire
64 in
Mind
52 in
Water
72 in
Sky
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SIVA
56 in
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sarajjyotsnaa suddaam sasiyuta jataa joota makutaam
vara traasa traana spatika ghatikaa pustaka karaam
sakrin natwaa na twaa katham iva sataam sannidadhatae
madhu ksheera draakshaa madhurima dhureenaah phanitayah.
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The Blessed poets
O! Mother, You are pure like the autumnal moonlight, You
are decorated with a tiara (kireeta like) made up of the
mass of your twisted hair crowned with the moon, and Your
hands grant all boons and promise protection from fear,
and sport the crystal beads and a book of knowledge. It is,
but natural that the poetic works of people, who bowed to
you and got your blessings, are fully charged with the
sweetness of honey, milk and grape juice.
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kaveendraanaam chaetah kamalavana baalaa tava ruchim
bhajantae yaesa sah katichid arunaam aeva bhavateem
virinchi praeyasyaas taruna tara sringaara laharee
gabheeraabhirwaagbir vidadhati sataam ranjanamamee.
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You are the Illuminator
O! Mother, Just as the morning Sun shine is to the lotuses,
You are the illuminating morning twilight of the red dawn, to
lotus hearts of the best of poets (their creativity). Those
blessed good men who worship Thee, become dearest to
Goddess Saraswati. By her grace, they ever impart
pleasure and consummation to the hearts of like minded
courtiers with their creative, profound and romantic poetry.
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saavitreebhir vaachaam sasimani silaabhanga ruchibhih
vasinyaadya abhistwaam saha janani sanchintayati yah
sa kartaa kaavyaanaam bhavati mahataam bhangi ruchibhih
vacobhir vaagdaevee vadana kamala amoda madhuraih.
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Your Blessed ones
O! Mother! You are in the company of Vasini (Lakshmi), the
Goddess of speech (Savitri) and the Goddess of beauty (Rati)
with the luster of the moon-stone slabs (marble blocks). The
one, who, adores You in the company of the above powers,
certain, he becomes the author of extra-ordinary poetry with
the beauty, taste and wit of all time great poets and his works
emanate the sweet fragrance of the lotus face of the goddess
Saraswati.
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tanu chchaayaabhistae taruna tarani sree saranibhih
divam sarwaam urveem arunimani magnaam smarati yah
bhavant asya trasyad vana harina saaleena nayanaah
sah orwasyaa vasyaah kati kati na geerwaana ganikaah.
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Your incomparable Blessings
O! Mother! He, who understands that all heaven and
earth are ever immersed in the pink luster of Thy
persona, akin to the luster of the freshly arisen Sun, to
him, how many celestial courtesan maids along with
Urvasi are not at his feet - with their eyes resembling
frightened forest deer ? (Indeed all such women are
after him)
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mukham bindum kritwaa kucha yuga madhastasya tadadho
hara artham dhyaayaedyo hara mahishi tae manmatha kalaam
sasadyas samkshobham na yati vanitaa ityati laghu
trilokeem apy aasu bhramayati ravi indu stana yugaam.
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Power of meditation on Thee
O! Queen of Hara! He, who meditates on Thee as
manifestation of the Creative Force, having imagined the
Bindu as Thy face, Thy bosom as the middle part, and Thy
female organs of generation below that (signifying you as
force of the laya, sthiti and srusti), he immediately reduces
all women into a state of agitation very easily. He even
deludes quickly, the maiden named Trilokee (three worlds)
who has the sun and moon as her pair of breasts.
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kiranteem angaebhyah kirana nikurumba amrita rasam
hridi twaam aadhattae hima kara silaa moortim iva yah
sa sarpaanaam darpam samayati sakuntaadhipa iva
jwara plushtaan drishtyaa sukha yati sudhaa dhaara sirayaa.
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Make us all powerful
O! Mother! He, who fixes Thee in his heart as the
scintillation emanating, like nectar, from the various parts
of Thy persona, like the multitude of cool rays from an
idol made up of moon-stone (marble), becomes powerful
like Garutman, the lord of birds – who destroys the pride
of serpents. Such a devoted man comforts those
scorched by fever by his mere look, endowed as if he is
with the vessel overflowing with Amrita.
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œÁýèÊìŽÂ œÁþÄíÏ œÁ¡ÁþÁªÁªÃ
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tatil laekhaa tanweem tapana sasi vaiswaanaramayeem
nishannaam shannaam apy upari kamalaanaam tava kalaam
mahaa padma atavyaam mridi tamalamaayaena manasaa
mahaantah pasyanto dadhati parama ahlaada lahareem.
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Saadhakya Kala
O! Mother, Thy form is fascinating like a streak of
lightning, and with the glory of the Sun, Moon and Fire.
Great evolved souls perceive and contemplate Thee in
their minds, with esteem as the Sadakhya kala or Bindu
Roopam seated in the great lotus forest (the sahasrara),
above the six yogic chakras and thus they possess
unending supreme joy
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bhavaani tavam daasae mayi vitara drushtim sakarunaam
iti stotum vaanchan kathayati bhavaani twam itiyah
tadaiva twam tasmai disasi nija saayujya padaveem
mukunda brahmaendra sphuta makuta neeraajita padaam.
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I am Thy slave
O! Bhavani! The very moment one surrenders to you
saying – “I am your slave, bestow Thy compas-sionate
look on me”, You grant him, before he completes that
sentence, the perpetual state of absorption in Thee at
Thy feet. Aren’t your feet glittering with the twinkles from
the precious stones in the bright diadems (kireetas) of
Mukunda, Brahma, and Indra?
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twayaa hritwaa vaamam vapu ripari truptaena manasaa
sareera artham sambhor aparam api sankae hritam abhoot
yadaetat twad roopam sakalam arunaabhan trinayanam
kuchaabhyaam aanamram kutila sasi choodaala makutam.
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You took over the Lord
O! Mother! I imagine, you might have taken over the right
half too of the persona of the Lord Siva, perhaps being
discontented to be only in his left half. That must be the
reason for your entirely red, scintillating appearance with
the three eyes, shaped bosom and curved body and the
crown crested by the moon crescent.
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jagat sootae dhaataa harir avati rudrah kshapa yatae
tiraskurwan nae tat swam api vapureesa stirayati
sadaa poorwas sarwam tad ida manugrihnaati cha sivah
tava ajnaam aalambya kshana chalitayor bhroo latikayoh.
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Your Eye Brow Movements
O! Mother! Dhata (Brahma) begets the world. Hari
protects it. Rudra destroys it. Eswara withdraws them
(Dhata, Hari and Rudra), at will into Him and obscures
even his own body (by merging into Sadasiva). Indeed
Siva (whose name) is preceded by (the word) Sada,
obliges in all this, based upon Thy order, granted to Him
by the momentary movement of your eye-brows.
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trayaanaam daevaanaam triguna janitaanaam tava sivae
bhavaet poojaa poojaa tava charanayoryaa virachitaa
tathaahi twaat paadodwahana mani peethasya nikatae
sthitaahy aetae saswan mukulita karottam samakutaah.
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You are The Trinity
O! Sivaani! That homage made to Thy feet is verily the
homage made to the Trinity (three gods) born of Thy
three powers or Gunas. This is indeed true and
appropriate, for, the Trinity, with their folded hands held
together on their foreheads, always adore Thee with their
crowns touching the gem studded foot rest of yours.
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¬ÁœÃ œÁíœÁåœÃ§Á³Î.
virincih panchatwam vrajati harir aapnoti viratim
vinaasam keenaaso bhajati dhanado yaati nidhanam
vitamdree maahaendree vitatir api sammeelita drisaa
mahaa samhaarae asmin viharati sati twat patir asou.
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Your Sport is Eternal
O! Mother! Virinchi embraces death. Hari becomes
inactive. Kinaasa (Yama) tastes destruction. Dhanada
(Kubera) proceeds to death. The group of Indras (14
Manus and 14 Indras) is also in deep sleep (death) with
eyes closed. Oh Sati! In this great universal destruction,
Thy husband (Sadasiva) continues to sport (in Thy
company).
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¦ÁþÊé ©Ã¨¬ÃœÁ¥÷.
japo jalpas silpam sakalam api mudraa virachanaa
gatih praadakshinya kramanam asanaadya ahuti vidhih
pranaamas samvaesas sukham akhilam aatmaarpana drisaa
saparyaa paryaayas tava bhavatu yan mae vilasitam.
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All my acts are Thy prayer
O! Mother! Let my speech be Thy prayers, and all
manual tasks I do, be the symbolic arrangement of
fingers in Thy worship, let my gait be the steps of
circumambulation of Thee, let my food etc. be the
oblations offered to Thee, let my silence in sleep be
Thy salutation, let all that is happily manifested in
me be synonymous with Thy worship - from the
point of view of offering myself (in your worship).
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¬ÁÅŸÂ ¥Á±Âê³ÂížÁê ¡ÁëœÃ¤Á¦Á
ü§Â¥ÁÇœÁÅê ÿÁ§Ã›ÄÏ
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þÁªÁ¥Íè ¬ÁàþÁÆé¨Ï œÁ©Á üþÁþÃ
œÂýùÑ¥ÁÿÃ¥Á Â.
sudhaam apy aaswaadya pratibhaya jaraa mrityu harineem
vipadyantae viswae vidhi satamakha mukhaadyaa divishadah
karaalam yat kshwaelam kabalita vatah kaala kalanaa
na sambhos tanmoolam tava janani taatanka mahimaa.
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You are the Imperishable Power
O! Mother! The Brahma, Indra and other celebrities of
the heaven, though they have taken the immortal fluid,
Amrita, which is supposed to remove the fearful old
age (and) death, perish at the time of Pralaya (total
dissolution). But, Sambhu, though he consumed the
dreadful poison (Kala koota visham) is not affected
even the least by the all devouring Time. Isn’t it
because of the greatness of your earrings!
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¤Á©Á³Âê¤ÁÅêœÂáþÊ œÁ©Á
¡Á§ÃüþÍ•
Ãà §Ãíü¦ÁœÊ.
kireetam vairincham parihara purah kaitabha bhidah
kathorae koteerae skhalasi jahi jambaari makutam
pranamraeshwae taeshu prasabham upayaa tasya bhavanam
bhavasya abhyutthaanae tava parijanoktir wijayatae.
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You are the Supreme Power
O! Mother! “Watch out, there is the crown of Brahma near
your feet. Be careful in front! You may trip on the hard
crown of Vishnu (Kaitabhabhida)! Carefully avoid the
crown of Indra (Jambhari)!” - May such cautionary words
of your retinue triumph, when you impetuously (suddenly
in haste) rise in honour of Bhava (Your Lord Siva), who
approaches your palace, when these gods are paying
their obeisance to You.
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¬ÁížÊÿÍ žÁÆçœÂ¤Ã §ÁÔë›Ã¤Ã
§Á›Ã¥Á žÂí¤Ã§Á¤ÃœÁÐ
þëʩÊê þÃœÊê œÂí¥ÁÿÁ¥ÃœÃ ¬ÁžÂ
¤Â©Á¦ÁœÃ ¦ÁÐ
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¥ÁöÁ¬ÁÏ©Á§Âà•
Ãä §Ãí§ÁúÁ¦ÁœÃ
þħÂüþÁ©ÃŸÃ¥÷.
swadaehod bootaabhir ghranibhir animaadwaabhir abhitah
nishaevyae nityae twaam aham iti sadaa bhaavayati yah
kim aascharyam tasya trinayana samriddim trunayatah
mahaa samvartaagnir wirachayati neeraajana vidhim.
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No wonder at all
O! What a wonder! O Mother! Worthy of all adoration! Oh
the Eternal One! He who constantly meditates on Thee,
as the manifestation of the Anima etc., eight siddhis
generated from Thy own body, and contem-plates on You,
merging himself with Thee, - He (such a devotee)
considers the wealth of absorption into Siva as equivalent,
but, to a piece of straw. To him the great fire of dissolution
by You will appear as the Haarati (neerajanam or the
ceremony of waving lights in worship).
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úÁœÁÅ«Áï´ÂÛê œÁþËàëÐ ¬Á•
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¬ÁíœÁþÁàëÏ œÊ œÁþÁàëÏ ¯ÃœÃœÁ¨
¥Á©ÂœÄœÁ§ÁžÃžÁ¥÷.
chatushshashtyaa tantraih sakalam atisandhaaya bhuvanam
sthitas tat tat siddhi prasava para tantraih pasupatih
punastwan nirbandhaad akhila purusha arthaika ghatanaa
swatantram tae tantram kshiti talam avaateetarad idam.
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You are the Paraa Tantram
O! Mother! Pasupati has introduced into the world the sixty
four (Maha maaya, Sambarya etc.,) spiritual disciplines
(tantras), which are capable generating any desired result,
each one giving a restricted fruit of its power. But, ordained
by You, he caused this, Your spiritual discipline called Sri
Vidya, which alone independently brings together as one,
all the purushardhas or principal fulfillments of human life,
to descend on to the earth.
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Sivas sakti kaamah kshiti ratha ravis seeta kiranah
smaro hamsas sakras tadanucha paraa maara harayah
amee hrul laekhaabhis tisrubhir avasaanaeshu ghatitaah
bhajantae varna astae tava janani naama avayavataam.
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The Mantra of 15 syllables
O! Mother ! Siva, Sakti, Kama, Kshiti (the words standing for
the syllables `ka', `ae', `ee', `la'), then Ravi, Seeta-kirana,
Smara, Hamsa, Sakra (the words standing for the syllables
`ha', `sa', ` ka', `ha', `la'), and following that Paraa, Maara,
Hara (the words standing for the syllables `sa', `ka',`la'). Oh
Mother! with the three Hrimkaras (Hreem) joined to the end of
each these three groups your syllables, they become of your
name (the fifteen syllabled mantra (panchadasa aksharee
mantra). With the sixteenth secret syllable ‘Srim’ becomes the
SriVidya mantra) .
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smaram yonim lakshmeem tritayam idam aadou tava manoh
nidhaay aikae nitya niravadhi mahaa bhoga rasikaah
bhajanti twaam chintaamani guna nibaddha aksha valayaah
sivaagnou juhwantas surabhi ghruta dhaara ahuti sataih.
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Meditation of Your Mantra
O! Mother! Having placed these three –Smara (Kama raja
beejam), Yoni (Bhuvanaeswari beejam), Lakshmi beejam
(standing for the syllables ‘Iyam’, ‘Hrim and ‘Srim’') in the
beginning of Your mantra, Oh Eternal one!, only a blessed
few connoisseurs (tapasvis) of endless great sacrifice,
worship You with Aksha maala of Chintamani gems by
pouring oblations into the fire of Siva, with hundreds of
pots of fragrant streams of ghee (clarified butter).
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sareeram twam sambhos sasi mihira vakshoruha yugam
tava atmaanaam manyae bhagavati navaatmaanam anagham
atas saeshas saeshee twayam ubhaya saadhaarana tayaa
sthitas sambandhovaam sama rasa paraananda parayoh.
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Your Ananda Bhairava Roopam
O! Bhagavati! You are the all pervasive eternal body of Siva,
with the Sun and the Moon as Thy breasts. I consider this
flawless, eternal, ever green appearance of Thee as Ananda
Bhairava roopam of Thine. Thus, this relation-ship of the
nature as the accessory and you both being the Principal
power, is common to both of you. You two are the Parananda
(Bliss superlative) and Paraa (Supreme) in One equipoise.
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manas twam vyoma twam marud api marut saarathi rasi
twam aapas twam bhoomis twayi parinataayaam nahi param,
twamaeva swa atmaanam parinamayitum viswa vapushaa
chidaananda akaaram siva yuvati bhaavaena bibhrishae .
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Everything is Thy Transformation
O! Consort of Lord Siva! You are the mind, You are the
space, You are the air, You are the fire, You are the
water (and) You are the earth. Thus, this entire created
world is but, Thy transformation and there is nothing
else indeed which is not You. You, by yourself
transform your own self into all that is in this universe.
You are the personified Bliss Absolute, and
Consciousness by Your volition (intention).
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tava ajnaa chakrastham tapana sasi koti dyuti dharam
param Sambhum vandae parimilita paarswam parachitaa,
yam aaraadhyan baktyaa ravi sasi sucheenaam avishayae
niraalokae lokae nivasati hi bhaa loka bhuvanae.
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This Universe is Thy Empire
O! Mother, The one who is seated in Your aajna
chakram, (bhoomi) which bears the lustre of ten million
suns and moons, becomes the ardent worshiper of the
Para Chit roopam of the Lord Sambhu. Such a person of
great devotion, sure attains to the Jyothir Lokam
(luminous plane), which is beyond the glow of the sun,
moon and fire, which is invisible unlike this physical
(visible) world.
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visuddhou tae suddha sphatika visadam vyoma janakam
Sivam saevae daeveem api Sivasamaana vyavasitaam
yayoh kaantyaa yaantyaah sasi kirana saaroopya saranaer
vidhoota antardhwaantaa vilasati chakoreeva jagatee.
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Only You are Equal to The Paramatma
O! Bhagavati! The world is filled with bliss, once its inner
darkness (ajnaana) is dispelled by the eternal
illumination from You both, which is akin to the cool
moon light dispelling all darkness (on a full moon day)
and making merry to the Chakora birds. I serve the Lord
Siva who is of crystalline purity and who is the father of
all the space - along with You, the purest of the pure,
You only can be equated to Siva.
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sam unmeelat samvit kamala makarandaika rasikam
bhajae hamsa dwandwam kim api mahataam maanasacharam,
yad aalaapaad ashtaa dasa gunita vidyaa parinatih
yad aadattae doshaad gunam akhila madbhyah paya iva.
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The Supreme Swans
O! Mother! What should I say! I adore the indescribable pair
of Swans (Siva and Sakti), which relish only the honey from
the fully bloomed lotus of Knowledge, which ever swim in the
lake Manasa of the hearts of evolved beings, whose
conversation is the essence of eighteen evolved systems of
knowledge and which pair accepts all virtue and forgives sin,
like swan taking milk and leaving out water.
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tava swaadhishthaanae hutavaham adishthaaya niratam
tameedae samvartam janani mahateem taancha samayaam
yad aalokae lokaan dahati mahati krodha kalitae
daya ardraayaa drushtih sisiram upachaaram racayati.
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Thy Kind looks are coolants
O Mother! Having stationed the fire element in your Swaadhishthana chakra, I praise uninterruptedly that fire of
dissolution (Siva as Rudra) and that annihilator called the
Great Samayaa (Time). O! See, the very sight of Rudra (the
fire) impelled by great anger of Him, burns the worlds, while
that cool looks of yours filled with empathy and compassion
comfort the world as a cooling remedy.
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tatittwantam saktyaa timira paripanthi sphuranayaa
spuran naanaa ratna abharana parinadhdhae indradhanusham
tava syaamam maegham kamapi manipooraika saranam
nishaevae varshantam hara mihira taptam tribhuvanam.
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You are beyond comprehension
O! Mother! You are stationed in Your Manipoora chakra,
with the power of lightening to drive away the enemy
called ajnaana (darkness), simulating a rainbow from
the variegated lustre emanating from the gem studded
ornaments of yours. O! It is beyond comprehension! You
are the dense black cloud that drenches and quenches
the three worlds, scorched by the intense heat of the
Sun called Siva (Pralaya Kala Rudra).
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tavaadhaarae moolae saha samayayaa laasya parayaa
nava atmaanam manyae navarasa mahaataandava natam,
ubhaabhyaam aetaabhyaam udaya vidhim uddisya dayayaa
sanaathaabhyaam jajnae janaka jananeemat jagad idam.
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They Nava rasa Tandava dance
O! Mother! In your Mulaadhara chakra, I contemplate on the
Samayaa (Ananda Bhairavi), who is engrossed in the Lasya
dance, along with Nava atman (Ananda Bhairava) dancing
the wonderful Siva Tandava dance filled with Nava rasas
(nine different expressions of mind). This world is no more an
orphan as it has acquired the Father and the Mother in You
two. You are compassionate and have creation as your
objective.
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This concludes Ananada Lahari
Here ends The Ananda Lahari, the first part of Soundarya
Lahari, describing the formless (Niraakaara roopam), the
Bliss Absolute, the Supreme Power, The Adi Sakti. The
following verses describe the Eternal Beauty of the Mother
as the form for worship (Sakaara roopam). This description
of the Eternal Mother is from top to toe, with peerless poetic
elegance and figurative beauty which can be experienced
only by the one of deep contemplation. The poet Sankara,
comes with astounding descriptions of the indescribable
Almighty. May we submit our heartiest obeisance to this
great master!
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