Pranam
Soundarya lahari 4
35. Manastvam vyomastvam marudasi marut saarathirasi
Tvam aapastvam bhoomistvayi parinathaayaam na hi param;
Tvameva syaatmanam parinamayitum Vishva vapushaa
Chidanandaakaaram Shivayuvati bhaavena bibhrishe/
Maha Bhagavati! Mulaadhaaraika nilayaa Brahma grandhi
Vibhedini,Manipuraantaruditaa Vishnu grandhi Vibhedini/
Agnaachakraantasthaa Rudra granthi Vibhedini,Sahasraaraambujaarudhaa Sudhaa
saaraabhi varshini/ Tatillataa samaruchisshatchakopari samsthitaa, Maha
Shatktih kundalini bisatantu taneeyasi/
You reside inside the Mulaadhaara Chakra that is as Kundalini; You
penetrate through the Brahma Grandhi or the barrier of Brahma and enable
your devotees practising Yoga to be conscious while awake; then a devotee
is facilitated to vision Devi in Manipura while in a condition of stupor;
further a devotee has to pierce through the Vishnu Grandhi or the Vishnu
knot when the Yogi becomes unconscious and his body and thoughts are felt
irrelevant; in the Ajnaachaktaanta state the yogi loses his identity; while
breaking Rudra Grandhi the Yogi attains cosmic reality and in Sahasraara
Chakra the yogi is stated to seek Salvation.
That stage provides Sudhaa sagara or bliss; indeed Devi! You are
above these stages and chakras as ‗Shatchakopari Samstitha‘ Devi! You are
beyond Manas, Pancha Bhutas of Prithvi-Aapas-Tejas-Vayu-Akasha and of
course Surya and Chandra too. You are not only the Vishva Swarupa but the
‗Chit Shakti‘ that truly kindles the Ananda Bhirava -akara of the Sthaanu
Rupa Parameshwara ! Thus from Manastatva and The Elements, you are the
Prime Form of Karta- Karma- and Kriya!
In this context there is an expanatory stanza quoted : Shrunu Devi
Maha jnaanam sarvajnaanottamam Priye, yena vignaana maatrena bhavaabhdhou
na nimajjati//Tripuraa Paramaa Shaktiraadyaa jaataa Maheshvari, Sthula
sukshma vibhaagena Trilokyotpatti Maatrukaa/ Kavaleekrita nisshesha
tatvagraamasva rupinee, yasyaam parinataayaam tu na kinchitparamishyate/
Starting from Manastatva to PanchaBhutas is of Karya Svarupa. Thus the
Kaaranaamaka / totally Action oriented Prakriti is having to provide the
CHICCHAKTI TO THE SHTAANU RUPA MEHESHWARA! Just as Earth provides the Raw
Form to turn out into countless ‗Praanis‘ you are exemplary in the act of
kaarya-kaarana-kartrita Maha Maya from sthula-sukshma-vibhaga entirely
owing to YOUR own ‗chichhakti‘ form!
MAHA SWAMI of Kanchi analyses as follows: Manastvam vyomastvam
marudasi marutatsaaradhirasi, tvamaapastvam bhumihi tvayi parinatayaam na
hi param/
As the ‗ardhaangi‘ of Parameshvara, you have yourself taken the form
of bliss of jnaana for the purpose of evolving into the body of cosmos: You
exist as the mind [ concept of dualism]; this mind is the cause of falsity
and of trouble. Mother! who are you; is this question not from my mind;
that is also you! When follows the path of jnaana, the mind is erased. But
how to get used to the idea that the mind itself is Amba ; that is
‗jnaanaakaasha‘. Thus ‗vyomatvam tvam‘ or you are the sky. ‗Marutasi‘ or
you are Vayu; ‗Maruta saarathih asi‘ or you are Agni the charioteer of
Vayu; ‗Tva maapah, tvam bhumih‘ or you are water and earth. Thus the Five
Chakras from MulaadharaSvadhishthana-Manipoora-Anaahata- Vishudha
representing ‗Prithivyaapas tejovaayura akaashas‘!
Indeed, that is the Manastatvam representing Vishuddha chakra. Then
the second half of the stanza: Tvamevah svaatmaanam parinamayitum vishva
vapushaa, Chidaanandaakaaram Shivayuvati bhaavena vibhrishe/This is about
the total realisation of sat-chit-ananda. Shiva is not merely the Ultimate
Reality; He is the ‗chit‘or the consciousness of the awareness of Reality
and finally the Ananda or the experience of bliss. Amba‘s function is the
experience of Shiva Himself. Acharya mentions the cause of chit‘s shine and
unfolding itself is that aananda as of Shivapatni.
‗Tvameva svaatmaana parinaamayitum Vishvavapushaa/ or you must evolve
your self into the cosmic form that is why you have taken the form of
chidananda‘. The expression ‗Parinaama‘is there is none else than you to
evolve into the cosmos. There is no ‗parinaama‘ in Advaita yet this is like
milk turning into curd. The first expression of the stanza viz. 107
‗Manastatvam‘ - ‗ the mind is yourself‘ - clarifies that we need not turn
our mind inward or suppress it. Even if it were not turned outward, it is
all Five Elements which again is Amba alone. Maha Swami gives a gist of the
present and the previous stanzas: It is Amba that is Ishvara‘s body ie. the
gross and the subtle or the ‗manastatvam‘.
The Maha Manastatvam named Mahat is the cause of Five Elements. From
the mind that is the root arises ‗akaasha‘ or the space that is subtle. It
becomes increasingly gross, giving rise to air, fire, water and earth. All
these are Amba and nothing else: Tvai parinaataayaam na hi param/ ‘Although
you are the body of the life or spirit called Shambhu, you have existed
without any distinction made by body and spirit. It is you who evolved into
the body called Vishvam the cosmos.
There may be of Ramanujacharya‘s concept of dualism, everything
becomes nondualistic since in the end, ‗chidaanandaakaaram‘ be noted. A
sweet dish has a form, smell and a taste but can we separate them. Amba is
rooted in jnaana and ananda can one distinguish from ‗Sat‘! Amba and Shiva
are just ONE in reality. The cosmic body is Amba and the Spirit and ‗Sat‘
or its personification Parameshwara is ONE, all NON-DUAL!
Shri Vidyaa Rahasyaardha: Bhagavati has the cohesive and compulsive
driving Super Energy engulfing and permeating the ASHTA MURTIS OF SURYA
CHANDRA PANCHA TATVA AND ON TOP THE MANASTATVA! You are the Vishva vyapaka
Bhagavati being of Mano Buddhi Rupa in the Agjna chakra- Aaakaasha Rupa in
the Vishuddha chakra- Vayu and Agni in the Anaahata ch akra-Agni in
Manipurachakra, Jala in swadhishthaana chakra, and Bhu Rupa in Mulaadhara
chakra. In the task of Vishva dhaarana You Maha Maya! are the all pervading
Sarvamayi in the minutest spots spreading VishvaTaijasa, Paagjna, Virat and
even Hiranyagarbha !
Indeed you are at once the Vishva Kartri, Bhartri and Samhartri!
Now the methodic presentation of Tatwas-Lokas-Relavant Devas and the
Chakras: Tatwas: Prithivi-Aapas-Tejas-Vayu- Akaasha- MANAS ; Lokas:
Bhur-Bhuvar-Svar-Mahar-Janat-Tapas[1]SATYA; Devas:
Brahma-Vishnu-Rudra-Maheshwara-Sada Shiva- Parama Shiva- Paraa Shakti;
Chakras:
Mulaadhaara-Manipura-Svaadhishthaana-Anaahata-Vishuddhi-Ajnaa-Sahasraara.
[Devi Bhagavata Purana describes about the physiological cum psychological
analysis of human body, especially of various Nadis (Life webs) and
Chakras. The word ‗Nad‘ means streams; in the context of Yoga, Nadis are
channels of Kundalini Energy as also of connectors of nerves or ‗Snayus‘.
The subtle yoga channels of energy from mind as well as ‗Chitta‘ or
consciousness of the self are through various physiological cords,
vessels/tubes, nerves, muscles, arteries and veins. There are 350,000 Nadis
in human body(Ayurveda) mentioned 7,50, 000 Nadis) but the principal nadis
are fourteen viz.Sushumna, Ida, Pingala,Gandhari, Hastajihva, Yashasvini,
Pusha, Alambusha, Kuhu, Shankini, Payasvini, Sarasvati, Varuni and
Yashodhara. The most important Nadis however are the first three above.
Sushumna is at the center of the spinal cord and is of the nature of Moon,
Sun and Agni or Fire. It originates from Sacral plexus or a network of
nerves at the spinal base upto the head at the top; it is from Moola Adhara
Chakra and terminating at Sahsarara Chakra. Normally, Sushumna is inactive
except when pranayama is performed. ‗Ida‘ nadi is to the left of Sushumna,
representing moon providing nectar like energy and ‗Pingala‘ nadi is to the
right side of Sushumna providing male like power. There is a cobweb like
formation in the innermost area of Sushumna, called Vichitra or Chitrini
Bhulinga Nadi, the centre of which is the seat of Ichha Shakti ( Energy of
Desire), ‗Jnana Shakti‘ ( Energy of Knoweldge) and ‗Kriya 108 Shakti‘
(Energy of Action). The middle portion of the Bhulinga nadi has the
luminosity of several Suns, above which is the Maya Bija Haratma
representing the sound like ‗Ha‘. Thereabove is ‗Kula Kundalini‘
representing Serpent Fire of red colour. Outside the Kundalini is the
‗Adhara Nilaya‘ of yellow lotus colour denoting four letters viz. Va, Saa,
Sa, Sa; this is the base or Moola Adhara supported by six lotus formations.
Beyond the Moola Adhara is the Manipura Chakra of cloud lightning colour
comprising ten lotus petals representing ten letters da, dha, na, ta, tha,
da, dha, na, pa, pha. This Mani Padma is the dwelling spot of Vishnu.
Beyond the Mani Padma is‘ Anahata Padma‘ with twelve petals representing Kha,
Ga, Gha, ma, cha, chha, ja, jha, lya, ta, tha. In the middle is Banalingam,
giving out the sound of Sabda Brahma. Thereafter is Rudra Chakra which
represents, sixteen letters : a, a‘, i, i‘, u, u‘, ri, ri‘, li, lri, e, ai,
o, ar, am, ah. It is in this place that ‗Jeevatma‘ gets purified into
‗Paramatma‘ and hence known as ‘Visuddha Chakra’ .
Further beyond is ‗Ajna Chakra ‘ in between the two eyebrows where
the ‗self ‘ resides representing two letters ha, and ksha, one commanding
another or Paramatma commanding Jeevatma. Even above is the ‗Kailasa Chakra’
which Yogis call as Rodhini Chakra the central point is the ‗Bindu Sthan‘.
In other words, a perfect Yogi has to perform Puraka, Pranayama, fix the
mind on Mooladhara lotus, contract and arouse Kundalini Shakti by lifting
by ‗Vayu‘ between anus and genitals, pierce through the Adi Swayam Linga
through various lotus petals and lotuses as described above, reach
Sahasrara or thousand petal lotus and Bindu Chakra by the Union of Prakriti
and Purusha.]
Kr IRS 131221
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