From namam 52, we will be seeing the Divine Mother’s residence
description up to Namam 63.
The Divine Mother sits
on the middle of peak in Sumeru Mountain is the meaning of this namam. In some texts
this namam had been written as: Sumeru srnga madhyastha.
The Tantrasastra
provides additional help to understand the meaning of this namam. Sumeru, the
golden mountain is holding the whole celestial universal world and entire
creation. It has three peaks like a
triangular base. Bramha, Mahavishnu and Sivan occupy these three peaks. In
between these three peaks, a higher central peak, the Sri Vidyanagaram is located.
The Divine Mother lives or occupies in this central peak. This is an important
concept to show that the Divine Mother is well above three Lords Brahma,
Mahavishnu and Siva. The word peak is to be understood as a place which is
difficult to reach.
In Sri Ramayanaya
Sage Valmiki portraits the present mountains range Himalayas as Meru. This
mountain is the living place of the Divine Mother. Due to Her unison with Lord
Siva this mountain is also living place of united supreme self (Siva and the
Divine mother). Mount Meru is said to connect the time bound material world to
timeless divine celestial world. In humans, the spine connecting the muladhara
to Sahasra is known Meru danda which is also considered as a living place for
Siva and the Divine Mother in their unison.
Maya is the illusion.
It is the material cause for any creation. As an example: Due to lack of light,
a rope may be seen as a snake. Similarly due to our ignorance or darkness, we
see this unreal world as real. When we gain the required knowledge, we realize
that unreal nature of this materialistic world. This Maya is under the control
of Mahesa (a form of universal Lord Siva). If we human offer sacrifice, the
outcome of that action will be the fruits of such sacrifice will be to reach Paramaanandam or para Anandham or mukthi. When we do not offer such sacrifice, then we get caught
in birth and death cycle.
In Ramayanam, Sita
Devi gets separated from Lord Rama due the delusion on the spectacular golden
deer. The lesson behind this is: If anyone is caught in the materialistic world
due to attachment, they will be separated from the Paramaanandam or para Anandham. The deer example in Ramayana to bring home the message that with good fragrance kasturi
in deer’s own horns; deer will search all around for source of the fragrance.
In a similar way, the human beings also search the God everywhere else except within one’s own self.
Sri Chakra: Sri Vidya,
the Meru is a three dimensional structure termed as Sri Chakra. There are four Siva
triangles and five sakthi (the Divine Mother) triangles. These four and five triangles
combination is reflection of unison between Lord Siva and the Divine Mother.
Praying to the Divine
Mother that I will soon have the darsan (sighting of) both the Divine Mother and
Lord Siva in unison residing at the peak of Meru mountain.
Close enough meanings
of words used:
Tantrasastra: hymns of the Rigveda with the meaning wrap or weaving; a profound science that exploits the sound form; connotes a system; a study of the absolute and the first principle.
Tantrasastra: hymns of the Rigveda with the meaning wrap or weaving; a profound science that exploits the sound form; connotes a system; a study of the absolute and the first principle.
Meru: the cosmic pillar
of fire, mountain and a deity. Further, Regveda described Meru as an axle connecting
two wheels of Indra’a car. The entire universe resolves around this cosmic axis.
C N
Nachiappun
Singapore,
18/19 March 2020.
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