Monday, February 17, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 25: Shri Suddha Vidyankurakara Dvija Pankti Dvayojjvala (OM shuddhavidyA ~ NkurAkAradvijapa ~ NktidvayojjvalAyai namaH)


The Divine Mother’s radiant teeth are compared to the buds of pure knowledge in this namam. The whole explanation brings out the important Sri Vidya worshiping details relating to the knowledge.

Dvija means having two births, like teeth, birds and Brahmanas.

In infancy, two teeth appear initially and later two rows of permanent sixteen teeth in each row will come up. These sixteen teeth represent sixteen syllables of sound.

The birds first have eggs and later when they hatch, baby birds come out in second stage.

The Brahmana will have two births as well, namely, originally a Sudra by birth from his own mother and as Brahmana after studying the Vedas.

Likewise, the Divine Mother’s Dvija on teeth have radiance which is being praised in this namam. The Divine Mother’s smile takes away all impurities and spreads lightings up on the devotee.

Suddha Vidya or Sri Vidya or Sodasa Vidya is all the same, having sixteen syllables mantra. Sixteen syllables mantra illuminates the heart of the worshipper. The Divine Mother’s teeth take away all the darkness from the heart and make it blissful. The light of knowledge takes away the darkness of ignorance from the devotees. 

Three hymns by three great sages namely Durvasas, Gaudapadacarya and Sri Sankaracarya had firmly dealt with Sri Vidya worship methods. In practical level, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama deals with Sri Vidya worship. Manu, the Moon, Kubera (the lord of wealth), Lopamudra, Manmatha, Agastya (the great sage), Agni (the lord of Fire), Suriya (the Sun), Subramaya (the Lord Muruga), Lord Siva and Durvasas all have worshipped Sri Vidya or the Divine Mother.

Like a seed which grows into a tree, the mantra contains within it all the powers to give to the devotees. Mantra starts from muladhara and after passing through Para, Pasyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari, reach the tongue. Para is a germinal state. Like a seed that swells with soil and water mantra moves into Pasyanti stage, from there it goes to Madhyama stage. Subsequently, the mantra reaches Vaikhari stage. Two things of the mantra namely Sound and meaning unfold into one undivided entity as mantra.

Suddhavidya talks about the Divine Mother’s subtle body, which is in three parts as described earlier by Baskaraya. He was the one who first wrote the meaning for Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam in Sanskrit. Every one aspiring to learn more about Shri Lalitha’s names have relied on Baskaraya’s first writings in Sanskrit.
  
The first Agnimandala  (the disc of the Fire). This is from Mualadhara (the seat of Kundalini) to Anahatacakra in the heart. It is very bright area and looking like a fire.

The second is Suryamandala (the disc of the Sun) from heart to between eyebrows (also called Ajnacakra). This is said to have 10 million suns brightness.

The third is Chandramandala (the disc of the moon) from Ajnacakra to the Brahmandhra in crown. This also said to have 10 million Moons brightness.

The Divine Mother’s radiant teeth give out pure knowledge to the devotees. The important Sri Vidya worshiping details relating to the knowledge had been brought out in this namam.
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Provided are the close enough meanings for some words used in this article:
·        Divija: Born in heaven or having two births
·        Sri Vidya: The Goddess of wealth and Knowledge
·        Blissful: Extremely happy
·        Hymn: A religious poem of praise to God
·        Lopamudra: wife of Sage Agastya, a learned lady
·        Manmatha: God of human love or desire
·        Muladhara: Root and basis of existence
·        Para: By extension from the senses or as next to or beyond
·        Pasyanti: The first visible manifestation of speech
·        Madhyama: of a middle kind or middling or moderate
·         Vaikhari: according to Hindu and yogic philosophy, the last of four stages that sound goes through as it comes to be perceptible and audible. As such, it is believed that sound starts at the root chakra and travels up to the throat to be expressed as vaikhari.
·        Ajnachakra : third-eye chakra, is the sixth primary chakra in the body 



C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 18 February 2020.

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