லலிதா சகஸ்ரநாம ஸ்தோத்திரமும் பொருளும் தொடர்ந்து கற்றுக் கொள்வோம். சில நாமங்களின் பொருளை ஆழமாக சிந்திக்க வேண்டி உள்ளது.
வியாஹ்ருதி என்றால் என்ன?
வேத மந்திரங்களுக்கெல்லாம் தாயாக விளங்கும் காயத்ரி மந்திரம் 24 அட்சரங்களைக் கொண்டது. சந்தியா வந்தன நேரத்தில் பிராமணர்கள் கூறும் காயத்ரி மந்திரம் எழுப்பும் புனிதமான ஒலி வியாஹ்ருதி என்று அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. அப்போது அந்த பிராமணர்கள் நான்கு மூலைகளிலும் முழு பிரபஞ்சத்திலும் உள்ள அனைத்து நல்ல குணங்களையும் கொண்டு வந்து ஒரே குடும்பமாக இருக்கும் இந்த பிரபஞ்ச உலகத்தின் அங்கம் நான் என்று தன்னுடைய இதயத்திலும் மனதிலும் பதித்து கொள்கிறான்.
காயத்ரி மந்திரத்தில் எட்டு எழுத்துகள் கொண்ட 3 பாதங்கள் உள்ளன. ஒவ்வொரு பாதமும் ஒவ்வொரு வேதத்தின் சாரம். ரிக், யஜுர், சாமம் என்ற மூன்று வேதங்களின் சாரமே காயத்ரி மந்திரம். இந்த மந்திரத்தை பிரணவம், வ்யாஹ்ருதி மற்றும் காயத்ரி மந்திரத்தின் மூன்று பாகங்கள், ஆக ஐந்து பாகங்களாக பிரித்து ஜபிக்க வேண்டும்.
வியாஹ்ருதி ஸப்த பிரம்மத்தை மந்திரங்களின் சரியான உச்சாடனத்தால் அடையும் வழி. லலிதா தேவியே அதற்கு வழியாகவும் சாரமாகவும் திகழ்கிறாள்.
What is the meaning of Vyaahruthi?
Vyahruti means utterances expressed in a specific meter. It is the holy sound produced by the Brahmins/Dwijas during the Sandhya Vandana, and during this worship, the practitioner brings in all the good qualities from the four corners and the entire universe into his/her heart and resolves that I am part of this Cosmic Family.
Aum, or Pranava mantra, is the primordial sound from which the whole universe was created. It consists of three letters A U M. These three letters expand into the three Vyahrutis. BHU, BHUVAH, SUVAH - They are the Maha Vyahrutis representing Brahma, Vishnu, Maheswara. Those following the Shakti path believe that the three letters Maha Kaali, Maha Lakshmi, and Maha Saraswati. The vyahritis were made at the beginning of creation and represent the seven planetary systems including Bhur, Bhuvah, Svah, Mahah, Janah, Tapah, and Satyalokas. Besides denoting the seven worlds, the vyahritis denote the seven planes of consciousness.
Gayatri mantra forms the essence of the three Vedas three vedas Rig, Yajus, and Sama.
Four Types of Speech in Hindu Philosophy
There are four levels of speech. Para, Pashyanti, Madhyama, and Vaikhari.
Para: The very beginning of a thought, where it's just a feeling. The thought materializes directly from the faculty of awareness.
Pashyanti: imagining a picture in your mind but not talking about it yet. Pashyanti is spoken with the eyes;
Madhyama: The thoughts in your head before you say them out loud. Madhyama emerges into the world through the nose, madhyama adds prana to the words
Vaikhari: When you use your voice to tell what you're thinking. It operates in the mouth alone, via the physical tongue;
Let's continue to learn Lalita Sahasranamam - specifically the lines 81-90.
Ragam: Ananda Bhairavi
परा प्रत्यक्चितीरूपा पश्यन्ती परदेवता ।
मध्यमा वैखरीरूपा भक्त-मानस-हंसिका ॥ 81॥
कामेश्वर-प्राणनाडी कृतज्ञा कामपूजिता ।
शृङ्गार-रस-सम्पूर्णा जया जालन्धर-स्थिता ॥82॥
ओड्याणपीठ-निलया बिन्दु-मण्डलवासिनी ।
रहोयाग-क्रमाराध्या रहस्तर्पण-तर्पिता ॥ 83॥
सद्यःप्रसादिनी विश्व-साक्षिणी साक्षिवर्जिता ।
षडङ्गदेवता-युक्ता षाड्गुण्य-परिपूरिता ॥84॥
नित्यक्लिन्ना निरुपमा निर्वाण-सुख-दायिनी ।
नित्या-षोडशिका-रूपा श्रीकण्ठार्ध-शरीरिणी ॥ 85॥
प्रभावती प्रभारूपा प्रसिद्धा परमेश्वरी ।
मूलप्रकृतिर् अव्यक्ता व्यक्ताव्यक्त-स्वरूपिणी ॥ 86॥
व्यापिनी विविधाकारा विद्याविद्या-स्वरूपिणी ।
महाकामेश-नयन-कुमुदाह्लाद-कौमुदी ॥87॥
भक्त-हार्द-तमोभेद-भानुमद्भानु-सन्ततिः ।
शिवदूती शिवाराध्या शिवमूर्तिः शिवङ्करी ॥88॥
शिवप्रिया शिवपरा शिष्टेष्टा शिष्टपूजिता ।
अप्रमेया स्वप्रकाशा मनोवाचामगोचरा ॥89॥
चिच्छक्तिश् चेतनारूपा जडशक्तिर् जडात्मिका ।
गायत्री व्याहृतिः सन्ध्या द्विजबृन्द-निषेविता ॥90॥
Meaning
Para | Who is the Para or the Transcendent Word (above the other lower stages of speech known as Pashyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari) |
Pratyak chitirupa | She who makes us look for wisdom inside; Who is in the form of consciousness turned inwards (when the Reality is unmanifest in dissolution) . Pratyak = inwards; |
Pashyanti. | Who is Pashyanti or speech in the inaudible stage |
Paradevata | Who is the object of supreme devotion. |
Madhyama | Who is Madhyama, the speech in the middle stage of its external expressions. |
Vaikharirupa | Who is Vakhari the uttered audible speech |
Bhakta manasa hamsika | Who is the swan sporting in the Manasa lake of Her devotees’ minds |
Kameshvara prananadi | Who is the very life of Her Consort Kameshvara |
Krutagya | Who knows all that men do; நமது செயல்கள் அனைத்தையும் அவை நிகழும் போது அறிபவள் |
Kamapujita | Who is adored by Manmatha the god of love (or who dwells in the Muladhara Chakra) |
Shrungara rasa sampoorna | Who is the essence of Love (or who lives where love in fullness is found). |
Jaya | Who is designated as the victorious one. |
Jalandhara sthita | Who is Vishnumukhi at the holy shrine of Jalandhara (or who dwells in Visuddhi chakra). |
Odyana pithanilaya | Who is present at holy seat or Odyana (or who dwells in the Agya Chakra) |
Bindumandala vasini | Who dwells in the Brahmarandhra of the individual |
Rahoyaga kramaradhya | Who is to be worshipped by secret rites |
Rahastarpana tarpita | Who is gratified by secret libations |
Sadyahprasadini.. | Who bestows Her grace immediately on being so worshipped. |
Vishva sakshini | Who is the witness of everything in the universe |
Sakshivarjita | Who has Herself no witness |
Shadanga devatayukta | Who is accompanied by the deities of the six Angas (or parts – heart, head, hair, eyes, armour and weapons) |
Shadgunya paripurita | Who is endowed with the six merits disposition of forgiving, compassion, peacefulness, tolerance, truthfulness and steadfastness. |
Nityaklinna | Who is ever compassionate क्लिन्न means Affectionate; உருகிய மனது உடையவள்; |
Nirupama | Who is peerless |
Nirvana sukhadayini | Who confers the bliss of Nirvana |
Nityashoda shikarupa | Who is in the form of the sixteen Nityas (Tripurasundari with Her companions) The sixteen vowels of the Matrika represent the sixteen Nitya Shaktis. The worship of the Nitya Devis is connected with the phases of the moon. |
Shrikantha ardha sharirini | Who has a body constituting the half of Siva. Shrikantha means Shiva; Shri means poison |
Prabhavati | Who is endowed with the power of effulgence |
Prabharupa | Who is the effulgence of Power itself. |
Prasiddha | Who is the celebrated |
Parameshvari | Who is the sovereign Supreme. |
Mulaprakrutih | Who is the first cause (for the universe) |
avyakta | Who is the unmanifest state of the universe. |
Vyakta avyakta svarupini | Who is the manifest and the unmanifest states |
Vyapini | Who is all – pervading. |
Vividhakara | Who has many forms. |
Vidyavidya svarupini | Who is both Knowledge and Ignorance |
Mahakamesha nayana kumudhalda kaumudi | Who gladdens the eyes of Her Lord Kameshvara as the moon gladdens the water – lilies. |
Bhaktaharda tamobheda bhanumadh bhanusantatih: | Who dispels the darkness of ignorance in the minds of devotees as the sun’s rays dispel the darkness of the world. |
Shivaduti | For whom Shiva became the herald |
Shivaradhya | Who is worshipped by Shiva |
Shivamurtih | Whose form is Shiva |
Shivankari | Who dispenses happiness |
Shivapriya | Who is the beloved of Shiva |
Shivapara | Who is solely devoted to Shiva |
Shishteshta | Who is dear to the righteous |
Shishtapujita | Who is adored by the righteous |
Aprameya | Who is Infinite, that is immeasurable. |
Svaprakasha | Who is self-illumined |
Manovachama gochara | Who is beyond the range of mind and speech |
Chitshakti | Who is the Power of Consciousness. |
Chetanarupa | Who is pure consciousness itself. |
Jadashakti | Who is manifesting as the mechanical forces. |
Jadatmika | Who is the innermost essence of all mechanical forces |
Gayatri | Who is the Gayatri Mantra. |
Vyahrutih | Who is the energy/ source of seven Vyahrutis (ivocations) of Gayatri Mantra. தெய்வீக சொற்களின் ஆற்றலாய் திகழ்ந்து சிறப்பிப்பவள். காயத்ரி மந்திரத்தின் தெய்வீக உச்சரிப்பில் உள் உறைபவள் |
Sandhya | Who is the Deity for whose adoration the Sandhya (twilight worship) is done. Sandhya is the time when day and night meet. Hence it denotes the union of jeevatma and Paramatma. அம்பிகை ஜீவ-பரமாத்ம ஐக்கியத்தின் காரணமும் சாரமாகியவள். |
Dvijabrunda nishevita | Who is adored by holymen at the Sandhya worship |
Let's hear, as usual, M S Sheela sing the lines 81-90