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Recieved: 2001/01/21 07:24
Subject: Re: [K-list] For reflection
From: Kalipadma
On 2001/01/21 07:24, Kalipadma posted thus to the K-list:
Ashok --
This is wonderful! I'm a Saraswati-bhakta, and She often gets short
shrift in the Tantrik texts. I was told, for example (after I had chosen
Her as my patron deity), that Saraswati "cannot grant moksha (release
from the wheel of samsara) -- though She can make you eloquent enough to
convince Shiva or Vishnu to grant release." (!!!)
I look forward to more excerpts from the Panchastavi (which means
"Five-fold... something [?]")
See below for more comments from me...
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:42:06 +0530 "ashok sharma"
<agrostarATnospamnetkracker.com> writes:
>
<snip>
> PANCHASTAVI:
>
> May the Goddess Tripura, who is of the nature of light and sound,
> shinning in the forehead like the lustrous bow of Indra (rainbow) in
> the crown of the head like luminous white shine of the moon, and in
> the heart like the never setting splendorous sun- may She by means
> of the three mighty syllables "AIM", "KLIM". And "SAUH" speedily
> destroy all our impurities.1.
I have a <stotram> (have to dig it out of my library) that lists these
and other <bija> (single syllable mantras) for invoking Saraswati.
>
> We, Thy devotees, always meditate upon the vowel in Thy first
> syllable (AIM) resembling the fine first shoot of maiden-hair (a
> kind of fern) just beginning to sprout which itself is of the shape
> of Kundalini always engaged in the work of creation (of the
> universe). Realizing Thee in this form man does not touch the womb
> of mother again (i.e, not reborn in this world).2
The Sanskrit letter for "Aing" does indeed resemble an opening sprout of
maidenhair fern -- except that it's upside down!
<snip>
> Eternal Goddess: whoever realizes that the seed syllable in thy
> Mantra KLIM which is 'Kamaraja' (giver of complete fulfillment) is
> the same as Thy first syllable AIM (bestoer of Buddhi or wisdom) he
> too becomes the receipient of Thy grace and even though dull-witted
> becomes enlightened or wise. (For this reason) at every festival
> held in the memory of Satya-Tapas-Rishi, the Brahmins begin their
> recitations manifestly with AIM instead of usual AUM.4.
Satyatapas Rishi was born with a curse -- although a Brahmin, he was
illiterate and an embarassment to his family (today we would say he was
dyslexic, or had attention deficit disorder!). He moved to a hut in the
forest, and cared for a wild boar wounded by a hunter. Now, Vedic pigs
do not say "oink." They say "aing" (which sounds similar). The dyslexic
youth imitated the boar, repeating "AING" (which is Saraswati's seed
syllable). After perhaps 1008 repetitions, the Goddess appeared to him
and made him a scholar and a great <kavi> (a word which means both "poet"
and "seer").
This particular Panchastavi verse also explains the Saraswati Gayatri (a
Gayatri is a 24 syllable invocation). It goes:
vagishvaryai cha vidmahe
kamarajaya dhimahi
tanno devi prachodayat
(we envision the Lady of Speech/
we meditate upon Kamaraja/
may the Goddess inspire us.)
"Kamaraja" can be translated as "king of all desires," or "King Kama"
(the God of Lust). But this Panchastavi says it means the bija mantra,
KLING, which is also sacred to Saraswati.
>
> From my heart I bow before Thy third seed syllable (Sau) which is
> lustrous like moon and whose power has been realized by the wise in
> instantaneously causing flow of speech, just as the Wadwa(submarine)
> fire is effective in drying up the backwaters of Saraswati river, so
> is the (Sau) syllable effective in destroying ignorance and granting
> Siddhi (success in spiritual striving) without even the practice of
> Yoga.5.
SAUH is that rarity, a seed syllable that doesn't end with a nasalization
(-m, or -ng). It should be said with a final aspiration (-h), bringing
an abrupt stop, instead of vibrating into space.
>
> Each one of these three faultless syllables AIM, KLIM, SAU with or
> without consonants, in combination with other letters or with
> letters written separately (in the normal order) or in the reverse
> order, but contemplated in whatever manner, or recited silently,
> with whatever wish in mind, each one of these, O Goddess, grants
> instantly all those desires of Thy devotees.6.
>
> O Mother, how can they attain Seership, who do not learn to meditate
> on Thee, holding a rosary in Thy right and book (of wisdom) in Thy
> left hand, with one soft hand raised to grant boons and (the other)
> to dispel fear, shining white like camphor and Kumuda flowers,
> looking with bewitching glances from Thy lovely eyes (shaped) like
> petal of full blown lotus.7.
>
> O Saraswati (Kundalini as the Goddess of learning), verily there
> pours out from the mouths of those devotees who contemplate Thy
> entrancing resplendence, spotless like unto a bunch of white
> lotuses, irradiating the brain and dwelling in the forehead, akin to
> a stream of embrosia, an uninterrupted forceful flow of words, clear
> and full of deep meaning, like the milky and wavy luster of the
> river of Gods (The Ganges).8.
>
> Lovely women, tormented by the fires of cupid, with eyes like those
> of frightened young deer, in every way succumb to the fascination of
> those men of concentrated minds, O Goddess, who even for a moment
> meditate on Thy luster, (of crimson hue) covering the sky with
> clouds of vermilion dust and submerging the earth in folds of molten
> lac.9.
Saraswati's color is usually white, but here she is invoked as red, to
arouse desire.
>
> Blooming prosperity, as unstable as the earflaps of an excited
> elephant, bewitched stays for long in the abode of those (devotees)
> who, even for a moment, with one- pointed mind meditate on Thee
> (adorned) with bright gold earrings and bracelets and with a golden
> waist-band worn round Thy waist.10.
>
> Shall continue....
>
Thanks, Ashok!
-- Kalipadma
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