World of Philosophy

SR No.: 007005
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 1002
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 30 MB

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The commentator Kaivalyāśrama in his commentary Saubhagyavardhani remarks Atra muhuRādhārapānākulatayeti pitroḥ suratavarnanavad anucitam, Bhagavataḥ Śankarāvatārasya Sahkarācāryasya P. 127.
The commentator has pointed out here that the statement that romavali of the Mother Goddess is visible to all wise persons is not proper. We should take the variant sudhiyah for sudhiyām, in which case it can be interpreted as applicable to Śiva, since He alone is the person, who alone is fit for the visualization of Her Romavali. The next verse (78) also mentions properly Giriśanayanariam -to the eyes of Śiva only and not to the any other person (tena ca nābheḥ giriśanayane' traviṣayatvam vyajyate - Aruṇamodini p. 179). atra 'janani tava taddevi girise' iti pātho yuktaḥ. jaganmātuḥ romāvali sarveṣāmeva bhatīti vaktumanucitam athava sudhiya ityekavacanam vā kalpanīyam. Sudhiyo mahādevasyetyarthat paryavasyati. Anyasya lokajanasya romāvali darśanasyāyog-yatvāt Saubhagyavardhani on- 77 p. 174.
The commentator has a point to discuss. How can Parvati, who like Uttamā nāyikā is expected to behave, should beat Her husband at his forehead with Her feet? She is such a chaste lady, embracing Her is not possible to be obtained even by Kurabaka tree, what to speak of others.
Conclusion:
The texts elaborating the worship of the Goddess are called Tantras, while those dealing with the worship of 'Siva and Visnu are called Āgamas. The Tradition of Śaktī or Tantra also expound some Tantric Mantras and their corresponding Yantras, containing Geometrical diagrams for worship. The text has not only expounded the devotional aspects of the goddess through the praise in the form this superb Stotra, but the commentators have also found each verse, incorporating some esoteric Mantra and its corresponding Yantra for accomplishing our worldly desires and also bestowing salvation, if one aims at it. The goddess also entangles one in the bondage of the world and offers the discriminating knowledge for liberation. By reciting her secret Mantra and this Stotra, one can get the endless and supreme bliss.
In modern terminology, Technology is science in practical application. Tantra is spiritual technology i.e. Spiritual science in practical application, with Mantra and Yantra, giving the inner and outward practical result of spiritual endeavour. By arousing Kundalini, following Mantra and Tantra, with the grace of Goddess, one can reach higher level in the Six cakras and ultimately culmination is in the sahasraracakra, where there is union of Śiva and Sakti- the main primordial principle
behind the entire existence.
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