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SOME REFLECTIONS ON SAKTOPASANA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE ........
Kriyāśaktimaye bāņadhanusi dadhadjjwalam. consciousness over the Sodaśāntendumandal part of
Pāśa symbolises icchāśakti, Ankusa the body of the Universal Conscious Power is the symbolises jnānasakti and Bāņa Dhanușa symbolises offering of the betel, Tāmbūlārparņam. The kriyāśakti.
imagination of the all possible sound including parā, There are various methods of the external paśyanti etc. into Brahman is the offering of the prayer, worship (Bahiryāga) of päśānkusaikṣushanupan- Stuti-gānam. The mental modifications which go cbāņadhāriņi, Pancapretāsanāsīnā, Mahātripur- towards objects, imagining there of eradicating their saunsari. One may folow any method so far as the object-materiality and then merging them into bahiryāga is concerned. Various rituals form the Brahman is the offering of Pradaksiņā. The withdrawl internal aspects of worship (Rahasya pūjā). The of mental modifications from their objects and then imigination that the perfect universal conscious power merging them into Brahaman is the salutation, is well established in her grandeur is the offering of Praņāma. This is the very esoteric part of Saktopāsanā. seat (Asanam) The washing of the feet of the universal A devotee who is initiated by a teacher if he or she conscious power forming the gross world out of space worships daily with full concentration the universal air, fire etc. by the imagination of water of conscious power in the above manner the devotee saccidānanda is the offering of water (Padyam). realises Siva. If the entire process of the Antaryāga is Washing of the hands of the universal conscious philosophically analysed we come to the conclusion power forming the subtle world of name and form of Adhyānopāpāvādābhyām nişprapancam out of subtle elements of impurities by the imagination prapancate, the dialectic of superimposition - nagation of water of saccidānanda is the offering of Arghyam. fully operates. This is the secret of Srividya which The imagination of washing of all the organs of the makes it Brahmavidyā, because at the last ritual of body of the universal Conscious Power by the water Prayer the devotee imagines to withdraw all mental of satcidānanda is Snānam. The imagination of the modifications from their objects and then merge them cloth of consciousness and then drying up of all the into Acosmic Brahman. There remains then nothing imagined modes of organ of universal Conscious except the Acosmic Brahman. Power by this cloth is Deha_Pronchanam. The Depending on the competence of devotee imagination of ornaments of immortality, there are four forms of Worship-Upāsanā of Sri Vidya. undecayingness and of subjectivity and then They are the following four ;imagination of offering of such attributeless ornaments The gross form :- In this form of to the Universal Conscious Power is Mahākāmeśvarī each and every part, organ of the Abharāṇāpamam. The imagination of imposition of body of Mahākameśvari is well distinct and extremely Consciousness by eradicating the physicality of beautiful. This form could be realised through the various organs of the body of the Universal Conscious concentration of hymn by the devotee. This gross form Power Gandhavilepanam, in the same way the of Kameśvarī is the object of perception as the devotee imagination of imposition of consciousness by enjoys the bliss of transcendental beauty of Kameśvarī eradicating the sky-organs of the body of the Universal by his her eyes as well as by his or her hands touching Conscious Power is offering of flowers Puspārpanam. the feet of Kāmeśvari. In the same way the imagination of imposition of the subtle Form :- This form of consciousness over the Taijas organs of the Universal Mahākāmeśvarī is hymnal, and as such is the object Conscious Power is offering of Dipam, of percepion by ear as well as by the apeech organ. Dipadarśanam. The imagination of imposition of A hymn is very subtle is recited by the speech organ consciousness over the nector-organs of the body of and is heard by the ears, referred in the the Universal Conscious Power is the offering of Lalitásahastranāma:Naivedyam. The imagination of imposition of Srimadvāgbhāvakūtaikasvarūpamukhapankajā.
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