Kamalâ |
Kamalâ is the source of all beauty, riches,
happiness, strength and power.
She is the one who makes you Vishnu. She is
the mother of Manmatha.
She is the prime mover behind all great actions
and activities. She is the giver of knowledge and bliss, the
parama kalyâni.
She is the cool disc of moon in the lotus
of Sahasrâra.
Sri, the Sowbhagya Lakshmi, the one and only, Kamalâ: Her affection knows no bounds. She sustains the world with the milk of life from Her very breasts. She is born out of ocean of milk, as Sudha (Vishnumâya). She is the Divyaguru, the inspiration of these notes. She is the hlâdini shakti (the power of enjoyment), the bhoga of Vishnu. She is the tenth(10) of the great vidyas; in this, she symbolises both the saguna (1) and nirguna paramatman (0). Kamalâ means one who wears the waters for robes. She is clothed in waters of creative consciousness, the soul-force immanent in all creative activity. She is described as the Lady of the Lotus. She walks on lotuses giving them beauty. She has two of Her hands holding lotus flowers and the other two are engaged in the act of warding of fear and granting boons. Draped in white silk, Her luminous complexion is golden. She is constantly bathed by four huge elephants, white as the snowy mountain, with pots full of water of luminous immortality. Elephants signify sagacity, wisdom, mental movement and activity, the creative principle as manifested in the creative world. Her mantra is Srîm, the one and only central beeja in Srividyâ, by which the name of Srividyâ is obtained. She is the moksha vidyâ and aiswarya vidya. She makes known the nature of bliss. She is the Ananda of Nârâyana who has three feet (three dimesions of space). She is the abode of Râmachandra Râma is the one who enjoys from the root; chandra is the nectarine moon of the sahasra lotus. Râmachandra padam means Sudhâ as the Divya Guru (pâdam means Guru's feet). Her dhyânam is described by 15 stanzas of Srisuktam. Ânanda, Kardama, and Ciklita are the rishis. The chandases are anushtup for the first 3 stanzas, brihati for the fourth stanza, trishtup for the fifth and sixth stanzas, anushtup for the next eight and prastâra pankti for the rest. Agni is the devata. Hiranya varanâm is the beejam. Kâmsosmi is the shakti. While Dhumâvati is the oldest, Kamalâ is the youngest. She is consciousnes in manifestation, the beauty and bliss in creation. She removes poverty, physical and spiritual. She is fleeting in nature and exacting in Her sâdhanâ. Nevertheless, of all the Divine powers, She is the most alluring to man.
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