4,481
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 173:
Line 173: − + Line 213:
Line 213: − + − − Line 221:
Line 219: − + − − यस्याः स्वरूपं ब्रह्मादयो न जानन्ति तस्मादुच्यतेऽज्ञेया । यस्या अन्तो न विद्यते तस्मादुच्यतेऽनन्ता । यस्या ग्रहणं नोपलभ्यते तस्मादुच्यतेऽलक्ष्या । यस्या जननं नोपलभ्यते तस्मादुच्यतेऽजा । एकैव सर्वत्र वर्तते तस्मादुच्यत एका । एकैव विश्वरूपिणी तस्मादुच्यते नैका । अत एवोच्यतेऽज्ञेयानन्ताऽलक्ष्याऽजैका नैका ॥२६॥ − − मन्त्राणां मातृका देवी शब्दानां ज्ञानरूपिणी । ज्ञानानां चिन्मयातीता शून्यनां शून्यसाक्षिणी ॥२७॥ − − यस्याः परतरं नास्ति सैषा दुर्गा प्रकीर्तिता ।<ref name=":3" /> − [दुर्गात्संत्रायते यस्माद्देवी दुर्गेति कथ्यते ॥ १८॥+ − प्रपद्ये शरणं देवीं दुंदुर्गे दुरितं हर ॥]<ref name=":0" />+ − तां दुर्गां दुर्गमां देवीं दुराचारविघातिनीम् । नमामि भवभीतोऽहं संसारार्णवतारिणीम् ॥ २८ ॥<ref name=":3" />+ − Meaning: Fashioned by speech; born of Brahman; the sixth with face equipped; the Sun; the left ear where the point is; the eighth and the third conjoint.+ − + + + + − The letter, shall delight the lofty ones.+ + − Seated in the lotus-heart, resplendent as the morning sun, goddess, bearing noose and hook, with gesture granting boons, dissolving fears; tender, three-eyed, red-robed, granting devotees their heart' desires, Thee I adore.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − I bow down to thee, goddess, thou dispeller of gravest fears, vanquisher of obstacles; thou wearer of great Mercy's form.+ − Brahmana and others know not Her essence; so is she called the unknowable. She has no end; so is she called endless. She is not grasped and so is she called the incomprehensible. Her birth is not known and so is she called the unborn. She alone is present everywhere, and so is she called the One. She alone wears all forms, and so, is she called the Many. For these reasons is she called the unknowable, the endless, the incomprehensible, the unborn, the one and the many.+ − + − Beyond her is nothing; renowned is She As unapproachable; afeared of life, I bow to the inaccessible One, Bulwark against all sins; the Pilot who steers me across the sea of worldly life.<ref name=":2" />+ + − == Text & Meaning ==+ − − === चिद् शक्तेः सर्वात्मरूपेण ब्रह्मत्वम् ॥ The Power of Consciousness, as the Self of all, is Brahman === − === चिद् शक्तेः सर्वधारकत्वम् ॥ The Power of consciousness is the ground of all === − === देवकृतदेवीस्तुतिः ॥ The Gods glorify the Goddess === − === आदिविद्योद्धारः ॥ The construction of the primeval science or adividya === − === आदिविद्यामहिमा ॥ The glory of the Primeval Science === − === महाचण्डीनवाक्षरविद्या ॥ The nine-syllabled science of Mahachandi === − === विद्याजपस्तुतिः ॥ Praise of repeating the science === − Line 292:
Line 304: + + + + + + + + +
→विद्याजपस्तुतिः ॥ Praise of repeating the science: Editing
And thus, is made the Adividya (mantra) 'kaeilahrim; hasakahalahrim; sakalahrim' found in the Varivasya Rahasya<ref name=":2" /> by Bhaskararaya Makhin.<ref>S. Subrahmanya Sastri (1976), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.202793/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater Varivasya Rahasya], Madras: The Adyar Library and Research Centre.</ref>
And thus, is made the Adividya (mantra) 'kaeilahrim; hasakahalahrim; sakalahrim' found in the Varivasya Rahasya<ref name=":2" /> by Bhaskararaya Makhin.<ref>S. Subrahmanya Sastri (1976), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.202793/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater Varivasya Rahasya], Madras: The Adyar Library and Research Centre.</ref>
== आदिविद्यामहिमा ॥ The Glory of Adividya ==
== आदिविद्यामहिमा ॥ Glory of Adividya ==
Following the enumeration of the Adividya (mantra), it is further described as follows: <blockquote>एषात्मशक्तिः । एषा विश्वमोहिनी पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाणधरा । एषा श्रीमहाविद्या ॥१५॥ य एवं वेद स शोकं तरति ॥१६॥<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
Following the enumeration of the Adividya (mantra), it is further described as follows: <blockquote>एषात्मशक्तिः । एषा विश्वमोहिनी पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाणधरा । एषा श्रीमहाविद्या ॥१५॥ य एवं वेद स शोकं तरति ॥१६॥<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
== महाचण्डीनवाक्षरविद्या ॥ Nine-syllabled Mahachandi Vidya ==
== महाचण्डीनवाक्षरविद्या ॥ Nine-syllabled Mahachandi Vidya ==
Following the mantra of Goddess Bhuvaneshi comes an enumeration on the Nine-syllabled Mahachandi Vidya ie. 'aim hrim klim chamundayai vicche.' The verses 22 and 23, in elliptical and symbolic phrases, describe the evolution of this mantra.
Following the mantra of Goddess Bhuvaneshi comes an enumeration on the Nine-syllabled Mahachandi Vidya ie. 'aim hrim klim chamundayai vicche.' The verses 22 and 23, in elliptical and symbolic phrases, describe the evolution of this mantra.<ref name=":2" /> <blockquote>वाङ्मया ब्रह्मभूस्तस्मात्षष्ठं वक्त्रसमन्वितम् । सूर्यो वामश्रोत्रबिन्दुः संयुताष्टकतृतीयकम् ॥२२॥
वाङ्मया ब्रह्मभूस्तस्मात्षष्ठं वक्त्रसमन्वितम् । सूर्यो वामश्रोत्रबिन्दुः संयुताष्टकतृतीयकम् ॥२२॥
नारायणेन संयुक्तो वायुश्चाधरसंयुतः । विच्चे नवार्णकोऽर्णः स्यान्महदानन्ददायकः ॥२३॥
नारायणेन संयुक्तो वायुश्चाधरसंयुतः । विच्चे नवार्णकोऽर्णः स्यान्महदानन्ददायकः ॥२३॥
हृत्पुण्डरीकमध्यस्थां प्रातःसूर्यसमप्रभाम् । पाशाङ्कुशधरां सौम्यां वरदाभयहस्तकाम् । त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां भक्तकामदुघां भजे ॥२४॥
हृत्पुण्डरीकमध्यस्थां प्रातःसूर्यसमप्रभाम् । पाशाङ्कुशधरां सौम्यां वरदाभयहस्तकाम् । त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां भक्तकामदुघां भजे ॥२४॥
नमामि त्वामहं देवीं महाभयविनाशिनीम् । महादुर्गप्रशमनीं महाकारुण्यरूपिणीम् ॥२५॥
नमामि त्वामहं देवीं महाभयविनाशिनीम् । महादुर्गप्रशमनीं महाकारुण्यरूपिणीम् ॥२५॥<ref name=":3" />
vāṅmayā brahmabhūstasmātṣaṣṭhaṁ vaktrasamanvitam । sūryo vāmaśrotrabinduḥ saṁyutāṣṭakatr̥tīyakam ॥22॥
nārāyaṇena saṁyukto vāyuścādharasaṁyutaḥ । vicce navārṇako'rṇaḥ syānmahadānandadāyakaḥ ॥23॥
hr̥tpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthāṁ prātaḥsūryasamaprabhām । pāśāṅkuśadharāṁ saumyāṁ varadābhayahastakām । trinetrāṁ raktavasanāṁ bhaktakāmadughāṁ bhaje ॥24॥
namāmi tvāmahaṁ devīṁ mahābhayavināśinīm । mahādurgapraśamanīṁ mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm ॥25॥</blockquote>Translation:
The air, with Narayana united, And with the lip; vicce, the '''nine-lettered;'''
* Fashioned by speech, born of Brahman, the sixth with face equipped, the Sun, the left ear where the point is, the eighth and the third conjoint
* The air, with Narayana united, and with the lip, vicche, the nine-lettered. The letter, shall delight the lofty ones.
* Seated in the lotus-heart, resplendent as the morning sun, bearing noose and goad, tender, with gesture granting boons, dissolving fears, three-eyed, red-robed, granting devotees their heart' desires, you I adore.
* I bow down to you, Oh goddess, the dispeller of gravest fears, vanquisher of obstacles, and of the form of compassion.<ref name=":2" />
=== देव्याः नामानि ॥ Names of Devi ===
Verse 26 etymologizes 6 names of Devi. It says,<blockquote>यस्याः स्वरूपं ब्रह्मादयो न जानन्ति तस्मादुच्यतेऽज्ञेया । यस्या अन्तो न विद्यते तस्मादुच्यतेऽनन्ता । यस्या ग्रहणं नोपलभ्यते तस्मादुच्यतेऽलक्ष्या । यस्या जननं नोपलभ्यते तस्मादुच्यतेऽजा । एकैव सर्वत्र वर्तते तस्मादुच्यत एका । एकैव विश्वरूपिणी तस्मादुच्यते नैका । अत एवोच्यतेऽज्ञेयाऽनन्ताऽलक्ष्याऽजैका नैका ॥२६॥<ref name=":3" />
yasyāḥ svarūpaṁ brahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate'jñeyā । yasyā anto na vidyate tasmāducyate'nantā । yasyā grahaṇaṁ nopalabhyate tasmāducyate'lakṣyā । yasyā jananaṁ nopalabhyate tasmāducyate'jā । ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyata ekā । ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā । ata evocyate'jñeyā'nantā'lakṣyā'jaikā naikā ॥26॥</blockquote>Meaning: Brahma and others know not Her essence; so is she called 'Ajneya' or 'unknowable'. She has no end; so is she called 'Ananta' or 'endless'. She is not grasped and so is she called 'Alakshya' or 'incomprehensible'. Her birth is not known and so is she called 'Aja' or 'unborn'. She alone is present everywhere, and so is she called 'Eka' or 'the One'. She alone wears all forms, and so, is she called 'Naika' or 'the Many'. For these reasons is she called,<ref name=":2" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Names of Devi
!Name
!Meaning
|-
|Ajneya
|Unknowable
|-
|Ananta
|Endless
|-
|Alakshya
|Incomprehensible
|-
|Aja
|Unborn
|-
|Eka
|The one
|-
|Naika
|The many
|}
Further it says,<blockquote>मन्त्राणां मातृका देवी शब्दानां ज्ञानरूपिणी । ज्ञानानां चिन्मयातीता शून्यनां शून्यसाक्षिणी ॥२७॥
यस्याः परतरं नास्ति सैषा दुर्गा प्रकीर्तिता । तां दुर्गां दुर्गमां देवीं दुराचारविघातिनीम् । नमामि भवभीतोऽहं संसारार्णवतारिणीम् ॥२८॥<ref name=":3" />
mantrāṇāṁ mātr̥kā devī śabdānāṁ jñānarūpiṇī । jñānānāṁ cinmayātītā śūnyanāṁ śūnyasākṣiṇī ॥27॥
The Goddess is the source of all mantras: Of all the words the knowledge is Her form. Her conscious form transcends all cognitions; She is the witness of all emptiness.
yasyāḥ parataraṁ nāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā । tāṁ durgāṁ durgamāṁ devīṁ durācāravighātinīm । namāmi bhavabhīto'haṁ saṁsārārṇavatāriṇīm ॥28॥</blockquote>Meaning: The Goddess is the source of all mantras, Of all the words the knowledge is Her form. Her conscious form transcends all cognitions; She is the witness of all emptiness. Beyond her is nothing; renowned is She as 'Durga' or 'unapproachable'; afraid of life, I bow to that inaccessible One, Durga, the slayer of all misconduct; the Pilot who steers me across the sea of worldly life.<ref name=":2" />
== फलश्रुतिः ॥ Fruit of Vidya Japa ==
The text finally concludes with an enumeration the fruits of studying, knowing and practicing this text referred to here, as (Devi) Atharvashirsha.
इदमथर्वशीर्षं योऽधीते
इदमथर्वशीर्षं योऽधीते
पञ्चाथर्वशीर्षजपफलमवाप्नोति ।
पञ्चाथर्वशीर्षजपफलमवाप्नोति ।
Meaning: He who studies this Atharva Upanishad gains the fruit of repeating five (other) Atharva Upanishads; he who, having mastered this Atharva Upanishad, persists in worship. Of this vidya ten million chants Are less than the worship's fruit. Eight and hundred recitations thereof make but this rite's inauguration. Who reads it but ten times, Is released at once from sins; Through the grace of the Goddess great, Tides he over obstacles great. Reading it in the morning one destroys the sins of the night; reading it in the evening one destroys the sins committed by day. Thus, reading both in the evening and morning, the sinner becomes sinless. Reading it at midnight, too, the fourth 'junction', there results perfection of speech. Its recitation before a new image brings to it the presence of the deity. Its recitation at the time of consecration (of an image) makes it a centre of energy. Reciting it on Tuesday under the asterism Ashvini, in the presence of the great Goddess, one overcomes fell death - one who knows thus. This is the secret.<ref name=":2" />
Meaning: He who studies this Atharva Upanishad gains the fruit of repeating five (other) Atharva Upanishads; he who, having mastered this Atharva Upanishad, persists in worship. Of this vidya ten million chants Are less than the worship's fruit. Eight and hundred recitations thereof make but this rite's inauguration. Who reads it but ten times, Is released at once from sins; Through the grace of the Goddess great, Tides he over obstacles great. Reading it in the morning one destroys the sins of the night; reading it in the evening one destroys the sins committed by day. Thus, reading both in the evening and morning, the sinner becomes sinless. Reading it at midnight, too, the fourth 'junction', there results perfection of speech. Its recitation before a new image brings to it the presence of the deity. Its recitation at the time of consecration (of an image) makes it a centre of energy. Reciting it on Tuesday under the asterism Ashvini, in the presence of the great Goddess, one overcomes fell death - one who knows thus. This is the secret.<ref name=":2" />
== Text & Meaning ==
=== चिद् शक्तेः सर्वात्मरूपेण ब्रह्मत्वम् ॥ The Power of Consciousness, as the Self of all, is Brahman ===
=== चिद् शक्तेः सर्वधारकत्वम् ॥ The Power of consciousness is the ground of all ===
=== देवकृतदेवीस्तुतिः ॥ The Gods glorify the Goddess ===
=== आदिविद्योद्धारः ॥ The construction of the primeval science or adividya ===
=== आदिविद्यामहिमा ॥ The glory of the Primeval Science ===
=== महाचण्डीनवाक्षरविद्या ॥ The nine-syllabled science of Mahachandi ===
=== विद्याजपस्तुतिः ॥ Praise of repeating the science ===
== References ==
== References ==