WISHING ALL DEVI BHAKTAS A VERY BLISSFUL SHIV RATRI! U

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Dear members,

 

as you know tomorrow is the day of 'maha shivratri' when most devout

hindus (shaivites) observe fasting all night and chant the glories of

lord shiva and all night abisekham to linga (linga puja) is

performed... this is a great day in the lives of many hindus and it

is believed if one observes fasting and pray to lord shiva all night,

one will go straight to the abode of shiva... (shiva loka or heaven)

 

join me in offering this prayer to lord parama shiva, the consort of

the divine mother para shakti!

 

m:n:st:ð p:adabj:ð en:v:s:t:Ø v:c:H st:að*: PeN:t:aò

kraòc:aBy:c:aüy:aø Â:Øet:rep: kT:akN:ün: ev:D:aò .

t:v: Dy:an:ð b:Øe¹n:üy:n: y:Øg:l:ö m:Üet:ü ev:B:v:ð

p:rg:Òn:ÎT:an:Î kóv:aü p:rm:eS:v: j:an:ð p:rm:t:H

 

m:n:H - the mind

t:ð p:adabj:ð - on your lotus feet

en:v:s:t:Ø - let it dwell

st:að*: PeN:t:aò - in effortless praise

kraò c: - and the two hands

ABy:c:aüy:aø - in worship

Â:Øet:H Aep: - and the ears

kT:a AakN:ün: ev:D:aò - in the practice of hearing your

tale

t:v: Dy:an:ð - in meditating upon you

b:e¹H - the intellect

n:y:n: y:Øg:l:ö - pair of eyes

m:Üet:ü ev:B:v:ð - in the greatness of your image

p:rg:Òn:ÎT:an:Î - other texts

kóH v:a - by what means

p:rm: eS:v: - Oh Paramasiva, the supremely auspicious one

j:an:ð p:rö At:H - can I know beyond this ?

 

Let my mind dwell on your lotus feet, my speech in

effortless praise (of you), my hands in worshipping (you)

and my ears in the practice of hearing your tale. Let my

intellect meditate on you, and my eyes (dwell) on the

greatness of your image. Oh Paramasiva, by what other means,

beyond this, can I know other texts ?

 

adi shankara in shivananda lahari

 

our beloved shankara in verse 28 of soundarya lahari pays a similar

tribute to devi the divine mother! (our devi bhakta loves this

verse)! let every act of worship be focused on you, the divine

mother!!!

 

as you all know, adi shankara was an advaitin- outwardly a jnani,

inwardly a bhakta - this great brahma jnani had no problems singing

the glories of the divine mother in one breath and singing the

praidses of the divine father in another breath?

 

as our beloved colin has so eloquently pointed out in his reply to

devi_bhakta , we can worship the supreme divinity as either uma or

shiva - he calls this a 'sensible' conclusion- i call it the

most 'sacred' pronouncement - why not? worship your ishtadevata in

whatever form that appeals to you...

 

as lord krishna says in the bhagvat gita- " in whatever form people

want to worship me i appear in that form; i am in all forms and all

forms are in me."

 

so folks, next is vasant navratri on apri 13th where durga mata will

be worshipped and onvce again bhaktas will be reading the devi

mahatmiyam!

 

our divine mother is Parvati and our divine fsather is parameshwera

and as our adi shankara says let us salute the divine parents of the

universe- PARVATI-PARAMESHWERA!

 

AS KALIDASA SAYS parvati and parameshwer are inseperable as word and

its meaning!

 

om namaha shiva! om parvatpataye namaha! om uma-maheshweraya namha!

 

love !!!!!!!!!!!!