LalithA SahasranAma: geyacakra rathArUdha mantrini parisevitA

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geyacakra rathArUdha mantrini parisevitA : She is attended by

Mantrini who rides, the chariot Geyacakra.

 

Mantrini is another name for SyAmala Devi, the dusky coloured deity.

 

Geyacakra : Geya, to be praised; cakra, wheel; ratha, the disk of

the sun. The sun's chariot is praised in the scriptures. Those

who ride the Geyacakra are Yogins devoted to SrividyA. They are

called Mantrinis. Those who have reached SUryaloka, meditate on Devi

to enable them to ascend to higher planet.

 

Again : geyacakra : Geya: important; cakra: Sricakra; ratha:

chariot; arUdha : contemplated upon. Tripurasundari whose chariot is

that important cakra, namely Sricakra, is contemplated upon. The

person that does so obtains the power of the mantra, ie becomes a

mantrini. When he realizes, he obtains the power of using the

mantra, which is described in TantrarAja and which has to be learnt

from a guru. The Siva-Sutra [i.23] says: "By concentrating upon

MahAhrada, the power of the mantra is obtained"

 

Commentary : MahAhrada, the supreme divine energy [sakti];

Concentration [ anusamdhAna ]; realization of identity with Sakti;

the power of the Mantra [mantravirya], the perception of the

fullness of individuality; obtaining [anubhava] full of development

of such perception."

 

The above passage from Siva-Sutra is explained at length by the holy

KsemarAja in his commentary wherein he states that the development

of the vidyA-body is the secret of mantras. [iI.3]

 

BhAskararAya's commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry