LalithA SahasranAma [785] mArtAndabhairavArAdhyA

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mArtAndabhairavArAdhyA : Worshipped by MArtAndabhairava.

 

In the Sricakra between 22nd and 23rd walls there is the devotee of

Devi named MArtAndabhairava. The Lord of the teachers, DurvAsas says

in his La.-sta-ratna [100] :"In my heart I adore MArtAndabhairava,

decked with the jewelled crown, sporting with [his wife] ChAvA who is

the energy which supplies light to the eyes.

 

 

Or Siva, in order to kill the daityas called Manimalla, mounted a

horse and descended to earth, is called in the MahArAstra country by

name MallAri and also by name MArtAndabhairava. The TantracintAmani

also repeats the same. The Worship of Devi performed by him [siva] is

described in the MallAri-mAhAtmya.

 

Or, mArtAnda, the sun. The SkAnda Pr. says :"Because he was born from

the inert egg [mrta and anda] he is called MArtanda." Bhairava means

vatuka and other different kinds. Concerning the worship of Devi by

the sun, the PAdma Pr. says :"The sun after worshipping daily a

jewelled image of Devi obtained his pure divine lofty position" As

regards to the worship by Bhairava, the KAlikA Pr. describes it at

length.

 

Or bhairava, womanhood [bhiru, woman]. The Marka. Pr. says, "When you

are remembered in times of difficulty you take away all fear of all

beings".

 

Bhairava: according to the Siva-sutra [i.5] "effort is called

Bhairava", it is the sun [MArtAnda] because it destroys the darkness

of confusion; for Siva-Sutra [iII. 7] says :"By conquering confusion,

by the expansion of the endless, victory over innate knowledge" The

VArttikakAra explains thus :"Confusion means darkness, ie inborn

egoism, by overcoming this, the sun of effort is produced; Endless

samskAras [good mental tendencies]; Expansion means the expansion of

the samskAras. To the Yogin who thus understands victory means

attainment of the innate knowledge"

 

The meaning is, Devi is to be attained by that rising sun-like effort

which is called Bhairava.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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She is worshiped by the Bhairava known as Martanda-Bhairava.

 

There are eight Bhairavas [terrible forms of Shiva], of whom

Martanda was the great worshiper of Lalita. The Bhairavas are the

personifications of enlightened effort toward liberation, according

to the Siva Sutras. Martanda is Surya, who destroys darkness and

confusion. Hence, Martanda Bhairava is the luminous energy and

effort that takes the devotee's mind toward Lalita, the Ultimate

Reality.

 

The deity Martanda-Bhairava resides between the 2nd and 3rd Avaranas

of Sri Chakra. When Bhairava once worshiped Sri Lalita as an image

made of precious stones, She bestowed upon him the lustre of the

Sun, and hence he became known as Martanda-Bhairava. Alternatively,

the name can refer to Sri Narayana, who -- residing inside the Sun --

also worships Her.

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

>

>

> mArtAndabhairavArAdhyA : Worshipped by MArtAndabhairava.

>

> In the Sricakra between 22nd and 23rd walls there is the devotee

of

> Devi named MArtAndabhairava. The Lord of the teachers, DurvAsas

says

> in his La.-sta-ratna [100] :"In my heart I adore MArtAndabhairava,

> decked with the jewelled crown, sporting with [his wife] ChAvA who

is

> the energy which supplies light to the eyes.

>

>

> Or Siva, in order to kill the daityas called Manimalla, mounted a

> horse and descended to earth, is called in the MahArAstra country

by

> name MallAri and also by name MArtAndabhairava. The

TantracintAmani

> also repeats the same. The Worship of Devi performed by him [siva]

is

> described in the MallAri-mAhAtmya.

>

> Or, mArtAnda, the sun. The SkAnda Pr. says :"Because he was born

from

> the inert egg [mrta and anda] he is called MArtanda." Bhairava

means

> vatuka and other different kinds. Concerning the worship of Devi

by

> the sun, the PAdma Pr. says :"The sun after worshipping daily a

> jewelled image of Devi obtained his pure divine lofty position" As

> regards to the worship by Bhairava, the KAlikA Pr. describes it at

> length.

>

> Or bhairava, womanhood [bhiru, woman]. The Marka. Pr. says, "When

you

> are remembered in times of difficulty you take away all fear of

all

> beings".

>

> Bhairava: according to the Siva-sutra [i.5] "effort is called

> Bhairava", it is the sun [MArtAnda] because it destroys the

darkness

> of confusion; for Siva-Sutra [iII. 7] says :"By conquering

confusion,

> by the expansion of the endless, victory over innate knowledge"

The

> VArttikakAra explains thus :"Confusion means darkness, ie inborn

> egoism, by overcoming this, the sun of effort is produced; Endless

> samskAras [good mental tendencies]; Expansion means the expansion

of

> the samskAras. To the Yogin who thus understands victory means

> attainment of the innate knowledge"

>

> The meaning is, Devi is to be attained by that rising sun-like

effort

> which is called Bhairava.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>