trishatii puurva piiThikaa - verses 16-22

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Till now we saw the mangaLaacharaNam composed by bhagavaan shrii

sha.nkara and the first 15 verses, now the remaining verses from

the puurvapiiThika of trishati.

 

Kindly forgive the errors and point them out to me.

 

Ravi

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(devii uvaacha: continuation)

 

amu~nchamaanastvadpaadau varshatrayamasau sthitaH |

etat.h j~naatumato bhaktyaa hitameva nidarshanam.h || 16 ||

 

Without moving from the place he (sage agastya) has held on to

your feet for three years, to know what he is lacking and what

is beneficial, this clearly indicates his deep devotion.

 

cittaparyaaptiretasya naanyathaa saMbhaviShyatii |

sarvapuurtikaraM tamaadanuj~naato mayaa vada ||

 

The sense of fulfillment (which sage agastya is lacking now) will

not arise by other means. Hence, on my command, bestow him the

knowledge of sarvapuurtikarii (lalita trishatii) which alone can

provide that completeness in knowing.

 

suuta uvaacha:

 

(suuta spoke)

 

iti yuktva antaradhadaambaa kaameshvara samanvitaa |

athotthaapya hayagriivaH paaNibhyaaM kumbhasambhavam.h || 18 ||

 

saMsthaapya nikaTevaaca uvaaca bhR^isha vismitaH |

 

After saying thus, shrii lalitaa ambaa together with HER consort

shrii kaameshwara disappeared. After this, Lord hayagriivaa

began to speak as follows with wonder.

 

hayagriiva uvaaca:

(Lord hayagriiva spoke)

 

kR^itaartho.asi kR^itaartho.asi kR^itaartho.asi ghaTodbhava || 19 ||

 

You are blessed and have accomplished the ultimate purpose. (by

repetition, the sense of wonder at this great accomplishment is

indicated).

 

tvatsamo lalitaabhakto naasti naasti jagattraye |

enaagastya svayaM devii tavavaktavyaM anvashaat.h || 20 ||

 

You are the best devotee of lalitaambaa and there in none (again

wonder is indicated by repetition of naasti) equal to you in this

regard, for shrI lalitaamba Herself commanded me to instruct this

sarvapuurtikarii to you.

 

sachchhiShyena tvaya chaahaM dR^iShTvaanasmi taaM shivaaM |

yatante yaddarshanaaya brahmaviShNviisha puurvikaa || 21 ||

 

I obtained the great vision of shrii shivaa because of a good

disciple like you. For this vision, even brahma, viShNu and rudra

struggle so hard.

 

athaH paraM te vakShyaami sarvapuurtikaraM sthavam.h |

yasya smaraNa maatreNa paryaaptiste bhavddhR^ide || 22 ||

 

Hence, I will now tell you the sarvapuurtikaraM sthavam.h

(trishatii), even thinking about this sthavam itself will give

the complete sense of fulfillment to one's heart.

 

 

(to be continued)