Sri Lalita Trishati (4. kalyANa-shaila-nilayA)

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4. kalyANa-shaila-nilayA

She who is established in HER form which is solidified bliss.

 

SHE abides in kalyANa shaila. shaila is a form of shila or stone - meaning

solidified form. So kalyANa shaila meanes bliss or happiness solidified;

Since SHE is established in HER own form which is Ananda ghaNa. SHE is

named kalyANa shaila nilayA

 

sa bhagavaH kasmin pratiShTitA iti sve mahimni Ch.U. 7-24

 

Where is that GOD established? In HIS own greatness! There is a well known

proposition "devadatta is in his own self". Hence it is proper to state

that the deity is established in HER own form kalyANa shaila.

 

kalyANa shaila also means Anandamaya kosha. SHE has HER abode in kalyAna

shaila or Anandamaya kosha, according to brahmapuchchhaM pratiShTA,

brahman is established in tail (*) Tai-U.

 

kalyANa shaila means mahAmeru. SHE dwells there. That SHE is in the middle

peak sumeru.

 

(*) If the jIvA who enjoys is compared to a bird, his joy of

seeing dear ones, called priya is compared to the bird's head. moda and

pramoda are compared to both its wings. Bliss or Ananda, i.e., Atman is

compared to its centre. Just as tail underneath supports the

bird brahman supports this blissful bird, hence is named its tail.

 

AUM kalyANashailanilayAyai namaH