Sri Lalita Trishati (21. ekArarUpA)

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|| AUM mahAgaNapataye namaH ||

|| AUM shrI sha.karAchAryavaryAya namaH ||

|| AUM shrImAtre namaH ||

 

21. ekArarUpA

She who is represented by the second akShara of panchdashakShari.

 

HER form is "e". The letter "e" signifies HER as the second letter of

the mantra.

 

AUM ekArarUpAyai namaH

 

Note : I have so far re-posted the first 20 nAmAs in the trishatii.

For some background on the trishatii, please see the footnote below.

(I found this on another page about the trishatii)

 

The pa.nchadashaakshari is an important mantra for Sri Vidya upaasakas

(practitioners). It basically consists of 15 Bija mantras in a particular

order.

 

This is a very powerful mantra and each line given above is said to have

the same efficacy as the gaayatri mantra said once. Thus the whole mantra

has the same effect as saying the gaayatri thrice. However, this is a very

powerful mantra and requires extra niyamas (rules) to be observed. The

saadhaka should be extremely pure in mind and the mantra has to be obtained

from a guru who has attained siddhi of the mantra. This is in contrast

with the gaayatri mantra which can be imparted by a father to his sons even

if he has not attained siddhi of the gaayatri mantra.

 

The exact nature of this mantra is elaborated in various tantrik texts and

the Tripura taapinii Upanisshad.h. It is a fact that very few people can

actually undertake the strenuous discipline required for performing this

japa. Thus for common people like us, the Lalitaa trishatii has been given

by Kaameshvarii herself. The BrahmaanNDa puraaNa tells us that the Devi

herself gave this stotra to Hayagriiva, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and

one of the foremost SriVidya upaasakas. Hayagriiva in turn gave it to

Agastya, another famous SriVidya upaasaka.

 

It would be extremely naive to consider this a mere stotra. Hayagriiva

emphasizes that though this is in the form of a stotra it is actually a

mantra. The stotra consists of 300 names of the devi. There are 20 names

starting with each of bija mantras in the pa.nchadashaakshari. Thus there

are 15 X 20 = 300 names. Finally, it is important to note that the names

were composed jointly by Kaameshvara and Kaameshvarii. The names beginning

with the Shivaaksharas were given by the Devi, the names beginning with the

Shakti aksharas were given by the Lord, and the names beginning with the

ubhayaaksharas (both) were given by both the Lord and the Devi. The bijas

'ha' and 'ka' are the Shivaaksharaas, 'hriiM.h' is the ubhayaakshara and

the rest are Shakti aksharas. Hayagriiva says in the phalashruti that this

fact has to be known to get the full benefits of chanting the trishati.

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My apologies. I have deliberately snipped the lines containing

the mantra from the previous post. I am not sure about the

propriety of posting this publicly.

 

Regards,

Sridhar.

 

, Sridhar - Seshagiri <seshagir@e...>

wrote:

> This is a very powerful mantra and each line given above is

> said to have