Sri Lalita Trishati (27. ekabhaktimadarchitA)

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|| AUM mahAgaNapataye namaH ||

|| AUM shrI sha.karAchAryavaryAya namaH ||

|| AUM shrImAtre namaH ||

 

27. ekabhaktimadarchitA

She who is to be worshipped with single minded devotion.

 

SHE who is worshipped by those who have single minded devotion.

"ekabhakti" can also mean devotion to the indvisible (indivisibilty of

jIva and brahman). Hence the name means that SHE is worshipped by

devotees who have that mental attitude. The word "bhakti" here is

indicative of praise, meditation and salutation. "yanmanasa dhyAyati

tadvAchA vadati tat karamaNa karoti" [nR^isiMhatApinI upaniShad] which

means 'one that is meditated upon by mind, one that is spoken upon by

speech, and one that is acted upon by deed'. According to the above

shruti, all organs act only through the meditation of mind that is

fixed on HER.

 

"ekabhakti" can also mean the single minded devotion of those who

comprehend the deity in the form of saguNa brahman. In this world,

bhakti is of 8 kinds. (*) SHE is worshipped with bhakti by such

devotees by antaryAga, bahiryAga and mahAyAga. mahAyAga is the worship

of shrIchakra and the deity with 16 upachAras. It includes both

antaryAga (kuNDalinI yoga) and bahiryAga (external worship).

 

(*) According to shrImad bhAgAvatam bhakti is of nine kinds.

 

1) shravaNam (Hearing of God's name)

2) kIrtanam (Singing God's glories)

3) mananam (Remembering God's name)

4) pAdasevanam (Resorting to God feet)

5) archana or (pUja (worshipping God )

6) namaskAram (Salutation to God)

7) dAsyam (Having a servant attitude towards God like shrI hanumAn)

8) sakhyam (Having a friendly attitude towards God like arjuna)

9) Atmanivedanam (Surrendering oneself completely to God)

 

But some smR^itis quote only 8.

 

[The book I (the I here is Ravi :-) have gives only the english names,

I got the sanskrit equivalents from shrI Sai Satcharitra, a biography

of shrI shirdi Sai Baba written by Hemad Pant. Complete text of this book

is available on the WWW. This biography has a lot of vedanta explained

in it]

 

AUM ekabhaktimadarchitAyai namaH

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>

> devotees who have that mental attitude. The word "bhakti" here is

> indicative of praise, meditation and salutation. "yanmanasa dhyAyati

> tadvAchA vadati tat karamaNa karoti" [nR^isiMhatApinI upaniShad] which

> means 'one that is meditated upon by mind, one that is spoken upon by

> speech, and one that is acted upon by deed'. According to the above

> shruti, all organs act only through the meditation of mind that is

> fixed on HER.

 

I think periyava once remarked that when we write the names of

God, at the same time chanting it, our words, thoughts, and

action all unite in the single effort of nAmasmarana. He was

instrumental in making many thousands write the name of God (in

the form of rAma). One can assign a notebook and start writing

the nAma (such as AUM shrImAtre namaH or mInalochanI pAshamochanI

shive pAhi shive pAhi or the name you like) over and over again.

 

AUM shrImAtre namaH

 

Ravi