Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 || AUM mahAgaNapataye namaH || || AUM shrI sha.karAchAryavaryAya namaH || || AUM shrImAtre namaH || 54. IshvarapreraNakarI She who directs the actions of Ishvara Ishvara is HER reflection in mAyA. SHE alone directs all acts like creation, etc of the jagat. SHE is the consciousness which illuminates the will of Ishvara who initiates creation. As the consciousness reflected in the power of concealment (AvaraNa shaktI) (*), separation (vikShepa shaktI), will, knowledge and action, SHE is the illuminating will (IkShana) of Ishvara. SHE facilitates future acts of creation, etc. According to the shruti "saikShata", it is said that IkShaNa or will created Jagat and so on. This name can also be interpreted in the another way. As the wife of Ishvara, SHE obeys His commands and faithfully follows them. (*) AvaraNa shaktI is the power of concealment. It hides the reality sat and it can be dispelled only by j~nAna. vikShepa shaktI is the power which creates the sense of separation between kUTastha (paramAtma) and pratyagAtma (individual self). It is said that this persists till prArabdhA is exhausted, even in great saints. AUM IshvarapreraNakaryai namaH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 Namasthe. Respected Sridharji, i am unable to understand this.viz ".As the consciousness reflected in the power of concealment (AvaraNa shaktI) (*), separation (vikShepa shaktI), will, knowledge and action, SHE is the illuminating will (IkShana) of Ishvara" If convenient and don't mind.will u kndly explain me in detail this aspect. ur explanation is excellent. i am feeling blissful. may i request u the above favour? urs krishnamoorthy Sridhar - Seshagiri wrote: > || AUM mahAgaNapataye namaH || > || AUM shrI sha.karAchAryavaryAya namaH || > || AUM shrImAtre namaH || > > 54. IshvarapreraNakarI > She who directs the actions of Ishvara > > Ishvara is HER reflection in mAyA. SHE alone directs all > acts like creation, etc of the jagat. SHE is the > consciousness which illuminates the will of Ishvara who > initiates creation. As the consciousness reflected in > the power of concealment (AvaraNa shaktI) (*), separation > (vikShepa shaktI), will, knowledge and action, SHE is the > illuminating will (IkShana) of Ishvara. SHE facilitates > future acts of creation, etc. According to the shruti > "saikShata", it is said that IkShaNa or will created > Jagat and so on. > > This name can also be interpreted in the another way. As > the wife of Ishvara, SHE obeys His commands and faithfully > follows them. > > (*) AvaraNa shaktI is the power of concealment. It hides > the reality sat and it can be dispelled only by j~nAna. > vikShepa shaktI is the power which creates the sense of > separation between kUTastha (paramAtma) and pratyagAtma > (individual self). It is said that this persists till > prArabdhA is exhausted, even in great saints. > > AUM IshvarapreraNakaryai namaH > > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > > Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) > : /messages// > > Contact : help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2000 Report Share Posted November 28, 2000 Namaste Krishnamoorthyji, I am the least competent to explain this. I am not the author of this series of posts, it is Shri Ravi Mayavaram. I am sure he must be feeling rather happy now :-) I am simply re-posting his original posts (to the advaitaa-l list) When i read this particular post a long time back, i tried to understand it a little better and was forced to look for the meanings of some of the terms. Some i found in Sri Swami Chidananda's "Path to Blessedness").. A web-search should yield many more references. I also benefitted a little from reading the introduction to Advaita Vedanta by Dr.Krishna Ayyar at http://www.katha.org/Advaita.html My uncle, whom i had questioned, told me that given my current state of development, he would be hard-pressed to make me understand :-) One work, which he thought would be esp. helpful, was the drk-drsya-vivekA, with translation by Swami Nikhilananda. At that point, i gave up, because i realized how much i need to learn before i can START to appreciate these posts. For now, i am content with simply re-posting them here :-) There are many people on this list who should be able to clarify your doubts better. I am sorry if i have not been of much help. Regards, Sridhar. , kaushik <kaushik@n...> wrote: > i am unable to understand this.viz ".As the consciousness > reflected in the power of concealment (AvaraNa shaktI) (*), > separation (vikShepa shaktI), will, knowledge and action, > SHE is the illuminating will (IkShana) of Ishvara" If convenient > and don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2000 Report Share Posted November 30, 2000 ------- Ravi Mayavaram <msr Re: Sri Lalita Trishati (54. IshvarapreraNakarI) kaushik wrote: > Namasthe. > Respected Sridharji, i am unable to understand this.viz ".As the > consciousness reflected in > the power of concealment (AvaraNa shaktI) (*), separation > (vikShepa shaktI), will, knowledge and action, SHE is the > illuminating will (IkShana) of Ishvara" If convenient and don't > mind.will u > kndly explain me > in detail this aspect. > ur explanation is excellent. i am feeling blissful. may i request u > the > above favour? > urs krishnamoorthy namaste I am sorry for being sloppy in my expression. I will send a corrected and clear translation of this meaning soon with the original text. To briefly state: SHE is pure consciousness (brahman), and iishvara is HER reflection or restriction under the upAdhi mAyA, under HER command iishwara creates jagat. {This idea is further elaborated as}. When SHE (pure consciouness) is reflected on (or restricted by) ichchA, j~nAna, kriyA, AvaraNa, and vixepa shakti-s, SHE spurs iishvara into action. It is this illuminating will of HER that causes iishwara undertake creation, sustenance etc, and govern the jagat based on the prArabdha (of jIva-s). Hence, SHE is called iishwara preraNakarI. In the first half the translation, the name is interpreted as iishwara acting under command and SHE is the pure consciousness. In my previous posting to advaita-L I had used the English words for the shakti-s. ichchA shakti - power of will j~nAna - knowledge kriyA - action AvaraNA - Concealment vixepa - separation/projection In the second half of the text, the name is interpreted as SHE obeys and acts according to the command of iishwara HER consort. SHE does this beacuse SHE is a mahA pativrata. I hope I am clear now. By Monday, I will try to post the original text and meaning based on that. Thanks for asking this question. Questions like these clarify our understanding. Sincerely, Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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