a~NgayaRkaNNi anthaathi - 3

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athichayam e^nRu nithampala kOTi amararvanthu

thuthicheyum a^n^nai, thuvaathachaanthapperum thuuyanilai

vathitharu naayaki vaNNappoR chiiRaTi vaayththapi^num

gathithara vERuo^nRu uLatho ma^namE ! karuthuthaRkE .. 3 ..

 

O mind, when you have had the good fortune (paakkiyam) of

contemplating on the glories of the beautiful feet of our

Mother, who is established in the sahasrAra (*) and whom the

multitude (pala kOTi) of Gods and devas constantly (nitham)

worship, can there be any reason to look to other things

to grant liberation (naRgati thara) ?

 

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(*) Thanks to Ravi for the meaning of this. I am posting

the following (edited) extract from his email to me :

 

"thuvaathachaantha is tamilized for dvAdashAnta, which

means beyond the 12 and that is sahasrAra. The 12 that are

mentioned are: 6 chakras (mUlAdhAra, svAdiShTAna, maNipuraka,

anAhata, vishuddhi, and A~jnA), 3 granthi-s (brahma, viShNu,

and rudra) and three maNDala-s (agni, sUrya, and soma).

Beyond this is sahasrAra. This means SHE is established

in the sahasrAra. Traditionally, madurai, because of this,

is called dvAashAntapuri.

 

granthi means knot. There are three knots. Refer to LS

 

100. brahma granthi vibhedinI

She who breaks through the knot of brahmA

 

102. vishhNu granthi vibhedinI

She who breaks through the knot of vishhNu

 

104. rudra granthi vibhedinI

She who breaks through the knot of shiva

 

Similarly the three maNdala-s occurs in the zone of 6

chakra-s. sUrya maNDala is anAhata region. agnI maNDala

in svAdiShTAna, and soma maNDala is in A~jnA. Different

texts gives various positions. Also, there is some

difference of opinion regarding the exact meaning of

dvAdashAnta. Some say dvAdashanta is above the sahasrAra,

as soma maNDala is at sahasrAra. The book that I have on

saundaryalahari says it is same as sahasrAra."