LS -52

[Guest guest]

51. AUM shiva-kAmeshvarAnkasthAyai namaH AUM

 

AUM Salutations to HER who is seated on the lap of shiva-kAmeshvara

AUM.

 

In saubhAgya bhAsakara (SB)

 

-Additional specification of left lap (vAmAnka) is included. "tasyAN^ke

vAmotsaN^ge tiShTati niShaNNa"

 

-Long commentary on this name dwelves on how "kAma" is interpreted.

Three different arguments for this term is given.

 

#1 First being kAma is manmatha and kAmeshvara is Lord shiva who burnt

manmAtha.

 

#2 Second argument kAma is praj~nAna which is same as shiva.

 

#3 Third indicates kAmeshvara as Atman quoting the shruti "Atma eva

idaM agra AsIt ..." and indicates that kAmeshvara is not rudra or kAma

but the Supreme brahman.

 

 

This name can be interpreted as follows:

 

1) Straight meaning is SHE is seated on the lap of shiva.

 

2) shiva denotes praj~nAna. praj~nAnam brahma. Hence shiva denotes pure

consciousness or nirguNa brahman which is beyond all duality.

kAmeshwara indicates sagUNa brahman. Why? If kameshwara indicates Lord

who has conquered kAma by #1, that is Lord shiva, HE is indeed sagUNa.

Or if we go by the interpretation #3, then moment the desire to create

stirred, it is no longer nirguNa. Hence this name is SHE is

established in both nirguNa and saguNa. Such a thing is impossible to

conceive and understand by mind. Hence, SHE is beyond the realm of mind

 

and speech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

=====

ambaaL daasan

 

Ravi

 

sharaNAgata raxakI nivEyani sadA ninnu nammiti mInAxI

 

http://www.ambaa.org/ http://www.advaita-vedanta.org

 

 

 

Get email at your own domain with Mail.

http://personal.mail./