Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 AUM shrImAtre namaH This is a small extract from saubhagya bhAskara: loke hi duHkha dashAyAm mAtuH smaraNaM prasiddham.h | anubhUtAstu mataro na tApatraya haraNa samarthAH |taduktaM abhi yuktaiH "nAnA yoni sahasra sambhava vashAt.h jAtA jananyaH kati prakhyAta janaka kiyanta iti me setsya.nti chAgre kati | eteShAM gaNanaiva nAsti mahataH sa.nsAra sindhoH vidheH bhItaM mAM nitarAM ananya sharaNaM raxa anukampAnidhe||" iti | ato duranta duHkha haraNa xamAsu sarvottama jaganmAtaiva svasmindayAvatvApadanAya mAtR^itvenaiva stotavyA stotra sandarpa prayojana moxaadirUpaphalatvenApi stotavyetyAshayenAha - shrIti | ... The quote here is from shakti mahimna stotram (verse 28). I will post the translation later. ===== ambaaL daasan Ravi sharaNAgata raxakI nivEyani sadA ninnu nammiti mInAxI http://www.ambaa.org/ http://www.advaita-vedanta.org Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2001 Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 , "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram" <miinalochanii> wrote: > AUM shrImAtre namaH > > This is a small extract from saubhagya bhAskara: > > loke hi duHkha dashAyAm mAtuH smaraNaM prasiddham.h | anubhUtAstu > mataro na tApatraya haraNa samarthAH |taduktaM abhi yuktaiH "nAnA yoni > sahasra sambhava vashAt.h jAtA jananyaH kati prakhyAta janaka kiyanta > iti me setsya.nti chAgre kati | eteShAM gaNanaiva nAsti mahataH > sa.nsAra sindhoH vidheH bhItaM mAM nitarAM ananya sharaNaM raxa > anukampAnidhe||" iti | ato duranta duHkha haraNa xamAsu sarvottama > jaganmAta eva svasmindayAvatvApadanAya mAtR^itvenaiva stotavyA stotra > sandarpa prayojana moxaadirUpaphalatvenApi stotavyetyAshayenAha - > shrIti | ... > > The quote here is from shakti mahimna stotram (verse 28). I will post > the translation later. > Approximate Translation: It is well known that people think of their mother (for solace) at the times of distress. This highlights the compassionate aspect of mother. But the mothers who have given birth to the bodies are incapable of curing the three-fold misery. That is why jnAni-s say, "Because of thousands of births in different wombs in this world, it is not possible to say how many mothers one has had and how many fathers. Considering the number of births one will have in future, it is impossible to say how many more one will have. O divine mother I am distressed and overcome by fear of this terrible ocean of saMsara. O treasure house of compassion, I have no other refuge but thee, please protect and save me". Only the Supreme Mother of Universe is capable of saving us from this misery, hence, we pray and worship HER in form of Mother (appealing to HER motherly nature which is automatically the most compassionate form) so that she will save us out of mercy bestow all good things and the ultimate moxa. -- God is beyond the classification such as Man, Woman or Eunuch, etc. Such categories exist only in our limited mind. Among of all forms, the form of Mother is the most compassionate and easier to approach by a human mind. In the above paragraph, shrI bhAskararAya, gives a beautiful explanation even before he starts commenting on the word shrImAtA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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