sreemaatha

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 Sub: Sreemaatha (L.S.-1)

 

Priya mahAsayAh,

 

It is a normal practice to remember the Guru before

commencing any

devotional pArAyana. Unless we do guru- smaranam in the beginning, the whole of

the effort will become fruitless. That is why I think the vagdevatas (Vasini

etc.,) would have preffered the name sreemAtha as the first one of all the 1000

names of the mother Lalitha.

 

Sreeh is a word which denotes innumerable meanings; one of

which is Athma, the self. We use it as a prefix to all the names of our elders

and respectable persons with an intention that they belong to ourselves.

It also denotes to the the Athmavidya as mentioned in the L.S. stotra verses as

“Athmavidya mahavidya sreevidya KAmasevitha”. Athma vidya itself is

Athma-GnAna.

MAthA means, “mAthi tharathi (thArayathi) iti mAtha ie., (the

guru is)the protector of AthmagnAna and enables us to cross the ocean of

samsAra.

 

There is another meaning for Shreeh as -‘avidya’.(ignorance).

mAtha means one who measures.(the quantity of our ignorance and cures the

ailent). ‘MAng paricchEdane’. The guru distinguishes and separates the avidya

and endows us with real knowledge.(vidya). It also means as “Varthane iti

mangx”. The guru guides us by his good conduct and behaviour.

 

“Shrayathe janairithi sreeh”. Guru is the place of refuse for

everyone who is desirous of the liberation. Unless one approaches a guru, it is

not possible at all to achieve mOkSha

 

It is a general convention to use sree before the word guru

only for the gurus of the sreevidya order.

 

‘Guru’ is applied in both the genders. Guru guides us like a

mother and teaches as a father. He is both Siva and shakthi. The place of Guru

is both AgnA charka and the cranial trikona charka. In Agna charka hi is

controlling the sreeh.(ie., mAna, mAtru and meya—the triputi) and in the

brahmarandhra he controls sattwa (sa), rajas (ra) and thamas (ee).

 

Brahmarandhra is considered to be the abode of Siva bhagawan

(Kailas). And the Agna charka is also the kailas which has descended down for

the benefit of the humankind.

“Agnaa sankramanam thatra guroraagnethi keerthitham

thadUrdhwam kailAsAkhyam thu thadoordhwe bodhanam thathah ||”

 

Sree guru roopinyai namah

 

sriparasukhanandanadha

 

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