Fwd: how to get amab's grace - Maha Swamigal

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Swami <swami wrote:: how to get amab's grace - Maha Swamigal

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:12:43 +0400

 

There are three superlative hymns of praise on Mother Goddess in the form of

Lalita. Chronologically they are: .AryA-dvishati. (also called

..lalitA-stava-ratnam.) a 200-shloka piece by Sage Durvasa; .Soundaryalahari .

which is actually made up of two parts . .Ananda-lahari. , a 41-shloka piece

brought from Kailas by Adi Shankara and .Soundarya-lahari. the 59-shloka piece

composed by Adi Shankara himself, the two pieces together going by the popular

name of Soundaryalahari by Adi Shankara; and .Panca-shati. (a 500-shloka piece)

by the poet Muka. Durvasa.s AryA-dvishati gives us a spiritual experience of the

presence of the Almighty-Goddess in the very words of AryA-dvishati. In this he

describes the complicated structure of the ShrI-chakra . The Goddess.s Grace

descends on those who read and recite such hymns of praise composed by great

devotees who have already merited the descent of Her Grace on them. Durvasa, Adi

Shankara and Muka are three such. Such Grace exhibits itself first in

the eloquence of these hymns. And the result is, the devotee who revels in the

recitation and repetition of these hymns, himself gets that eloquence and flow

of language and of speech. The Goddess gave such an eloquence to Muka. .MUka.

means .dumb.. We do not know what name he had before. But from the moment

he composed the five hundred shlokas in Her praise, we have known him as the

poet Muka !. Both the AryA-dvishati and the MUka-pancashati bring to our vision

the majestic splendour of the form of Mother Goddess like an expert painter.s

masterly painting. The third one, the Soundaryalahari is the crowning glory of

all three and of all hymns of praise of the Mother Supreme.

 

 

 

 

Ganapathy --- Vijaya

 

" Jai Bhavani "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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one can also try out Abhiraami Andhadhi and Shyamala dhantakam.

Composed by Abhirami bhattar and kalidaasaa, these two stotras are

very unique.