vidyA.m shuddhA.mcha buddhi.m kamalajadayite satvara.m dehimahyam ..4..

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vidyAmudrAxamAlAmR^itaghaTa vilasatpANipAthojajAle

vidyAdAnapravINe jaDabadhiramukhebhyopi shIghra.m natebhyaH .

kAmAdInAntarAn matsahajaripuvarAn devi nirmUlyavegAt

vidyA.m shuddhA.mcha buddhi.m kamalajadayite satvara.m dehimahyam ..4..

 

vidyAmudrA axamAlA amR^itaghaTa vilasat pANi pAtha oja jAle

natebhyaH jaDabadhiramukhebhyo api shIghra.m vidyA dAna pravINe

mat antarAn kAmAdIn sahaja ripu varAn devi vegAt nirmUlva

vidyA.m shuddhA.m buddhi.m satvara.m cha kamalaja dayite mahyam dehi

 

'vidyAmudrA axamAlA amR^itaghaTa vilasat pANi pAtha oja jAle'

In the lotus cluster like arms, you bear the sacred rosary, nectar pot and

the symbol of knowledge.

 

shAradAmbA is brahma vidhyA svarUpiNi. She is an offspring of the eternal in

its pure form of knowledge. She holds amrUta gaTa and axamAlA in the upper

arms and bears cinmudrA and pustaka in the lower two. They represent the

four stages in realization. vedAnta vachana shravaNa is denoted by the

pustaka in her lower left palm. axamAlA in the upper left arm denotes

manana, nididhyAsanam, jIveshvara abheda dyAnam or realization of non

duality is represented by vidyA mudra or cinmudra and the nectar pot

represents samAdi, the eternal state of pure bliss.

‘shivAnujA’ is one of the 108 names of sarasvati, hence dakxiNAmUrti is also

seen with similar hand gestures.

 

'natebhyaH jaDabadhiramukhebhyo api shIghra.m vidyA dAna pravINe'

 

You are adept in bestowing knowledge even if the seeker is a dumb idiot.

 

Even when a distilled idiot approaches her, with her grace he realizes the

eternal spontaneously. If she starts with rAma shabdha in vyAkaraNa and

finally teach Vedanta with mImAmsa, nyAya and other essentials in between,

it would be a prolong study for decades to come. To practice vichAra with

the essential qualities, it may need several births. ‘shIgra.m vidyA dAna

pravINe’ is the phrase used to indicate her potential. Even if an earnest

seeker approaches her with a single prostration, She blesses him with all

that is needed in no time and opens the door of realization for him.

 

 

'devi ! mat antarAn sahaja ripu varAn kAmAdIn vegAt nirmUlva'

 

O Mother! Quickly remove kAma, kopa and other internal enemies of mine.

 

If she is that capable then why am I still in this delusion? , That is

because I have not acquired the qualities that would make me fit to receive

her blessing. Hence the next prayer is to ask her to destroy all the

internal enemies to make one fit for realization. kAma, kopa and other

internal enemies of mine ‘mat antaraan sahaja ripu varAn’ have eternally

resided in me that have made me stray from my true nature. Wipe away them in

no time ‘vegAt nirmUlya’. Let me vanish with out a stain.

 

The words vegAt in this line, shIgram in the former and mahyam in the next

denote the earnest longing of the seeker.

 

'vidyA.m shuddhA.m buddhi.m satvara.m cha kamalaja dayite mahyam dehi'

 

When I am free from my internal enemies O! kamalajadayite, please bless me

with knowledge and flawless intellect to realize the eternal state of mine.

 

jaya shR^iN^gAra devate. jaya tuN^gA taTastithe .

 

Aravind

 

 

 

 

 

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