Time and Space- Meaning of Kala -hantri -destroyer of Time

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Respected Sridhar writes ...

 

Shri. Madhava Turumella say with Glee that 'Shiva' is his favorite

lord as his destruction is a loving act of creation and sustenance

too.

 

Many of us worship Ambaal as an ishta-devata (ishta-devi)for the

very same reason; She performs all the three acts of creation,

maintenance and destruction.

 

our beloved professorji has given a lucid explanation of Kala-

hantri , one of the 300 names of Sree Lalithambika from Shankara

Bhasyam of Lalita Trishati.

 

"kAla-hantRI : (This name occurs also in lalitA-sahasra-nAma) She

destroys, puts an end to, Time (kAla). Time originates from Her. Time

finally merges in Her. So She is beyond Time. The concept of Time

does not apply to Her. So She 'destroys'Time. The word kAlah also

means the God yama of death. So kAlah is Death. Death is what occurs

to those who are in the vortex of samsAra, the transmigratory cycle.

But those who have crossed the tranmigratory cycle by the Grace of

the Mother have no business with Death. Thus She 'conquers' Death.

When we are unaware of the Mother, that much of Time is wastefully

spent, that is Time is drained. The more our Time is drained the more

we are nearer to Death. Thus Time takes us irrevocably to Death. But

those moments of our awareness of the immanent presence of the

Mother, are conserved moments of Time. Thus saved, the end of our

Time is postponed. And those who are aware of Her presence constantly

and uninterruptedly, conserve all their Time and Death does not

approach them! Thus She destroys the 'power' of Time that brings

Death nearer.

There is another aspect of this word 'kAla'. The human life is

determined by the number of breaths he inhales and exhales. One

inhaling followed by an exhaling is counted as one breath. In the

period of 24 hours between one sunrise to next sunrise, one is

supposed to have 21,600 such breaths - which, on calculation, gives

onbe breath for every 4 sec onds. The more one can reduce this number

of 21,600 the longer one lives. This is one reason for the prANAyAma

having a beneficial effect on one's longevity. When we hold the

breath inside, the mental aberrations also subside. This is called

citta-vRtti-nirodha, that is, the stoppage of mind flowing into its

channels. When the mind is trained to control its usual flow of

thoughts, that is the road to total Realisation. And that is the

time when Time itself stops!. The Power of Consciousness within us,

which is nothing but the Mother Goddess is the Prime Mover of this

achievement, if at all, of ours, and in that sense therefore, She

is the destroyer of Time!"

 

Prof. V. Krishnamurthy - ( science and spirituality)

 

on another note,

 

chittaranji says at the end in one of his posts ...

 

"I don't think there is any way to slip away from the tyrrany of time

unless one has woken up to Self !"

 

Chittaranjanji - here is verse from Dasa Sloki that describes this

very bhava ...

 

na cordhvam na cádhá ná cántar-na báhyam

na madhyam na tiryañ na pürvápará dik

viyad-vyápakatvád-akhaïãaikarüpas

tadeko'vaùiútaç ùivaç kevalo'ham.(5)

 

Neither above, nor below, nor inside, nor outside, nor in the middle,

nor athwart, nor in the eastern nor in the western direction (am I).

Since I am all-pervading like *ether*, I am impartite by nature. That

one which remains (after the sublation of all else) 0 that auspicious

absolute (Self) I am.

 

(kanchikamakoti.org)

 

IT IS SAID "TIME AND TIDE STOPS FOR NOONE."

 

but when you abide in the Self, there is no 'time' and there is

no 'space.'

 

Jaya Jaya Shankara

 

Hara Hara Shankara

 

OM Sree Matre Namaha!