Re : (KDAS-27)----------Pasha , Ankusha , Pushpa Bana Haste !

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Dear Professor-ji ,

 

Another Delightful 'Read' on this bright Wednesday morning , the day

after Deepavali !

 

Professorji Writes :

 

"Mother Goddess (ambaaL) has in Her hands a sugarcane bow and five

arrows; the bow is to help us with `shama' for

mind-control and the arrows are to vanquish the five senses

thus helping us achieve `dama'. "

 

May i please recall this lovely passage from Digest of

Paramacharya's Discourses on Soundaryalahari (DPDS-37)

 

Professorji writes :

 

In the sahasra-nAma ( (poem of )one thousand names) of

Lalita there is a long series of names which describe the

divine form from head to foot. Naturally the hands have a

due place there. But the hands and the weapons held in

them are talked about even before the head-to-foot

description starts. The weapons are not said to be just

held, but they are built into an esoteric description. The

weapons pAsham, ankusham, bow and arrow are each given a

philosophical meaning. The `pAsham' (noose) is called

`rAgam' (desire) there.

 

`rAga-svarUpa-pAshADhyA': Desire is the noose which binds.

So She has the noose of Desire in Her hands. But the

desire is not the wrong desire, it is the desire that

binds one to ambaal. At that point there shoud be no hate

or dvesham. That is why there is an ankusham (spear). And

then there are the bow and arrow to help us bind our mind

and senses to the Ultimate. Only after this the darshan of

ambaal in Her head to foot physical form will be obtained."

 

Is this not amazing how the Paramacharya is able to weave a Garland

of Ambaal's glories in this divine manner ?

 

In Shymala Dandakam also, Mahakavi Kalidasa Sings ecstatically thus

 

puNDrekShupAshAn^kushapuShpabANa

haste namaste jagadekamAtaH .. 2..

 

To the Devi Who has in her hands conch, sugarcane, pAsha (rope),

ankusha( spear? ) and flower-arrows! Salutations to You.

 

As i have mentioned before , each and every 'weapon' in the hindu

god/esses 's hands have a lot of 'symbolism' - Each Weapon Has a

metaphysical meaning ! !

 

The Home Page describes the glorius names of Sri Lalita Maha

Tripurasundari !

 

On this day after Deepavali, may i add one more name to that list?

 

Sri Param-jyotih

 

— The Ultimate Light.

 

Explanation

 

— "There (in the Great Lotus Forest) the sun, moon and stars do

not shine because She illumines the mind that illumine all of

them."

Kathopanisad 5.15

 

Sri Lalita Sahasranama

(Sri Lalita Sahasranama, C. S. Murthy, Assoc. Advertisers and

Printers, 1989.)

 

 

 

"The Light of lights: jyotisham jyotih the source of all other

luminaries."

 

(Cf. KathU V, 15 (§ V 5); SU VI, 14 (practically the same text); and

also BG XV, 6.)

 

Professor Raimundo Panikkar, The Vedic Experience

 

(http:www.adishakti.org)

 

AUM SRI LALITHAMBIKAYE NAMO NAMAHA!