Fwd: In Reply to: Shiva bija Mantra

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, Srinath Ram Atreya

<srinath_atreya> wrote:

 

" A Mantra is not mastered even after repeating it a billion times by

a person who does not know the esoteric meaning (vEdAnta) of it, has

not experienced its awakening and knows not the yoni Mudra ".

 

 

 

---- Kularnav Tantra

 

 

 

 

 

All Vedas and Tantras speak about the single supreme being – the

Parabrahman.

 

Shiva and Shakthi are only its two aspects. Shiva is gross (vyakta)

and Shakthi is subtle (avyakta).

 

The two are inseperable; hence

 

"namah ShivABhyAm":

 

 

 

1. Om

 

 

 

The primordial sacred syllable "Om" is its bija mantra. This is

beautifully illustrated by:

 

 

 

"Om kAram bindu sanyuktam nityam dyAyanti yOginah |

 

kAmadam mOkShadam tasmai nakArAya namO namah ||"

 

 

 

 

 

This "Om" itself is composed of 3 parts: "a" + "u" + "m", as

explained in the nArAyaNa upaniShad and represents the aspects of

creation (srShti-brahma), preservation (sThiti - viShNu) and

destruction (laya - mahEShwara) of the Parabrahman

 

 

 

 

 

2. hreem

 

 

 

 

 

There is no difference between "Om" and "hreem". Both are composed of

3 parts as illustrated below:

 

 

 

Om ------> a + u + m

 

 

 

hreem ------> h + r + ee

 

 

 

in both, the bindu - anuswAr is implied.

 

 

 

"h" represents AkASha- brahman - sat

 

 

 

Sri Adi Shankara explains this in his LalithA triShati BhAShya:

 

 

 

" 'h' kArasya AkASha bIjasya arThA, arTha swaroop chaitanyA, AkASha

vigrahEtyarThah " ---

 

 

 

Hence " ham AkASha tatwAtmikAyei puShpam samarpayAmi"

 

 

 

"r" represents agni – Rudra – chit

 

 

 

" `r' kArasya vahni vachanah prakAShah parya vasyati|

 

sacchidAnanda roopOsya paramAtmArTha uchyatE || "

 

 

 

"ee" represents chaitanya – ViShNu – Ananda

 

 

 

" `ee' kArah manmaTha beejam tatkAraNa lakSha katayA

sThiti hEtu

viShNu roopam chaitanyamaBhi dadhAti ".

 

 

 

Therefore we can conclude that "hreem" is the bija mantra

of "sachchidAnanda Shiva". As Om is to vEdic literature, so

is hreem

to tAntric literature. Hence both "Om namah ShivAya" and

"hreem

namah ShivAya" are one and the same.

 

 

 

 

 

The "bindu" in Om and hreem is itself again composed of 3

parts:

 

 

 

1. nAda ---> Consciousness --->Shiva

 

2. bindu ---> Energy ---> Shakthi

 

3 beeja (seed) ---> Shiva + Shakthi

 

 

 

I think this is what Shri Shankara has meant in the very first verse

of Saundarya lahari: "Shivah ShaktyAyuktO ---"

 

 

 

 

 

3. "a" to "kSh"

 

 

 

Sanskrt language is considered to be the divine language with great

potency. The fifty letters of the Sanskrit alphabet are called MAtrkA

s (mothers) since they together constitute the source of all ancient

sacred wisdom. Each syllable, when it ends with anuswAr (

spelling 'm' at the end), becomes a mystic syllable. Hence all the 50

syllables of the Sanskrt qualify as the "beeja mantra" of

Shiva, as explained in the "akSha-mAlA-upaniShad":

 

 

 

Om "am" kAra mrtyunjaya sarva vyApaka praThamEkShE

pratiShTitah |

 

…….

 

…….

 

……

 

Om "kSham" kAra parampara tattva jnApaka paranjyOtee roopa

ShiKhAmaNau pratiShTitah||

 

 

 

4. Bham

 

 

 

the root syllable "Bh" ( as in BhArath) means knowledge:

 

 

 

" `Bh' tEShu sarvEShu vEdEShu"

 

 

 

This is what exactly the word "Bharga" in the GAyathri

represents.

Adding "Shakthi" – am to it, becomes "Bham".

Hence " Bham Bham

BholEnAth"!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

R.Srinath

 

srinath_atreya

 

 

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