Varivasya Rahasya

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Varivasya Rahasya is a great explanatory treatise

on shakta agamas. According to scriptures,

Parabrahman can be worshipped both internally and externally.

In the external mode, Chakra and Bimba etc are used.

All the services are done to these in a symbolic way.

In internal way mother is thought of as in three

forms :

Sthoola(gross)...sookshma(subtle).....para(escoteric).<br>Gross form has the

form of physicality..and is viewable

by adepts in mantra. Subtle form is made of Matrikas

or letters of the sanskrit alphabet.<br>para is a

form of pure energy-consciousness.<br>SriDevi appers

to sadhakas of highest calibre as the

turiyaa....beyond the three as the

undifferenciated...bliss-personified Brahman.The aim of all scriptures is the

attainment of this state. All the vedas and vedangas were

brought out by Ishwara at the beginning of the present

cycle of creation. Since vedas are oceanic, Vedasara is

Gayathri. Gayathri has two forms:<br>ordianry and

escoteric. The ordinary form is the well-known 24 lettered,

tripaada gayathri. Only highly qualified sadhakas are

granted the 8 lettered turiya pada of

gayathri.<br>Srividya is the second form of Gayathri which is

escoteric.It is an incomparable way to nirvana and has to be

obtained from Guru parampara.<br>Each letter of Srividya

has it's own class of meaningas and presiding

deities, meter, color, etc. It is very necessary to chant

a mantra with the complete knowledge of it's

meaning. <br>Varivasya Rahasya is a work that deals with

the various meanings of the vidya. It proves with

lucidity, the oneness of this vidya with all the upanishads

and mahavakyas.<br>It has two amshas or parts and has

107 verses.It is composed by the great siddha

Bhaskararaya Makhin, with a commentary too called

prakasha.<br>(However in Kanchipuram i happened to come across a

manuscript of this work, written in telugu, with some

additional verses and another commentary on prakasha by some

unknown author. This has 234 verses and I hear it is at

present in Saraswathi Mahal library. Any one interested

to read it can obtain a copy of my hand written

copy.)<br>Though the present work explains 8 various meanings of

the vidya, a pious Namboodari from kerala has written

a wonderful work which expalins the vidya in 108

ways.The great yogi of sringeri sharada peetham, Sri Sri

Sachidananda Shivaabhinava Narasimha Bharathi Mahasannidhanam

read this in detail and has sanctioned authenticity to

it.<br>contd.....................................