LalithA SahasranAma [918] caitanyArghyasamArAdhyA

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caitanyArghyasamArAdhyA : Worshipped with consciousness as the oblation.

 

Caitanya [ the cidrUpa] : The Siva-sUtra [i. 1] says, "Caitanya is the

Self". Arghya, water, etc. used in the worship. The meaning is the

NirAdhAra [supportless] worship is the nature of meditating on the

non-duality of consciousness. The BhAvanA Up.[10] :'Wisdom is arghya".

The SU-sam [i.5.19} : becomes oneself by one's own spiritual

experience. That worship alone confers salvation."

 

Or, caitanya, the self, arghya, wisdom, that in his own spiritual

experience. The Visva says, "Arghya [masc.] means water, etc, used in

worship, knowledge, root of a tree"; or arghya a vidyA, a mantra

belonging to the female deity called Caitanya, that is, the

Bhuvanesvari -mantra, samArAdhyA worshipped [by means of the above

mantra]. It is said "The mantras belonging to the female deities are

called vidyAs, those belonging to the male deities are called mantras"

The SU-sam. {IV 42. 52], "By repeating the Caitanya-mantra ten

thousand times, he is released from the multitude of great sins as

well as from other sins" Here the commentator explains that the

Caitanyamantra is the Bhuvanesvari-mantra.

 

Or caitanya, the essence of the wisdom. The Visva says, "CetanA means

wisdom...." The RudrayAmala says, "Of wisdom and mead, wisdom is the

better"

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

 

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She is propitiated with the offering of caitanya [i.e., AtmA, the

individual soul] as arghya [i.e., holy water].

 

In other words, She is to be worshiped by concentrating on the unity

of the devotee's individual AtmA with Her.

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

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> caitanyArghyasamArAdhyA : Worshipped with consciousness as the oblation.

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> Caitanya [ the cidrUpa] : The Siva-sUtra [i. 1] says, "Caitanya is the

> Self". Arghya, water, etc. used in the worship. The meaning is the

> NirAdhAra [supportless] worship is the nature of meditating on the

> non-duality of consciousness. The BhAvanA Up.[10] :'Wisdom is arghya".

> The SU-sam [i.5.19} : becomes oneself by one's own spiritual

> experience. That worship alone confers salvation."

>

> Or, caitanya, the self, arghya, wisdom, that in his own spiritual

> experience. The Visva says, "Arghya [masc.] means water, etc, used in

> worship, knowledge, root of a tree"; or arghya a vidyA, a mantra

> belonging to the female deity called Caitanya, that is, the

> Bhuvanesvari -mantra, samArAdhyA worshipped [by means of the above

> mantra]. It is said "The mantras belonging to the female deities are

> called vidyAs, those belonging to the male deities are called mantras"

> The SU-sam. {IV 42. 52], "By repeating the Caitanya-mantra ten

> thousand times, he is released from the multitude of great sins as

> well as from other sins" Here the commentator explains that the

> Caitanyamantra is the Bhuvanesvari-mantra.

>

> Or caitanya, the essence of the wisdom. The Visva says, "CetanA means

> wisdom...." The RudrayAmala says, "Of wisdom and mead, wisdom is the

> better"

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>

> Lalitha Sahasranama with commentaries now in SS homepage. See link

> http://shaktisadhana.50megs.com/Newhomepage/sadhana/Commentaries.html

>