LalithA SahasranAma [948] paNcamI

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The fifth.

 

In the order of BrahmA, etc, SadAsiva is the fifth, his wife is

PaNcamI. The SU-sam, says that even SadAsiva, the fifth, requires

the help of the Mother :"Rudra is the best of the three [brahmA,

etc] the supreme Siva, the possessor of mAya. SadAsiva who is with

the Mother and is possessed of permanence, etc. is better than the

omniscient Siva, the possessor of mAyA. Of this there is no need to

discuss"

 

Or the word paNcamI means vArahi by conventional [rUdhi]

acceptation. Though we see the term used as a derivative one [yoga]

in places such as 'she is the fifth in the order of BrAhmi, etc" she

is the last in the deities of paNcaratna, like the deities of the

five sheaths [paNcakosa], yet we find the word paNcami generally

used as a conventional one in the DaksinAmUrti-sam and other places,

namely "one should worship the son of the fifth"... ".. one should

meditate in his heart the PaNcami ... yantra are very difficult to

obtain in the three worlds"; or we can take the word [paNcamI] to

mean vArAhi as a conventional or derivative one.

 

Or she is the fifth [paNca] m [mI] which is bliss. The Kapla-sUtra

[Para., 1. 12] says :"Bliss is the form of Brahman,that is

established in the body. There are five m.'s whichindicate that, the

worship [of Devi] by these [five] is secret"

 

Or she is the five m.'s taken collectively. These points are set

forth in the TripurA-sUkta [TripurA. Up] and their meaning, namely

gift, purification, etc. must be learned from the guru.

 

Or, paNcamI, the fifth homa in the form of oblation of semen in the

woman, as described in the Sruti [ChA. Up., V. 3.3] : "in the fifth

oblation the water forms person" Or, paNcami, the fifth state of

salvation.

 

 

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

 

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1. She is the wife of Sadasiva, the Fifth of the Lords.

 

2. She is Varahi, the fifth of the Eight Matrkas.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

>

>

> The fifth.

>

> In the order of BrahmA, etc, SadAsiva is the fifth, his wife is

> PaNcamI. The SU-sam, says that even SadAsiva, the fifth, requires

> the help of the Mother :"Rudra is the best of the three [brahmA,

> etc] the supreme Siva, the possessor of mAya. SadAsiva who is with

> the Mother and is possessed of permanence, etc. is better than the

> omniscient Siva, the possessor of mAyA. Of this there is no need

to

> discuss"

>

> Or the word paNcamI means vArahi by conventional [rUdhi]

> acceptation. Though we see the term used as a derivative one

[yoga]

> in places such as 'she is the fifth in the order of BrAhmi, etc"

she

> is the last in the deities of paNcaratna, like the deities of the

> five sheaths [paNcakosa], yet we find the word paNcami generally

> used as a conventional one in the DaksinAmUrti-sam and other

places,

> namely "one should worship the son of the fifth"... ".. one should

> meditate in his heart the PaNcami ... yantra are very difficult to

> obtain in the three worlds"; or we can take the word [paNcamI] to

> mean vArAhi as a conventional or derivative one.

>

> Or she is the fifth [paNca] m [mI] which is bliss. The Kapla-sUtra

> [Para., 1. 12] says :"Bliss is the form of Brahman,that is

> established in the body. There are five m.'s whichindicate that,

the

> worship [of Devi] by these [five] is secret"

>

> Or she is the five m.'s taken collectively. These points are set

> forth in the TripurA-sUkta [TripurA. Up] and their meaning, namely

> gift, purification, etc. must be learned from the guru.

>

> Or, paNcamI, the fifth homa in the form of oblation of semen in

the

> woman, as described in the Sruti [ChA. Up., V. 3.3] : "in the

fifth

> oblation the water forms person" Or, paNcami, the fifth state of

> salvation.

>

>

>

>

>

> 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

>