Brahmavidyavilasam

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Dear devotees,

 

Meaning of Panchadasi Mantra from Brahmavidyavilasam

 

E : mayatmike paradevate

Ka: Brahmavishaye

Hrim : Lajjopa lakshita ashtapasatmikam avidyam

I La: Nivartaya

Ka Ha La Hrim : Kasya halahrim; brahmanah grahaka saktim

Ha sa : Prakasaya

Sa Ka La Hrim : Sarvantah karana vrittim

I La : Nivartaya

 

Which means:

Brahma vishayaka ajnanam nivartaya, brahma paroksha vrittim prakasaya, sakala

vrittim upasantaya, akhanda prakasa chidananda rupapattin Sampradaya.

 

English translation:

I invoke the Srividya Mantra praying Sridevi to eliminate the Avidya, illumine

attitudes perceptibly with regarding to true knowledge of Absolute, for

cessation of the accumulated redundant mental attitudes by obtaining

uninterrupted illumination of Chidananda

 

Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal has rightly pointed to me that in the days to

come, some scholars would question the guruparampara of Sringeri. That day is

not far enough it seems.

 

With regards,

Sriram

 

 

 

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, venkata sriram

<sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

>

> Which means:

> Brahma vishayaka ajnanam nivartaya, brahma paroksha vrittim

prakasaya, sakala vrittim upasantaya, akhanda prakasa chidananda

rupapattin Sampradaya.

>

> English translation:

> I invoke the Srividya Mantra praying Sridevi to eliminate the

Avidya, illumine attitudes perceptibly with regarding to true

knowledge of Absolute, for cessation of the accumulated redundant

mental attitudes by obtaining uninterrupted illumination of

Chidananda>>

 

At the end of the commentary on a work named bAlA bindu tApinI

upanishad, there is a similar interpretation where the ShadakSharI

bAlA is equated with one of the mahA vAkya-s. There was a time when I

was impressed and amused by such interpretations. But coming to think

of it again after all these years, I wonder if taking the meaning of

these mantra-s by forcefully projecting such an unrelated** vedAntic

interpretation will provide any proper understanding of the

devata/mantra tattva? I am not saying anything here. This is a

question to scholars on this list from which I seek clarification.

 

One can say all mantra-s are forms of brahman and so it will not

matter, which to me is somewhat oversimplifying and naive. It is like

trying to " explain away " something rather than explain.

But I am looking for a better explanation than above.

 

 

> Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal has rightly pointed to me that in

>the days to come, some scholars would question the guruparampara of

>Sringeri. That day is not far enough it seems.

 

Hehe. I see only a lay man(and this person doesnt even know sanskrit-

dont take advantage of this. :-)) question some assumptions about

shrIvidyA and sringeri but no scholars who question the hallowed

sringeri Guru parampara. So be at ease. :-)

 

**I dont have the text with me. But as I remember, it doesnt explain

why a certain bIja is equated with portions of that mahAvAkya-. It

looked like the interpretation was just there and accepted because it

sounded " high and noble " and not because there is any similarity

between the mantra and that mahAvAkya. But then again there could be

some shastra or convention that i am not aware which explains it.

IMHO we should not mix-up everything and see things as they are.

 

Regards