Guru, Sastra and Pratyavaya

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The Gauri Panchakshari which we have from our parampara and the parampara of

Brahmasri Tadepalli Raghavanarayana Shastrigal is “maya rama kama bijas

gauryai namahâ€. Now, this does not become Gauri Panchakshari. But this

mantra comes from a siddha parampara and the guru who initiated is a shrotriya

nishta and has performed mantra purascharana and attained mantra siddhi.

 

The medha dakshinamurthy mantra which we have from the parampara of Sringeri

Siva Ganga is also a slight change with 24 bijas to 25 bijas and accordingly the

Medha Dakshinamurthy Yantra was designed. This mantra and yantra are the siddha

upasanas in Siva Ganga Parampara from the lineage of Gangadhara Subramanya

Bharati, Abhinava Gangadhara Subramanya Bharati and Satchidananda Bharati. The

last word “prayaccha†is changed to “prayacchatuâ€. Because there is a

pratyavaya with “prayaccha†in Medha Dakshinamurthy Mantra. Along with

“prayacchatuâ€, the mantra becomes of 25 bijas and hence a yantra having a

matrix of 5 x 5 squares are drawn by the acharya parampara of Siva Ganga. The

yantra is still intact in the Mutt premises and is receiving the worship

alongwith the Sarada Chandramoulishwara at the Siva Ganda Mutt. We took worship

the same yantra. But going by Dakshinamurthy Upanishad, the mantra is having

Payaccha. So, can we deny the anushtana bala

of Subramanya Bharati who was a great upasaka and mantra siddha of

Dakshinamurthy? Certainly Not. There is a pratyavaya with 24 bija of

Dakshinamurthy but who knows about this? But still, the parampara of japa of 24

bija Dakshinamurthy mantra continues….

 

Moreover, the Chandi Navakshari that is being done alongwith Sapthasathi in

Sringeri Sivaganga Parampara is PRANAVA SAHITA. The entire family of the mutt

alongwith the Mutt Upasaka whom I know does the Pranava Sahita Navakshari. The

japa of Navakshari and Chandi Homa is done Pranava Sahita.

 

As per the sastra pramana (kalika purana), the 4th varna should not utter the

pranava (Om). For them, “aum†is the pranava. Now, all the people

irrespective of varna ashramas, are uttering the pranava mantra which is

“Omâ€. Even the Rahasya Sahasranama of Lalitha Parayana should be suffixed

and prefixed with Pranava for traivarnikas and “aum†for ladies and for 4th

varna. Shri Bhasakra refers to this in the preface of Chalakshara Sutras.

How many are following this?

 

And hence, the Guru is the Pramana for any Mantra Anushtana. For anything

and everything, Sastra cannot be quoted. The guru who is shrotriya nishta,

mantra siddha only can direct the path of the upasaka.

 

Regs,

sriram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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