Chidvilasa Stavah (3th sloka)

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Chidvilasa Stavah

 

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tIrtha madvaya sudhArasodadhir

vAritam nijavimarshavElayA

ANavAdimalamochanochitam

snAnamatra vidhina nimajjanam //.............3

 

The union of prakasa and vimarsa tattvas are imagined as Pavitra Sudha Sagara.

Thid pavitra sudha sagara is the *Ocean of Immortality* which is compared with

Sacred Tirtha. The upasaka having undergone srividya diksha from a satguru

hailing from *Sat-sampradaya*, observes the daily ablutions of Srividya like

Snana, Sandhya etc. In this process, the upasaka cleanses his mala traya ie.,

ANava, kArmaNa and mAyA mala (dirts).

 

Contemplation on the principles of prakasa & vimarsa is the real dip in the

sacred waters which is called *tirtha snana* and cleansing of mala trayas is the

real snana (ritualistic bath by the upasaka).

 

Note on 3 malas (dirt):

 

1) ANava mala: Siva with pancha kanchukas forgets *His Own Self*, thus becomes

Jiva. Siva becomes Jiva. This is ANava mala (aNu = Jiva)

 

2) mAya mala : Siva is trapped in 5 sheaths thus becomes Jiva. They are mAyA,

kalA, vidyA, rAgA, kAla, niyati. The state of Jiva-hood alongwith these 5

kanchukas is mAyA mala.

 

3) kArmaNa mala: This Siva who is trapped in 5 kanchukas (sheaths) is called

Jiva. Such an entangled Jiva, under the influence of his

antah karana pravritti (manas, buddhi, chitta, ahankara), becomes extrovert

(bahirmukha) and performs the pravritti karma (actions)

and thereby gets entangled in Samsara and Karma Bandhana. This state is called

kArmaNa mala.

 

Only such a srividya upasaka who is able to cleanse these 3 dirts, is said to be

Shuchih (Clean) having undergone Pavitra Tirtha Snana Vidhi which is the

anusandhana or contemplation of Prakasa, Vimarsa and Guru Tattvas.

 

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with regs,

sriram