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ArUDha-Bak^ti-guNa-kuMchita-BAva-chApa-

yuktaiSSivasmaraNa-bANagaNai-ramoghai: |

nirjitya kilbiSha-ripUn vijayI sudhIndra-

ssAnanda-mAvahati susthira-rAjalakShmIm || 71 ||

 

 

 

With the bow string of devotion of highest order, with the bow of

meditation, with the never failing series of strings of remembrance of

Shiva, the best of intelectuals completely destroy the enemies of sins and

earn the everlasting kingdom of wealth.

 

*Commentary

 

**sudheendra *= of superior intellect;

*aaroodabhakthiguNakunjitha bhaavachaapayukthai:* = thought is the bow that

is bent with the rope of superior bhakthi on which are mounted the arrows;

*amOgai:* = extensive;

*sivasmaraNabaaNaagaNai:* = the cluster of arrows of sivasmaraNa;

*kilbisharipoon* = the enemies called paapas;;

*nirjithya *= defeating;

*vijayee = with a grand victory;

saanandham* = with happy celeberation;

*susthraraajalakshmeem* = ParamEswara's saaroopya lakshmi of being the

prabhu of brahmaadhi devathaas;

*aavahathi* = he reaches.

 

 

compare:

 

Dhanur gruheethvaa aupanishadham mahaasthram

saram hi upaasaanisitham sandhadheetha |

aayamya thadhbhaavatghathEna chEthasaa

lakshyam thadhEva aksharam sOmya viddhi || 2.2.3

 

PraNavO dhanu: sarO hi aathmaa

brahma thath lakshyam uchyathE

apramaththEna vEddhavyam

saravath thanmayO bhavath || 2.2.4

 

(MundakOpanishad)

 

 

3. Take the great bow of the sacred scriptures,

Place on it the arrow of devotion;

Then draw the bowstring of meditation

And aim at the target, the Lord of Love.

 

4. The mantram is the bow, the aspirant

Is the arrow, and the Lord the target.

Now draw the bowstring of meditation,

And hitting the target be one with him.

 

Our AachaaryaaL's use of bow and arrow is much more eloquent!

 

Vidwaan's hold their thought as the bow and hold it in their hand. What is

this thought?

 

sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na siddhi: |

sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na mukthi: ||

 

That is, only by sivaprasaadam can one get siddhi of sakala kaaryams. Only

by sivaprasaadham can one get the dhivya gnyaanam called 'aham brahmaasmi'

and there is no other way. This dhruda pragnyai is the bows that the

buddhimaans hold in their hands. They have the akandaakaaravritthi gnyaanam

of sivOham that is their constant anusandhaanam. They have the conviction

that their own aathmaa is non-different from Paramasiva. This enables them

to have the ananya bhakthi that is then turned into a rope which is used to

tie the two ends of the bow of dhruda pragnai. Then the extremely brilliant

arrows of adhi paraakrama called sivasmaraNam are mounted on the bow and

shot at the enemies called paapas. There is no escape for the paapas and

they are marauded by the arrows of sivasmaraNam and the sivabhakthaas win

their greatest victory! Then they march to the ever stable aanandha bhoomi

of sivasaaroopya lakshmi. AachaaryaaL emphasises by the use of the word

'susthira:' to contrast with the bhOgabhoomis of haribramhaathi devaaL.

Mahaa kailaasaadhipathi ParamEswaraaL's saaroopya lakshmi is to be known as

'susthiraraajalakshmeem'.

 

Hara Hara nama: paarvathee pathayE - Hara Hara MahaadEvaa.

sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na siddhi: |

sivaprasaadhEna vinaa na mukthi: ||