BhavAnI nAma Sahasra Stutih : 771, 772 & 773

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[771] JyesthA : Who is first born

Brahman as conditioned by cognition, is the first born, since it was

born before all or because all actions presuppose it. It is said that

all the gods meditate on the first born Brhaman, conditioned by

knowledge.

 

IN Tantra SAstra, ParA Sakti is given the name JyesthA when Kundalini

Sakti takes a straight form between the two centres. MUlAdhAra and

Brahmarandhra, on being awakened with the regular practice of

PrAnAyAma.

 

In common parlance JyesthA, elder sister of Lakmi, is understood to be

the goddess of misfortune. This connotes that JyesthA is the PidAna

sakti [the power of concealing] of Siva which He displays before a

sAdhaka blessed with his favour [Anugraha Sakti] Goddess JyesthA[a] is

worshipped by devotees to reveal Her true self to bless them.

 

 

Foot note :

[a] Three is a famous shrine of Goddess JyesthA adjacent to Chasma

Shahi in Kashmir, about six Kms. from Srinagar. The temple over the

famous spring is in renovated form now. Devotees go there to worship,

particularly on Thursday of the month of Jestha.

 

 

 

[772] SresthA : The Greatest

Kundalini is the vital force. It is already partially awake. According

to Tantric texts it is the basic power, which is working in the

universe. It is the same Cit Sakti working in the individual. It

expresses itself in the form of life in the body and the form of

mental activities in the mind. Therefore Kundalini is not completely

dormant. " The beauty of our working is proportionate to the amount of

the awakening of Kundalini. The more it is awakened, the more it is

awakened, the more beauty, the more life, the more joy is there " .[a]

KundalinI has much wider connotation. It works at all level vix

physical, mental and spiritual. It is the all embracing Cit Sakti.

Therefore she is the Gayatri stated to be the greatest vital force.

 

The Atman or Brahman of the Upanisads is called Cit sakti or KundalinI

in the Tantric terms. They declare :

[1] That by which speech is revealed

[2] That by which the mind is encompassed.

[3] That by which man perceives the activities of the eye.

[4] That by which man knows the ear.

[5] That by which the organ of small is impelled

That Brahman or Cit Sakti is the greatest.

 

Foot note :

[a] Kamalakar Misra in the Significance of the Tantric Tradition. PP

143-4

 

 

[773] PAtAlavAsinI : Who resides in the lower region also.

PAtAla[a] is the last of the seven regions or worlds under the earth,

said to be peopled by NAgas. PAtAla [the netherland] forms the very

feet. Asuras became the inhabitants of PAtAla when VAmana pushed Bali

down there to save the gods from anxiety as well as to give the king

place to continue his devotion to Lord Visnu. All this is the power of

cit sakti, who pervading all the lokas resides in the netherland also.

 

The Deity, according to Tantra Tradition, refers to Kundalini, lying

dormant in MULAdhara or Kula Kunda, the basic residence.

 

 

Foot Note:

[a] In BrahmAnda SarIra [universal body] there are 14 lokas.

 

 

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