Soundarya Lahiri Verse 27/28

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sudhaamaapyaasvaadyaa pratibhaya jaraamrutyu harineem

vipadyantey visvey vidhi satamakhaadyaa di vishadah

karaalam yatkshvelam kabalitavitah kaala kalanaa

na sambho stanmoolam tava janani taatanka mahimaa

 

Nectar Even(having) Consumed(it which is) Antidote(to) Fear of Old Age and

Death(and) Takes Away (this fear)

 

(at) The calamitous End (of the) World (god of ) Destiny(Brahma and)Hundred

Indras Heading (the legions of gods pass under the) Cloud

 

(power of)Dreadful(poison is ) Controlled As Play (by) Holding in Throat(by

whom) Time (is) Mastered

 

Not (even then ) Sambhu (who held poison in his throat is harmed due to) Your

Being(his wife and) Your Oh Mother! Ear Rings (which have the) Power (to give

immortality to you Husband)

 

This is a repetition of verse 25/26 where the temporary nature of all other

Gods is shown. At end of the cycle when a catastrophic destruction takes place,

every thing passes away. The Gods fought and obtained the heavenly nectar. Even

this nectar is not enough when the cycle ends. Brahma who writes the destiny of

every one is powerless and cannot escape his own extinction. The powerful Indras

and other Gods pass away. These have taken Nectar. There is Sambhu, the husband

of Devi who holds the most dreadful poison in his throat , but is unharmed. When

the ocean was churned, to obtain the nectar, first came a terrible poison with

power to destroy the worlds. This was to be controlled to save the worlds.Sambhu

keeps the poison in his throat which results in a scar on his throat but he is

unharmed. Sambhu acquires this immortality by being the Devi's husband. Her

magnificent ear rings are a symbol of her chastity and devotion to her husband.

It is the power of the various

symbols of married woman totally devoted to her husband which ensures

immortality to the husband. This is a tribute not only to Devi's powers but to

the tradition of Sumangali which all Hindu women follow.

 

Yantra is a square with all edges ending in tridents at both ends.

Bijaksharams are Tham, Tham, Tham arranged in a column in the square. Th is

pronounced as th in Ant-hill.

 

Expected result of Upasana is protection against untimely death. There is a

view that reason for premature death or death by accidents is " Tatra Tatra

Pariveshita Rakshasa Stavarah ' Meaning localised presence or influence of evil

forces. These evil forces decrease the alertness of mind and consequently the

person falls prey.

The powerful Yantra here with 8 tridents and the power of Bijaksharam Tham

will drive out these localised evil forces protecting the Devotee