Favorite lines from Chandi, Rudri, other books ...

[Guest guest]

Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

others.

 

I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting our

asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam .... sacantaam".

Swamiji has translated this as

"If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable unconsciousness,

then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept them,

you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to your

heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

 

That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I am

learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity of

their darkness.

 

Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.

[Guest guest]

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

> others.

>Latha,

Two of my favorite chapters from the Rudraastadyaayii translated and

transliterated by Swami Satyananda Saraswati are Chapter 8 and 9.

 

In CHAPTER 8 we recite many of Rudra's divine characteristics that

are within us.If we meditate deeply upon this chapter we will find

that all of creation exists within us.

 

EX: VERSE 5

Truth is within me, and faith is within me, and the world is within

me, and wealth is within me, and the universe is within me, and

sacrfice is within me, and play is within me, and joy is within me,

and all beings born are within me, and all creatures are within me,

and hymns are within me, and excellent acts are within me, by means

of sacrifice I conceive that all is within me.

 

In CHAPTER 9 we ask for peace and offer peace to all of creation.

EX: VERSE 1

May my voice be the expression of hymns. May my mind be filled with

sacrifice. May my breath be the expression of divine songs. May my

eyes and ears and other senses be filled with divine vibrations. may

my inflowing breath be equal to my outflowing breath.

 

VERSE 2

Whatever deficiency fills my eyes, my heart, my mind, oh Guru of the

Gods, Spirit of Vast, please remove from me. May the Lord of the

earth grant peace and bliss to us.

 

VERSE 18

Bless us with consistency. May all living beings see us through the

eyes of friendship. May we also see all living beings through the

eyes of friendship. May all beings see all existence through the eyes

of friendship.

 

VERSE 22

Wherever, whenever, we show respect, then and there you grant us

freedom from fear. Give us peace and bliss, to all beings born,

freedom from fear to us and to all animals, to all that lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting

our

> asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam .... sacantaam".

> Swamiji has translated this as

> "If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable unconsciousness,

> then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept them,

> you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to your

> heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

>

> That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

> me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I am

> learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

> negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity

of

> their darkness.

>

> Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.

[Guest guest]

Verse 4 from the Kilaka stotram in the Chandi.

 

"Na mantro .....sarvam uccatanadikam"

 

Swami translates this as "There is no mantra, no medicine, nor

anything else known, by which indifference to all can be attained

without REPEATED APPLICATION "

 

Dear Maa and Swami,

 

Please bless me to keep these lines in mind when I "dont feel like"

doing my daily practice. Bless me to fight the most dangerous

opponent against sadhana -myself.

 

Thank you for this forum - it is clarifying my goal and sub-goals.

 

Love

Latha

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

> others.

>

> I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting

our

> asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam .... sacantaam".

> Swamiji has translated this as

> "If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable unconsciousness,

> then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept them,

> you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to your

> heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

>

> That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

> me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I am

> learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

> negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity

of

> their darkness.

>

> Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.

[Guest guest]

My favorite sloka from the Chandi is in chapter 3 verse 38:

 

garja garja ksanam mudha madhu yaavat pibaamyaham

mayaa tvayi hate-traiva garjisyantyasu devataah

 

"Roar and roar, you fool! For so long as I drink this spirit, roar

so much as you like. Your death is in my hands, and when I have

finished drinking, soon the Gods will be roaring!"

 

When I chant it I can feel the Goddess laughing loudly as She gets

ready to annihilate the thoughts...so powerful.

 

Chandi Ma ki jai!

 

Gauri

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

> others.

>

> I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting

our

> asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam .... sacantaam".

> Swamiji has translated this as

> "If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable unconsciousness,

> then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept

them,

> you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to your

> heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

>

> That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

> me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I

am

> learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

> negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity

of

> their darkness.

>

> Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.

[Guest guest]

Those are beautiful lines . Thank you Parvati for sharing them.

 

Here is another one that appeals to me - verse 18 from the Tantroktam

Devi Suktam in the Chandi.

 

"Ya Devi sarva bhutesu Sraddha rupena Samsthitha"

 

Swamiji translates as "She who resides in all existence in the form

of FAITH". To which I will add - in my native language "sraddha"

also means "SINCERITY" .

 

I bow to Her who resides in every sincere thought/word/deed.

I bow to Her again and again and again.

 

 

 

 

 

, "parvati_saraswati"

<parvati_saraswati> wrote:

> , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

> wrote:

> > Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

> > others.

>

> >Latha,

> Two of my favorite chapters from the Rudraastadyaayii translated

and

> transliterated by Swami Satyananda Saraswati are Chapter 8 and 9.

>

> In CHAPTER 8 we recite many of Rudra's divine characteristics that

> are within us.If we meditate deeply upon this chapter we will find

> that all of creation exists within us.

>

> EX: VERSE 5

> Truth is within me, and faith is within me, and the world is within

> me, and wealth is within me, and the universe is within me, and

> sacrfice is within me, and play is within me, and joy is within me,

> and all beings born are within me, and all creatures are within me,

> and hymns are within me, and excellent acts are within me, by means

> of sacrifice I conceive that all is within me.

>

> In CHAPTER 9 we ask for peace and offer peace to all of creation.

> EX: VERSE 1

> May my voice be the expression of hymns. May my mind be filled

with

> sacrifice. May my breath be the expression of divine songs. May my

> eyes and ears and other senses be filled with divine vibrations.

may

> my inflowing breath be equal to my outflowing breath.

>

> VERSE 2

> Whatever deficiency fills my eyes, my heart, my mind, oh Guru of

the

> Gods, Spirit of Vast, please remove from me. May the Lord of the

> earth grant peace and bliss to us.

>

> VERSE 18

> Bless us with consistency. May all living beings see us through

the

> eyes of friendship. May we also see all living beings through the

> eyes of friendship. May all beings see all existence through the

eyes

> of friendship.

>

> VERSE 22

> Wherever, whenever, we show respect, then and there you grant us

> freedom from fear. Give us peace and bliss, to all beings born,

> freedom from fear to us and to all animals, to all that lives.

>

>

>

I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting

> our

> > asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam ....

sacantaam".

> > Swamiji has translated this as

> > "If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable

unconsciousness,

> > then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept

them,

> > you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to

your

> > heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

> >

> > That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

> > me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I

am

> > learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

> > negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity

> of

> > their darkness.

> >

> > Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.

[Guest guest]

Last night in studying one chapter one in the Chandi, there was one verse

(81st shloka) that caught me in particular:

 

You bear the conch of vibrations, and the bow of determination,

(and other weapons that tear, stab, render or smash)

You are mild and gentle and the ultimate of attractiveness and

incomparable beauty.

 

Brahma (the ability to create within us all) is praising the Divine Mother

as Yoganidra (the one keeping Consciousness in sleep--with Her, in divine

union)

in order to wake up that Vishnu within us to deal with the

demons of Too Much and Too Little (which create imbalance and

attachment)--

 

As in the Rudrastadyai, our creative capacity sings praises to that Divine

Mother within us, so to speak;

 

And here, we/I praise all the weapons she has to slay the demons of the ego,

of separateness-- fierce and frightening weapons (her aspect as Ghoraa),

and also gentleness and incomparable beauty!

 

There is a similar phrase elsewhere in the Chandi which speaks of One who

is incredibly fierce and also incredibly gentle all at the same time.

Shree Maa has said that the ego is so subtle and changeable and sneaky,

with an enormous, perhaps an infinite number of forms, who knows what form

it will take in our own self-deception? Who knows what we will need to call

upon in our surrender to her?

>From the Divine perception or perspective, there is no limit; she will offer

anything that is needed to attend to the forces of delusion.

 

And also, how do we fall in love with That, with Her? Her beauty is beyond

compare, and beyond description; in recognizing that, we melt, even our ego

begins to melt ( of course, there, the story continues in the next couple of

episodes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "parvati_saraswati" <

parvati_saraswati> wrote:

> , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

> wrote:

> > Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

> > others.

>

> >Latha,

> Two of my favorite chapters from the Rudraastadyaayii translated and

> transliterated by Swami Satyananda Saraswati are Chapter 8 and 9.

>

> In CHAPTER 8 we recite many of Rudra's divine characteristics that

> are within us.If we meditate deeply upon this chapter we will find

> that all of creation exists within us.

>

> EX: VERSE 5

> Truth is within me, and faith is within me, and the world is within

> me, and wealth is within me, and the universe is within me, and

> sacrfice is within me, and play is within me, and joy is within me,

> and all beings born are within me, and all creatures are within me,

> and hymns are within me, and excellent acts are within me, by means

> of sacrifice I conceive that all is within me.

>

> In CHAPTER 9 we ask for peace and offer peace to all of creation.

> EX: VERSE 1

> May my voice be the expression of hymns. May my mind be filled with

> sacrifice. May my breath be the expression of divine songs. May my

> eyes and ears and other senses be filled with divine vibrations. may

> my inflowing breath be equal to my outflowing breath.

>

> VERSE 2

> Whatever deficiency fills my eyes, my heart, my mind, oh Guru of the

> Gods, Spirit of Vast, please remove from me. May the Lord of the

> earth grant peace and bliss to us.

>

> VERSE 18

> Bless us with consistency. May all living beings see us through the

> eyes of friendship. May we also see all living beings through the

> eyes of friendship. May all beings see all existence through the eyes

> of friendship.

>

> VERSE 22

> Wherever, whenever, we show respect, then and there you grant us

> freedom from fear. Give us peace and bliss, to all beings born,

> freedom from fear to us and to all animals, to all that lives.

>

>

>

I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting

> our

> > asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam .... sacantaam".

> > Swamiji has translated this as

> > "If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable unconsciousness,

> > then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept them,

> > you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to your

> > heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

> >

> > That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

> > me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I am

> > learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

> > negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity

> of

> > their darkness.

> >

> > Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.

[Guest guest]

Here is another verse - Chapter 4 , verse 11 from the Chandi that is

helpful to me.

 

I like this because - as a spiritual aspirant and also as a person

who enjoys being the world, I am constantly struggling to find a

balance or tip the scale towards spirituality. It is very difficult -

with all my passions dragging me to one side, and one weak lonely

feeble voice calling me to the other.

 

Oh mother with the "two-cat garage" :-) as claimed elsewhere in this

message board, please help me.

 

"medhasi devi .... krta pratistha"

 

"Oh Goddess, you are the energy of intelligence by which the essence

of all scriptures is understood. As the Goddess Who Relieves

Afflictions, YOU ARE THE BOAT WHICH TAKES ASPIRANTS ACROSS THE

DIFFICULT SEA OF WORLDLY THOUGHTS UNBOUND BY ATTACHMENT. You manifest

as the Goddess of Welath in the heart of Consciousness to DO BATTLE

WITH THE DESIRES OF WANT , and as the Goddess of Light to Lord Siva

who wears the moon as a diadem"

 

I dont want to miss your boat Maa.

 

Love

 

 

 

 

 

, "Gauri" <gaurima108> wrote:

> My favorite sloka from the Chandi is in chapter 3 verse 38:

>

> garja garja ksanam mudha madhu yaavat pibaamyaham

> mayaa tvayi hate-traiva garjisyantyasu devataah

>

> "Roar and roar, you fool! For so long as I drink this spirit, roar

> so much as you like. Your death is in my hands, and when I have

> finished drinking, soon the Gods will be roaring!"

>

> When I chant it I can feel the Goddess laughing loudly as She gets

> ready to annihilate the thoughts...so powerful.

>

> Chandi Ma ki jai!

>

> Gauri

> , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

> wrote:

> > Can you share your favorite verses from the Chandi , Rudri or

> > others.

> >

> > I love chapter 3 from Rudri - Soldiers from Indra's army fighting

> our

> > asuras within. Especially line 12, "Amisham cittam ....

sacantaam".

> > Swamiji has translated this as

> > "If you are tempted by the objects of unfavorable

unconsciousness,

> > then put an end to their manifestations. If you try to accept

> them,

> > you must go to them. You must see the confusion they bring to

your

> > heart and resist union with the intensity of their darkness ".

> >

> > That line strikes a chord - everytime negativity creeps up inside

> > me . I have gone along with it and despaired in darkness. Now I

> am

> > learning to be more vigilant , I see the confusion that the

> > negativity brings to my heart and resist union with the intensity

> of

> > their darkness.

> >

> > Indra , may you and your army emerge victorious.