LS - mAtA

03-29-2006, 04:46 AM

Pranams to all

I wish you all a HAPPY UGADI. Also from 30.3.06 onwards vasanta
navarAtri starts.

Again my pranams to all of you.

LS : mAtA

R~ishi says "kuputro jAyeta kvachitapi kumAtA nabhavati" (there may
be bad son but not bad mother). All are aware the bindings of a
mother and child. The living god on earth is mother. But the one
who is the mother for all – jIva prapanchA, jata prapanchA, chit &
achit – is SHE. She is called here as "mother" (mAtA). The thought
about the mother of all itself puts us into an eternal bliss. To
make the sAdhanA easy and make it common for all - this name has
been given to us. This is the easiest way to experience her and
attain her.

1) Mother of the whole universe.
2) She is the form of letters. (mAtrukA rUpini). All the
mantrAs are coming from her only.

Comparison :

mantrANAm mAtrukA devI – deyupanishat

mantrANAm mAtru bhUtaca mAtrukA parameswarI - skAndam

3) The name of the titinitya devi of suklapaksha dasamI (10th
day) and krishnapaksha sashti (6th day) is nitya. The mantra of this
devI is noted symbolically as "mAtA" in the nAmapArAyanA.
4) As per padma purANA, the deity of kAyAvarOhaNa kshetrA is
called as "mAtA".
5) The lakshmi bIjA is called as mAtA
6) As per amarakosA, "mA" is the name of srI lakshmi. Our mAtA
is the one who gives wealth in the form of lakshmi
7) This name starts with letter `ma". This denotes jIva. To
show her mercy on jIvAtmAs, she is in the form of mother. To denote
clearly the same, this name has started with this letter.
8) This letter also denotes the "laya" (samhArA). As
layakartrI, she gives us the eternal peace after all these our births
and deaths. To denote this mercy of her, this name starts with this
letter.
9) This name also points out that when we pray her as mother,
our mamakArA will vanish. In vaishnava sidhAntA also they note "ma
sabdham kaLai arukkriratu" (ma sound destroys our bindings –
mamakArA) (ref : vyAkyAnA for tiruppAvai).
10) This is the important letter in panchAksharA. If you remove
this letter from panchAksharA, the name will note just the opposite
meaning (na + sivAya). (saint thyagarAja sings in a kIrtanA –
sivamantramulaku ma jIvamu)
11) It is interesting to note that the south Indian music (rAgAs)
(melakartA rAgAs) are grouped on the basis of "madhima" – (ma) swarA .

The main meanings are taken from the commentary on LS published by
guhAnanda mandali in Chennai. I am responsible for the errors and
mistakes in the presentation and my interpretation.

Kindly forgive me for my blunders and correct me also
Many pranams to all

pallathur vaidyanathan