25 forms of Lord Shiva - kAmAri

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kAmAri

shlokam:

bhasmod.hdhULita vigraham.h shashidharam.h ga.ngAphaNi maNDitam.hTa.nkam.h

kR^ishhNamR^igam.h tathAnamamalam.h vIrAsane susthitam.h |a.nge savyakare

param.h karatalam.h vinyasya yogeratam.hvyAghra tvakvasanam.h lalATa jadrushA

dagdhasmaram.h tvAm.h bhaje ||

 

The body smeared with ash, moon on the head, ornated by gangA, snakes, axe and

deer, Pure, sitting comfortably in vIrAsanam, with the left palm over the

right, in the posture of a yOgi, wearing the skin of a tiger, burning the cupid

with the fire emerging from the eye in the forehead, to You salutations.

Description of the deity:

kAma ari : one who is the enemy of cupid.(vIra mUrti) When Shakthi became

pArvati, daughter of the king of Himalayas, She was doing thapas for Lord

Shiva. (1) At the same time the great sages, the four sons of Brahma, sanakar,

sana.ndanar, sanAtanar, sanat kumArar came to Lord Shiva for enlightenment. The

Lord gave them enlightenment in the form of Lord dakshiNA mUrti.(2) As the Duo,

Who are the cause as well as the energy for the whole world are into yoga, the

whole world got more inclined to yoga and life sustenance was in trouble.

Meanwhile the dEvas, who were tortured by the sUrapadma and his brothers

tAraka, simhamukha, knew that those demons can be killed only by the son of

Lord Shiva and Shakthi. Disappointed that both God and Goddess were doing yoga

instead of marrying, they asked the cupid [kama] to disturb the meditating Lord

Shiva with his arrows in order to induce lust for pArvati. [Kama is the god of

love and a son of Lakshmi. He is a young, winged man who uses

a bow and arrows made of flowers. He is called Kama Ananga ("Kama the bodiless")

as well.] When desperation sets in, reasoning gets pushed down. Can the Supreme

be induced with lust by anybody ? The cupid refused since he knew that it will

be just fatal for him. But the other dEvAs threatened to curse him if he didn't

obey. Saying that it is better to be killed by the God of gods than by the

curses of dEvAs, he went with his wife, rati, to the abode of Shiva where He

was in meditation. The cupid shot the flower arrow on the Lord. The next moment

the fire from the eye in the forehead of the Lord burnt the cupid. Undisturbed

He continued His meditation. The cupid is of the reputation that his arrows

never fail. But well, it can apply to others, can it be for the Almighty ? His

arrows were useless in front of the Lord and he too became just a heap of ash !

Shocked by the death of cupid all the dEvAs realized their plots would not work

out with God. They understood that only sincerity could get the showers of Its

grace and any other pressure can just not mount over God. They surrendered

themselves in front of the Lord and pleaded for mercy. The Lord forgave them

and married pArvati and gave subrahmaNya for the destruction of the demons. On

their request He also bring back to life kAma, however he would be visible only

to his wife named Rati [passion] and not to others. Because of this reason

kAmadeva is called ananga

(one without limbs). For the sake of Kama's wife Rati (passion), Shiva restored

him, but only as a mental image, representing the true emotional and mental

state of love rather than physical lust. thiruk kuRikkai is the temple

associated with the burning of god of lust.

 

May Lord Shiva fulfill all our wishes and aspirations, be it material or

spiritual – everything is a journey, Lord Shiva is listening – that I

know....and guiding us.

Sai Bhakt,

Deepa H

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