25 forms of Lord Shiva- Kala Ari

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Om Nama Shivaya..

Om Sai Ram..

kAlAri

shlokam:

Red in color (sin^dhUram), Three eyed, shoulders like yugas (four shouldered),

with hands holding up the sUlam , noose, axe in hands, with frightening teeth,

nice face, with the left foot standing up over the chest of kAla (time -

death), with cast down red matted hair, to that pashupati(Lord of creatures),

kAlAn^taka I prostrate.

purANa of the deity:

kAla ari : The enemy of kALa(vIra mUrti)kAla is the dEva who is responsible for

death. Taking the kAla as time it can be said kAlari represents the fact that

God is beyond the limits of time (mR^ityuJNjayan).

The sage mR^ikaNDu did not have an offspring for quite a long time. He performed

tapas to get the blessings of Lord shiva. God appeared in front of him. Now the

sage had two choices - either a son indiscipline, cruel and dumb living for

long or a son loving, intelligent and a gem of character living very short span

of life. The sage chose the second one. His wife gave birth to a child

mArkaNDEya, out of a boon from Lord Shiva, by which mArkaNDEya would be very

intelligent but would live just for 16 years. Young child mArkaNDEya grew up

learning the great scriptures, caring and loving, devotional towards God. His

parents were very pleased with him. When he became 16, he found his parents

weeping. He came to know that he would die at 16 and that was the cause of the

gloom. Intelligent mArkanDeya realized that none other than the God, Who is

beyond all the scopes of time and hailed as mR^ityuNJjaya - who conquered the

death, can save him from the strong clutches of death. Determined and

devotional, he started doing Shiva pUja and surrendered himself completely to

the Lord. The yamadUtAs who came to take his life away were scared away by the

flame of this young boy's devotion. As the the attendants couldn't take away

his life, kAla the god of death, himself came. Young mArkaNDEya did not loose

his devotion even in the crisis moment. He embraced the shiva liN^gam. As kAla

still tried to take away mArkaNDEya's life,

the Lord appeared furious from the Shiva liN^gam and kicked kAla to death!! He

blessed the sincere devotion of the young boy and made mArkaNDEya to be in 16

always - deathless ! All the gods pleaded to Lord to show mercy on kAla. On

their request, God gave kAla life back and ordered him not to disturb His

devotees. thiruk kadavUr is the temple associated with this valorous deed of

Lord Shiva.

 

Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

Om Tryambhakam YajamaheSugandhim PushtivardhanamUrvarukamiva BandhananMrityor

Mukshiya MaamritatMeaning :We worship the Three-eyed One (Lord Siva). Who is

fragrant and who nourishes well all beings. May He liberate us from death for

the sake of immortality, Even as the cucumber is severed from bondage to the

creeper.i.e. By your Grace, Let me be in the state of salvation (Moksha) and be

saved from the clutches of fearful death.

Another Meaning: We worship Lord Shiva the three-eyed one, the one who is the

master of all senses and qualities and the one who is the sustainer of all

growth. May He release us from the bondage of death as a ripened cucumber is

released from its stalk and may He grant us immortality. (not deprive us of

immortality).

Significance of Mrityunjaya Mantra

The Maha Mrityunjay is a mantra that is said to rejuvenate, bestow health,

wealth, a long life, peace, propsperity and contentment. The Mantra is a

centuries old technique of connecting one to pure consciousness and bliss.The

prayer is addressed to LORD SHIVA. By chanting this Mantra, Divine vibrations

are generated which ward off all the negative and evil forces and create a

powerful protective shield. And it is said to protect the one who chants

against accidents and misfortunes of every kind. It is a vibration that

pulsates through every cell, every molecule of our body and tears away the veil

of ignorance. It ignites a fire within us that consumes all our negativity and

purifies our entire system. It is also said to have a powerful healing of

diseases declared uncurable even by the doctors. It is a Mantra to conquer

death and connects us to our own inner divinity.Known as the Moksha Mantra of

Lord Shiva, Maha Mrityunjay

evokes the Shiva within and removes the fear of death, liberating one from the

cycle of death and rebirth.The Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra is very much a protector

from accidents, mishaps and daily calamities in the modern busy life.When to

chant :Chanting the Maha Mrityunjay Mantra with sincerity, faith and devotion

in Bramha Muhurata is very beneficial. But one can also chant it anytime in a

pure environment with great benefit and discover the happiness that's already

within.This Maha Mirityunyaya Mantra is a life giving mantra. It is a mantra to

keep us safe from harm, safely in the arms of the Lord. It has a great curative

effect, against diseases of body and mind, if it is chanted with sincerity,

faith and devotion. In these days, when life is very complex and accidents are

an everyday affair, this holy Mantra comes to your rescue. It wards off death by

snake-bits, lightning, water accidents, motor accidents, air

accidents, and accidents of all kinds. Besides, It has a great curative power.

Diseases that are pronounced incurable by doctors are cured by this Mantra,

when chanted with sincerity, faith and devotion. It is a Mantra too conquer

death.It is also a Moksha-Mantra. It is Lord Shiva’s mantra. It bestows health

(Arogya), long life (Durgha Ayus), peace (Shanti), wealth (Aishwarya),

prosperity (Rishti), satisfaction (Tushti) and immortality (Moksha).On your

birthday, repeat this Mantra with faith. It will bestow long life. You may

repeat also at bed-side of alling persons.To chant with the mantra or to have

it playing in the background can be helpful in everyway as we allow its

influence to permeate our consciousnessUNDERSTAND THE MAHAMANTRA

It is important to understand the meaning of the words as this makes the

repetition meaningful and brings forth the results. OM is not spelt out in the

Rig-Veda, but has to be added to the beginning of all Mantras as given in an

earlier Mantra of the Rig-Veda addressed to Ganapati. This Mantra is given in

the Prayer page of my Book "Maharishi Jaimini's Upadesa Sutra".

TRYAMBAKKAM refers to the Three eyes of Lord Shiva. 'Trya' means 'Three' and

'Ambakam' means eyes. These three eyes or sources of enlightenment are the

Trimurti or three primary deities, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and the

three 'AMBA' (also meaning Mother or Shakti' are Saraswati, Lakshmi and Gouri.

Thus in this word, we are referring to God as Omniscient (Brahma), Omnipresent

(Vishnu) and Omnipotent (Shiva). This is the wisdom of Brihaspati and is

referred to as Sri Duttatreya having three heads of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

YAJAMAHE means, "We sing Thy praise".

SUGANDHIM refers to His fragrance (of knowledge, presence and strength i.e.

three aspects) as being the best and always spreading around. Fragrance refers

to the joy that we get on knowing, seeing or feeling His virtuous deeds.

PUSTIVARDHANAM: Pooshan refers to Him as the sustainer of this world and in this

manner, He is the Father (Pater) of all. Pooshan is also the inner impeller of

all knowledge and is thus Savitur or the Sun and also symbolizes Brahma the

Omniscient Creator. In this manner He is also the Father (Genitor) of all.

URVAAROKAMEVA: 'URVA' means "VISHAL" or big and powerful or deadly. 'AAROOKAM'

means 'Disease'. Thus URVAROOKA means deadly and overpowering diseases. (The

CUCUMBER interpretation given in various places is also correct for the word

URVAROOKAM, but not apt for this mantra). The diseases are also of three kinds

caused by the influence (in the negative) of the three Guna's and are ignorance

(Avidya etc), falsehood (Asat etc as even though Vishnu is everywhere, we fail

to perceive Him and are guided by our sight and other senses) and weaknesses

(Shadripu etc. a constraint of this physical body and Shiva is all powerful).

BANDANAAM means bound down. Thus read with URVAROOKAMEVA, it means 'I am bound

down by deadly and overpowering diseases'.

MRITYORMOOKSHEYA means to deliver us from death (both premature death in this

Physical world and from the neverending cycle of deaths due to re-birth) for

the sake of Mokshya (Nirvana or final emancipation from re-birth).

MAAMRITAAT means 'please give me some Amritam (life rejuvinating nectar). Read

with the previous word, it means that we are praying for some 'Amrit' to get

out of the death inflicting diseases as well as the cycle of re-birth.

Sai Bhakt,

Deepa H

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