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|| Om Gurave Namah ||

Dear Narayan,

In your Navamsa, 6th from your Amaatya kaaraka is Dhanur with Saturn in it. Saturn is your Ak.

No wonder Kaali started to give you immediate instructions on your work.

The work you need to do in world is related to your Ak Saturn in Dhanur (Higher Studies/Dharma).

 

Warm Regards

Sanjay POn 1/23/06, Sanjay Prabhakaran <sanjaychettiar wrote:

|| Om Gurave Namah ||

Dear Narayan,

In your Navamsa, 5th from your Amaatya kaaraka is Dhanur with Saturn in it. Saturn is your Ak.

No wonder Kaali started to give you immediate instructions on your work.

The work you need to do in world is related to your Ak Saturn in Dhanur (Higher Studies/Dharma).

 

Warm Regards

Sanjay P

On 1/20/06, naaraayana_iyer <jaimini.upadesa

> wrote:

kreem kaalike svaahaDeae Sarbani,Nice to hear from you too!! Apologize for the delay ... too manythings going on :)), and thanks for the wonderful information onKamalaatmikaa!Dasa Mahaavidyaas are best experienced by personal practice, not by

reading! I do know of your kamalaatmikaa worship (we talked aboutthis in NY when we last met) ... and fully agree with Sanjayji'sobservation that the saadhakaa are usually put to test.Last month, a Kaali upaasakaa initiated me with Kaali mantras. Since

then, I have been regularly doing Kaali japa (after midnightofcourse) ... and immediately within a week, I lost my job! Funnily,I was not feeling too good at work, and I just did my kaali mantra awork and requested Kaali Maa to take care of me :) ... guess

what ... within 5 minutes, my boss called me into his office andtold me that they cant afford to pay me :))!But the good thing is I have decided to take a 2 month long vacationto India (visiting all holy places) including a Shata Chandika

Homa!! The person who initiated me told me it was a good shakuna tobe able to attend the Shata Chandi Homam soon after initiation!Hope the conference went well. Let us know.Warm RegardsNarayan

 

sohamsa , " Sarbani Sarkar " <sarbani@s...>wrote:>

> Shri Brahmadaru Smarami>> Dear Narayan,>

> What a pleasure to read your mail. (I notice the unusual mantrayou have> used on top of your post). And you have correctly hit the spot ofwhat we> are referring to about colours of the Mahavidyas. We are not

talking of> whether Bagala appears in a white or a red sari, which is so muchon the> material plane, but of the colour of her essence, her innercolour; why she> is unequivocally known as the pitambar vidya. I am just so glad

you wrote.>> Similarly we view Kamalatmika's white or pastel hues. Firstly, sheis not> really Lakshmi but more akin to Gayatri, and is Para. The bloominglotus> which is symbolic of the awakened kundalini or the realization of

God; at> once representing the hrdaya padma, and worshipped as the Sunrises. Ideally> worshipped at that time of Brahma muhurta standing in waist deepwater and> offering the water to the Sun, and saying her mantra that many

millions of> time we are supposed to! That is her sadhana. She is theParamatman sitting> in the heart lotus, whom we are worshipping. The 10th and finalMahavidya,> who represents the dawning of Brahmagyana and the ultimate

realization. That> is why she is so difficult to worship; requiring the utmost purityand the> minimal of rituals, she is the most elusive one. The white is thewhite> light of the paramatman; the pastel, the pastel hues of Pisces. It

is the> purity of Venus that we are addressing here ! At the first level,she is> worshipped with her ekakshara mantra Shrim, where she is describedas golden> hued...and Shrim is nothing but the giver of chaturvarga phala and

the one> who helps you to transcend Mahamaya. It is the mantra raja and theultimate> aim of all sadhaka is to do the sodasi mantra. Shrim is thepersonification> of Rama, whose bijakshara is Shrim. He burns away all our sins

like the Sun,> and this highest ideal of purity is Shrim. Shrim links the Sunwith the Sri> Yantra as the tip of the Sun is Savitur. The full Sun is theAditya Hrdaya> and Shrim is that moment when the Sun has just risen fully, as

that is when> he gives the drop of Amrita. Hence the 12 and 13 akshara mantras of> Kamalatmika is done at the Savitur point waist deep in water,offering to> the Sun, till it has reached the Aditya Hrdaya stage. The Moon

moves in the> rhythm of Shrim. When Shrim sits on the head, nectar flows throughthe> being. That is why Moon is all about sustenance. Shrim has thepower to> remove poison, coming from the mind of Atri muni. It is the

highest tapasya> as everything in the world has to obey Shrim. To worship Shrim onemust> worship Satyanarayana, the upholder of truth. the highest of thegurus are> born on full moon, depicting the link between Shrim and

Satyanarayana. The> only way to have a stable Moon is to worship Satyanarayana. Shrimgives not> only moksha but also diksha.>> Kamalatmika is the path of Sri. Shrim will enable the lotus to

come out of> the mire of the muddy water and to bloom. It is the blooming ofthe lotus> that we wait for our entire lives. It is that purity which isrepresented by> the colour white.>

> Best regards,>> Sarbani>>>>> _____>> naaraayana_iyer [

jaimini.upadesa@g...]> Friday, January 06, 2006 8:49 PM

> sohamsa > Re: Paper on Dasa Mahavidya-Lakshmi>

>> kreem krishna kalike>> Namaste Lakshmiji,

>> My 2 cents!>> The color do play an important role both at the ritualistic and> esoteric levels.>> For example, you asked why Bhagalaamba is yellow, then youcompared to

> the golden hue of lakshmi as given in Srii Sooktam. Firstly, thesetwo> colors are different!>> The vedas talk of golden light or hiranya varna of the supremetruth> or satya. When the supreme truth descends down in creation, it

appears> in its stifled form of yellow, which in occult tradition is thecolor> of thinking mind. It is the thinking mind that arrests thedownpour of> intuition, inspiration and other higher faculties. This Golden hue

> suppressed becomes Yellow, which deadens the glow of gold! In fact,> yellow is often mixed with other colors to mitigate their bright> effects! Yellow is the arrested form of Golden, it is not golden!

Thus> Bhagalaamba indicates the arresting (sthambanaakari) of events!>> Bagalaamba is the Dandanaatha of Raja Raajeshwari, she is the> suppression of action after it has begun. She restrains the speech

of> the opponent at crucial time, not forever, and gives them free flow> when it is of no consequence!>> Similarly, Maatangi, which means Articulated sound, therebyindicating> an adulterated (chandalini) form of sound (adya spanda), which is a

> natural result of thought/inspiration going through all thechannels> (descension) of human intellect (ignorance/darkness) before finally> experessing itself, thereby causing the chandalini effect. Hence,

she> is known as Shyaamala (dark one)! She is greenish dark incomplexion,> marakata shyaama, dark as an emerald. She is also extolled asbluish> dark in hue, mahendra nila dyuti komalaangi, her tender limbs have

the> glow of sapphire, sings the poet.>> She is actually termed as uchchista chandalini. In vedic texts the> word is ut-shista meaning " the residual above " , meaning, although,

the> adya spanda gets adulterated in the process of expression, it isstill> inexhaustible! By catching the tail-end of the articulated speech,one> can get to the very source of speech!>

> Incidentally, she is often illustrated with parrot (a bird whichcan> closely mimic the human voice), and which is also green in color!>> Hope this helps!> Warm Regards> -Narayan

>>>>> sohamsa , lakshmi ramesh<b_lakshmi_ramesh@y

....>> wrote:> >> > Om Gurave Namah

> >> > Dear Sarbani,> > Sri Sooktam describes Maha Lakshmi as " hiranya varNaam " > so, golden hue is Her manifest colour. I am sure that there are> several layers to understanding Mahavidya (I am stuck at ground

level> :--( ), as there are indeed several echelons/colours in worship of> each Devi. The colours Red and Blue/black are the primary coloursof> the nature from which all other colours spring, and it is only

> logical that Mother as Nature should also have these two coloursas> base colours. The part which is conjoined/near Shiva is red, likethe> world touched by the rising Sun; the other part, which is away

from> Shiva (Sun) is blue /black, which as Narayani is Her form. She'san> assimilation of Hari-Hara tattwa and those two colours indicatethat.> >> >> > It is also true that as one ascends the steps and draws

nearer to> the Core , the colours become lighter and merge into White. Asone's> sadhana becomes more sattwik, Mother manifests more in softershades.> So, as you have correctly said, it is the level of one's sadhana

> which determines the hue of Mother.> >> > My premise of tamasic colours was more based on the fact> that the manifestation of Mahavidyas was out of> anger/pique/stubbornness and denoted the bonding of Soul by body.

I> also thought that the ten directions are more intended for for the> prithvi / body /gross /unmoving aspects of oneself. In my jumbled> perspective the Soul knows only one direction, that of

Dissolution.> And, the way is not outward, it is inwards into Itself.> >> > Do you think that Sri Rama's eating of the ucchista ofSabari> is an enactment of Matangi worship? He's also the

personification of> the Sun , is blue-green like Matangi and was exiled to forests!!> >> > Let me read up more and return with more ????. I read> somewhere that when mercury is in the 9th house, that's how one

> learns…through questions:--((> >> > Thanks for being so very patient and encouraging.> >> >> > Regards,> > Lakshmi> >> >

> >> >> >> >>

> Sarbani Sarkar <sarbani@s...>

wrote: ShriBrahmadaru> Smarami> >> > Dear Lakshmi,> >> > I forgot to add one more thing. The reason why the colour of> Kamala may be mentioned as golden in the web sites, is because in

the> dhyana for Sri she is mentioned as kanchanasannibham. EachMahavidya> has multiple mantras, including a core mantra. Each mantra hasits> own dhyanas etc. So you have multiple dhyanas for the same devi.

> Shrim is the bijakshara mantra for Kamalatmika and the popular> dhyana for it has her described as being golden hued and the> elephants pouring water on her. However, if you take her famous,

> core mantra, the 12 and 13 akshara Jagatprasutyai mantra, she is> described as something else in the dhyana mantra. Most often the> real mantra will be hidden and can only be received through> initiation, unlike other regular devi mantra. Tripura mantras are

> never revealed in books, you will know that very well coming from> the south; the sodasi vidya that is. Guruji himself once said thathe> is not allowed to give the sodasi or the pancadasi vidya to

> > anyone. But these things most of you are familiar with.> >> > I wrote in a mail to Sanjayp about the internal and external> colour of the Mahavidya. Bagala is yellow both internally and

> externally, irrespective of what colour her clothes are. So the> external rupa of Tara is krishna varna like Kali but her internal> colour is pink. I once read that Bagala was the Paramatma's

sanghara> (samhara) shakti! Not only is she yellow, but turmeric plays avery> important part in her worship and the sadhaka has to becompletely> in yellow and worship with yellow flowers etc. Similarly for

Tara it> has to be with pink all over. I witnessed a Tara puja in Puriwhere> all the pink was used. Such predominance of colours is not> consistent throughout Mahavidya worship. For example, the use of

> lotus is very significant in the worship of Kamalatmika ratherthan> emphasis of colour. Whereas yellow and pink play a crucial rolein> Bagala and Tara worship. This is just as an example.

 

> >> > Best Regards,> >> > Sarbani> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > lakshmi ramesh [

b_lakshmi_ramesh]> > Friday, January 06, 2006 6:23 AM> >

sohamsa > > RE: Paper on Dasa Mahavidya-Lakshmi

> >> >> >> > Om Gurave Namah> >> > Dear Visti,> >> > Namaste! I am so happy that you have joined this discussion and> are sharing your deep knowledge of Dasa Mahavidya with us. I am

just> a two-day old toddler, impudently playing in the lap of Motherand I> can see that amused, indulgent look on Her smilingface...beckoning> me to explore further.> >> > I can never match your knowledge and experience of Her.

Please> do contribute more on this wonderful topic, so that we all maylearn> together.> >> > I must thank Sarbani, Ram Narayan and Sanjay ji for making this> Journey happen.

> >> > I still have a lot of questions, but will air them later in the> day, no time now.> >> > Regards,> > Lakshmi> >> >> >

> > Visti Larsen <visti@s...> wrote:>

>

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> Rama Krsna||> > Dear Guys, Namaskar> > Are you talking about color of limbs or color of dress? I> know that Matangi is raktaambara (red) same goes for Bagalamba,

> but is mostly associated with turmeric-yellow or pitambara. Ionce> saw a picture of Bagalamba in white! I still haven't understoodthat> form.> > When Guruji, Freedom and I talked about the colors in the

> past, we usually came across different colors for the samedevi,> i.e. Sarasvati in white, blue or red, differentiating her from> Sarasvati, Neela-sarasvati or Ugratara. The two latter both being

Tara> only in different forms for different purposes. That same> Sarasvati in green is normally equated strongly with Matangi.Its> also not unusual to hear about Kamalatmika in white vs. pink.

> > My understanding is that the color shows the purpose of> worship, where the colors of the signs indicates the exact> purpose. E.g. pink is the color of cancer, the natural fourthhouse,

> and thus the worship of Ugratara gives great knowledge and> education, whereas Kamalatmika in pink enables one to be amother> (jagatprasuti).> > This knowledge about the colors becomes very useful when

we> talk about the VARNA-DA lagna, where the color of the Varnada> lagna itself indicates YOUR color in soceity and how you cansustain> yourself in this world.> > Just my two cents on the topic. I hope to learn more.

> > Best wishes,> > ***> > Visti Larsen> > For services and articles visit:> >

http://srigaruda.com or http://astrovisti.com> > ***> >> >> >

> >> > Sarbani Sarkar [

sarbani@s...]> > 05 January 2006 18:00> > sohamsa > > RE: Paper on Dasa Mahavidya-Lakshmi

> >

> >> > Shri Brahmadaru Smarami> >> > Dear Lakshmi,> >> > My information also happens to be Guruji where Dasa> Mahavidya is concerned! One of the reasons Tara is pink is

> probably because Jupiter is exalted in the very satvik signCancer> (whose colour is pink). Tara's bija is said to be thepranava.> Tara is in three forms: Tara, Nila Saraswati and Ekajata. Nila

> Saraswati form is blue. Kamala is the pure white light. Orthat is> what I have been taught...!> >> > Best Regards,> >> > Sarbani> >> >

> >> >> >> > > >> > lakshmi ramesh [

b_lakshmi_ramesh]> > Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:49 PM

> > sohamsa > > RE: Paper on Dasa Mahavidya

> > Om Gurave Namah> >> > Dear Sarbani,

> >> > You must be right and I could be wrong because I have notread> any authentic material on Dasa Mahavidyas like you must have andmy> sole source of information is www.

> >> > But, whichever sites that google search had thrown up and Ihave> seen, describe Tara as blue in colour and call Her NilaSaraswati.> Infact, Vishnu Jandhyala mentioned this to me long time back,

when> I typically thought Tara would be yellow in colour as She is> mapped to Jupiter. Matangi is supposed to have lustre like blue> lotus. Shodasi (Tripura Sundari), Bhuvaneshwari and Bhairavi

are> indeed said to be red like the rising Sun. Kamala is said to be> golden.> >> > For example, please visit the following links::> >> >

http://www.urday.com/das1.htm> >> > If you want to look at some nice pictures of Mother like me,> please click on the following links:> >> >>

http://spaces.msn.com/members/vatsyan/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c11_PhotoAlbum_spa>Handler=TWljcm9zb2Z0LlNwYWNlcy5XZWIuUGFydHMuUGhvdG9BbGJ1bS5GdWxsTW9kZUNvbnRy> b2xsZXI%24> <

http://spaces.msn.com/members/vatsyan/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c11_PhotoAlbum_sp>aHandler=TWljcm9zb2Z0LlNwYWNlcy5XZWIuUGFydHMuUGhvdG9BbGJ1bS5GdWxsTW9kZUNvbnR> yb2xsZXI%24 & _c11_PhotoAlbum_spaFolderID=cns!

1ptQJKIish3Qr30fbyEvbPBg!420 & _c=> PhotoAlbum>> & _c11_PhotoAlbum_spaFolderID=cns!1ptQJKIish3Qr30fbyEvbPBg!420 & _c=PhotoAlbum> >> >

/mahavidyas.html> >> > I think the Dasa Mahavidya seek to destroy the fond illusions> and beliefs/resistance one had built up so carefully throughout

> one's life and out of that destruction create True knowledge.> isn't this what the " aa no bhadraa kratavo yantuvishwatodabdhaaso> apareetaasa udbhidaH " says?> >> > Waiting for your corrections,

> >> > Regards,> > Lakshmi> >> >> > Sarbani Sarkar <sarbani@s...> wrote:> > Shri Brahmadaru Smarami> >> > Dear Lakshmi,

> >> > Waiting for Sanjayji to reply to your mail! What I have> heard so far is that Tara shakti is pink in colour. Matangi if I am> right, is probably green (not sure). Kamalatmika is white or

> watery, pastel Piscean colours. Tripura is red, I think.> >> > Best Regards,> >> > Sarbani> >> >> >> >> >

 

> >> > > >> > lakshmi ramesh [

b_lakshmi_ramesh]> > Thursday, January 05, 2006 6:24 AM

> > sohamsa > > Re: Paper on Dasa Mahavidya

> > Om Gurave Namah> >> > Namaste Guruji,

> >> > Thanks for the excellent paper on Dasa Mahavidyas. Just whatI> needed!> >> > Your paper made me search the web for more inputs about Dasa> Mahavidyas and it was all very interesting. I thought Bagala

mukhi> being a martian goddess would be red, but instead I find that> She's yellow (Jupiter), and her sadhana is known as Pitambarividya!!> And one knows that where Mars is exalted, Jupiter is not and

where> Jupiter is exalted Mars is not.> >> > Same is the case with Tara... though associated with Jupiter,She's> blue and terrible like Saturn! Matangi, I thought would be

> red/orange, but she's blue again like Saturn, though associated> with Sun.> >> > From my very basic perspective, it looks as though Dasa> Mahavidya worship> >

> > a) rescues a planet/native from debilitation, both materialand> spiritual.> >> > b) aims at breaking down of prejudices, pre-conceptions and> enmities.And tells us that we very much need to unlearn in

order> to learn!!> >>

> I think it is about

overcoming one's ego and learningto> accept/love the enemy and his view-point, so that the feelingof> enmity itself and the shad-ripus which are the very basis ofall> enmity and avidya in the world are destroyed.

> >> > c) teaches us that exaltation and debilitation in life are> relative and temporary and all through this one must continueto> seek THAT, which is pervasive and permanent.

> >> > Thanks for the lovely lesson.> >> > Regards,> > Lakshmi> >> > Sanjay Rath <guruji@s...> wrote:> >> >> >

 

> >> > ~~ om sadâúiva gurave namah ~~> > Dear Jyotisa> > I have uploaded my paper on Das Mahavidya Foundation forthe> SJC 2006 conference for view by all participants and members.

This> paper is not going to be published in the JD so pleasedownload it> and take a print for the conference.> >> > The link is here>

http://f4.grp.fs.com/v1/cO63Q1Ijj1T8s0r4LVPfZrghhB8zwv6lIvyDOneuq7vTmHv> QA165LtntvGzjkFp3CZ6aGHxwRB6Q_ZoKSmS_Sg/Raths%20Papers/2006/Das%20Mahavidya.> pdf> and noramally does not work

> >> > You can go to Files > Raths Papers > 2006 and then clickon> an icon which looks like this> >> >>

>

Das

Mahavidya.pdf> > Dasa Mahavidya Foundation for SJC IV AnnualDelhi> >> > Please circulate this to all the groups andd interested> astrologers> > With best wishes & warm regards,

> > Yours truly> > Sanjay Rath> > >

> Webpages:

http://srath.com

http://.org> http://sjcerc.com>

> Atri SJC: 15B

Gangaram Hospital Road, New Delhi> 110060, India> > Phone: +91.11.25717162> > -> >> > PS: Sarbani please forward this to all participants

> >> >> >> > > >> > Photos> > Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos,events,> holidays, whatever.

> >> >> >> > > >> > Photos> > Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos,events,

> holidays, whatever.> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or

> less> >> > *tat savitur varenyam*> >> >> >> >

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