Soundarya Lahari Sloka -21

Soundarya Lahari Sloka -21
[the brilliant shape similar to the lightning beam]
[Sarvavaseekaram – sarvaahlaadakaram]

Tatillekhaatanweem tapana-sasi vaiswaanaramayeem
Nishannaam shannaamapyupari kamalaanaam tava kalaam
Mahaa padmaatavyaam mridita-malamaayena manasaa
Mahaanta: pasyanto dadhati paramaahlaada-lahareem

Tatillekhaatanweem – Possessing the sookshma tejoroopa form equivalent to the lightning beam
tapana-sasi vaiswaanaramayeem – shining as brilliance in sun, moon and agni
Shannaam kamalaanaam apy – the six aadhaara cakraas
upari – above
Mahaa padma-atavyaam – In the sahasraara cakra similar to the lotus forest
Nishannaam – Posited
tava – your
kalaam – the art known as “saadaa”
mridita-malamaayena – devoid of the dirt, such as kaama, and, the maaya, such as avidya
manasaa – by the mind
Mahaanta: - The great rishis/poets
pasyantah – seen to be enjoying
paramaahlaada-lahareem – the bliss which is flowing like continuous waves
dadhati – possess

The great rishis/poets are seen to be enjoying and possessing the bliss which is flowing like continuous waves, by their mind, devoid of the dirt such as kaama, and, the maaya such as avidyaa, above the six aadhaara cakraas, where you [ who is shining as brilliance in sun, moon and agni] are posited in their sahasraara cakra similar to the the lotus forest, possessing the sookshma tejoroopa form equivalent to the lightning beam.

When the kundalini sakti rises from moolaadhara through its way to the sahasraara, in the aajnaa cakra between the eye-brows, it does not remain for long but as a lightning beam comes and goes up quickly to sahasraara and reaches paramasiva; in the sahasraara, it is seen to be brilliant and cool,
the sakti is called as “sthira soudaamini”, and
in aajnaa cakra she is referred as “kshana soudaamini”.

Those who do this type of upaasana, will get rid of

The avidyaa that ‘I am the body’,
the thinking that ‘I am great or powerful’,
likes and dislikes,
the deadly shameful desire that ‘I should not die’

and hence become great like Vyaasa, Suka, Soota, Dhruva, Kapila, Ambareesha, Vibheeshana, Prahlaada, Khatwaanga, Jada Bharata, Ashtaavakra, Janaka etc as referred in the puraana.

The upaasana they do with the “Saadaa Kalaa” or “Saadaakhyaa Baindhavee Kala”, will remove

The inner darkness of avidyaa like the rising sun which removes instantaneously the external darkness;
removes the taapa or heat like the full moon [a glance of which was seen on meditation by the abhiraama bhattar ];
compensates the karmas to give moksha quickly as referred in the Lalita Trisati – as “Kalmasha agnyai ”

this upaasana will, hence, make a upaasaka to get rid of sorrows and unhappiness fully, so as to enjoy the infinite bliss, quoted as sat chit aananda as referred by the aacaaryas in the Upanishads; hence they can attain this happiness, which is their original swaroopa, without any effort or karma.

Knowledge + karma or effort = worldly fulfillments
– consisting of happiness and sorrow, which are all impermanent.
–
Pure Knowledge alone
[pure knowledge, without any negative knowledge or wrong knowledge or partial knowledge or absence of knowledge] without any karma gives
permanent absolute bliss.

The upaasakaa who follow this method become one with Brahman as referred by the Upanishads as :-

“Brahmavid brahmaiva bhavati”

The great pandits who have written invaluable commentaries give a method to the staunch devotee upaasaka as referred below [to achieve the above referred result] :-

Draw a shad cakra, or six angle of the sree cakra.
inside the centre of it, draw a bindu.
in the centre of the cakra, in the bindu, place a lamp lit with five threads.
do the aavaahana of the devi as posited in their hearts or any cakras and also the same goddess in the lamp in the centre of the sree-cakra.
chant then this sloka 21 for at least 100 times on Fridays or full moon days or on a mandala 48 days with full concentration.

The Aavaahana mantra for the above upaasana is referred as :-

“Mahaa padma vanaantaste kaaranaananta vigrahe
Sarva bhoota hite maataha yehi yehi parameswari”

The great poem Ambaastavam says like this :-

“Moolaalavaala kuharaa duditaa
bhavanee nirbhitya sarasijaani tatillateva
Bhooyopi tat pravisasi dhruva mandalentu
nishyantamaana paramaamrita vrishti roopaa.”