Soundarya lahari –sloka11

Soundarya lahari –sloka11
Sri cakra varnanai
[Sad santaanam, janma saaphalya]

Caturbhi: sreekanthai: sivayuvatib: pancabhirabhi
Prabhinnabhi: sambhornavabhirabhi moolaprakritibhi:
Catuscatwaarimsad-vasudala-kalasra-trivalaya-
Tri-rekaabhi: saardham tava saranakona: parinataa:


Caturbhi: - four
sreekanthai: - by sivacakraas
sivayuvatibhi: - by sakticakraas
pancabhi - five
Prabhinnabhi: - different from
Sambho: - sivacakraas
Navabhi: - nine
api moolaprakritibhi: - with the moolatatwas which are the reasons for the pancaboothaprapanca
Catuscatwaarimsad - remains as forty four
vasudala- - eight [petalled] dala
kalasra- - sixteen [petalled] dala
trivalaya - three rounds
Tri-rekaabhi: - three lines
saardham - mixing
tava - your
saranakona: - the konaas of the sacred abode of SriCakra
parinataa - ending

Oh! Almighty Goddess!

The Sacred-Konaas of your Sacred abode of Sri-Cakra with four siva-cakraas and five sakti-cakraas [different from sivacakraas] there by forming nine cakraas, and also consisting of eight [petals] dala, sixteen [petals] dala, three rounds, three lines, remains totally as forty four, depicting the moolatatwas, are the reasons for the pancabootha-prapanca.

Sri-Cakra is the Sacred Yantra shape of the Goddess Almighty Paraa- Sakti.
This is being described in this sloka-11.
Srikanthai: -
srinaati hitasteeti sree: visham kanthe yasya asau srikantaha: hara: te konaa api srikantaa:
sri means – one endowed with the quality of killing [the negative qualities] and thereby showing one’s own self to the devotee. Sreekantha is one who had this poison in his kantha to save the devotees; the konaas of paramasiva are also called srikantha:
Sivayuvatibhi: -
this term refers to Goddess Para –Sakti, and so too sakti konaas also.
There are four siva cakraas and five sakti cakraas.

Trikona-mashtakonamca dasakonatwam tatha
Caturdasaarancaitaani sakti-cakraani panca ca
Binduc-saashtadalam padmam padmam shodasa-patrakam
Caturasramca catwaari siva-cakraanyanukramaat

Triangle, eight kona, 2 numbers of ten kona, fourteen kona – these are the five siva-cakraas.
Bindu, eight-petalled lotus, sixteen-petalled lotus, four corners – these are the four sakti - cakraas.

Sri - Cakra is of nine konaas – the five ones which face downwards are Siva - Cakraas and the four ones which face upwards are Sakti - Cakraas.
Thus says Varivasyaa rahasya – [2-42].
There are two methods followed by devotees of Sakti.
In the one which follow Samayaacaara method of Srishti karma cakra, the triangle is facing up. In the one which follow kaulaacaara method of Samhaara karma cakra, the triangle is facing down.
Moolaprakritibhi:-
The nine cakraas are called moola-prakriti or yoni as they indicate the tatwas which are the fundamental moola kaarana for the pinda [the micro – vyashti - body] and anda [the macro – samashti - world].
Case – 1:
In the case of the vyashti – pinda – body :-
Majja, sukla, praana, and jiva represent the four sakti cakraas forming the siva-amsa.
Twak [skin], asruk[blood], maamsa[flesh], medha [physical brain], asti [bone] - these five form the siva cakraas – sakti amsa.
Case – 2:
In the case of the samashti – anda – world :-
Maaya, Suddha-Vidya, Maheswara, and Sadasiva represent the four sakti cakraas forming the Siva-amsa.
Pritwi [earth], appu [water], teyu [fire], vaayu [air], aakaasa [ether] - these five form the siva cakraas – Sakti amsa.
Fourty four konaas:-
14 + 10 + 10 + 8 + 1 = 43.
The Bindu, which contains in itself the Siva-cakraas, is the 44th one.
The Goddess is referred by the words – Bindu mandala vaasini, in Lalitaa Sahasra Naama.
Vasudala: astavasu are eight in number, hence the name.
Kalasra: the kala are sixteen; hence the name.