एवं देव in this manner O Lord! चतुर्दश-आत्मक-जगत्-रूपेण in the form of the fourteen worlds जात: पुन: – manifesting (Thyself) again तस्य-ऊर्ध्वं खलु at the head (peak) of that (the worlds) सत्य-लोक-निलये in the abode of Satyaloka जात: -असि धाता स्वयं manifested as Brahma (the Creator) Thyself यं शंसन्ति whom (Brahma) (the Srutis) describe हिरण्यगर्भम्- (as) Hiranyagarbh अखिल-त्रैलोक्य-जीवात्मकं of all the beings in the three worlds as the collective soul य: -अभूत् who became स्फीत-रज:-विकार-विकसन्- because of the upsurge of Rajoguna नाना-सिसृक्षा-रस:- became desirous of creating various beings.
Meaning in English:
The fourteen worlds are also known as trilokyam (3 worlds). The 7 worlds together below the earth are taken as one, called Patala. The Earth is taken as Bhuloka as second and the six worlds above the earth are taken as third as Upper world.
Thus O Lord! Thou who manifested in the form of the fourteen worlds, again by Thy own will, manifested as Brahma, in Satyaloka, which is the highest and loftiest of all the worlds.This Brahma is known as Hiranya Garbh (the golden egg) the cosmic intelligence of all the beings of the three worlds. With the upsurge of Rajoguna, Thou as this Hiranya Garbha became desirous of creating various beings.
Narayaneeyam Dasaka 7 is about the Lord Brahma, who is also known as Pitamah, Hiranyagarba, Abjayoni, Prajapati, Vishwasru, Vidatha, Vidhi, Kamalodbhava, Virinji, Andaja, etc. Before we try to understand the verses of this Dasaka, we need an overview of Lord Brahma. Whatever I have understood , I present it as a preface to the Dasaka
A Vedāntic Perspective
In the pāramārthika (absolute) plane, Parabrahman exists as nirguṇa (devoid of attributes). When reflected through māyā, it appears as saguṇa Brahman, conditioned by upādhis (limitations such as the knower-known distinction, space, time, etc.) and endowed with manifest qualities. This saguṇa Brahman associated with māyā is referred to as Īśvara in His unmanifest (kāraṇa) form. In His manifested (kārya) state, He is called Hiraṇyagarbha or Brahmā (the four-faced deity), who is the kārya Brahman.
The Vedas declare Hiraṇyagarbha to be the first manifest creation. Just as a tree, though initially a mere seed, later branches out into roots, trunk, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds again, so too does Hiraṇyagarbha, the saguṇa manifestation of Brahman, emerge through the vikṣepa śakti (projecting power) of māyā.
The term hiraṇya means “gold” or “radiance.” Since both consciousness and gold are luminous, hiraṇya metaphorically refers to consciousness here (Śaṅkara’s bhāṣya on Ṛgveda 10.121 and on the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.1).Garbha means “womb” or “that which is within.” Therefore, Hiraṇyagarbha means “the golden womb,” or more accurately, “the luminous consciousness contained within.” It is the repository of limitless knowledge—the cosmic intelligence or subtle matrix containing within itself the seed-form of all beings, objects, and even the entire cosmos. Because it encompasses the subtle state of all things before their gross manifestation, it is also called Prathama-ja (the First Born) or Sambhūti in technical Sanskrit.
This is the classic adhyāropa–apavāda model. Hiraṇyagarbha is the first manifestation (prathamaja) as the total subtle body (sūkṣma śarīra-samasṭi). As per Advaita:
Suppose you meet an old schoolmate after 50 years at a gathering. How would you respond?
Would you say, “Ah! My 5th-grade classmate! The same features—I haven’t forgotten him in all these years. That’s Damodaran!”
Or would you say, “Due to uninterrupted neural excitation, countless photons struck my retina, producing electromagnetic waves that traveled through my optic nerves to the thalamus and occipital cortex, where they were processed as visual representations. These patterns matched stored memory structures in my prefrontal cortex, thereby enabling me to recognize Damodaran, my schoolmate.”?
Both are valid. The first is subjective and experiential; the second is science based and neurologically objective.
Generally, what we call “mind” refers to a collective of thoughts, emotions, memories, and beliefs. The mind is not made of matter, yet it exerts immense influence. Scientists typically assume that the brain—a three-pound gelatinous organ inside the skull—is the physical substrate of what we experience as mind. Thoughts and feelings, they argue, arise from electrical impulses in neurons and associated neurochemical activity. Most neuroscientists reject the notion of the mind as a separate entity. Rather, they treat it as a by-product of the brain’s computational architecture—a dependent function, not an independent agent.
Thus, cognitive neuroscience attempts to uncover the biological foundations of mental functions—how the mind arises from the brain’s internal information processing structures.
But can we truly understand the mind only by examining the brain in isolation? Can we study an individual’s consciousness from outside social context from where we derive our ideas, opinions etc and a meaning is constructed in our brain based on these inputs?
Our everyday experiences—interacting with the world, society, norms, values, and shared aesthetics—cannot be fully understood by a reductionist view of the brain. In research led by Aaron Barbee of the University of Illinois, it was found that:
“Cognitive neuroscience often assumes that one’s intelligence is individually housed in the brain and can be accessed using tools like MRI or CT scans. However, our research challenges this view. When multiple people engaged simultaneously in a shared cognitive task, their brain scans showed synchronized patterns across similar regions. This suggests that knowledge and cognition extend beyond the individual, and understanding the mind demands looking at interpersonal and collective domains as well.”
This leads us to the notion of Collective Consciousness. The eminent psychologist Carl Jung believed that humans are connected not just with each other, but also with their ancestors, through a shared repository of archetypes and inherited experiences—what he called the collective unconscious. It contains not just our personal memories but also the cumulative experience of the human race.
This collective mind bridges the dualities of part-whole, individual-society, permanence-change, and rationality-creativity. It comprehends individual mental states while simultaneously contributing to a shared group psyche. Extensive scientific research is now underway globally to understand this phenomenon.
While the scientific endeavours are not Advaitic per se, it is fully acceptable as vyāvahārika-level support. Śaṅkara does not reject empirical data; he just prioritizes adhyātma-jñāna. Advaita doesn’t negate empirical sciences, only their claims to ultimate reality.
Understanding the Vedāntic position that mind is not the brain, and that consciousness is not a product of matter is essential.
Hiraṇyagarbha: A Metaphysical Vision
We have thus far viewed mind, brain, and cognition from a material perspective. Let us now move into a higher metaphysical framework, where the universe, galaxies, and all realms (lokas) are examined from a cosmic standpoint.
Look at the night sky. So many stars, constellations, galaxies. Amidst such grandeur, we live on a tiny, seemingly insignificant planet orbiting an ordinary star.
Do we perceive an inherent order—a ṛta, a cosmic dharma—that sustains the unfolding of creation, sustenance, and dissolution?
Regardless of how we answer these questions, one thing becomes evident: there is a pervasive order, and we intuitively accept that it arises from something beyond. That “beyond” may be termed collective intelligence or consciousness, which orchestrates the cosmic processes.
I am deliberately not using the term “collective brain.”Carl Jung’s “collective unconscious” is a useful bridge but is not strictly Advaitic. In Advaita, samasṭi mind (collective mind) is not a Jungian archetypal storehouse, but the total antahkaraṇan associated with Hiraṇyagarbha, which is still mithyā, not satya.
It is still under māyā and hence subject to negation through apavāda.
To the best of my limited understanding, this collective intelligence, or samāṣṭi chaitanyam, is what the Vedas call Hiraṇyagarbha—the first born, the total mind that contains within it all subtle seeds of future manifestation.
Because this total mind includes both intelligence (buddhi) and collective experience, it is beyond the range of sense perception. It cannot be known through any organ of perception. However, due to the projecting power of māyā, this subtle causal state appears as a gross world of objects and entities. It is not only projected but also mistakenly perceived as real and independent.
Sambhūti Upāsanā
Meditation on Hiraṇyagarbha is termed Sambhūti Upāsanā. Narayaneeyam Daskam 7 focusses on this subject.
As Swami Paramārthānanda explains:
“If Hiraṇyagarbha is beyond the reach of the sense organs, how can one meditate upon Him? The method is to use an ālambana (symbol). The individual mind (vyashti manas) becomes the symbol for the total mind (samashti manas). Thus, turning one’s attention inward upon one’s own mind becomes a way of meditating on Hiraṇyagarbha.”
But where is this mind located?
Vedāntic scriptures clarify that mind is not the brain. The brain is a physical organ that can be studied empirically; the mind is a subtle instrument, inaccessible to the senses. Upon death, the brain perishes with the body, but the mind survives and seeks another body—a concept not accepted by modern science.
The Śāstras speak of sense organs (indriyas) and their instrumental counterparts (golakas). For example, the eye is the instrument; sight is the faculty. A blind person may possess eyes (golaka) but lack the power of vision (indriya).
Similarly, the golaka of the mind is said to be the heart (hṛdaya). In waking state, the mind operates through the body. In deep sleep, it withdraws and returns to its base in the heart. Hiraṇyagarbha is that omniscient, omnipresent cosmic mind.
Fruits of Sambhūti Upāsanā
The core practice in this mode of worship is dhyāna (meditation). The upāsaka contemplates Hiraṇyagarbha as the embodiment of all creation—recognizing the essential oneness of creation, nature, and themselves. Yet, in this devotion lies an implicit duality: the upāsaka (devotee) and īśvara (Lord) are seen as distinct.
As a result, such meditators, though attaining relative immortality (through identification with the cosmos), do not gain mokṣa (liberation) immediately. Instead, they attain Krama Mukti—a gradual path leading to Brahma-loka, the divine realm.
The Vedas state that upon death, the subtle and causal bodies of such a meditator exit the physical body through the suṣumnā nāḍī, ascend through the solar path (śukla gati), and finally reach Brahma-loka via the brahma-randhra at the crown of the head. From there, final liberation is attained after gaining Self-knowledge in Brahma-loka.
Though such aspirants may acquire the eightfold supernatural powers (aṣṭa-siddhis), the Vedas clearly state that even those are impermanent.
ஒருவரின் இயல்பு (“ஸ்வரூபம்”) என்பது, “சத்சித்அனந்தம், சச்சிதானந்தம், இருப்பு -அறிவு (உணர்வு)-பேரின்பம் என்றெல்லாம் அழைக்கப்படும் இருமையற்ற பரம்பொருளான பிரம்மம் என்பதே என்று அறிந்துணர்வதே அனைத்து மனித முயற்சிகளின் இறுதி இலட்சியம் என்கின்றன நமது மறைகள். இந்த முயற்சிகளின் போது, நாம் பல பிறப்புகளையும் வடிவங்களையும் எடுக்கலாம். எனவே அரிதான இப்பிறவியில் மனிதராகப் பிறந்த, மிகவும் அதிர்ஷ்டசாலிகளான நாம், நமது உண்மை இயல்பான பரம்பொருளெனும் பிரம்மத்தை அறிய, இப்பிறவியிலேயே முயற்சிக்க வேண்டும்.
இம்முயற்சியில் நமக்கு உதவ, ஸ்ரீ. நாராயண பட்டத்திரி தனது காவிய படைப்பான ஸ்ரீமன் நாராயணீயத்தின் முதல் அத்தியாயத்தை (தசகம் 1) இருமையற்ற பிரம்மத்தின் பண்புகள், மகிமை மற்றும் மகத்துவத்தை விவரிப்பதன் மூலம் தொடங்கி, பிரம்மம் இங்கேயே குருவாயூரப்பனின் வடிவத்தில் உடனடியாகக் கிடைக்கிறது என்று கூறினார்.
பின்னர், பரவசத்தில் மூழ்கி, தசகம் 2 இல் பரம்பொருளான, குருவாயூரப்பனின் மகிமையான வடிவத்தை விவரித்தார்.
அடுத்த தசகம் 3, பக்தியில் கவனம் செலுத்துகிறது. பக்தி மார்கம், சுய உணர்தலுக்கான ஆரம்ப பாதையாகவும் இறுதியில் பிரம்மத்தை நோக்கியதாகவும் அவர் கருதுகிறார். இந்த தசகத்தில், தெய்வீக அருளைத் தேடும் ஒரு பக்தரின் உண்மையான இயல்பையும், “வைராக்யம் மற்றும் சிரத்தை”யின் அவசியத்தையும் வலியுறுத்தி அவர் விவரிக்கிறார்.
ஒரு பக்தன்/ ஆன்மீக சாதகன், தன்னுள் இருக்கும் இறையுணர்வினை/ஆன்ம ஆற்றலை அறிந்து அவ்வாற்றலைப் பயன்படுத்தி இறைநிலைக்கு உயர்ந்து இறைவனுடன் ஒன்றிணையும் நிலையே தியான யோகம் எனப்படுகின்றது. இதனைத் தமிழில் தவம் என்பர். இவ்யோக நெறிகள் பலவாகும். அவற்றுள் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க ஒன்றாக விளங்குவது அட்டாங்க யோகமாகும். இவ்வட்டாங்க யோகத்தையே
‘‘இயம நியமமே எண்ணிலா ஆசனம்
நயமுறு பிராணாயாமம் பிரத்தியா காரம்
சயமிகு தாரணை தியானம் சமாதி
அயமுறும் அட்டாங்க மாவது மாமே.
( திருமூலர் – திருமந்திரம்.10 பா.542) என்று திருமூலர் கூறுகிறார்.
தசகம் 4 இல், பட்டத்திரி, இந்த அஷ்டாங்க யோக நுட்பங்களை கோடிட்டுக் காட்டுகிறார். பக்தர்கள் ஆதி அந்தமிலா, நீக்கமற நிறை, இருமைகளிலா பரம்பொருளான குருவாயூரப்பனை அறிந்துணர தியானம் இன்றியமையாத சாதனம்.
அறிவதற்கரிதான இந்த பரம்பொருள் தத்துவத்தை தியானிப்பது என்பது, தேய்ந்து சிதையும் உடல்-மன வளாகத்திற்குள் பிணைக்கப்பட்டு, புறநோக்குடன் பொருளின்பம் தேடும் நம்மைப் போன்ற சாதாரண மனிதர்களுக்கு மிகவும் கடினம். எனவே, பட்டத்திரி தசகம் 5 துவங்கி, படிப்படியான அணுகுமுறையின் மூலம் பரம்பொருளான குருவாயூரப்பனை அறிய உதவுகிறார்.
பேரழிவுக் காலமதில் தன்னிடம் ஒடுங்கிய அனைத்தையும், பரம்பொருளான குருவாயூரப்பன் தன் இயக்க இச்சையால், உலகு படைத்திட்ட பரிணாம செயல்முறைகளை விவரிக்கின்றார் தசகம் 5 இல். அண்டங்களனைத்துமடங்கிய மொத்த நுண்நிலை வெளிப்பாடான “ஹிரண்யகர்பம்”, பருநிலை வெளிப்பாடான “விராட்” இரண்டுமே பரம்பொருளான குருவாயூரப்பனே என எடுத்துரைக்கிறார். ஆக, பரம்பொருளை தியானிக்க ஞானியர் புரியும் இரு உபாசனைகளை (ஹிரண்ய கர்ப உபாஸநா, விராட் உபாஸநா) கோடிட்டுக் காட்டுகிறது இந்த தசகம்.
அதைத் தொடர்ந்து “விராட்” என்று அழைக்கப்படும் அண்ட மொத்த பருநிலை வடிவத்தை விளக்குகிறார். வேதங்களில் போற்றப்படும்படி உள்ள, பதினான்கு உலகங்களைக் கொண்ட அண்ட உடல், எண்ணற்ற கைகள், கால்கள், முகங்கள் போன்ற ஒரு வடிவத்தை அவர் முன்வைக்கிறார். தசகம் 6 இல் விராட் ரூப வடிவத்தின் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளை விவரிக்கத் தொடங்குகிறார். அந்தச் செயல்பாட்டில் அவர் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளை பிரபஞ்சத்தின் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளுடன் அடையாளம் காண்கிறார். இது “விராட் உபாஸநா” புரிய உதவம், ஆன்மீக சாதகர்களுக்கு.
“பருநிலையில் முக்குணங்களுடனாகிய “விராட்” வடிவத்தில் கவனம் செலுத்தக்கூடிய இந்த தியான செயல்முறைக்குப் பிறகு, பட்டத்ரி பக்தர்களை அடுத்த கட்டத்திற்கு அழைத்துச் செல்கிறார் தசகம் 7ல். இதில் குருவாயூரப்பனாக காட்சி தரும் பிரம்மத்தின் வெளிப்பாடு நுட்பமாகிறது. இதில் பரம்பொருளான குருவாயூரப்பனே, “ஹிரண்யகர்ப்பர், நான்முகக் கடவுள், படைப்பாளர் என்றெல்லாம் அழைக்கப்படும் பிரம்மாவின் வடிவமெடுத்து, அண்டங்களின் படைப்புத் தொழிலை நான்முகனாக நடத்துவதை கூறுகிறார் பட்டத்ரி.இது “ஹிரண்யகர்ப உபாஸநா” புரிய உதவம், ஆன்மீக சாதகர்களுக்கு.
பரம்பொருளான, ஶ்ரீ குருவாயூரப்பன் அருளினாலே, தசகம் 7 பற்றிய எனது கல்வியை, இந்த கருட பஞ்சமி நாளில் துவங்கியுள்ளேன். விரைவில், எளியோன் யான் அறிந்ததை, தங்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறேன்.
Understanding and Realising that one’s own nature (“svarupa”) is nothing but the embodiment of Existence-Knowledge-Bliss (called the non dual Brahman), is the ultimate goal of all human endeavours. These endeavours may cover several births and forms of ours. We, the extremely fortunate ones to be born as humans in this birth, therefore should endeavour to Understand and Realise the Brahman, our true Selves.
To help us in our endeavour, Sri. Narayana Bhattathri begins the first Chapter (Dasakam 1) of his epic creation Sriman Narayaneeyam by describing the characteristics , glory and greatness of the non dual Brahman and states that Brahman is readily available, right here in the form of Lord Guruvayurappan Himself.
Subsequently, overcome with ecstasy, he describes the glorious form of Lord Guruvayurappan in Dasakam 2.
In the next Dasakam 3, focuses on devotion, which he considers as the earliest path to Self Realisation and ultimately to the Brahman. He describes the true nature of a devotee seeking the divine grace stressing the need for “Vairagya and Shraddha”.
In Dasakam 4, Bhattathri outlines the Ashtanga Yoga techniques, the eight fold discipline of Yoga. This will enable the devotees to practice meditation on the Absolute Brahman, the Existence-Consciousness-Bliss.
As concentrating and meditating on an abstract non dual concept of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, is extremely difficult for ordinary mortals like us bound inside a decaying body-mind complex, Bhattathri adopts an alternate step by step approach by first describing the Cosmic Evolution processes in Dasakam 5 followed by a presentation of the Cosmic Gross Form called as “Virat”. He presents a picture of the Cosmic Body consisting of the fourteen worlds with innumerable hands, legs, faces etc as the collective living form of all the worlds as extolled in the Vedas. This gross manifestation is with Its inherent three “Gunas” viz., Satva, Rajas and Tamas. This is essentially to facilitate the devotees to do “Virat Upasana”, meditate on the Virat Rupa of Brahman.
He then starts describing the various parts of the form of Virat Rupa in Dasakam 6. In that process he identifies the various parts with the various regions of the Cosmos. This is primarily to assist the faithful devotees to meditate on the form/part of the Brahman in which the devotee is comfortable.
After this meditation process where the devotees are able to concentrate on Virat form with three “gunas”, Bhattthri is now taking the devotees to the next level where the manifestation of Brahman becomes subtler and the manifested form has “two gunas” viz. Predominant Rajas and traces of Satva., called. “Hiranya Garbha”, generally known as “Brahma”: the Creator.
With the Blessings of Lord Guruvayurappan, I have commenced my study of this Dasakam 7. I will be sharing with you shortly, whatever little knowledge that I get from the study.
விராடபுருட உன் இவ்வடிவம்தனை வினைபுரிந்து கர்மவழி செல்வோர் வினைமுடிவில் செயலிழந்த நேரம் நிலை நிறுத்த வேண்டும் தன்னுள் என மெய்யுணர்ந்த பெரியோர் உரைப்பர் நிர்மல குண வடிவ நீயன்றோ அவ் விராட புருடனெனும் மெய்ப்பொருள்! தீரா என்பிணியைத் தீர்திடு குருவாயூரப்பனே!! 9.10
Human beings who are bound by the law of Karma should remember this Viraat (cosmic) form of Thine, which is of the nature of pure Sattva, at the end of all rituals, and when desirous of liberation and at the time of death. O Lord of Guruvaayur! My salutations to Thee. Please eradicate my ailments.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
ईदृक्-जगन्मय-वपु: - तव - such cosmic (Viraat) form of Thee
कर्मभाजां - by all human beings (who are subject to the law of Karma)
कर्म-अवसान-समये - at the end of all vedic karmas and at the time of death
स्मरणीयम्-आहु: - should be remembered, it is said
तस्य-अन्तर-आत्म-वपुषे - (Thou) who are the Indweller of that Viraat form
विमलात्मने ते - (and) Thou who are of the nature of pure Sattva
எம் பிறப்பிறப்புச் சக்கரம் உன் செயல்கள் உம் வீரபராக்ரமன்றோ அசுரர்தம் குழாம் மலைத்தொடர்கள் உன்னுடல் எலும்புகள்
வற்றா நதிகளே உன் குருதிக் குழாய்கள் மரங்களனைத்தும் உன் உரோமங்கள் விரித்துக் கூற இயலா உன் இவ்வடிவம் விளங்கட்டும் ஒளிமயமாய் என் இதயத்தில் கரமதனில் சக்ரமேந்திய சாரங்கனே!! 6.9
O Thou wielder of the discus! Thy activity is the wheel of Samsaara and the host of Asuras are Thy prowess.The mountains are Thy bones, the many rivers are Thy blood streams and the trees are Thy hair. May this indescribable form always shine in me.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
संसार-चक्रम्- the wheel of Samsaara ( the cycle of birth and death)
अयि चक्रधर -=O Thou wielder of the discus!
क्रिया: -ते - is Thy activity
वीर्यं महा-असुर-गण: - (Thy) prowess is the host of powerful Asuraas
अस्थि-कुलानि शैला: - (Thy) bones are the mountains
नाड्य: -सरित्-समुदय: - (Thy) blood vessels are the many rivers
O Ocean of mercy! The animal world is Thy lower-back and the elephants camels and horses are the nails of Thy feet. Time is Thy movement. The four varnas -Brahmins, Kshatriyaa, Vaishyaa and Shoodraas originated from Thy lotus face, hands, charming thighs and feet, respectively.
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
श्रोणी: -स्थल - (Thy) lower-back
मृगगणा: - forms the animal world
पदयो: - नखा: - ते - the nails of Thy feet
हस्ति-उष्ट्र-सैम्धव-मुखा: - are the animals like elephants, camels, horses etc.
गमनं तु काल: - (Thy) movement is Time
विप्र-आदि-वर्ण-भवनं - Brahmins and the other Varnas ensue from
वदन-आब्ज-बाहु-चारु-उरु-युग्म-चरणं - (Thy) lotus face,arms, charming thighs and feet
O Self Effulgent Lord! The back of “Your” Cosmic Form is unrighteousness ( this implies that unrighteousness should be left behind or abandoned); Your mind is the Moon. O Lotus-eyed Lord! Your Lotus heart is the Unmanifest (Un differentiated nature) with the three Gunas in equilibrium.
Your abdomen is the oceans; Your garments are the two Sandhyaas—dawn and the dusk. Your generative organ is Prajaapati, the God of procreation; Your testicles are God Mitra
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
पृष्ठं तु-अधर्म - (Thy) back is Adharma (unrighteousness)
इह - of this (cosmic world)
देव - O Lord!
मन: सुधांशु: - mind is the moon
अव्यक्तम्-एव - the unmanifest
हृदय-अम्बुजम् - (is Thy) heart lotus
अम्बुजाक्ष - O Lotus eyed One!
कुक्षि: समुद्रनिवहा: - (Thy) abdomen is the ocean
वसनं तु सन्ध्ये - (Thy) garments are the two sandhyaas (dawn and dusk)
शेफ: प्रजापति:- - (Thy) generative organ is Prajaapati (god of procreation)
असौ वृषणौ च मित्र: - and (Thy) testicles are god Mitra
O Lord! Controller of the Universe, Your sportive smile constitutes Maya, Your Cosmic Creative Power; Your breath is the wind; Your tongue is water, Your speech the formation of beautiful birds;
Your tunes (The seven notes Sa,Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da, Ni) are the divine Siddhas, and Gandharvas; Your mouth is the God of Fire, arms the Devas, and Your twin breasts are the God of Dharma representing Pravriti and Nivriti Dharmas !
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
माया - Maayaa (Thy cosmic creative power)
विलास-हसितं - is (Thy) charming smile
श्वसितं समीर: - (Thy) breath is the wind
जिह्वा जल - (Thy) tongue is water
वचनम्- speech
ईश O Lord !
शकुन्त-पङ्क्ति - is the birds' chirping in formation
सिद्ध-आदय: स्वरगणा: - (Thy) voice is the Sidhdhaas (and other divine artists)
मुख-रन्ध्रम्-अग्नि: - (Thy) mouth is fire
देवा भुजा: - (Thy) arms are the gods (Devaa)
स्तनयुगं तव धर्मदेव: - Thy breasts is the Dharmadeva (the god of righteousness)
“Your side-long glance constitutes the creation of all the fourteen worlds. Hence, it is needless to say that the closure of Your eye lids is the Great Deluge; Your ears are the Directions; the two Nostrils are the pair of Ashwini devas; Your Upper and lower lips represent modesty and greed respectively; Your Teeth, the Stars and Your Molars is Yama, the God of Death”
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
निश्शेष-विश्व-रचना च - the creation of the whole universe
कटाक्ष-मोक्ष: - is by extending a glance of Thy eye
कर्णौ दिश: - (Thy) ears are the directions (quarters)
अश्वियुगलम् - the two Ashvinidevas
तव नासिके द्वे - are Thy two nostrils
लोभत्रपे च - greed and modesty
भगवन् - O Lord!
अधर-उत्तर-ओष्ठौ - (are Thy) lower and upper lips
तारा-गणा: - च - and the galaxy of stars
दशना: - are Thy teeth
शमन: च दंष्ट्रा - the molars are Yama (the god of death
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