Soundarya lahari

  1. United with Sakti, shiva is endowed with the power to create the universe. Otherwise, He is incapable even of movement. Therefore who, except those endowed with great merits acquired in the past can be fortunate enough to praise you oh my mother divine, who art the adored of even Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma.
  2. Gathering a minute particle of dust from your lotus feet, Brahma the creator brings into being the limitless and mysterious universe without any imperfection. Vishnu, the sustentator, as Adisesha somehow supports this universe which was made out of the dust of your lotus feet with His thousands hoods, and Hara, the destroyer, crushing the dust of your lotus feet into powder, rubs the ashes all over His body at the time of dissolution.
  3. Island city is the dust of your feet, wherefrom takes place the luminous sun rise of spiritual illumination driving away the over casting darkness of ignorance in the hearts of devotees. It forms the cluster of flower buds , from which gushes forth the nectar of intelligence, enlivening the dull-witted. The necklace which is veritable wish yields the gems for poverty stricken. And for those immersed in the ocean of samsara, it becomes their uplifter like the Tusk of Sri Vishnu the Cosmis Boar.

…. To be continued…..




paasuram – 7 Thiruppaavai

Dear all.

namaste.

Listening is very important in form of learning. only by listening we can learn, Andal asks other Gopis whether they listened to the sounds of Birds and conch and the name of the Lord Hari Sri Krishna.

Sravanabhakthi is very important.  when birds chirping of the birds inform us that it is dawn come on wake up wake up… then to make this waking state clearer, conch sound comes with the nada of Omkara. then comes the name of the Lord of Lords Hari Himself.  Actually the sounds of birds and conch takes the form of Sri Haris name..

to be continued