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Hinduism: Hymn to Kali
VERSE 6
O DEVi 1 of full breasts, 2 whose throat is adorned with a garland of
heads, They who meditating 3 recite any one or two or three of Thy very
secret and excelling Bijas or all thereof 4 together with Thy name, 5 in
the moonlike face of all such the Devi of Speech 6 ever Wanders, and in
their lotus-like eyes Kamala 7 ever plays. 8
COMMENTARY
'Devi'
The self-manifest one.
'Full breasts' (Pinastanadhya)
The milk of these is the, food with which She nourishes the world and
the drink of immortality with which She liberates Her Sadhakas.
'Whose neck' (Muṇda-sragatiSaya-lasat-kaṇṭi)
She who is Sabdabrahman consisting of 50 Letters. Niruttara-Tantra says,
'She is adorned with a garland of heads representing the 50 letters.'
Kamadhenu-Tantra says, 'In My throat is the wonderful Bija of 50
letters.' Again ' I worship the Mother the source of the universe,
Sabdabrahman itself, blissful.' ViSvasara says, 'Blissful Brahman is
adorned with Sabdabrahman and within the body is represented by all
MantraS.
'Bija'
Mūrti (appearance) in the individual aspect as Prajña, Taijasa, and
ViSva and in the aggregate as iSa, Sūtra and Virad. Devigita says 'the
causal self is Prajña, the subtle bodied one is Taijasa and the gross
bodied one is ViSva.' Similarly iSa is spoken of as iSa, Sūtra and Virad.
The first is the individual (Vyaṣti) aspect and the second the aggregate
(Samaṣti) aspect.
p. 60
Eyes (Netra)
Not to speak of themselves being wealthy, the sight of them gives wealth
to others. Bhairava Tantra says that Kamala and the Devi of speech never
forsake them for three generations downwards.
Footnotes
59:1 Devi which comes from the root Div to shine, is the Shining One
(V).
59:2 Pinastanadhye (see also Bhairavistotra in Tantra-sara, p. 596). The
physical characteristics of the Devi in swelling breasts and hips are
emblematic of Her great Motherhood, for She is Srimata. See also as to
the former, Durga-Dhyana in Devi-Puraṇa, which speaks of her large and
rising breasts (Pinonnata-payodharaṁ); the Annapūrṇa-Stava (Vakṣojakuṁbhantari);
BhuvaneSvari-Stotra (apivara-stanatatiṁ); and the Saraswati-Dhyana (Kucabharanamitaṁgiṁ).
The Annapūrna-Dhyana (Annapradana-nirataṁ stanabhara-naṁraṁ) speaks of
Her limbs as weighted by Her breasts. The Mahabhagavata describes Her as
naked, terrific, with fiery eyes, full and erect breasts, and
dishevelled hair; and the Lalita (verse 15) says: 'Her golden girdle
supports Her waist, which bends under the burden of Her breasts, thrice
folding the skin below Her bosom' (Stanabhara-dalanmadhya-pattabhandha-valitraya).
59:3 Bhavayantah, that is, meditating on the naked, full-breasted, black
form with dishevelled hair as stated in Her Dhyana, and which is the
Artha of the particular Mantra. The BhūtaSuddhi-Tantra says, 'A Mantra
should be recited mentally meditating the while on the form of the Devi
denoted by it ' (V).
59:4 Any one of the aforesaid Bijas or the whole that is, the whole
nine-lettered Vidya in full. Which according to the Kumari-Tantra cited
in Tantraratna is Kriṁ, Kriṁ, Kriṁ, Hūṁ, Hūṁ, Hūṁ, Hriṁ, Hriṁ, Hriṁ.
SyamarahaSya quoting Kalika-Sruti, says that the whole Vidya should be
recited once, twice or thrice, or the whole mantra with 'Dakṣiṇe Kalike
between the Bijas.' (K. B.) Thus, Kriṁ, Kriṁ, Kriṁ, Hūṁ, Hūṁ, Hriṁ, Hriṁ,
Dakṣiṇe Kalike, Kriṁ, Kriṁ, Kriṁ, Hūṁ, Hūṁ, Hriṁ, Hriṁ.
59:5 Dakṣiṇe Kalika.
59:6 Sarasvati. The Bharadvaja-Smṛti says Sarasvati is She who ever
resides in the tongue of all beings, and who causes speech.
59:7 Lakṣmi: for them is all learning, wealth, and prosperity (see
Mahanirvaṇa-Tantra, Ullasa, vii, verse 50).
59:8 In the other words they become rich and learned.
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