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tripura sundarii
Enclosed below is the file of tripura sundarii ashhTakam. A postscript
of the slokas can be found in
ftp://jaguar.cs.utah.edu/private/sanskrit/sanskrit.html.
and can be printed in both English and Devangari script in Sanskrit.
A prelude to this is the Lalitaa sahasranaama and Lalitaa
Trishati. Lalitaa sahasranaama, slokas, introduction can be found in
postscript format at the above site and in html format at
http://www.geopages.com/RodeoDrive/1415/lalita.html. Lalitaa trishati
is currently being prepared by Shrii Ramakrishnan.
Please send all corrections, suggestions and opinions to me.
Thanks very much.
Giri
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Before i begin, let me offer myself at the feet of
the Divine Mother, shriimat mahaatripurasundarii.
This introduction deals with the background on the name of
tripurasundarii. It is one of the best epithets to describe the Devi
meaning that she is the belle of all the three worlds. The word tripura
can be interpreted variously. The kaalikaa purANa says that by the will of
pradhaana, the body of Lord Shiva became triple : the upper part became
Brahma, the middle part became VishhNu and the lower part became Rudra. As
these three pura-s (bodies) are in Lord Shiva, he is called Tripura (three
bodied) and his wife is known as tripuraa. In the kaamakalaa vilaasa
(13,14), the honored sage, abhiyukta, mentions that Devi created all the
three forms and she is before all (purobhava), because she is in the form
of all the three (trayiimayi) and exists even after the disolution of the
three worlds and recreates them again. In the brahmANDa-purANa, it is
mentioned that the Goddess tripurasundarii rules over the entire universe
and She is the supreme empress, and Brahma, VishhNu and Shiva are mere
functionaries in her empire. The Lalitaa Sahasranaama [verse 123] portrays
Her as being attended by Lakshmi and Saraswati on either side. Shrimad.h
Shankaracharya, in his Saundrayalahirii, mentions that Brahma, VishhNu and
Shiva started their cosmic processes when the Supreme Shakti knitted Her
brow for a split second.
The Devi mantra consists of three syllables, and her fifteen
lettered mantra panchadashaakshari is composed of three kuuTa-s (peaks).
She resides in three naaDi-s (nerve channels), namely sushhumnaa,
pingalaa, and iDaa. She is the ruler of the three Shaktis - ichchha
(will), kRiya (action), and GYAna (knowledge). She pervades all the three
worlds - heaven, earth and the nether world. She is the controller of all
the three bodies - sthUla (gross), suukshhma (subtle), and kaaraNa
(causal). She is the self which is present through the three states of
existence - jaagrat (waking), svapna (dream), and sushhupti (deep sleep).
Though she is above all guNa-s, She pervades the three modes of energy-
sattva (purity), rajas (mobility) and tamas (inertia).
Love and joy are the inherent qualities of beauty. Sundarii means
belle and beauty. Shankaracharya, while explaining Chandogya upanishhad 7,
31:1, mentions that all longing and desire is a source of pain, and in
what is finite there is no bliss. He mentions that the Infinite alone can
produce bliss. When bliss takes on a form, it is sundarii sarvaa.nga
sundarii (lalitaa trishati, verse 130) and Shankara comments on this name
of the Devi as the one who possesses all the marks of beauty and has all
the qualities of perfection and is thus the source of Bliss.
May the Divine Mother guide us in our every action and thought, and may
She confer upon us the greatest gift of all, moksha (liberation).
AUM tat sat.
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kadambavanachaariNiiM munikadamba kaadambiniiM
nitambajita bhuudharaaM suranitambiniisevitaam.h .
navaamburuhalochanaaM abhinavaambudashyaamalaaM
trilochanakuTumbiniiM tripurasundariimaashraye .. 1..
kadambavanavaasiniiM kanakavallakiidhaariNiiM
mahaaha.rmaNihaariNIM mukhasamullasadvaaruNIm.h .
dayaavibhavakaariNIM vishadalochanIM chaariNIM
trilochanakuTumbiniiM tripurasundariimaashraye .. 2..
kadambavanashaalayaa kuchabharollasanmaalayaa
kuchopamitashailayaa gurukR^ipaalasadvolayaa .
madaaruNa kapolayaa madhura giita vaachaalayaa
kayaa.api ghananiilayaa kavachita vayaM liilayaa .. 3..
kadambavanamadhyagaaM kanakamaNDalopasthitaaM
shhaDamburuhavaasiniiM satatasiddhasaudaaminiim.h .
viDambitajapaaruchiM vikachachaMdrachuuDaamaNiM
trilochanakuTumbinIM tripurasundariimaashraye .. 4..
kuchaaJNchitavipaJNchikaaM kuTilakuntalaalaMkR^itaaM
kusheshayanivaasinIM kuTilachittavidvoshhiNIm.h .
madaaruNavilochanaaM manasijaarisaMmohinIM
mataN^gamunikanyakaaM madhurubhaashhiNImaashraye .. 5..
smaraprathamapushhpiNIM rudhirabinduniilaambaraaM
gR^ihiitamadhupaatrikaaM madaviDhaNa.rnetraaJNchalaaM .
ghanastanabharonnataaM galitachUlikAM shayaamalaaM
trilochanakuTuMbiniiM tripurasundariimaashraye .. 6..
sakuN^akumavilepanaaM alakachuMbikastuurikaaM
samandahasitekshaNAM sasharachaapapaashaaN^akushaam.h .
asheshhajanamohinIM aruNamaalya bhuushhambaraaM
japaakusumabhaasuraaM japavidhau smaraamyambikaam.h .. 7..
pura.ndarapura.ndhrikaaM chikurabandhasairaMdhrikaaM
pitaamaha pativrataaM paTapaTiira chachaa.r{}rataam.h .
mukundaramaNImaNI lasadalaMkriyaakaariNIM
bhajaami bhuvanaaMbikaaM suravadhuuTikaacheTikaam.h .. 8..
.. iti shriimad.h sha.nkaraachaaryavirachitaM tripura sundarii
ashhTakaM samaaptaM ..
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