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सुकुमाकारॆ सुखाकारॆ सुनॆत्रॆ सूक्ष्म मध्यमॆ
सुप्रसन्ना भव शिवॆ सुम्रुडीका सरस्वती ॥ (त्रिपुरसुंदरीवॆदपादस्तवम्-75)
माणिक्यमकुटाकारजानुद्वयविराजिता
माणिक्य-मकुटाकार
– In the shape of a makuta (किरीट)
adorned
with rubies (maanikya)
जानु-द्वय – knee pair
विराजिता – one who is shining
Amma is shining with a pair of knees that are similar to ruby crowns.
makuTam TOpikA namakam (KalyanaSriKala). Makutam is a crown in the shape of a hat. But a hat is worn on head. Vagdevatas refer to Amma’s knees to be having the shape of a hat!! We will now see the significance of using makutam which is worn on the head to describe the shape of Her knees.
Amma’s body is not made up of spatha dhathus like ours. Her body is made of mantra, the Panchadasi mantra. This mantra is divided in to three kutas namely Vagbhava, Kamaraja and Sakthi. Vagbhava kuta is face, Kamaraja kuta is the mid portion and the Sakthi kuta is below the hip. Vagdevathas used the word dvaya in one nama in the Vagbhavakuta portion, in one nama in the Kamaraja kuta and in three namas in the Sakti kuta. In fact, apart from the head to toe description namas there is one and only one nama in which they used dvaya. Dvaya is indicative of union of siva and sakthi.
The Vak is expressed from the mouth which is part of the Vagbhagava kuta. The dvaya in the nama, शुद्धविद्याङ्कुराकारद्विजपङ्क्तिद्वयॊज्ज्वला refers to the word and its meaning. The word and its meaning are the universal parents Siva and Parvati.
Next, the dvaya in the nama नाभ्यालवालरॊमाळीलताफलकुचद्वयी of the Kamaraja-kuta, refers to the Sun and Moon symbolic bosom pair of Amma. The wordly affairs are carried with this kuta, through likes (sanklapa) and dislikes (vikalpa). Intellect (buddhi) and mind (manas) are the two key factors functioning in this kuta. The Sun and Moon of bosom pair are representative of intellect and mind respectively. Sun and Moon in turn are indicative of Siva and Sakthi. So the dvaya here is indicative the union of Siva and Sakthi in the form of intellect and mind.
The portion below hip represents Sakthi kuta. Sakthi is of three kinds namely iccha, kriya and jnana. Vagdevathas used dvaya in three namas in corresponding body parts in this kuta.
Iccha sakthi:
कामॆशज्ञातसौभाग्यमार्दवॊरुद्वयान्विता
Kamesa is indicative of desire. The dvaya in this nama is indicative of Vani-Hiranyagarbha, who are nothing but Siva and Sakthi in union.
Jnana sakthi:
माणिक्यमकुटाकारजानुद्वयविराजिता
Makuta is a head gear. Head is the seat of intellect/knowledge. So the dvaya in this nama is indicative of jnana sakthi pair, Lakshmi-Narayana. Modern medical studies are trying to see the link between brain and knee, whereas our rushis of vedic time had a vision of this and the same is mentioned here. You can even search internet with the key words brain and knee.
Now, you see the kavacha stortras of goddess and look for the names of Sakthi, who protects our knees. You will see the names of goddess of intellect Sarada, Mrudani, Vindhyavasini etc.,
Kriya sakthi:
पदद्वयप्रभाजालपराकृतसरॊरुहा
We will see these details when we study this nama.
The mantra rahasyas hidden in the Sakthi kuta portion of the goddess are known to upaasakaas.
To know Sankara Bhagavatpada‘s impression of Amma’s knees, we need to resort to Soundaryalahari. In the 82nd sloka, करीन्द्रान्शुंडाम् कनक कदली कान्ड पटली, Adi Sankara says, Oh! Daughter of Himavan!! With utmost devotion to your husband, you do pancha-anga namskara in several occasions as a result of which, your delicate knees are hardened. Lalitamma, is laavanya personified and Her knees alone are hardened because of this.
May the mother’s ruby crown shaped knees bestow knowledge to this ajnani!!
श्रीमात्रेनमः
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