शुक्लाम्बरधरम् विष्णुम् शशिवर्णम् चतुर्भुजम्|
प्रसन्नवदनम् ध्यायेत् सर्व विघ्नोपशान्तये||
श्रीगुरुभ्योनमः
आशौशवान्ममतया कलितस्त्वयासा-
वानृण्यमम्ब तव लब्धुमना मृगाङ्कः|
स्वात्मानमेव नियतम् बहुधा विभज्य
त्वत्पादयोर्विनिदधे नखरापदेशात्||
(Nilakanta
Dikshita Ananda Sagara Stavam – 64)
Amba!! You pampered Moon since his childhood
by wearing the crescent on your head. It looks like, Moon wanted to show his
gratitude for this. So he divided himself into ten parts and placed one each in your toenails.
nakha-dIdhiti-saNchanna-nama-jjana-tamOguNA
nakha
– nails
dIdhiti –
brightness, lustre
saNchanna –
enveloped, covered
namat-jana –
people who bow before her
tamOguNa
– tamOguNa
Pranams to Amma
whose toenails’ effulgence envelops the tamoguna of people who bow
before Her. Just as how as brightness spreads, the darkness
automatically gets dispelled, so does Amma’s toenails’ brilliance,
that removes the darkness in the minds of
Her devotees.
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव
च|
तमस्य़ेतानि
जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन|| (Bhagavadgita 14.13)
When tamoguna starts growing in an
individual, aprakasa (ajnana, aviveka, fear), apravruthi
(inertia, laziness), pramada (ajaagratha), moha will sprout and
increase in magnitude. Lord Krishna addressed aprakasa
first among all other characteristics, showing the importance of this feature.
Lack of sadasat knowledge is aprakasa. In fact, it is because of
this, that the rest develop.
Vagdevatas extol
Amma’s toenails’ luminescence to be the one that eradicates the tamoguna
of people who bow before Her.
AdiSankara Bhagavatpada hails the greatness
of Amma’s toenails in the 89th sloka नखैर्नाकस्त्रीणाम् करकमल सङ्कोच शशिभिःas follows: Oh!! Chandi! It is natural for
lillies to get folded when moon appears. In a similar way, when the celestial
ladies come to pray to your feet possessing moonlight like lustrous toes, their
lilly like hands automatically get folded and look like lilly buds. The kalpavrukshas
in heaven fulfill the wishes of only celestial ladies, through their tender
leaves, whereas, your divine feet satiate the wishes of not only the celestial
ladies who bow before you, but also the poor, ordinary people, as and when they
seek them.
Sankara Bhagavatpada imagines that Amma’s
feet are mocking at kalpavrukshas, for Amma’s feet are more
benevolent than the kalpavrukshas.
Hidden meaning:
तम असीत्तमसागूढम् अग्रे प्रकेतम् सलिलम्
सर्वम् इदम्|
(nAsadIya sUktam –
10.129.03)
नसीदहो न रात्रिरासीन्न सदासीन्ना सदासीत्
तम एव पुरस्तादभवद् विश्वरूपम्| सा विश्वरूपस्य रजनी हि एवमस्यार्धोऽनुभाष्यः
(Mahabharatam Santi
Parva – Ch342-8Sl)
तमो वा इदमग्र आसीदेकम् (Maitrayanyupanishad
5.2)
The prajnana (Supreme Consciousness)
in the form of Visvarupa, that is neither day nor night, neither sat
nor asat which existed before creation is tamas. This tamas is the night for the Visvatma.
(sOkAmayatA bahusyAm prajAyEyEti-Taittiriya Upanishad)The all pervading,
and all alone ParamBrahma wished to become many and evolved into
this entire creation. This creation is the Visvatma’s day and tamas
is the night. As the wee hours’ sun rays chase away the darkness, the creation
enveloping the entire infinite vast expanse removes the tamas completely.
The same fact is asserted secretively in cryptic Rig-vedic
passages (1.158) by Dirghatamas rishi.
The Vagdevatas reference to the tamoguna
in this nama could be taken for the tamas that existed prior to
creation. Once the creation comes into existence, the tamas disappears.
In order to see the connection between the creation and Amma’s
toenails, we need to refer to the following sloka by Brahma deva in
Devi Bhagavatham.
नख दर्पण मध्ये वै देव्याश्चरणपञ्कजे|
ब्रह्माण्डमखिलम्
सर्वे तत्र स्थावरजङ्गमम्|| (Canto 3-Ch 4- SL 20-30)
In the mirror like toenails of the lotus
feet of Amma, we saw entire mobile, immobile creation in a cosmic
egg (Brahmanda) that consists of Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Vayu, Agni,
Yama, Sun, Moon, Varuna, Tvastha, Indra, Kubera gods, Apsarasas, Gandharvas,
rivers, oceans, hills, mountains, Visvavasu like others, Narada, Tumbura like
others, HaHa, HuHu, Asvini devatas, Ashta vasus, Siddhas, Pitru devatas, Anantha like serpents,
Kinneras, Rakshasas, Brahma loka, Vaikunta loka and Kailasam.
The hidden meaning of this nama is
that, the creation (seen in the toenails of Amma) has effaced the
tamas that existed prior to the creation.
The description of saguna rupa of Amma
began with the (EkamEvaAdvitIyam brahma) ParamBrahma,
that is ajara, amruta, abhaya, asoka and anantha
(infinite) and ended with the entire creation described at the feet. This one
to many genesis, is in fact camouflaged in these namas by the Vagdevatas.
In the Bhairava-Yamala tantra, Mahadeva
himself said that Sri-Chakra is the one that describes the
creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic egg (Brahmanda) and
the Amma herself is Sri-Chakra rupini.
कलाविद्यापराशक्तिः श्रीचक्राकाररूपिणी|
तन्मध्ये बैन्दवम् स्थानम् तत्रास्ते परमेश्वरी||
सदाशिवेनसम्युक्ता सर्वतत्त्वातिगामिनी|
चक्रम् त्रिपुरसुन्दर्या ब्रह्माण्डकारमीश्वरी|
पञ्चभूतात्मकम् चैव तन्मात्रात्मकमेवच||
इन्द्रियात्मकमेवच मनस्तत्त्वात्मकम् तथा|
मायादितत्त्वरूपम् च तत्त्वातीतम् तु बैन्दवम्|
बैन्दवे जगदुत्त्पत्ति स्थिति संहारकारिणी|
From this, we can surmise that, Vagdevatas allusively established/delineated the evolution of the Sri-Chakra through these saguna rupa namas.
Praying that the splendour of Amma’s
toenails may eradicate the darkness in my heart forever,
Sri-mAtrEnamaH
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