Aarsha Vani (Voice of Sanatana Dharma) October 2019 Volume: 5 Issue: 09 GURUVĀṆI The intellectual knowledge, that just like one gold has transformed into different ornaments, it is only ONE GOD who is worshipped in different forms as many gods, is present only in Sanātana Dharma. When thought as only ONE, that God is formless, whereas when worshipped in multiples, it has names and forms. Like one is always conscious that all the different ornaments seen are transformations of one gold, bhārātiyas are always conscious of the fact that the different names and forms are expressions of ONE SUPREME GOD. – Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Dear Readers, Title Page# Namaste. We wish all our readers a very happy, 1 Dāridrya duḥkha bhaya hāriṇi… 1 blissful, and spiritually uplifting Dusserah 2 Siva Padam – bālā tripurasundarī līlāmayi 2 Śarannavarātri, Vijaya Daśami, and Diwāli. These 3 Sa niyataṁ labdhvā kaṭākṣacchavim… 2 festivals are celebrated signifying the victory of 4 Mahar̥ṣi Vālmīki is neither a wayside robber nor 3 good over evil. Divine Mother vanquished all the a hunter hordes of demons in multiple forms during 5 Bhajē śāradāmba 4 Navarātri, and Lord Krishna killed Narakāsura 6 Jagadguru – jaganmāta 4 during Diwāli. 7 Traditions – Fulfilments - Tithi – Vidhi 5 Brahmasri Dr. Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma 8 Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa 6 garu elucidated the ‘Chandi Saptasati’ sloka that 9 Major Festivals in This Month 7 propounds that all are the forms of ‘ONE’ Supreme ̥ 10 The Eternal - Sadācāra 9 Śakti. Articles about ‘Mūka Pancaśati’ and Maharṣi Vālmīki are must read. Brahmasri Dr. Samavedam 11 Bālāmahātripurasundari Dēvi 10 garu explained in his own inimitable style how to 12 Śrī Vēṅkaṭēśa … 11 obtain Goddess Mahālakṣmī’s grace. While 13 Śiva jñānaṁ - Killing the Tripurāsuras 12 explaining about how Lord Nārāyaṇa came to 14 Hindu Dharma – Form, Nature and Effect 13 Tirumala, Dr. Samavedam garu mentioned about 15 Sarva Sasyātmikā Dēvī Jīvanōpāya Rūpiṇī! 14 a maha mantra. Those who chant that mahamantra 16 Sarvagrahadōṣa Parihāra Ślōka 14 are saluted by gods also. Traditions and 17 Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara Jñāna Yajñaṁ - Bhaja 15 Fulfilments, adapted from Mudgala Purāṇa, lists Gōvindam out what needs to be done on every tithi and the 18 Ram Līlā Utsav 17 merits accrued thereby. For those who could not 19 Gōvu - Gōvardhanagiri 17 participate in Navaratri Festivities at Sri Vallabha 20 Sanatana Dharma Around the World 18 Gaṇapati temple in Konthamuru, the event 21 Children’s Corner – coverage and pictures give immense pleasure. i. Scientific Measurement of Time by Bhāratīyas 19 We take this opportunity to express our gratitude ii. Vedic Mathematics - Sūtrās 20 for your continuous support. To express your 22 The Mahabharata True Story from Sage views about this e-magazine, please write to Veda Vyasa - Nalōpākhyānam 21 [email protected] with the subject 23 Photo Gallery - Ganapati Navaratri Festivities at 23 line ‘VIEW’. Sri Vallabha Ganapati Mandir, Konthamuru, Thanks & Namaste, Rajahmundry Aarshavani Team. Aarshavani FaceBook Copyright © 2019 | Rushipeetham Charitable Trust. All Rights Reserved. ‘Samanvaya is San tana – S marasya is Bh rat yata’ Aarshavani Vol. 5 October | 2019 ā ā ā ī SĀMAVĒDĪYAṀ (QUINTESSENCE OF SANATANA DHARMA) mēdhāsi dēvi viditākhila śāstrasārā śrī kaiṭabhāri hrdayaikḁ krtādhivāsḁ̄ | “Divine Mother Durga removes all gaurī tvamēva śaśi mauḷi krtaprati̥ ṣṭhā those that start with ‘Du’ i.e. durgāsi durga bhavasāgara naurasaṅgā || durmārga (treading bad path), O Divine Mother! You are the durāchāra (bad customs), duṣtatva intellect who know the (evilness), duḥkha (sorrow), and quintessence of all the dussādhya (highly impossible). branches of knowledge. You Hence, Mother is prayed as ‘dum are the one living in the heart durgāyai nama:’ It is only the of the enemy of demon worship of Durga with steadfast kaiṭabha i.e. You are the devotion that will steer the Mother Lakṣmi living in the individual, society, and the country heart of Viṣṇu who killed out of these vicious attacks and kaiṭabha. You are Mother unnecessary animosities. gaurī, who is the fame of the - Brahmasri Dr.Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma. one sporting the moon on His Upcoming Pravachanams head. You are Mother Durga, For schedules please refer page # 16 who is the ferry to cross the (For details visit http://rushipeetham.org/ Event Calendar) insurmountable ocean of Traditions-Fulfilments mundane. Entire Saptaśati is an amalgamation of Vēda mantras and sūktas. Devout tāṭaṅka dhāraṇaṁ strīṇāṁ chanting of these seven hundred slokas bestows the merit of reading all the bhartu rāyuṣya vardhanaṁ sūktas in Vēdas. Meditating upon the tāṭaṅkas (earrings) of Srīmāta provides In the above sloka that occurs in the Prathama Charitram of Chanḍi stability to Māṅgaḷya. i.e This Saptaśati, Divine Mother is venerated by all the gods as the unified ensures long life for one’s husband. personification of all the three forms – ‘lakṣmī’, ‘sarasvatī’, ‘gaurī’, and ultimately, in the fourth pāda of the sloka, She is adulated as the very Those erudite say that the chanting embodiment of Durga. of ‘UMA’ nāma ten times after the ‘mēdhām dēvī sarasvatī..’ says mēdhā sūkta. The intellect, recitation of Sri Lalitha intellectual, and intelligence – all three are the forms of dēvī sarasvatī. Sahasranama Stotra removes any Hence, She is the embodiment of all the scriptures as well as the mistakes committed either knowingly or unknowingly. quintessence of all those scriptures. Here, intelligence refers to both mundane and spiritual. Certainly, worldly knowledge is essential to conduct Those who meditate upon the affairs in this world and become successful. One has to fulfill their duties crown of Srīmāta are bestowed and responsibilities assigned to oneself. (Contd.. Page 3) auspiciousness and prosperity. Sadhu Vachanam Reading specified lines after each ‘Shakti worship, especially the worship of God as Mother, is a personal sloka is called samputikarana. property of India. The great scholar and illumined soul Swami Abhedananda Chanting ‘sarva vyādhi praśamanī also says, ‘India is in fact the only place in the world where God is worshipped sarva mrtyu̥ nivāriṇī’ after each as Mother’. – Swami Saradananda, Sri Ramakrishna Mission. sloka in Sri Lalita Sahasranama Bharateeyam stotra grants relief from any kind of “ ‘Sanatana Dharma’ – Everything and every concept is profound, lucid, and distress and disease. highly intellectual. But, the concept of ‘Mother’ – right from worshipping Ex: God in the form of the Mother to seeing Divine Mother in every woman and sarva vyādhi praśamanī sarva mrtyu̥ nivāriṇī | venerating them as Her forms is something hitherto unknown to the Śrīmātā śrī mahārājñi śrīmat Sinhāsanēśvarī | Cidagni kuṇḍasambhūtādēvakāryasamudyatā | Western world. This is an expression of not only love and reverence, but an sarva vyādhi praśamanī sarva mrtyu̥ nivāriṇī || eternal sentiment to respect women everywhere and at every stage of their life.” - Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of Madras Presidency, 1880 Spiritual Quest (Answers by Sri Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma) Dēvi Bhāgavata mentions the five forms of Divine Mother as ‘durgā’, ‘lakṣmī’, ‘sarasvatī’, ‘gāyatrī’, and ‘rādhā’. Among the above mentioned five, four forms have names mentioned in Sri Lalita Sahasranama. Why the name ‘rādhā’ is not mentioned anywhere in this stotra? All the forms of Parāśakti are mentioned in Sri Lalita Sahasranama stotra. ‘Ābālagōpaviditā’ name mentions about Śrī rādhā dēvi only. She is the embodiment of the philosophy of Krishna that is being worshipped by children, cowherd boys and women. Parāśakti rādhā dēvi, whose abode is gōlōka, incarnated on this earth, because She could not bear separation from Krishna. Because of this incarnation, She became venerable for all those who realized Her. Many erudite decreed that this name ‘Ābālagōpaviditā’ denotes Śrī rādhā dēvi. Recently, the same has been propounded in Varanasi by His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Swarupanandendra Saraswati, the pontiff of Sri Badari and Sri Dwaraka Peethams of Sri Adi Sankara. Also, the names such as ‘prēmarūpā’, ‘rasyā’, ‘rasajñā’ can be considered to connote the philosophy of Sri rādhā dēvi. Copyright © 2019 | Rushipeetham Charitable Trust. All Rights Reserved. ‘Samanvaya is Sanātana – Sāmarasya is Bhāratīyata’ Aarshavani Vol. 5 – October | 2019 1 SivaPadam Bālā tripurasundarī līlāmayi cidbhāvaman̄jari bālā tripurasundarī phālalōcanī śambhu manōhari pālin̄cumā nanu ō bhuvanēśvari bālā tripurasundarī bhuvana bhavanamuna ravi candrulanē divvelu viligin̄cē toli tallī grahamula raṅgula rāṭnamu trippucu āṭalāḍu hēḷā līlākari bālā tripurasundarī carācarammula varāla krpat̥ ō lālin̄cē lalitā śiva vanita pan̄cabhūtamaya prapan̄canāyaki parāśakti ō dharādharasutā bālā tripurasundarī!! In this composition, the transformation āryāmēva vibhāvayanmanasi yaḥ of the forms and worship of Divine pādāravindaṁ puraḥ Mother from Bālā TripuraSundari to Śri paśyannārabhatē stutiṁ sa niyataṁ Rāja Rājēśwarī Dēvi is presented. Though labdhvā kaṭākṣacchavim | kāmākṣyā mrdulasmit̥ ānśulaharī Divine Mother is called Śri Lalitā Dēvi, jyōtsnāvayasyānvitām She is also ‘Bālā’. It is mentioned in Sri ārōhatyapavargasaudhavalabhī Lalita Sahasranama Stotra that Mother is mānandavīcīmayīm || ‘Bālā Līlā Vinōdini’ i.e. She enjoys sports. - Mūka kavi in ‘mūka pancaśati’ Here, Mother is described gleefully playing with all the planets I thought of only Āryā in many distinct ways and hence could see Her lotus feet right in front of me. Thereafter, I venerated