Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Lalita Sahasranama # 77

Kamesvaramukhalokakalpitasriganeshwara

1) Kamesvaramukhasya alokabhyam (sakutamiksana candrikabyam) kalpitah (=utpaditah) sriman ganesvaro yasya sa

She whose (son) Ganesha was produced by Her glance at Kamesvara's face

The mythological story in the Brahmanda P. is like this, "seeing the devas fettered by magical figures set up by daityas, Devi by merely looking at her husband, gave birth to the great Ganapathy whose mantra is of 28 syllables, by which the fettering influence of the magical figures were destroyed adn the devas released

2) kamesvarah (=kavalanirgunahsivah), tanmukhalokena (=tadanubhavena) kalpitam sriganeshvaratvam (=puryastakadhisvaratvam) yasya sa

Sri Ganeshvaratva i.e., the overlordship (adhisvaratva) of 8 cities of gunas, by looking at kamesvara who represents the pure nirguna aspect of siva. This means that when one realizes the nirguna siva his jivabhava disappears.

Here the word kamesvara means pure Siva. i.e., without attributes. Aloka=personal experience of him. Ganesvara = gana the city formed of eight things consisting of (1) Five karmendriyas 2) Five Jnanendriyas 3) Four Manas etc 4) Five Pranas. 5) Five Bhutas 6) Kama 7) Karma 8) Avidya. These eight are called Ganesa. Ganesa = Isvara = the lord (of his body), kalpita = attributed or imagined.

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