Deivathin Kural Series - 167

Om Namah Sivaya.

Deivathin Kural # 167 of 14 Mar 2007.

1. These e-mails, are chapter wise translations of the lectures given by, Sri Chandra Sekharendra Swamigal, of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. Every day, after the daily Puja, He used to talk, on various aspects concerning Hinduism. These are published, in Tamil, by Vanady Padippagam, T.Nagar, Chennai, as Deivathin Kural, in seven volumes of a thousand pages each. To-day's talk is titled, 'Kamakshiyin Sivappu' that is, 'The Red Colour of Kamakshi', in pages 760 to 762, of Deivathin Kural, Volume 1.

2. The divine Mother Goddess Kamakshi, who sports Sugar-Cane Bow and Arrow of Flowers, saves the entire creation from the 'monkey tricks', of the senses and the vascillations of the mind, out of Her Love for Her children! The funny thing is that, Manmata, or the God of Love Cupid, is also sporting the same equipments of Sugar-cane Bow and Flower Arrows! But His job is the exact opposite. With the same tools, He incites sensual passions and uncontrollable desires.

3. That is also Her play only. Manmata could not have been empowered to do what He does otherwise. As the fruit that is initially bitter, turns successively in to bland, sour and finally sweet; She has created the forces of Nature, so as to enable the life forms to undergo progressive experiences, unto fruition. We as individuals, should never let us be carried away, by the flood of passions and desires. If we are not able to withstand the pressures and pulls initially, we are not to be heart broken either. If we surrender to Ambal, She will enable us to apply the necessary brakes and balance. We should pray to Her to grant us this moderation. When involved in 'Samsaram' that is worldly life, we should often ponder, if there is 'some saram', (some essence), in all this! To think like this is the 'saram' or essence. Then only 'dispassion', is achieved. Dispassion, is not a negative entity such as ennui.

4. (KTSV adds. Even if you take it as 'ennui', simply as boredom, Oscar Wilde says, "Ennui comes to those to whom life denies nothing'. So dispassion comes after going through the experiences of life, while all the time one is maturing into 'Virakthi'.) As the fruit goes through the process of fruitioning, when it is ripe enough, it seperates from the tree and falls. Like that, let us fruition into ripeness and fall in to Mother Earth, that is Mother's feet and merge.

5. Like us, many lives have accumulated infinite quantity of 'Karma Vinai', that is, good and bad effects of actions. To cancel out these merits and de-merits, they have to take life and undergo the effects of experiences. In the life taken now we have the option to further accumulate the baggage, or reduce the load. The only way to reduce the load, is to go through the process of life with the clarity that, all our intelligence, money, name and fame, power and influence, capabilities and wherewithal; may be used the 'Dharma' way for the common good of all or in aiding and helping, as many as we can. Then we get to the stage of no further cycle of life and death. So, this life is an experiment and the whole world is a laboratory. Life is the Teacher and the whole world is a school. Passion is created to arrive at dispassion and Kama or Manmata or Cupid is one of the administrators.

6. In it everything has to remain within bounds. Mother will not permit, even Manmata, to play His pranks with the devotees and realised souls. She only caused Parameswara to become enamoured of Her. Manmata tried His tricks with Parameswara. Parameswara opened His third eye and reduced Kama to ashes, and returned to His Static State. Now then, how is Her play of the world to continue? She picked up the Sugar-Cane Bow and Flower Arrows dropped by Manmata, Herself and approached Parameswara. She did not come with pride but love and humility. So Parameswara became Kameswara and She became Kamakshi and Kameswari.

7. The thing that is totally inactive, becoming worldly friendly, that essence of Love, Grace and Compassion, is Kamakshi. The 'suddha spatika sankasam' Brhmam (crystal clear cosmosphere), then becomes RED. The red of 'Arali' and 'Lotus' and 'Sandhya', is indicative of Love and Compassion. Red is not all bad and danger only. In Tamil, there are words such as, 'Manachemmai', 'Sevviya Ullam', to mean a 'refined mind' and 'perfect heart', both red. That is the colour of Kamakshi, the colour of Compassion.

Sambhomahadeva.