Sri Lalita Maha Tripurasundari is the embodiment of Brahman, the Absolute Reality! She combines in Herself all the different varieties of Devas. She is all powerful and does not depend on others! She is the personification of all energies-- Iccha Sakthi, Kriya Sakthi and Jnana Sakthi! She has created the ten avatars of Vishnu from the tips of Her ten fingers! “ Karanguli nakhotpanna Narayana dasakrutihi” She is described as all pervading, appearing in many forms,and also the embodiment of Knowledge and ignorance! “Vyapini vividhkara Vidyavidya Swarupini” She is also described as Lakshmi and Saraswathi! It is said that these Goddesses are on the right and left sides of Devi fanning her with the “Chamaras!” “ Sa Chamara Rama Vani savya dakshina sevitha” She is Rajarajeswari and “ Adisakthi!
She is the form of Truth, Knowledge, and Bliss--” Satya Jnananandarupa!” She is the Eternal Flame, resident in eternal regions, the minutest atom--”Paramjyotih Paramdhama Paramanuh!” She is the bestower of peace and rest to mortals tormented by the cycle of birth, old age and death! ”Janma mruthyu Jara taptha Jana visranthi dayini!” She is called Aparna, Chandka and the destroyer of the demons Chanda and Munda! “Aparna Chandika Chanda Mundasura nishudini!” She is Uma, the daughter of Himavan, Gowri worshipped by the Gandharvas, a clan of Devas! “Uma Sailendra tanaya Gowri Gandharva sevita!” She is entirely independent, the Lord of all Tantras and the very form of Sri Dakshinamurthy! “ Swatantra SarvaTantresi Dakshinamurti rupini!” She is “Panchapretamanchadhisayini!” She is the center of causeless compassion and the the torch that dispels the darkness of Ignorance or Avidya! “Avyaja karunamurthy rajnana dhwanta dipika” In short She is the Dweller of Sri Chakra Srinagara Tripurasundari! “ Sri Chakra raja Nilaya Srimat Tripurasundari” the One who has merged with Lord Siva!
Sri Sankara brings out the all encompassing form of Lalithambika in this ninety seventh sloka! Many call Her by different names but forget who She really is! Says Sankara, “ O Mother! Vedic scholars call you by different names like Lakhmi and Saraswati and Parvati! But You are far removed from these deities! Your are the “Chandrakala or Sri Vidya of Sadaiva Parabrahman! You are also Mahamaya, the great illusory form unimaginable! Your illusion cannot be broken by time and place! That is Your Glory! Knowledgeable persons may call you by various different names but You're the Only One!”
All Gods and Goddesses are the different forms of Lalithambika! According to the needs She takes different forms to help the Devas!To kill Bhandasura She has taken the form of Lalita Maha Tripurasundari! She is Herself Sri Vidya, the Goddes to be propitiated through various rituals and practices! Sri Vidya Upasana is very difficult and demands a high state of purity and meditation and concentration! It is not given to all to take up Sri Vidya worship. Devi will test the Sadhaka in innumerable ways before accepting him! Hence the aspirant should be properly initiated into Upasana by a reputed, self realized Guru!
Maya or Avidya is called illusion! It is also called Ignorance! It is the quality of representing the Real as Unreal and the Unreal as the Real!l It is like mistaking the rope for a snake in total darkness! This darkness is Avidya or Ignorance! When illuminated you realize the truth! Devi and all female forms are considered as Maya which delude man! She is also called Prakriti the dynamic form of Purusha or Brahman! He is the potential energy while Prakriti is the dynamic energy responsible for all activities in the Universe!
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