Shri Chakra
Shri Yantra, Shri Pura (The Sacred City)
By
reason of the four [triangles called] srikanthas and
the five [triangles called] sivayuvatis, which are
pierced by the bindu and constitute the nine [basic
triangles of the sricakra called] mulaprakritis,
forty-three – along with the lotus of eight and
sixteen petals [outside the triangles] and the three
circles [outside the lotuses] and the three lines [outside
the circles] - angles of your dwelling place are
evolved. [1]
Shri Lalita
Tripura Sundari
The Tripartite Divine Mother (MahaMaja)
The Energy of Brahman
In
the midst of the Ocean of Nectar, [where] covered
with groves of heavenly wishing trees [is] the Island
of Gems, in the mansion of wishing jewels with its
grove of nipa trees, on a couch composed of [the four
gods] Siva [and the others], your seat a mattress
which is Paramasiva – some few lucky ones worship
you, a flood of consciousness (cit) and bliss (ananda).
[2]
Vishnu
The Entity, which “dreamed up” (Yoga Nidra) the
Universe
It has
three separate colors and by reason of the blue
antimony eyesalve (representing the primordial ocean)
the triad of your eyes here, O beloved of Isana,
shines forth as if to recreate the gods Druhina (Brahma),
Hari, and Rudra (Siva), who were obliterated [in the
great dissolution], and wears, in bearing rajas (red),
sattva (white), and tamas (black), the triad of gunas.
[3]
Shri Kamaksi
from the Temple in Kancipuran, India
Ambika
The Mother Goddess
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