shiva : shakthya uktho bavathi shivan parameswaran when collides with shakthi do all sthithi srishthi and samharam for all these he needs one shakthi and that shakthi is ambal this refers to ambal like how + and -ve forms current. like shiva and shakthi should unite for allgoods so one should do penance for many jenmas to worship ambal shakthi means everything like hearing seeing etc., all forms called adhya shakth i shiva : = mangalam - meaning gopalan (daivatham devathanamcha ) mangalam mangala am cham) Shakthya yuktha: = when mangalamaan gopala mantram mixes with panchadasi forms gopala sundari So this mantra will give sukha in all worlds and also gives mukthi kathamakrutha punyah prabhavathi
kadAchidAdyA lalitA puMrUpA kR^iShNavigrahA Gopala Sundari There is a tradition to worship Krishna as Gopala Sundari. The mantra for worshi p in that manner has 33 beejaaksharams and is made up of SriRajagopaala Mantra's 18 letters and the 15 letters of Sri Pancha Dasakshari of Sri Vidya. In fact, t he Lord of Raja Mannargudi (Dakshina Dwaarakai),Sri Rajagopalan is meditated upo n as Sri Vidya Raajagopalan and is said to have Sri Chakram under the lotus feet of his archaa murtham at this temple. Hisalankaaram as Mohini (Madana Gopala Su ndari ) during His Brahmothsavam is well known. Sri Leela Sukhar worshipped this Madana Gopala Sundari form (Dhyana Slokam 3-104 of Krishna Karnaamrutham). Gopala Sundari Yantram(Dhyana Slokam 3-104 of Krishna Karnaamrutham) Kodanda maikshava makhanda mishum cha poushpam ,Chakrabhja pasa sruni kanchana v amsa naalam,Bhibrana mashta vidha bahubir arka varnam,Dyayedwarim madana gopa vi lasa vesham. 3-104 Afterwards we have to meditate on the form of Krishna, Who holds the unbreakable Kodanda bow, The arrow made of flowers, the holy wheel, theconch, the rope, The goad and the flute made of gold in his eight hands, Who isof the red colour of the rising sun god, And has put on the form of God of lovewho is a cowherd. This is considered as the manthra of eight handed madana Gopala Sundari.Other refere nces of Gopala Sundari in Krishna Karnaamrutham: Lavanya veecheerachithanga bhoosham,Bhooshaa padaropitha puya barhaam,Karunya da rala kadaksha maalaam,Baalaam bhaje vallava vamsa lakshmin. 3-18I Salute that girl child who is the Lakshmi of the Vamsa clan, whose prettiness is only due to shining body parts, who is decorated only by the peacock feather, a nd whose look is filled with mercy. (This is a rare prayer addressed to GopalaSu
ndari , the feminine aspect of Krishna) Maalabarha manogna kunthala bharam vanya prasoonokshithaam,Shailyadrava kliptha chithra thilakaam sasvan manohaarineem,Leela venu ravamyathaika rasikaam lavanya Lakshmi mayeem,Baalaam bala thamala neela vapusham vande param devathaam. 3-66I salute that divine Goddess, who is in her youth and is blue in colour, Whose bew itching hair is decorated by peacock feathers and flower garland, Who is decorat ed by forest flowers, who is always pleasant to the mind, Who puts red decorativ e thilaka from the paste made of mountain stone Who gets enraptured in the necta r of the music from the flute, And who is Lakshmi, the personification of great beauty. Note. This is another prayer addressed to Bala Gopala Sundari. Kodandam masrunam sugandhi vishikham chakrabja pasangusam,Haimim venulathaam kar aischa dadhatham sindhoora unjarunam,Kandharpadhika Sundaram smitha mukham gopan gana veshtitham,Gopalam sathatham bhajami varadam trilokya raksha manim. 3-98I meditate always on the Gopala*,Who holds the bow, scented flower arrows, Wheel, conch , goad , and a golden flute, Who is reddish like saffron, Who is prettier than God of love, Who has an ever smiling face, Who is surrounded by Gopi lasses , Who is a protection for the three worlds, And one who gives boons to those who ask. *This prayer is addressed to Bala Gopala Sundari. About Sri Leela Sukhar: The author of Sri Krishna Karnamrutam, is originally called as Bilvamangal. He g ot the special title of Leela Sukar, since he was immersed in Krishna as Sukawas in Brahman. He was born in Kerala in a village called Parur and his periodis 12 20 - 1300 AD.He was quite learned in Vyakarana, alankara and other Sanskrit kavy a aspects.He was born as a Saiva and he had during his final years embraced Sann yasa inTekkola Math near Thrissoor. This Math was founded by Padmapada, SriSanka ra's disciple.Bilvamangala has said: I am a Saiva by birth and I am meditating S ivaPanchakshari. But my mind always dwells on the green coloured Krishna, ever w ith a smiling face. He prayed to Krishna as a form of Gopala Sundari in GopalaSu ndari Mantra. 15 lettered Sri Vidya Mantra and 18 lettered Rajagopala Mantra The mantra for Vidya Rajagopala Yantra is: Om Kleem Vidya Rajagopala Moorthaye Namah Uses This is Lord Krishna Mantra, recitation of this Mantra good for maintaining good relationship with wife or partner. Gopaala SundarikaDachilalliteshani pumruupaa krishNa vigraH ' Some times Lalitha is seenin the form of Krishna.There are innumerable forms of Devi described in Veda, Agama and PuraaNas. No other deity in the Hindu pantheon has such countless forms. She being the universal mother with bound less mercy, manifests in a number of forms to enable one to meditate in any of these that o ne likes to visualize. Though the ultimate reality is beyond all forms and conce ption, its out of immense compassion that the he manifests with a swaroopa embra cing kalyaNa guNas.There is a special roopa of devi described in tantric texts a s a fusion of goopla and lalita named 'Gopaala Sundari'.The supreme manifestatio n of devi as the universal mother is Lalita. Whenyou say a sahasranAma or a tris hati on Devi with out a prefix, it refers only to Lalita's. She is 'shrI mahA rA GYI', the supreme empress. She is tripurasundarii who rules over the entire univ erse with Brahma,VishhNu and Shiva are mere functionaries in her empire. Rig-Ved a celebrates her as the supreme power in all beings.
'ahaM rudrebhir basubhishcharAmyaham Aditairuta vishvadevaiH ahaMmitrAvaruNobhA vibharmyahamindrAgnI ahamashvinobhA ..' Likewise the most celebrated masculine form of the saguNa brahma is Sri mannaara ayaNa. He is parama purusha the first and fore most among devatas. naaraayaNaparo yogo naaraayaNapara.m tapaH | naaraayaNapara.m j^naana.m naaraayaNaparaagatiH || Out of several incarnations of Sri mannaaraayaNa, Sri Krishna is consideredas th e poorNaavatara as he brims with all kalyaNa guNas. We find a beautiful shloka b y leela shuka, which reads as, satyaM satyaM durlabhaM daivateshhu tatkaishoraM tachcha vaktraaravindaM | tatkaaruNyaM te cha liilaakaTaakshaaH tatsaundaryaM saa cha mandasmitashriiH || (I swear, I swear, there is none equating Krishna with such an enchanting beauty , lotus face, kaaruNya, liilaa kaTaakshaa, saundarya and that smile (saa cha man dasmitashriiH), indeed there is none.)These two supreme principles manifest in a single swaroopa named 'GoopaalaSundari', needless to say this is the most encha nting of all swaroopAs.She is shyamala and he is shyamalaanga. She is rAjarAjesh wari and he is rAjagopAla. There exist several puraanic evidences to state that they are one and the same. The following shloka from krishNa karNamrutam beautif ully describes the form that result when Devi and Krishna unite. kodanDamaikshavamakhaNDamishhuM ca paushhpaM cakraabjapaashasR^iNikaaJNcanavaMshanaalam| vibhraaNamashhTavidhabaahubhirarkavarNaM dhyaayeddhariM madanagopavilaasaveshham || dhyaayeth hariM madana gopa vilaasa veshham - I meditate upon hari in the form of madana gOpAla,arkavarNaM - who with the co lor of a rising sun,vibhraaNam - holdsakhaND aiksha kodanDa - a strong sugar can e bow,ishhuM ca paushhpaM - an arrow of flowers,cakra abja paasha sR^iNi kaaJNca na-vaMshanaalam - cakra, shanka, lotus, wipe, AN^kushA and a golden flute,AshhTa baahubhiH - in his eight arms. The Mantra dedicated to Sri gopaala sundari has 33 beejaaksharams, which isa fushion of Pancha Dassakshari (15) and Sri Rajagopa ala (18) ashhtaDassakshari.It's a traditional practice to equate Gopaala sundari to shyamala ormeenakshi. Meenakshi being visualized as Sri mannaaraayaNa is not hing new.There is a special ramaayaNa which says meenakshi assumed the form of r ama & sundareshwara as seetha. So nandi deva incarnates as Anchaneya (shriichand rasekharendra sarasvatii mahAsvamigaL has elaborated on this topic).Mutthuswami diikshitar in one his songs on somasundareshwara (madurai) says 'nandi ropa Anchaneyadi nutam' - The one served by nandi in the f orm of Anchaneya (implies, he took the form of jaanaki).One the other hand, sri chakra of devi is seen at the lotus feet of gopaalain dakshina dwaaraka (mannarg udi). He is named as sri vidya raaja gopaala and decorated as madana Gopaala Sun dari during Brahmothsavam. There is a special krithi of diikshitar dedicated to the sri vidya swaroopam of rajagopala.These fusion principles serve as standard testimony towards mutual tolerance and bakti. Let shyamala and shyamaanga bestow their grace on us and empower us to always meditate upon their lotus feet.
