Mahāṣoḍaśī Mantra: First Line āūṁ & śrīṁ

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First Line : ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं ऐं सौः auṁ śrīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ aiṁ sauḥ Download the documentation: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7yaz1p6j6gwm25v/Maha%25CC%2584s%25CC%25A3od%25CC%25A3as%25CC%2581i%25CC%2584_Mantra.pdf/file Prāṇava ॐ Every authentic Vedic mantra begins and ends with ॐ. Kulārṇava-Tantra 15.57 says that beginning a mantra without ॐ causes impurity of birth. Further, Chāndogya Upaniṣad begins by saying auṁ iti etat akṣaram udgītham upāsīta: “ॐ is closest to Brahman, so recite this syllable as part of your worship.” And above all, the three Vedas begin with ॐ. According to Chāndogya Upaniṣad, ॐ at the beginning refers to Brahman. Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad also says that ॐ is both the cause and the effect. Therefore, ॐ should be prefixed to mahāṣoḍaśī-mantra, without which the mantra becomes ineffective. śrīṁ After ॐ is śrīṁ (श्रीं), which is known as śrī-bīja or Lakṣmī-bīja. This is the most important bīja of mahāṣoḍaśī-mantra because by adding this bīja, the fifteen-lettered Pañcadaśī becomes sixteen-lettered Ṣoḍaśī-mantra. śrī-bīja provides auspiciousness. It promotes positive attitude and positive growth in the mind of the aspirant. This bīja is the root cause for faith, devotion, love and ultimate surrender unto Her. First, one has to have to faith in the Goddess. Faith is attained by hearing from the scriptures, guru and realized beings. This faith later transforms into devotion. When the devotion is mature it becomes prema, Transcendental Love for Her. This love alone, and the immense satisfaction it brings, makes the aspirant surrender unto Her. As śrī-bīja is the cause for surrender unto Her, it leads the aspirant to liberation. Śrīṁ combines three characters: śa + ra + ī + nāda + bindu (dot) (श + र + ई + बिन्दु). śa refers to Mahālakṣmī (Goddess of wealth), ra refers to wealth. Ra-bīja is also known as agni-bīja and can confer supernatural powers. Nāda is Consciousness about to manifest as the universe. It also means subtle sound. This can be best expressed by ṁ. There is no other way to explain this. The sound made after closing both the lips is nāda. It is a humming nasal sound like the sound of a tānpura. Without nāda, bindu cannot be effective, as bindu cannot be pronounced by itself. Nāda-bindu refers to the union of Śiva and Śakti, where Nāda means Śakti and bindu means Śiva. The dot (bindu) above this bīja removes sorrows and negative energies in the mind of the aspirant. Based on this fact, it is said that Ṣoḍaśī-mantra is capable of offering mokṣa, liberation. It is also said, Ṣoḍaśī-mantra kevalaṁ mokṣa sādhanam, which means that Ṣoḍaśī-mantra offers only liberation, which is the ultimate goal of everyone. Since liberation is not attainable that easily, Ṣoḍaśī-mantra is said to be highly secretive in nature. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnowly/message