0031.Abhirami Andhadhi Slogan 29 Poem by rajagopal. h..

To Acquire the Eight Super Possessions (Ashta Maha Siddhis)

Tamil Transliteration

Siddhiyum siddhitharum deivamagith thigazhum paraa
Saththiyum sathi thazhaikkum sivamum thavam muyalvar
Muthiyum muthikku viththum vithagi mulaithezhundha
Budhdhiyum budhiyin vulle purakkum purathaiyandre

Translation

Eight super possessions, lady bountiful
Sanctioning those powers are Thee,
Exhibiting thyself as The Power ultimate,
And the Lord Siva the pure that buttresses,
The enlightenment of the holy expiating,
The seed of that illumination and the resultant wisdom
Allusion of that astuteness, all thee
Who else can shelter from bondage other than the beauty of the three worlds!

Simple meaning:

Abhirami is all; the eight powers, the Gods that sanction those powers, the Lord Siva that makes that God sustain, the enlightenment of the sages who perform penance keeping Siva in mind, the resultant seed of that enlightenment, the wisdom that comes off the seed, the inner meaning of the wisdom, all are Abhirami, the most beautiful who only relieves us from the bondage of associations and pains

Commentary:

the eight powers are:

1) aNimA (becoming small) – the capacity of awareness of your own

presence in objects
2) mahimA (becoming large) – the capacity of consciousness to permeate all things

3) laghimA (becoming light) – the capacity to go above the gross world

of multitude

4) garimA (becoming heavy) – the capacity of getting gross forms from own undivided consciousness

5) prApti (achieving) – the capacity to follow your own true nature

6) prAkAmya (fulfilling of desires) – the capacity to realize the

multitude of the existence
7) vashitvA (control) – the capacity to do your will

8) IshitvA (ownership) – the perfect freedom

when all these things are the possessions of anybody there can not be need for associations and they will be automatically out of the chains of bondage which is the essence of penance and wisdom


04.03.2008