{"id":518,"date":"2018-09-03T09:42:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T09:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=518"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T12:52:47","slug":"k%e1%b9%9b%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87a-as-the-manifestation-of-kali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=518","title":{"rendered":"K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as the manifestation of K\u0101l\u012b"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b<\/em> of Bh\u0101drapad\u0101<\/em> month, for the majority this day is known as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em>–janm\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dami<\/em>. But, for the \u015bakta<\/em>–up\u0101sakas<\/em> this date is also known as K\u0101l\u012b-jayant\u012b<\/em>. Many people have probably heard that Mu\u1e47\u1e0dam\u0101l\u0101 Tantra<\/em>, Guhy\u0101tiguhya Tantra<\/em>, To\u1e0dala Tantra<\/em> identify ten Vi\u1e63\u1e47u-avat\u0101ras<\/em> with ten Mah\u0101vidy\u0101s<\/em>, and according to these texts K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> is the manifestation of K\u0101l\u012b<\/em>. However, the very ideas about the unity of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> and Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em> (whose \u015aakti<\/em> is K\u0101l\u012b<\/em>) are also found in earlier sources, in Bhagavadg\u012bt\u0101<\/em> (11.32) K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> says:<\/p>\n

\u0915\u093e\u0932\u094b\u093d\u0938\u094d\u092e\u093f \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092f\u0915\u0943\u0924\u094d | k\u0101lo’smi lokak\u1e63ayak\u1e5bt |<\/p>\n

I am the time destroying the worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you look at the paddhatis<\/em> where the K\u0101l\u012b-p\u016bj\u0101<\/em> is described, then in many of them you can find borrowing from Puru\u1e63a Suktam<\/em>, for example, in the ny\u0101sa<\/em> practice or in other elements of the p\u016bj\u0101<\/em>. This is not accidental, because the image of puru\u1e63a<\/em> symbolises Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em> and His \u015aakti<\/em> – K\u0101l\u012b<\/em>. Mah\u0101k\u0101la Dak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101m\u016brti<\/em> is the \u015aaktim\u0101n<\/em> of Dak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101 K\u0101l\u012b<\/em>. Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em> is the Great Time, who absorbs the very time, He is the symbol of transformation that also indicates the inner yogic process. Many interesting images pointing, for example, to the original dark nature of Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em> and Mah\u0101k\u0101l\u012b<\/em>, are found in other sources. For example, in Rigveda<\/em> (10.129. 03):<\/p>\n

\u0924\u092e \u0906\u0938\u0940\u0924\u094d\u0924\u092e\u0938\u093e \u0917\u0942\u0922\u092e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u093d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0947\u0924\u0902 \u0938\u0932\u093f\u0932\u0902 \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u092e\u093e \u0907\u0926\u0902 \u0964
\n\u0924\u0941\u091a\u094d\u091b\u094d\u092f\u0947\u0928\u093e\u092d\u094d\u0935\u092a\u093f\u0939\u093f\u0924\u0902 \u092f\u0926\u093e\u0938\u0940\u0924\u094d\u0924\u092a\u0938\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0939\u093f\u0928\u093e \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0924\u0948\u0915\u0902 \u0965\u0969\u0965<\/p>\n

tama \u0101s\u012bttamas\u0101 g\u016b\u1e0dhamagre\u2019praketa\u1e43 salila\u1e43 sarvam\u0101 ida\u1e43 \u0964
\ntucchyen\u0101bhvapihita\u1e43 yad\u0101s\u012bttapasastanmahin\u0101 j\u0101yataika\u1e43 \u09653\u0965<\/p>\n

Initially, there was a darkness immersed in a dark abyss, all this were endless waters. That incomprehensible and unified manifested himself through the power of his heat.<\/em><\/p>\n

A similar description is also found in Dharma\u015b\u0101stra<\/em>, for example in Manusm\u1e5bti<\/em> (1.5):<\/p>\n

\u0906\u0938\u0940\u0926\u093f\u0926\u0902 \u0924\u092e\u094b\u092d\u0942\u0924\u092e\u092a\u094d\u0930\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0924\u092e\u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923\u092e\u094d \u0964
\n\u0905\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u0930\u094d\u0915\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u0947\u092f\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0924\u092e\u093f\u0935 \u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0903 \u0965 \u096b \u0965<\/p>\n

\u0101s\u012bdida\u1e43 tamobh\u016btamapraj\u00f1\u0101tamalak\u1e63a\u1e47am |
\napratarkyamavij\u00f1eya\u1e43 prasuptamiva sarvata\u1e25 || 5 ||<\/p>\n

This world was darkness, immersed in a deep sleep, incomprehensible to the mind, inseparable, unknowable.<\/em><\/p>\n

However, the darkness associated with Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em>, K\u0101l\u012b<\/em>, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em> and other Gods and Goddesses has no negative context. It rather as the highest reality from which the creation, maintenance and destruction of the entire universe occurs. It is also known that \u1e5b\u1e63i of the Puru\u1e63a<\/em> Suktam<\/em> hymns is N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>, who is identified with this puru\u1e63a<\/em> in other sources, in \u015aatapatha-br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> for example. We can find many earlier sources pointing to the identity of Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em>, N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> (Vi\u1e63\u1e47u<\/em> or K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em>) and also K\u0101l\u012b<\/em> – the \u015aakti<\/em> of Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em>. For many n\u0101tha-yogis<\/em>, Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em> is none other than \u015aiva Adin\u0101th<\/em>, because Mah\u0101k\u0101la<\/em> and his \u015aakti<\/em> are very revered in the N\u0101tha Sampradaya<\/em>. The goddess K\u0101l\u012b<\/em> grants liberation from time and worldly impermanence to those who have established themselves in devotion and the yoga path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b of Bh\u0101drapad\u0101 month, for the majority this day is known as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a–janm\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dami. But, for the \u015bakta–up\u0101sakas this date is also known as K\u0101l\u012b-jayant\u012b. Many people have probably heard that Mu\u1e47\u1e0dam\u0101l\u0101 Tantra, Guhy\u0101tiguhya Tantra, To\u1e0dala Tantra identify ten … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[59,60,58],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deity","tag-kalijayanti","tag-kajanmaami","tag-kaami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}