Shaiva Yoga Ashram Journal

The Sage Markandeya spoke:

Then at his command the Daityas, led by Chanda [Fury as a Demon] and Munda [Bald; meaning Insubstantial, thus Dissolution itself as a Demon] , and arrayed in the fourfold order of an army [Inimical Mind States] , marched with weapons uplifted [or with potency as it is the Dissolution] . Soon they saw the Goddess, smiling slightly, seated upon the lion, on a huge golden peak [refers to the Sonic Essence that triggers the sequentiality and thus Manifestation; golden implies the potential Manifestation of the Golden Aeon or Satya Yuga and the Treta, Dvapara and Kali Yugas], of the majestic mountain. On seeing her some of them made a strenuous effort to capture her [Kali] , and others approached her holding their bows bent and their swords drawn [the onslaught of the Negative forces or Asuras during Chaos and Dissolution].

Thereat Ambika [Divine Mother or Yin Consciousness] uttered her wrath aloud [Intense Resonance] against these foes [Negative forces personified as Demons] , and her countenance then grew dark as ink in her wrath . [This denotes that when Dissolution is at its peak, the Absolute is in its Yin phase. Devi's wrath means that the Energy Essence of the Absolute, though seemingly weak, nuclearises and intensifies when confronting the Chaos or Dissolution.] Out from the surface of her forehead, which was rugged with frowns, issued suddenly Kali of the terrible countenance [Kali resonates and introduces the notion of sequentiality; thus, Kali is Time; Kali is also Black because at this point the Yin Absolute is facing the most intense Dissolution; thus, Kali is Ferecious; Kali is thus the Energy that overwhelms the Negative forces to reinstate the potential Cosmos] , armed with a Sword [Kali's Resonance causes intense Energy; this incites the primordial severance that seperates the Pure Conscious Reality from the “to be World”] and noose [Consciousness that Manifests as Time, thus the Binding Essence] , bearing a many-coloured Skull-topped staff [this denotes the notion of Consciousness that Resonates or triggers the sequentiality that overcomes the Chaos or eventual Dissolution] , adorned with a garland of Skulls [Consciousness or thought is embodied by Sanskrit alphabets, graphically skulls], clad in a Tiger's Skin [the wearing of Skin suggests the primordial state; Tiger's skin denotes Kali as cloaked in the Sonic Essence] , very appalling because of her emaciated flesh [during the phase of extreme Dissolution the Absolute being aggrieved is graphically appalling, thus the emaciated flesh] , exceedingly wide of mouth [prior to the Genesis and during the Dissolution the Conscious Reality that Resonates as Kali spends its Energy, thus wide-mouthed] , Lolling out her tongue terribly [this again denotes Speech, thus the Sonic Essence] , having deep-sunk-reddish eyes [this denotes the emaciated nature of the Absolute Energy when Manifestation is not] , and filling the regions of the sky with her roars. [This alludes to the Yin Conscious Sonic Absolute's projection of the Ethereal Realm, or graphically the Sky.] She fell upon the great Asuras impetuously, dealing slaughter among the host, and devoured that army of the foes of the Anti-Divine there. Taking up their elephants [Dissolute Matter] with one hand she [Kali] flung them into her own mouth [here the mouth of the Absolute is contrasted with Dissolution to emphasise on the Absolute's Infinite nature] , together with their rear-men and drivers and their warrior-riders and bells. Flinging likewise warrior with his horses, and chariot [deeds, and body of the forces of Dissolution] with its driver into her mouth, she ground them most frightfully with her teeth . [In other words, the Energy Essence of the Absolute converted the Dissolution through the Sonic Essence, thus graphically the noisy grinding with the teeth by Kali. Teeth denote the Sonic seeds or Sanskrit alphabets.] She seized one by the hair [Devi's Ethereal Realm overwhelmed the realm of finite Ether] and she kicked another with her foot [Devi's Sonic Essence or Mantras overwhelmed finite noise] , and crushed another against her chest [her innate will power is her chest] . And she seized with her Mouth the weapons and the great arms which those Asuras abandoned, and crushed all that host of mighty and high-spirited Asuras [here Dissolution and its nature] ; and devoured some and battered others; some were slain with her Sword [Devi's Discriminative Nature] , some were struck with her Skull-topped staff [Devi's Sonic Energy overwhelmed the metamorphosis that is the Dissolution] , and other Asuras met their death being wounded with the edge of her teeth . [Devi's Sonic Essence overwhelmed the Dissolution. Teeth denote the Sanskrit alphabets which are thirty-two times two Matras each, thus a total of sixty-four Matras in the Veda.]

Copyright © 2001 Bhagavan Shri Shanmukha Anantha Natha and Shri Ma Kristina Baird taken from “Divine Initiation” by Shri Kali Publications. All rights reserved.

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