0078.Abhirami Andhadhi Slogan 76 Poem by rajagopal. h..

To Establish Our Rights

Tamil Transliteration

Kuriththaen manaththil ninn koalam yellaam ninn kuripparindhu
Mariththaen marali varugindra naer vazhi vanndugindi
Veriththaen avizhkondrai vaenipp piraan oru kootrai meyyill
Pariththae kudipugudhum panchabhaana Bhayiraviyae

Translation

Depriving a half of my Lord, who dons,
Scented kondrai flower, overflowing with nectar,
Drilled and sapped by wasp,
Ye occupied that space Abhirami,
Wielding the five missiles hey Bairavi!
Meditating on thy form all divine,
I sensed the route of the God of death
Blocked His entry highway by Thy grace!

Simple Meaning:

Bhairavi, you occupy the left half of Lord Siva, who wears the scented Kondrai flower, thronged by the wasp; I meditated on your form who wields five missiles; because of your grace I identified the route of Yama, the God of Death and blocked His entry.

Commentary:

To appreciate the correlation of Bhairavi taking the left half of Siva in this slogan we need to know about Yama and Bhairavi

Yama

Yama is the god of justice and is sometimes referred to as Dharma, in reference to his unswerving dedication to maintaining order and adherence to harmony.
In art, he is depicted with green or red skin, red clothes, and riding a water buffalo. He holds a loop of rope in his left hand with which he pulls the soul from the corpse. He is the son of Surya (Sun) and twin brother of Yami, or Yamuna, traditionally the first human pair in the Vedas. He was also worshiped as a son of Vivasvat and Saranya. He is one of the Guardians of the directions and represents the south. He is described as reporting to either Vishnu (the maintainer) or Shiva (the destroyer) from the Trimurti (Hinduism's triune Godhead) . Three hymns (10,14, and 135) in the Rig Veda Book 10 are addressed to him.
It is said that he is also one of the wisest of the devas. In the Katha Upanishad, among the most famous Upanishads, Yama is portrayed as a teacher. He is the father of Yudhisthira (also known as Dharmaraja) , the oldest brother of the 5 Pandavas (Karna was born prior to Kunti's wedlock, so technically Karna is Yudhishthira's older brother) and is said to have incarnated as Vidura by some accounts in the Mahabharata period.
Garuda Purana mentions Yama often. His description is in 2.5.147-149: 'There very soon among Death, Time, etc. he sees Yama with red eyes, looking fierce and dark like a heap of collyrium, with fierce jaws and frowning fiercely, chosen as their lord by many ugly, fierce-faced hundreds of diseases, possessing an iron rod in his hand and also a noose. The creature goes either to good or to bad state as directed by him.' In 2.8.28-29, '...the seven names of Yama, viz Yama, Dharma-raja, Mrtyu, Antaka, Vaivasvata, Kala, Sarva-pranahara...'. His wife is Syamala
Yama, although one of the most powerful controllers, is still subordinate to the controllers Shiva and Vishnu because they are different aspects of the overuling Brahman. A story of Yama's subordinance to Shiva is well-illustrated in the story of Markandeya.
Yama is called Kala ('time') , while Shiva is called Mahakala ('greater time') .
Another story, found in the Bhagavata Purana, shows Yama's subordinance to Vishnu. The man Ajamila had committed many evil acts during his life such as stealing, abandoning his wife and children, and marrying a prostitute. At the moment of his death he involuntarily chanted the name of Narayana (the Sanskrit name for Vishnu) and achieved moksha, becoming saved from the messengers of Yama. Although Ajamila had actually been thinking the name of his youngest son, Narayana's name has powerful effects, and thus Ajamila was released from his great sins.

Bhairavi

Bhairavi is a title for a female adept in Kundalini Tantra. A Yogini is a student of Tantra, or an aspirent. A Bhairavi is one who has succeeded. Supposedly there are many more levels of achievement than these two, but Tantra is, in essence, a mystery religion, and one would have to be initiated, to learn them all.
The name 'Bhairavi' means 'Terror, ' or 'awe-inspiring, ' so the one who has achieved the state of Bhairavi, is beyond the fear of death, and therefore awesome.
Bhairavi is also identified with Kalaratri, a name often associated with Kali that means “black night (of destruction) ” and refers to a particularly destructive aspect of Kali. She is also identified with Mahapralaya, the great dissolution at the end of a cosmic cycle, during which all things, having been consumed with fire, are dissolved in the formless waters of procreation. She is the force that tends toward dissolution. This force, furthermore, which is actually Bhairavi herself, is present in each person as one gradually ages, weakens and finally dies. Destruction is apparent everywhere, and therefore Bhairavi is present everywhere. She is also called Shubmkari, Good Mother to Good People and Terrible to bad ones. Its believed that when Bhairavi entered the battle field, her horrible appearance made the demons become weak and very feeble, and it's believed that most of the demons started panicking as soon as they saw her. Bhairavi is seen mainly as the Mahakali in the Durga Saptashathi version of slaying Shumbha and Nishumbha. However, she kills and drinks the blood of Chanda and Munda the Chieftains of asuras, so the Goddess Parvathi gives her a boon that she would be called Chamundeshwari. In other forms she is also identified with Parvathi or Durga. When furious she is found sitting on a faithful donkey, with her mouth full of demons' blood, her body covered with a tiger skin and skeleton. She also presents the abhaya mudra and vara mudhra, and she is shown holding weapons such as a trident, axe, and thunderbolt.
One of her dhyana mantras, that of Sampatprada-bhairavi, says that she is intoxicated with her youth, and most descriptions of her, despite her association with destruction, say that she is attractive, young, and shapely.
Bhairavi has facets and epithets that assert her cosmic importance, if not supremacy. A commentary on the Parashurama-kalpasutra says that the name Bhairavi is derived from the words bharana (to create) , ramana (to protect) , and vamana (to emit or disgorge) . The commentator, that is, seeks to discern the inner meaning of Bhairavi’s name by identifying her with the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction.

Correlation:
Now coming to our slogan we can make out that Bhairavi Herself capable of tackling anything becomes more powerful by partaking the body of Siva.
Another fine point is that Siva had to come personally to help His devotee whereas Abhi empowers Her child to take decisions by giving them enlightened directions.

19 10 2008