LALITHA SAHASRANAMAM
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नाभ्याल वाल रोमालि लता फल कुचद्वया (34)
Nabhyala Vala Romali Lata Phala Kucha dvaya (34)
Meaning:
Devi who has two breasts that represent the fruits borne on the Creeper of tiny hairs that raise from Her navel to her heart.
Interpretation:
Here again the word Kucha means female breast in Sanskrit and Dvaya obviously means, the pair. Lata refers to the creeper. The iinner meaning of the name is of course concerned with Nabhi, the navel and the heart. Of the seven Kundalini chakras in our body, the third one, Manipura is located at the navel and the Anahata at the heart. Meditating on the Anahata by upwardly moving the kundalini from Manipura, is considered very auspicious, very sacred and gives fruits of meditation to the devotees.
Hara Krodha Jwaalaa Vali Bhirava Leedhena Vapushaa.......
........Janasthaam Jaaneethey Janani Thava Romaa valirithi!”
(Quote from Soundarya Lahari (verse 76).
Adi Shankara, again imagines it differently and links Lord Shiva's anger and Kamadeva to the creeper like portion of Devi from her navel to heart. Says he:
“O Mother born as a daughter of mountains! When the flames of Lord Shiva’s anger began to envelop Kamadeva, he (Kamadeva) took refuge in the deep lake of thy navel. The fire that thus got extinguished created a thin creeper-like column (Lata) , which people describe as the line of hair that goes up from thy navel towards thy heart.”
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