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RURUJITH AND ITS WORSHIP AS ADVAITHA OF HARI, HARA, AND SAAKTHEYA-
(History of Thanthrik and Vedic worship of Agni,Purusha and Purusha in India)
Dr Suvarna Nalapat
Aagatham shivavakthraathu gatham thu Girijaamukhe
Matham cha vaasudevasya thasmaad aagama uchyathe
That which originated from face of Shiva and entered the face of Girija ,and that which is the opinion (religion) of Vaasudeva is called Aagama.Aagama are the Saasthra or Sciences of India. The scientific worship of God has two broad classifications:External and Internal .
The External worship is again of two types : Vaidiki and Thaanthriki .In the Thanthriki there is SriChakra worship,kundalini worship and idol worship.In Vaidiki the cosmic and natural powers are worshipped . The internal worship is of two types:Saadhaara and Niraadhaara. Saadhaara concerns with the concentrated reflective thought and analysis of the Varna ,and the meanings of words,letters and their combinations.This is a method in which the Maathrukaavarna is meditated upon in the Bioenergy field of Kundalini.The analysis of languages and scripts come in this .The Niraadhaara is the revelation of Gnaana at a very early age ,without any other aid ,naturally with grace of God and is said to be due to a previous Janma’s vaasana.
Ordinary human beings first hear the stories in Purana and Ithihasa first.Only later on they develop the ability to analyse the meanings ,symbols associated with each story and name .Since internal worship is very difficult and people are resorting to easy methods, the most subtle methods of ancient people have lost to posterity.One such method of worship is that of Rurujith which involves all the forms described above and gives Liberation .
Word meaning of Rurujith is one who has conquered Ruru.Ruru in Sanskrit language is a deer (Black buck or Krishnamriga) which runs as fast as wind(Vaayu) and thus equated with Praana .In Puraana ,Ruru is a famous sage belonging to Vaishnava,Brighu lineage.The lineage(geniology) is as follows.
Vishnu – Brahmaa-Bhrighu and Puloma-Chyavana and Sukanya ,daughter of King Saryaathi-Pramathi and the beautiful Prathaapi – son Ruru .
Ruru was in deep love with Pramadwara ,daughter of Viswaavasu in Menaka. Their marriage was fixed.But Pramadwara was bitten by a serpent and died.Ruru was sad.He sacrificed all his punya which he had acquired through Gangaasnaana,pooja,Gurubhakthy,Vedaadhyayana,Gaayathreejapa,Thapa,Homa,Archana and asked for a boon to get her back .He also gave ½ of his lifespan for her to come alive .Thus she came back to life.Ruru was not satisfied with this.He developed a great revenge for serpent race and started to kill all serpents.He took active part in the Sarpasathra of Janamejaya due to this anger.At last he was adviced by a relative of serpents (Dumdubha – Cheramuni) and due to that he became peaceful and again resorted to his life of nonviolence.DeviBhagavatha 2nd skanda and Mahaabhaaratha Adiparva 9th and 12th chapters mention this story. In Padmapurana ,which is a Jaina grantha, Ruru is an Asura who fought and conquered the Devaloka.He was killed by Sakthi who was doing austerity in Neelagiri ,and who was born from the hair of Shiva.In both traditions Ruru was advised /killed by a person /ascetic in Kerala (Cheramuni and neelagiri) .
From these stories which are recited for the sake of those with lesser intellectual power ,we have to move to deeper and subtler realms to grasp the meaning. Each word,each letter has to be analysed for all possible meanings .
Ra is Repham .It means Agni(fire),Balam (strength) and Indra (Lord of rain,thunder and lightening)in Agnipuraana(348).In Thanthrik texts Ra means Fire (Vaidyuthaagni) of electromagnetic energy and Vidya .The Gathi (velocity and momentum) of it is compared to the Maruths or Praana winds of Monsoon,the Devatha who are friends and the strength(Bala) of Indra . The vehicle of Maruths is Ruru or the Deer of Krishnamriga type seen in Neelgiri mountains .During Sangham period ,the great Epic Chilappathikara,written by Sage Ilamko Adikal ,the prince of Chera country ,describes the Devi of the mountainous tribes with deer as her vehicle (Vettuvavari of Chilappathikaara).
Add U to Ra ,we get Ru.U is the middle Varna of Pranava. It represents Brahma. Ru represents the first letter of Rudra too.Thus the electromagnetic fire or energy of Vedic Agni, Rudra,and Brahma are combined in the letter Ru. It has the functions of creation ,protection and destruction and hence is the joined Thrisakthi of Thrimurthy .She is mother of the Trimurthy before they became separated from her womb,the Moolaprakrithy. The repetition of one letter or word is japa.This is for enhancement of power of the varna or manthra.Examples are puru puru,kuru kuru ,raksha raksha etc .Thus Ru Ru repeated twice enhance power of Manthra and its Devatha.Rudra being the one which makes us cry(Rodana) represents the samsaara and its sorrows and also the one who liberates from it .Ruru is the enhanced and fast moving river of samsaara with all its sorrows and problems which makes us bound to it ,and stressed by it . The Sakthy which wins over the combined power of Rudra and Indra (who is Lord of all Indriya and its Vishaya) alone can give us liberation from the sorrows of samsaara.Thus Rurujith is that supreme Ardhanaareeswara who conquers both Rudra,and Brahman (destruction and creation) and makes Amrithathwa possible by protection(sthithi).The nature of Ruru in showing extreme passion in Pramadwara,his revengeful attitude and nonforgiving battle cry against all serpent race for a crime ,shows the human nature and of samsara .This type of nonending passion,and revenge makes races kill each other .Therefore an advicer , The Cheramuni ,was needed as Guru for Ruru to conquer such emotions of Samsara .The enemies like kaama,krodha are difficult to conquer .The Devi who conquers all these and helps devotees to conquer them is Rurujith.The control of fast moving mind and praana is done by Yogins for getting Samadhi experience .Vidya is revealed in Samadhi as a electromagnetic bioenergy like lightening ,and that is called Kundalini ,the Nervous energy in human beings according to Yogasasthra. The Upaasana of Rurujith is for this. In Chilappathikaara,the war thirsty Chenghuttuva was adviced and transformed to Ahimsa ,by his brother Ilanko Adikal,and his friends Maadala Brahmana and Koolavaanikan Chaathanaar (the representatives of Brahmana and Vaisya guilds of the time) and it was after this Chenghuttuva built a temple for Devi in Kodungallur. The Upasana here was according to the most ancient Indus valley Harappan type ,the Upaasana of Rurujith .The Mahaakshethra like Mangaladevi,Mookambika etc also had this type of thrimoorthi/thrisakthi worship in ancient times.
Sidheswareematha says:
Brahmavishnumahesaanaisthridevairarchithaa puraa
Thripurethi thadaa naama kathitham daivathai :puraa
In the beginning,Deva did Upasana of thrimurthy as One power and that Thripurabhairavi ,as Thrisakthi is the Goddess Rurujith.In Thripuraaprakarana:
Agnaanathimiradwamsi samsaaraarnavathaarakam
Aanandabeejam avathaadhathakthyam Thraipuram Maha:
Thus Maha which is the seed of Bliss and is NaadaBrahman according to Saradathilakam which is Athigopitha(most secret)and which gives Sarvagnathwa to the Upaasaka is the Rurujith.It is most secret since not all human beings have the ability to grasp it and become a Sarvagna. It was existing before Thrimoorthisarga ,and is the seed of Thrimurthy originated from its womb .There fore it is the Great Cosmic mother of even the Thrimurthy.Since all exist including the Thripura , in her womb even in deluge,she is the Thripurabhairvi known as Thaartheeya.
Ruru has only Hraswa varna and no Dheergha varna exist in it .The Hraswa denote more of maleness(Pourusha) while dheergha gives feminine (sthraina) forms. Rurujith is a female Mother goddess but with Pourusha and she is the Purushikaa (consort /Ardhanaari of Vedic Purusha ).Soundaryalahari of Sankaraachaarya calls her by this name .She is the female principle of the Thuragaagnimanthra which is: Uthishta Purusha Haripingalalohithaaksha ,Dehi me dhadhaapaya swaahaa (24 lettered manthra).Since Ram is the bheeja the Devatha is meditated upon as Electromagnetic energy (Vaidyuthaagni /Sreevidya) which is manifested as Hamsa/Hamsi in praana and bioenergy Kundalini in nervous plexuses .
The varna (51 ) or letters are arranged in the 6 chakra and in the sahasrara ( 7th )all varna are represented.All beings in the fire of these seven chakra every day and night ,in past,present and future sacrifice the fire of Praana even during sleep .This Jaathavedas ,as Chidagnikunda (the cosmic fire of Yagna) reveals the Devi as lightening (Soudaamineesannibha) to Upaasaka. The Gnaanakaamins do meditation as Vaghbhavabeeja and Sreekaamin do meditation as Sreebeeja.For the Devi , Dasaahapooja (10 days /Ahas) with poornaahuthy has to be done from Prathama to Dasami .This is called the Mahaavyaahrithihoma. On Ekadasi Brahmanapooja,Tharpaan,Annadaana ,and Gurudakshina is done by Vaishnava,Saaktha and Shaiva sects alike .The Thuragaaagnimanthra being Sourapara (Solar energy) the Sakthi in sun is being worshipped here since it gives origin to all life and activity on earth.
According to Padmapaada Achaarya Thuragaagnimanthra has Pranava as Beeja and Swaha as Sakthi. Others consider Nrisimhabeeja,Lakshmeebeeja and Mrityunjayabeeja and this is only a Prayogabedha.Raghavabhatta in Saradaathilaka has specifically mentioned the Hariharaathmakathwa of Devi Bhuvaneswari. The 51 varnakshara are written in middle of the circle in clockwise(anuloma) and outside as anticlockwise(Viloma)order .In Dikkons Nrisimhabeeja and in Vidikkona Chinthaamanibeeja ,which is Saiva and is Nrisimhavarnaasritha(dependent on Nrisimha direction ) are written and this Dwadasagunithayanthra is called Simhachinthaamani and in this the seven Vyahrithi or Mathruka are outside in Viloma order .(Veshtanam)
Sankaraacharya says the veshtana is with Sreesakthi,and outside with Prathiloma Sapthavyahrithi veshtana,and in center is Sree ,outside in 12 kons Durgaabeeja,inside in the konaagra sabinduka Eeem .Apekshithaarthadyothanika says the Rishi of this is Kasyapa ,chandas Gayathri ,and Devatha is Durga and pooja is that of Vanadurga .The letters of Gayathri is written in the 12 konaparswa 2 each (24).The 12 sakthibeeja with konagravahni sthaapitha is the Surya energy and the other mandala(fields of energy) are beautifully enclosed within the suryamandala with Sakthibandhana .This is again because Sun gives for all beings living on earth .In Manthranthara the same yanthra is drawn as Thribeejaathmakayanthra and in this only 3 purushartha are obtained and the 4th purushartha is not attained (Thrivargasaadhana).The Dhyanasloka then is that of Lalitha(Sindhooraarunavigraha)For all Aavaranadevatha one has to do separate pooja and Ruru(not rurujith) is worshipped in this as one of the Ashtamathruka in the lap of one of the Ashtabhairava.(Their names are Asithanga,Ruru,Chanda,krodha,Unmatha,kapaali,bheeshana,samhaaari)These Devathas have Soolam,kapaalam ,pretham ,Kshudradundubhi as weapons,are of great size like their consorts the Bhairava and are destructive (samhara) producing samsaara sorrows and fear . They represent the fears of this mundane life, While Nrisimhachinthaamani is the one which conquers all such Ruru and is the Rurujith (the Chinthaamanigrihaanthasthaa in lalithaasahasranaama) .This Nrisimha is the Bhargavanrisimha from the Vansaavali of Bhrighu and Vishnu given earlier and is related to Bhrighukacha and the west coast of India including Kerala .
Vanadurgaamanthra:
Uthishta purushi kim swapishi bhayam me samupasthitham
Yadi sakyam asakyam vaa thanme bhagavathy samaya swaahaa
37 lettered manthra says even in sleep the Devi is within us and one with us and removes all our fears .There is no duality of possible and impossible for her and her devotee ,the Sarvagna.The Sarvadurgathimochana from Samsaara gives Moksha and the 4th purushaartha .She is the consort of the Vedic Purusha (Purushasooktha) of the Aranyaka people.Being Purushi,she has Ardhanareeswabhaava like Brahman and is both male and female.Isanasamhitha says Purushi is the most subtle Brahman .Samana is the removal of all samsaara and its tendencies and perfect shanthi is the prayojana .(Nirvaana).
Vanadurgaadhyaana:
Souvarnaambujamadhyagaam thrinayanaam
Soudaamineesannibhaam
Chakram samkhavaraabhayaani dadhatheem
Indo kalaam bibratheem
Graiveyaangadhahaarakundaladharaam
Aakhandalaadyai sthuthaam
Dhyaayeth vindhyanivaasineem sasimukheem
Paarswastha panchaananaam
But we find in Vanadurgaapooja ,in the place of the Ashtasakthy ,instead of Ruru ,Durga herself. (Arya,Durga,Bhadra,Bhadrakaali,Ambika,Kshema,Vedagarbha ,Kshemankari) .Their weapons are Khetaka,danda,bow and arrows and ornaments are serpents and they are devathas generating fear in the onlookers (except devotees) .In all ancient Rurujith Upaasana temples ,at present this Upaasana is being done.It is possible that when the Aaranyaka (forests) became Graama and Pura this change happened and Graamadevatha and Puradevatha were named differently and with same vasthu position and properties.
Moksha is the 4th purushartha .For getting the 4 purushartha ,Thwaritha(the quick ) is worshipped as Vanadurga .Her synonym is Sabari and she has serpent ornaments .The Nrisimhabeejakshara , Ksha is used in the beeja as Kshe with Deergha swara.She is in the form of Kiraathi (consort of Kiraathamurthy of southern royal families ) and has three eyes ,is shyaama ,with peacock feathers and Abrus Precatorius seeds as her decoration ,both of which are signs of Vishnu /Krishna temples. She is sister of Padmanaabha and consort of Shiva and dwells in Forests and Mountains .Sits on a Simhaasana with Mayurachathra,Dwaja with Mayura on it ,and dress is with tender leaves(Thazhaiyudai as in Sangha period ) .
Her serpent ornaments are the eight Naaga (Phaneesa/phaneeswara /corrupted as Phoenicians during 1500 BC by semitic language speaking people ) and they represent Brahmana,Kshathriya ,Vaisya ,and Soodra just as in the Purushothama Vishnu form .
Anantha and Kulika – are Vipranaaga-Agnivarna-1000 hoods –the two Thaadanka (ear ornaments) representing Shruthi.
Vaasuki and Sankhapaala –kshathriyanaaga –yellow-700 hoods-the angadha and keyura - shoulder ornaments represents the Baahubala (strength of the arms in battle)
Thakshaka and Mahapadma the vaisyanaaga-blue -500 hoods –The Mekhala covering waist and thighs represents the Gathi /travel for trade and commerce
Padman and Karkotaka –soodranaga –white -300 hoods-the anklets(noopura) represents the feet - The earth and its children who worship the feet of Lord .
Her Dasaamsajapa:- Om Hreem Nitye swaahaa
Her sathaamsajapa with Sivapanchakshara as Kinkaramanthra: -Om hreem namo bhagavathe Savaraaya(Sabaraaya) mahaakiraatharoopaaya kankaaladharaaya hum phat swaahaa
She is Mahaakiraathi,Sabari dwelling in Sabari mountain in Kerala and is the disciple of Mathanga sage .Acharya says her pooja is on AshtaHari Vidrutha simhaasane sarasije . In Sabareepeeta,she is Harihararoopini .
Why HARIHARAROOPA?
Vasayedh- (Sarvavaseekarana/Mohana) has Kaamabeejaadithwa and has Mohineeroopa of Vishnu .
Krityaadrohaadi ,aabhichaaraadhi are destroyed and gives Raksha (protection) .Therefore Nrisimhabeejaadithwa and Sudarsanachakraroopa of Vishnu .
Mahatheem Ridhim .Therefore Sakthyaadithwam.
Deergham aayuramaapnothi.Therefore Mrityunjayaadithwam .
All these are in Thwaritha,Sabari,Vanadurga.That is why the Hariharaswaroopa .
The worship with various types of material has different effects. One among them is Ilanji flowers (Bakula pushpa) .This gives Anapaayini keerthi (nonending fame ) because with that Samadhi is obtained naturally ( Thatah:parasmai padam ithi samaadhi :quachith bhaveth) and in Samadhi one gets Brahmanirvana and sarvagnathwa .This gives nonending fame and all the 4 purushartha .
Vanadurga was later on worshipped in the southwest corner of the homes of all villagedwelling and towndwelling Phaneeswara (of all varna) as Padmavathy (Nagamatha ) in snakeshrines. The Yanthra and Nyasa of this Devi is special .The manthra is called Amatasreemanthra .Its Rishi is Lakshmeenaarayana(Mahaavishnu) himself as Purusha/Purushi .Chandas is Brihathy. Devatha is Amatasree .
Prayojanam is : Keerthi,sree,vidya,dhanadhanyasamridhi,pushti,sammohana and sarvavasya, bhukthy and mukthi ,sarvakaamaprada,sarvapurusharthaprada.
It has eight beeja and 51 varnakshara as mathruka. This is a very secretive manthra and it is from this the most popular Vidyarambhamanthra , Hari Sree Ganapathaye nama: Avighnamasthu has originated. This manthra being secret ,cannot be written in an article. One has to learn it from Guru , equal to Mahavishnu in qualities and in Sarvagnathwa. .
To know the Hariharathmakathwa and Purushathwa of Purushika as Rurujith and to be a sarvagna ,one must have done poorvajanmapunya .From the gross meanings one has to go deep into subtlest meanings and get the experience of God/Brahman and since this is becoming more and more difficult for generations of human beings they resort to easy methods of upaasana .This is the reason for many misunderstandings and for the loss of valuable knowledge systems from our land which was once a land of Yogins,Sarvagna people .Gnanamarga is not just understanding the mundane sciences alone. But it has to encompass something beyond science,something beyond words .The Vidyuthagni of Sreevidya resides in one’s own being and in the cosmos and harnessing its energy for a harmonious existence on earth is the goal of human life .This advaithic message is given both by Vaidiki ,and Thanthriki methods and by Internal and external forms of worship of Sakthi .
Rurujith is the consort of vedic Purusha .The Purushasooktha has to be followed by her invocation for being Sarvagna . She is Harihararoopini as Ardhanareeswaroopa of Mrityunjaya,Nrisimha,Vishnu,mohini with five functions (srishti,sthithi,samhaara,thirobhava,anugraha) and thus makes an Advaitha of Vaishnava,Shaiva and Saaktha ways of worship .