Lalitā Sahasranāmam 68–69
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2020-03-25

This series is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Suśupti | Viśuddhi-cakra
68. Cakrarāja-rathārūḍha-sarvāyudha-pariṣkṛtā चक्रराज-रथारूढ-सर्वायुध-परिष्कृता 
Cakrarāja is the chariot of Lalitāmbikā in which She travels along with all types of weapons. Weapons mean the ways of attaining śuddha-vidyā, pure knowledge or knowledge of Brahman. This chariot consists of nine tiers. There are other two chariots that accompany this Cakrarāja, the details of which will be discussed in the next two nāmas. Cakrarāja is said to mean Śrī Cakra, the place of Lalitāmbikā. Pariṣkṛtā means adorned.

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A brief knowledge of Śrī Cakrā becomes a necessity to understand this nāma. Śrī Cakrā consists of nine triangles: five Śakti-cakras and four Śiva-cakras. The triangles pointing upward are called Śiva-cakras, and the triangles facing down are Śakti-cakras. Śrī Cakrā contains forty-four triangles in which forty-three goddesses (44th is Lalitai) and seventy-nine yogīnīs (demi-goddesses) live. All the gods and goddesses are said to reside in Śrī Cakra, and that is why it is said that one can perform pūjā to any god or goddess in Śrī Cakra. Nāma 996 Śrī-cakrārāja-nilayā confirms Her domicile in Śrī Cakra.

Cakrarāja also means the six cakras, mūlādhārā to ājña. Ratha means base or foundation. Arūḍha means control and sarvāyudha means pure knowledge śuddha-vidyā. The six cakras of the body form the foundation to attain pure knowledge, through which mind can be controlled in the sixth cakra. The five psychic cakras represent the five basic elements and the ājña-cakra represents mind. Therefore to control the basic elements and the mind, pure knowledge becomes essential. When cakras are controlled, siddhis are attained. When we discuss śuddha-vidyā let us also understand what Śiva-sūtra I.21 says: śuddhavidyodayāccakreśatva siddhiḥ. Mastery can be attained over śaktis only through śuddha-vidyā. Śaktis here means the cakras. When one is able to attain mastery over the cakras through the pure knowledge, he can attain the state of Śiva. State of Śiva means oneness with Śiva. In this stage nothing except Śiva exists. Possibly this could mean that he sees everything and everybody as Śiva. This stage is called oneness with universal consciousness. Śuddha-vidyā is possible only if māyā goes. Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā, “All sacrifice of work culminates in transcendental knowledge.” The word transcendental means the knowledge of the Supreme. The ultimate meaning is that when mastery over the cakras and mind is attained, there is nothing one needs to do except to be with Brahman always. One has to really admire the Vāc-Devīs for their knowledge of expressing the secrets of Self-realization in such a subtle way.

69. Geyacakra-rathārūḍha-mantriṇī-parisevitā गेयचक्र-रथारूढ-मन्त्रिणी-परिसेविता 
In the previous nāma it is seen that two chariots always accompany the Cakrarāja chariot. Out of the two, the first one is being discussed here, which is called Geyacakra chariot. This is the chariot of Mantrinī Devī who is also called Śyamalā Devī, about whom we have discussed in nāma 10, Manorūpekṣu-kodaṇḍā. “Mantrinī Devī who owns Geyacakra worships Her” is the literal meaning. As Mantrinī is one of Her ministers, Mantrinī Devī holds Lalitai in high esteem and chooses to worship Her. Worshipping is different from respecting. 
We have seen that there are seventy-nine yogīnīs in Śrī Cakrā. Yogīnīs are great worshippers of Lalitāmbikā. These yogīnīs are also called mantrinīs (different from Mantrinī or Śyamalā Devī). They are the masters of Śrī-Vidyā rituals. This nāma could possibly mean the Śrī Vidyā worship by these yogīnīs. Geya also means important. Geyacakra means important cakra, which is Śrī Cakra. Those who meditate on Her in Śrī Cakrā attain mantra-siddhi easily. Such a person who attained siddhi is called mantrinī.  She is worshipped by those who attained mantra-siddhi of Pañcadaśī or ṣodaśī-mantra, the two main mantras of Lalitāmbikā. The importance of worshipping Śrī Cakrā is emphasized here. The human body is compared to Śrī Cakrā in many scriptures. The nine partitions of Śrī Cakrā are compared to nine parts of our body: the orifice in the crown cakra is the head, ājña-cakra is the forehead, viśuddhi-cakra is the neck, anāhata-cakra is the heart, maṇipūra-cakra is the navel, the hip possibly includes both svādhiṣṭhāna and mūlādhāra-cakras, thighs and the feet. 

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