"Srividya" (Contd.)

 The entire Srividya is in Samskruta. This Samskruta text cannot be rendered in English, or any other language, satisfactorily since the words that appear here do not have satisfactory equivalent words in other languages. Even the syllable (akshara) 'Shreem', or word (pada), 'SrIvidyA' cannot be translated properly since it is the very foundation of the universe- hidden deep in the substratum on which a superficial world exists! One cannot express the universe without this word!

    SrIvidyA connotes ‘Supreme knowledge’ like the Veda and, it is practical Sankhya, Yoga, and Vedanta. But, the most suitable meaning for this word ‘SrIvidyA’ would be, say, Astronomical Geography and Human Geography- both-in-one, since it deals with the Galaxies (Go Loka), Stars, the Sun, and the Solar System on the one hand, and the Earth and its Life-forms, Man, and ‘future of mankind’ on this Planet on the other. Here, we start with the primordial matter ‘aNu’ (kaNa) and the ‘Spirit’ behind it and the Energy aspects, Light, Force, Intelligence, and finally end with mukti, ‘Liberation’ of Mankind from eternal bondage.

    Thus, ‘SrIvidyA’ is a compendium of Spiritual Knowledge, an encyclopedia of higher spiritual  knowledge, as well as, lower material knowledge (apara vidya) i.e., Knowledge, in toto, in the form of formulae, Mantras of highest potency and secrecy; and, this knowledge is not available without a competent teacher, an attained Self, a guru of the highest purity. This Knowledge is complete and wholesome, it is ‘purnam’. There is no other knowledge beyond this; it is ultimate knowledge, the Veda. It consists of theoretical as well as practical knowledge that concerns man and the three worlds- their creation, sustenance, and dissolution. The techniques adopted to convey the message here are: Mantra, Tantra, and Yantra. Practice of SrividyA will promote evolution what is impossible even in a year, is made possible within a day!

    Since SrividyA is an ancient text full of single or double syllables, coded words, symbols, icons, and imageries and diagrams these need be decoded in order to get a proper meaning for a clear understanding. This is not amenable to ordinary Sanskrit scholars, too, and may need a thorough scientific knowledge of the sciences, such as physics, chemistry, genetic engineering, cell biology, study of waves and particles, geography, music and geometry as well as the Rk Veda and other branches of Vedic Knowledge. In fact, all these branches of knowledge emanate from SrIvidyA.

    Apart from the theoretical knowledge of SrIvidya, there are techniques of upasana and practical utility, as the phalashruti say. The upasana of SrividyA enriches man both materially and spiritually, and promotes him to higher and higher levels of existence- both in his mind and consciousness. Man becomes a Superman and a ‘God-head’. We already see such great attained persons and their photos worshiped as God in many homes. Anybody could attain to this state of higher spiritual existence within this life, now and here, without waiting for the next. This secret is revealed in SrIvidyA here.