gopthree=one who is hiding;hidden;secretive;
govinda roopini=one who takes the form of govinda;the root syllable 'gow'has many meanings
gowinda roopini sustains creatures;the cow is called 'gow',[its milk nourishes]the nourisher is govinda,[the cowherder krishna is also called govinda]
samhaarinee=one who kills for welfare ;rudra roopa=one who takes the form of rudra;
rudra=one of the 11 forms of siva;rudra is the one who takes back what is created;a flower unfolds,blooms then the petals wither and fall off;the fallen petals fertilise the earth to sustain fresh creation;
the art of creation,sustanance and destruction the ordainer of such a cycle is our mother lalita;
the next nama qualifies all these qualities.here she is called ''tirodhanakareeswaree''
tirodhanakareeswaree=the ''recycler'';she creates nourishes takes back;again creates sustains and destroys and so on...this is an on going eternal process.
this happens all the time within our bodies too...thousands of cells are destroyed and created ;
food is eaten assimilated and the waste excreted this waste creates another life- form bacteria..
matter is neither created nor destroyed only the form changes.the personification of this concept is '' tirodhanakareeswaree.''this process of creation nouishment and destruction is secretive and hidden ;not visible to sensory perceptions . in the ritual srichakraarchana the worship is done with bothkramas[methods] ie ''srushti krama'' and ''samhara krama''both unfoldment[srushti/open];[samhara/close] srichakrarchana done by upasakas creates a heightened awareness of ones real self;years of practice and preparation is necessary for this;certainly not for everybody.
the srividya upasaka ends his daily practices with this invocation,"guhyati guhya goptreetvam gruhanasmatkrutam japam[poojanam]siddirbhavatu me devi tatprasadan maheswaree".
this verse emphathises the secretive nature of the practices for only a few have the yogyata needed for actual practice of srividya.
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