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Not many know about the great stuti on Ambal, #MookaPanchaSathi There lived a man in Kanchipuram, who was speech impaired from birth so was called Muka Sankara.Mooka means one who cannot speak. Daily he will go to the temple and sit in front of Maa staring at her beauty for hours

together. One day a sadhakar came and began practicing rituals. Maa appeared in front of him with mouth full of thamboolam. As a present she took a small portion and offered it to the sadhakar who felt offended for giving “aparisudha” prasadam. We all know every mother bites and

also gives a little portion to the toddler. Maa immediately glanced at the Muka Sankara and offered it. Sarasa sahithya sagram began to overflow and Muka Sankara began to sing extempore on the vilasas of Kamakshi. The world renowned “Mooka Pancha Sathi” was the gift of Sankara to

Maa. Once it is over he asked Maa to take away his ability to talk, as he did not want to talk to anyone else, after talking to Para Devatha. His work ‘mooka panca sati’ has five sections; they are, Arya satakam, Padaravinda satakam, mandasmita satakam, kataksha satakam and stuti

satakam. Each section consists of hundred slokas. The metre or the vrittam in which these slokas were written is different in each section. Muka Sankara’s vision of Devi is the first hundred slokas; then he began to describe Maa from Padaravinda, then he overwhelmed with her

eternal smile (Manda-smitha sathakam), abundant grace of Maa (Kataksha sathakam) and finally another hundred are just his admiration for Maa (Stuthi sathakam). Vag Devis alluring call Lalitha Devi as Kamakshi and also Kamadhayini. There is none in this universe who can shower

blessings like Maa. Her namas stand for divine qualities. Maa’s love for thamboola sravana was eloquently mentioned in the name “Karpoora Veeti Kamodha Samakarsha diganthara. The fragrance of thamboola laced with saffron, cardamom, clove, camphor, kasturi, nutmeg and mace etc.

fanning the lilting smell all over the universe. Not contented with it Vak Devis again call Maa as “Thamboola pooritha mukhi.”This ‘mooka kavi’ was one of the Acharyas of the KanchI Kamakoti Peetam and was called as mooka sankara. The date of his becoming the Acharya is

approximately stated as 398 CE. and he attained siddhi at 437 CE. In this text, the poet describes goddess kamakshi,Kamakoti peetam, Ekamranatha, kanchipuram and the river kampa . Some Slokas have similarity with the text ‘soundarya lahari’ of Adi Sankara. This 500 sloka is very

dear to Maha Periyava. He has praised it to be one of the best of all the Slokas on Ambal. The 48th Slokas of this great work is particularly loved by Maha Periyava.
48. Shiva shiva pasyanthi samam Sri Kamakskshi kadakshitha purusahaa,
Vipinam bhavana mithram loshtam cha yuvathi

bimbhoshtam.

The man who is glanced by Kamakshi sees Shiva in everything, be it in a palace, friend, enemy, clay or the red lips of a lass.

Muka Pancha Sathi has come out of Muka Kavi through the abundant grace of Kamakshi for our benefit says Maha Periyava. By chanting this

Sloka we will be blessed to become one with Kamakshi - Maha Periyava. Let us try to learn this magnum opus or listen to it whenever possible. For children having speech delay and autism etc parents can chant Arya shatakam for their sake and get relief.

Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam🙏🏻

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