In youthful zest, she takes her stand, a warrior child, divine,
Against the sons of darkness, her courage does outshine.
Bālā, fierce and undeterred, her victory lights the skies.
Advised by her mother, yet to battle, she flies,
Defying fears, with valor clear, she cuts the ties that bind.
Thirty foes of shadow, by her hand, their end they find.
In the chant of Bālā’s name, a secret power lies,
With herbs of old, the sages bold, unlock the skies.
Her mantra a key, to realms beyond, where true power resides.
An extension of the Divine Mother, in Bālā's form, she guides,
Through gross and subtle realms, where her strength abides.
A link in the chain of cosmic might, Bālā's role, none can deride.
Annapūrna and Aśvārūdā, in their places, right,
Support the cosmic battle, in the endless fight.
Bālā, the heart, the essence pure, in Lalitā’s light.
The tattvas, obstacles vast, in life's unending quest,
Represent the hurdles, on the path to realization's crest.
It’s Bālā’s grace, that clears the space, for the soul's eternal rest.
The 36 Tattvas
| Atattva – ParaSiva or formless absolute Brahman who is beyond all the tattvas, symbolized by sivalinga, experienced in the state of samadhi | ||||||
| 1 | Siva (Chit) | 1- 5 are Iswara-tattvas. They belong to the pure worlds. | ||||
| 6-10 are Shakti-tattvas. | ||||||
| 11-16 are recognized as atma-tattvas . | ||||||
| 17 – 36 are prakriti-tattvas. Through them Prakriti manifests gross bodies, organs, senses, sense-objects and other things of gross material. | ||||||
| 2 | Shakti (Kriya) | Shakti-tattva is again subdivided into following five | ||||
| 6 | Kaala (time) | |||||
| 7 | Niyati (space) | |||||
| 8 | Vidya (material knowledge) | |||||
| 9 | Raga (passion) | |||||
| 10 | Kala (power) | |||||
| 3 | Sadasiva (Jnana and Kriya) | |||||
| 4 | Iswara (Jnana and Kriya) | |||||
| 5 | Sudda-Vidya (Jnana and Kriya) | |||||
| 11 | Maya | These are atma tattvas. The atma-tattvas (11-15) and the prakriti tattvas (17-36) manifest themselves in the jivas as their physical, mental and subtle bodies. The five shakti tattvas (1-5) veil the five Siva-tattvas (6-10) which give rise to limitations of experience and awareness. Atma-tattvas perpetuates these limitations till the jivas are liberated. | ||||
| 12 | Purusha | |||||
| 13 | Buddhi (wisdom) | |||||
| 14 | Ahamkara (ego) | |||||
| 15 | Manas | |||||
| 16 | Prakriti | |||||
| 17-36 | Prakriti-tattva is again subdivided into the following 20 | |||||
| 17-21 | Five Gnanendriyas | The 5 Gnanendriyas | ||||
| 17 | Srotra | |||||
| 18 | Tvak | |||||
| 19 | Chakshu | |||||
| 20 | Jivha | |||||
| 21 | Ghrana | |||||
| 22-26 | Five Karmendriyas | The 5 Karmendriyas | ||||
| 22 | Vak | |||||
| 23 | Pani | |||||
| 24 | Pada | |||||
| 25 | Payu | |||||
| 26 | Upastha | |||||
| 27-31 | Five Tanmantras | The 5 Tanmantras | ||||
| 27 | Shabda | |||||
| 28 | Sparhsa | |||||
| 29 | Rupa | |||||
| 30 | Rasa | |||||
| 31 | Gandha | |||||
| 32-36 | Five Mahabhutas | The 5 Mahabhutas | ||||
| 22 | Akasha 33 | |||||
| 23 | Vayu 33 | |||||
| 24 | Agni 34 | |||||
| 25 | Apa 35 | |||||
| 26 | Prithvi 36 | |||||