Destroyer of the wheel of cognition (12 Kalis #8)

Ending the limited I-consciousness.

The eighth Kali finally puts an end to the limited I-consciousness (containing 5 organs of knowledge – Jnanendryas: organ of hearing, organ of touching, organ of seeing, organ of tasting, organ of smelling; 5 organs of action – Karmendryas: speech, hand motion, foot motion, excretion, creative organ; plus 2: mind and intellect) altogether 12 Indryas – cognition, represented by the sun, and prepares the entry into universal consciousness as cognitive awareness is drawn into subjective awareness.

The eighth Kali: Martāṇḍakālī – Energy Resorbator of the Sun

The void in the cycle of cognition. The eighth expansion*.

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8. Martāṇḍakālī.

मार्तण्डमापीतपतङ्गचक्रं
पतङ्गवत्कालकलेन्धनाय ।
करोति या विश्वतसान्तकां तां
मार्तण्ङकलीं सततं प्रणौमि ॥८॥

mārtaṇḍam āpīta pataṅga cakraṁ
pataṅgavat kāla kalendhanāya /
karoti yā viśva-rasāntakāṁ tāṁ
mārtaṇḍa kālīṁ satataṁ praṇaumi //

Salutations to Martāṇḍa-kālī, who as the destroyer of the wheel of cognition, puts an end to all objective flavors. Desirous of consuming all worldly activities She causes the twelve sun gods,¹ in the shape of the bird wheel, to be completely consumed like a moth entering a raging fire.

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Each of the twelve Kalis is called a vikasa or expansion because this universe is not created in the sense of being made from something. It is simply the expansion of Lord Shiva’s own nature. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo

This is the continuation of a series on the 12 Kalis, read more about the concept behind the series here. Previous Kalis: creation (#1 Sṛiṣṭikālī,) maintaining (#2 Rakta-kālī,) and destruction (#3 Sthitināśakālī) and the void (#4 Yamakālī) in the objective cycle. The creation in the cognitive cycle (#5 Samhārakālī – re-absorbing energy), maintaining (#6 Mṛtyukālī – Destroyer of Death), destruction (#7 Rudrakālī/Bhadra Kālī – Destroyer of Doubts) . . .