I visualize on a throne of the form of Srichakra, with Garuda forming the

Bindu,seated is Sri Rama, sporting jnAna mudrA in his right hand. He embraces
withhis left hand, Bhagavati Sita seated on his left lap, who in turn is sporting a
lotusin her lotus hands. By meditating on this form of Rama and by reciting
hismantra, one can realize the unity between the self and the Brahman.From the
shrIvidyA perspective, these three mantras, along with mahA vaikuNTheshwara
[mahAgopAla pradhAna] and shrIchakradhara [shrIvidyA pradhAna], form the
vaiShNava angas of parA ShoDashI.
The mantra for Vidya Rajagopala Yantra is:
Om Kleem Vidya Rajagopala Moorthaye Namah
Uses
This is Lord Krishna Mantra, recitation of this Mantra good for maintaining
goodrelationship with wife or partner.
Gopaala
Sundari----------------------------------------------------------------------'kaDachilalliteshani
pumruupaa krishNa vigraH ' - some times Lalitha is seenin the form of Krishna.There
are innumerable forms of Devi described in Veda, Agama and PuraaNas.No other
deity in the Hindu pantheon has such countless forms. She being theuniversal
mother with bound less mercy, manifests in a number of forms toenable one to
meditated in any of these that one likes to visualize. Thoughthe ultimate reality is
beyond all forms and conception, its out of immensecompassion that the he
manifests with a swaroopa embracing kalyaNa guNas.There is a special roopa of
devi described in tantric texts as a fusion of goopla and lalita named 'Gopaala
Sundari'.The supreme manifestation of devi as the universal mother is Lalita.
Whenyou say a sahasranAma or a trishati on Devi with out a prefix, it refersonly to
Lalita's. She is 'shrI mahA rAGYI', the supreme empress. She istripurasundarii who
rules over the entire universe with Brahma,VishhNu andShiva are mere
functionaries in her empire. Rig-Veda celebrates her as thesupreme power in all
beings.'ahaM rudrebhir basubhishcharAmyaham Aditairuta vishvadevaiH
ahaMmitrAvaruNobhA vibharmyahamindrAgnI ahamashvinobhA ..'Like wise the
most celebrated masculine form of the saguNa brahma is Sri mannaaraayaNa. He is
parama purusha the first and fore most among devatas.

naaraayaNaparo yogo naaraayaNapara.m tapaH |naaraayaNapara.m j^naana.m

naaraayaNaparaagatiH ||Out of several incarnations of Sri mannaaraayaNa, Sri
Krishna is consideredas the poorNaavatara as he brims with all kalyaNa guNas. We
find a beautifulshloka by leela shuka, which reads as,satyaM satyaM durlabhaM

daivateshhutatkaishoraM tachcha vaktraaravindaM |tatkaaruNyaM te cha

liilaakaTaakshaaHtatsaundaryaM saa cha mandasmitashriiH ||(I swear, I swear, there
is none equating Krishna with such an enchantingbeauty, lotus face, kaaruNya, liilaa
kaTaakshaa, saundarya and that smile(saa cha mandasmitashriiH), indeed there is
none.)These two supreme principles manifest in a single swaroopa named
'GoopaalaSundari', needless to say this is the most enchanting of all swaroopAs.She
is shyamala and he is shyamalaanga. She is rAjarAjeshwari and he isrAjagopAla.
There exist several puraanic evidences to state that they areone and the same. The
following shloka from krishNa karNamrutam beautifullydescribes the form that
result when Devi and Krishna unite.kodanDamaikshavamakhaNDamishhuM ca
paushhpaMcakraabjapaashasR^iNikaaJNcanavaMshanaalam |
vibhraaNamashhTavidhabaahubhirarkavarNaMdhyaayeddhariM
madanagopavilaasaveshham ||dhyaayeth hariM madana gopa vilaasa veshham - I
meditate upon hari in theform of madana gOpAla,arkavarNaM - who with the color
of a rising sun,vibhraaNam - holdsakhaND aiksha kodanDa - a strong sugar cane
bow,ishhuM ca paushhpaM - an arrow of flowers,cakra abja paasha sR^iNi
kaaJNcana-vaMshanaalam - cakra, shanka, lotus,wipe, AN^kushA and a golden
flute,AshhTa baahubhiH - in his eight arms.The Mantra dedicated to Sri gopaala
sundari has 33 beejaaksharams, which isa fushion of Pancha Dassakshari (15) and
Sri Rajagopaala (18) ashhtaDassakshari.It's a traditional practise to equate Gopaala
sundari to shyamala ormeenakshi. Meenakshi being visualized as Sri
mannaaraayaNa is nothing new.There is a special ramaayaNa which says
meenakshi assumed the form of rama & sundareshwara as seetha. So nandi deva
incarnates as Anchaneya (shriichandrasekharendra sarasvatii mahAsvamigaL has
elaborated on thistopic).Mutthuswami diikshitar in one his songs on
somasundareshwara

(madurai) says 'nandi ropa Anchaneyadi nutam' - The one served by nandi inthe
form of Anchaneya (implies, he took the form of jaanaki).One the other hand, sri
chakra of devi is seen at the lotus feet of gopaalain dakshina dwaaraka
(mannargudi). He is named as sri vidya raaja gopaalaand decorated as madana
Gopaala Sundari during Brahmothsavam. There is aspecial krithi of diikshitar
dedicated to the sri vidya swaroopam of rajagopala.These fusion principles serve as
standard testimony towards mutual toleranceand bakti. Let shyamala and
shyamaanga bestow their grace on us and empowerus to always meditate upon
their lotus feet