Lalita Sahasranama # 8

The description about her continues:

Ragasvarupapashadya

Raga eva svam roopam yesya sa = Ragasvarupah , sa casau pasascaraga......sa, tena adya

Means holding a noose of desire

The word Raga, i.e., Desire means a particular mental modification

There are three forms of the devi: 1) Sthula = physical 2) Suksma= Subtle 3) Para= The supreme

In the mahalakshmyaastakam - Stulasuksma maha raudrae, mahasaktirmahodara

Desire is the supreme form and the noose is the gross form. This noose is held in her lower left hand out of the four hands that she is said to have - chaturbahusamanvita (#7)

She probably uses the noose to bring folks closer to her and for them to meditate on their reason for life, and one needs to be desire -less to become "totally" free. To say I have no problems in this world is possible ONLY when you have no desires at all! The minute you start to desire anything the karma theory holds good...you are accruing karma which keeps making you go round and round.

I need to surrender to thee and I do so with utter humility for I know not what I am doing...well its all your doing anyway!

In Lalita

Lalita Sahasranama # 7

Continuing with her description

Chaturbahusamanvita

Chaturbihih Bahubihih Samanvita

She possesses four arms

These four arms carry different weapons and other "tools" for a lack better terms.

The names we are gonna talk about the next few days will reveal why she is holding the weapons that she is!

I guess to initiate the "cid" in each of us or consciousness she needs all these weapons to be successful!

Well! All I need are her kind words and action!

In Lalita

Lalita Sahasranama # 6

Now Lalita Sahasranama goes on to describe her beauty

Udhyadbhanusahasraba

Udyatam bhanuman yatsahasram tena tulya abha yasyah sa

She who is bright as thousands of rising suns.

This indicates her color. She is also Sindurarunavigraham / Nijarunaprabapuramadhyatbramhanda mandala, Sarvaruna

Everything about her is RED. She is radiant and red in her vimarsa form.

well....the color red is auspicious, something about the color. It is radiant and it attractive. So to expect her to be any other color would not be cool at all!

Her resplendence can only be enhanced by red!

My imagination can not to justice at all to her in all her RED glory!

In Lalita

Lalita Sahasranama # 5

Today we are gonna talk about the purpose of her genesis.

5) Devakaryasamudyata

Devanam Karyani = Devakaryani, tadartham samudyata

Manifested herself for fulling the acts of the gods

She manifested herself in order to slay the asuras Bhandasura and Mahisasura.

As mentioned in Lalita Sahasranama # 4 - When the devas were in a State of disarray, they decided to collectively seek Mahasambu's guidance on how to slay the demons Bhanda and Mahisasura.

Mahasambu having heard their pleas tells them that ONLY Lalita can save you all and gives a string of instructions to follow.

So, when she manifests herself from the Cidagnikuntam she does to help all the Devas hence Devakarya Samudyata.

So if Bhandasura is considered one's EGO, she will manifest to help one get rid of their egos by destroying ignorance through initiating consciousness or cid.

In my life I am not sure whether I will be able to let go of my ego without her hand holding...I guess she also needs to become Mamakaryasamudyta..meaning she needs to manifest to fulfill my acts as well....

It shall become evident soon...

In Lalita

Lalita Sahasranama # 4

It is Namavali # 4 and here the Lalitophakayana start to discuss about her emergence from:

Cidagnikuntasambuta

1) Cidevaagnikuntam tatra samyak bhuta - Cidagnikuntasambuta

Cid= pure Bramhan and Bramhan is the altar of the fire as he dispels the darkness of avidya (ignorance) by initiating "cit" (consciousness)

2) Agnikuntam eva cit tasya kundat sammbuta

She is the conqueror of ignorance = Ajajetri

She is the forest fire to the forest of sins= Paparanyadavanala

The divine mother manifested from the fire-pit of supreme knowledge.

According to Lalitopakhyanam, Mahasambu ordered all the gods to gather to conduct this MahaYajna and from the fire of that yagna manifested Lalita, hence cidagnikuntasambuta.

In my Humble opinion, I believe that she in fact does bring clarity through surrender. And surrender is made possible when that avidya that you control everything is conquered. She has indeed done her job in making me realize day by day how much control I have, right now zip, zero, nada....

Having moved back to India two months ago, I am still trying to land a job and every time I feel ah! there is the light at the end of the tunnel, the delusion about the tunnel and the light is revealed. So to believe that I control anything seems to be rather lame...so I have given up on trying to land the job and have left it to her albeit with a lot of resistance...

Nobody claimed that surrender was that easy!

In Lalita!

Lalita Sahasranama # 3

Srimadsimhasaneshwari

1) Srimaccha tatsimhasanamcca Tasyasevari - The great queen on the Lion throne

2) Simhaabinamasanamiti simhasanam tasyesvari - simha=lion. goddess seated on the lion

also simavahini

3) simha = himsarthakah:

simha is derived from the root himsa - which means to destroy and asana derived from the root "as" which means driving out and Isvari means powerful. The collective meaning of these two words mean total annihilation. So she is the powerful goddess who destroys the universe

4) Simhasanam (simhasana mantranam) + Isvari

There are 5 Simhasana mantras and she is the presiding deity of these simhasana mantra

Lalita Sahasranama # 2

After knowing her as Sri Mataa, now I am gonna look at:

Sri MahaRajni - Sri Yukta Maha Rajni

She is the great ruler, She is considered as the controller and maintainer of the universe.

The three letters of Srividya are contained in this name . One of them is Sodasi (Srim) and the remaining two letters,i.e., a and ha are called Prakasa (Illumination) and Vimarsa (reflection) respectively. Rajni, the part of Maharajni contains the mantra Mayarajni.

(lalita Sahasranama - L.M. Joshi)

Sodasi Mantra - Ka ae e la hrim, Ha Sa Ka La Hrim, Sa Ka La Hrim (Pancha-dasakshari) Srim (Sodasi)

Prakasa and Vimarsa go hand in hand, one cannot reflect unless there is illumination. She is the giver of illumination

Also Tamopaha: She is the destroyer of darkness in the form of nescience. Thus she is a LAMP in the darkness - Ajnanadvantadipika.

There are so many things that I am unaware of, however, I am going to try and make more sense of these 1000 names...I was telling my friend yesterday, everyday brings in few questions about life maybe the name that I am learning for that day may illumine the answer!

I leave it to her.

In Lalita!