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
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