Sunday, November 7, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 405

Sivaduti
sivah dutah (=sandesaprapakah) yasyah sa
Whose messenger is Siva.

Sivaduti is also one of the 16 nityas. She is worshiped as Sivaduti in the Puskara shrine. Also there is a vidya (mantra) called Sivaduti. All these can be meant by the name 'Sivaduti'.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 404

Bhaktahardatamobhedabanumadbhanusantatih

bhaktanam hrdi (=bhavanyani) tamamsi (ajnanani)= bhaktahardatamah, tesam bhede (=nasane) bhanumatah (=suryasya) bhanusantati eva ( = kirana parampara eva).

She is the effulgence of the sun which dispels the darkness of ignorance from the hearts of (Her) devotees.

She is the dazzling sun of knowledge. The darkness of the heart is the ignorance settled there.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 403

Mahakamesanayanakumudahladakaumudi

1) mahanascasau kamesah ca iti mahakamesah, tasya nayane eva kumude, tayoh ahlade(=vikase sukhatisayakrt) kaumudi (=candrika iva) sa.

She who is the moonlight that blossoms the kumuda (lotus) of the eyes of Mahakamesa.

The word kaumudi may mean full moon of the month of Karttika.
2) kutsita mut yesam te kumudah (=vaisayikah), tesam asamantat hladah (=moksarupasukhatisayah) tasya kaumudi ( mahakamesam pratinayane kumudahlada kaumudi)
The Goddess illumines the pleasure which are enjoyed by sensuous person and which is generated by the leading of them to Lord Siva.

ku=inferior, mud = pleasure, Hence, according to this interpretation, the word kumuda means those who long for worldly pleasures. They are called inferior because their pleasures are mixed with pain.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 402

Vidyavidyasvarupini

1) vidya (=svatmarupam jnanam) avidya= (caramavrttitupam jnanam)tadubhayaasvrupam asyah
She who assumes the form of Knowledge and ignorance

The word vidya means the knowledge of self and avidya means the knowledge in the form of last modification ( of duality, i.e., just before realization)

2) vidya (=caramvritti jnanam) avidya (=bhedabharanti-rupam jnanam) svah (=parabrahmatmakam jnanam) etat tryam rupam asyah

The word vidya means pure consciousness or the last psychosis in the jiva's state of bondage which gives final illumination; and avidya means the state of ignorance and bondage and also the confused knowledge of separateness. The word sva means knowledge belonging to Supreme Brahman. Rupa- these three are her forms

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 401

Vividhakara
vividhah akarah yasyah sa
She who has transformed Herself into various shapes.

These various forms are of Vaikrta, Prakrta, sarga and Kaumarasarga creations.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 400

Vyapini

vyapnoti sa
The all -pervading one

She is called all - pervading because she is the transformation in the form of three prakrta sargas. Or vyapini means one who pervades the whole universe.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Lalita Sahasranama # 399

Vyaktavyaktsvarupini

1) vyakta avyaktam ceti svarupe asyah
She is of the form of the manifested and the unmanifested.
The word vyakta means the category mahat, as it was first manifested and also from its greatness. In avyakata, a means on all sides and vyakta means manifested, i.e.egoism. She is of both the forms, i.e., that of mahat and ahamkara

2) Vyakta is manifested and avyakta is unmanifested, i.e, She is both the subjects and not subject to the modifications of elements. Or Vyakta is sat and avyakta is asat

3) vyakta means perishable and avyakta means imperishable

4) vyaktavykatasvarupini samastivyastirupa va
According this interpretation, vyakta means individual and avyakta means collective forms.

5) Also, the word Vyakta denotes the twenty-three categories and avyakta, the supreme prakriti

6) The name also means she is manifested in those whose deeds are ripened and not manifested in those whose are bound by the noose of maya.