LalithA SahasranAma: Kiricakra rathArUdha dandanAthA puraskrutA

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Kiricakra rathArUdha dandanAthA puraskrutA. : She is preceded by

DandanAthA who rides her chariot Kiricakra

 

Kiricakra : kiri, a boar. The Chariot called Kiricakra is of the

form of a boar. It may also mean that it is drawn by boar.

DandanAthA is the goddess VarAhi. The TripurAsiddhAnta says ,

"She is called DandanAthA because she always carries a rod [danda]

in her hand."

 

Kiricakra : Kiri, beams of the light [kiranas] of creations; cakra,

the cycle of creation, preservation and destruction. Even though the

Yogin has mounted the chariot Kiricakra, ie even thoughhe is

entangled in the cycle of creation, preservation and destruction, he

is [apuraskrta] beyond the scope, reach or touch of DandanAtha [

Yama or Death ]; he is not subjected to death or destruction. The

Siva-sutra [iII, 33 ]says , "Though subject to the cyclic law, he

is not excluded from the state of self-experience." The holy

KrsnadAsa comments upon this passage thus :"Although the Yogin is

involved in the incessantly revolving cycle of creation,

preservatiom and destruction, if, in virtue of his spiritual

attainments, he steadfastly clings to the higher path [of yoga], he

does not forfeit the state of self-experience, which leads to the

higher or turiya condition."

 

BhAskararAya's commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry