LalithA SahasranAma: Bhanda sainya vadhodyuktA sakti vikrama harsitA

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Bhanda sainya vadhodyuktA sakti vikrama harsitA: She is delighted at

the activity of the saktis that are prepared to destroy the army of

Bhanda

 

Saktis, Nakuli and other goddesses.

 

Or Bhanda, the fettered soul; army, ideas of duality, etc.

corresponding to the nature of a fettered soul; saktis are the

energies or ideas of non-duality, that are prepared to destroy the

former. Devi is delighted at the onset of these ideas of non-

duality. For, when a man enjoys even but a small portion of [true]

bliss, the veil [of ignorance] is destroyed. The Sakti-sUtra

says: "When a person does not recognise it, he gets bewildered

by

his own energies, and is involved in samsAra". When a person does

not recognize the existence of his own five powers of action, the

energies, or more correctly, the three Yoga states called khecari,

dikcari and bhUcari take advantage of his weakness. These energies

have two aspects, subjective [patibhUmika] and accordingly manifest

themselves, in man, both internally and externally. The commentary

on the sUtra quoted above, explains this point well. These energies

should be killed out, by other energies because they are hindrances

to the progress of the aspirant. The next sUtra says:"When he

recognizes it and his thoughts converge inwardly to the seat of the

mind, he becomes self-conscious". Thoughts here means the

modifications of the mental energy.

 

BhAskararAya's commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry