LalithA SahasranAma: nityA parAkramAltopa niriksanasamutsukA

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nityA parAkramAltopa niriksanasamutsukA : She rejoices at beholding

the rising valour of the nityAs.

 

The nityAs are the fifteen DevatAs, Kameswari to Citra, who preside

over the fifteen days of the lunar months. Their mantras are given

differently in the JNAnArnava and in the TantrarAja.

 

The rising valour of the nityAs; this is the reference to the

prowess of the nityAs displayed in destroying fifteen of the leaders

of armies, Damanaka, Citragupta etc.

 

Or nityAs, the eternal energies of one's soul ; rising valour

[parAkramAtopa], continual progress. Once developed the germ of

knowledge in the inner soul continues to increase. The YogavAsistha

says :"All human arts perish by non-use, but the gem of wisdom

once risen [in the heart] is never destroyed, but continues to grow."

 

BhAskararAya's commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry