LalithA SahasranAma: KarAngulinakholpanna-nArAyanadasakrutih

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KarAngulinakholpanna-nArAyanadasakrutih : From the nails of her

[ten] fingers sprang the ten forms of NarAyana.

 

Nails, joints of the nail, or finger tips. Ten form [dasa+Akrutih]

of NarAyana are the ten incarnations of Visnu, namely Fish,

Tortoise, Boar, Man-lion, Dwarf, ParasurAma, Rama, BalarAma, Krsna

and Kalki. The Daityas sprung into existence from the missle called

SarvAsurAstra, which was aimed by BhandAsura, were, Somaka, Ravana,

Bali, HiranyAksa and others who were known to have fought, several

battles, had their orgin thus. In order to destroy these Daityas,

Devi created from her finger ends the ten incarnation of Visnu [

Matsya, Kurma etc] in regular order from her right thumb to the left

small finger. The following is from the LalitopAkhyAna where is is

well described :"From the right thumb nail of the great Queen

there

sprang the divine, all-pervading NarAyana in the form of a graet

Fish…. The ten AvatAras having performed their respective onerous

tasks stood with folded hands before Mother LaithA saluting her."

 

Or ten forms : the rod in the text is dasAkrutih, which may also be

taken to mean the five states [dasA] of jiva and ther five functions

[krutih] of Isvara. The five states of jiva are waking, dreaming,

etc and the five functions of Isvara are creation, preservation etc.

 

 

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.