LalithA SahasranAma [133] niranjanA

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niranjanA : Stainless.

 

Next by certain names, the text sets forth, first, the

determination of the nature of the pure intellect, which is the

object of nirAdhAra worship, by assertion, by negation, by positive

definition, and by elimination of attributes; then the means of

obtaining it and the real nature of the results thereby produced.

 

There are three kinds of ignorant souls [ pasus ] : the

vijNAnakevala, he who sees the self in the non-self and has

therefore that impurity alone; the pralayakAla, he who has the

impurity of Karma, which is imperceivable and which gives him [new]

bodies; and the sakala, he who has the impurity of the MayA, which

created the idea of duality. In these three, the second has also the

impurity of the first and the third that of the second. These are

explained in our work Setubhandha. [ see note below ]

 

She is called stainless, because she is free from the impurity of

the sakala.

 

ANjana, black ie attached to ignorance because ignorance has the

quality of veiling [nature] owing to its quality of darkness. The

YogavAsistha says, " Existence and non-existence of [desired ]

objects produce joy and sorrow. O RAma; impure inclination is

term 'attachment' [sanga]." The Sruti [ Sve. Up., VI. 19]

says, "Blameless and stainless." That is, she is free from contact

with ignorance; because of the non-existence of ignorance, which is

pure illusion. The illusion means, that which corresponds to

negation in the three times. Or ni, much. raNjana, redness, or joy.

 

 

Note:

Setubandha : In the Setubandha, he says, sakala is who worships Devi

from MUlAdhAra to AjnA; pralayakAla, who worships Devi from AjNa to

Umnani, and niskala or vijNanakevala worships Devi in the supreme

abode, MahAbindu..

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry