LalithA SahasranAma [290] sakalAgama sandoha sukti samputa mauktikA

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sakalAgama sandoha sukti samputa mauktikA : The pearl [composing

nose ring] is enclosed in a shell [composed ] of the collected

scriptures.

 

The scriptures when they describe [brahman] by positive definition,

only prove it by characteristics, by the method of approximation

[arundhatinyAya ie Arundhati is a very small star and by locating

the surrounding big stars one at last perceives it]

 

Pearl expression indicates her attributes [dharma] of creation, etc.

The scriptures describe only her nose pearl and other jewels and not

her real nature. Because the Sruti [Tai. Up., II. 9], "whence

all

speech with the mind turns away without being able to reach it."

 

By the previous name it is indicated that she is to be worshipped

by the first three castes. This name indicates that she is to be

worshipped by the fourth cast also. For the RudrayAmala says,

"The

abode indicated by the Vedas is also indicated by other scriptures;

hence all BrAhmanas, Ksatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras are fit [to

worship]

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.