LalithA SahasranAma [297] haribrahmendrasevitA

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haribrahmendrasevitA : Attended by Hari, BrahmA and Indra

 

In the Sricakra [nagara], in the centre between the seventeentha nd

the eighteenth walls, is the seat of Visnu; between the sixteenth

and the seventeenth, is of Brahma; between the fourteenth and the

fifteenth, is of Indra and other lokapAlas [protectods of the

world]. All these reside [ in their respective places] for the sake

of worshipping Devi. The De. BhAg. Pr says, "BrahmA, Visnu, Siva,

Indra, Varuna, Yama, Vayu, Agni, Kubera, Tvastr, Pusan, Asvins,

Bhaga, Adityas, Vasus,Rudras, Visvedevas, Marudganas, all these

meditate on Devi, the cause of creation, preservation and

destruction."

 

By this expression those who see the Vedas which describe Visnu,

BrahmA, etc alone, do not obtain the real knowledge about Visnu,

etc. though they are devoted to them, because only those who see the

Vedas in connection with Devi, are marked out by superior

excellence; hence there is no use of worshipping other deities as it

is opposed to the rule" for a begger to beg from a begger when a non-

begger, a [reasonably] rich man is present? "This is explained in

our Sivastava. "O Paramasiva, why should I, a begger, beg from

Visnu, BrahmA, Indra and other beggers, who possess dominion given

by you, saying `do thou give to me'. Even an ignorant man who

already enjoys the result of the twelve days, sacrifice only desires

the result of the jyotistoma [a superior sacrifice] and not the

result of the twelve-days' sacrifice."

 

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.