LalithA SahasranAma [335] vedavedyA

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vedavedyA : To be known through the Vedas.

 

Vedas are Rg. Yajus, SAman and Atharvan. The Sruti [Kaivalya Up.,

II. 3], "I alone am to be known from all the Vedas." The Smrti {Bg.-

gitA XV. 15] also repeats the same. Or, there are four gates to the

cintAmani palace [vide name 57]; these are the four Vedas; as the

deity cannot be seen unless the gates are entered, hence it is said

she is to be known, through the Vedas alone. The Sruti [Tai.

Br], "The Great quarter, the east, is said to be of the Rk; the

endless southern quarter, they say, is that of the Yajus; the west

of the Atharvan; and the great northern quarter is that of SAman."

The meaning is that Devi should be known through the four goddesses,

who are the deities of the four Vedas, namely SuddhavidyA and

others, SaubhAgyA and others, LopAmudrA and others, and TuriyAmbA

and others, who are the deities of Rg, Yajus, Atharvan and SAman,

respectively.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry