LalithA SahasranAma [350] vAgvAdinI

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vAgvAdinI : The Speaker of the world.

 

Or, VAgvAdini is a certain deity so caled. The TripurAsiddhAnta

says :"As she always abides in the form of speech on the tongue of all

her devotees, she is known in the world as VAgvAdini." The Laghustava

also [v.15] says, "Since thou art the origin of all worlds, thou art

known in the world as VAgvAdini."

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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By whom impelled, by whom compelled,

does the mind soar forth?

By whom enjoined does the breath

march on as the first?

By whom is this speech impelled,

with which people speak?

And who is the god that joins

the sight and hearing?

 

That which is the hearing behind hearing,

the thinking behind thinking,

the speech behind speech,

the sight behind sight --

It also the breathing behind breathing --

Freed completely from these,

the wise become immortal,

when they depart from this world.

 

- From the Kena Upanisad, 1-2

 

"VAgvAdini [means] the power behind speech ('YadvAcho Ha VAcham' in

Kena Upanisad 1-2). That is, She is the 'speech behind speech' and the

One who knows the speech."

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayanamurthy, Commentary, 1962

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

>

> vAgvAdinI : The Speaker of the world.

>

> Or, VAgvAdini is a certain deity so caled. The TripurAsiddhAnta

> says :"As she always abides in the form of speech on the tongue of

all

> her devotees, she is known in the world as VAgvAdini." The

Laghustava

> also [v.15] says, "Since thou art the origin of all worlds, thou art

> known in the world as VAgvAdini."

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry