LalithA SahasranAma [365] svAtmAnandalavibhUtabrahmAdyAnandasamtatih

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svAtmAnandalavibhUtabrahmAdyAnandasamtatih : The totality of the

bliss of BrahmaA etc is but a minute portion of her own bliss.

 

This bliss of Indra and others is but a drop in the ocean, in

comparison with the bliss of Devi. BrahmA, etc. : BrahmA, Visnu,

Rudra, who possess the quality of creation, preservation and

destruction. The Sruti [Tai. Up., II. 8] says, "Other beings live

on a mere part of this bliss."

 

Again the same Sruti, from man's bliss more and more in the higher

grades, describing, includes [among the bliss of Devas], th ebliss

of PrajApati, also, as it is limited and as it is less than the

bliss of unconditioned Brahman, and consequently unfit for human

aspiration, and establises that the bliss of Brahman [alone] is

unlimited. The meaning is that the word tat [363] indicates the

unconditioned Brahman, in order to agree with authorities

[scriptures] which establish the meaning of them by [the rule] of

beginning, etc. [upakrama, etc] as the knowledge as the means of

purusArthas.

 

Lava according to the VisvA means, particle and sport [80].

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry