LalithA SahasranAma [374] krtajNa [ correction ]

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krtajNa : Judge of actions.

 

Krta good and bad [actions].

 

"The Sun, the moon, the god of death, time and the five elements,

these nine are the witnesses of good and bad actions." She is not

separated from these, she is called KrtajNA.

 

Or, krta, the actions done, jNa [ ie she rewards them by imparting]

knowledge.

 

Or, krta [vat] already-acquired, jNa knowledge, she possesses.

 

Krta : krta Yuga, the golden age, as then rigtheousness was

perfectly established; knowledge [jNa], also was perfect, ie she has

perfect knowledge [as the golden age had]

 

According to the science of dice there are four dyUtas which are

called Krta, TretA, DvApara and Kali, and numbered respectively

four, three, two and one; but they count then, six, three and one,

respectively; because in the higher number the lower ones are

included. So the Sruti [ChA. Up., IV. 3.8] says, "Now these five,

and other five, make ten, that is [represents' the Krta cast."

Hence, according to the Science of dyUta, he who conquers the Krta,

is understood to have conquered the other three. For the Sruti [ChA.

Up., IV. 1. 4] says, "As in the game of dice all the lower casts

belong to him who has conquered with the krta cast." The meaning is

like the KRta case, her knowledge is all-pervading and all-

embracing.

 

Or She knows the krta cast. This expression is that she always

conquers when she casts the dice with Siva.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry