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Saras is lake and vati is one who possess. The lake here is the

Brahmanrandhra from which there is a flow of nectar. Thus, the secret

meaning of the mantra is that DEVI is the one with the Brahmanrandhra

from which there is a nectar flow. VAsistha RAmAyana also says that

Sarasvati is the flow of knowledge or impressions obtained from senses.

 

 

The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother: Sri Lalita Sahasranama with

commentary.

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI MATH.

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Thanks for this, Nora. If there's more available on-site, let me

know.

 

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

wrote:

> Sarasvati : Why should we make a difference between a pot and a

> cloth as their apparent difference is simply illusory according to

> [previous]rule? The foregoing name answers the question.

>

> Sarasvati is the deity who presides over knowledge, ie she is in

> the form of the ocean of the knowledge. That means non-sensuous

> knowledge. The meaning is that though in the understanding of

> ordinary objects such as "pot etc" no bewilderment arises, as Bh.

> gita [V. 15] says, "knowledge is covered by nescience hence people

> are bewildered," and it is necessary to confuse sinful men

because

> they are devoid of divine grace; to conceal from them the

knowledge

> of nonduality which is the highest of human desires and which

> removes all sorrow.

>

> According to Dhaumya, Sarasvati is a girl of two years of age. The

> BhAradvAja-smr says "Sarasvati is she who ever resides in the

tongue

> of all beings and who causes speech, hence she is called Sarasvati

> by great rsis". The VAsistha-RAmAyana also says, "She is called

> Sarasvati because she is the stream of sense-impression"

>

> Bh. NarA : saras - the flow of nectar from Brahmarandhra, vati -

the

> possessor.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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it also means saraH swati iti saraswati = that which is full of lakes. That was

the nature of the ancient sraswati river that is now extinct. It was on its

shores, it is said, that the first writing of vedas and puranas took place.

 

NMadasamy <nmadasamy wrote:Saras is lake and vati is

one who possess. The lake here is the

Brahmanrandhra from which there is a flow of nectar. Thus, the secret

meaning of the mantra is that DEVI is the one with the Brahmanrandhra

from which there is a nectar flow. VAsistha RAmAyana also says that

Sarasvati is the flow of knowledge or impressions obtained from senses.

 

 

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commentary.

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI MATH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is quite interesting.

 

My first thought on the 2nd paragraph was whether, revealing the

truth of non-duality to "sinful men" would, in fact, awaken them to

divine grace. Or, is this a matter of protecting the self from those

that, out of total unconsciousness, or mental instability, such as

Amma's recent attacker, would bring harm to others?

 

Next, I love these two comments: The

> BhAradvAja-smr says "Sarasvati is she who ever resides in the

tongue

> of all beings and who causes speech, hence she is called Sarasvati

> by great rsis".

 

This takes Saraswati out of the realm of Athena, who sprang from

Zeus's head (like it was said Saraswati sprang from Brahma's tongue)

and puts her in ALL of us. I love that. AND

 

The VAsistha-RAmAyana also says, "She is called

> Sarasvati because she is the stream of sense-impression"

 

Imagine that - the stream of sense impression. That is everything we

perceive through our embodiment, and if that is Saraswati, that's

beautiful. That is such an honoring of our embodiment.

 

Thank you Nora, for pointing out the gem :)

 

Mary Ann

 

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

wrote:

> Sarasvati : Why should we make a difference between a pot and a

> cloth as their apparent difference is simply illusory according to

> [previous]rule? The foregoing name answers the question.

>

> Sarasvati is the deity who presides over knowledge, ie she is in

> the form of the ocean of the knowledge. That means non-sensuous

> knowledge. The meaning is that though in the understanding of

> ordinary objects such as "pot etc" no bewilderment arises, as Bh.

> gita [V. 15] says, "knowledge is covered by nescience hence people

> are bewildered," and it is necessary to confuse sinful men

because

> they are devoid of divine grace; to conceal from them the

knowledge

> of nonduality which is the highest of human desires and which

> removes all sorrow.

>

> According to Dhaumya, Sarasvati is a girl of two years of age. The

> BhAradvAja-smr says "Sarasvati is she who ever resides in the

tongue

> of all beings and who causes speech, hence she is called Sarasvati

> by great rsis". The VAsistha-RAmAyana also says, "She is called

> Sarasvati because she is the stream of sense-impression"

>

> Bh. NarA : saras - the flow of nectar from Brahmarandhra, vati -

the

> possessor.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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"SarasvatI is that form of Devi who dispels the confusion or 'Moha'

[cf. name 703 sarva-mohinI, 'She who confuses all'], and who gives

JNAna of the Advaita or the absolute. Saraswati denotes Her power as

JNAna Sakti."

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commenary, 1962

 

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

wrote:

> Saras is lake and vati is one who possess. The lake here is the

> Brahmanrandhra from which there is a flow of nectar. Thus, the

secret

> meaning of the mantra is that DEVI is the one with the

Brahmanrandhra

> from which there is a nectar flow. VAsistha RAmAyana also says that

> Sarasvati is the flow of knowledge or impressions obtained from

senses.

>

>

> The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother: Sri Lalita Sahasranama with

> commentary.

> MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI MATH.

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