LalithA SahasranAma [414] manovAcAmagocarA

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manovAcAmagocarA : Beyond mind and speech.

 

Manas included the functions of mind. The Sruti [Tai. Up., II. 9. 1]

says, "From whence speech and mind turn away unable to reach [lit]".

In the Visnu Pr. PrahlAda's saying is, "I bow down to the supreme

Isvari who transcends speech and mind and who can be grasped by the

wisdom of the wise alone."

 

Or, in whom is not to be found any object of thought or speech.

 

Or, A is to be prefixed to the name, then, manas, mind, vAcA,

speech, Ama, not purified [lit unbaked, eg. A clay vessel]

A, not, she is beyond those whose mind and speech are not purified

and therefore cannot be known by them. How is it, the Sruti in one

place says, "the mind turns away, etc" and again in another place.

[Katha. Up. IV. 11}, "By mind alone it should be perceived, etc"?

This contradiction is removed in the BhAmati [the commentary on

Samkara's commentary on the Ved. SU. By Vacaspati-Misra] by

adding "Not purified and purified" respectively to the word "mind".

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry