LalithA SahasranAma [573] parA-nisthA

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parA-nisthA : Supreme end

 

Or parA-nisthA: a certain kind of knowledge. This alone is the goal

of all desires and all worlds. The Bg-gitA [iV. 33]: "O PArtha, all

kinds of actions end in knowledge" That kind of knowledge is

described in the SU. Sam. [suta-gitA, V. 50-54]:"Convinced by

instruction derived from the scriptures and from teachers, and by

reasoning in conformity with the scriptures, that he is himself the

witness of all, his mind becomes fixed, knowing the whole which

appears different from Self as his own Self, again fully convinced

by his own experience that he himself is the pure, non-dual Brahman;

merging that conviction in his own pure consciousness which is

unchangeable and non-dual; knowing that even that merging is of the

nature of thought [cidrUpa], he should remain as the absolute. This

ascetic is indeed the best of those who know Brahman; this is the

highest end [the result] of scriptural teachings and of experience".

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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She is the endeavor by which all actions end in Pure Knowledge, i.e.

in the turIya state. "Sarvam karmAkhilam pArtha jNAna parisamApyate":

O PArtha, all actions end in Pure Knowledge. (Bh. GIta, 4-33.

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

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

wrote:

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> parA-nisthA : Supreme end

>

> Or parA-nisthA: a certain kind of knowledge. This alone is the goal

> of all desires and all worlds. The Bg-gitA [iV. 33]: "O PArtha, all

> kinds of actions end in knowledge" That kind of knowledge is

> described in the SU. Sam. [suta-gitA, V. 50-54]:"Convinced by

> instruction derived from the scriptures and from teachers, and by

> reasoning in conformity with the scriptures, that he is himself the

> witness of all, his mind becomes fixed, knowing the whole which

> appears different from Self as his own Self, again fully convinced

> by his own experience that he himself is the pure, non-dual

Brahman;

> merging that conviction in his own pure consciousness which is

> unchangeable and non-dual; knowing that even that merging is of the

> nature of thought [cidrUpa], he should remain as the absolute. This

> ascetic is indeed the best of those who know Brahman; this is the

> highest end [the result] of scriptural teachings and of experience".

>

>

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> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

>