LalithA SahasranAma [632] sindUratilakANcitA

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sindUratilakANcitA : Decorated with a red forehead mark.

 

According to the Visva, sindUra means elephant, tilaka she-elephant,

aNcitA worshipped; or worshipped by females whose gait resembles that

of an elephant. the Vi BhAg. Pr. says, "The daughters of Nanda [the

cowherd] whose love is intense and hard to resist ... O KAtyAyanI, O

great MAyA, O great Yogini, O ruler, O Devi, the son of the cowherd

[Krsna], give us a husband. We adore thee. Thus repeating the mantra

the girls worshipped Devi, etc. " Rukmini, also at her marriage said,

when Krsna's arrival was delayed, "Fortune is against me, Mahesvara is

against me. Devi, also, the wife of Siva, the daughter of the

mountain, is unfavourable... Thus the girl protected by servants left

the female apartments for the Devi's temple on foot to gaze on the

tender feet of Devi... by worshipping Devi she obtained her desired

objects. "

 

 

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry