Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 sarvamohini : All-bewildering How can this Devi be said to possess contradictory attributes such as, permanence and impermanence, animation and non-animation, etc? This name answers the above question. She bewilders [mohini] all the ordinary people [sarva], who believe in the reality of the apparent duality, that is she makes them devoid of the knowledge of Unity. The meaning is that the apparant difference between Brahman and the universe is illusory. In the KUrma Pr. Siva says, "This supreme Sakti is in me and is Brahman itself. This mAyA is dear to me, infinite, by which this world is bewildered. O best of the twice-born ones, I bewilder the whole universe with the Devas, daityas and men, and I create them and I cause them to exist" In another place Devi says to Himavat, "Whatever different scriptures are found in the world, opposed to Sruti and Smrti, devoted to the position of duality, namely KApAla, Bhairava, Sakala, Gautama and many similar ones, they are for the purpose of bewilderment; those who are confused by the false scriptures, also confuse the world, in another cycle; these were all created by me for the sake of bewilderment" The Su. Sam. [1.8.38] "Sinful men devoid of [my] grace bewildered by mAyA and suffering birth, death etc. do not know the Lord of Gods" or she bewilders [moha] the three worlds [sarva], or this means she is both Trailokyamohanacakra and its VidyA. BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 She confuses all. Through Her mAyA-sakti, people are confused and see distinctions between the Absolute and the phenomenal, between the seer and the seen, between Herself and Her created forms. - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita Sahasranama, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy wrote: > > > sarvamohini : All-bewildering > > How can this Devi be said to possess contradictory attributes such as, > permanence and impermanence, animation and non-animation, etc? This > name answers the above question. She bewilders [mohini] all the > ordinary people [sarva], who believe in the reality of the apparent > duality, that is she makes them devoid of the knowledge of Unity. > > The meaning is that the apparant difference between Brahman and the > universe is illusory. > > In the KUrma Pr. Siva says, "This supreme Sakti is in me and is > Brahman itself. This mAyA is dear to me, infinite, by which this world > is bewildered. O best of the twice-born ones, I bewilder the whole > universe with the Devas, daityas and men, and I create them and I > cause them to exist" > > In another place Devi says to Himavat, "Whatever different scriptures > are found in the world, opposed to Sruti and Smrti, devoted to the > position of duality, namely KApAla, Bhairava, Sakala, Gautama and many > similar ones, they are for the purpose of bewilderment; those who are > confused by the false scriptures, also confuse the world, in another > cycle; these were all created by me for the sake of bewilderment" > > The Su. Sam. [1.8.38] "Sinful men devoid of [my] grace bewildered by > mAyA and suffering birth, death etc. do not know the Lord of Gods" > > or she bewilders [moha] the three worlds [sarva], or this means she is > both Trailokyamohanacakra and its VidyA. > > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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