LalithA SahasranAma [743] pApAranyadavAnalA

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pApAranyadavAnalA : The forest fire [consuming] the forest of sin.

 

The Br. NAradiya Pr. says, "The Supreme name of GangA is the fire that

consumes the forest of sin because GangA is the remover of the disease

of samsarA. Therefore it should be sought with much effort.

 

or dave [forest fire] means devotions, etc, which are the means of

destroying sin. Ana, life-energy, la, receive, that is she reveals the

actions which remove sin. The BrahmA. Pr. says, "The supreme espiation

of all sin whether committed knowingly or unknowingly is said to be

the remembrance of the feet of the supreme Sakti" In another chapter

it is said, "Hear, O Devendra, this great supreme secret which

immediately destroys all sin, possessed of devotion and faith, after

bathing, stand in the water and repeat the PaNcadasi mantra one

thousand and eight times. Thus worshipping the supreme Sakti, he is

released from all sin"

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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She is the forest fire that burns away and destroys all the sins of

Her devotees.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy

wrote:

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> pApAranyadavAnalA : The forest fire [consuming] the forest of sin.

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> The Br. NAradiya Pr. says, "The Supreme name of GangA is the fire

that

> consumes the forest of sin because GangA is the remover of the

disease

> of samsarA. Therefore it should be sought with much effort.

>

> or dave [forest fire] means devotions, etc, which are the means of

> destroying sin. Ana, life-energy, la, receive, that is she reveals

the

> actions which remove sin. The BrahmA. Pr. says, "The supreme

espiation

> of all sin whether committed knowingly or unknowingly is said to

be

> the remembrance of the feet of the supreme Sakti" In another

chapter

> it is said, "Hear, O Devendra, this great supreme secret which

> immediately destroys all sin, possessed of devotion and faith,

after

> bathing, stand in the water and repeat the PaNcadasi mantra one

> thousand and eight times. Thus worshipping the supreme Sakti, he

is

> released from all sin"

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>