LalithA SahasranAma [761] subhagA

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subhagA : Good fortune.

 

According to Dhaumya, a girl of five years of age is called SubhagA.

 

Bhaga, means wealth, desire, magnanimity, strength, effort, fame, etc,

su, excellently [remain in Her]. The visva says, "Bhaga means

dominion, wisdom, dispassion, womb, fame, strength, effort, desire,

wealth, virtue, sun, and salvation"

 

Bhag, the sun, by her the sun is illuminated. Because she resides in

the sun and causes all its works. The Visnu Pr. [iI. 11. vide Wilson's

translation] :"The whole and supreme energy of Visnu, which is called

the three Vedas, Rk, Yajus and SAman lightens the whole universe and

destroys its iniquity. Whereever every month the sun exists there is

this energy of Visnu, composed of the three Vedas. The Rk. shines in

the morning, the Yajus at noon, Brhadratha and other portions of the

SAman at the end of the day. Thus the manifestation [of the energy] of

Visnu is threefold knwn as Rk, Yajus and SAman.

 

The Energy of Visnu ever abides in the sun. The threefold energy of

Visnu does not only exist in the sun, but is also manifest in BrahmA,

Visnu and Rudra. Thus there [three gods]are also the three Vedas. The

sun ever possessed with the energy neither rises nor sets. In this way

the energy of Visnu exists in the sun encircled by seven troops. As a

man, nearing a mirror kept on a stand, observes in it his own image so

the energy of Visnu is never disjoined but remains month by month in

th esun which is there placed". The Seven troops are, Devas, rsis,

gandharvas, apsarases, yaksas, sAdhyas and rAksasas. The collective

meaning of the above passage is : the seven troops are the causes of

the sun's monthly changes, but the energy, as she is the foundation of

all, does not change.

 

Subhaga may mean either the eight things used in auspicious

occassions, as the PAdma Pr. says, "Sugarcane, TarurAja, the NispAva,

and Kira seeds, the cow's milk with all its transformation, Kusumbha

flowers and salt", or Devi herself;for the same PAdma Pr. says, "What

else should not one- whether a man or woman - obtain by worshipping

UmA with devotion, who is the conferer of blessings to Devas, and

bestower of enjoyment and salvation on all human kind?

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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She comprises all the attributes of the Sun [bhagA].

 

Alternatively, the name refers to Wealth, Strength, JNAna

[Knowledge], and Renunciation. These too are Her attributes.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

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>

>

> subhagA : Good fortune.

>

> According to Dhaumya, a girl of five years of age is called

SubhagA.

>

> Bhaga, means wealth, desire, magnanimity, strength, effort, fame,

etc,

> su, excellently [remain in Her]. The visva says, "Bhaga means

> dominion, wisdom, dispassion, womb, fame, strength, effort,

desire,

> wealth, virtue, sun, and salvation"

>

> Bhag, the sun, by her the sun is illuminated. Because she resides

in

> the sun and causes all its works. The Visnu Pr. [iI. 11. vide

Wilson's

> translation] :"The whole and supreme energy of Visnu, which is

called

> the three Vedas, Rk, Yajus and SAman lightens the whole universe

and

> destroys its iniquity. Whereever every month the sun exists there

is

> this energy of Visnu, composed of the three Vedas. The Rk. shines

in

> the morning, the Yajus at noon, Brhadratha and other portions of

the

> SAman at the end of the day. Thus the manifestation [of the

energy] of

> Visnu is threefold knwn as Rk, Yajus and SAman.

>

> The Energy of Visnu ever abides in the sun. The threefold energy

of

> Visnu does not only exist in the sun, but is also manifest in

BrahmA,

> Visnu and Rudra. Thus there [three gods]are also the three Vedas.

The

> sun ever possessed with the energy neither rises nor sets. In this

way

> the energy of Visnu exists in the sun encircled by seven troops.

As a

> man, nearing a mirror kept on a stand, observes in it his own

image so

> the energy of Visnu is never disjoined but remains month by month

in

> th esun which is there placed". The Seven troops are, Devas, rsis,

> gandharvas, apsarases, yaksas, sAdhyas and rAksasas. The

collective

> meaning of the above passage is : the seven troops are the causes

of

> the sun's monthly changes, but the energy, as she is the

foundation of

> all, does not change.

>

> Subhaga may mean either the eight things used in auspicious

> occassions, as the PAdma Pr. says, "Sugarcane, TarurAja, the

NispAva,

> and Kira seeds, the cow's milk with all its transformation,

Kusumbha

> flowers and salt", or Devi herself;for the same PAdma Pr.

says, "What

> else should not one- whether a man or woman - obtain by

worshipping

> UmA with devotion, who is the conferer of blessings to Devas, and

> bestower of enjoyment and salvation on all human kind?

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>