92. kalyaaNii

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This name occurs in shrii lalita trishatii*. Here I quote the

shankara bhaashya for that name.

 

kalyaaNam means aanandaa or bliss. A series of this, from yuva

saarva bhaumaanaanda to brahmaanaanda are enumerated in the

taittriiyopanishhad. "etasyai aanandasya anyaani bhUtaani maatra

upajiivanti", that is, depending on a speck of HER bliss all the

creatures exist. Hence the word kalyaaNa denotes all the created

forms because SHE is present in all of them. They are HER

various upaadhis or limitations. Just as the reflection of sun in

a pot is limited by the pot, brahman shining through the created

forms is limited by them, This form of limitation is called

upaadhi. When SHE is reflected in maayaa, SHE is known as

iishwara, i.e., that is HER integral (samashhTi) form, and when

SHE is reflected in the mind (avidya), is known as jiiva, i.e,

HER individual (vyashhTi) form. Since SHE HERSELF, exists in all

these various limited states, of unity or diversity, all these

are HERs.

 

kalyaaNii means in this context that is SHE is nothing else

except kalyaaNaa (bliss). It is not merely one of HER

attributes. Why? What is the difference between raahu and raahu's

head. raahu is a being without any body, he has only a head.

Hence, it does not matter whether we say raahu or raahu's head,

as they both mean the same. Similarly SHE is kalyaaNaa, that is,

bliss only and nothing else.

 

 

Ravi

 

*Soon I will post the original sanskrit as a part of trishatii.