Sri Lalita Trishati (29. eShaNArahitAdR^itA)

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29. eShaNArahitAdR^itA

She who is endearing to desireless.

 

SHE is endearing to the desireless. "IshaNa" means desire. It is of

three kinds. They are,

 

1) putrIShaNa - desire for a son to conquer the world,

2) vitteShaNa - desire for wealth to conquer pitR^iloka, by requisite

deeds, and

3) lokeShaNa - desire to conquer deva loka by means of upasana and

the like.

 

Those who do not have these desires are eshaNArahita.

 

tehasma putrIShaNAyashcha vitteShanAyashcha lokeShaNAyashcha

vyutthAyAdha bhaikShacharyam charanti

[bR^ihadAraNyakopaniShad].

 

Those who know brahman, discarding their desires for sons, wealth and

lokas, will live as mendicants.

 

SHE is devotedly and lovingly worshipped as their own Self by

paramahamsas and sannyasis, who are without desire. By constant

meditation SHE is realized as mokSha or liberation.

 

AUM eShaNArahitAdR^itAyai namaH