Sri Lalita Trishati (70. lakShakoTyaNDAnAyikA)

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|| AUM mahAgaNapataye namaH ||

|| AUM shrI sha.karAchAryavaryAya namaH ||

|| AUM shrImAtre namaH ||

 

70. lakShakoTyaNDAnAyikA

She who is the leader of billions of Universes.

 

lakSha here means innumerable or countless and aNDa refers to brahmANDa-s.

Since saMsAra is without beginning, the aNDas belonging to the past, present

and future are innumerable. They are the hiraNyagarbha or virAT in their

integral form; vishva and taijasa in their individual form or limitations.

All these Universes are HER limitations or upAdhi-s (*), SHE is the leader

of these countless Universes. SHE is the basic Awareness, HER reflection on

them confers HER reality to them.

 

[*] When SHE becomes sopAdhika or with limitations, SHE is Ishvara in the

integral form and jIva in the individual form. Again these are qualified

by three kinds of limitations. They are sthUla, sUkShma and kAraNa. Under

these three kind of upAdhi-s, Ishvara is known ar vaishvAnara, hiraNyagrabha

and mAyAvi respectively. Similarly jIva is known as vishva, taijasa and

prAj~nA.

 

AUM lakShakoTyaNDAnAyikAyai namaH