Translation-shrii lalitaa ashhTottara-shata naamaavaLiH

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, "Aarathi Sankaran" <aarathisankaran> wrote:

> Namaste,

>

> mahaatishayasau.ndaryalaavaNyaayai namo namaH

>

> trans :: Salutations to the one who is most beautiful among those

which are

> claimed as having a transcendental beauty.

>

> (I am not quite satisfied with this...... Comments welcome!)

>

 

saundarya-laavaNya is what in Tamil known as oru-poruT-pan-mozhi

often used for emphasis. It is repetition of words with same meaning.

Even the usage mahaa-atishaya, make atishaya even stronger.

 

a) Saluatation to HER who is wonderfully beautiful (beyond

description).

 

b) Salutations to HER who is unalloyed, unfathomable, pure bliss.

 

 

What is this beauty? What make it doubly wonderful and doubly

beautiful?

>From few names of shankara's trishati bhaaShya one can say that this

is un-alloyed, unfathomable bliss.

 

Why? Beauty is what pleases us based on our expectations. Like a

squirrel is beautiful, but I would not say a woman with a face like

squirrel is beautiful. This beuaty based on eyes and expectation. To

me somebody (for that matter all) may look beautiful. But for other

they may not. But what is pleasing and beautiful to all. What makes

everyone happy, all beings with no exceptions. That is bliss. That

brings joy to all. SHE is solidified bliss (kamaniiya vigrahaa) that

is why SHE is beautiful at all, at all times, and all places.

 

Why is maha-atishaya, mundane things will saturate and make one

boring. How long can one look at the "worldly" miss universe

appreciate it. One will get bored. As they say in Tamil thegaTTi

poyiDum. But when we come to HER the true MISS UNIVERSE (mahaa

tripura sundarI), SHE is unfathomable bliss. You can never plumb HER

depth of bliss. Deeper you go, deeper it gets. Swami Yogananda in his

work says that no yogi can ever fathom the bliss of God. There is no

limit, no way of getting bored with it. That is why SHE is

wonderfully wonderfully beautiful. A beauty you can access without

senses. That is why shankara says in his trishati bhaashhya, SHE is

enchanting to jnAninaH because SHE IS SOLIDIFIED UNALLOYED BLISS.

 

Ravi

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, "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram" <miinalochanii>

wrote:

> brings joy to all. SHE is solidified bliss (kamaniiya vigrahaa)

 

The thoughts of the two names, kamanIya and kamra-vigrahA of

trishati, ended up above as kamaniiya vigrahA. I realized that only

in the evening of the day I posted it. The nAma there should be

kamra vigrahA.

 

Ravi