Sri Lalita Trishati (134. sarvavimohinI)

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134. sarvavimohinI

She who deludes all.

 

SHE who deludes all. By making one to apprehend a thing as

something else, one is deluded.

 

"aj~nAnenavR^itaM jnAnam tena muhyanti jantavaH" (bhagavad gIta

5-15) - which means Knowledge is shrouded in ignorance therefore

all living beings are deluded.

 

"anR^itenAhi pratyUDhaH" [chandogya upaniShad] Dragged by

falsehood, their self is stolen.

 

Here the deluding agent is the limiting power of ignorance and

not SHE. Yet, SHE as the basis of darkness and ignorance primarily,

SHE is mentioned here as deluding others by implication. When one

says, "red hot iron burns", we know that it is not the iron that

burns, but the fire that is enveloping it. Similarly, it is not

SHE that deludes but the enveloping ignorance.

 

AUM sarvavimohinyai namaH