LalithA SahasranAma [807] paramdhAma

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1. She is the Ultimate Light.

 

(Cp. name [806] paramjyotih: She is the Ultimate Light, who

illuminates the Sun, the Moon and the Agni.)

 

2. She is the Ultimate State.

 

"yadgatvA na nivartante taddhAma paramaM mama: That state of

consciousness from which there is no rturn is My ultimate state."

(Bha Gita 16-6)

 

This is undifferentiated consciousness, which is untouched by the

other three states. This state is also known as turIyA, turIyAtItA,

sAksI, AtmA, etc.

 

"dhaAma-sabdo avasthA paraH: The word dhAma means state of

consciousness."

 

"tadatikrAntam paraM-dhAma: The state beyond the three states is

called Param-dhama."

 

3. She is the Ultimate Abode.

 

DhAma here means resting place. Kath Up 3-9 says the Ultimate Abode

is Visnu. But in the Kurma Purana, Visnu clarifies that the Ultimate

Abode is "My Power, Maheswari, Gauri, Shanti, Satyam, etc."

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

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>

> paramdhAma : Supreme abode

>

> DhAman, light. The Bh-gitA [XV. 6], "The sun never illumintes

That,

> nor moon, nor fire. After reaching it when one does not return,

that

> is my supreme abode"

>

> DhAman, the states of consciousness, para, beyong - she is beyond

the

> states of consciousness. GaudapAdAcArya {i.5], "The man who knows

both

> the object of enjoyment as well as the enjoyer is never stained

though

> he enjoys in the three states" The SutA-samhitA [iV. 11. 32 and

33]

> says, "He who knows the three states, namely waking, dreaming, and

> sleeping, he is the Self, that is not the object, the object is

super-

> imposed upon that. I take refuge in the supreme abode which is the

> evidence of the three abodes, characterized by reality, wisdom,

bliss

> etc. and is the meaning of the word "I".

>

> DhAman abode. The Sruti [Kath, Up., III. 9] says, "That is the

supreme

> abode of Visnu" The KUrma Pr. also says, "My energy is,

Mahesvari,

> Gauri, spotless, tranquil, realilty, knowledge, bliss, the supreme

> abode. Thus the Sruti says,"

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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