LalithA SahasranAma [817] satyavratA

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satyavratA : Of fixed vows.

 

satya, Brahman alone, vrata dear; or satya truth alone is her vow.

The meaning is she is attained by the vow of observing the utterance

of truth.

 

Or, satya, giving result quickly, vrata, such are vows to her. The

Vi. BhAg. pr. [book X] says, "To attain Krsna, the cowheard girls

made a vow to Devi and quickly obtained their desired objects.

 

Or Satyavrata means what Sri RAma said [in the RAmAyana, VI], "One

who once approaches me, with a request "I am yours, on him I confer

fearlessness from all beings. This is my vow."

 

According to the Siva-sUtra [iII. 27} "The cure of the body is a

vow} [satyavrata] The commentator says, "To take care of the body

which is filled with the nectar of devotion to Siva is a vow, that

should be performed, hence the care of the body should not be

neglected" Such a vow is necessary. Hence Bhattotpala asks for

bodily health in these words, "May this body, nourished by the

nectar derived from the pure Sakti [another reading, from pure

devotion] manifested in me, remain lone to enjoy thy worship".

 

satyavrata is a brAhmana who frightened by a boar exclaimed, ai, ai

and through his penance became a devotee of Devi and a great poet.

This story is related in the De. BhAg. Pr. [book III]: "There was a

brAhmana named Satyavrata, illiterate, very foolish, hearing the

syllable from the mouth of the boar, and repeating from that time

this syllable without the final m, in course of time became the best

of the wise. By his merely uttering the word ai, Devi become pleased

and made him the king of poets, etc.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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She is dedicated to Truth, and the speaking of Truth.

 

Alternatively, 'satya' may be read as Brahman, the Ultimate Reality;

and 'vratA' means the food dearest to Her.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

>

>

> satyavratA : Of fixed vows.

>

> satya, Brahman alone, vrata dear; or satya truth alone is her vow.

> The meaning is she is attained by the vow of observing the

utterance

> of truth.

>

> Or, satya, giving result quickly, vrata, such are vows to her. The

> Vi. BhAg. pr. [book X] says, "To attain Krsna, the cowheard girls

> made a vow to Devi and quickly obtained their desired objects.

>

> Or Satyavrata means what Sri RAma said [in the RAmAyana,

VI], "One

> who once approaches me, with a request "I am yours, on him I

confer

> fearlessness from all beings. This is my vow."

>

> According to the Siva-sUtra [iII. 27} "The cure of the body is a

> vow} [satyavrata] The commentator says, "To take care of the body

> which is filled with the nectar of devotion to Siva is a vow, that

> should be performed, hence the care of the body should not be

> neglected" Such a vow is necessary. Hence Bhattotpala asks for

> bodily health in these words, "May this body, nourished by the

> nectar derived from the pure Sakti [another reading, from pure

> devotion] manifested in me, remain lone to enjoy thy worship".

>

> satyavrata is a brAhmana who frightened by a boar exclaimed, ai,

ai

> and through his penance became a devotee of Devi and a great poet.

> This story is related in the De. BhAg. Pr. [book III]: "There was

a

> brAhmana named Satyavrata, illiterate, very foolish, hearing the

> syllable from the mouth of the boar, and repeating from that time

> this syllable without the final m, in course of time became the

best

> of the wise. By his merely uttering the word ai, Devi become

pleased

> and made him the king of poets, etc.

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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