LalithA SahasranAma [835] viviktasthA

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viviktasthA : Abiding in lonely places.

 

Vivikta, according to the Kosa means, lonely and holy places. The

HArita Smr. says, "The ground is everywhere holy where no people are

seen" Even an inhabited region becomes sancitifed. Though the word

vivikta, means both the region of righteous people as well as an

uninhabited place, it here means lonely place; because neither in a

bad nor in a crowded place do we find a tendency to meditation.

 

Or, Vivikta, those who are able to discriminate between self and not-

self; sthA; she resides in such persons.

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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She may be found in lonely and in holy places. She can be

concentrated upon and realized in such places. "Vivikta"

means "discriminating between the real and the unreal." Those sages

who can discriminate between the two are Her abode as well.

 

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

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

 

, "NMadasamy"

<ashwini_puralasamy wrote:

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> viviktasthA : Abiding in lonely places.

>

> Vivikta, according to the Kosa means, lonely and holy places. The

> HArita Smr. says, "The ground is everywhere holy where no people

are

> seen" Even an inhabited region becomes sancitifed. Though the word

> vivikta, means both the region of righteous people as well as an

> uninhabited place, it here means lonely place; because neither in

a

> bad nor in a crowded place do we find a tendency to meditation.

>

> Or, Vivikta, those who are able to discriminate between self and

not-

> self; sthA; she resides in such persons.

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>

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> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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