BhavAnI nAma Sahasra Stutih : Namas 641, 642 & 643

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[641] Abhiruh : The Fearless.

 

Fear and cowardice are quite different from modesty or bashfulness.

The Divine Mother in all her modesty has blend of valour and so she

is all-fearless to combat evil of any kind. She displayed her

fearlessness in turning down the proposals of Sumbha and Nisumbha

with spiritual wisdom. Finally she killed them, not to raise their

heads again.

 

Estoterically this connotes that ParA Sakti grants the favour of

bliss outdoing the limitations planned by the sacred lore.

 

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[642] BhairavI : The Brave who dispels the fear of an enemy.

 

BhairavI is the terrible form of the goddess DurgA, who delivered

the devas from the clutches of their enemies, the Asuras.

 

Bhairavi split into its component parts : bha, ra and vI, means the

supreme deity who creates, sustains and dissolves this universe. She

is the sum total of everything that has the feminine form. She is

the primary cause of divulging the supreme self to the seeker after

truth by washing off all the three malas [a]. Bhairavi grants

complete contemplation on the supreme self, for she is eager and

delightfully active in her being self-willed.

Foot Note:

[a] The three malas [impurity or dirt] that bind Jiva to this

mundane world are :

i] Anava Mala : individuation or limitation of the self.

ii] MAyiya Mala : ignorance arising out of the sense of duality.

iii] KArma Mala : the duals of hate and love.

 

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[643] BhirA [a]: The embodiment of forgiveness by displaying

timidness.

 

The Divine Deity even if desirous of sport [immanence] is quite

sagacious in maintaining transcendence of self. Even if she displays

timidness and fear she is clever in hiding her true self to the

dualistic world. "Only those who have eyes will perceived the hidden

truth; others cannot know".

 

 

Foot Note :

[a] In some recensions BhirA is replaced by BhIru, which means 'a

timid woman' that conveys the same meaning in the context.

 

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