BhavAnI nAma Sahasra Stutih : 804 - 810

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[804] PrItimanjarI : Who is the blossom of the creeper of affection.

The Goddess is beyond likes and dislikes. It is by Her benign power

that leasing objects appear disagreeable and those which are

unpleasant are loved. She is the blossom of all this manifestation

of duality. She isthe Supreme Consciousness, the final beatitude,

the highest bliss.

 

" This consciousness, which is the self, is of the nature of supreme

bliss, for it is the object of greatest love " . The Goddess,

therefore, is the blossom of affection, Aham-vimarsarupA {of the

nature of self-consciousness] which is the very nature of

consciousness [siva].

 

In Advaitic terminology, the triad of iccha_JNAna-kriyA is the

tatastha laskana of Siva, whereas Aham-vimarsa is the svarUpa

laksana. Consciousness is conceived as being dynamic, aand the very

dynamism of Siva is called Sakti.

 

 

[805] SarvasaukhyavatI yuktih : Who is the device of finding joy in

everything whatsoever. Cit Sakti whose awareness is ever present in

the mind of any person is the Supreme Goddess who graces on with the

device of finding eternal joy. This she works through the purified

intellect and a loving heart for anyone and everyone. The wise

endowed with humility, knowledge and moral conduct, who deos not

behave sinfully with a sinner, who speaks to the crooked with love

and who is wet with friendliness, easily gets amancipation " . That

device is granted by the all-loving goddess.

 

 

[806] AhAraparinAmanI : Who nourishes and converts food into energy.

WHo is it that carries the eaten food through all the digestive

process an dturns it into bone, flesh and marrow? The Upanisad

described that 'being' as the Turh of truth. The vital force is

truth, and it is the Truth of that'. It is the power that weaves

through the six modifications of this physical body. Devi herself

declares : " Whoever enjoys and enjoyment, does so with the power of

becoming in Me who am the true enjoyer " 'I nourish the Visnu, the

one of a high rank, BrahmA and PrajApati. It is, therefore, that

Supreme Power, Devi who nourishes by converting food into

energy. " He who eats, what is eaten and the power of assimilation,

all is Visnu', the indistinguishable spouse of LaksmI, who is the

sustainer of the universe.

 

 

[807] NIdAnampancabhUtAnAm : Who is a band to bind the five elements.

By the will of God or Power as Supreme Mother the five elements came

into existence first. According to the doctrine of Quintuplication

they are differentiated by the process of Panceekaran [mixing in

given proportions.] In reality the imperishable Atman is entirely

different from these five elements. But the power is present in

these in itd different and required forms, viz, hardness in the body

is due to the portion of earth; fluidity due to the portion of

water; warmth due to fire; movement due to air and space due to

ether. Thus that Supreme Power works or binds the five elements to

action.

 

 

[808] BhavasAgaratArini : Who ferries across the ocean of samsAra.

The Mother of the universe as the personification of tender love,

when supplicated, ferries her devotees across the ocean of samsAra.

Being the totality of the powers of the gods, She is difficult to

know. DurgA si the widely worshipped aspect of sakti and is seated

unattached on the boat for crossing the unformidable sea of

existence.

 

 

[809] AkrUrA : Who has an ever sympathetic heart for helping

everyone. When the mind rememebrs the Supreme Mother in a difficult

pass, She removes fear. When called to mind by those in comfort, she

bestows intellectual piety. She dispels poverty, pain and fear. Thus

she is ever sympathetic to help everyone. She is free from anger or

cruelty when approached by a wicked person. She also makes Her

devotees free from anger.

 

 

[810] GrahavatI : Who makes the planetary bodies move.

All the planetary bodies, which are astrologically marked to

indicate good or bad luck in each and every individual, twinkle on

the behest of the Supreme Mother Sakti. She is the repository of

them all. All the powers of the zodiac are determined by the Mother.

So she governs them all.

 

 

 

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I really like this part:

 

" Devi herself

declares : " Whoever enjoys and enjoyment, does so with the power of

becoming in Me who am the true enjoyer " "

 

 

In wicca there's a prayer that says in part: " All acts of Love and

Pleasure are my rituals "

 

I like that in the scripture that you quoted this is related to eating

and nourishment. I think that when be bring spirit into eating it

changes the energy entirely.

 

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