Question about Mahasarasvati

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Dear all,

 

I have found something that puzzles me and since the puzzle comes up every time

I recite, I thought I would ask the group. It is this: in the discussion of the

navarna mantra in the Siddha Kunjika Stotram, we are told that rajo guna is

connected with Mahasarasvati. Now, I can see how rajas belongs to Mahasarasvati

because there is a beautiful symmetry in the Chapters of the Chandi, where

Chapter 1 ends with aim (Mahasarasvati) and the devi is Mahakali, while Chapter

3 ends with klim (Mahakali) and the devi is Mahasarasvati and hrim (Mahalakshmi)

and Mahalakshmi are in the middle. Yet in other commentaries I have found

Mahasarasvati associated with sattva and Mahalakshmi with rajas. These

commentators refer to the Pradhanikam Rahasyam, where Mahalakshmi 'assumed

another excellent form' by the quality of Tamas (darkness) and this form became

Mahakali, and then 'by means of her extremely pure quality of sattva (light)'

came forth Mahasarasvati. Why, if Mahakali is asociated with tamas, is

Mahasarasvati not associated with sattva, or to put it in another way, why did

Mahalakshmi not assume the form of Mahasarasvati by means of Her quality of

rajas?

I hope my question is clear, if it has been asked before and Swamiji has

explained this already, I would be grateful if one of you could point me in the

right direction. If not, I would be very happy if the question could be

forwarded to Swamiji if and at a time when appropriate,

 

Chandi Maa ki jai!!

henny