Lalitā Sahasranāmam 41–46
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2020-03-15

This series is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Suśupti | Viśuddhi-cakra
Lalitā Sahasranāmam is far more than a religious formality or ritualistic prayer. It is a direct mystic connection to the origin of the universe, the Divine Mother. Maybe some old-fashioned hierarchical cults teach or present it in a dry ritualistic way, but authentic devotees of the Goddess know that like all worship of the Mother, it is to be performed in private, confidentially instead of in a group setting, and with love ❤️ 

41. Indragopa-parikṣipta-smaratūṇābha-jaṅghikā इन्द्रगोप-परिक्षिप्त-स्मरतूणाभ-जङ्घिका 
Her calf muscles look like the quiver of Manmatha, the god of love.  Saundarya-Laharī 83 says “To win the heart of Your Lord Śiva, the five-arrowed Cupid, God of love, has made your legs into an arrow case with ten arrows (toenails).”

42. Gūḍha-gulphā गूढ-गुल्फा 
She has round and well-shaped ankles that are hidden.

43. Kūrma-pṛṣṭha-jayiṣṇu-prapadānvitā कूर्म-पृष्ठ-जयिष्णु-प्रपदान्विता 
The arch of her feet is more beautiful and curvier than tortoise shell. But Śaṇkara expresses his anger for comparing Her feet to that of tortoise shell, which is hard. Saundarya-Laharī 88 says “The toes of Your feet sustain this universe (he is not even comparing the entire feet, he says only about the toes). Lord Śiva knows the softness of Your feet, that is why He held Your feet with great care during Your marriage ceremony. How dare they (possibly the Vāc Devīs) compare such soft feet to a tortoise shell?” This also confirms that Sahasranāma is much older than Saundarya-Laharī. Nāmas 41–43 are as per the features described in Sāmudrikā-lakśanā (study of body parts).

44. Nakhadīdhiti-saṁchanna-nāmajjana-tamoguṇā नखदीधिति-संछन्न-नमज्जन-तमोगुणा 
The rays of Her nails remove the ignorance of those who bow before Her.  When Devas and asuras (demons) pay their reverence to Her by bowing, the rays of the gems emanating from their crowns are no comparison to the rays emanating from the nails of Her feet. The rays that come out of Her nails destroy the tamo-guṇa, inertia and ignorance of those who worship Her.

It is also said that She does not bless with Her hands, but with Her feet.  She does not have abhaya and varada hands. Normally one can notice that most of the Gods have four hands, out of which one is meant for blessings and another for giving boons. Lalitai does not have these two hands as She has four powerful goddesses (nāmas 8–11) in Her four hands. The two acts of blessings and granting boons are done by Her lotus feet.

45. Pada-dvaya-prabhā-jāla-parākṛta-saroruhā पद-द्वय-प्रभा-जाल-पराकृत-सरोरुहा 
The beauty of Her feet is much more than a lotus. Generally lotus flower is compared to the eyes and feet of gods and goddesses. Saundarya-Laharī 2 says “Gathering the tiniest speck of dust from Your lotus feet, Brahmā creates the worlds, Viṣṇu sustains them and Śiva, pulverising them into ashes, besmears His body with them.”  

There are opinions that She has four feet.  They are known as śukla, rakta, miśra and nirvāna. The first two rest in ājña-cakra, the third on the heart cakra and the fourth on the sahasrāra. These feet are ruled by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra and Sadāśiva respectively. They stand for creation, sustenance, dissolution and the last one for liberation (or re-creation).
In Hindu mythology, every force of Nature is represented by a god or goddess. For example, water is represented by Lord Varuṇa, fire is represented by Agṇi, wealth by Kubera, death by Yama etc. It is nothing but worshiping Nature and the cosmos. Since there are so many forces and energies in the universe, each of them is represented by a god. 
Saundarya-Laharī 3 says, “The particles of dust at Your feet serve to remove the inner darkness of the ignorant.”

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