The sixteenth -Seventeenth -eighteenth name in Lalitha Sahasranamam.
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Mukachandra-kalankabha-mruganaabhi-visheshaka – The sixteenth name in Lalitha Sahasranamam.
Mukham eva chandrah tatkalnkatvena tulya mriganabheh viseshkah yasya sah
The Tilak mark of Kasturi on her forehead is like the black spot on the moon.
She is wearing a kasturi (a fragrant paste) tilak and this is compared to the spot which we see in the moon. In SM 39, Her face is meditated upon.
Amma! it was rather weird that I got to meet someone who knew of you! that was out of the blue..I guess you are there looking out for me…
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Vadanasmara-mangalya-gruha-torana-chillika – The Seventeenth name in Lalitha Sahasranamam.
Vadanam eva smarasya mangalyagrham tasya torane cillika yasya sa
She whose eyebrows are gate arches of the Palace of Kamadeva.
Here the word Cillika would mean brhu i.e eyebrows as stated in the Namakalpadruma and also because the word is used in the sense in the ancient scriptures.
Her face is the glorious palace of the Cupid and her eyebrows are the entrance arches of that palace.
Her face is compared to the palace of lord Manmata (the god for love) and her eyebrows are compared to the festoons adorning his house. Chillika means eyebrows. It is said that Manamatan constructed a palace for all auspicious occasions copying the face of Lalitha.
I guess there is NO part of the body that Kamadeva aint gonna like. She is the ultimate woman – one with the looks, the valor, courage, and of course the brain.
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Vaktra-lakshmi-parivaha-chalan-meenabha-lochana – The eighteenth name in Lalitha Sahasranamam.
Vaktralaksmyah parivahe caladbyam meenabam tulye lochane yasya sa
She whose eyes are like fishes moving in the pond of the beauty of her face
minasya eva (locanam) iksanam yasya sa
Here minabalochana means She who sees like a fish. It is well know that by the mere glance of the fish her eggs become fertile and not by her milk. similarly a glance of the goddess is capable of nourishing her devotees.
Her eyes appear like fishes moving in a pond. Her face is compared to a pond and Her eyes to fishes. Fishes move very quickly. She also moves Her eyes quickly as She has to shower Her grace on the entire universe. The fish eggs become fertile by mere glance of mother fish. In the same manner She by Her mere glance nourishes the universe. (It is appropriate to use the word universe, instead of devotees, as usage of devotee means discrimination. Certainly She cannot have discrimination) Because of the beauty of Her eyes She is also known as ‘Meenakshi’ ‘Meenalochani’ etc.
On this day of Deepavali, I am indeed blessed by the number of people in my life who I believe are sent by her…and she is in them. Some are here in India and some are in the US and there has been ONLY love and affection that everyone shows me. I guess she indeed has more than glanced at me…for I see in everyone in my life some form of her!