(Continued...)
Though our
shloka in the Soundaryalahari mentions ‘bow’ and ‘arrow’ first and then mentions the ‘noose’
and ‘goad’, it is the ‘noose and goad’ that are special to ambAL. Manmatha the God of Love has the same
bow and arrows both of which he uses to get mankind downward
into sensuality. His bow draws man’s mind into sensuousness and his five arrows
affect the five organs of cognition.
But the same bow and five arrows in the hands of
ambaaL work in a positive way as is vindicated by two names (that appear just
immediately after the two names about
rAga and krodha I mentioned a little while ago) in lalitA-sahasranAma, namely,
‘mano-rupekshhu-kodanDA’ and ‘pancha-tanmAtra-sAyakA’.
(Continued...)
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