LalithA SahasranAma [222] mahAbalA

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mahAbalA : The great might.

 

The Visva says, "Bala, small, taste, colour, soul, corpulence, army,

BalarAma, one of the daityas, MahAbali, and a crow" If bala means a

crow, Bhusunda etc [ crows ] became great by the grace of Devi; there

is in the YogavAsistha an address from Bhusunda. "We are twenty-one

crows, brothers, sons of Canda; by us, together with our sisters, the

great Devi was worshipped for a long time, after finishing her

contemplation Devi herself wishing to bless us favoured us; thus we

were liberated"

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry