LalithA SahasranAma [749] mrtyudArukuthArikA

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mrtyudArukuthArikA : The axe [that cuts down] the tree of death.

 

DAru, according to Vararuci's system, means 28 [Ra 2 and Da8] mrtyu

[lit death] pains, that is, the twenty-eight kinds of pains described

before [vide name 354] as differentiated by energy, success and

elation. The Sruti [KAtha Up; II. 25] says, "To Him the death is

[like] pickle" The eight names from 742 to 749 are described by the

metaphor.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.