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Chapter 10
mrtyuh sarvaharascahamudbhavadca bhavisyatam
kirtih srtrvakca naripam smrtirinedha dhrtih ksama
I am, the all-destroying Death. I am the origin of future beings. Of females, I am Kirti, Sri, Vak, Smrti, Medha, Dhrti and Ksama (the goddesses), presiding over the qualities, fame, fortune, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and forgiveness, respectively. 34
Comment:
Mrtyuh sarvaharaicaham:- Death, has such an uncommon power that after death, everything is destroyed and nothing remains, in memory. Actually it is not death's power, it is the Lord's power.
Had death, not possessed the power of forgetfulness, a man would have been very much worried, about the relatives of previous births and he might also have been attached to persons and things, with whom he had affinity, in the previous births.
Udbhavasca bhavisyatam:- As the Lord, is the sustainer of all beings, He is the source of future beings. It means, that it is He, Who creates the universe, sustains and destroys it.
Kirtih srirvakca narinam smrtirmedha dhrtih ksama:- These seven females are considered, the best of all women in the world. Out of them Kirti, Smrti, Medha, Dhrti and Ksama, are daughters of Prajapati Daksa, Sri is the daughter of sage Bhrgu, and Vak is Brahma's daughter. Fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and forgiveness are also, the seven most known, female qualities.
A person achieves fame, because of virtues. Prosperity, can be wealth, property and cattle, such as cows, horses, camels and elephants etc.
Speech, enables a man to be called a learned person. Reinembrance of something is memory.
Intelligence, enables a man to fix something in the mind. Steadfastness means, not to deviate from one's principles, and beliefs etc.
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