Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 67: Shri Asvarudhadhisthiasva Koti Kotibhir Avaruta (OM ashvArUDhAdhiShThitAshvakoTikoTibhirAvRRitAyai namaH)

In Namams 64 to 84, we will be seeing the Divine Mother destroying the Bhandasura.

The Divine Mother is served by the Goddess Asvarudha who commands a cavalry of several million horses.

She was created from the noose or rope, one of the Divine Mother’s weapons. She rides on the horse named Aparajita (unbeaten). Millions of horses are under her command. She escorts the Divine Mother.

In Tantra sastra Goddess Asvarudha is pictured as the presiding deity of the Divine Mother. In 8 th Namam “Raga Svarupa Pasadhya”  we have seen that this rope or pasa represents love or desire binding all living things together.

The horses stand for the unbeaten senses. Like a horse, a sense is very difficult to control. But this Goddess Asvarudha rides at great speed on such horses or controls senses. She represents the mental power, which had tamed the unbeatable (sense) horse Aparajita. She is capable of controlling many millions of senses (horses) in this universe.

When anyone is escorted by Asvarudha everything becomes wonderful. The mind that reaches that astonishing state (of yogic experience) is the essence of Siva. In this state the will power of the yogi is great.

Asvarudha is always on the horse back. The mind which gets the blessing of the Divine Mother becomes Iccha-shakti which is the will power of an individual's consciousness and the driving force for life. 

I pray to the Divine Mother to bless us with liberation soon.

Close enough meanings:

Araruta is surrounded by

Kotibhir is ten million

Aparajita is unbeaten

Turiya is the absolute waking state. There are three states of consciousness namely waking, dreaming and dreamless.

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 30 March 2020.

References:

1.      The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.      Shri Lalitha Ahasranama Stoistrom published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.  The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai,Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar.