Lalita Sahasranama meanings per name
671. Vṛddhā
Meaning –
a) She is age-less.
Earlier names such as Uma and Gowri glorified the Divine Mother as a little girl. The name Nitya shodashika roopa extolled Her as an eternal young maiden. Now She is being described as an old lady (vṛddhā) to imply that She has been in existence forever.
b) Vṛddhā also means that She has grown into a gigantic form.
It is the growth of the intellect that is subtly being referred to here. Such enormous form should be visualized purely in the intellect.
672. Brahmātmaikya-svarūpiṇī
Meaning – The state that arises after the individual soul (atma) merges into the Paramatma (Brahma) is yet another of Her forms.
The aspirant who has succeeded in visualizing Her immense form in his intellect now easily merges into it. The individual being thus merges (aikya) into the infinite Brahma.
673. Bṛhatī
Meaning – Her form is vast and cannot be comprehended by the mind.
Bṛhatī also means that She is the wife of Lord Bṛhadeeshwara (Lord Shiva). Krishna declares in the Bhagavad Gita that He is of the Bṛhat Saama form.
674. Brāhmaṇī
Meaning – She is the wife of Brāhmaṇā (Shiva).
675. Brāhmī
Meaning – She is the wife of four-faced Brahma.
676. Brahmānandā
Meaning – She is the supreme-most bliss known as Brahmananda.
Bliss (ānanda) is of many types. The bliss enjoyed by human being is Manushya- ānanda; bliss enjoyed by the Devatas is Deva-ānanda; bliss enjoyed by Gandharvas is Gandharva-ananda and so on. Among all these different types of Ananda, the bliss enjoyed by Brahma is the most supreme and is known as Brahmānanda.
677. Bali-priyā
Meaning – She is pleased when sacrifices are offered to Her.
The most common mis-conception is that Bali refers to animal sacrifices. Bali means Puja.
kushmāndam ikshudamdam cha sreephalam nārikelakam yete bali samaaproktah.
Kushmanda (white pumpkin) and ikshu danda (sugarcane) are offered to Devi as Bali during Puja. During Chandi homa, the white pumpkin is cut as an offering to the Divine Mother. Later this is fed to the cows.
678. Bhāṣā-rūpā
Meaning – She manifests in the form of languages.
Earlier in ‘Matṛkā-varṇa-rūpinī (nama 577) it was explained that all the aksharas (alphabets) are Her forms and that She wears these alphabets around her neck. Language has its origin in aksharas and hence it is apt to say that every language is Her form.
679. Bṛhat-senā
Meaning – She has a large army at Her disposal to accomplish her tasks.
680. Bhāvābhāva-vivarjitā
Meaning – She is beyond the states of bhāva and abhāva.
Let us assume that bhāva stands for a rope. Then abhāva is to mistake the rope for a snake. What is true is the rope; what is imagined is a snake. Hence bhāva is that which is existing while abhāva is that which is non-existing and imagined. She is beyond both these.
The same is explained in chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita –
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate satah |
ubhayorapi drishtoantastvanayostattvadarsibhih