{"id":39,"date":"2020-08-17T21:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amrita.in\/lalita\/?p=39"},"modified":"2020-08-17T22:23:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:53:04","slug":"bhanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amrita.in\/lalita\/39\/bhanda\/","title":{"rendered":"War with Bhandasura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Om cid agni ku\u1e47\u1e0da sambh\u016bt\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who was born in the fire pit of Pure Consciousness)<br><em>Om deva k\u0101rya samudyat\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is intent on fulfilling the wishes of the gods. ( to kill Tharakasura)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Om udyad bh\u0101nu sahasr\u0101bh\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who has the radiance of a thousand rising suns.)<br><em>Om catur b\u0101hu samanvit\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is four armed with <em>pasham, ankusham, ikshudandam and pushpabanam<\/em> in each of the hands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d2d\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d21\u0d3e\u0d38\u0d41\u0d30\u0d2f\u0d41\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d27\u0d02; Lalitha Sahasranama Discourse Part 13\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ac3EYI-W0KU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All the Gods praised Devi. Tharakasura had attained a boon that only the son of Shiva &amp; Parvati can slay him. Lord Shiva was in His penance after His consort Goddess Sati burnt away Her body in the great sacrifice of Daksha. Goddess Sati has reincarnated as Mother Parvati. Parvati was assisting Lord Shiva and the Lord was in an unshakable penance. All the devas thought, how can Shiva and Parvati bear a child if the Lord continues his penance like this? They devised a plan to send Kama Deva (the God of desire) to interrupt Lord Shiva\u2019s penance. Kama Deva went to Kailas and started shooting his floral arrow on Lord Shiva, the Lord was furious and opened His third eye and Kamadeva was burnt into ashes. The one who went to help devas is now nothing but dust. Gods were worried about thinking about the state of the one who went to help them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A demi-god named Chitrasena gathered the ashes of Kamadeva and made a form out of it. Not only it didn\u2019t resemble Kamadeva but was heavily deformed. Since Lord Brahma did not create this form, seeing the deformity Lord Brahma mocked at it saying \u201cBhanda, Bhanda!\u201d as the form was such. Thus that deformed figure turned into a daemon named Bhandasura. Since this form was the creation of the gods, each of them blessed him with various powers and weapons. He made a huge city named Shoonyaka Nagara aka Shonitapuram. In the beginning, all the gods helped him, he was considered one among them. He had two brothers Vishukran &amp; Vishangan. He had many sons. Unlike other asuras, they were devoted to Lord Shiva. They performed various sacrifices every day for the prosperity of their kingdom. Because of all these, they became highly powerful. It is an inherent quality of Asuras to harm Devas. Now, all this have started from trying a solution to slay Tharakasura but Bhandasura and his team have become more menace than Tharakusra. Nobody even bothered about Tharaka at the moment. All the Gods performed a strenuous and very long sacrifice and received the Grace of Mother Lalita. Mother appeared from the fire of their sacrifice and they narrated how they sent Kamadeva to shake Shiva\u2019s penance for the purpose of slaying Tharama and he was turned into ashes and now has become Bhandasura. Mother has to slay him and bless us all. Mother assured tat She will slay Bhandasura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devi assured all the Gods to slay Bhandasura. They named Mother as Kameshwari, Lalitambika. Mother was married to Lord Kameshwara (Shiva). A huge kingdom was built and palace made of <em>Chintamani<\/em> (as mentioned in earlier episodes) were constructed for Devi. The city was named Sri Nagara as opposed to the Shunyaka Nagara of Bhandasura. All the devas were living in that city and after some time, Devi started to wage a war against Bhandasura. There were no devas other than Lord Kameshwara in Devi\u2019s army. The entire army was created by Devi which came to be known as Shakti Sena.<br><em>Om bha\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101sura vadhodyukta \u015bakti sen\u0101 samanvit\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is endowed with an army of Shaktis intent on slaying Bhandasura.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goddess Sampatkari was in-charge of the elephantry.<br><em>Om sampatkar\u012b sam\u0101r\u016b\u1e0dha sindhura vraja sevit\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is attended by a herd of elephants ably commanded by Sampatkari.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goddess Ashvarudha was in-charge of the cavalry.<br><em>Om a\u015bv\u0101r\u016b\u1e0dh\u0101dhi\u1e63\u1e6dhit\u0101\u015bva ko\u1e6di ko\u1e6dibhir \u0101v\u1e5bt\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is surrounded by a cavalry of several million horses which are under the command of the shakti Ashvarudha.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Om cakra r\u0101ja rath\u0101r\u016b\u1e0dha sarv\u0101yudha pari\u1e63k\u1e5bt\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who shines in Her chariot Chakraraja, equipped with all kinds of weapons.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Om geya cakra rath\u0101r\u016b\u1e0dha mantri\u1e47\u012b pari sevit\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is served by the shakti Mantrini riding the Geyachakra chariot.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Om kiri cakra rath\u0101r\u016b\u1e0dha da\u1e47\u1e0dan\u0101th\u0101 puras k\u1e5bt\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who is escorted by the shakti Dandanatha, seated in the Kirichakra chariot.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Om bha\u1e47\u1e0da putra vadhodyukta b\u0101l\u0101 vikrama nandit\u0101yai nama\u1e25<\/em><br>(who delights in seeing the valour of the goddess Bala who is intent on killing the sons of Bhanda.)<br>As per the custom the sons of Bhandasura came for the war first. 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