Kali Sahasranama (Talk 4) ”The Beauty of Desire” etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 19 through 25 from verse 4.

ककारवर्णसर्वाण्गी कामिनी कामसुन्दरी।

कामार्ता कामरूपा च कामधेनुः कलावती॥ ४॥

ka-kāra-varṇa-sarvāṇgī kāminī kāma-sundarī |

kāmārtā kāma-rūpā ca kāma-dhenuḥ kalāvatī || 4 ||

19. Ka-kāra-varṇa-sarvāṇgī – She who is the “KA” group of letters
20. Kāminī – She who is a desire-filled woman
21. Kāma-sundarī –She who is the beauty of desire
22. Kāmārtā – She who is the object of desire
23. Kāma-rūpā – She who is the form of desire
24. Kāma-dhenuḥ -She who is desire-fulfilling cow
25. Kalāvatī – She who is expert at all arts