Kali Sahashranam: She Whose Light Destroys Darkness

Discourse on “Kali Sahashranam” by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Swamiji discusses names 177 through 185 from verses 25 & 26.

nāga-kanyā deva-kanyā
gandharvī kinnareśvarī |
moha-rātrir-mahā-rātrir
-dāruṇā bhāsvarāsurī |25|

177. Moha-rātriḥ– She whothe night of ignorance

178. Mahā-rātriḥ - She who is the great night

179. Dāruṇā – She who is severe/ferocious

180. Bhāsvarāsurī– She whose light destroys darkness (who is both light and darkness)

vidyā-dharī vasumatī
yakṣiṇī yogini jarā |
rākṣaśī dakini veda
-mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26|