Kali Sahasranama (Talk 3 ) ”Mother 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 13 through 18 from verse 2.

कामदा कामिनी काम्या कमनीयस्वभाविनी।

कस्तूरीरसलिप्ताण्गी कुञ्जरेश्वरगामिनी॥ ३॥

 

kāmadā kāminī kāmyā kama-nīya-svabhāvinī |

kastūrī-rasa-liptāṇgī kuñjareśvara-gāminī || 3 ||

14. kāmadā – She who grants desires
15. kāminī – She who is desire
16. kāmyā – She who is desired
17. kama-nīya-svabhāvinī – She whose nature is desirable
18. kastūrī-rasa-liptāṇgī – She whose limbs are smeared with musk oil
19. kuñjareśvara-gāminī – She who moves like the lord of elephants