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LALITA-SAHASRANAMA
 
960 963 She transcends all the worlds, transcends
all attributes-indeed, she transcends
all things, she is the soul of peace
 
964-967 She has the tender grace of a bandhuka
blossom, she is 'eternally young and
she delights in the sport of the
 
universe
 
967-968 Most auspicious is she in herself, she
makes for auspiciousness
 
969-971 Graceful is her attire and, being herself
married, she is ever pleased with the
worship of married women
 
972-973 Lovely is she, and ever pure of mind
974-976 She is pleased with the libations offered
to the Bindu, she is the first born, the
mother-goddess of the threefold city
977-78 She is worshipped through the ten mudras
and she controls Tripurasrı, the fifth
of the deities of the threefold city
 
979-981 She is the mudra of knowledge, she is
attained only through knowledge,
but she is both knowledge and the
object of knowledge
 
982-983 She is the mudra of creation as well, and
she is also the presiding deity of the
mudro which goes by the name of
Trikhanda
 
984-986 She is endowed with the three qualities,
she is the mother who dwells in the
triangle of Sri Chakra