47) Marālī-manda-gamanā
She is the Haṁsa, the female swan, moving majestically and slowly.
Haṁsa means the life breath, which gets slowed down deep meditation. It also means the Sun, who majestically strides the skies removing the darkness of this world. Hamsa is the Ajapa Gāyatrī mantra. It also means the deity. It is also a symbol for an ascetic sage of a high order, as for instance Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa. Her movements are graceful and harmonious, full of bliss, unlike the fast tempo of rajasic and tamasic qualities.
Source: Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Saraswatī "Sudhā Syandinī Bhāṣyaṃ" Typed Manuscript
(an incomplete commentary on Lalitā Sahasranāma)
