Kali Sahashranama (Talk 6): "The Dark One" 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 34 through 43 from verse 6.
kumārī kulajā kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇa-dehā kṛśo-dārā | kṛśāṁgī kuliśāṁgī ca krīṁ-kārī kamala kalā || 6 ||
Kumārī – She who is a young girl
Kulajā – She who is well born
Kṛṣṇā– She who is dark
Kṛṣṇa-dehā – She who has a dark body
Kṛśo-dārā – She who has a thin waist (holds all action)
Kṛśāṁgī – She who has a thin body
Kuliśāṁgī – She whose body is like a lightning bolt
Krīṁ-kārī – She is the sound “Kring”
Kamala– She who is a lotus (Lakshmi)
Kalā – She who is art
 
 

Name Giving Ceremony of Krishna and Balaram by Garga Muni

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 8, V. 1-20

Kali Sahasranama (Talk 7): "Who Swallows All" 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 44 through 51 from verse 7.
karālāsyā karālī ca kulakāntāparājitā |
ugrā ugra-prabhā dīptā vipra-cittā mahānanā || 7 ||
Karālāsyā– She who has a gaping mouth
Karālī – She who swallows everything
Kula-kāntāparājitā – She whose beauty is undefeated
Ugrā – She who is angry
Ugra-prabhā – She whose effulgence is terrible
Dīptā– She who is light
Vipra-cittā – She who is the mind of sages
51. Mahānanā – She who has a great face