Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 66: Shri Sampatkari Samarudha Sindhura Vraja Sevita (OM sampatkarIsamArUDhasinduravrajasevitAyai namaH)

In Namams 64 to 84, we will be seeing the Divine Mother destroying the Bhandasura.

The Divine Mother is attended by the Goddess Sampatkari who is commanding an army of elephants.

Sampatkari assembled the army of elephants under her command to assist the Divine Mother. She was created from the Divine Mother’s goad.

Sampatkari is the one who generates wealth. Wealth gives pleasure. The elephant brigade is pleasure giving in this context. Elephant is also linked to Goddess Mahalakshmi (wife of Lord Mahavishnu) the provider of wealth and material gains for the humans.

Sampatkari is also a mantra with infinite power of worshipping the Divine Mother.

Gajendra moksha story is described in Bhagavata  purana. Due to a curse, a king was turned into an elephant. This elephant rules the forest as a head of large herd of elephants. In a lake, a big crocodile attacks him and drags his legs into the lake. The elephant resists this dragging of his legs and struggles for long time unable to get his legs released. His companion elephants are not able to rescue the chief from the crocodile. They start to leave the lake area. The chief elephant thinks of Lord Vishnu. It picks a large lotus flower from the lake and offers to the Lord. At this time, Lord Narayana (a version of Mahavishnu) appears with his Sudarsana Cakar and kills the crocodile with his Cakra. He gives salvation to the chief elephant from his curse.

The lesson of this story is that life is like a lake full of flowers. The sensing organs are represented by the elephant. The flowers are sensory experiences. The crocodile is the mind. These wild senses must be tamed and brought down at the feet of the Divine Mother with good vision.

In Gita the mind is counted as sixth sense. So the life is lotus lake, the sensing objects are flowers, mind is the chief elephant and the intellect is the crocodile. Through a vision of truth, the worldly intellect is changed to divine experience and knowledge that transcends the senses.

Sampatkari is the source of worldly wealth. She turns the source of wealth into knowledge. When this change over is complete the bliss of the Turiya state is achieved by the devotee. Clear mind and confidence combine to become an army. Sampatkari is directing such an army.

The inner meaning of this Namam is that the Divine Mother is served by such good assistant Goddesses.

Close enough meanings:

Sevita is the one who is served.

Vraja is present every where

Sindhura is elephant

Samarudha is the one who is mounted

Turiya is the fourth absolute state related to consciousness. There first three states of consciousness are waking, dreaming and dreamless.

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 30 March 2020.

References:

1.      The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.      Shri Lalitha Ahasranama Stoistrom published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.  The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai,Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar.