Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 115: Shri Bhadra Priya (OM bhadrapriyAyai namaH)

From Namam 112 to 131, we will see the devotion aspects in the Divine Mother worship

The Divine Mother likes all auspicious things. She likes auspicious words, thinking, action, appearance and doing anything that is auspicious.

Bhadra has many meanings; prosperity, mount meru, a herd of superior quality elephants, etc. The Divine Mother is also fond of all these.

Meru is also Merudanda or the backbone. The Susumna Naadi is the Kundalini’s path. This Naadi passes through the human backbone to reach Candra Mandala in the head. The Divine Mother likes Merudanda. The Divine Mother’s army has a unit of elephants. She likes the bhadra elephants.

Earlier we have seen in Namam 66 ‘ sampatkarIsamArUDhasindhuravrajasevitA’ with the meaning that the Divine Mother is assisted by Sampatkari Devi who ably commanded  a unit of elephants.

Bhadra is one of the names for Lord Siva. She is the beloved consort of Bhadra.

She is sweet to Her devotees.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 18 May 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 Sahasranama Stostrom 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.