Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 128: Shri Sadhvi (OM sAdhvyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is so honest and devoted to Lord Siva. She has a high chastity virtue.

Sad refers to goodness; it means very whole sum and kindness in a person.

This Namam can be interpreted to mean that the Divine Mother is whole sum and she is very kind to Her devotees.

Only Siva knows Her secrets, as we have earlier seen in Namam 39 “Kamesa Jnata Saubayva Mardavorua Dvayanvita”.

Sarasvati, Brahma’s consort goes to all learned scholars in the form Vidya, Knowledge.

Goddess Mahalakshmi, Visnu’s consort is always on the move and accessible to all.

But the Divine Mother is so attached in Her unison only with Lord Siva and yields to no one. She is high in Her virtue. She is Parasakti and is also absolutely free from other desires.

The idea is; that the learning and wealth can be got by anyone with certain effort but the salvation or unison with the Supreme Self is extremely difficult without the Divine Mother’s blessings.

For example in Maths, if the number zero is Siva form, the one is the Divine Mother form. Only when one is prefixed to zero, o gets value and then we get ten. Likewise only with unison with the Lord Siva, the Divine Mother gets Her respect and in turn Lord Siva gets His respect too.

Similarly Sun rays splits into seven colours. The fire gives out heat. The Sun gives out light. Being in unison with Lord Siva only, the Divine Mother’s glories come out. Due to all these, She becomes Sadhvi.

There is greatness in the Divine Mother’s chastity. She is always with Lord Siva. For any other female in different births, she would have had different husbands. There is no guarantee that the same husband would have been there in every birth for this female person. So for a normal girl, her chastity is applicable for current birth only. The Divine Mother in many forms has only Lord Siva as Her husband and Her chastity is unique in that sense.

We will discuss Sadhvi further in Namam 138 later.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 31 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.