Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 136: Shri Nitya (OM nityAyai namaH)

In Namam 132 to 187, the Divine Mother’s Japarupam or Formlessness will be the described.

The Divine Mother is everlasting. She is eternal, present forever.

She does not undergo dissolution in the usual three periods of time; namely past, present and future. She is indeed not changeable and not destructible.

The cloud, falling snow, frozen snow, rain and river, they are but names of different forms, of the basic element, the water. Water will not lose its basic structure in all of these forms. Likewise, the Divine Mother holds Her basic Self which is everlasting.

Universe has three main phases; namely creation, sustaining and destruction The Divine Mother with Lord Siva’s unison is controlling all three phases. 

For the devotee, just having the devotion to the Divine Mother will give him the everlasting state of salvation.

The Divine Mother has 14 Nitya deities with moon’s growing phase. And again, the same 14 Nitya deities in moon’s waning phase in reverse order. The moon growing phase is till Dasami, the  tenth day from new moon day. And the moon’s waning phase is till Shasti or sixth day from full moon day.   The day - to –day principal deity is Nitya.

The Divine Mother is eternal.

                                                             

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 08 June 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.