Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 139: Shri Nirguna (OM nirguNAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is beyond Tri-Gunas, the three attributes or modes of existence.

The three attributes are Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Sattva is the purity and wisdom; Rajas is passion and action and Tamas is inertia and destruction.

The Divine Mother is not tied to the objects of five senses; the senses of sound, sight, taste, touch and smell (Sabda-Sparsa-Rupa-Rasa-Gandha). She is beyond all of them.

Brahmam as the Divine Mother is not the following negations: demon, human, animal, male, female, living creature, quality, karma, presence and absence. She is above all these negations.

She is infinite and hence, cannot be enhanced. There is no duality in Her.

The aspects of love and affection of the Divine Mother are not Her attributes. They are Her inherent kind nature.

In this Universe, the Divine Mother is considered Sakti. The Brahmam (Lord Siva) is viewed as Nirguna. But in unison, the Divine mother and Siva are one.

Since She is beyond all Gunas or attributes, She is Nirguna.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 11 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.