Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 164: Shri Nir mama (OM nirmamAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother has no self interest in anything in this universe.

The Samsara Sagara sorrow is caused by our aspirations for possession and delusion. In Mahabharatha battlefield, Arjuna was powerless as he came under such sense of delusion on seeing his relatives in the opposite side. Lord Krsna had to give him the advice to get over the delusion as in Gita to get Arjuna back to fighting.

As we all know well, through the Gita, Lord Krsna had given the whole of humanity valuable suggestions for fulfilling a life, in the form of advices to Arjuna and got him to fight with his relatives.(as per his karma).

“I thought” approach is coming from Ahankara within us.  The second “My thought” approach is due to Mamathai. This is bound by the body due to delusion and attachments in this worldly life. These two thoughts and approaches are major negatives for the devotee in present birth.

The needs of the body, as also the other forms of Moha are due to devotee’s thinking,in terms of my house, my relatives etc. With Samsara Sagara, the devotee’s body changes in every birth. When a Supreme State is reached, the AhankAra related to the body and mind is eliminated. A devotee comes to understand that the Divine Mother is the original creator, observer and destroyer of the universe, still She has no attachment or ownership in any worldly things.

By saying that the Divine Mother is not having ownership, we do not mean that She lacks love and interest in Her devotees. She is not affected by Karma or Karmic effects (Please see earlier Namam 133 “Niranjana which talked about Her non attachments). This non attachment is the main reason for absence of Her self interest in any universal thing.

Once the devotee learns to leave aside his worldly attachments, he is fit ti attain the eternal and even the lasting state with the Supreme Being.

Mama can be interpreted as self interest. This increases due to ignorance. The Divine Mother’s grace helps to eliminate such mama in devotees. She is Nirmama Herself.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 06 July 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 Stostram 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.