Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 167: Shri Papa nasini (OM pApanAshinyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother destroys all sins for Her Bhaktas.

Samsara sagara vasana causes the humans to commit sin. Destroying the source of the problem, removing the negativity completely and providing the counter positive to suppress the negativity are three ways to handle any problem. Eliminating the ignorance, determination to eliminate the sin and following good habits to counter the sinful actions are three ways to handle the sins.

Having taken the human life in itself can be considered as an opportunity for eliminating papa and accumulating the punya for the soul. Eliminating the papa is the goal for the soul.

The Bhakta or devotee, with the knowledge of the self, having self atonement with japa and meditations, visiting and spending time in holy places will have less contamination of sin. Any sin committed by such Bhakta either unknowingly or due to circumstances, will be minimized to ashes like cotton put in a fire.

A Bhakta who surrenders totally at the feet of the Divine Mother, need not even under go any above self sin-cleaning above process. As any devotee gets drawn on more and more to the Supreme Divine, he moves away from the papa automatically. The Divine Mother will remove any sin for Her Bhaktas.

When the Sun rises, the darkness is eliminated. Even lighting a small match or a candle however small that may be, in a dark room,  will give light to the whole room. Thus by surrendering to the Divine Mother, the Bhakta would come out of darkness of ignorance and  to gain knowledge. This helps to eliminate sins in him. She does that with Her Ankusam or Wisdom tool which She holds in one of Her four arms.

Also reciting Her Namam or name helps to increase the punya for the soul. She is Pap-nasini, one who eliminates the sins of Her Baktas.

Please refer to earlier Namam 9: “Krodha karankusojjvala” discussion for more such details.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 09 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.