In Namam 132 to 187, the Divine Mother’s Japarupam or
Formlessness will be the described.
The Divine Mother is without any greed. She does not have any desire
for wealth, power or food.
Eight emotions (asha-ragas) work against the devotee in seeking salvation.
They are: desire, anger, delusion, pride, envy, conceit (excessively proud of
oneself), spite (a desire to hurt others) and greed.
Greed can be described as a desire to hold what one already owns.
It also means to acquire to enjoy what belongs to others. Greed works against
renunciation. Scriptures say that “only through renunciation can one enjoy
immorality”. Greed stops the devotee from using the divine path to immorality.
Seeking things what others have can be termed as greed. ”I have
some of one thing. I want more of it from others, even if I cannot use it
purposefully. I do not want others to have it. When others suffer, I enjoy over
it.” These are some of the results of the greed. Intense self desire kills some
other good qualities of the devotee. Detachment from worldly things will lead
to the path to salvation for the devotees.
The Divine Mother owns all everything of this universe. There
are more things within Her even after She generously gives out to fulfill the
needs of Her devotees. The concept of infinity applies here for the Divine Mother
that is even after taking out.
She owns everything infinite. She spreads Her
generosity to devotees. She does not have any mean thinking. She is without any
greed.
So, She is Nirlobha.
So, She is Nirlobha.
C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 12 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.
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