Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 194: Shri Duracara samani (OM durAchArashamanyai namaH)

In Namams 188 to 198, the Divine Mother’s  glory is described. 

The Divine Mother stops or puts an end to evil customs and practices. 

Customs which go against the sacred vedic scriptures are considered evil. It is the Divine Mother who controls all customs. When a devotee realizes about his evil tendencies and when he surrenders to the Divine Mother, She then removes the sins of him, from such evil acts.

She removes all his previous negatives from his vasanas and brings him to correct path and leads him to salvation from the cycle of birth and death. 

Long and deepened sorrow is Duracara. The Divine Mother reminds Her devotees that Duracara always gives increasing sorrow. This will prompt the devotees to worship Her for Her kindness, for removal of such Duracara from them. 

It is difficult for an individual to distinguish the good and bad. Due to such difference of views, arise hatred between religions. This causes the violence in many regions of the globe. 

The codes of conduct as lay down by the Divine Mother for the security of the society, gets corrupted with the passage of time and due to selfishness tendencies of the mankind. The Divine Mother corrects these moral codes and their resultant decaying effects. She corrects and re-establishes them for the welfare of mankind. 

Lord Krsna says in Gita (IV-7) “Whenever and wherever, there is a decline in righteousness and predominance in unrighteousness, O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna), I descend Myself at that time”. 

Similarly in Durga sapthasi (Devi Mahthmiyam chapter 12), the Divine Mother says that She will take different incarnations to correct the evil and save Her devotees. 

To hear and recite Her Namams will give the devotee the benefits to remove the sorrows such as mentioned in Namam 544 “Punya sravana kirtana”. This adds Puniya to the devotee.  Namam 356 “Sadacara pravartika” gives right conduct for the devotee. 

It is not only enough to do away the worries of devotees and also blessed them; it is also necessary to guide him in the right path for future. He should be told what is good and  what is bad so that he can avoid wrong path and follow good path. Duraachara means anything that is bad , food, habits, behaviour, work interpersonal relationship, hygiene and  all  interconnected;  so all such durachara should be avoided by the devotees. Hindu Dharma sasthram gives in detail what is good and what is bad.  

It is said in vishnu sahasranamam."Sarvagamaanaa achaaraha prathamam parikalpathe".  Top most priority for "acharam" is right conduct. 

Lalitha Sahasranamam refers to Her Namam "Vishnu Rupinyai". She takes different forms, whenever there is need,  to set things right and do away with dura-chara;  like what Krishna told in Bhagava Geetha  "dharma samsththaapanaarthaaya sambavaami yuke yuke" He will come down to establish dharmam whenever there is fall of dharma

                                                                             

                                                 Shri Kanchi Kamatchi Amman

  

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 04 August 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.