Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 195: Shri Dosha varjita (OM doShavarjitAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is free from all fault and short comings. 

Dosha means fault or negative aspect or shortcoming. 

All things in this universe are under Her control; others cannot do anything to Her; it also means that the Divine Mother with her compassion for devotees remove dosha for Her devotees and purifies them. Further, the Divine Mother protects the devotees from other doshas affecting them.

 Lord Krsna says in Gita that the desire and anger are the worst faults. These two cause faults in thoughts, actions and words. Every danger to society arise from these faults.

 If we pick a serpent by mistake, we would immediately throw it away to a distance to avoid it’sbite. Likewise we ought to throw away these evil faults, desire and anger.

 In five universal elements namely earth, water, fire, air and space there are no basic faults, as they are controlled by the Divine Mother. She is above all these elements. In the actions of human, there are cause and effect, which may lead us to desire and anger. But the Divine Mother being the Supreme Self, there are no cause and effect for Her actions; there are no faults with Her.

 She is Dosha varjita.

                                                                     

                                    Shri Shyamalaba (in Andhra pradesh Temple)

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 06 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.