Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 222: Shri Maha bala (OM mahAbalAyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is Supreme, in might. 

Bala has many meanings. Some of the meanings are: might, smell, taste, form, soul and corpulence (being fat). 

The Divine Mother manifest Herself in Hers powers of creation, protection and dissolution. For each of three tasks all three Icca shakti / shakti. Jnana shakti , Jnana shakti and Kriya shakti powers at different levels are needed. The Divine Mother provides all needed powers needed for each task. 

The humans with might are seen as able persons in life. Might is for life ahead positively. Tiredness is an indication of decay towards death. Mightiness will lead to the Divine Mother’s worship. The strong man embraces even death happily. 

Mightiness can also be viewed as having strength and army. The Divine Mother has all the strengths in abundance within Her. 

Yogavasistha, a sage says that Bhushunda, the crow with his twenty brothers, worshipped the Divine Mother for many years. The Divine Mother granted them liberation to reach the Supreme Being, even in their crow bodied physical form. 

The Divine Mother with Her many forms is Maha bala.

 

Goddess Bala Tripura Sundarai ready to bless Her devotees.

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 01 September 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.