Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 244: Shri Characara jagannatha (OM charAcharajagannAthAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is the ruler of all the living ‘sara’ and nonliving ‘asara’ worlds. 

Chara is movement; acara means stationary. Movement is chalanam. 

Natha in the Namam means protector; She is essentially protecting Her devotees at all stages of life. 

The Divine mother is the leader of the universe where animate and inanimate things are present. First transformation for the soul from achara to chara state is happening in the mountain, which is helped by the Divine Mother. She is called the daughter of the mountain. The soul tries to mature to higher states to reach the Brahman. These maturing processes or changes for the soul are supported by the Divine Mother. 

She is controlling and lives in all moving and non moving lives in this universe. So the Divine Mother is Characara Jagannatha.

Goddess Rajarajeswari

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 24 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.