Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 253: Shri Vijnana Ghana rupini (OM vij ~ nAnaghanarUpiNyai namaH))

In Namams 249 to 274, the Divine Mother’s Five functions and Her Five Isvara forms are described. 

The Divine Mother is the embodiment of all pervasive substantial intelligence. 

Scientists studying the universal five elements with instruments gain knowledge of those elements. It is part of their understanding science. If they go further, they get to know that there is this soul in all living beings, which is independent from those five elements. 

 Sun’s rays reflected by moon give cool comfort to us. But those very Sun’s rays, focused through a lens generate fire. Similarly by focusing the mind through meditation, one can aim for higher knowledge of the universe. 

The soul seeks knowledge to gain wisdom. Ghana means heavy or solid mass. The Divine Mother holds the very substantial all-pervasive intelligence within Her, by gathering of the intelligence of all souls in the universe, which She in the first place had provided to the universal creatures. 

The universe in the form of the Divine Mother contains the total absolute knowledge which is infinite. Only the matured souls can understand this “Cit” or the Absolute aspect of the knowledge. 

There are three methods through which one can understand things in general; through the knower, through the thing known and through knowing itself. Understanding a thing through these methods is part of Vijnana which is considered to be special knowledge.   

The Divine Mother is the total forms of all souls. Awakening, dreaming and deep sleeping are three levels, through which all the things in universe exist in the Divine Mother, who pervades the universe. 

Vijnana (Visesha Jnana or special intelligence) is interpreted also, as soul, according to Brhadaranyaka Upanisad. 

Ghana literally means solid mass. The term, Vijananaghana stands for the total souls’ intelligence put together. The Divine Mother is a whole and infinite Supreme; She lives as individual souls and all the resources of separate souls. 

The Divine mother is Vijnanaghana rupini. 

 

The Divine Mother as Kalas of Sri Mata ready to bless.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 03 October 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.

The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar