Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 301: Shri Hrim kari (OM hrI ~ NkAryai namaH)

In Namams 275 to365, the Divine Mother’s  many forms providing benefits to Her devotees in great details are discussed. 

The Divine Mother is in the form of the syllable “Hrim”. 

Hri means humbleness; when someone is humble at appropriate time towards the Divine Mother, it is a form of worship. Whoever refuses to glorify and spell out his own good attributes, he is called the Hari. Donating one’s wealth to other good causes with shyness and not publishing the whole event is considered “Hari” also. If a girl promotes her own beauty to others, she will have her beauty reduced in due course. The Divine Mother has the power; She created this vast universe; yet She did not advertise Her strengths. She is Supreme Self. 

The Divine Mother is in Nada rupa; bija mantras have special references. The souls reciting bija mantras progress to higher level. Hrim is the bija (seed syllable) known as Bhuvanesavari, (Namam 294) with the meaning that the Divine Mother is the ruler of the universe. According to Tantra, the sounds ‘h’, ‘r’ and ‘i’, when accompanied by ‘m’ demotes creation, preservation and dissolution. “Hrim” is the mantra that represents the Sakti of the Divine Mother, who is identified with functions namely, the creation, preservation and dissolution. 

Hrim can also mean shame. The Divine Mother creates the shamefulness for the people with sinful acts. The people facing such shame try to avoid it. If this feeling to avoid shame is not there, people will still be doing sinful actions. Hrim is born out of ego, body centric; we need to have the feelings of shame, humbleness and shyness in life to reach the Divine Mother. The Divine Mother saves us from such fate having shamefulness. So She is Hrim kari.

The Divine Mother 

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 21 November 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