Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 303: Shri Hrrdya (OM hRRidyAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother lives in the hearts of Her devotees; or Her best abode is the heart of Her Bakta with pure devotion. 

The devotes feel Her presence in their heart. For example, when a mirror is well cleaned, Sun’s brightness clearly reflects from that mirror. With pure heart, Her presence is felt more. When the heart is pure, the devotees visualize Her well within themselves in their hearts. 

When someone sees and likes an object, he has a desire to acquire it, as his mind has accepted the object having some value to him. The Divine Mother is acceptable to our minds with Her beauty and good attributes. She particularly likes the devotees who can control their senses and are quite in their outside dealings, without glorifying their own good deeds. 

Basically, the Divine Mother settles comfortably in the hearts of Her devotees. She does not prefer any special residence. Her best preferred residence is the heart of Her devotees. She chooses to live in the hearts of friends and foes or enemies without any enmity towards them. The enemy’s devotion in such case is called Virodhabhakti (devotion through enmity). Lord Krishna in Gita has emphasized that His devotees hearts His best residence which He likes very much. 

The Divine Mother is delightful; She gives out delight to everyone by living in the hearts of Her devotees.

 

The Divine Mother lives in hearts

of Her pure devotion devotees

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 23 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