Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 319: Shri Raama (OM rAmAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother gives delight; She creates delight in yogins. 

All feminine in the universe are various forms of the Divine Mother and they are to be praised. Even animals and birds have this attribute to praise their feminine counterparts. A matured male will not fight with a woman. When there is trouble, he will save the women and children. In every maturity level, the women are respected; any injustice to women is condemned. If the woman in a family suffers, that family does not improve. So the women are kept praised; this good treatment of the women in itself is a prayer to the Divine Mother. 

When some things are classified as feminine, they are part of the Divine Mother. All women are all in some forms of the Divine Mother. If the family girl is happy, the Divine Mother is pleased. If the women are praised, the Divine Mother thinks that She is getting praised and the families of the women improves. If the women get angry, the Divine Mother reflects the anger too and the families suffer and get diminished. So if the woman lives happily, the Divine Mother chooses to live in that household and that family which sees greater heights. 

Raama is an attribute regarded as attractive characteristic of Lakshmi. Raama also means “woman”. “The feminine in the nature is the Divine Mother and the masculine is Parmashiva” says the Linga Purana. The Brahmavaivarta  Purana says the same. “Whatever in the three worlds appears in female form, all that, O the Divine Mother, is Thy form”.  And the Parasarasmrti says ´When women are pleased, the Gods are pleased and the families thrive. When Women are angry, the Gods are angry and the families are dishonored and perish.

 

The Divine Mother 

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 09 December 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