Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 334 Shri Vishvadhika (OM vishvAdhikAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother transcends or She is beyond the universe. 

The Divine Mother is the Universe and also far beyond the universe. A small portion of Her form is coming out as visvam or the universe. Here Her microform becomes wider universe. When one tries to appreciate the greatness of the universe, his mind runs wild being unable to understand the whole Divine Mother’s form. She is huge and far beyond the universe. 

To understand the total universe or the the Divine Mother, let us consider the following example:  The little bird before it hatches from the egg assumes the universe for it is the egg shell; when it comes out of the shell, it assumes its universe is the nest which its mother had built; when it is able to fly out of the nest, it realizes that its universe is far bigger than the, shell and the nest. Likewise, our understanding of the universe is much limited by our own level of knowledge. 

Visvam is the world; the Divine Mother is beyond everything in this universe. World as we know it is much less than even the small portion of Her true form, the balance is non-destructible eternal self of the Divine Mother. She is in many ways countless times bigger than the universe as we know it. 

The Divine Mother is also beyond the thirty-six tattvas from earth to Lord Shiva; transcending the universe does not refer to the extent; it means that the power that supports countless solar systems in the universe. Essentially, what is supported is also contained within that support, here the Divine Mother; She transcends the universe means that She existed before the universe came into being or formed.

 

The Various forms of Goddess Durgha Devi are far

 beyond the universe as understood by the humans.

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 24 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