Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 376: Shri Shruncara rasa sampurna (OM sha {} RRi ~ NgArarasasampUrNAyai namaH)

Namams 373 to380 are describing, the Divine Mother’s Shakti  Peetams where She is residing.  

The Divine Mother is filled with essence of romantic Love. 

There is a close relationship between Kama and srungararasa. Kama is in human heart. Music helps in Kama emotions. This type of music is felt, when male and female creatures join in unison,. When there is beauty in human bodies, this Kamarasam is increased. At certain time period, the creatures get this type of beauty seeking unison. Dance is one art providing the Kamarasa. The Divine Mother is the source of Kamararasa and She is in purna (full) state.  Shri Ramakrishna realized this with the Divine Mother considering him to be a baby. 

The Divine Mother as Lalitha is beauty with srungararasa fully within Her. She is Kamapujitha. Manmathan encourages Kama by praying to the Divine Mother. There are nine rasas, eight are different than the srungarara rasam.

 

Srungara is the sentiment; the erotic sentiment is the king of the nine sentiments in poetry and art. This is the foundation of the union of hearts. It turns all human relations sweet and full of sentiment, not just the relation between a pair of lovers are. The Divine Mother is the embodiment of the love sentiment. She is, in short, the string of love that ties all beings. 

The Namam “Srungara rasa sampurna” can be split as: srunga (horn, usually two) plus ara (petals) plus rasa (flavor, usually six) plus sampurna (full). 

Srungara rasa means two times six or twelve petals equal to the twelve petaled lotus which is anahata chakra. The Divine Mother is in Her full form, inhabits in centre of the hearts. Anahata is the heart-lotus. “Arjuna, The Lord resides in the heart of all beings” says Lord Krishna in Gita. 

Srunga can also mean peak, principal (the highest thing); arara means covering; sa means with and sampurna means complete. From these we can interpret this Namam as the Divine Mother resides in this entire world, along with avidya (ignorance) the covering that hides the highest truth, Brahman. She resides everywhere accompanied by mukhyavidya. Further interpreted is that She is both the conditioned and unconditioned Brahman. 

There are four special Shakti peetas (centres of Shakti) are enlisted. They are the four chakras in human body, namely: Muladhara, Anahata, Vishukti and Ajna. One of the peeta, corresponding to Anahata is represented in this Namam. 

 

The  Kamakshi Devi at Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India.

Kanchipuram is one of the key Shakti Peetams.

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 04 February 2021.

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 Chithbavandar