Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 380: Shri Bindu mandala vasini (OM bindumaNDalavAsinyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother resides in Bindumandala. 

Of the seven body chakras, “Sahasrara” is at the crown in top of our head. That is also called Bramandha or Bindumandala. The Kundalini moves up from Muladhra to reach the Sahasrara in the crown. The Divine Mother is in chit form in Bindumandala. Sri Ramakrishna explains: For a rich man, there are many houses. He had been living in each house as and when he liked. He chooses one house for longer period living. Likewise, the Divine Mother having many abodes resides in Bindumandala for longer period. 

Bindumandala is the ninth stage in Srichakr. The Divine Mother is in Trikona where the Svanidana and Siva chakar join together to make it as Bindumandala. In human body Sahasrara chakra is Bindumandala where the Divine Mother chooses to reside longer. 

The bindu is also called Sarvananda chakar. Bindu is white in color; bindumandala then means the white centre. In human body, it is at the top in the crown of our head, where the Divine Mother resides. In Soundarya Lahari verse 9, Adi Sankara describes the Divine Mother’s residence bindumandala. “In thousand petaled lotuses, you sport”. Bindu is also referred as Karana, karya and nada bijas. The Divine Mother resides in all these bindus.

 

The Divine Mother resides in Bindumanadala,

a thousand petaled lotus 

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 08 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