Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 451: Shri Vighna Nashini (ōṃ vighanāśinyai namaḥ)

In Namams 381 to 474, the Divine Mother’s Jnana Yoga worship methods are discussed in details. 

The Divine Mother destroys all obstacles for Her devotees. 

The Divine Mother is the one who removes all obstacles arising on both the spiritual and the material paths in life and provides shanthi for the mind both within our self and from outside worldly things. The devotees recite and pray through Her Srividya mantra to reach Her. Reference to earlier Namam 77: Kamesvara mukhaloka kalpita sri ganesvara with the meaning the Divine Mother gives rise to Ganesa by a glance at the face of Kamesvara and Namam 78: Maha ganesa nirbhinna vighna yantra praharsita with the meaning that the Divine Mother rejoices when Ganesa shatters all obstacles. She is the Shakti of Her elder son Vignarajan or Ganapathi in removing such blockages for His and her devotees. He does Her duties and She does His duties which natural universally; this is acceptable to Brahman also. 

Vignesawaran leads all the blockages. Any one’s obstacles happen as decided by the Divine Mother in Her efforts to help the individual to mature. The Vigneswaran sometimes blocks the devotees’ actions for the betterment of them. However, the devotees are disappointed that their desires did not get through, initially. Later they start to realize that their desired actions were blocked for their own good. The Divine Mother never always let all the devotees desires get done; what are good for them only allowed to happen. Through this blocking process, the Divine Mother shows Her kindness to the devotees. At the same time, She does certain other troubles by blockages for the devotee for his own good. Her son Vignarajan is good at blocking or removing obstacles for the individuals. 

Nashini means the remover or destroyer; so the Vigna Nashini does one of the things to remove the blockages, which are appropriate for the Brahman. When the devotee cannot handle his obstacles; he looks for the Divine Mother’s grace to save him from those obstacles. So once he surrenders to Her, his problems are taken care of. 

The Divine Mother, the Vigna Nashini, is always looking after Her children.

Lord Vigneswaran; the elder son of the Divine Mother

 C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 20 April 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.