Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 485: Shri Anahata-abja nilaya (ōṃ anāhatābjanilayāyai namaḥ)

 In Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms. 

The Divine Mother resides in the Anahata chakra with twelve-petaled lotus, located behind our heart to represent vayu (air) element, with Rakini Devi representing the Divine Mother. She is in the centre of the twelve-petaled lotus. 

Together with Manipuraka chakra, Anahata chakra forms the Surya mandala or the disc of Sun. 

Namams 485 to 494 describe Rakini Devi residing in Anahata chakra as the Divine Mother.

We meditate on the Rakini Devi, the bestower of our wishes, in Anahata abode; She is having two faces with protruding tusk, black mixed with green colour; She is holding a disc, a trident, a skull and a drum in Her hands; She is three eyed; She is presiding over blood; She is served by Kalaratri and other deities; She is fond of oily food; She is worshipped by the brave people. 

In this Namam first twelve syllables are present. This Namam is said to be about sound as to where to look for it.

The Divine Mother with many faces. Rakini Devi has two faces.

 C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 24 May 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.

4.       Adi Shankar in Soundarya Lahari verse 38, he is talking about Anahata Chakra wherein Lord Shiva and the Shakti are compared to two swans in the lake providing jnana or knowledge and auspiciousness.

 

               sam unmeelat samvit kamala makarandaika rasikam

               bhajae hamsa dwandwam kim api mahataam         maanasacharam,

               yad aalaapaad ashtaa dasa gunita vidyaa parinatih

               yad aadattae doshaad gunam akhilam adbyah paya iva. 

 

               Meaning in English:

               O! Mother! What should I say! I adore the indescribable pair of Swans (Siva and Sakti),

               which relish only the honey from the fully bloomed lotus of Knowledge, which ever

               swim in the lake Manasa of the hearts of evolved beings, whose conversation is the

               essence of eighteen evolved systems of knowledge and which pair accepts all virtue and

               forgives sin, like swan taking milk and leaving out water.... 38