Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 499 Shri Rakta varna (ōṃ raktavarṇāyai namaḥ)

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

The Divine Mother as Lakini yogin is residing in the Manipuraka chakra in ten-petaled lotus. She is red in complexion. 

There are three basic colours in this universe. Peace and knowledge are represented in white; it has satva   guna. Red colour represents the power; it has rajo guna. Black represents sleepiness; it has tamo guna.  When the white colour splits, the seven colours come out, the red being the leading colour. The Divine Mother has reddish complexion. We can understand the state of anything from its skills displayed. Good plants have green colour appearance. Well grown universal beings have blood in their whole body. Having full blood is a key for life tattva. 

By studying someone’s blood content, his disease can be determined and cured. With Kamam and krodam, the person suffers impurity in his blood. With divine thinking, the blood gets purified, and the disease gets cured. 

By meditating on red coloured the Divine mother, the devotee gets more shakti. So, people use reddish kunkumam on their foreheads to represent the Divine Mother’s reddish complexion.

 

Three faced reddish Lakini Devi n Manipuraka chakra.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 07 June 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.