Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 501 Shri Gudanna prita manasa (ōṃ guḍānnaprītamānasāyai 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 fond of sweet rice made with raw sugar (Jagaery or Vellam). 

Food (rice) cooked with raw sugar is called gudanna. By offering gudanna to the Divine Mother and later eating it, the universal beings please the Divine Mother. She is fond of and satisfied with sweet rice or pongal. 

The Divine Mother is in innumerable number of universal beings’ forms. All the satisfaction achieved by such beings is due the Divine Mother’s grace to them. Such beings like and live on all kinds of foods, some of the foods are good for building body flesh. Such good food which is available to the universal beings is provided by the Divine Mother. 

The sweet rice is good for body strength building. Such food should be offered nivathiyam to the Divine Mother, before being consumed as Prasadam by universal beings. Some people eat too much good food thereby wasting and getting health issues. By taking controlled amount of good food, the universal beings have an acceptable body level as provided by the Divine Mother.

 

The Lakini Devi in Manipuraka chakra.

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 09 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.