Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 522 Shri Sukla varna (ōṃ śuklavarṇāyai namaḥ)

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

The Divine Mother as Hakini yogin is residing in the Ajna chakra on two-petaled lotus. She is white in colour. The Ajna chakra is the seat of the Chandra mandala, the disc of the Moon, and hence it has whiteness. 

If there is any dirt, the white colour will display it clearly. Pure white colour is the symbol for purity. All basic seven colours, if joined give white colour. White colour is beyond all colour tattvas. When the whitish ice is put in a hot water, it turns into colorless water. Anything that is purified reaches the white colour. Lord Shiva and Goddess Sarasvati are white in colour; Due to unison with Lord Shiva, the Divine Mother gets the whitish colour also. 

Yajur Veda is said to be in two sections, namly Shukla Yajur veda followed mostly in Northern parts of India and Krishna Yajur veda followed mostly in southern parts of India. Shukla is white in colour; and Krishna is Balck in colour. This is to give a reference to Hakini Devi’s whitish colour.

The Hakini Devi representing the Divine Mother in Ajna chakra. 

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 30 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.