Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 530 Shri Sarvayudha dhara (ōṃ sarvāyudhadharāyai namaḥ )

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

The Divine Mother’s Representative Yakini yogin residing in Brahmarandhra in the thousand-petaled lotus is holding all the weapons, meaning countless weapons in Her countless hands. 

A weapon/tool in our context is the skill or materials used to achieve our end results; not necessarily the sharp tools like knife used to hurt or destroy others. For a child going to a school, its books, pen and class-room can be considered as weapons. 

Yakini Devi representing the Divine Mother holds all kinds of weapons. “The one without a weapon is called as half-man” is a saying. A human being brings out his full skills through a weapon. The one without a weapon cannot bring out his ability and skills. Those beings walking, flying, and swimming depending upon their life needs have natural weapons to safeguarding themselves. For a lion, its nails and teeth are the weapons for safeguarding and being aggressive to get food. For a deer, faster running is its weapon to defend itself. All these are representation of the Divine Mother’s glories.

The human is born without any weapon; but he creates innumerable weapons using his knowledge. To analysis the blood, he had made minute equipment. With one shot, he can destroy one village or a town. Depending on the need, the kind of equipment used by humans is very many. Likewise, to manage all universal beings, the Divine Mother uses all kinds of Her glories. In this universe, all the beings use many weapons; the Divine Mother uses such weapons as She plays to achieve Her scheme of things. So, She is Sarvayudhadhara or the one having many weapons.

 

The Yakini Devi as the Divine Mother is

      holding countess weapons

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 08 July 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 Sithbavandar