Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 548: Shri Vimarsa rupini (ōṃ vimarśarūpiṇyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is in the form of Vimarsa. 

The Divine Mother is there to explain Herself; She is satisfied. The Brahman or Shiva is believed to be unseen-able or non-visible to common man. But the same Brahman, in Shakti, the Divine Mother form is visible in various universal forms. We know in unison, Shiva, and the Divine Mother as shakti are one and the same. 

To reach the Brahman, the Divine Mother is in mantra Japa form. With Her grace, the humans mature to improve towards Brahman. The Divine Mother does all these, being the” Vimarsa rupini.” 

The Divine Mother or the Brahman is not reachable with one’s mind and words alone. She is in the Brahman not separable from the ultimate state Shiva and through unison. She is part of it. To create the universe, that shakti form

comes out from Brahman. Her natural strength is action. From non-moveable Brahman (Shivam), She becomes moveable with Maya’s help; She does five functions through Brahma, Vishnu, Rudran, Esvaran and Sadashivan,whom She creates. 

Vimarsam means explanation, the interpretation is that the Brahman or Shivam is invisible, however due to the Divine Mother ‘s actions, the Brahman gets explained. She is the shakti to bring out the Shivam’s auspicious attributes. 

The concept considered by the mind ought to be ready to be explained to others. Without words, the meaning cannot be understood. To explain the glories of Brahman or Shivam, the Divine Mother’s actions and strengths are helping.

Due to unison, the Divine Mother cannot be separated out of Brahman. Shivam and the Divine Mother are like the words and meaning; like what poet Kalidasa saying in his first verse in Raghu Vamsam write up. She is the word to explain Shivam who is there to support the explained word. Without explanation nothing can be sustained. Without words, such explanations cannot take place. She cannot act without Shivam; likewise, Shivam cannot do anything without the Divine Mother. So, the Divine Mother is the “Vimarsarupini.” 

Prakasa and Vimarsa are the terms used in Shiva-Shakti doctrine which can be translated as luminosity and reflection.Shiva, Prakasa is pure Consciousness; creative power is the latent in it. Shakti, Vimarsa, is a flash or a throb (sphurana) in that Consciousness which leads to the cycle of creation, sustaining and dissolution of the universe. The process of creation is under the control of the Divine Mother in Vimarsa form.

The Divine Mother as Vimarsa rupini with Lord Shiva.

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 26 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