Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 558: Shri Kamalaksa nisevita (ōṃ kamalākṣaniṣēvitāyai namaḥ)

Lotus eyed Lord Vishnu is worshipping the Goddess Divine Mother forever. 

Lord Vishnu’s one of the Namams is Kamalaksan, with the meaning that He is Lotus eyed, so Lord Vishnu is called Kamala Kannan.  Lord Vishnu is called Kannan also. His knowledge (Jnana) form eye is attractive to everyone. Past, current, and future activities are visible to Lord Vishnu’s eyes. The Divine Mother is ever worshippable . So Kamalaksan is happily, devotionally, enthusiastically always worshipping the Divine Mother. 

Soundarya Lahari verse five states that Lord Narayanan worshipped the Divine Mother and took Mohini form to attract and overcome Lord Shiva. Sapphire is a bluish stone; the Divine Mother’s colour is compared to Sapphire Lord Narayana’s bluish coloured figure. He worshipped the Divine Mother according to Padma Purana.

 

Lord Shiva has the Divine Mother as Parvathi in his left side as in Arthanareswara. In some places in Lord Shiva’s left side Lord Narayanan is also shown, to be named as Shankarnarayanan (Hariharan) .as the deity. Due to His worshipping the Divine Mother, Lord Narayanan gets that gift of sharing Lord Shiva’s left side.

 

The worshipped deity must satisfy the devotee’s worshipping needs. Here to the extent the Divine Mother is allowing Narayanan as Mohini to attract Her spouse, Lord Shiva. She is making it look like Lord Shiva was deceived by Lord Narayanan in Mohini form. She is so satisfied with Narayanan’s worship of Her.

 

According to the Padma Purana, Vishnu attained His own present status by always worshipping the Sapphire-colored the Divine Mother.

       Lord Mahvishnu worshipped the  Divine Mother as Kamalaksan.

C N Nachiappun         

Singapore, 05 August 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