Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 563: Shri Mukhya (ōṃ mukhyāyai namaḥ)

 The Divine Mother is the first in everything. 

As the Divine Mother is the first reason, She is called Prana. During pralya, the first creation is called Hiranyagarbha, a name for the Brahma meaning “the golden womb” or creative life force. This identifies the Lord Brahma. So, the first deity takes the many universal beings forms. The Divine Mother is the first reason for this.  To forget the universal sights and to concentrate the ultimate Bramham, is the goal of the soul. The Divine Mother is the reason for the Maya based universe; when we mediate upon that we get the Brahma sight. 

When a child is born, the face comes out first. So, the face is respected as important; Brain is there in the head and we consider that as prime. The Divine Mother is the first for all creatures; She is prime among devas. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva all pray to Her in Sri Chakra Bindu as She is the first and important one.

 The Divine Mother is the first, the first Prana or Hiranyagarbha. The Divine Mother has already been praised as Agvaganya the first to be counted. She is not only that but also “the pre-eminent One “I am the first born of the true” (Taittiriya Upanisad 111.10.5)

 The Divine Mother as Mukhya Devi (or the first reason) is in this temple
 

C N Nachiappun         

Singapore, 10 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