Saturday, April 22, 2023

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 570: Shri Maitryadi vasana labhya (ōṃ maitryādivāsanālabhyāyai namaḥ)

 The Divine Mother is attained by love and other good dispositions by the devotees. 

We need to have good vasana (merits) to purify our minds; we ought to remove the old evil vasana or thinking in our mindset. Maitri Karuna, Muthiya (Mudita) and Upeksa are four vasanas identified to help to purify our minds. Their details are as follows.

·         To get jealous of some ones’ comfort is a bad mindset. In such cases by being a friend to him, to share his comfort and misfortune is called Maitri (friendship or loving kindness)

·         For the people suffering, showing love and affection as a friend to relieve their pain is Karuna (compassion.)

·         For someone to achieve comfort is due to his earlier birth punya. To appreciate and be happy that his punya is helping him is Mudita (rejoicing.)

·         For suffering people, rather than cursing them for their bad Karma, trying to comfort them is a good vasana called Upeksa (indifference)

 

With these four good vasanas, one will not get Jealous or displeased with others. They help to get right disposition of the mind and to get the devotion to the Divine Mother. We should cultivate friendship of happiness, show compassion towards the miserable, rejoice with virtuous and show indifference to the sinful. These four good vasanas are needed for a devotee. Due to that he purifies himself; for those with good vasanas always, it is a worshipping means towards the Divine Mother, who can be easily attained by love and other good dispositions.

     The Divine Mother is attained by love 

 and good dispositions.


 

C N Nachiappun         

Singapore, 17 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

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