Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 587: Shri Sri sodasaksari vidya (ōṃ śrīṣōḍaśākṣarīvidyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is in the form of sixteen-syllable (pancadasaksari (fifteen-syllable plus Sri added making it to sixteen-syllable mantra)). 

All bija syllables are staying with the Divine Mother as Her garland. Sound based letters do not get destroyed; they stay as Naadabrahmam. Each syllable spells out the Divine Mother’s glories. There are many sixteen-syllable based Namams for the Shri Lalitha Devi. When we analyze it, they indicate the ultimate Brahma study. 

Each devotee of the Divine Mother, depending upon his maturity level gets the Sodasaksari (sixteen-syllable) mantra for his level of understanding and use. So. depending on the soul’s level, the Pancadasaksari mantra stays in his heart; those who recite continuously get the blessings of the Divine Mother. 

There is a twenty-eight syllables mantra called Para Sodasakshari. This mantra is as follows: Shreem, Sowhu, Kleem, Aym, Hreem, Shreem, Hreem, Om, Pancadasaksari, Hreem, Shreem, Aym, Kleem, Sowhu. The Pancadasaksari is in three Kutams as we have seen before (See table below). Along with the thirteen- bija asharams these three Kutams are counted as three Ashrams in Para Sodasakshari. 

Atmavidya, Mahavidya, Srividya and Sodasaksari vidya are four Namams which teach us the karma path. Brahman is the universal concept Visuvarupa vidya mantra teaching in Srividya and teaching about Brahmam which is called Brahmavidya. These four Namas ultimately are part of the Divine Mother. 

A mantra does not become potent merely from all syllables arranged in it. The sattvic purity and sincerity of the person giving it and using it are very important. That is why it is prescribed that one should be inducted identified into a mantra only by a master who has attained mantrasiddhi, that is the one who has realized the efficacy of the mantra by long practice. 

Panchadasi Mantra

 

Aspect	Slokas & Description
Vagbhava Kuta	Vagbhava Kuta: The Vagbhava Kuta comprises of: Ka, E, I, La, Hreem.
Kamaraja Kuta	Kamaraja Kuta: The Kamaraja Kuta comprises of: Ha, Sa, Ka, Ha, La, Hreem.
Shakti Kuta	Shakti Kuta: The Shakti Kuta comprises of: Sa, Ka, La, Hreem.
Hrllekha	Hrllekha (Hreem): The Hrllekha comprises of: H, r, I, Bindu (m), Ardhachandra, Rodhini, Nada, Nadanta, Shakti, Vyapika, Samana and Unmani.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iNZn4gqx4

above website gives in audio version: Panchadasakshari Mantra Chant 108 times.

The Divine Mother in Sricakra Bindu as RajaRajeswari    

 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 03 September 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