Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 602: Shri Dara hasojjvalan mukhi (ōṃ darahāsōjjvalanmukhyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother’s face is radiant with Her smile. 

With Her smile, She adds radiance and beauty to Her face. A simple smile without opening one’s mouth beautifies the face. All feelings can be expressed with a simple smile. A smile can convey many messages and meanings. Above all, this Divine Mother’s simple smile is causing Her face to be radiant.  She is telling the devotees as to how to keep smiling is the explanation of this Namam. 

Dara means small.  By opening Her lips, a bit and smiling enhances the beauty of the face.  Mandahasam is a simple smile. Attahasam is loud laughter. 

Dara is taken to mean “producing fear.” As She stands roaring like a lioness, ready to kill Daruka, Her laughter is terrifying. The same mantra thus describes both Divine Mother’s aspects; one adept in giving blessings and two, in intention on the destruction of the wicked or evil people.

The Divine Mother’s face is radiant with a smile.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 18 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 601: Shri Darandolita dirghaksi (ōṃ darāndōlitadīrghkṣyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother has long and tremulous eyes. 

Darandolita means “moving a little”; dara means a little or small; andolita is oscillating or moving without steadiness; also driving away. 

The Divine Mother has cool long moving eyes, Her eyes are built with kindness and compassion. She is constantly moving them to shower Her kindness on universal beings, To the level of understanding Her glories and attributes, one reaches fearless is the interpretation of this Namam. 

Such wide eye moves to grant Her Kindness to all the places where Her eyesight falls, so that Her devotees get Her blessings. Dara can be considered as fear; andolita is to dissolve. So, Her eyesight dissolves the devotees’ fears. 

The Divine Mother has tremulous eyes, which are considered a sign of beauty. It is only natural that the Divine Mother, who is the very abode of beauty, has eyes which are most captivating. 

Another interpretation of this Namam is, “She who drives away fear.” The meaning “One whose long eyes move so as to cause fear’, is also apt. It is natural that Her eyes move about fiercely when She is engaged in killing Daruka or Bhandasura; thus, Her eyes are both fierce and captivating at the same time.

The Divine Mother has long and tremulous eyes.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 17 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 600: Shri Daksa yajna vinasini (ōṃ dakṣayajJṇavināśinyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother destroyed Dakshan’s yagam (fire sacrifice). He was Her father. 

The Divine Mother as Dakshan’s daughter destroyed the Yagam as he had insulted Her spouse, Lord Shiva. In universal beings, unacceptable arrogance can be called Daksha yajnam. Daksha performed the yaga without inviting Lord Shiva.The Divine Mother, as Daksayani, Dakshan’s daughter was married to Lord Shiva. She went to Dakshan’s yaga against the advice of Lord Shiva. Dakshan humiliated Dakshayani. She left Her physical body to reach Lord Shiva. On learning what happened to Dakshayani, Lord Shiva created Veerabhadran to destroy Dakshan’s yoga. 

Daksa had become proud of being the leader of all creations. So, he started thinking that he is big, strong, and incomparable and due to his arrogance, he started changing the procedures in the Vedas according to his own wish. This was due to his ignorance. 

The Gita also warns that arrogance leads to destruction. Chapter, sixteen verses (16-15 to 20) talk about asuric attributes leading to destruction. Here Daksha’s yaga was destroyed by Lord Shiva on the Divine Mother’s initiative.  Even after re-birth, Daksha’s yaga was for second time destroyed by Lord Shiva.  

(There were two Dakshas. Daksha Prajapati, the father of Daksayani, and a king named Daksha, the incarnation of the original Daksha Parjapati. The second Dakshan lived during the age of Chaksusha manu. This story is related in both Brahmanda and Vayu Puranas. Due to Her Kindness, She was born the daughter of Daksha but when the asura actions were evident, She initiated and destroyed the yaga done by Her own father The Divine Mother ‘s actions were further beautifully covered in series of these three Namas: Daksayani, Daitya Hantri and Daksa Yajna Vinasini (598 to 600.)

The Divine Mother kills asuras to safeguard Her devotees. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 16 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 599: Shri Daitya hantri (ōṃ daityahantryai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is the killer of demons. 

Daitya is a family lineage ( sons of Didi). The Divine Mother had killed Daitya vamasa (family) Bhandasura. That was a great action. Through this the Divine Mother has proved that She would save Her devotees. In the creation process, certain evil beings like Bhandasura do come up. To control and to eliminate such unwanted beings is the magnificent action by the Divine Mother. She killed many other demons (daityas) from time to time to safeguard Her devotees. 

Due to selfish motives, the one who harms other beings is called an asura. All who have born in asura families will not have the asura qualities. There are good people there also. So, the Divine Mother had not killed or eliminated the total asura families but one, the evil asuras only. There are people with asura attributes in other level families.  The Divine Mother eliminates such asura people also.  For example, the Divine Mother as Daksayani was the cause to eliminate Her own father Daksha Prajapati, when he showed evilness like asuras, by demeaning Lord Shiva. Dakshan expected, as his son-in-law, Lord Shiva, to bow to him every time. When that did not happen, Dakshan avoided giving respect to Lord Shiva, while doing the Yaga and instead he did what Shiva was supposed to do in such yaga, as the son-in-law. Dakashyani pointed out this mistake to Her father Dakshan which he ignored. She did not wait to be Dakshan’s daughter anymore and She left Her physical body to reach Lord Shiva. She used Veerabatran, who came from Lord Shiva to kill Daksha Prajapati, to show She will eliminate any asura who is causing evil things.

The Divine Mother as Daitya hantri, kills evil asuras.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 15 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 598: Shri Dakshayani (ōṃ dākṣāyaṇyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is Sati Devi, the daughter of Daksha Prajapati. 

Daksha Prajapati, the father of Sati or Daksayani Devi, the spouse of Lord Shiva, got the Divine Mother as his daughter with all the good attributes. Daksha enjoyed much in demeaning, Her spouse, Lord Shiva. He said that Lord Shiva did not have a residence of his own and Lord Shiva lived in forest in places like the cremation grounds. 

Nobody in this universe (except Lord Shiva and the Divine Mother) has eternal life. Everybody gets dissolved during the Pralaya. The matured souls considers that as a place for burning the dead bodies; they do not place any attachment to that; when one lives with a body, but considers himself as ashes, he gets the maturity to reach the Brahman. What Lord Shiva does by having ashes applied to his body, is a good aspect to tell the humans about non-attachments in the universal things. 

Dakshan’s demeaning actions were happily accepted by Lord Shiva; matured souls will not have any attachment in universal things. The Divine Mother, Sati was fully attached to Her spouse Lord Shiva. The mature souls taking a lower-level family by birth and reaching the higher maturity level is also explained in this Namam. 

Daksha was the son of Brahma. He was one of the nine leaders and was also the head of the nine leaders. He wanted to have great power in three worlds and more than three Murthies (Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra). He wanted to get Lord Shiva as his son-in-law, and he prayed to the Divine Mother for that. The Divine Mother was born Sati, as his daughter Dakshayani. Daksha had sixty daughters; of these twenty-seven were the stars (Ashvini to Revathi); they were married to the Moon. The Divine Mother is in star form as well. The yaga offered on the new moon and full moon days are called Darsam and Pooranamsam respectively. If this is done continuously for all seasons, it is called Daksayana Yaga. The Divine Mother is in that Yaga form as well. 

The Puranas celebrate the story of Sati. Angered by Her father’s insult of Her spouse lord Shiva, Sati burns Her body in the fire of yaga, during the sacrifice (Yaga) conducted by Daksha; She was reborn as Uma Devi and married to the Lord Shiva again.

The Divine Mother with Her spouse Lord Shiva.

 C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 14 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 597: Shri Tri konantara dipika (ōṃ trikōṇāntaradīpikāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother shines as a lamp within the triangle. 

The Divine Mother is within the triangle and shining there. Hrdaya (the heart) is the place for Sun; the triangle shaped Muladhara is the Agnimandala. The universe is the place for Srividya; likewise, the human body is also considered as the place for Srividya. Muladhara is the first Kuta with Agni (fire), the heart is the second kuta with Sun and the Sahasrara is the third kuta with Moon in there. Agni, Sun, and Moon are three lights within the human body which are the Divine Mother’s form. So, She is the Prajnana Dipika or Trikonantara Dipika. 

In Muladhara triangle in Agnimandala, the Kundalini Shakti is like a small light. Earlier Namam 596 said that the Divine Mother is shining like the Sun. This Namam is an explanation about Sun’s actions in this universe. Sun is supposedly going round the Meru or the Sricakra. In eight directions of Meru, there is Indra, and seven other directional deities are having cities. Of these eight directions, the Sun’s light falls in three directions at any one time. Like the Divine Mother is shining within the triangle, is the interpretation of this Namam. 

According to the Tantraraja, “In all beings, in Muladhara there is fire, in the heart there is Sun and in the head below the Brahmarandhra, there is the Moon. Thus, the original, eternal Pancadasi mantra is three parts, representing these three positions.” 

Vishnu Purana says that there are three worlds and three cities that form triangles.  The three worlds are heaven, earth, and nether world (hell). The three cities are the cities of Indra, Candra, and Yama. The Sun is said to rise in the city of Moon and set in the city of Yama. The Divine Mother shines in all three worlds and in three cities at the same time. Hence the present name “Trikonantaradipika. Dipika is also referred to as the “Agnimandala (the disc of Fire)”.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 13 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 596: Shri Ravi prakhya (ōṃ raviprakhyāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother shines with the special brilliance of the Sun. Prakya means special brilliance. Ravi is Sun. 

The whole universe is the place for Srividya. Each devotee must consider Hrdayam as the place of Srividya. To meditate that the Hrdayam is shining much more than the Sun is the best worship to the Divine Mother. 

The Divine Mother residing in the heart is shining brighter than many Suns. Anahata chakra, where the heart is there, is in Suriyamandala.. Mookar, the Kamakshi devotee praises the Divine Mother that She resides between eyebrows in the forehead and shines like a rainbow; She resides in Sahasrara  chakra and shines as brighter than moon; She resides in Anahata chakra and shines brighter than Sun.He used the Divine Mother’s all forms mentioned in Namams 591 to 595 earlier as his prayers. 

Prakhya also means “resemblance”; hence the Divine Mother resembles the Sun in radiance. She also has a Namam “One who equals one crore (ten million) of Suns in radiance”.

The Divine Mother shines with special brilliance much better than  the Sun.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 12 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

  

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 595: Shri Hrdayastha (ōṃ hṛdayasthāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother resides in the heart of universal beings. 

The Divine Mother lives in the heart of Lord Shiva as Upanisads have indicated; the explanations of those Upanisads are the understanding of this Nama “Hrdayastha”. 

The Divine Mother lives in the hearts of Her creations, for meditation on the Divine Mother, Hrdaya is an ideal place for the devotees. 

We meditate on the Divine Mother in our hearts using Srividya mantram and Her Sahasranamam.. Third kuta bija “sow” is Srividya bija syllable. It is called as Hrdaya bijam also. All our Shaktis are focused on our hearts. Like the seed holding the strength for a larger tree to grow later out of it, all Shaktis in this universe are contained in this Hrdaya bija. The Divine Mother is worshipped in this mantra form. 

The Hrdaya Upanisad states that the Divine Mother is in the heart, also called Brahmesvara Hrdaya. This Upanisa is also called Hrdayam. The Divine Mother is meditated on this mantra rupam. 

The heart is the location of Anahata chakra. The Divine Mother resides in Suryamandala (the Sun’s disc). In the Kalpasutra, the Divine Mother’s parabija is called Hrdaya (heart). The worshipper who knows the parabijashakti (the heart of the supreme) gets all the happiness and prosperity. 

The seed of every being is in its heart. The heart is also called “visva bija, the seed of the universe. The Divine Mother is of the form of that seed, and She resides in that heart of all universal beings. The Gita (XVlll.61) says, “The Lord dwells in the heart of all beings, O Arjuna!”

The Divine Mother resides in the hearts of all beings. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 11 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 594: Shri Indra dhanu prabha (ōṃ indradhanuḥprabhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is resplendent like the rainbow. 

The rainbow has seven basic colours. Sun’s rays split into these seven colours.  Likewise, the Divine Mother is beyond all universal things, but She is spreading all over the universe. There are countless colours in this universe; they are basically from the basic seven colours seen in rainbow. Here the Divine Mother is shining in all these beautiful colours which are the prayers to Her. 

The Bindu of the syllables Om and Hreem are known as ardhamatra; it shines in the forehead in the form of radiance. Above it is the half-moon, which shines with the dazzling beauty of Indra dhanu (Indra’s bow), a rainbow; that is the seat of the Divine Mother.

                     The Divine Mother is resplendent like the rainbow. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 10 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

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 593: Shri Bhalastha (ōṃ bhālasthāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother resides in the forehead, between the eyebrows. 

In our forehead Ajna chakra, with Hreem bija syllable, the Divine Mother is worshipped. 

The region between the eyebrows is the Ajna chakra. This is one of the abodes of the Divine Mother. Another interpretation is, “She who resides in the forehead is the form of the Bindu of the bija syllable Hreem.”

The Divine Mother resides in the forehead, Ajna cakra.

 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 09 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 592: Shri Candra nibha (ōṃ candranibhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is resplendent like the moon. In the Sahasrara chakra. 

The Divine Mother’s shining is comparable to that of full moon. When She walks down from Her Simhasanam (her seat where is sits and rules the universe) in each step Her glories are enlightened and shining beautifully. Below Sahasrara, thousand-petaled lotus, in Brahmrandra, Her, beauty and shining are more than a full moon. Her shining is equal to Brahma light; this is many times greater than the Sun’s light. There is no heat in it, but it is cool to give happiness. 

In the Sahasrara.the Divine Mother is Satha, the sixteenth-day deity having full moon radiance. This moon is eternal without any blemish in it. The Divine Mother has that specific moon as Her form. 

The Chandramandala (disc of the moon) is just below the Brahmarandra. This region represents one of three kutas of the Pancadasi mantra (fifteen syllable). The moon there is said to have the splendor of many millions of lightning flashes, the Divine Mother is as resplendent as that moon.

The Divine Mother is resplendent like the moon. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 08 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

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 591: Shri Sirah sthita (ōṃ śiraḥsthitāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother resides in the head. 

The Divine Mother is living in Sirah (the head). In the human body’s seven cakras, the knowledge base is in Sahasrara cakra which is at the top of the head. Sahasrara means thousand-petaled lotus. Kundalini from the bottom level Muladhara goes through six cakras and reaches Sahasrara in the head where the Shiva-Shakti union is taking place. The Divine Mother’s great form is there. A king may have many mansions, yet he will choose a place where he sits in the Simhasanam (the ruling chair) and runs his kingdom’s court. Sahasrara is comparable to such a courthouse of a King. There may be some difficulties in having the darshan of the Divine Mother. With Lord Shiva as the Guru and with His blessings, the devotee can have the darshan and blessings of the Divine Mother. He will merge with Shiva-Shakti union, which is called Triveni sangamam. So, to bring out the goodness of the seventh cakra Sahasrara, this Namam Sirahsthita is mentioned here. 

Sahasarara cakra is the bindu where the Divine Mother is with Lord Shiva in union. When we meditate upon Her mantra rupa, we need a Guru. In Guru’s form the Divine Mother and Lord Shiva, grace and bless the devotees. The Divine Mother resides in Mahabindu. Bhaskararaya says that the Divine Mother resides in the Brahmarandhra (the hole in the head) in the form of Guru.

The Divine Mother and Lord Shiva in Sahasrara chakra. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 07 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