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