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