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