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