Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 605: Shri Go mata (ōṃ gōmātrē namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother had become Surabhi, the Kamadhenu, the cow that grants all the wishes of the devotees. 

The Divine Mother is in Cow form as Mother. Kamadhenu is the mother of all worldly cows. Kamadhenu provides all the food needed for the universal beings.  Kamadhenu’s head is like a human head, legs, horns etc all are in animal form and two wings are like a bird. Kamadhenu can provide for the universal beings is an interpretation of this Namam. 

Go can also mean Soul. Gopalan, a form of Vishnu, means the one who saves the souls. Govindan, again a Vishnu form, means the one who understands the soul. Gomata is the mother of the souls. She is there giving brightness; Vajrayutham was established by Her, She, created the earth, moon and other of the five elements. She is spreading like water in ten directions. She is the one who created the speech and fire. These are all included in this Namam “Gomata”. 

The word Go has many meanings like words, heaven, light, moon, speech, water, fire, Satyam (truth). In another version, Go’s meanings are listed as: word, intelligence, heaven, rays from stars, lightning, moon, eye, hair, earth, direction, arrow, water, fire, truth, and path. The Divine Mother is in all these, and She, is the mother of all these universal things.

The Divine Mother as Gomata provides for all universal beings. 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 21 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