Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 625: Shri Kaivalya pada dayini (ōṃ kaivalyapadadāyinyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother bestows Liberation to Her devotees. Kaivalya is the fifth state, the state beyond Turiya. The Divine Mother grants or bestows that Internal Liberation or Kaivalya. 

Knower,  known and knowing through intelligence join giving wisdom experience, which is Kaivalya. At that stage there is no difference between Brahman and wisdom. So, selflessness means Kavalan which is Internal Liberation. 

Kaivalyapada is beyond the states described as:

1)  Salokya (Sameness of world) is reaching the same world as the deity being worshipped.

2)  Sarupya (Sameness of form) is meditating on the deity as not separate from oneself, becoming equal to the deity with similar qualities.

3) Samipya (Nearness) is the state is obtained through sustained worship done according to rules? which the worshipper is able to be constantly near the deity; this state is obtained through worship done strict celibacy according to the rules.

4)  Sayujya (Becoming one) the worshipper becomes one with the deity; all senses of separation are lost; this is the realization of Isvara and His attributes.

5)  Finally, Kaivalya is the eternal state obtained through knowledge in which the self is realized as Pure Awareness. 

The four stages give like Brahman experience with birth and death cycles are eliminated but the Kaivalyapada is the ultimate eternal merging with the Brahman. Worship is an action.  Through actions things get destroyed, here our karma balances get destroyed. However, through further wisdom attainable is the Kaivalyapadam. The souls reaching the Kaivalyapadam, do not have to return to birth and death cycles. On reaching the ultimate Kaivalyapadam, there is no turning back for the souls. Those attaining through wisdom and through worship, the four stages are due to Divine Mother’s graces. There is later Namam 926 Anarghya Kaivalya pada dayini, with the meaning that the Divine Mother confers the priceless fruit of Final Liberation, which we will see later part of our discussion. 

Before providing the ultimate Kaivalya state, She lets Her devotees to have all four Mukti related stages. She lets Her pure Knowledge be available to Her devotees. There is no need to stay at Kevalam. Brahman explains in this process; manifested Brahman can disappear from normal visualization; but the un-manifested Brahman is eternal as Kevalam. 

Kamabija mantra gives dharmam, artha (wealth) kamam and positions etc; it can help a devotee to be out of samsara cycle of birth and death. To get Liberation, Kamakala ought to be used to rise to highest level, the Shiva-Shakti unison state. 

Matured souls can transform themselves to a higher level. Through the Divine Mother worship, devotees can attain higher status and positions. The devotees ultimately merge with the Brahman. There will be no birth and death cycle on reaching the Brahman. He starts to understand that he is near the Divine Mother. Now he is doing inward looking meditation. He realizes that there is no difference between him and the Divine Mother. He starts realizing his form and the Divine Mother are the same. After this the word ‘I’ does not denote the devotee or the soul, it means the Brahman. This is the best the devotee can get through Divine Mother’s graces. So, the devotee attains his Kaivalyapada or the final ultimate Brahman.

The Divine Mother bestows Lieration to souls.

 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 11 October 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