Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 631: Shri Divya gandhadhya (ōṃ divyagandhāḍhyāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is richly endowed with divine fragrance. 

The Divine Mother is surrounded by divine fragrance. In this universe, there are souls graduating towards Brahman and souls that have already reached the Brahman. Once they attain the ultimate Brahman, they experience the divine fragrance. Similarly, when they reach their peak growth, the plants spread the fragrance through the flowers, which is a proof of the grace of the Divine Mother. Similarly, humans with maturity and high moral and habits spread around good fragrance.  In the upper world (heaven), the Devas enjoy the divine fragrance from the Divine Mother. 

        The divine fragrance is always with the Divine Mother wherever she is present. Divyam is from the open airways up to Sun.  Divyam is appropriate for the Gods. During prayers Sandal wood, flower and camphor are used for worshipping of the Divine Mother. Such fragrance is ideal for divinity. Human’s ears and nose can absorb limited sound and fragrance around them. They cannot get much more of such divine fragrances. Yogis through their meditation are able to get all universal sounds and smells, which is the blessings given to them by the Divine Mother. 

        The Divine Mother is always surrounded by the divine beings and things; She is indeed endowed with divine fragrance. The Divine Mother is the most exalted (Adhya) of these who carry divine fragrance, which is verily an attribute of Hers. The earth is fragrant and as the Earth element (bhu tattva) is the Divine Mother Herself, who can have more divine fragrance than Her? 

        It is said in yoga Satra, the breath of those who reach the height of the Divine Mother worships become fragrant,according to those who have attained that experience. If ever Her worshippers experience this, what need to be said about the Divine Mother? 

        Gandha also means bandha or relation. The Divine Mother is the one who is related to the entire living and non-living universe.

The Divine Mother is endowed with divine fragrance.

 

C N Nachiiappun

Singapore, 17 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