Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 638: Shri Svarnagarbha (ōṃ svarṇagarbhāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is the cause of the universe. 

The soul which originally came from Brahman, or the Divine Mother has the shakti and light to shine like gold. So, we can visualize that the Divine Mother is originally shining in golden colour. Our sleep without any dreaming (sushueti) will make us disappear from the universe. During the Pralaya the whole universe disappears, except for Shiva dancing and the Divine Mother who is witnessing His dance and absorbing the universe within Her. Later when creation starts again, all those which were hidden within the Divine Mother come out to live in this universe. From there nameable or name-based figures come out. 

The Divine Mother is much more than gold in colour. She is the ruler of the universe. If a devotee learns to visualize all universal things as the Divine Mother in golden colour, he understands that there is beauty in everything and  in this  universe. Even those looking not regulated also have a set of rules to follow. 

The golden colour soul is called Hiranya garbha.  Esvara is holding such souls, and He is called Hiranya Garbha. The Divine Mother is in that form. In addition, She holds the mantras in Her womb. She contains sacred mantra syllables within Her. (Su: good, varna: letter, gravha is pregrant with). The word garbha also means shining; hence this Namam can be interpreted as “She who gives rise to mantras”.

The Goddess the Divine Mother is also called Svarnagarbha.

C N Nachiiappun

Singapore, 24 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