Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 48: Shri Maha Lavanya Sevadhih (OM mahAlAvaNyashevadhaye namaH)


The namam portrays the Divine Mother as the treasure house of unequalled beauty than anything else in this universe. She holds the treasures to all beauties in this universe.

What is beauty? Is beauty of any object is certain or a relative measure as perceived by the mind of the person who sees it? Beauty has been described and shown through pictures and concepts pertaining to our mind. It is a combination of qualities such as shape, colour or form that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially our eye sight.

Real genuine gems’ water mark flows will shine. Soft and beautiful body will shine like a genuine gem. The Divine Mother’s beauty flows and shines very much. This can be said to be a Lavanyam (grace, charming and shining immense beauty). Such good shining beauty had been well kept within the Divine Mother, the Mahatripurasundari.

In the words of Adi Sankara, the great sage who in Soundariya Lahari verse 12 talks much about the Divine mother’s beautiful appearance. The Divine Mother is the daughter of the Mountain. Distinguished divine people/servants/poets such as Lord Brahma are even struggling to express Her unparalleled beauty in words. They fail in their attempt to completely portray HER beautiful self. Celestial women out of great eagerness to get a glimpse of the Divine Mother’s splendor, mentally attain a condition of union into Lord Siva (getting mukthi). It is not that easy to achieve such union (mukthi) with Lord Siva. In that whole process, they are able to see the unequalled beauty of the Divine Mother. Of course, the Divine Mother is other half of Lord Siva as in Arthanareeswar.

Close meanings of words used:
Lavanya: grace, charm, loveliness, elegant
Sevadhih: a treasure comprising beauty
Portray: to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work
Penance: Devotion performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin. Punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrong doings.
Celestial:  belonging or relating to heaven.

C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 12 March 2020.

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