Monday, June 1, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 141: Shri Santa (OM shAntAyai namaH)


In Namam 132 to 187, the Divine Mother’s Japarupam or Formlessness will be the described.

The Divine Mother is tranquil or calm or free from any disturbance.

As the Universal Mother, She is present everywhere. She is on the move. In spite of all Her activities, She is calm and free from disturbance. As the Supreme Self, She is in a total calmness state.

When the devotee’s mind is disturbed, the Divine Mother helps him to become calm.

She resides in the realm of calmness, “Santa rasa”. Santa is one of the nine Rasas or sentiments in poetry. The key feature of this Santa rasa is absence of ego and feelings related to ego.

In Santa rasa, there is no sorrow, no happiness, no thinking, no anger or no love or no desire. Ii is a state, perfect in balance; in calmness and composure at every difficult situation.

The previous and present Namams can be considered differently as follows: Niskalasanta as Niskala + astanta. Here asanta means that the Divine Mother pervades to the end in all directions, indicating the eternity.

Santa state reveals that She is the embodiment of the Supreme Self in total calmness.





C N Nachiappun           
Singapore, 12 June 2020.


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 Stostrom  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.  


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