Monday, June 8, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 147: Shri Nirasaraya (OM nirAshrayAyai namaH)


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

The Divine Mother does not depend on anything in this universe.

Everybody reach for help from the Divine Mother, at their troubled times. She does not need to go to anybody, as She handles Her needs by Herself. She is the foundation of this whole universe.

Dependence is a condition called upadhi. The soul’s upadhi goes from devotee’s mind to his body. When the soul is following the body attributes the issues like I am fat and I am lean arise. And, when the same soul is following the sense organs the issues like I am deaf and I am blind arise. When the soul is conditioned by the mind, the issues like I wish and I imagine arise. All these conditions are bound by worldly bondages.

Asarayam can mean - a place of residence or a staying place or even acceptance. For example when we colour a cloth, the cloth is Asaraya for the colour. The Divine Mother is not Asaraya for anything in this universe.

When we see our reflection in a mirror, we think that the mirror is the Asrayam for our image. But, the mirror does not hold our image within it. Likewise the Divine Mother is not Asaraya for the universal things.


She is also not depending on universal things. The whole universe is dependent on Her but She is not dependent on any universal things. So She is Nirasaraya herself.




C N Nachiappun           
Singapore, 18 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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