Monday, June 15, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 154: Shri Nirupadhih (OM nirupAdhaye namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is not conditioned. She has no limitations in this universe.

Upadhi is conditioning. Its effect is imposed by something placed nearby. For example a clear crystal takes the colour of the material kept near to it. Consciousness takes the role of duality, yielding or effecting ignorance. This effect is considered to be upadhi.

Surface of a still lake, reflects inverted images of nearby trees on its shore. Here, the surface of the motionless water is upadhi. Normal human may understand the meaning of these inverted images. But, a child will be confused by such inverted images of the trees.

In this universe most of us are like the child. It is the upathi of water that is effecting this contradiction. Even for us, the immediate experience of upside tree image in the lake, still exists. It will be there so long as upadhi continues.

On same reasoning, the universal things look real due to the conditioning of the body consciousness. It is an illusory reality for the devotee. But, it is not ultimate reality within the Divine Mother.

Water has different identifications in different forms. As steam it is almost colourless; as cloud, it’s colour changes to black and white; it can become water and or snow ice. .

In deep sleep the humans do not have any conditioning. The Divine Mother does not have any conditioning in Her. She is always Her own eternal Supreme Self.

If something joins with another thing, it undergoes changes. When the second thing is disassociated from the union of the two, this change is called upadhi.

When a red rose flower is added to the Sphadika lingam, the lingam looks red in colour. When this red flower is subsequently removed the red colour on the lingam disappears. This is upadhi. This is due to ignorance of the person seeing it.

The Divine Mother is not going through conditioning or divisions or limitations of Her whole or part. She has spontaneous kindness and showers blessings on Her devotees without any limitations. Similarly She removes the worldly upadhi effects from Her devotees.

 She is Nirupadhi Herself.




C N Nachiappun           
Singapore, 26 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 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.

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