Monday, June 22, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 163: Shri Moha nasini (OM mohanAshinyai namaH)


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

The Divine Mother dissolves or destroys all delusion or moha in Her devotees.

 Moha is a confused state arising from ignorance. When Bhakta or devotee reaches the Supreme Self, there is no delusion and sorrow for him. His lack of discrimination to know between what is real and what is not real is eliminated.

Lower level souls will have moha. They are under the influence of Maya or illusion and therefore, in smasara sagara, until they move through the higher states and ultimately the Sahasrara.

With the Divine mother’s blessings, the devotees understand this illusion and desires as useless for the soul. When the devotee loses all his Moha, he reaches the Supreme Self at Sahasrara.

With the understanding of the truth about universal things, Maya is cleared. Delusion of the mind is Moha. The Divine Mother gives this understanding to the devotee to eliminate his Moha.


Maya is different from Moha. Maya is the illusory aspect of creation, it is objective. Maya causes Moha, which is subjective and is an area of function is the individual.



C N Nachiappun           
Singapore, 05 July 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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