Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 171: Shri Lobha Nasini (OM lobhanAshinyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother destroys all the greed in Her devotees.

One’s greed is the root cause of all ills and injustices. It blocks compassion, kindness, generosity and selfless service to others. Greed is the worst evil tendency that any devotee should nurture.

To cleanse the mind, one has to practice giving out his wisdom, wealth and knowledge to others continuously. It is the nature of the well, to refill its water taken out of it. Similarly, whatever is given out to others, comes back to the devotee, in many fold. By this process devotee gets his greed deminised.

The Divine Mother does not like Her devotee to have greed. Desire, anger and greed are enemies for achieving salvation for the soul. The Divine mother kills devotee’s greedy thoughts. This negates all evil desires and helps the devotee in blossoming good qualities.

Lobha is a condition that the devotee feels, when his desire reaches a higher level; he feels that what he has is not enough. And, then he wants more of it even though he is not going use it or take it with him when he dies. The Divine Mother’s worship destroys such Lobha nature in Her devotees.

So the Divine Mother is the Lobha Nasisni.

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 13 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.