Monday, August 10, 2020

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 207: Shri Manonmani (OM manonmanyai namaH)

 In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother, as confirmed by Sruti, is the Lord Shiva’s sakthi Manonmani. 

Lord Shiva has five names or faces, in addition to his other thousands of names.       


These five faces are:

·         Isana or Sadashiva representing soul

·         Tat-purusa representing nature

·         Aghora or Agni representing the intellect

·         Vamadeva representing the ego

·         Sadyojata representing the mind

 

Rudra has eleven forms with following names and the mantras recited for beneficial results associated with each name are:
The list may differ due the type of information source:

 

1.       Kapali “Om HumHum Satrustambhanaya Hum Hum Om Phat”

2.       Pingala “Om Shrim Hrim Shrim Sarva Mangalaya Pingalaya Om Namah”

3.       Bhima “Om Aim Aim Mano Vanchita Siddhaya Aim Aim Om”

4.       Virupaksha “Om Rudraya Roganashaya Agacha Cha Ram Om Namah”

5.       Vilohita “Om Shrim Hrim Sam Sam Hrim Shrim Shankarshanaya Om”

6.       Shastha “Om Hrim Hrim Safalyayai Siddhaye Om Namah”

7.       Ajapada “Om Shrim Bam Sough Balavardhanaya Baleshwaraya Rudraya Phut Om”

8.       Ahirbhudanya “Om Hram Hrim Hum Samastha Graha Dosha Vinashaya Om”

9.       Sambhu “Om Gam Hluam Shroum Glaum Gam Om Namah”

10.    Chanda “Om Chum Chandishwaraya Tejasyaya Chum Om Phut”

11.    Bhava “Om Bhavod Bhava Sambhavaya Ishta Darshana Om Sam Om Namaha”

One of the Shiva’s name given in the vedic suktaham  is Manonmana. The Divine Mother (in this respect, known as Manonmani) uplifts the mind of the devotee.  

She holds the point just below Brahmanada. This is the eighth point upwards from the middle of eyebrows. The eighth points are listed: indu, redhini, nada, nadanta, sakthi, Vyapini, samana and unmani or manonmani. 

These are very subtle locations to be learned directly from a Guru only. The function of this highest form of the mind in humans can be called Unmaniam or Manonmaniam. Depending on the mind’s nobleness, the soul nears the Supreme Being. The Divine Mother’s sakthi or power acts in innumerable ways in this universe. Her sakthi is unique in itself. Such highest sakthi in the Divine Mother is also called Manonmani.

Manonmani is one of the yogic state in which the eyes of Lord Shiva, are slightly opened without blinking, the breath is controlled without inhaling or exhaling and the mind is held blank, free from speculation and doubt. The Divine Mother is meditated upon in this state. The Tripuropanisad says that when the mind is free from all sensory links and is focused on the heart, the yogi reaches the Manonmani state. The Divine mother bestows such a state to yogis. 

The state of mind, being controlled by the yoga, is also called Manonmaniam. There are also Manonmani yoga Mudras. The state of the soul, freeing itself from worldly attachments in reaching the Supreme Being is called Mamnonmaniam, which represents the Divine Mother’s state. 

Bhrannaradiya says that when the object of meditation, the act of meditation and the mediator all become one, the state of Manonmani arises. It gives the flow of nectar of knowledge that is a total experience of the Supreme Being. The experience of the Divine Mother at that state is also called Manonmani.

 

 

 Manonmani Devi

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 18 August 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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