Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 221: Shri Maha virya (OM mahAvIryAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is the Supreme valor and or powerful. 

Virya means might, semen, glory and strength as indicated in Visvakosa, an ancient religious document. 

Virya is also the physical strength when it is felt by others. Ability to do powerful actions and providing opposing strength when needed is also virya. The Divine Mother holds all such strengths in great quantities within Her, in performing the creation, protection and dissolution of the universe. 

Shri Rama had given much trouble to Vali and thereby corrected Vali’s mind is an example of Valor or virya. Also, reducing in stages the Ravana’s strengths and correcting Ravana’s mind is another of Shri Rama’s Valor. 

Similarly the Divine Mother improves Her devotees’ devotion in stages and turn them towards Supreme Being. Since, She is doing this positive change for all universal creatures, She is called Maha virya. 

The Divine Mother is behind all creative and productive or regenerative human activities. Those activities causing good karma for the humans are through  Her greatness. 

She destroyed effortlessly several strong asuras. Her power and strength are far beyond any comparable measure in this universe. 

 

Devi Mahathmya with all Her strengths to destroy the evil. 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 01 September 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.