Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 228: Shri Maha yantra (OM mahAyantrAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is in great or wonderful yantra forms. 

We have seen in earlier Namams’ discussions that yantras are figures of special powers; they are meant to achieve the result; here the result is to worship the Divine Mother in seeking Her grace. 

The human body is a yantra; which the devotee tries to use wisely to advance the soul towards the Supreme Being. The whole universe is the Divine Mother’s yantra body; She uses that universal yantra well to manage the creation, maintenance and dissolution; later She uses it to recreate the universal system. 

The Divine Mother is worshipped through the yantras; cakras, letters and inscriptions are all known yantras. MahaMeru is precious and great yantra to reach the Divine Mother. Mahameru yantra is shown below.  

All 100 verses in Soundarya Lahari  are mantras  have yantras and tantras  linked to each of them to give the desired result to the worshipper; this had been mentioned in various commentaries; the books like Kularnava explain these yantras in detail. 

Since the Divine Mother is worshipped through great yantras, She is Maha yantra Herself.

 

 The Divine Mother is worshipped in Sri Cakra yantra symbolizing Abundance And Prosperity.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 08 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.