Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 258: Shri Svapanti (OM svapatnyai namaH)

In Namams 249 to 274, the Divine Mother’s  Five functions and Her Five Isvara forms are described. 

The Divine Mother is in dream state; She takes the form of the soul in dream state. Svapanti means dream state. 

In waking state the soul is using its gross body. On the other hand, the minds and consciousness are at work, in the dream state of the souls. In dream state, the souls visualize and recognize the differences of good people and bad people.around - good people, bad people, dharma and adharma etc, based on ideas and knowledge it has gained earlier, including purvajanma vasana. 

Such ideas and knowledge of things, which are embedded in the mind, are manifested during the dream state. As the Divine Mother is controlling all souls, She is in all universal creatures also.

The Divine Mother as Knowledge Goddess Sarasvati 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 08 October 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.