Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 259: Shri Taijasatmika (OM taijasAtmikAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is soul of Taijasa. 

Taijsan is endowed with light; it is the second of three stages of consciousness experienced by the soul due to Maya in svapana or dream state. The soul is proud of its subtle body. 

During sleep, we get dream; sleep is darkness to the external eye. But for the inner self, it is the lustrous and glorious essence (taijas which mean light or brightness). This Namam confirms the concept that the Divine Mother is the embodiment of the inner essence. 

The whole lots of souls are suffering in the sleeping or dreaming state which can be viewed as Taijsa and the Divine Mother’s grace is helping to reduce such sufferings. 

The soul experiences rajas (passion, active and confused) attributes in subtle dream state. The relevant sakti is Taijasan. 

 

The Divine Mother as Lalithambika in Thirumeeyachur in Tamilnadu, India where Acharya Bhaskararaya worshipped the Divine Mother and he first wrote his commentaries or Bhasyam on Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam.     

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 09 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.

The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar