Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 328: Shri Kalalapa (OM kalAlApAyai namaH)

In Namams 275 to365, the Divine Mother’s  many forms providing benefits to Her devotees in great details are discussed. 

The Divine Mother speaks sweetly and musically.

We saw in earlier Namam 27, “Nija sallapa madhurya vinirbhartsita kacchapi” with the meaning that the Divine Mother excels even the veena of Sarasvathi in sweetness of Her speech. The Divine Mother’s musical sweetness is further explained in also Adi Sankarara’s Soundarya Lahari - verse 66. 

The Divine Mother’s speech leads to various Kala forms. The lower and immature level souls improving to higher level are getting to learn various kalas - to walk properly; to sit straight; to live without any attachment; to spell and write correctly are all kinds of art. 

When one utters Truth and language correctly, it  spreads into various forms of art. We can identify a matured soul from the art he is able to handle. 

Lord Shiva has sixty-four arts; they were revealed to universe through the Divine Mother. The lower level souls graduate to higher level following certain set of rules. In this manner, She reveals for all universal creatures, the various arts and disciplined approach to life. The Divine Mother is embodiment of all such actions. 

When the child speaks, the saliva drops from its mouth. This is the reflection of the child’s innocence. The saliva from the Divine Mother’s speech reveals the true Brahman. When someone hears the Divine Mother’s speech, he can sense and experience the Brahman easily. 

The Divine Mother turns Her sweet speech into various other forms of art. Her devotees sing sweeter hymn in Her praise. Ka is Brahman; la is sliva and apa is the one who is reached. The interpretation is that She helps or enables Her devotees to reach Brahman as easy as saliva flow in the mouth as explained by Bhaskararaya.

 

The Divine Mother 

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 18 December 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