Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 329 Shri Kanta (OM kAntAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother has infinite divine power of attraction. 

Wherever there is beauty, the divinity is reflected. The whole universe is a naturally beautiful nice place to enjoy. To visualize divinity in this universal natural beauty, is a form of prayer to the Divine Mother; She is the owner of this total universe. 

When one starts to see divine beauty in normal day-today things, he also understands that all universal creatures are beautiful and divine. He further visualizes the Divine Mother’s beauty in all of those objects. So the Divine Mother is the one who has the total universal power of attraction; She is called Kanta (attractive). 

Ka is Brahman, anta is final; thus the interpretation of this Namam is that the Divine Mother is certainly the undivided and undisputed Brahman. She appears first as Guru to lead us to the final Brahman. We will be discussing later in Namam 860 Akanta with meaning that She ends all the sins and sorrows of Her devotees. 

The Divine Mother is in the form of Kanta; the daily deity presiding over the eleventh night of the dark lunar fortnight or the Krishna Patch Ekadesi. The Divine Mother is very attractive and beautiful to Her devotees.

The utmost beautiful and

attractive Divine Mother

 

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 19 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