Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 335: Shri Vedavedya (OM vedavedyAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is known through the Vedas. Veda means to know. Also means who wants to know. 

There are four Vedas, namely: Rgveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda; they are in Vidya form. Modern day learning in Physical Science is also considered as some form of a new Veda. The whole universe is considered as the Divine Mother in Veda forms. With the knowledge of the universe, whatever the devotees understood more about the Divine Mother. Whatever he understands about the Divine Mother, he tries to further his knowledge about the Divine Mother through Vedas. 

Vedas better explain the Divine Mother to expose more of the Divine Mother’s form; She created the Vedas. The eternal syllables used in Vedas are reflecting the everlasting nature of the Divine Mother. 

Namam 57 Cintamani Grahantasha with the meaning that the Divine Mother lives in a house built with wish fulfilling gems. There are four doors to this mansion representing four Vedas; the Divine Mother is seen through these four doors. The interpretation is that the devotee enters through on these four doors to reach the Divine Mother in bindu in Srinagaram.

 

  The Divine mother is better understood through Vedas.

According to Sruthi,

1)       The mansion’s eastern quarter belongs to Rgveda; Unimothinee with Suddhavidya and 24,000 sakthis are part of Rgveda.

2)       The mansion’s southern quarter belongs to Yajurveda; Saundaryavidya and 30,000 sakthis under Boginee represent Yajurveda.

3)       The mansion’s northern quarter belongs to Samaveda; Lopamudra and 2000 sakthis under Kunjitha represent Samaveda.

4)       The mansion’s western quarter belongs to Atharvaveda; Turiyamba and 2000 sakthis under Kalika represent the Atharvaveda.

 

The presiding deities (Taittiriya Brahma) of the Vedas are; Suddhavidya and her attendents; Saundaryavidya and her attendents; Lopamudra and her attendents; and Turiyamba and her attendents are respectively for Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas.

 

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 25 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