Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 338: Shri Veda janani (OM vedajananyai 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 the mother of all Vedas. 

Ved is to know; Vedathri is the one who knows; Veda is anything that represents knowledge. 

She created the Vedas; the four Vedas in Vidya form relate to the universal things. There are branches of Vedas such as Ayur veda and Dhanur veda; modern physical science is also part of the Vedas. 

Namam 236 , “Catuh sati kalamayi” with the meaning that the Divine Mother is the embodiment of sixty-four fine arts is saying more about Her source of knowledge which is coming out for the benefit of universal beings. 

There is a concept that the universe is equal to Vadas. Saying that there is nothing left out about nature in Vedas is true. Vedas never can be destroyed. Universe is there until the next mahapralaya comes. So the Vedas and the universe are with the Divine Mother at all times. So She is called Veda janani. 

Four Vedas originated from Brahman, from yagams and from yogins; Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas were created according to Purusha Suktham and the Divine Mother had been the primary source and created the four Vedas. 

According to Sruthi, the Vedas are Brahma’s breath. “Rgveda and Yajurveda are the breath that came out of this great being.” 

Devi Purana says: “The vowels and consonants of the Vedas came from the Kundalini, which is in triangular in form; so the Divine Mother is remembered as the Mother of the Vedas.”

 

Four Vedas represent the universe; thereby the Divine Mother.

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 28 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