Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 369 Shri Para devata (OM paradevatAyai namaH)

In Namams 366 to380, the Divine Mother’s sound rupas are discussed in details.  

The Divine Mother is the Supreme deity; Parasakti. 

The Divine Mother is Supreme and very bright beyond our imagination. Her forms both in visual and imaginary are not fully understood by mankind. Para is the form before our senses which can understand and accept external things. Devata is in divine sound form, Pashyanti, which has not yet changed to human audible sound. 

She is above all divine forces and devas. Emperor is the King of kings. Brahman the Divine Mother has taken many forms. There cannot be any ideological differences in these various forms of divinity. The Divine Mother is the Empress of all the deities. They may act differently like doing creation, preservation and dissolution but still within the limits set by the Divine Mother. They do not act against Her wishes. So She is Para devata or Parasakti. 

 

Goddess dressed with Peanuts in Bangalore, India

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 28 January 2021.

 

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 Chithbavandar