In Namams 366 to380, the Divine Mother’s sound rupas are discussed in details.
The Divine Mother is the swan in the minds of Her devotees.
Similar to the swans in Manas Lake, the Divine Mother lives in the hearts of Her devotees. The devotees have their mind gradually cleaned up with the Divine Mother living in their hearts. As they grow up in their ladder of maturity, their ignorance, maya and darkness reduce. The devotees start to see the Divine Mother within them. This is compared to Manasa shagaram entrance which is in the southern part of Himalayas. The ice melts and the large lake (about 56 miles circumference) is filled with water. The Himalaya image is reflected in still lake water. The lake is very deep and anything that is dropped into it reaches the bottom slowly, the reason being the lake is still and calm without any disturbance. The devotee heart for the Divine Mother to live in is compared to the Manasa lake.
She lives in the Manasa lake of Her devotees’ minds. In upper part of Himalaya, Manasa lake is there. Swans like to live there and they prefer no other place. The lake is very still and clear. The Divine Mother chooses the similar still clear and pure minds of Her devotees to live in. The devotee’s pure mind becomes the first abode for the Divine Mother.
Manasa is a celebrated lake in Puranas, where the swans live. Like swans play in the Manasa lake, the Divine Mother sports in the hearts of the devotees spontaneously and undisturbed. The Divine Mother has been referred as saying that She does not have a place of Her own. Her devotees’ hearts are the dearest living place for Her.
According to Hinduism, the lake was first created in the mind of the Lord Brahma after which it manifested on Earth. Hence, it is called "Manasa sarovaram", which is a combination of the Sanskrit words for "mind" and "lake". In Hinduism, Lake Manasarovar is a personification of purity, and one who drinks water from the lake will go to the abode of Shiva after death. He or she is believed to be cleansed of all their sins committed over past lives.
Lake Manasarovar or Manas Sarovar, also called Swan rimbonche is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near Mount Kailash. Lake Manasarovar lies at 4,590 m (15,060 ft) above mean sea level, a relatively high elevation for a large fresh water lake. Lake Manasarovar is relatively round in shape with the circumference of about 56 miles. Its depth reaches a maximum depth of 90 m (300 ft)[ and its surface area is 320 km2 (123.6 sq mi).
Hamsika name meaning is Beautiful Swan; Goddess Saraswati.
White Swan
C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 31 January
2021.
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Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T.
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Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N.
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The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna
Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with
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