Saturday, June 19, 2021

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 401: Shri Vividhaakara (OM vividhAkArAyai namaH)

In Namams 381 to 474, the Divine Mother’s Jnana Yoga worship methods are discussed in details. 

The Divine Mother has multitude of forms. 

The Divine Mother takes various forms or rupas. The Sky is a good example. From the Sky many living things come out. As a result, many billions of beings are created in this universe. Like clay is the base material for making many forms of utilities and items, the Divine Mother has many forms and shapes within Her to create the creatures and beings in this universe. In these forms, some of them are pleasant, some are ugly, some are useful and some cause trouble to others. However, when one starts to see them all as the divinity of the Divine mother, the person’s worship to the Divine Mother increases. They are all various forms of the Divine Mother. 

The creation is in two ways namely, Vaikrta and kaumara: Vaikrta is for creation of plants, animals, ghosts and spirits; the life force (prana) of the plants moves upwards;  that of animals it moves sideways and for the ghosts it moves downwards. Kaumara is for the creation of humans, gandharvas and Devas. 

The plants, animals, Devas, humans, sand, stone, grass etc are all some of the forms of the Divine Mother; so She is the Vividhaakara. The Divine Mother is causing and responsible for these types of all forms in universal creatures. 

She is Vividhaakara, the one with multiple forms. 

The Divine Mother is creating the infinite universe.

C  N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 01 March 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

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