In Namams 381 to 474, the Divine Mother’s Jnana Yoga worship methods are discussed in details.
The Divine Mother is shining in state of excessive happiness in drinking the bliss of Brahman. Mada means opinion, thinking, happiness states.
The Divine Mother is involved in ‘mada’ as the state of bliss. The great Shri Lalitha worshipper, Bhaskararaya describes ‘mada’ as the state of bliss which is not affected by other worldly things. That is the nature of Brahma bliss, and the Divine Mother is in that state.
The Divine Mother’s excessive happiness can be to the level of reaching inebriation or intoxication; this happiness is the result of her enjoying the Brahma bliss. Her face and eyes turn redder in colour. Her original reddish beauty is further enhanced by the enjoyment of the Brahma bliss.
The universal creatures, especially humans, due to their
circumstances are either happy or sad. With the changing conditions, a happy
person turns to sad state quickly. However, the Divine Mother is ever happy in
her ananda state. She and happiness are one and the same. Her immense happiness
is there always with Her. Since She is ever in that ultimate happiness state,
She is called ‘madashalini’. Without being interested in other universal
conditional changes, She is ever in Her happy state, is also a reason for this
Namam ‘madashalini’.
C N Nachiappun
Singapore, 31 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.
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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