Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 432: Shri Mada ghurnita raktakshi (ōṃ madaghrṇitaraktākṣyai namaḥ)

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

The Divine Mother’s eyes are reddened, rolling with rapture and inward-looking. 

With Her happiness due to drinking the Brahma bliss, Her reddish eyes are rolling very much. There needs to be no further evidence for Her total happiness. By this Namam, Her eye actions are enough to state Her happiness. This can be related to a day today worldly common man’s example. The humans who get intoxicated with alcohol and get reddish eye; whereas  as the Divine Mother is a permanent state of reddish eyes. 

‘Mada’ can mean that resulting actions on a person taking intoxicating drinks. For such a person eyes turn deep red on taking the toxic drinks; he jumps in joy. So some common men to get happiness, start drinking toxic drinks. Their eyes become very red rolling much. So the toxic drinkers’ reaction is related to the Divine Mother’s happiness in drinking the Brahma bliss. Here the toxic drinker’s appearance becomes a Namam for the Divine Mother. 

The Divine Mother originally has reddish eyes. By drinking the Brahma bliss, Her eyes, without any attachment to other worldly things, are rolling to express Her immense happiness. 

The Divine Mother’s state of great bliss is indicated by Her half-closed eyes. It is an indication and is implied that She is enjoying secret internal bliss. The meaning of these sayings is that Her eyes are enjoying one of the great joy felt by the Divine Mother. She sees Her devotees progressing on the spiritual path, leaving aside other worldly attachments.

 

The Divine Mother is ever happy state.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 01 April 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.