Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 905: Shri Baindava Asana (ōṃ baindavāsanāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is seated in Baindava Chakra.

In human body, Baindava Chakra is just above two eyebrows and just below Ajana Chakra, where the Divine Mother resides. This is the place for Anandham. Due to the Divine Mother’s presence, those who go through meditation to reach Her, get Brahmanandam. She is helping souls to get Kama enjoyment as well.  For all worldly enjoyment, this Baindava Chakra plays a role.

In Sri Chakram, one section is called Baindanam. Natural universe is the true Sri Chakram. Where there are joy and enjoyment, the Divine Mother is present. There is Sri Chakram in human bodies also. Wherever enjoyment and happiness are shining, the Divine Mother is present. Such a human’s joyful life is worth the prayers to the Divine Mother.

She is holding the Bindu within Her. In Sri Chakram in the centre triangle, a small final circle is Bindu. Near Ajna Chakra, just between two eyebrows, the sign point is the Bindu. Those three deities joining in a triangle are all part of Bindu. She has Her seating in this Baindava.

Baindava is the spot between two eyebrows. That is called the Ajna Chakra, through which the Kundalini goes through to reach the Sahasrara. The Bindu mandala in the Ajna Chakra is above the Hakini circle. The Divine Mother as Manonmani Devi, dwells in there. Baindava Chakra, also refers to the Sarvanandamaya Chakra in Sri Chakram. This Namam implies that the Divine Mother dwells in that Chakra.

Bhaskara Carya gives the following interpretation, by taking the Namam to be abaindav asana, and splitting it as ab (water) plus aindava (of the moon or moons here referring to souls) plus asana (seat). “There is only a single moon but is reflected in many waters. Similarly, the Divine Mother is only one, but She is reflected in multitude of souls / javas bought about by conditioning.”

The Divine Mother is seated in Baindava Chakra

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 17 July 2022; updated 05 October 2025.

References:

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 904: Shri Vidagdha (ōṃ vidagdhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is an expert in everything in the universe.

She is skilled to expert level in everything in this universe. In natures’ way, the Divine Mother demonstrates many excellent things, done easily by Her. The steam from water is not visible to our naked eyes and it goes up to form white and later grey or black clouds. When these clouds collide, there is immense electrical energy generated. Through earthquakes, in split seconds the earthly structures change. The small ants have many living aspects within them; they join to carry many times heavier eatables. Many humans go by airplane to faraway places in a very short span of time. These are the Divine Mother’s glory coming out in many ways.

In this universe, to give life to a dying being is the finest thing due to the Divine Mother’s kind actions. All Her fine skills are explicit here. She does these continuously. So, She is celebrated as ‘Vidagdha or an expert with various skills.’ She is expert, as Her all actions display Her immense skills in everything, She embarks.

How marvelous is the expertise that the Divine Mother shows in diversity of creation in dexterity (skills in performing tasks, especially with hands) of protection, in the manner of punishments to the evil forces, like Bhanda-asura.

The Divine Mother is an expert in everything in the universe.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 16 July 2022 updated 05October 2025.

 

References:

 

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 903: Shri Kalya (ōṃ kalyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is capable. She is continuously creating the universe.

Kalya can mean: "prosperous," "well-being," "praise," "pleasant," "clever" and "pure"; creativity emphasizing talent.

We can see systematic perfection in universal creation. Such systematic perfection is one of the Kalas. Minor and major living beings in this universe like sports. Nature is functioning like a systematic sport. When one has the high Kala jnana, it is showing divinity in him. To act cleverly is a form of explanation for Kala. By speaking properly (Kala) to a group of people, we can modify their actions for good. What we visualize in nature’s abundance of wealth is the Divine Mother’s presence. The Divine Mother’s glories are coming out in these functions; She is the storehouse of all Kalas.

She is skilled in all Kalas. Through Vijnana means, we get knowledge to beautify life; the process of a Kala is used here. The Divine Mother with Her Kalas gives creativity to humans. The Divine Mother is in the form of Kalya. Kalya one meaning is early morning, the Divine Mother is in that period. Kalya gives clarity to one’s mind. Kalya is also without disease, skilled in all activities and auspicious speeches.

This Namam can be understood as one who is proficient in the arts or possessor of creative abilities or one who is the essence of the brightness of dawn.

Kalya has the dictionary meanings, “creation, dawn, absence of disease, skillful person, auspicious speech and mead.” The Divine Mother is associated with each of these meanings.

The Divine Mother is capable. She is continuously creating the universe

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 15 July 2022; updated 03 October 2025.

References:

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 902: Shri Vijnana kalana (ōṃ vijJṇānakalanāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother realizes the knowledge of Brahman.

Vijnana is consciousness or awareness. Kalana is The heavens or Royal one.

She is creating Knowledge of Brahman. We can read, understand, and judge a country’s culture by reading books. We can even deliver good speeches about that country after our reading and understanding of that country. To get such knowledge is due to Kalai-jnana, however, these reading of books gives a bird’s eye view only. When one visits that country, what one can get termed as Vijnana. This is related to universal level of knowledge.

Likewise, from sastras we can learn about divinity, which is called jnana. Through meditation, getting clarity of mind and understanding the divinity is true jnana or Vijnana. Essentially from jnana to get Vijnana is the effort to reach the Brahman, Sri Ramakrishna Bramahamsar gave an example, “we all have learned about cow’s milk; when we see it we learn more to handle that milk. Later when we drink, it gives us a much better experience. To get to know the glories the divinity is equal to drinking cow’s milk. For those who understand the glories of the divinity may have many doubts in his life. Like the river reaching its ultimate, the ocean, for the soul, reaching the Brahman is the ultimate.

The Divine Mother increases Vijnana for Her devotees. There are sixteen (or eighteen) Vidya places where learning can happen. The Divine Mother helps devotees get Vijnana. Kalana helps to increase Vijnana experience for devotees. The Divine Mother grants such Vijnana to Her devotees.

Vijnana is the knowledge of Brahman; Kalana is to realize Brahman for the soul as its own. According to Kurma Purana, Vijnana is referred to the fourteen Vidyas or branches of knowledge. These are four Vedas, the six Vedangas (auxiliaries to Vedas), law, Puranas, Mimamsas (Philosophy) and logic. The Divine Mother has realized the essence of all these Vidyas. She is the seat of all knowledge.

The Divine Mother realizes the knowledge of Brahman

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 14 July 2022; Updated 03 October 2025.

References: 

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 901: Shri Nada rupini (ōṃ nādarūpiṇyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is in primal sound; primal is relating to an early stage in evolutionary development.

Pranava or Omkara is in universal sound form. Sounds that our ears can hear are called Martha Pranava. And sounds beyond our ears are called Amartha Pranava. The manifested universe is due to Martha Pranava. The Brahman is far away and is not visible to us, we cannot reach through our words. For a tree, its seed is the cause. Likewise, for the universe, Natham or sound is the cause. Those that can be reached by the words and those that cannot be reached by the words are same in two parts. That part reachable by the words is called Natha Brahman, That means the Natham, or the sound is the seed, which brings out the universe to visibility. The universe consists of various parts of this Natham. They have a common name Pathartham which means it is patham (path or way) and its explanation. We get tree on the strength of the seed. Likewise, depending on the strength of the spoken word or sound every soul is created as human. Each soul is in Natha form. Soul or human if can recite any of the Divine Mother’s names, then its mind becomes calm. Such good path is available for human beings.

Natham and ohm Karam end with ohm, which is the basis of Natha sound. There are different types of Natha sound, that reaches our heart, that is sensed by Yogis, causing them to reach higher happiness state. The Divine Mother is understood by happy Natha form.

The Divine Mother is in the form of Nada Brahman, meaning Brahman is sound form. Natha is described in Svacchanda (expressing opinions and feelings openly) the Tantra based on Pranava, the syllable Oh. Natha is at the head of the Pranava.

The Anahata Chakra in our heart (through which Kundalini passes through from Muladhara to Sahasrara Chakra) is the position of Natha. Because of five senses of sound, touch, sight, taste and smell, Natha is considered as made of five Tutsis (form of elation or state of great joy.) They have five obstacles (Vighnas) also. Vighnas correspond to earthly wealth, its acquisition, guarding, spending, and losing. The devotee who over comes these obstacles gain elation and progresses in his Upasana of Natha Brahman. He will be able to realize the Divine Mother who is Nada Rupini.

    The Divine Mother is in primal sound.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 13 July 2022; updated 02 October 2025.

References: 

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 900: Shri Naiskarmya (ōṃ naiṣkarmyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother abstains from actions. Naiskarmaya means actionless.

She stays in unsuccessful desires of Her devotees; She removes Karma effects for such devotees. All universal beings have desires and go through their effects. It is not possible for souls to avoid Karma effects. The devotee matures when his desires are met. If before one’s desires are fulfilled, another desire rises, all his desires cannot be met. It will be difficult to discord all such desires by him. A fire lit with wood cannot be fully managed. When one’s unsuccessful desires are removed, his internal happiness increases. The devotee realizes this truth after a long time. He still tries to stand on his incomplete desires and end up in sadness.

Viras do their things in dharmic way and do service for the Divine Mother. They are not controlled by incomplete desires. With clear mindset, they start to understand the glories of the Divine Mother. Minor to large galaxies are all parts of the universe going through stages of creation, maintaining, sustaining, Sam haram (destroying) and liberation continuously. The Divine Mother is not bound by all these changes happening in the universe. Those who understand and follow this concept become matured yogis and get the Divine Mother’s blessings. Those who stay doing nothing do not understand such concepts. Those who have many desires displaying their unwanted actions, also cannot understand such concepts. Those who do dharmic actions and surrender to the Divine Mother, realize the meanings of human birth and do good things. They will be the ones who becomes Naiskarmaya soul to reach the Divine Mother (Brahman).

The Divine Mother does not have any karma effects. Karma is made of punya and papa. She does not have any continuing karma balances like souls. When one submits to divinity to clear his karma balances, he will have his punya and papa removed to become actionless or Naiskama. The Divine Mother is reachable with such Naiskarmam. Without Her grace, the devotees will not get Naiskarmaya (actionless) mindset.

Lord Krisna’s words are recalled here: “I have nothing whatsoever to achieve in three worlds, O Partha, nor is there anything to be obtained that has not been obtained yet am engaged in action” (Gita lll.22).

The Divine Mother does everything. She expects no fruit for any of Her actions. The action done by one’s own, without desiring any fruit is called no action (akarma) in Gita. All the Divine Mother’s actions are for the good of universal beings. “Having abandoned attachment for the fruit of action. Ever content depending on no one, he does nothing at all, though he is ever engaged in actions” (Gita lV.20).

There is nothing that the Divine Mother needs to gain in this universe. There is nothing to be done. Still, She is engaged in the acts of creation, preservation and destruction and further granting the desires of Her devotees. Since all Her actions done without the expectation of fruit, they become non-actions. The Divine Mother is called actionless or Naiskarmaya.

With this Namam, we complete the tenth kala known as Bodhini ("enlightened," "awakened," or "one who knows reality".)

The Divine Mother abstains from actions.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 12 July 2022; updated 02 October 2025.

References: 

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 899: Shri Vira (ōṃ vīrāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is heroic. Vira means “hero" or "brave person" in Sanskrit.

When we see good Dharmic action in universal beings, the Divine Mother’s presence is there. The Divine Mother displays Her glories through many murtis. If a mature lady has celebrated husband with good material wealth, she can become a Vira lady. The Divine Mother, Lalitha, is a great lady. Shiva is Her spouse, Jnana Ganapathy, and warrior Lord Subramanian as Her offspring, Lalitha has greatness within Her. Good husband and good offspring for a lady can be led to a Vira. The Divine Mother is the great Vira, Herself. With wisdom and skills, excellent warriorship is evident in the Divine Mother. People praising warriorship become the warriors themselves. The Divine Mother created this scheme of things for benefit of the whole universe.

The Divine Mother is unparalleled among Viras, with offspring like Lord Subramanian, the warrior and Ganesa, the remover of obstacles; Her another form Kali Devi, the slayer of Daruka, with Her spouse Shiva who consumed the most potent of poison to save the others, is a Vira Herself.

The Divine Mother is heroic

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 11 July 2022; updated 02 October 2025.

References: 

1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 898: Shri Viragostha priya (ōṃ vīragōṣṭhīpriyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is fond of the assembly of warriors.

The devotee grows into a warrior with their cultural achievements and gaining maturity. All his actions are according to dharma. Those who lose heart or strength by getting troubles to their good deeds cannot be a warrior. Those having determination and no doubt about their achievements try hard to be warriors. Their determination ought to increase to face troubles in their actions. Only such people achieve a high warriorship.

Those devoted to the Divine Mother and doing service to others get Her kindness. Those warriors talk highly of the Divine Mother’s glories in gatherings. They fulfill and celebrate the Divine Mother’s prayers in grand manner, which pleases Her. She is also pleased with devotees, in deep meditation towards Her. Those with a common focus joining together to do dharmic actions also pleases Her. Basically, one with enthusiasm and devoted to the Divine Mother will be within a warrior group of people.

She is fond of warriors’ gatherings. For a greater cause, they act by sacrificing their body, materials, and spirit without any ahankara in full willingness. Yoginis share the concepts about the Divine Mother in many ways. She is fond of such gatherings of wise people.

Viras need not just be warriors alone; scholars, leaders, rulers, and poets all can be viras. The Divine Mother is particularly fond of such viras gatherings to worship Her. Those viras can be heroic in their own deeds.

The Divine Mother is fond of the assembly of warriors

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 10 July 2022; updated 02 October 2025.

References:

 1.The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2, Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 897: Shri Kula rupini (ōṃ kularūpiṇyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the deity of Kaula path.

She is within all beings in this universe, to make them function well.

She is in the form of Kula (Kulam means a gathering or a family, community related to birth, agenda, customary observance, spiritual knowledge, a place like a country or Adhara Chakara (Nama 99 Muladharaika Nilaya, lists Anahata Chakra with meaning). Kulam is also generation-based practice, very closely related, and continuous teaching.

Kaula Margam is an open type of the Divine Mother worshipping method. She is in that form.

Mother, father, and son are three; guru, disciple and education are three; knower, knowing and knowledge are three. They are linked in triangle sides. The Divine Mother in Sri Chakra is identified in triangles.

The various meanings of Kula and Kaula path have been discussed under earlier several Namams. The Divine Mother is in many different forms, including Kula.

   The Divine Mother is the deity of Kaula path.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 09 July 2022; updated 01 October 2025.

 

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.     Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.     The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 896: Shri Kutastha (ōṃ küṭasthāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother remains unchanged like the anvil (a heavy block of iron on which heated pieces of metal are made into a particular shape with a hammer).

The Divine mother holds the universe covered by Maya and ignorance. The Divine Mother is hiding from souls, the Ananda stage, Brahman. Because of this, the life and death Samsara Sagra is continuously happening. Universal creation and sustaining are happening systematically due to Maya and ignorance. Kuta can mean mountain peak. In universal stage, the trees are moving in a mountain peak due to wind blowing. In this process, the mountain peak is not moving at all. When the whole universe is continuously changing, the basis and support for all, the Divine Mother is not moving. She always maintains Her own self.

Kuta can also be interpreted as far end of universe or resting place for souls. Also, Kuta can be an anvil. The hot iron is hit and shaped to other sizes. Even then, some irons may not change into shapes as desired. It is like many universal issues reach and hit at the Divine Mother. She is not disturbed or moved at all by all such disturbances. For all these reasons, the Divine Mother is called Kutastha, who is not affected by anything.

Kuta has a deceiving Shakti. It has many meanings like, mountain peak, anvil, group of things, the secured gate of a place, Self-or Brahman, Machine, deception, zodiac, illusion, mountain peak, summit, insignificance, part of a plough and gate of a city. The ultimate Ananda state, Brahman is covered, and the souls are looking outwards for happiness due to ajnana or ignorance. The Divine Mother monitors all such things, as She is above all of them. The souls try to understand the Divine Mother as Kuta as being ignorant. The Divine Mother through Maya is the place for ignorance. Like mountain peaks are not affected and not moved by wind blowing, the In anvil, the heated iron is hit by hammers, which takes long and continuous hits to change its shape slightly. But the anvil never changes its shape. The Divine Mother is like the anvil, does not change or move due to things happening around Her. The Divine Mother is the Supreme, the eternal one, who stays unmoved like the anvil, even buffeted by worldly changes. She is the basis and support for all souls and universal happenings. She is in three Kutas as mentioned in Pancadasi mantra. She is in Sri Chakra triangles.

Pancadasi mantra structure.

1.     Vagbhavakuta, five syllables represent the Divine mother’s face.

2.     Kamarajakuta or Madhyakuta, six syllables represent the Divine Mother’s body and trunk.

3.     Shaktikuta, four syllables represent desires and or Kama

4.     Total fifteen syllables, all are Beja alphabets.

Kuta can be interpreted as ignorance (ajnana). This Namam means that the Divine Mother stays shrouded by our ignorance. Wisdom is enveloped by ignorance, thereby beings are deluded, says the Gita (V.15). Kuta can also mean mountain peak. We notice many of the Divine Mother’s temples are on top of the mountains. Kuta interpreted as world, gives the message that the Divine Mother is one who keeps all the world fixed in Herself.

 The Tantric meaning is, “She who resides in three Kutas of the ‘Pancadasi mantra’, The other Tantric meaning is that She dwells at the door (Kuta) of the triangle in Sri Chakara.

 

The Divine Mother remains unchanged like the anvil.

  

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 08 July 2022; updated 10 October 2025.

 

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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 895: Shri Yoni nilaya (ōṃ yōninilayāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the seat of all origins.

She is the base for all the beings manifested in this universe. The whole universe with all galaxies and many beings are all absorbed by the Divine Mother during Pralaya. During recreation time, all come back to be recreated. The Divine Mother is the place of creation. She provides support for all universal things and beings. 

For example, the cine screen is the base for all the cinema, when the cinema is running; but when the cinema is finished, the screen goes back to its original self. The Divine Mother is comparable to such a screen. Within Her all things and beings in this universe are created and get absorbed. But there is no change happening to the Divine Mother. She stays as ever without any change.

She is the originator and basis for all universal things and beings. Yoni is a place of origin; Nilayam is a place to rest. The Divine Mother is the place for these two, namely origin and resting place. She is the root cause of everything, creating the universe. Then She is the basis of all those created; She supports them all. She keeps the balance for them during Pralaya to keep them calm. Yoni is also maya. She reflects maya and brings that maya within Her. Yoni is triangle. She is as Bindu in Sri Chakra triangle ninth fort.

Yoni is ‘a’, Beja Sanskrit alphabet, a mantra. She resides in that Brahman through five divinities to do five tasks in this universe. They are all absorbed within Her and become calm during Pralaya.

“The one from whom, all beings originate”, says the Sruti. The one who is the source even for original cause. The Divine Mother supports Brahma, who does universal creation as assigned by Her.

This Nama also means, “She dwells as Bindu in Sri Chakra triangle.”

The Divine Mother is the seat of all origins.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 07 July 2022; updated 01 October 2025.

 

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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 894: Shri Ayonih (ōṃ ayōnyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is without origin.

She had not originated from anywhere or anything. If any life comes into being, then one can ask where it came from. But for Shiva and Shakti, the Divine Mother, there is no starting point or origin. They are there eternally. For other thing / being that originates, there is an end. For the divinity, the Divine Mother Has, no birth, no sustaining, and disappearing death. She is there forever. The Divine Mother spreads in all places. She is beyond time, places, reasons, and causes. She is existing forever. This is worth understanding and praying to the Divine Mother.

Due to the Divine Mother, the whole universe was created. She is the cause of this universe and beyond it. She did not have birth or origin. Ayoni can mean a separate place. So, the Divine Mother is called Ayoni. Yoni means a place to stay. She is everywhere and is the basis of everything in this universe. We cannot say that She is existing in a particular place. ‘a’ is Vishnu and His Mother is Ayoni.

Since She has no origin, She, also has no end or no limits.

‘a’ is Vishnu and yoni is origin, so She is the origin of Vishnu. Even the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra arise, exit, and perish in Her.

                             The Divine Mother is without origin.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 06 July 2022; updated 01 October 2025.

 

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandam in 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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 893: Shri Vishnu rupini (ōṃ viṣṇurūpiṇyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother’s form spreads all over whole universe. 

We have explained in earlier Namam 892, Vaishnavi, the Divine Mother is in the form of Vishnu. During Parvathi-Parameswaran marriage, Vishnu give His Sister in marriage to Shiva. When we consider, it can be male or female. Considering the Divine Mother as Vishnu Rupini is appropriate. The Sister, the Divine Mother, uses all the weapons of Vishnu and controls the universe well, is the message to understand here. 

She manifested as Vishnu and spread and fills all through universe, as Vishnu Rupini. In female form as Lalitha and in male form as Narayanan or Vishnu, the Divine Mother manifests. Her male form is Vishnu.

In Her cosmic sport, the Divine Mother manifests in four different forms. Sri Bhasara Carya cites the following from Lalitopakhyana, in which Vishnu says, “The original Shakti of Mahesa appears in four different forms in Her normal or enjoying form as Bhavani; in battle as Durga; in anger as Kali; and as male in My own form.”

In Kumara Purana, Shiva shows His Universal form to Man Kanaka and later enquired about His brilliant form. Shiva replies, “She is my Supreme Maya and the Prakriti (original form) possessing the three gunas, She is called the womb of the universe. She bewilders the universal Maya. She is Narayani Devi.”

                            The Divine Mother’s form spreads all

                                           over whole universe.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 05 July 2022; updated 01 October 2025.

 

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 Sithbavandar 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 892: Shri Vaisnavi (ōṃ vaiṣṇavyai namaḥ

The Divine Mother is in the form of Vishnu.

Shakti Vaisnavi is the spouse of Vishnu. We cannot separate fire and heat. Likewise, we cannot separate Lakshmi Devi (Vaisnavi Devi) from Mahavishnu. The whole universal material wealth is in Mahalakshmi’s control. All things in this universe are useful to mankind. For example, from Tamil Nadu deep south, Kanyakumari District, sea short black sands were used to cover ropes and were sent to Germany. The German scientists separated the sand and rope and found raw sand material was good for making atomic reaction. This is basically Mahalakshmi’s grace. She with Mahavishnu had granted the knowledge to the scientists to separate out more useful things. All universal things can be converted for other universal beings’ use. Those who seek material wealth from Mahalakshmi just by asking will not get it. Those who can separate out universal materials and put them to good use will get the blessings of Mahalakshmi.

Vaisnavi Devi is the Shakti for Vishnu, the divinity spreading all over to save the universal beings. Vishnu is Narayanan, also. The Divine Mother is His sister as Narayani Devi. The Durgha Devi named Narayani also has a Chanku Chakra. The Divine Mother is the Mother of all Universal beings, thereby She becomes the Mother of Vishnu also. The Divine Mother is in the form of Vishnu and or is the Mother of Vishnu. Devi Purana gives the following definition of Vaisnavi who is celebrated in songs as Vaisnavi; who wears the couch, disc, and club; who is the Mother of Vishnu and destroyer of foes and is in the form of Vishnu Himself.

The Divine Mother is in the form of Vishnu.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 04 July 2022; updated 01 October 2025.

 

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 Sithbavandar 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 891: Shri Vidrumabha (ōṃ vidrumābhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother shines like coral (with Her red complexion).

She is beautiful.  In Her red colour, She shines like coral. Usually, the Divine Mother’s red colour is compared to reddish flowers and coral. Flowers are under direct sunlight. They get sun’s rays and their colour on their own. Coral is under deep seabed. Sun’s rays cannot reach the coral. A red-coloured coral is very rare. The Divine Mother’s natural rare glories here are compared to rare reddish coral.

Vidruma can mean jnana (knowledge or wisdom) light. The Divine Mother has such jnana light within Her. When a seed grows and comes out of the earth, it will have all the aspects of the tree. Use of the jnana light is kept alive for generations. When a fruit giving tree dies, other similar trees grow and maintain the natural fruit giving aspect. Jnana light is like a fruit giving tree. Like these natural happenings and Her glories, the Divine Mother’s, are maintaining the universe..

Vidruma is coral, It also can mean the tree (druma) of knowledge (vid). Or it is a special tree (vi + druma), like the wish-fulling Kalpa tree. The Divine Mother, who fulfills everyone’s wish, shines like the wish fulfilling Kalpa tree.                 

         The Divine Mother shines like coral

           (with Her red complexion).

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 03 July 2022; updated 30 September 2025.

 

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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 890: Shri Visva grasa (ōṃ visvagrāsāyai namaḥ 890)

The Divine Mother devours the universe during the pralaya.

She swallows / eats hungrily and quickly the galaxies in the universe. This is to happen during pralaya, when the whole universe is dissolved and absorbed by the Divine Mother.

When children are playing in the sand, they prepare the food using mud. They offer that muddy food to other children in the game. When their playing is over, they destroy the muddy house, muddy food and run to their own homes. The Divine Mother eats up the whole universe much easier than this example. When we are awake, we do all kinds of activities. When we go to sleep to rest, we keep them all in our mind. When we wake up, we try to follow through earlier activities from our memory. In a similar way, the Divine Mother, during pralaya, dissolves the universe within Her and later recreates them in a new cycle. We will have less attachments in current life, when we understand this.

Visva is the universe what we see. She eats up universe during pralaya. Those moveable and non-moveable parts of the universe are all dissolved within Her. We can understand that She devours (hungrily and quickly) the total universe. She has such high aptitude to eat up the whole universe.

The Sruti says, “That, to which returns the universe that exists.” ‘That’ here means the Divine Mother who is none other than Brahman. The Brahma sutras also imply this. It is the highest Self since what is moveable and what is immoveable becomes Its food.”

The description in Katha Upanishad (I.ii.25) quoted; “For whom brahmana and kshatriya are food and death itself is just a condiment.”

      The Divine Mother devours the universe during the pralaya. 

                                                                                                                     

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 02 July 2022; updated 26 September 2025.

 

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandamis in 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 Sithbavandar

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 889: Shri Visva bhramana karini (ōṃ viśvabhramaṇakāriṇyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother makes the universe go round with Her power of illusion.

Galaxies’ structure is in proper order in the universe. They have come to manifestation from non-manifestation stage. From non-visible steam, white and black clouds are formed. Similarly, the galaxies come to manifestation. There is a system in this universe. The Divine Mother manages universal happenings well. Those manifested galaxies reverse back to non-manifestation during pralaya. After that they are destroyed. This process happens continuously in this universe. This is evidence of the Divine Mother’s glory and magnificent actions. Studying universal galaxies is one way of understanding and worshipping the Divine Mother.

She is controlling and causing the Universe be continuously revolve. The Sun, Moon and other large bodies in the universe are systematically functioning. Due to the Divine Mother’s powers, the universe is created, resolved and later recreated, like a wheel. Similarly, She, controls every human being’s body Chakras.

Brahmana is both revolving and deluding. Both meanings are apt here. The Divine Mother causes the great cosmic masses to revolve with ease of a juggler. She is hiding the true nature of the universe by having names and forms, thereby causing confusion in souls. In dark, a rope is thought of as a serpent due to illusion. She is causing these illusions to help in Her cosmic activities control.

A soul having no illusion engages in no action. It thus reaches the samsara cycle end.

Visva also means Vishnu. Here Bhaskar Acarya quotes a story from Kalika Purana.  Once Vishnu on His Garuda vehicle was travelling through the sky. He saw the beautiful Kabamba Devi on the mountain called Nilacala in the country of Kama rupa (in Assam, eastern India). She was the Divine Mother, Herself. Vishnu carried on the journey without paying respect to the Divine Mother. She decided to teach him a lesson. Within a few moments, Vishnu fell into the ocean. Hearing this, Garuda and His spouse Lakshmi were alarmed. They prayed to the Divine Mother. Pleased with their prayers, the Divine Mother recused Vishnu from danger and showed Him to Laksmi. Vishnu praised the Divine Mother and returned to His abode in Vaikundam. The Divine Mother thus caused confusion in Visnu.

Visva is the first Namam in Vishnu Sahasranamam.

 

The Divine Mother makes the universe go round

                                with Her power of illusion.

                                                                                                                C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 01 July 2022; updated 26 September 2025.

 

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandamis in 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 Sithbavandar