Lalitha Sahasranamam Shri: Namam 388: Shri Nitya klinna (OM nityaklinnAyai namaH)

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

The Divine Mother is ever compassionate to Her devotees.

Klinna means melting or being in wet condition. The old saying is that a hard-hearted person has no wetness or softness or kindness in him for others. A healthy person has glowing skin; naturally, humans have soft glowing skin in their growing stage of life. The Divine Mother is ever soft or kindhearted. She rules the universe strictly, yet She is very compassionate; She is storehouse of kindness. Her motherly kindness is ever there for Her devotees. That means that even with strict ruling, She shows Her kindness. She is keen to mature the souls through Her compassion, She is called Nitya klinna.

Another way of saying is that Her heart is always wet or soft for Her devotees; Her compassion is there eternally.

Nitya klinna is the deity worshipped during Moon growing phase third night and on Moon waning phase thirteenth night. Garuda Purana says that She is Tripurasundari, the bestower of good luck and liberation from samsara cycle for Her devotees.

Sighting growing phases third night Moon is long standing tradition among Hindus; other religions such as Muslims also consider that Moon sighting on that growing phase third night as an auspicious thing.

The Divine Mother as RajaRajeswari

     bestowing Her Compassion to her devotees.

C  N Nachiappan          

Singapore, 16 February 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

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam361 Shri Tamo paha (OM tamopahAyai namaH)

In Namams 275 to365, the Divine Mother’s many forms providing benefits to Her devotees in great details are discussed.

The Divine Mother removes the ignorance existing because of birth with tamas (the quality of inertia, inactivity, dullness, or lethargy) in Her devotees.

The Maha Vakiyam "Tamasoma Jothir gamaya” means the darkness or ignorance is removed by light/ jnana. Tamo can be seen as darkness or ignorance, the root cause of all misfortunes. The ignorance causes laziness and dullness. The Divine Mother is, indeed, the primordial Sun which rises, clearing the darkness. She removes the tamo attributes.

Ignorance is an illusion; The Divine Mother removes the devotees’ illusion and helps the devotees to move forward. She uses Her bigger than the Sun’s brightness to remove darkness in Her devotees.

Nature causes the dormant soul to get active. Those who are at lower stages in life are being prepared for a mature state by the Divine Mother’s actions.

The ignorance, dullness and stupor are arising from tamo.  Lord Krishna in Gita (Chapter 14 with twenty-seven slogan) talks about these three Gunas in details; it is worth as a good read for understanding the effects of three Gunas.

 

The Divine Mother is brighter than many Suns

C  N Nachiappan          

Singapore, 20 January 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

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 290: Shri Sakala agama sandoha shukti samputa mauktika (OM sakalAgamasandohashuktisampuTamauktikAyai namaH)

In Namas 275 to365, the Divine Mother’s many forms providing benefits to Her devotees in great details are discussed.

The Divine Mother is like a pearl enclosed in the shell made of all the Vedas and or scriptures. The meaning of this statement is that if all the scriptures collectively form a shell, the Divine Mother is inside like a pearl. The size of the shell gives an idea of the size of the pearl inside but not the quality and greatness of the pearl inside.

The Divine Mother’s ornaments are all the Vedas like a pearl inside the shell. This means that Vedas are like ornaments for Her. It is not enough to say that Vedas are the Divine Mother’s ornaments. Further, the Vedas cannot fully explain the Divine Mother’s true self. The Vedas only act to motivate the soul to seek the Brahman.

The Vedas give one form of the Divine Mother but not Her completeness or true-self. Katha Upanisad (1.ii.23) says, “The Atman cannot be attained with the study of the Vedas, nor by intelligence nor by hearing”. Then how to reach the Atman? When the Atman chooses a devotee to help him to attain the Brahman, its real nature is revealed to that devotee only. This Unpianistic saying reveals the appropriate meaning of this Nama. As the Divine Mother says, “Looking for truth outside is like drying up the ocean to catch the fish. One should look deep within. Only then, the truth about the Divine Mother will be revealed to him.

The tattvas which have come from Lord Shiva’s face are equally good as Vedas in describing the glory of the Divine Mother. Like Vedas, tattvas also are not able to describe the Divine Mother fully. They indicate that She is like a pearl in a shell. To get the pearl from the sea, one must dive deep inside the sea and bring out the shell containing the pearl. Likewise, the devotee has to dig deeper in Vedas and tattvas to understand the Divine Mother more. It is not enough to bring the shell with the pearl from the sea. One should know as to how to value pearls. The Divine Mother is far greater than anything else in this universe.

The shell with the pearl is in the seabed for long, long time; the pearl grows and gets polished inside to reach the valuable state. Similarly, one experiences in many ways the glories and values of the Divine Mother through the reading and understanding the Vedas and the tattvas, which will take much longer time.

The Divine Mother as Parvati Devi

C N Nachiappan          

Singapore, 10 November 2020.

 

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.

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Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 265: Shri Brahma rupa (OM brahmarUpAyai namaH)

In Namas 249 to 274, the Divine Mother’s Five functions and Her Five Isvara forms are described.

The Divine Mother assumes the form of Brahma doing creation.

The Divine Mother takes the form of four faced Brahma doing the creation. For understanding, we separate the male and female deities. But both are same. Fire and heat are the same. In the same way, having a male deity and a female deity for a particular purpose is common practice.

In this universe, four faced Brahma is continuously creating the universe. He is always active. So, we see Brahma as universe, which is contained within the Divine Mother. So, She is Brahma Rupini.

Brahma is predominantly rajasic; He does the creation job as assigned by the Divine Mother. She is assuming His role in creation. We earlier discussed that the Divine Mother gives orders to Brahma in carrying out the task of creation. This Nama makes it clear that Brahma is same as the Divine Mother in doing the creation.

The Divine Mother as Essence of Devi

Bhagavatha Purana – Gayatri Devi.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 16 October 2020.

 

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 697: Shri Sarva loka vashankari (ōṃ sarvalōkavaṃśakaryai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother keeps all worlds in this universe under Her auspicious attraction.

Movements of machinery are controlled by outside mechanisms, and they cannot move on their own. All beings in this universe do not have the freedom to act on their own. Humans have created rules to control themselves which have certain divine aspects. For example, a human can wear a full dress or be naked in private as he desires. However, in dealing with communities, he has responsibilities and rules to follow.

Birth and death do not happen as per human’s desire; also, one cannot get the relations with other humans as one desires. Relations such as father and mother happen through divinity. Likewise, nature encourages things to make use of the available natural things. It is wrong not to follow the path laid out by the Divine Mother for the souls. When they deviate from such paths given by the Divine Mother, they go through sorrow and are prompted to turn to the Dharma path. Likewise, all the universal beings mature to a higher level.

Yogis have Iccha or desires which are like the Divine Mother’s scheme of things. Ahankara and Maya must completely be removed for the humans to get the Divine Mother’s blessings. So, what the Divine Mother desires, appears in yogin’s’ minds; to live under the scheme of things by the Divine Mother is ideal worship to Her.

The Divine Mother is the Iccha shakti; She controls all things in this universe as She desires. What She had created, stays and the humans submit to Her. She manages the whole universe for Her devotee’s benefit.

Bhagavata Purana (ll.V.42) gives two definitions of the world or Loka. From the feet to the waist is bhuloka (earth, the first of three worlds.); from waist to the neck is bhuvarloka and from the neck to the crown is svarloka (heaven, the highest of three worlds). All these three are contained within us also. Recall the nama Trikota.

Another more detailed picture contains fourteen worlds. The waist is bhuloka; the navel, bhuvarloka; the heart,svarloka; the chest, maharloka; the neck is janaloka; the lips form tapolaka, and the crown is satyaloka. The areas below waist are the hip is atala; the thighs, vitala; the knees sutala; the forelegs, talatala; the heels, the mahatala, the toes of the feet, rasatala and the soles of the feet, patala. (Bhagavata Purana ll.V.88.41).

The Divine Mother is the one who keeps all these worlds under Her auspicious attraction

The Divine Mother keeps all the worlds under Her control.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 22 December 2021.; updated 12 February 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 696: Shri Daitya shamani (ōṃ daityaśamanyai namaḥ)

From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother destroys the wicked forces and demons.

She destroys and eliminates the Daitya or the evil forces. To take an evil role is the asura approach. They cause considerable trouble to mankind and devas. They get happiness by doing bad things to all good souls, who cannot control or escape troubles from them. The Divine Mother at appropriate times, removes such asuras by destroying them.

The souls and humans have constant battle between good and bad within themselves. Those who seek Brahman, recite the mantras to eliminate the evil within themselves. Their asuras within and externally get destroyed easily by surrendering to the Divine Mother. Therefore, She, is called ‘Daitya shamani’.

Daityas are asuras, the sons of Didi. The Divine Mother controls such Daityas. She stops the spread of evil thinking. The stories of the Divine Mother’s destruction of demons such as Bhandasura and Daruka are well recorded and famous.

The Divine Mother destroys the wicked demons.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 21 December 2021.; updated 12 February 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 695: Shri Dikshita (ōṃ dīkṣitāyai namaḥ)

From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed. 

The Divine Mother is under a vow.

Dikshita is the undertaking of a religious ritual, under the guidance of a Guru. Such rituals enhance our spirituality and lead the elimination of the accumulated sins. As the Divine Mother graces Her devotees with such knowledge, She is called the Dikshita.

The Divine Mother grants the jnana or wisdom to eliminate the sins of the devotees. Depending upon the maturity level of the soul, the Divine Mother residing inside humans, grants and explains the mantra needed for them to attain the Supreme Brahman. In addition, through mantra the Divine Mother imparts the knowledge for the entra (Device) and also the tantra (through procedures for using the entra.)

For example, one  who has gained land knowledge, knows where to cultivate crop for good yield and profit. The jnana (wisdom) is like a land expert.

Every soul is a Nada or sound. There are sounds for static and moving materials. Such sound effects over the whole universe.  Souls need to be uplifted with appropriate sounds.  Gurus initiate these mantras to their disciples. This may only be undertaken by highly mature sages. So, human must surrender to the Divine Mother who is residing within him; depending upon his level of the Divine Mother worship, human gets the required strength to mature towards Brahman. When the soul gets cleaned from all sins, the Divine Mother‘s blessings become the mantra for him;. Her blessings never go wrong. She is called ‘Dikshita’.

Dikshita is the one who gives the end benefit to the receiver. To safeguard Her devotees by destroying evil is Her desire. She does that willingly. Mantra initiation, controlling food and conduct with strict rules is known as Diksha. She is in such form to help Her devotees.

Dikshita is also a person who has taken a diksha or vow. The Divine Mother is under a vow to destroy the wicked and protect Her devotees and devas.

The implication here is that the Divine Mother is the one who gives Her devotees their desires including Liberation, by weakening or destroying their sins. Paramananda Tantra says that the Divine Mother accomplishes this by initiating Her devotees into Her mantra.

The Divine Mother is under a vow to safeguard devotees.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 20 December 2021.; updated 12.02.2025

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 694: Shri Sagara mekhala (ōṃ sāgaramēkhalāyai namaḥ

From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed. 

The Divine Mother is girdled or encircled by the oceans. 

Mekhala means an ornament that is worn around the waist as a belt. That covers the frontal region of the ladies. It is different from the Odiyanam which is a belt worn around the waist. 

The Divine Mother is wearing the oceans as Her Mekhala. (Similar to chastity belt). When we say that She is having the entire universe world as her body, then having the oceans as an ornament around Her waist is appropriate. Considering the whole universe as the form of the Divine Mother has many benefits. Souls depending upon their maturity can visualize the outside world. For a fully matured soul, inside and outside visualizations are seen as the Divine Mother. To consider all things seen by the devotees, as the Divine Mother, helps to mature their souls. When the soul starts to realize that all things which are seen as forms of the Divine Mother are the best devotional approach in understanding this Nama. 

When the Divine Mother is having all the fourteen worlds as Her form, the earth becomes Her waist. The oceans are encircling the earth, meaning that they act as an ornament encircling Her waist. The Divine Mother is having oceans like Her Mekhala The ocean can agitate, but the earth is calm or has all the patience. The Divine Mother grants patience and strength to those who consider earth as Her waist with all the patience. 

The Divine Mother is Mother Earth, who is encircled by the oceans. The earth is worshipped as Mother, “rich in water, rich in fruits, cooled by the mountain winds and lush green with vegetables for the humans”, because She is an image of the Divine Mother. The respect given to a country as the Motherland comes from this concept of treating the earth as mother.

The Divine Mother’s waist is encircled by oceans.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 19 December 2021.; updated 12 February 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 693: Shri Sathya sandha (ōṃ satyasandhāyai namaḥ

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother is the limit of the Ultimate truth. (Internal Truth)

The Divine Mother never fails in keeping Her given word. Those who are born with all the glories is called ‘Sathya sankalpan’. The great people will never fail from their given word. For example, in Ramayana, Shri Rama was urged to become the king of Ayothiya. He replied that ‘Sun may lose its energy and power, seas may dry up and the Himalaya may lose all its ice, but to make my father a ‘Sathya sankalpan, I would go for fourteen years to live in the forest, and I would not fail in that’. For a human to stick to truth is the greatest yoga. Those who follow the truth, becomes the Brahman. Those who keep and follow the truth also become part of the Divine Mother, who is Brahman. Those who follow Her orders become Her form.

Sandha means end or limit and committed word or promise. Nobody can go beyond the limit set by the Divine Mother, who never fails in Her promise, which will be a complete truth. Nobody can make Her Promise to be false. When we get Her blessings, our words or promises will become the truth. The experience of Abirami Bhattar us an example of this.

The Divine Mother, as we have discussed above, always keeps her promise. She gave Her word that whenever needed for the destruction of the wicked and the preservation of the righteous, She, would incarnate. As She keeps Her promise strictly, She, is called ‘Sathyasandha’.; ‘whenever the world is affected in this manner by evil people, I will incarnate and cause their destruction” (Devi Mahatmya, Chapter xi).

The Divine Mother maintains the truth always. 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 18 December 2021.; updated 12 February 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 692: Shri Samrajya dayini (ōṃ sāmrājyadāyinyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother bestows life fulfilled with fout purushartha, (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha) Imperial Dominion to her devotees. – with that  the devotee is a common man or king of kings.

 The Divine Mother grants dominion fit for an emperor. She smoothly controls and rules the universe which is for Her devotees. If a devotee maintains his life in a disciplined way, he is said to have got some of the great dominion meant for the emperors Managing his family well and Skill fully handling village management are part of his Samrajyam. Whether it is small or big, the one who governs well is a full human. It is applicable for the one having full life. A devotee becomes part of and starts owning the glories of his preferred deity. The Divine Mother is the empress of this wider universe running it smoothly. Her devotees get Her grace in current life, for reaching the Supreme Brahman later.

The King of kings is emperor or Samrat. He ought to have won over many kings and their kingdom and performed Rajasuya sacrifices. His ruling dominion is called Samrajya. The Divine Mother grants such power to Her devotees.

The Divine Mother bestows the Imperial Dominion.

The Divine Mother bestows the Imperial Dominion.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 17 December 2021.; updated 12 February 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 691: Shri Chatur anga baleshvari (ōṃ caturaṅgabalēśvaryai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother commands four types of armies. Chaturanga means armies that are the four types of forces consisting of elephants, chariots, horses, and foot soldiers.

Chariots, elephants, horses, and foot soldiers are considered four types of defending forces for any kingdom. The Divine Mother is the commander of these types of forces.  For a kingdom, in addition to wealthy treasury, a good army is needed to defend it from aggressors. (In the current world, the forces had taken a new form. Land-based army, sea-based navy, and air-based air force are three basic types of defense forces needed by any Country In all times, all these forces are there for a country due to the grace of the Divine Mother; She commands all of them).

The four types of forces are led by the Divine Mother. In humans the four forces are manas (mind), Buddhi (intellect), Chitta (thought)and ahankara (ego). Creating, sustaining, and destroying are three acts are done by Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra as assigned by the Divine Mother. They each have four types of forces serving and helping in their assigned tasks.

Vama, Jyeshta, Roudri and Ambika are four deities under the Divine Mother. Brahma, Vishnu, Rudran, and Indra are also under the Divine Mother. She is the leader of these four types of forces in this universe.

The Divine Mother is the commander of all four types of forces, She goes to battlefield commanding such forces to protect the devas and destroying the asuras. A series of Namams 65 to 76 describe the Divine Mother’s forces in great details.

Chaturangabala also can mean four vyuhas or aggregates. According to the Puranas, the Vaishnavas, Shaivas and Shaktas all have their own separate vyuhhas or aggregates for functioning well. The Divine Mother presides over all vyuhas.

Chaturangabala also can be said to be four kinds of Purusa: Purusa (person) in the body, Purusa in the Chandas (meter), Purusa in the Vedas and the Great Purusa (Mahapurusa).

The game of Chess is also called Chaturangam.

The Divine Mother commands four types of armies.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 16 December 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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 690: Shri Kosa natha (ōṃ kōśanāthāyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother is the protector of the Treasury, where all the material wealth of the universe is held. She is also the protector of the five covers of living beings.

The Divine Mother heads the treasury of the universe. Based on the level of material wealth, a kingdom’s status reaches its peak. Where there is sufficient water, land, and wealth, the citizens have a good life; where good people are living, all the resources are turned into material wealth. As material wealth, land, precious gems/jewels, and other valuables are always owned by the Divine Mother. When we understand this, we start to realize the power and glories of the Divine Mother, that too in very small measure; Her true power and glories are immeasurable.

Vanaspathi is a forest tree; its seed has a life aspect, and its skin and flesh are worth nothing. Likewise, souls have all five Kosas, meaning covers. .These Kosas are called Antamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya, and Anandhamaya. The Divine Mother is the protector of these covers.

The human body’s five kosas are hiding the soul (Kosam is also called the sheath for swords). She is the Mother for these five kosas to control, to make available appearance, creation, thought, ahankara and happiness. (Also refer to Namam 428 Pafica Kosanatara sthita.- Which means the Divine Mother lives within these five sheaths.)

This Namam follows the earlier Namam 689, Rajyalakshmi. A rich treasury is essential for the security of a nation. Two basic elements that control the destiny of a nation are a rich treasury and a strong army.

The word kosa also means dictionary.  The Divine Mother is understood as ruling over the entire world of words; She is ruling the Paramjyothi, para, ajapa, nishkala, and sambhavi mantras.

The Divine Mother is the protector of the universal treasury.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 15 December 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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 689: Shri Rajya lakshmi (ōṃ rājyalakṣmyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the embodiment of the prosperity of all kingdoms. 

She is in the form of Rajyalakshmi or prosperity for the kingdom. Those who have divine grace, get kingdoms to rule, those who are able rulers or kings are considered as Vishnu form. After winning the Mahabharata war, the eldest of the Pandavas, Dharma Raja refused the kingdom, but his grandfather ordered him, by saying that he is to look after the people in the kingdom and he should become the ruler. Due to that with Rajyalakshmi’s grace the kingdom prospered.

She, the Rajyalakshmi, provider of wealth of materials, grains, and intellectual gathering for the rulers of the kingdoms.

There is also a mantra called ‘Rajyalakshmi’, which is described in Tantrarajyam. The Divine Mother is in this form of the mantra ‘Rajyalakshmi’.

In a broader sense, this Name means that the material happiness of all living beings of the universe is from the Divine Mother.

The Divine Mother is universal prosperity.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 14 December 2021.; updated 02 February 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 688: Shri Raja pita niveshita nijashrita (ōṃ rājapīṭhanivēśitanijaśritāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother elevates to royal thrones those who surrender to Her, seek refuge in Her. 

For those who are devoted to Her She, grants the positions equivalent to Raja pitam (royal thrones). Tamil poets have praised Her Divine Grace by saying that, “it grants all that is wished by the devotee. When the devotee is not expecting anything in return for his good deeds, Her Divinity grants all its total Self and Grace to the devotee.” Depending upon the maturity level of the devotee, the Divine Mother grants Her rewards. Raja pitam granting is a much lower level of reward. Matured devotees even get Indra’s status from Her. For those who leave out all their desires but look for Her Kindness and Grace, She, grants Liberation from samsara (death and birth) cycle by getting the devotee merging with the Brahman.

Those who seek to attain Her, She grants the Raja pitam to them. For those, who seek refuge in Her, take Raja pitam, but only want to attain Brahman are called ‘Nijashritas’. She let them become kings.

Shri Ramayana fame Hanuman is said to be next Brahma and Mahabali is to be the next Indra as the Vedic documents mention. They are not seeking such positions. For divine rule, such selfless souls are needed. So, the divine force willingly offers such positions to them.

Those who seek to attain the Divine Mother, also released from their previous karma balances. Even if they are given kingdoms, without getting caught in enjoyment of the positions, they will rule as Karma yogis like water drops on lotus leaves without getting attached.

All high positions in human life result as much from divine grace as from our own efforts. Efforts alone are not enough. We are struck in various stages in our life without any progress, not because of lack of our desire, effort, or ability to go beyond. Over and above all, there is the unavoidable controlling factor of divine grace. It must be in our favour with our surrender to the Divine Mother

The Divine Mother grants royal thrones for refusing in Her,

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 13 December 2021; updated 02 February 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