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