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