Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 701: Shri Desha-kaala-aparicchinna (ōṃ dēśakālāparicChinnāyai namaḥ)

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

The Divine Mother is not bound by time and space.

The Divine Mother is not beyond time, place and universe. Those which are bound by time and the place and universe will get deleted or destroyed in due course. Time is eating them, making them lose their present form. The universe is dissolved during pralaya. The Divine Mother is not determined by any space or shape. She does not change due to time. So, She is called Desha-kaala-aparicchinna.

Our understanding of the known universe in terms of time and space is constantly expanding in time and space, continuing advances in technology. The universe is virtually limitless by time and space. The Divine Mother is the creator and sustainer of the boundless universe

The Divine Mother is there always at all places; She is beyond time and space She was there before the universe was created and She will be there after the universe is dissolved during pralaya. She is Desha-kaala-aparicchinna.

Everything from Lord Brahma to lower-level insects is limited because it has a beginning, an end, and a form. That which does not exist before the beginning and after end, does not exist in between either. The Divine Mother with no beginning and no end is none other than Supreme Brahman. She is eternal, unlimited by time and space. Yoga sutra says. ‘Since He is not limited by time and space, He is the original Guru.”

“He who is all-pervading like the ether and separate from whom there exists nothing is not limited by space, time or things”. By unison of Lord Shiva and the Divine Mother the term ‘‘He’” also refers to the Divine Mother in above statements.

The Divine Mother is not limited and not

measured by time and space.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 26 December 2021.; updated 23 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