From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.
The Divine Mother is the Mother of Shiva’s attendants. She is also the Mother of Ganesa.
Shiva’s attendants are called ganas. She is Mother of all such ganas and lord Ganesa. Such ganas, due to their devotion to Shiva are in many forms. For such skillful Ganas, Veerabadhra is their leader. They all have Shiva as their Father and the Divine Mother as their Mother. She gets them engaged in Shiva devotion and provide wisdom with Her kindness.
Ganesa is overall leader of these ganas. As the Divine Mother, She is called
Ganamba. Ganesa helps people in the right paths and blocks the people in wrong
or evil ways. He is called Vigneswara as He is eliminating, the Vigna or evil.
He has learned from His Mother, the Divine Mother, the process of creating
blockage and removing the blockages. The Divine Mother empowers Ganesa to run
the universe systematically. So, She is called Ganamba.
Devas, Siddhars, Gandavara, and Kinnaras are various types of devas who have highest maturity and reached Brahman. They are all called ganas; they are attendants to Shiva. Shiva’s Ganas also called Vasu, Rudra and Aditya form of Pitru Ganas. The Divine Mother is their Mother. Lord Ganesa is the overall leader of all these Ganas. The Divine Mother is worshipped by these groups of Ganas such as Ganamba.
The Divine Mother is the Mother of
Shiva’s attendants or Ganas.
CN Nachiappan
Singapore, 13 January 2022;
Updated on 16 March 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.
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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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