Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 755: Shri Chandika (ōṃ caṇḍikāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother has anger within Her towards all that is evil. She assumes the form of Chandika to destroy such evil.

A pampered child may go beyond the limit in its mischiefs. At such times, its mother should take corrective action. If there are no corrective actions taken, that child will turn easily into evil ways. In such situations, the mother must take punitive actions.

The Divine Mother is the creator of the whole universe. When any of Her creations adopts evil ways, She will get angry and corrects them. Blocks the wrong moments of creatures in this universe. Earthquakes, storms, and forest fires are some of the examples of Her anger. Excessive rainfall and hunger due to no rain at all are some other forms of the Divine Mother’s anger. Her anger uses epidemic diseases to whip out many evil universal creatures. Humans getting disease and suffering illness are the Divine Mother’s anger to them. In this approach the Divine Mother is getting angry to correct mischief universal creatures. She is rightly called Chandika.

The Divine Mother is getting angry especially towards evil with the intent of correcting them to the right path. She gets angry on those who give trouble to Her devotees and non-devotees, such asuras like Chanda and Munda. According to Devi Mahatmyam, She took the roles of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasarasvat. Additionally, She has predicted that She will take many other forms as needed. These forms include Raktakshi,, Shambhavi, Bheema, Shakampari and Bhramari to destroy Asuras. Chandika is a form of Durgha.

A girl of seven years is also known as Chandika.

Chandi means anger, that Divine Mother shows Her anger towards evil forces. She became famous as Chandika due to Her wrath or anger towards the demons namely Chanda and Munda.

Chandika also means one who just pretends to be angry. How can the Divine Mother be angry? Can the Divine Mother be under the sway of emotions? There are times a show of anger is needed as a means of persuasion.

The Divine Mother is angry at wicked natured creatures.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 18 February 2022, Updated 03 May 2025.

References:

1.      The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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 754: Shri Aparna (ōṃ aparṇāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother (as Parvathi doing Tapas for Shiva) performed Her Tapas without eating even a single leaf, That where She became A-Parna.

Without mother’s care the young child cannot grow properly. The child’s mother takes care with love. Likewise, the Divine Mother takes care of all Her creatures, providing all their needs. A cow with a lot of milk gives not only enough milk to its child; but also gives milk to her care givers. The Divine Mother, the Kamadhenu who is providing for all universal beings, is Aparna .

Parna is leaf. Without a single leaf, the Divine Mother went through severe penance to reach Shiva. She is showing an example that how to reach Brahman (Shiva). One must do the most severe things to control themselves. If the thing we seek is big, then our efforts are to match its big size.

Parvati Devi went through severe penance to reach Shiva. She left out cooked food and lived on leaves falling from trees nearby. Later, She stopped even eating even those leaves, becoming Aparna.

Those who owe without giving back are in debt.  The Divine Mother gives generously to all.  In general, the mantras for offering deities will go through a checking process before being accepted. In the Divine Mothers’ mantras such checking is not needed since she grants without any consideration of any repetition of Her mantras. She is an Aparna.

Aparna is split as apa+ rna; ma is a debt. The divine mother is without debt. Just as the Lotus Leaf does not get wet when immersed in water, the Divine Mother is not beholden to anyone. She fills the universe yet the universe cannot touch Her. She has no attachments and does not owe anything to anybody. It is implied that she fulfils the desire of devotees immediately as She carries no debt.

The Divine Mother owes no debt to anybody.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 17 February 2022, updated -3 May 2025.

References:

1.      The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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 753: Shri Maha-ashana (ōṃ mahāśanāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother eats everything in this universe.

The Divine Mother is a big eater, as can be visualized during pralaya. The eaten food by someone if not digested creates a trouble. Whatever can be digested will only be eaten by mankind. All universal things which had come into being fitting food for the Divine Mother during pralaya. Within a split second the Divine Mother opens Her eyes and the whole universe is created; likewise, when She closes Her eyes, the whole universe disappears, all universes become the food for Divine Mother, meaning that during pralaya all universal beings merge in Her,

Please note, earlier there is a name Maha-asana. That means the Divine Mother has the greatest seat of all. In fact, She is seated on a seat with four Vedas as its legs and Shiva Himself is the plank of the seat. ( See picture above).

In Devi Mahatmyam, the Divine Mother is portrayed during the battle with Chanda and Munda as eating the asura’s army in its entirety along with elephants, chariots, and horses.

The Divine Mother eats during Pralaya

all universal things, which She had created.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 16 February 2022, updated 02 May 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 752: Shri Maha grasa (ōṃ mahāgrāsāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother takes all Her creations (the entire Universe) in one hand and swallows it. She is the divine devourer at the time of dissolution of (Pralaya) . She is a great devourer.

Her creations in the wider universe seem to be unrelated. The Sun and other planets in the solar system are all functioning independently, but they are all related to Sun’s pulling force.  No planet can run away on its own. These universal movements are all possible by the grace of the Divine Mother.

During pralaya all Her creations merge with Her. Like a lizard swallowing insects, She consumes all these universes during pralaya in a split second.

She devours everything including Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra at the end of epoch or pralaya. Katha Upanishad (I: 11:25) says that for all devouring Brahman or the Divine Mother death (Yama) is just a side-dish.

                   The Divine Mother eats everything in this universe 

                                     quickly during pralaya.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 15 February 2022 Updated 02 May 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 751: Shri Maha kali (ōṃ mahākālyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the great Kali.

The Divine Mother is Infinite Time, If we analyze the widely spread universe and the time factor, we can realize they all are part of the Divine Mother. Nobody can visualize the Divine Mother fully.

The Divine Mother is the Supreme Kali. That means She is entirely black; Kali has in all directions black colour as Her dress. She spreads eternally all over the universe which is called the “Tigambarai”. She wears garlands made with the skulls of even force (asuras), Therefore She is also called ‘Munda Malini’.

In all nature’s levels of the souls, they rise and fall due to time (kala) factor.

Mahakali’s fearful face and structure is to give fear to Her enemies and blessings to Her devotees. She has two conflicting things within her. Every soul has its time factor fixed. To correctly use such time is equal to worshiping the Divine Mother. For these who use their time purposefully, She is the blessing deity and for those who misuse their time, She is a fearful deity. Through suffering and fear, She punishes people misusing their time, to correct them to right means. So, these two aspects of Her nature within her are Her strength and glory.

All universal creatures have anxieties over the Divine Mother’s universal actions which are either positive or negative in nature. Those people with an egoistic nature ultimately suffer. Those devotees who understand Divine Mother know all things that are happening due to the Divine Mother’s blessings. They fall in the correct way and their ego disappears.

In Her one hand She has sword, and, in another hand, She has the head of asura, whom She had defeated and killed. So, those who go in inappropriate ways will have the punishment is the indication of the sword and dead man’s head in Her hands. Some people doing wrong things think that they have escaped the punishment, but their conscience creates fears within them. Ultimately this results in punishments for them.

Her two right hands have apaya mudra meaning protection for good people and Varatha mudra meaning boons for the good people, She blesses such people with Shivapadam for ultimate happiness. There is nothing more than this boon one needs in life. This is Mahakali’s excellent action.

Kali dark in complexion can be pronounced in two ways kali and Kalee, with the same meaning. Dark in complexion, She brings all beings from wandering to one directional focus. She destroys evil. While the Supreme Maha Vishnu is asleep, Brahma is disturbed by four asuras; Brahma prays to the Divine Mother who appears as Mahakali with Her ten hands and weapons and ten legs, three eyes and directs the MahaVishnu to destroy the auras. (The Shiva in Ujjain is called Mahakala which is a part of the twelve Jyothir lingams and Mahakali is His spouse or Shakti).

Kali is one who has transcended time or one who controls time. In fact, She is Time. The Divine Mother is Maha Kali with great prowess. One who transcends time and lifts us to the knowledge of Self, which is beyond past, present and future.

There is another belief that Kali was born out of Shiva’s third eye. Kali is black in colour; the deity installed in Ujjain is Mahakali. Also, today’s Kolkata was originally Kalighatta but became famous because of Kali.

The Divine Mother is the great Kali.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 14 February 2022. Updated 01 May 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 750: Shri Maheshvari (ōṃ mahēśvaryai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the Supreme Goddess.

The Divine Mother is infinite, omnipresent (all pervading), omniscient (all knowing) and omnipotent (all powerful). She is the divine Power which creates, sustains, and destroys the entire array of universes. She does all this within the blinking of an eye. Reference to earlier Nama 281: Unmesa nimisotpanna vipanna bhuvanavalihm with the meaning that the Divine Mother causes a series of worlds to arise and disappear with the opening and closing of Her eyes,

The yogis understand the Divine Mother is the universal ruler. Without any trouble the whole universe is functioning under the Divine Mother, and She is running it well.  The Divine Mother’s form essentially is Sat-Chit-Ananda form. The Divine Mother is managing widespread universal movements perfectly. Praising Her universal systematic ruling is a form of worship by Her devotees. By understanding the Divine Mothers’ way of ruling the universe is a way of worshipping Her.

The Divine Mother is glorious Ishwari. Earlier Nama 208 Maheshwari indicated that She creates, saves, and destructs through Brahma, Vishnu, and Iswara respectively; all three have equal qualities, which is same as one, Maheswara. The Divine Mother is the spouse or Shakti of that Maheswara.

The Divine Mother is the Supreme Glorious Goddess.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 13 February 2022, updated 01 May 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

 

Gold price movement expectations

In my earlier msg, I had talked about hidden assets in listed company. The analogy can be brought to country level. For example, USA had about 8133 metric tons of gold. Some quantity might have disappeared for various reason. The book value of USA held gold is USD 42.22 per Troy ounce. Current gold market value is about 3400 USD per Troy ounce. If US were revalued its gold holdings, it can give some leverage in its 37 to38 trillions debt. There had been speculation that US A will revalue its gold holdings. One catch is that their gold holdings will give them about 900 billion USD added value and this cannot solve their USD 37 to38 trillions total debt level. Because of tariffs and non-settled wars there are uncertainties. This gives a push to gold price, may go up further, before a major pull back in gold price. I personally had seen and bought gold at SGD 5.25 for one gram of gold in late 1970s, now the same is priced at SGD 137.80 per gram as of 07.05.2025 @ 3.30 pm in Singapore. Gold is only a perceived safe heaven asset. Cost info: Earlier it was thought to get gold one ounce from ground average cost was USD 1300. Recently Australian New mount mines reported same cost at USD 1681 per ounce.  These translate to per gram SGD at 54.50 earlier vs now 70.5 SGD. But current market price is 137.80 SGD. So, 137.89 minus 70.5 equals SGD 67.30 is being eaten by mines as profit, middleman commission, storage and transportation costs, trading exchange spreads and costs etc. This SGD 67.30 is very high and will come down in medium term, but now other factors are holding the gold price high. Planet Jupiter/ Guru movement is correlated to gold price movement. Jupiter is moving out of Venus based Reshabha rasi to Mercury based Gemini rasi around this weekend.  This Jupiter is not aspected by Satrun, Mars Raghu or Kethu. That means this Jupiter is on its own without any negative influence. Mercury is good for trading both up and down. Expected gold trading volatility to increase considerably and gold price movements may offer good opportunities for an experienced trader. Good luck in your trading of yellow metal.

If you have better ways of trading gold, please do feedback. 

C N Nachiappan 

11 MAY 2025, 

Singapore.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 749: Shri Mrtyu daru kutarika (ōṃ mṛtyudārukuṭhārikāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the axe that cuts down the tree of death.

Death is like a tree. The Divine Mother is the axe that cuts the tree of death. All these deaths related to sorrows cannot impact on the soul. The soul is internal, and ever blissful (Aananda Rupa). Due to its ignorance (Maya) the soul thinks it is the body, such ignorance are the cause of all the associated sorrows. The Supreme Knowledge is the axe that cuts down the illusion of death. The intelligence is equal to the axe that a tree can be cut down. Intelligence or knowledge can cut down the bushes of ignorance and provide the understanding of the Divine Mother’s form. The Divine Mother is real knowledge. For such a soul there is no fear of death and related sorrow. There is no fear within it. By surrendering to the Divine Mother, the soul never faces the fear of death.

Every tree is getting the food for its growth and strength from Earth, which is one of the five elements created by the Divine Mother. Earth cannot destroy the tree, but with the help of an axe the same tree can be cut and destroyed. The Divine Mother with Her grace acts as an axe to cut the tree of death for Her devotees. Expecting the fear of death is bigger than the actual death. An informed human expecting a death without any fear can help to win over the death.

Daru means tree. According to the numerological system Daru signifies the number 28. In one interpretation this number is set to represent variety of bonds that divide Jeeva as explained under the Namam 354 (Pasupasa vimocini, with meaning that the Divine Mother releases the ignorant beings from bondage). The Divine Mother is the axe that cuts all these bonds causing fear of death. The bonds are also understood as sorrows. As explained before, this is not just a poetic image. Guru’s grace has the power to postpone even a death that comes in old age as proven by experience.

The Divine Mother is the axe that cuts down

the trees of death of devotees.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 12 February 2022; Updated 30 April 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 748: Shri Roga Parvata dambholi (ōṃ rōgaparvatadambhōlayē namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the thunderbolt-like pestle that shatters the mountains of diseases.

The Divine Mother is the Vajra weapon shattering mountains of diseases. Vajra weapons can destroy the unmovable mountains. The bodies of souls in samsarasagara (Birth Death Life Cycle) go through severe diseases due to their karmic Bearden. Samsarasagaram is the biggest source of disease. The Divine Mother is like a Vajra weapon which will destruct and eliminate death and disease. The souls with their immense inner strength and patience gain Vajra weapon like strength. This is to limit their birth and death cycle with the Divine Mother’s grace.

Human suffering can come in many forms. When disease occurs in the human body, it can look huge like a mountain. It can cause worry as to what will happen later. Mountain obstructs the things behind it. Likewise, the disease hides humans’ future; It makes humans focus only on the disease leaving all other worries aside. Mountains cannot be moved away but can be destroyed using strong Vajra weapons; after which the things behind the mountains can be seen.  Indra’s Vajra weapon can destroy the mountains. Likewise, the Divine Mother’s grace is a strong weapon, to clear the samsara disease.

Dambholi is Indra’s Thunderbolt (vajra weapon). Lord Krishna says in Gita “I am Vajra among the weapons”. For the mountain range of diseases, the Divine Mother is like a Vajra weapon. Her Darshan, touch and embracement are needed to overpower the samsara diseases. This truth will be experienced and understood through the personal experiences of the devotees.

There is a reference here to an ancient story. It is said that long ago, mountains were able to fly, and that Indra cut off their wings with this vajra weapon forcing them to be stationary. Thus, it was Indra’s thunderbolt that protected the Earth from the attacks by the mountains. Likewise, a glance from the Divine Mother instantly stops all diseases and attacks like thunderbolt.

The Divine Mother is Vajra weapon to shatter

away the mountains of devotees’ diseases.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 11 February 2022; Updated 26 April 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 747: Shri Bhakta chitta keki ghanaghana (ōṃ bhaktacittakēkighnāghnāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the dark rain-bearing cloud that gladdens the hearts of Her devotees. The devotees’ hearts dance like joyful Peacock seeing the rain-bearing clouds.

The Divine Mother’s devotees’ hearts are compared to peacocks. Peacocks like the rainy clouds. They are happy seeing the clouds; they spread their tail feathers and dance to express their happiness. The devotees dance in joy on getting the blessings of the Divine Mother. The peacock’s dance is an external action. The devotee’s happiness is internal in getting the Divine Mother’s grace and blessings.

The devotees, depending upon their maturity to understand the Divine Mother’s blessings, enjoy their internal happiness.

The devotees dance on seeing the cloud like grace from the Divine Mother; The devotees further enjoy the Bhagyam or immense happiness. The devotees must be calm, without showing their ego. They will show happiness with dance when they receive grace from Divine Mother. Like a joyful peacock, the devotees’ dances are due to the fortune of getting the Divine Mother’s kindness. For a peacock the appearance of the cloud is a sign that rain will come which will give prosperity; likewise, the Divine Mother’s grace is spread all over the universe. When the devotees recognize such grace, they dance with joy. This is the glorious way to express the Divine Mother’s grace.

The Divine Mother gives continuous nourishment to the devotees’ hearts. There cannot be any other sweeter emotion than devotion to the Divine Mother.

The clouds are said to bring a huge surge in joy to the hearts of Peacocks to make them dance. Similarly, the hearts of the devotees jump in joy at the thought of the Divine Mother. They start to sing and dance. Singing the Divine Mother’s praise is liked by them. The happier flashes of ecstasy from remembering the Divine Mother. These flashes of lightning, and the joyful tears of devotion are like a cool downpour.

The Divine Mother is the cloud that gladdens the hearts of Her devotees.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 10 February 2022; Updated 26 April 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 746: Shri Bhagyabdhi chandrika (ōṃ bhāgyābdhicandrikāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is an ocean of good fortune.

In the ocean of Bhagyam or good fortune She shines like a moon. 

Good fortune or misfortune do not last forever for humans; they come in cycles one after another. The ocean rises on full moon day and falls on new moon days. The ocean water level reaches maximum due to the full moon’s gravitational force. The earth gets brightness from the moon; if one gets the blessings of Divine Mother all good fortunes reach him, and all misfortunes are removed from him.

The coolness and sweetness in moonlight creates happiness in all universal creatures; the Divine Mother’s Grace and compassion is infinitely greater than the moon’s brightness.

All universal beings are aiming to get happiness in the world. But they must pay the price of sorrow to get happiness. With Divine Mother’s grace the devotees get this happiness easily; they move up in maturity. She gives all things desired by Her devotees.

Just as the full moon makes the tides rise in the ocean, the Divine Mother’s blessings bring waves of good fortune to Her devotees. Good and bad fortunes are normal in one’s life; all of us will have to withstand the waves of misfortune at some stage. For Divine Mother’s devotees even, illness turns into waves of good fortune because of Her grace which has the power to change the fate of Her devotees.

The Divine Mother is an ocean of good fortune.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 09 February 2022; Updated 26 April 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 745: Shri Jara dhvanta ravi prabha (ōṃ jaādhvāntaraviprabhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the sunlight that dispels the darkness in one’s old age.

The darkness that engulfs makes everything disappear completely. The emergence of the Sun and its light, a new burst of energy awakens in its place. Similarly, when exposed to the rays of the Divine Mother’s compassion, all mental fatigue and bodily ailments of old age disappear.

Jara means old age. Life at a young age is full of happiness. All surroundings provide short-term happiness. At old age the elderly fatigue sets in. All things which provided happiness at a young age start to appear as problems. Short-term happiness in life shows up as the sorrow for mankind in old age.  At old age only the Divine Mother’s blessings can remove the darkness of sorrow. So, the devotee worshipping Divine Mother saves himself from all the pains and sorrows in old age.

When evening arrives, we start to feel the darkness; since old age will lead to death, people fear old age the most. The only solution is to appreciate that old age is for the physical body and not for the soul. The darkness will disappear and the ray of hope (the Divine Mother’s ray of hope), will only eliminate the fear, although there may be trouble waiting for such hopes to materialize.

The Divine Mother’s kindness and grace help in this case. Once the devotee surrenders to Divine Mother, Her kindness, the brightness starts spreading to eliminate the darkness of old age darkness. The Divine Mothers’ kindness also increases knowledge. The soul (human) gets a new lease of hope that he will not suffer the fatigue of old age because of  Divine Mother’s compassion. This is one form of Divine Mother’s kindness to Her devotees.

 

The Divine Mother is the sunlight dispelling

darkness of devotees ‘old age.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 08 February 2022, updated 26 April 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 744: Shri Daur-bhagya toola vatoola (ōṃ daurbhāgyatūlavātūlāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the whirlwind or storm that drives away the cotton wisps of misfortune.

She blows away the misfortune of her devotees like a whirlwind.

Happiness and misfortune in one’s life follow in cycles. When the soul progresses higher with its happiness, misfortunes follow such positive progressive happiness. Youth is followed by old age. Misfortunes are accumulated like cotton wisps in old age as problems for humans. To remove such misfortunes the Divine Mother’s blessing acts like a whirlwind. The cotton wisps caught in a whirlwind disappear. The Divine Mother’s blessing is such a whirlwind to clear all the sins of soul.

The cause of rebirth is previously accumulated sins. Since we suffer many misfortunes, we start realizing that our previous sins are very bad. As a result, we go through misfortune. That is like cotton wisps seen around us. Each cotton wisp is giving trouble and sorrow to us. Our sins cannot be shared with others. The Divine Mother’s kindness helps here. Kindness in the form of a whirlwind can make a mountain fly. The wisp of misfortune disappears due to the powerful forces of the Divine Mother’s kindness and blessings.

Vatoola means whirlwind, toola means cotton. For a whirlwind which can uproot larger trees, cotton wisps are not a problem at all. The Divine Mother’s compassion makes misfortunes like the lights of  cotton to blow  them away.

Vatooa can mean expiratory actions that remove sins; such actions start from the Divine Mother.

The Divine Mother’s words are repeated here: “Heartfelt prayers and acts of atonement done with devotion remove sorrows from one prarabdha”.

The Divine Mother is the storm that drives away

misfortunes of Her devotees.

 

C N Nachiapan

Singapore, 07 February 2022” Updated 26 April 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 743: Shri Paparanya davanala (ōṃ pāpāraṇyadavānalalyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is like wildfire to the forest of sins.

She is wildfire to burn out souls’ forest of sins. Karma actions include papa or sinful deeds and their sufferings as well. Even the actions of punya (noble deeds) may be tainted by sinful actions, When someone plucks the flowers and auspicious leaves for prayers and offering, he does not realize the harm he is doing to the tree. Every action has positive and negative effects. For a person trying to do punya deeds, the accompanying sinful parts can only be cleared by Divine Mother’s grace and blessing. Even though the forest fire reduces the trees to ashes, the subsequent rainfall will help the trees to grow well. So, the Divine Mother’s blessing is like a forest fire which eliminates the unavoidable sins. Her blessing is also like nectar like rain (as explained in previous Nama).

We wonder in our suffering as to why we were reborn. Our previous sins cause such sufferings. How many of them are there? Can we cross them all? We don’t know how to cross over from an unknown forest. We realize that our previous sins are bad from our present sufferings. When we are in the forest due to its attractive coolness we get trapped in the forest. We understand our previous sins are the cause of our severe sufferings. The recovery from the suffering is not with us but once the forest fire destroys most of the forest, we can see the way out. Likewise, the Divine Mother’s grace destroys all our sins and saves us to progress forward.

Uttering the Divine Mother’s name even once with faith and devotion can wipe out all sins. “Remembrance of the feet of Para Sakthi is the best expiration of all sins committed knowingly or unknowingly” declares Bramha Purana. In another context the same purana says “Oh Devendra, hear this great secret which destroys all our sins. With devotion and faith standing in water after bath repeat the Panchadasi mantra a hundred and eight times”. Worshipping Supreme Sakthi in this way releases one from all sins.

 

The Divine Mother is wildfire clearing the sins of Her devotees.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 06 February 2022 Updated 26 April 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 742: Shri Bhava dava Sudha vrushti (ōṃ bhavadāvasudhāvṛṣṭyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the nectar rain falling on the forest fire on souls in their worldly existence.

To put out the samsara (Birth and death) forest fire, the Divine Mother showers bliss as rain.

Happiness and sorrow are always present in worldly existence. Every sensory pleasure is mixed with fear, pain and sorrow. The devotees experience these in their life when they seek happiness. They dream of happiness without sorrow and try to avoid sorrow. Those who pray to Divine Mother first to release them from sorrow, the Divine Mother with Her Grace showers the ultimate happiness, bliss on Her devotees and saves them.

Bhava is birth. Birth and death are continuous chain of events for the soul. We get the current worldly life by birth. It will have to end with the death coming later. The soul forgets all its earlier lives, after its last death. Samsara is like a forest fire. How do we put out this fire? What we seek to live is the current life but that becomes the cause of death. Two young green trees scratch one another due to the wind. It will not catch fire, but dry tree scratching will cause frictional fire. This fire cannot be put out by a single human. That fire spreads to the whole forest; the forest rain from sky can prevent this fire from spreading. At that stage the Divine Mother’s grace comes in as bliss of rain to put out the samsara cycle for all souls. The Divine Mother converts this current worldly life into a useful one and makes sure birth is not happening again to souls. She with Her grace is helping Her devotees to eliminate their samsara cycles.

“The Divine Mother is the nectar rain falling on the forest fire on the worldly existence clearing the samsara birth /death cycle of the souls. The Divine Mother is indeed one who showers nectar on the devotees who are circled by the intense fire of worldly existence or samsara cycle”. The above meaning is obtained by splitting this nama as Bhava (Worldly existence) + Dava (Forest Fire) + Sudha (Nectar) +Vrushti (Rain).

A different meaning is derived splitting it as Bhava (Shiva) + Da (Dhana, giving) + vasu (Wealth) +Vrusthi (Rain); then it becomes “She is the one who gives us Shiva, the bliss of Self and also showers on us the immense richness without reservation”.

One who yearns for the bliss of the Self does not wish for worldly riches, yet the Divine Mother’s grace is present in plenty. As Rudra Yamala says “whenever there is worldly enjoyment there is no salvation; where there is salvation there is not worldly enjoyment. But the devotees of Sundari or the Divine Mother receive both salvation and enjoyment in their life”.

The Divine Mother is the nectar rain to eliminate

the samsara cycle of the devotees.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 05 February 2022; Updated 26 April 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