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