The Divine Mother is the Supreme abode.
She has the supreme place (of residence). Dhamam means brightness. On solid materials, there is no brightness due to their nature. When they graduate to living beings, the brightness comes to them according to their maturity level. The Divine Mother is beyond all these beings which are always getting brightness from Her.
Dhamam can also mean a place of residence. For four elements Vayu, Water, Fire. and Earth, the fifth element Akasha are in their place of residence. Akasha itself has a place of residence within it. Likewise, the Divine Mother is the place of residence for all universal beings. During Pralaya, She absorbs all of them within Herself.
The Divine Mother occupies the highest state. Bhagavad Gita, XV.6, says that anyone reaching that state does not take birth again. Nor does the sunshine there, nor the moon, and nor the fire, having gone there, they do not return; that is my supreme abode.”
The Sruti describes this state as. “The supreme abode of Vishnu.” Kata Upanishad, l.ii.A, says Vishnu stands here for Brahman. Kumara Purana also describes the state: “My energy is Maheshvari, Gauri, spotless, tranquil, the truth, knowledge, eternal bliss, and the supreme abode; so, the Sruti also says.”
The
Divine Mother is the Supreme abode.
C N Nachiappan
Singapore,
10 April 2022; updated 28 June 2025.
References:
1.
The
Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayis
Aparna 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
No comments:
Post a Comment