Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 811: Shri Pasha hantri (ōṃ pāśahantryai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother destroys all the bonds in the lives of Her devotees. Therefore, She is called Pashahantri.

Due to maya effect, the souls are undergoing bondages. The Divine Mother’s grace helps them to mature and brings them to merge with Her in Brahman. At each stage, the souls, depending upon their maturities, reduce their pasha or bondages. Plants and trees are bonded to the earth; through their roots, they try to spread their reach and due to that they try to graduate to other forms of living creatures.  Bees. Insects, birds, and other creatures are all on their growth paths to reach the human stage and Brahman. By eliminating the attachments, the Divine Mother destroys all the bonds for Her devotees.

Due to Karma effect, the souls are bonded. The Divine Mother ‘s grace eliminates such Karma effect. The soldiers in a war had been bonded through naga-pasham, a deadly weapon that makes the humans powerless. With the Divine Mother’s grace, they got released back to normal life from their deadly bonds. The Divine Mother, with Her grace, is doing the pasahantri function; and She is celebrated for Her graceful action.

Nama 354 “Pashupasha Vimochini” say that the Divine Mother gives relief to all creations from Pasha and bondages, She is the one who cuts the bonds of time and bonds of Karma to eliminate the rebirth of the souls. It is Her absolute grace that destroys the bonds of desire and other negative tendencies in Her devotees.

The Divine Mother destroys all the bonds in the lives of Her devotees.       

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 14 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