Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 812: Shri Para mantra vibhedini (ōṃ paramantravibhēdinyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother breaks the spell of evil mantras and actions of the enemies. The Divine Mother breaks down the Supreme mantras for easier understanding by Her devotees. She is called Para mantra Vibhedini for these two reasons.

She destroys the enemies’ evil schemes for Her devotees, some of which results in many losses and sufferings for the devotees from the enemies. If the devotees bear them all and continue with their Divine Mother worship, then She removes the devotees’ losses and sufferings. The devotees are required to bear with such losses and sufferings from their enemies. To bear the ill effects of the enemies is what the Divine Mother teaches to Her devotees. Once the devotees get the bearings of the ill effects of the enemies, they can manage the enemies on their own with the Divine Mother’s grace.

The devotees need not understand Supreme mantras. Once they fully surrender to the Divine Mother, all ill effects from the enemies turn into good activities, She converts all ill effects into positive ones for Her devotees to get happiness with Her grace.

She destroys all ill effects of the enemies; Paran is the enemy. With his evil mantras he can cause with his evil mantras the devotees to be sick, go into confusion, fear, and even kill the devotees. The enemy can use secret mantras to cheat and kill the Divine Mother’s devotees. When someone surrenders unconditionally to the Divine Mother, such ill effects will not do any harm to the devotee. The Divine Mother with Her grace makes such ill effects useless.

Para also can mean the King. The devotees may be harmed by the powers of the rulers. The Divine Mother protects Her devotees from such harms.

Srividya and other supreme level mantras are there. The Divine Mother brings them out with appropriate yogis like Manu, Chandra and ten others’ help in this process with Her grace. Those who recite Srividya mantra can eliminate their accumulated papa or sins.

She had divided the Supreme mantra, like Pancadasi mantra into twelve parts and gave the portions to the following disciples to help in this protection process: Manu, Surya, Chandra, Kubera, Lopamudra, Agastya, Manmatha, Agni, Nandikesvara, Subramanya, Siva and Durvasas. That is the second reason for calling Her the Para mantra Vibhedini.

The Divine Mother breaks the spell of evil mantras

and actions of the enemies.       

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 15 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