Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 822: Shri Brahman (ōṃ brahmaṇē namaḥ

The Divine Mother is Brahman.

She is in Brahman form. Truth (Sathyam), Knowledge (Jnana), and Infinity (Anandham) are the key things to know about the Brahman. It is without any differences and not changing, even by a small amount, by itself and is present eternally. Those souls which mature and attain Brahman, get all the attributes of the Brahman. When the soul’s status is confirmed as part of the Brahman, the soul gets the liberation from Samsara Sagara, which is birth and death cycle. Water evaporated from the ocean goes through various forms. In Himalaya, it is ice; on melting, it comes down the valley as water; it gets into stream and becomes a river; later as great River like Ganga; when it reaches the sea it gets back its attributes of the sea. Likewise, the soul goes through different stages and forms to gain maturity to reach back the Brahman. This Namam Brahman is to be understood about the Divine Mother’s glories in managing the universal beings.

When the soul realizes the Truth form of the Brahman which is without any difference and Satchidananda which is of three stages. this is understood through meditation. Self-realization is the way to reach the Brahman. At that stage when, the soul realizes that soul and Brahman are not different, there is no place to think that the Divine Mother and the Brahman are different.

The Sruti says, “Brahman is Truth, Knowledge and Infinity.”. Truth is the Pure Existence that is changeless with the time, place, and reason. Real Knowledge is that which remains unchanged through three divisions of time namely past, present, and future. The ultimate reality has no beginning or end; it is not created and has no parts. That Brahman cannot be understood easily and freely. Its existence cannot be established by rules of inferences. The sole proof is direct realization by souls. The essence of Brahman is to be experienced, just as the sweetness of honey or the fragrance of a flower. The Divine Mother is that Ultimate Being. That knowledge is called Brahman, which destroys duality completely and is beyond words and is understood only by the Self alone” according to Vishnu Purana. 

The Divine Mother is Brahman.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 25 April 2022; updated 10 August 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