The Divine Mother is the Mother of the Valiant, those who possess and show courage and determination in the pursuit of the Supreme Divine.
In Vamacharam, there are three papas mentioned - namely pasu papa, good papa and vira papa.
"Vira" has multiple meanings depending on the language and context. In Sanskrit, it generally means "brave," "heroic," or "warrior". Those who possess vira papa are not afraid of obstacles in pursuit of their goals. and they achieve things. Even during pralaya when the whole universe is destroyed or absorbed by the Divine Mother, they will not lose heart. To test their determination, the Divine Mother may plant blocks and negative things along their way. She even makes them confused. Those vira papa people pursue further, without losing focus of their goal.
The warrior happily takes part in Dharma war when his aim is to safeguard Dharma. Death for him is immaterial. getting hurt or losing in the battlefield a part of his limb. The battlefield does not worry him. He will be totally focused on upkeeping Dharma. If he dies on the battlefield, he goes to Vira heaven. The Divine Mother is the Mother of such vira papa people. She is called Viramata. She saves them much like their biological mother. For example, She had accepted Vira papa Virabahu as a brother of Muruga and as Her own child like Muruga and Ganesha.
Vira also refers to Ganesha. In Padma Purana, Shiva says, “This Vira, O Devi is always dear to my heart, he is the teacher of wonderful feats, he is worshipped by multitude of Ganeshas”.
The Divine Mother is the Mother of the Valiant.
C N Nachiappan
Singapore, 09 May 2022;
updated 14 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
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