Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 841: Shri Bhavajna (ōṃ bhāvajJṇāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother knows of all thoughts and sentiments of all universal beings; Bhavas means internal secrets.

When we think in our minds, the Divine Mother is fully aware of our sentiments, thoughts, feelings and their effects. This is called Bhavas or the state of our minds. Each universal being has its own nature of things. Men can speak; dogs barge, donkeys shout, and horses make noises. Each being by their external actions are explaining their bhavas.

The yogin discards all worldly things and focuses on the Divine Mother worship. Due to that, his divine bhavas please the Divine Mother. She blesses the yogin to go deeper in his worship. Since the Divine Mother understands all universal beings’ thinking and sentiments, She is called Bhavajna.

Bhava has many meanings such as happiness and sufferings of the living beings due to their birth. The Divine Mother knows all bhavas of universal beings. Bhavan is Shiva, His devotees are known as Bhavans. The Divine Mother knows those Bhavans of Shiva, who are like Her own devotees.

The Divine Mother understands internal secrets of Her devotees without being told. Bhava has additional meanings such as existence, nature, thought, soul, birth, intelligence, wealth, compassion, sport, devotion, and meditation. The Divine Mother is in all these. Bhava can also mean samsara (Birth and death cycle). The Divine Mother knows everything about those universal beings bound in samsara.

Bhava also can mean the six modifications that every universal being goes through, namely birth, existence, growth, change, decay (disease) and death. The Divine Mother knows all these well for every universal being.

As Bhavan is Shiva and everything related to Him; She knows as She is His spouse. She is called Bhavajna.

The Divine Mother knows of all thoughts and sentiments of all universal beings.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 14 May 2022, updated 07 September 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