Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 862: Shri Carya karana nirmukta (ōṃ cartyakaraṇanirmuktāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is free from any bond due to cause and effect.

She is beyond cause and effect. In this world, everything has a cause and effect. The child is born as an effect due to because of its parent’s life. This child, when grown up, becomes the cause for the next generation of children. In this way the universe or the Divine Mother is acting without a beginning and end function.

When human is young, his body structure is to suit the needs by then. As he grows, his body also goes through changes.  However, the soul does not go through changes. It is ever by itself. Cause and effect are due to Maya. The basis of this Maya, the Divine Mother, does not go through any changes. She is there eternally in the same form. This is the truth about the Divine Mother. What is there in the universe is also present in Human body. This is the same for the soul in all maturing stages. The Divine Mother is the basis of Maya, yet She is beyond Maya effects. As Maya creates cause and effect, the Divine Mother, being the basis of Maya, is beyond all these causes and effect. The devotee without focuses on the cause and effect on his body, ought to focus on the Divine Mother or the Brahman. This will be best worship towards the Divine Mother.

From Brahman, three things have originated. Of these, the root is the Divine Mother, who is always the cause of all things happening in this universe. The other two are based on cause and effect. From the mud, the pot is created, The pot is the effect, and the mud is the cause. Likewise, from Mahat tattva, the whole universe is created; for all the things in this universe, the Divine Mother is the cause. She is the cause for all things that originated from Her. Yet She is far beyond all these cause and effect.  She stays away from them. Since She is the Ultimate Cause, the universal things are undergoing the cause-and-effect within them, She, is also not within this cause-and-effect system. Since She is covering the full universe, She, is the cause and effect for all universal things. Since She cannot be cause and effect for Herself, She is not controlled by these. She is free from such cause and effect on Herself.

All living things in this universe are bound by the relation of cause and effect. The Divine Mother is the cause of all. She does not have a cause Herself. If She had a cause, it would be necessary to search for cause, and this chain of search would continue without any end. This state is technically called "Avyavastha" (अव्यवस्था) meaning disorder, chaos, disarray, lawlessness, or a state of confusion. (unsettled).

Carya means the categories of things starting from Mahat (large or great). Karana is the root cause, (see Mulaprakrti, nama 397 with the meaning that She is first cause of the entire universe). The state of freedom from both names means that She is pure Brahman. The Svetasvatara Upanishad (VI.8) makes this clear: “No effect or origin of His is known. There is not seen His equal or superior. His great power is declared (in the Vedas) to be various kinds. His knowledge, strength and action are described as inherent in Him.”

 The Divine Mother is free from any bond due to cause and effect.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 04 June 2022; updated 19 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