Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 877: Shri Nira lamba (ōṃ nirālambāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother does not depend on anything externally or She depends on none. Nira Lamba means self-supported or independent.

She is the support or base for everything in this universe which She created. She does not need others to support Her.

She does not have any limiting factors which will make Her to depend on other beings in this universe. Anything with a limit, will have to seek support from others. Creatures living in water, have water as their support. For earth and other universal galaxies, the pulling forces (magnetic force between cosmic bodies) provide the base. Of the five elements, only Akasha or ether is independent. There is no external need to support it. For the other four elements (fire, air, water and earth), the Akasha provides support. The Divine Mother is widely spread in this universe; She does not need any external support from others. Even the Akasha is without any support or in Nira Lamba state in normal times. Akasha is also absorbed into the Divine Mother during Pralaya. The Divine Mother is eternally in Her Own Self, even though She has many forms and names. All things in this universe started out from Brahman (the Divine Mother). In a cinema theatre the screen is there to support the movie being shown. When the movie starts it appears on the screen and disappears when the movie is finished. All other universal things are created and dissolved within the Divine Mother during the Pralaya. For all these reasons, the Divine Mother is the ultimate support or base.

Past karma becomes the support for the soul, when it takes a new human body. Humans get attached to other universal beings. Soul’s past karmas are removed through the Divine Mother’s worship. Later the soul does not have any past karma in that human body. Soul starts to merge with the Divine Mother in its Nira Lamba state. The Divine Mother supports such souls, and She is called the Nira Lamba.

There is one Nira Lamba Upanishad dealing materials in spiritual independence and detachment from external support.

Nira Lamba is the Divine Mother. This Namam is worth meditating on.

The Divine Mother does not depend on any or She depends on none.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 19 June 2022; updated 27 August 2025.

 

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published by Mata Amritanandamis in 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