Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 887: Shri Vipra priya (ōṃ viprapriyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is fond of Vipra or learned people.

Brahmana or other Varna people are born in this universe. Vipra have proper thinking and lifestyle to reach higher maturity.  One may have dual birth, meaning that born at other Varna but reach Brahmana status by his learning. A society with more Vipra becomes a leading society and gains more divinity. If there are lesser number of Vipra, that society may have more asura type people. The Divine Mother is kind to Vipra. Society will need more Vipra to grow.

Those who learn Vedas and live by it are also called Vipra. Those who have full maturity to reach the Brahman are called Suran Darian. The Divine Mother is fond of such high quality Vipra. These people will only be seeking to reach the Divine Mother.

Vipra can also mean a knower of the Self. The following statement is meaningful. The one truth is described by Vipra in different ways. Vipra is commonly translated as Brahmana. But it is not a status acquired by one’s birth alone but be acquired by one’s learning and deeds. A knower of Brahman is a Brahmana. One may be Sudra by birth but becomes a Brahmana by his actions. One born as a Brahmana does not know the imperishable Brahman without learning.

The Divine Mother is fond of learned people

                                                                                                                    

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 29 June 2022 updated 25 September 2025.

 

References:

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