Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 931: Shri Manavati (ōṃ mānavatyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is high-minded; She has great fame.

Manavati can mean proud or high-spirited. Mana means measure.

She is broad-minded. Humans have their mind functioning based on their maturity. When they control and use their mind in proper way, they mature. Whenever there are disputes between individuals, they lose their composure as their mind starts to think lowly. The Divine Mother is as ever, shows Her greatness towards every universal being. Humans will support others having similar views as theirs and avoid others having non-supporting views. But the Divine Mother has the same approach to all beings in this universe.

Humans have an obligation to follow the path of mature elders. When those elders get into confusion, they, with their minds helping, seek the Divine Mother’s guidance to proceed in right path. The Divine Mother’s orders will not go wrong at any time. Forever, Her glories and fames are there.

She is broad and high-minded. Not only She controls Her mind but keeps it in broad and high. Manam is self-boosting. She considers the justifiable things as Her fame. We cannot operate ourselves; we do not have the eligibility to have self-boosting. The Divine Mother is operating on Her own. All universal actions are due to Her grace and command. Her fame and self-boosting are justifiable.

The Divine Mother’s fame is immeasurable. The Divine Mother measures and keeps scores of fortunes and misfortunes of every universal being.

                 The Divine Mother is high-minded; She has great fame.  

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 12 August 2022; updated 16 October 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, Tiruchirappalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3. The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sith-bavandar.