Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 963: Shri Samatmika (ōṃ śāmātmikāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother’s nature consists of peace and bliss.

Eternally the Divine Mother is Her Own Supreme Self. The Divine Mother is the basis, and She bears the whole universe; She does not change from Her state or form any bit. Kindness, sweetness, and happiness are Her virtues. The Divine Mother is in blissful state to bless Her devotees.

When a cinema being shown in a theatre, the correctness is provided by the screen. The screen does not get fire from a fire accident shown on the screen. With the Divine Mother’s determination, the whole universe is created, sustained and dissolved. All living beings depend upon their ability to seek the Divine Mother’s kindness, calm, and happiness to reach different maturity levels. If they are attached to worldly life, they wander along and go through sufferings. For all living beings the support and or the basis is the Divine Mother. Surrendering to Her through devotion is or ought to be the aim of living beings.

She is all universal beings whether they have surrendered to Her or not. Samam is universal bliss. The universe is expanding always. Universe is being absorbed and hidden in Bahaman or the Divine Mother, during Pralaya. Shiva and the Divine Mother are present auspiciously during Pralaya.

Sama is peace and tranquility. Sam is bliss. Samat Mika means that one who is peaceful and tranquil in nature and whose essence is bliss. Bliss is the inner nature of the Supreme Self, the Divine Mother. She dwells in Supreme Self (Brahman).

This Namam can be understood in another way. The universe is based on contradictions and differences. For this very reason, conflict is universal nature. The Divine Mother’s form is the entire universe, yet the frictions and conflicts of the universe do not move or affect Her. Krishna makes it clear in Gita (II.70). “He attains peace, into to whom all desires enter as water entering the ocean, which is being filled from all sides, remain unaltered; He is not affected by all those desires.” The ocean remains untainted by the inflow of impurities, from all sides. He attains peace in whom the conflicts of desires do not create any agitation.

That Sama or peace is the Divine Mother’s innate or natural quality.

The Divine Mother’s nature consists of peace and bliss. 

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 13 September 2022; updated 31 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.