Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 995: Shri Sarvanullanghya sasana (ōṃ sarvānullaṅghaśāsanāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother’s commands are not disobeyed by anyone in this universe.

Nobody can disobey or override Her commands. Physical scientists are finding out more things about nature and the universe. To go into airspace was impossible for mankind until recently. Now people are travelling in the open air freely. Nature’s aspect is not different from the Divine Mother’s commands. Mankind can try and modify nature’s forms; yet humans cannot change or modify a small bit his own happiness and or sorrows.

Humans can get more happiness, but they will get sorrows as well. What a human desire is happiness only without any sorrow. Only happiness can be obtained with the Divine Mother’s blessings. He cannot achieve anything beyond the Divine Mother’s scheme of actions. For example, devas thought they had won over auras (evil people) and were celebrating in Indran’s place. Then a magical Murthi appeared before them. Agni Devan went and spoke to that figure very highly of his ability to burn down everything. That figure showed a blade of grass to be burned. Agni’s efforts failed to burn the blade of grass. Then Vayu Devan went and again talked to the figure of his ability to move things with his wind blowing. The grass cannot be moved a bit by him also. Then, Indran himself, went to that magical figure and failed to do anything. That magical figure turned into beautiful the Divine Mother. It said that Brahman and She are the same.

In Brahman we identify two Murtis, but Shakti and Shivan in Brahman are one. To seek to be attached to the Brahman is the best action for the souls. Depending on one’s efforts to reach Brahman, happiness in the current and later births come to him. Without the Divine Mother’s command, one cannot move anything is the interpretation of this Namam. This is also explained in Soundarya Lahari verge twenty-four.

Brahma, Vishnu, and other divinities perform the tasks assigned by the Divine Mother. No one can disobey Her commands. She gives Her commands by Her movements of eyes and eyebrows. But at the same time, due to Her kindness to Her devotees, She never insists on Her commands to Her devotees. She discords the mistakes done by Her devotees. She is Karuna Murthi. That does not mean that Her devotees can disobey Her commands, and they will not experience the punishments from Her. No one can ever disobey Her commands. She is Empress of the Universe, the Ultimate Divinity.

Who can go against the Divine Mother’s commands? From Brahma to lowest insect, all are under Her sway. All the cosmic bodies dance to Her tunes without the slightest deviation.

All living things are like fish caught in a big net; It is just that they do not realize it until that net is hauled ashore. By then, it is too late. We see in the net, smaller fish caught in the mouths of the bigger ones. The big fish swallows the smaller ones without realizing both are caught in the same net! Both end up out of water, on the shore. That is a drama about human life too. Mankind is just like these fishes. If he realizes that he is caught in the net, he can try to slip out and set himself free in the infinite ocean. But only one or two fish in a million manage to slip out of the net. The Divine Mother, though She is unyielding in Her edicts (an official order or proclamation issued by the Divine Mother), will welcome them with Her hands.

Bhaskaracarya recalls Verge twenty-four from Soundarya Lahari in this context. “Brahma creates the world on the Divine Mother’ s command, Vishnu protects it, and Rudra dissolves it. Iswara hides these three divinities within Himself and then hides His own body. And Sadashiva receives your commands issued through quick movements of your eyebrows and gives His approval and blessing to Brahma and others in their tasks”.

Should we discard this as myth or take it to heart as devotion or analyze it according to the rules of knowledge? It can only be decided in the light of one’s own experiences.

The Divine Mother’s commands are not

disobeyed by anyone in this universe.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 15 October 2022; updated 07 November 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.