Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 206: Shri Sarva Tantra rupa (OM sarvatantrarUpAyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is the soul of all Tantras. 

A mantra is the Bija Aksharam in verbal form and a Yantra is the pictorial representation of the mantra. 

It is through mantra recitation the devotee worships the deity. On the other hand, Tantra is the methodology to worship the deity through yantra. 

There are many types of tantras. When there are problems in corroborating a yantra, there should be other ways to handle such problems. The Tantras are used for this; to get all the benefits from the deity through the yantras, without any interpretation. 

To handle the human body in such smoother way, the Tantric method is apt. Yogis use these tantras to control the needs of the body and to develop methods to meditate upon Supreme Self. 

The Divine Mother who knows this universe thoroughly, is behind all these tantras. She handles all tantras well. 

A proper way to worship the Divine Mother is by the use of tantra. To get the benefits of such in worships, one needs to use the tantras in proper manner. Tantras safeguard the devotees from any deficiencies in his worshipping method. The tantric methods are said to have been given by Lord Shiva to the Divine Mother. 

The worship of Divine Mother is the goal of all Tantric practices. All paths that are laid down in sastras merge in Her, just as rivers merge in ocean. Meditation on Her form, from head to toe, is the easiest Tantric method. 

24 different tantric methods are described as part of meditation on the Divine Mother’s body.

They are as follows: 

1.       Kanika as Her feet.

2.       Yogaja as Her heels.

3.       Karana and Prasrta as Her toes.

4.       Ajita as Her knees.

5.       Dipta as her thighs.

6.        Amsuma as her back.

7.       Suprabheda as Her navel.

8.       Vijaya as Her stomach.

9.        Nisvasa as Her heart.

10.   Svayambhuva as Her bosom.

11.    Anala as Her three eyes. 

12.   Viragama as Her throat.

13.   Ruru as Her ears.

14.   Makuta as Her crown.

15.   Vipula as Her arms.

16.   Candrajnana as Her chest.

17.   Bimba as Her face.

18.   Prodgita as Her tongue.

19.   Lalitha as Her cheeks

20.   Siddha as Her forehead.

21.   Santana as Her earrings.

22.    Kirana as Her gems.

23.    Vatula as Her garnaments.

24.   All other tantras as hair in Her body.

 

Sri Vidya Devi - Tantra Sadhana 

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 17 August 2020. 

References:

1. The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.                      

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 205: Shri Sarva yantramika (OM sarvayantrAtmikAyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is the essence of all the mantras. 

Mantra is verbal form of Bija Akshram (non moving seed) or syllable which cannot be destroyed. Mantra can also be said as the divine combination of divine syllables or sounds which when chanted with devotion, faith and emotion gravitate to the relevant God/Goddess/Deity to secure their divine blessing. 

When an individual chants a certain mantra related to a particular deity regularly, the gap between him and the said divine force steadily decreases. 

The Divine Mother is in all mantra forms. All sounds are the Divine Mother’s rupam. Words rising from sounds have immense power to propel the soul to higher level. 

The sound that purifies the devotee’s mind and thought can also be called mantra. Reciting any one mantra repeatedly purifies the mind totally. As She is all mantra forms, She is Sarva mantra svarupini. 

There are seven crores (one crore is equal to 10 million) mantras as acknowledged in ancient Hindu wisdom and documents relating to worshipping. Each mantra was revealed to a sage (like Agastya), relating to a specific deity. Before reciting a mantra, it is customary to remember the respective sage (Guru). Mantra on meditating upon a deity has the power to lead to liberation of the soul. 

For example, Meditation can be done in many ways:

1.       Meditating as if they were Lord Siva’s body hairs is Bhuvana meditation method.

2.       Meditating on fifty letters (varnas) seeing them on the skin of Lord Siva is Varna method.

3.       There are seven crores (one crore is equal to 10 million) of mantras arising from the Vedas, seeing them as Lord Siva’s blood is mantra method.

4.       On mantra words as Lord Siva’s flesh and blood vessels is pada (word) method.

5.       Meditating on 36 tattvas starting from earth as Lord Siva’s fibrous tissue, bones and marrow is the tattva method.  

Srividya Panchadashi (15-syllabled mantra) is key mantra recited by Goddess worshippers according to Sundaritapaniya Upanisad. Srividya mantra has over the years proved to be a wonderful key to success in the lives of hundreds of great sage and yogins. 

It said that this mantra came directly from Lord Shiva. Srividya mantra gives mental uprightness. If properly used, Srividya mantra can activate all the inner bodies and also the six chakras the kundalini uses. 

To worship the Divine Mother through mantras is good way to seek Her blessings (We will see later the Namam 991 “OM ShaDadhvAtItarUpiNyai namaH” which means that the Divine Mother’s form transcends the six paths). 

As She is in all mantra forms, She is Sarva mantra svarupini.

Goddess Sri Angaala Parameshwari 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 16 August 2020.

 

 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.

                    

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 204: Shri Sarva mantra svarupini (OM sarvamantrasvarUpiNyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is the essence of all the mantras. 

A Mantra is verbal form of Bija Akshram (non moving seed) or syllable which cannot be destroyed. Mantra can also be said as the divine combination of divine syllables or sounds which when chanted with devotion, faith and emotion gravitate to the relevant God/Goddess/Deity to secure their divine blessing. 

When an individual chants regularly, a certain mantra related to a particular deity, the gap between person and the said divine force steadily decreases. 

The Divine Mother is in all mantra forms. All sounds are the Divine Mother’s rupam. The words rising from sounds have immense power to propel the soul to higher level. 

The sound that purifies the devotee’s mind and thought can also be called mantra. Reciting any one mantra repeatedly purifies the mind totally. As She is all mantra forms, She is Sarva mantra svarupini. 

There are seven crores (one crore is equal to 10 million) mantras as acknowledged in ancient Hindu wisdom and documents relating to worship. Each mantra was revealed to a sage (like Agastya), relating to a specific deity. Before reciting a mantra, it is customary to remember the respective sage (Guru). Mantra on meditating upon a deity has the power to lead to liberation of the soul. 

For example, Meditation can be done in many ways:

1.       Meditating as if they were Lord Siva’s body hairs is Bhuvana meditation method.

2.       Meditating on fifty letters (varnas) seeing them on the skin of Lord Siva is Varna method.

3.       There are seven crores (one crore is equal to 10 million) of mantras arising from the Vedas, seeing them as Lord Siva’s blood is mantra method.

4.       On mantra words as Lord Siva’s flesh and blood vessels is pada (word) method.

5.       Meditating on 36 tattvas starting from earth as Lord Siva’s fibrous tissue, bones and marrow is the tattva method. 

Srividya Panchadashi (15-syllabled mantra) is key mantra recited by Goddess worshippers according to Sundaritapaniya Upanisad. Srividya mantra has over the years proved to be a wonderful key to success in the lives of hundreds of great sage and yogins. 

It is said that Srividya Panchadashi mantra came directly from Lord Shiva. Srividya mantra gives mental uprightness. If properly used, Srividya mantra can activate all the inner bodies and also the six chakras the kundalini runs through. 

To worship the Divine Mother through mantras is good way to seek Her blessings. She is Sarva mantra svarupini.

Goddess Sri Angaala Parameshwari

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 15 August 2020. 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 203: Shri Sarvamayi (OM sarvamayyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother spreads through and is perceived in every living and nonliving objects in this universe. She is everything. 

The word tattva (the essential nature of things) explanations can be in many ways. There are 36 tattvas in total, of which 24 are athma tattvas, 7 are Vidya tattvas and 5 are shiva tattvas. 

The 25th tattva is Purusha, the male form. According to Brahman, all souls in this universe came from the Supreme Self. 

There is one Male tattva which represents Lord Shiva. All the others are of female in nature, indicating the Divine Mother. She acts for both Sakti and Lord Shiva’s functions. 

All creatures manifest from the Divine Mother. There is nothing alien to Her. 

Sri Vidya says that Brahman and universe are the same. Lord Shiva separated universe from the Brahman. 

The Divine Mother is the one who created this universe in present form. She pervades in every universal thing. All cosmic elements, from earth to Lord Shiva are contained in Her. 

Lord Shiva and the Divine Mother are one in their unison. So She is all pervading.

Sri Lalitha/Sri  Rajareswari Devi 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 14 August 2020.

 

 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 202: Shri Sarvesvari (OM sarveshvaryai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother controls all living and nonliving things in this universe. 

She is the Empress of the universe. With Her wish only, can all things in this universe even move. All creatures are subject to Her governing. She manages and provides for all living and nonliving things in Her vast universe. 

The ruler of a country or land can only control a certain area and not all. The rulers have constrains in terms of country boundaries, resources and the time or period of their rule. When that period is over, they die and disappear from the scene. Whereas the Divine Mother does not have such boundary, resource and time constrains. She is infinite and eternal; She has abundant wealth; She is present always and rules eternally. She is the governor and She governs according to Her wishes. There cannot be any opposition to Her actions on anything or Omni potent in this universe. 

Without Her wish, not even a leaf can fall down from a tree. No ant can move without Her implied wish. She protects everything in this universe. She is the ultimate power, deciding to act or not; She acts the way She wishes. 

She is Sarvasvari or Adi Sakti or Supreme Intelligence. 

 Sarvasvari Devi

C N Nachiappun       

Singapore, 13 August 2020. 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.

The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 201: Shri Sadhgati prada (OM sadgatipradAyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is leading the devotees in right path to ultimate salvation. 

When a soul is maturing to be a human, it is trying to gain the knowledge (gati) of Brahman. We do see that some souls move in opposite direction. Under the Divine Mother’s guidance, such negatives will be corrected in those souls. However, there are examples such as Ravanan had been killed by Shri Rama. All the demons grieved on Ravana’s death. Ravana’s death is not negative for his soul as his unfit body in present birth had been destroyed. He was cleared of his evilness to seek Lord Siva’s blessings. Things that look bad or negative now will turn out to be well given the time. Likewise, all evil actions by Her devotees will be cleared. The devotees further can look for salvation to avoid the cycle of birth and death cycle. 

The Divine Mother gives devotees’ expectations. If their wish is for reaching the Supreme Self, they may get the liberation (moksa). The Divine Mother grants what is sought out by the devotees. In addition, She gives them the knowledge to understand the ultimate Supreme State. Finally She leads Her devotees to reach the Brahman. This Brahman is Herself in unison with Lord Siva. That implies that She even gives Her own state to Her devotees. 

The Divine Mother grants what we need, rather than what we ask for, such as Tharma, Artha (wealth) and Kama for our present life needs. She then guide us to moksa, the final liberation which is Sad gati 

Further this Namam can be explained as follows: 

Sadgati can mean that souls heavenly journey experience to final liberation (moksa). 

Sad is Brahman and gati is knowledge. The Namam meaning can be understood that the Divine Mother gives knowledge of Supreme Self. 

Sad is also means righteousness  and gati is refuge, leading to this Namam interpretation that She gives total refuge for those who are righteous. 

 

Goddess Tripura Sundari

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 12 August 2020.

 

 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 200: Shri Sarva managala (OM sarvama ~ NgalAyai namaH)

In Namams 199 to 248, the Divine Mother’s  Saguna or infiniteness power and glory are described. 

The Divine Mother is the source of all the auspiciousness in this universe. 

Whatever causes long tern or eternal happiness can be said to auspicious for the devotee. From the Divine Mother all the auspicious offerings come to universal creatures. If we analyze carefully, even that which looks like a negative now, will turn out to be positive or auspicious over time. This is what Lord Krsna says in Bhagavath Gita. Similarly all universal things turn out to be auspicious under the Divine Mother guidance. 

Anything from the Supreme Self is auspicious. Some of offerings look more auspicious than others. Overall all things from Brahman are auspicious. For example: curd, aval, sandalwood paste, kunkum, turmeric and its powder, married lady, young girl and learned man can be considered auspicious. The Divine Mother has all of these within Her. She is giving the auspiciousness to such objects. She removes the pain and grants eternal happiness to Her devotees. 

Acharya Bhaskaraya quotes from Devi Purana: She gives all the good fortune that we long for in our hearts and all the desired objects; so She is Sarvamanagala. She gives to the devotees all the best and choicest things and removes their pain; hence She is Sarvamanagala too. 

The goddess of the 13th night from the new moon and third night from full moon is called Sarvamangala. She is one of the Nithiya Deties. 

Sarvamangala Devi

 

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 11 August 2020.

 

 

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San 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.