Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 521 Shri Ajna cakrabja nilaya (ōṃ ājJṇācakrābjanilāyai namaḥ)

 Namams 475 to 534 represent the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms. 

The Divine Mother as Hakini yogin is residing in the Ajna chakra on two-petaled lotus. 

Hakini Devi is residing in two-petaled Ajna, the sixth chakra. The Ajna chakra has special glory with it. When a yogi is meditating, Kundalani shakti starts from Muladhara, through sushumna nadi goes through Svadhishtana, Manipurka, Anahata, Vishuddi chakras and reaches Ajna chakra. By then, the yogi, by the Divine Mother’s grace, gets excellent Chit (knowledge and wisdom), giving him all what he had desired. Yogin should offer this Chit to the Brahman; when he used such chit for his personal needs, as we see these days with some religious Gurus in India, he is bound to lose that Chit knowledge soon. 

Hakini Devi is meditated up on as follows: “We meditate on Hakini, residing between the eyebrows, in the two-petaled Bindu-lotus. She is white in colour, holding Jnana mudra, drum, lotus, mala (necklace) of rudraksa beads and skull. She is six faced, three eyed, attended by Hamsavathi and one other shakti, fond of food seasoned with turmeric and bestowing good on all others.” 

 The Hakini Devi representing the Divine Mother in Ajna chakra.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 29 June 2021.

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 Chithbavandar.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 520 Shri Sakinyamba svarupini (ōṃ p.sakinyambāsvarūpiṇyai namaḥ )

 Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms.

 

The Divine Mother as Sakini yogin in the Muladhara chakra on four -petaled lotus. She is described as in above six given Namams 514 to 519. 

Her glories were discussed; She resides in Muladhara chakra. She is five faced. She resides as marrow in the bones; She carries Ankusa and other weapons; She is surrounded by Varada and three other Devis granting boons and other life’s essential things; She is fond of Mudgaudanam a nutrious food (Pongal, in Tamil).; She has a smoke like colour; She is three eyed; She takes madhu, and intoxicating drinks. (While saying above, touching Muladhara chakra point is customary).

    The Sakini Devi representing the Divine Mother in Muladhara cakra.

 

C N Nachiappun           

Singapore, 28 June 2021.

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 Chithbavandar.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 519 Shri Mudgaudanasakta citta (ōṃ mudgaudanāsaktacittāyai namaḥ)

Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms.

 

The Divine Mother as Sakini yogin in the Muladhara chakra on four -petaled lotus. She is fond of mudga (a lentil) made food offerings; mudga is green gram. Pongal. 

Mudga is the key ingredient in preparation of Mudgaudanam, especially liked by Sakini Devi. It is prepared as follows: 32 parts raw and non-boiled rice, 16 parts of mudga, 8 parts of Jaggeri or raw sugar, 8 parts of shredded coconut, 2 parts pepper, one part salt, half part cumin (Jeeragam), 8 parts of ghee, mixed with cow milk is cooked in light fire to make a mudgaudanam. Sakiini Devi is very fond of mudgaudanam. 

It is very nutritious food which the Divine Mother likes very much; the humans put in extra efforts in preparation, which becomes correct for offering to the Divine Mother, when that is offered as prasadam and later taken by the humans. It helps them to seek divine guidance, which is essential for his maturity towards Brahman.

          The Sakini Devi representing the Divine Mother in Muladhara cakra.

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 27 June 2021.

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 Chithbavandar.

  

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 518 Shri Varadadi Nisevita (ōṃ varadādi niṣēvitāyai namaḥ)

Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms.

 

The Divine Mother is Sakini yogin in the Muladhara chakra in four -petaled lotus. She is attended by, the four shaktis Varada, Sri Devi, Shanda, and Sarasvati. 

Varada Devi grants all the desired things what the devotees is seeking. We can get all we want from the nature as the Divine Mother. She is ever ready to grant the boon. The devotee needs to be ready himself for getting such boon. Instead of begging for the boon, it is ideal to prepare oneself to be eligible for the boon from the Divine Mother. 

Sri Devi is the second Devi providing material wealth. For those who have Her blessings, there is no shortage of material wealth. By doing the proper work and putting in correct effort, one can get all the material wealth he needs. 

Shanda is the third shakti; She does not have any signs of feminist. In appearance She is a shakti, yet those who take the female form do not get all the female attributes. In natural process, such form  is possible is the message from Shanda shakti. 

Fourth shakti is Sarasvati, who responsible for all arts and knowledge. The humans are obliged to learn various forms of arts during their lifetime. Those who do not want to learn the new knowledge, cannot achieve greater life.   By having the blessings from Sarasvati Devi, the humans can get all kinds of knowledge is the proof. 

In Muladhara chakra four-petaled lotus, there are four syllables meaning Varada, Sri Devi, Shanda, and Sarasvathi. They are the four Devis attending to the Sakini Devi and the Divine Mother.

 

  The Sakini Devi is the Divine Mother in Muladhara chakra.

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 26 June 2021.

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 Chithbavandar 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 517 Shri Ankusadi praharana (ōṃ aṅkuśādipraharaṇāyai namaḥ)

Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms.

 

The Divine Mother as Sakini yogin in the Muladhara cakra in four -petaled lotus. She holds the goad, lotus, the mudra (a posture of the hand) of knowledge and a book in Her one of the arms as indicated in meditation verge. 

Ankusam is used to control the elephant; it is a symbol for human’s life. The humans ought to use their humbleness as their Ankusam. 

She is holding the lotus as her second weapon. Lotus is a superior flower considered equal to divinity. Lotus is a weapon as it destroys the stressed and disturbed mind. The soiled flower cannot be used; likewise, the humans’ mind if spoiled will not be useful for life. The mind must be kept a fresh is the message in having a lotus as a weapon by the Divine Mother. 

Her third weapon is a book to indicate that the human need to increase their knowledge. They ought not to slow down in their pursue for the knowledge. Book and knowledge help to eliminate the ignorance and they become weapons. 

Her fourth weapon is cinmudra, a posture of the hand. Thumb and next finger are joined together and other three fingers are separated out. Through this cinmudra posture, many things can be explained. Lord Dakshinamoorthy (a form of Lord Shiva) holds this cinmudra.  Thumb represents Brahma tattva and next finger represents life tattva. The other three fingers represent vengeance, maya and anger. The humans must separate themselves from those three malas to reach the Brahman. People who do meditation have to use the lessons from citmudra which leads to Brahman.

Hara is Lord Shiva; harara means to take away (our evils). This Namam has the meaning that the Divine Mother with Her four weapons is ready to use them to protect Her devotees and  to take away the devotee’s evils.

 

The Sakini Devi is the Divine Mother in Muladhara chakra.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 25 June 2021.

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 Chithbavandar 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 516 Shri Asthi samsthita (ōṃ asthisaṃsthitāyai namaḥ)

Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms.

 

The Divine Mother as Sakini yogin in the Muladhara chakra in four -petaled lotus. She is living in the form of Medhas (Bone Marrow) of living beings.  She is the presiding deity of the skeleton (bones) in living beings. Sakini Devi considers bones as Her responsibility as She had chosen to live in the bones of living beings. 

In a bird’s egg, there is no hardened substance. However, when the egg is hatched into a small bird, it has bones in it. Living human’s bindu when turns into a child, bone is created. In human body, citshakti is there for sensing purposes and jadashakti for nonmoving states. Skin and fat have senses. Jadshakti based bones have no senses. When the body grows, the bones also grow; broken bones can be joined together. So, there is little difference between citshakti and jadashakti in a human body. 

The body when used for pleasure faces the detriment, whereas the body used for penance or meditation starts to grow. The humans can convert their body as equal to vajrautha, a strong weapon. The bone can be strengthened with meditation. Sakini Devi is in the bone form.

 

The Sakini Devi is the Divine Mother in Muladhara chakra.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 24 June 2021.

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 Chithbavandar.

  

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 515 Shri Panca vaktra (ōṃ pañcavaktrāyai namaḥ)

 

Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms.

 

The Divine Mother as Sakini yogin is residing in the Muladhara chakra in four-petaled lotus.  She has five faces. 

The Divine Mother’s five faces represent the five sense organs such as eye, ear, mouth, nose, and skin. For the birds, animals, and humans these organs have reached the higher level. The universal beings depending upon their maturity are taking the various forms of the Divine Mother. To use five organs for divine needs is possible for the humans which will be a form of worship to the Divine Mother. 

Muladhara is the place for Prithvi tattva, in which the other four elements (Akasa, Vayu, Fire and Water) are present. This Muladhara chakra also represent the additional element Earth. Sakini Devi’s abode is in there. 

Four of the five faces are turned to four directions namely north, south, east, and west; the fifth face is looking

                                                                             

                   The Sakini Devi is the Divine Mother in Muladhara chakra.

 

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 23 June 2021.

 

Appendix: Lord Shiva has a Namam Panca vaktran with about the same meaning and effects of facing five directions and to represent five sensing organs in our body.

 

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 Chithbavandar.