Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 597: Shri Tri konantara dipika (ōṃ trikōṇāntaradīpikāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother shines as a lamp within the triangle. 

The Divine Mother is within the triangle and shining there. Hrdaya (the heart) is the place for Sun; the triangle shaped Muladhara is the Agnimandala. The universe is the place for Srividya; likewise, the human body is also considered as the place for Srividya. Muladhara is the first Kuta with Agni (fire), the heart is the second kuta with Sun and the Sahasrara is the third kuta with Moon in there. Agni, Sun, and Moon are three lights within the human body which are the Divine Mother’s form. So, She is the Prajnana Dipika or Trikonantara Dipika. 

In Muladhara triangle in Agnimandala, the Kundalini Shakti is like a small light. Earlier Namam 596 said that the Divine Mother is shining like the Sun. This Namam is an explanation about Sun’s actions in this universe. Sun is supposedly going round the Meru or the Sricakra. In eight directions of Meru, there is Indra, and seven other directional deities are having cities. Of these eight directions, the Sun’s light falls in three directions at any one time. Like the Divine Mother is shining within the triangle, is the interpretation of this Namam. 

According to the Tantraraja, “In all beings, in Muladhara there is fire, in the heart there is Sun and in the head below the Brahmarandhra, there is the Moon. Thus, the original, eternal Pancadasi mantra is three parts, representing these three positions.” 

Vishnu Purana says that there are three worlds and three cities that form triangles.  The three worlds are heaven, earth, and nether world (hell). The three cities are the cities of Indra, Candra, and Yama. The Sun is said to rise in the city of Moon and set in the city of Yama. The Divine Mother shines in all three worlds and in three cities at the same time. Hence the present name “Trikonantaradipika. Dipika is also referred to as the “Agnimandala (the disc of Fire)”.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 13 September 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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 596: Shri Ravi prakhya (ōṃ raviprakhyāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother shines with the special brilliance of the Sun. Prakya means special brilliance. Ravi is Sun. 

The whole universe is the place for Srividya. Each devotee must consider Hrdayam as the place of Srividya. To meditate that the Hrdayam is shining much more than the Sun is the best worship to the Divine Mother. 

The Divine Mother residing in the heart is shining brighter than many Suns. Anahata chakra, where the heart is there, is in Suriyamandala.. Mookar, the Kamakshi devotee praises the Divine Mother that She resides between eyebrows in the forehead and shines like a rainbow; She resides in Sahasrara  chakra and shines as brighter than moon; She resides in Anahata chakra and shines brighter than Sun.He used the Divine Mother’s all forms mentioned in Namams 591 to 595 earlier as his prayers. 

Prakhya also means “resemblance”; hence the Divine Mother resembles the Sun in radiance. She also has a Namam “One who equals one crore (ten million) of Suns in radiance”.

The Divine Mother shines with special brilliance much better than  the Sun.

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 12 September 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 Sithbavandar

  

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 595: Shri Hrdayastha (ōṃ hṛdayasthāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother resides in the heart of universal beings. 

The Divine Mother lives in the heart of Lord Shiva as Upanisads have indicated; the explanations of those Upanisads are the understanding of this Nama “Hrdayastha”. 

The Divine Mother lives in the hearts of Her creations, for meditation on the Divine Mother, Hrdaya is an ideal place for the devotees. 

We meditate on the Divine Mother in our hearts using Srividya mantram and Her Sahasranamam.. Third kuta bija “sow” is Srividya bija syllable. It is called as Hrdaya bijam also. All our Shaktis are focused on our hearts. Like the seed holding the strength for a larger tree to grow later out of it, all Shaktis in this universe are contained in this Hrdaya bija. The Divine Mother is worshipped in this mantra form. 

The Hrdaya Upanisad states that the Divine Mother is in the heart, also called Brahmesvara Hrdaya. This Upanisa is also called Hrdayam. The Divine Mother is meditated on this mantra rupam. 

The heart is the location of Anahata chakra. The Divine Mother resides in Suryamandala (the Sun’s disc). In the Kalpasutra, the Divine Mother’s parabija is called Hrdaya (heart). The worshipper who knows the parabijashakti (the heart of the supreme) gets all the happiness and prosperity. 

The seed of every being is in its heart. The heart is also called “visva bija, the seed of the universe. The Divine Mother is of the form of that seed, and She resides in that heart of all universal beings. The Gita (XVlll.61) says, “The Lord dwells in the heart of all beings, O Arjuna!”

The Divine Mother resides in the hearts of all beings. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 11 September 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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 594: Shri Indra dhanu prabha (ōṃ indradhanuḥprabhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is resplendent like the rainbow. 

The rainbow has seven basic colours. Sun’s rays split into these seven colours.  Likewise, the Divine Mother is beyond all universal things, but She is spreading all over the universe. There are countless colours in this universe; they are basically from the basic seven colours seen in rainbow. Here the Divine Mother is shining in all these beautiful colours which are the prayers to Her. 

The Bindu of the syllables Om and Hreem are known as ardhamatra; it shines in the forehead in the form of radiance. Above it is the half-moon, which shines with the dazzling beauty of Indra dhanu (Indra’s bow), a rainbow; that is the seat of the Divine Mother.

                     The Divine Mother is resplendent like the rainbow. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 10 September 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 Sithbavandar

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 593: Shri Bhalastha (ōṃ bhālasthāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother resides in the forehead, between the eyebrows. 

In our forehead Ajna chakra, with Hreem bija syllable, the Divine Mother is worshipped. 

The region between the eyebrows is the Ajna chakra. This is one of the abodes of the Divine Mother. Another interpretation is, “She who resides in the forehead is the form of the Bindu of the bija syllable Hreem.”

The Divine Mother resides in the forehead, Ajna cakra.

 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 09 September 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 Sithbavandar

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 592: Shri Candra nibha (ōṃ candranibhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is resplendent like the moon. In the Sahasrara chakra. 

The Divine Mother’s shining is comparable to that of full moon. When She walks down from Her Simhasanam (her seat where is sits and rules the universe) in each step Her glories are enlightened and shining beautifully. Below Sahasrara, thousand-petaled lotus, in Brahmrandra, Her, beauty and shining are more than a full moon. Her shining is equal to Brahma light; this is many times greater than the Sun’s light. There is no heat in it, but it is cool to give happiness. 

In the Sahasrara.the Divine Mother is Satha, the sixteenth-day deity having full moon radiance. This moon is eternal without any blemish in it. The Divine Mother has that specific moon as Her form. 

The Chandramandala (disc of the moon) is just below the Brahmarandra. This region represents one of three kutas of the Pancadasi mantra (fifteen syllable). The moon there is said to have the splendor of many millions of lightning flashes, the Divine Mother is as resplendent as that moon.

The Divine Mother is resplendent like the moon. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 08 September 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 Sithbavandar

 

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 591: Shri Sirah sthita (ōṃ śiraḥsthitāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother resides in the head. 

The Divine Mother is living in Sirah (the head). In the human body’s seven cakras, the knowledge base is in Sahasrara cakra which is at the top of the head. Sahasrara means thousand-petaled lotus. Kundalini from the bottom level Muladhara goes through six cakras and reaches Sahasrara in the head where the Shiva-Shakti union is taking place. The Divine Mother’s great form is there. A king may have many mansions, yet he will choose a place where he sits in the Simhasanam (the ruling chair) and runs his kingdom’s court. Sahasrara is comparable to such a courthouse of a King. There may be some difficulties in having the darshan of the Divine Mother. With Lord Shiva as the Guru and with His blessings, the devotee can have the darshan and blessings of the Divine Mother. He will merge with Shiva-Shakti union, which is called Triveni sangamam. So, to bring out the goodness of the seventh cakra Sahasrara, this Namam Sirahsthita is mentioned here. 

Sahasarara cakra is the bindu where the Divine Mother is with Lord Shiva in union. When we meditate upon Her mantra rupa, we need a Guru. In Guru’s form the Divine Mother and Lord Shiva, grace and bless the devotees. The Divine Mother resides in Mahabindu. Bhaskararaya says that the Divine Mother resides in the Brahmarandhra (the hole in the head) in the form of Guru.

The Divine Mother and Lord Shiva in Sahasrara chakra. 

C N Nachiappun        

Singapore, 07 September 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 Sithbavandar