Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 630: Shri Tryaksari (ōṃ tryakṣaryai namaḥ

The Goddess Divine Mother’s form consists of three-letters or syllables. 

Jnana, Kriya and Iccha Shakti have a three-letter bijamantra. To increase the knowledge and wisdom which is Jnana shakti generally useful for universal beings. They are trying to safeguard themselves from the possible sorrow reaching them which is due to Kriya shakti. Each soul loves its own self which is due to the Iccha shakti. To identify and create awareness of dangers coming is due to Jana shakti. To seek and secure the items needed for humans is due to Kriya shakti. So, the humans are keen to grow Jnana, Kriya and Iccha shakti. Humans learn to increase their knowledge and position themselves as experts in their chosen field. They can control the five elements namely, Sun, Vayu, Water, Agni and Earth, for their use. They learn to grow love. Above all they have devotion towards the Divine Mother. So in front of the Divine Mother, the Tryaksari, the humans are present in this world. 

She is in a three-lettered Mantram. Bala is Srividya mantra with three-letters. Each letter is a kuta. Heem is Vaghbha kuta, Kleem is Kamaraja Kuta. And Sow is the Shakti kuta. Pure vidya has three-letters. The Divine Mother is in all three-letters mantras forms, we need to pray in citshakti form to seek the Divine Mother’s form. 

Om consists of three-letters a, u and m; it is therefore a Tryaksari mantra (mantra with three-letters). The Divine Mother is the nature of Om. 

She is Tryaksari as She and Her mantra, the Pancadasi, has three kutas, each with a seed letter (bija mantra). Three kutas are Vagbhavakuta, kamarajakuta (Madhya) and Shaktikuta. “In Vagbhavakuta resides Vagisvari who is Jnana shakti, who confers Liberation; in Kamarajakuta resides Kamesi, who is Kriyashakti, who fulfills desires; in Shaktikuta resides Parashakti, who fulfills the desires Iccha shakti who is in the form of Lord Shiva. Devi Mahatripurasundari is thus three-syllable.” (Vamakesvara Tantra) the Divine Mother is indeed the conjunction of Jnana, Kriya and Iccha shaktis. We shall see in Namam 658:” Iccha Shakti, Jnana shakti kriya shakti svarupini” with the meaning the Divine mother is in the form of power of will, knowledge and action. 

Gaudapadacarya says that Suddha vidya and Kumari mantras are three-lettered. Suddha vidya means the pancadasi which is the three-lettered because of its three bijaaksaras, as indicated above. 

The Brhataranyaaka Upanisaid (V.3.1 and V.5.1) says, “The word hadya (heart) is three-syllable.” And the word Satyam (truth) is also a three-syllabled.  The Divine mother is of the form of the heart and truth. Instead of Sathyam, the word Sukrtam (good deed) is also given  (Su+ Kr+tam) another three-lettered word, in place of (Sa+t+yam). Letters are divided into three groups, Yugaksara, masaksara and nityaksasa (letters of age, month and day). The Divine Mother presides over these and is therefore “Tryaksari”.

The Divine Mother form consists of three-letters. 

C N Nachiiappun

Singapore, 16 October 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 629: Shri Tridasesvari (ōṃ tridaśēśvaryai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is the ruler of the Gods. 

The Divine Mother is the ‘Isvari’ of the Devas. For Devas there are three stages of creation, growing and staying as is and for common beings, there are two more stages, namely decreasing or decay and disappearing. Compared to common beings, the Devas live as is for many yugas (time periods) without death. They have not yet reached the Brahman. So, it is only saying that they do not have death. Common beings live many years, likewise the Devas live many yugas. To get to the Brahman, they must be re-born as humans. They do not go through like normal human beings, and they are not equal to normal humans. 

Tridasa can be considered as is three stages of waking, dreaming and deep sleeping. In waking stage, the humans are in synchronous with the present world. In the dreaming stage, he is in his own world, leaving the current world. In deep sleeping mod, he is facing pralaya of his own to dissolve within himself (the Divine Mother inside him). In three stages, the same soul is involved with three different experiences. The Divine mother is ruling in all three stages, and She is celebrated as ‘Tridasesvari’. 

Tridasa means ‘in third stage or dasa’. The Devas have only ‘to stay as is’ stage only. For other universal beings there are four stages (birth, growth, decay and destruction) as we have seen earlier. As understood, Devas do not have the above third and fourth stage, but they have one constant stage ‘to stay as is’. The Divine Mother is the ‘Isvari’ in all stages either for normal humans or Devas. 

In another way if we look at it, the four stages for humans can be: childhood, adolescence, youth and old age. Devas constantly stay in third (tri) stage (dasa), they are distingushed by wealth and knowledge. The Divine Mother is their ruler (Isvari). The Puruans say that there are thirty-three Crores of Devas. Tridasa also means thirty-three Crores. 

Tridasa can be understood as three stages for humans namely waking, dreaming and deep sleeping. The Divine Mother is ruler of these who remain in these stages, the ‘Isvari’ who is the witness of three stages.

The Divine Mother is thre ruler of the Gods

 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 15 October 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 628: Shri Trimurtih (ōṃ trimurtyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is the aggregate of the Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu and Rudran/Shiva). 

The Divine Mother is considered in the forms of three murtis, namely Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra, who are assigned to do the three functions in universal creation, preservation and dissolution. Various universal beings are constantly born due to the creator Brahma. Likewise, to provide such universal beings with appropriate type of food to look after their bodies is Vishnu. When the soul leaves the human body, the remaining body is unfit and is being destroyed is called the death. Even due to ignorance if one wants to avoid death, he cannot stop it from happening. Rudran handles such destroying or dissolution action. All three functions are happening continuously. Souls through these three functions and re-birth, graduate towards Brahman, with the Divine Mother’s grace who is a party to these three murtis’ actions happening. 

Trimuthi also can mean that the Divine Mother is acting like a three year old girl, Bala Devi; a three year old gir known as Trimurti, according to Dhanmyacarya;  three year old girls do not have ahankara, their karna effects have not been felt yet, they are in cit form and are called Anantha Mai. They are celebrated as the Divine Mother is a good prayer to the Divine Mother. 

Trimurti can also relate to Vama, Jyestha and Rudri, in three forms of the Divine Mother, who also functions as Iccha, Kriya and Jnana shaktis. These three shaktis are also called Brahmi, Vishnavi and Rudri respectively. 

Trinity (brahma, Vishnu and Rudra) is essentially created by the Divine Mother and are forms of the Divine Mother. All the three world beings also choose to pray to these three murthis. 

The Divine Mother takes the forms and roles of three murthis. This Namam also can mean. ‘She manifested in three coulors of red, white and black.” Devi Bhagavata says, “Sambhavi is white, Srividya is red and Syama is black in colour; the three shaktis represent the three gunas.” Three Devis have assumed he colours of three gunas, namely Sattva, rajas and tamas. 

A girl of three colours white, red and black came in front of Brahma, Vishnu and Rudran. They asked Her, “O smiling one, who are you?’ Don’t you know me? She replied. I am your own Shakti. I was born in beautiful form from Your own gaze.” Three granted Her boons and said, “Please divide your body into three.” Accordingly, the girl took the three forms of these colours, white, red and black (as mentioned in Varaha Purana). 

In another instance, it is said that Parashakti took a form in white, predominantly sattvic, consisting of the shakti of Brahma; a form in red, predominantly rajas, consisting of Shakti of Vishnu and a form in black predominantly tamasic consisting of shakti of Rudran.

A three year old girl, Bala Devi, is worshipped as the Divine Mother.

 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 14 October 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 627: Shri Trijagad vandya (ōṃ trijagadvandyāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is adored by the people living in three worlds. She is worshipped even by asuras, the evil beings. 

The Divine Mother is the combination of Purusha and feminist tattvas; She is adored by all three world-devas, manawas, and asuras, beings knowingly or unknowingly. To get out of birth and death cycles, the souls graduate from lower to higher levels. Brahman is such non-destroyable and ultimate. She is Brahman, so all souls are praising the Divine Mother. 

All three world beings worship the Divine Mother. Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu and Rudran) is worship able in our world, which is arranged by the Divine mother. She is ‘Trijagad Vandya’.

The Divine Mother is worshipped by all beings in three worlds.

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 13 October 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 626: Shri Tripura (ōṃ tripurāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is older than the three or Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu and Rudran).

“Tripura is the Supreme Power “says Laghustava.  She is the owner of the three Purams or three cities. There are three tasks creation, sustaining and dissolution of the universe which are carried out by Brahma, Vishnu and Rudran respectively. They are tasked to do these by the Divine Mother. She is beyond these three tasks and three divinities. 

Souls get rebirth based on sattva Guna; due to Rajas many actions in nature are happening; due to Tamas, the whole universal forms are created. The Divine Mother’s glories are shining beyond these three gunas. She is beyond mind, intelligence and ahankara. She is beyond Ida, Pingala and Susumna nerves used for Kundalini’s travel from Muladhara to Sahasrara. She is beyond three worlds. She is celebrated as Tripura. 

Tri means three; Pura is front (earlier than anybody). She is ahead of Brahma, Vishnu and Rudran who do the universal creation, sustaining and dissolution tasks.  She created these divinities and assigned them these tasks to them. 

Three gunas Sattva, Rajas and Taamas, three worlds, Agni, Sun and Moon three light emitting mandalas in the human body are all created by the Divine Mother. 

Puram can mean also the living place. Nerves Ida, Pingala and Susu mana, mind, cit and buddhi, triangle with three lines, three type of fire, three Shaktis (Iccha, Jnana and Kriya), the knower, knowing things and knowing process or knowledge are all in three. Dharma, Artha (wealth) and happiness are three things provided by the Divine Mother. 

 Bhaskaraya says,”the Divine Mother is called Tripura because She is older than Trinity (Brahma, Vishna and Rudran) according to Gaudapada, She is Tripura as She is the one tattva (Essential Principle, Brahman) divided into three. One Kerala poet Ezhutachin also talks about the “Essence of Omkara that splits into three”. it is chanted for peace in our body, mind and spirit. 

The syllable om is composed of the three sounds a-u-m (in Sanskrit, the vowels a and u coalesce to become o), which represent several important triads: the three worlds of earth, atmosphere, and heaven; thought, speech, and action; the three qualities (gunas) of matter (goodness, passion, and darkness); and the three. 

Tripura refers to three nerves Ida, Pingala and susu mana and to three forms of anthakarana (mind), namely mannas, citta and buddhi. The Divine Mother is Tripura as She resides in these. (Tripura Nava) the three bodies gross, subtle and causal are also called Tripura, as the Divine Mother dwells in them as well. In fact, the Divine Mother resides in everything that is in threefold such as Trinity, three Vedas, three agnis (fires), three energies of mantra, prabhu and uthsaha; three worlds, three cities (of Indra, Yama and Candra (Moon)) and three bodies. She is Tripura in all these three senses. The Trinity of father, Son and Holy Ghost can also come under this description.

                    The Divine Mother is called Tripura residing in three fold things

 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 12 October 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 625: Shri Kaivalya pada dayini (ōṃ kaivalyapadadāyinyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother bestows Liberation to Her devotees. Kaivalya is the fifth state, the state beyond Turiya. The Divine Mother grants or bestows that Internal Liberation or Kaivalya. 

Knower,  known and knowing through intelligence join giving wisdom experience, which is Kaivalya. At that stage there is no difference between Brahman and wisdom. So, selflessness means Kavalan which is Internal Liberation. 

Kaivalyapada is beyond the states described as:

1)  Salokya (Sameness of world) is reaching the same world as the deity being worshipped.

2)  Sarupya (Sameness of form) is meditating on the deity as not separate from oneself, becoming equal to the deity with similar qualities.

3) Samipya (Nearness) is the state is obtained through sustained worship done according to rules? which the worshipper is able to be constantly near the deity; this state is obtained through worship done strict celibacy according to the rules.

4)  Sayujya (Becoming one) the worshipper becomes one with the deity; all senses of separation are lost; this is the realization of Isvara and His attributes.

5)  Finally, Kaivalya is the eternal state obtained through knowledge in which the self is realized as Pure Awareness. 

The four stages give like Brahman experience with birth and death cycles are eliminated but the Kaivalyapada is the ultimate eternal merging with the Brahman. Worship is an action.  Through actions things get destroyed, here our karma balances get destroyed. However, through further wisdom attainable is the Kaivalyapadam. The souls reaching the Kaivalyapadam, do not have to return to birth and death cycles. On reaching the ultimate Kaivalyapadam, there is no turning back for the souls. Those attaining through wisdom and through worship, the four stages are due to Divine Mother’s graces. There is later Namam 926 Anarghya Kaivalya pada dayini, with the meaning that the Divine Mother confers the priceless fruit of Final Liberation, which we will see later part of our discussion. 

Before providing the ultimate Kaivalya state, She lets Her devotees to have all four Mukti related stages. She lets Her pure Knowledge be available to Her devotees. There is no need to stay at Kevalam. Brahman explains in this process; manifested Brahman can disappear from normal visualization; but the un-manifested Brahman is eternal as Kevalam. 

Kamabija mantra gives dharmam, artha (wealth) kamam and positions etc; it can help a devotee to be out of samsara cycle of birth and death. To get Liberation, Kamakala ought to be used to rise to highest level, the Shiva-Shakti unison state. 

Matured souls can transform themselves to a higher level. Through the Divine Mother worship, devotees can attain higher status and positions. The devotees ultimately merge with the Brahman. There will be no birth and death cycle on reaching the Brahman. He starts to understand that he is near the Divine Mother. Now he is doing inward looking meditation. He realizes that there is no difference between him and the Divine Mother. He starts realizing his form and the Divine Mother are the same. After this the word ‘I’ does not denote the devotee or the soul, it means the Brahman. This is the best the devotee can get through Divine Mother’s graces. So, the devotee attains his Kaivalyapada or the final ultimate Brahman.

The Divine Mother bestows Lieration to souls.

 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 11 October 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 624: Shri Guhya {ōṃ guhyāyai namaḥ)

The Goddess Divine Mother is to be known as ‘secret’. 

The Divine Mother is hidden secretly in Hrdaya cave of Her devotees. Vedantha tattva indicates that our eyes see the items available to the eye. Sometimes, certain items, although there, may not be visible to our eyes. Similarly, the Divine Mother is hidden; so, She is beyond our eye sight. What we cannot openly say out but such words are hidden within ourselves due to our silence. This aspect needs to be understood by the devotees. Only the Divine Mother or the Brahman is held in such secret state. Since there is no movement, there is no sound also. There is no sound and there is silence within the Brahman. Lord Shiva as Dakshinamurthy keeps silence. So to understand the Brahman and the Divine Mother in hidden state is a great worship to the Divine Mother. 

She is hidden in our hrdaya cave. For our eyes seeing the light outside the cave is possible, but once inside the cave, we will encounter the darkness. After a while, when we get used to the cave darkness, we start to visualize and understand the things within the cave. Likewise, one looks at external material things, cannot visualize within them to have the Darshan of the Divine Mother. So our external material outlook has to be left out to fully understand the Divine Mother within ourselves. So, we can see the Divine Mother hidden secretly in our hrdaya cave. 

Guhya is “one who is hidden in a cave”. The Divine Mother is to be reached by secret modes of worship in the cave of the heart. “Secret mode” implies worship done in solitude with total surrender.

The Divine Mother is to be known in ‘Secret”.

 

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 10 October 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