Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 727: Shri Shiva jnana pradayini (ōṃ śivajJṇānapradāyinyai namaḥ)

From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother bestows or provides Supreme Knowledge which is Shiva.

The Divine Mother imparts the Supreme Knowledge of Shiva. Without anybody teaching, the newborn knows its mother. Likewise, for those who surrender to the Divine Mother, She grants all the boons. Kali Devi has four sets of hands. With Her left arms, She Kills evil people and lets them into birth and death cycle; those with their many births gradually mature. She removes their fear. What is below her leg is a form of Shiva murti and one of her hands is pointing to that. It means that those who have fully matured through Her grace reach the Para-Brahman. There is no other boon than reaching Shiva, for the devotee to gain Shiva jnana or Supreme Knowledge. Since She is kindly providing such grace, She is called ‘Shiva jnana Pradayini’.

Shiva is auspicious and Supreme knowledge; The Divine Mother grants such knowledge to Her devotees.

Shiva provided the Tantras about the Divine Mother; The Divine Mother takes Shiva as jnana teacher. Shiva is providing knowledge on the Divine Mother. In turn the Divine Mother provides the jnana knowledge on Shiva to everyone.

Knowledge of Shiva can also be taken as the Supreme Knowledge of the Self. The Divine Mother is the one who confers that knowledge. Vasista Ramanaya says. ‘wind is known by touch; fire by heat; Shiva, who is pure Consciousness, is known only through Shakti, the Divine Mother. She is the energy that makes Him move’.

Conversely, the Divine Mother is one whose truth (Sva rupa) is imparted by Shiva. He knows Her essence. In this case, Sva rupa translates as ‘the truth of knowledge of the Divine Mother’, rather than as the literal meaning of ‘form’.

 

The Divine Mother bestows Supreme Knowledge of Shiva.

 C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 21 January 2022; updated 26 March 2025.

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 726: Shri Sanakadi samaradhya (ōṃ sanakādisamārādhyāyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother in Dakshina murthi form is worshipped by sage Sanaka and his brothers.

Sanaka and his brothers worshipped the Divine Mother in Dashinam. Sanaka, Sanantana, Sanandana, and Sanatkumara are four brothers. These sages are the four sons of Brahma. They reached the highest level in Yoga, in fully mature state. The Ultimate Guru Shiva was their Guru.. The Divine Mother being the life of all universal creatures is beyond all of them. Those four sages always worshipped the Divine Mother, and they excelled in their worship. Therefore, She is known as ‘Sanakadi Samaradhya’.

The four sages with others have said to have prescribed the worshipping guidelines for the Divine Mother in Dakshinamurti rupam. She was worshipped as Dakishinamurti by the four of them. Those four sages, Vasishta and Shuka are said to have prescribed the five rites for worshipping the Divine Mother. She is worshipped by such prescribed rites.

Brahmanda Purana says.’ Thou art beginningless, whole and in the form of all cause and effect. Yogis such as Sanaka are searching for none other than YOU’. Here searching means worshipping according to all the prescribed rites for the Divine Mother.

 

The Divine Mother is worshipped by Sanaka and other sages.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 20 January 2022; updated 26 March 2025.

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 725: Shri Dakshina murti rupini (ōṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtirūpiṇyai namaḥ)

From Nama 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother is in Dakshinamurti (Shiva) form. Shiva is sitting and facing south and teaching Supreme Knowledge to four great sages (please look at following names). Dakshina means south, kindness and or compassion.

Dakshinamurti is said to have taught the Supreme knowledge silently. When our mind starts looking inward, our words will be reduced. Shiva form is beyond our words. We cannot easily reach Shiva as Dakshinamurti.  Through silence, Shiva attracts many millions of devotees, who can absorb His teachings and become part of the Supreme Para-Brahman. What they may achieve in many births, they can enjoy such bliss by merging with the Para-Brahman in current birth itself. The time and life issues do not affect Shiva. As the Divine Mother is left half of Shiva in Ardhanarieeshvara, She is considered as Dakshinamurti; She teaches Her devotees the same concepts as being silent. As such She gets the name ‘Dakshinamurti’. (Please see the nama 870: Anthar mukha samaradhya)

She or Shiva are in the south facing Dakshinamurti form, who teaches in simple way highly rare concepts. South is considered as direction of destruction. North is considered as auspicious life form. By facing south, the Dakshinamurti has the devotees facing north to get the Liberation or reach the Para-Brahman.  Depending upon the concepts taught, the teaching methods also vary. He is beyond our mind and words. So, He is silent to express His auspicious grace and to spread such bliss in His devotees. His teaching can be received by people with special understanding skills accumulated through their many previous births. She has Dakshinamurti Rupa by unison with Shiva.

Shiva and the Divine Mother give darshan in three ways, namely:

1.      Separate Shiva and the Divine Mother

2.     As Ardhanarieeshvara, where Shiva and the Divine Mother are joined in halves.

3. 3.     One is absorbed in another; like Shiva is absorbed in the Divine Mother rupam as in ‘Kamakshi’ form and the Divine Mother is absorbed in Shiva as in Dakshinamurti rupam, which is without revealing actionable Shakti and having a silent form. Also to absorb the wisdom from the Divine Mother, Shiva is Sat-Chith-Anada form, which does not displace the bliss; this requires a lot of skills for the humans, She is such a Dakshinamurti rupam.

Shiva is the original Guru as he taught even the gods. This Namam means that the Divine Mother Herself assumed the Dakshinamurti form (due to her unison with Shiva).

Shiva did penance in the Himalaya mountains at the loss of His spouse Sati. That form of Shiva is also known as Dakshinamurti.

The Divine Mother is in Dakshinamurti form.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 19 January 2022; updated 26 March 2025.

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 724: Shri Sarva Tantresi (ōṃ sarvatantrēśyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother is the Goddess of all Tantras.

The Divine Mother is the one who controls every action in this universe. For such actions, the procedures or Tantras are also within Her. Tantras were given as the devotional procedures; the Divine Mother is also explained by such Tantras.

There are sixty-four main Tantras as given out by Shiva. The Divine Mother is the object and focus of worship in all these Tantras.

The Divine Mother is the object and focus of all Tantras.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 18 January 2022.; updated 26 March 2025

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 723: Shri Svatrantra (ōṃ svatantrāyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother is self-driven and free from all limitations.

The Divine Mother is dependent only on Her own self.  She does not need any universal soul to support or assist Her. She is smoothly running the universe. ‘Those who are not commanded are a great source of strength’ is a concept.

In the universe, it is generally found that we all need and seek others’ help and guidance throughout our life. There is no one who can live their life entirely without anyone else’s support. Since both Shiva and the Divine Mother are equal, the Divine Mother is called ‘Svatantra’. Tantra is a form or method of worship to a group of deities; All such tantras are derived from the Divine Mother, therefore, all others are called Paratantra.

She is independent. She does everything only as She wishes. To get something done, the tools, place and time are needed. She is doing all these activities without any such assistance; She is called ‘Svatantra’.

Ganapathy and other deities, before being worshipped, must be established with their Pranasashakti..  They accept the prayers only after that establishment.  The Divine Mother is such Pranashakti Herself and as such She does not need to be established before praying to her. She has a separate praying procedure which are called ‘Tantras. Shiva provided sixty-four Tantras; He followed the Divine Mother’s desire to provide the means for salvation for all. This is mentioned in Soundarya Lahari by Adi Shankara.

The Divine Mother is independent; She does not need the help of anyone during the process of universal creation. Sva means ‘Self’ and tantra means ‘She who depends’. Hence, She is the one who depends on the Self only, the Divine Mother abides in unison with Shiva, who is the Self.

The Divine Mother is free from all limitations.

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 17 January 2022; updated 26 March 2025.

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 722: Shri Guru Priya (ōṃ gurupriyāyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother loves Guru. Here the Guru referred is Shiva, (Dakshinamoorthy) the Ultimate Guru of the universe. Guru also means the Gurus of devas and asuras (Prahaaspthi and Shukra). Finally, the Guru the entire lineage of the Gurus from Sadashiva to Aadi Shankara and to our present Guru. (Guru Parampara).

The Divine Mother loves the universal Guru, Shiva being Her spouse. The people who have knowledge, skill, and strength, who perform sacrifices are the Guru to guide the disciples. Shiva is in such a coveted position, and She is loves Him. The ultimate Guru Maheswara does not have anybody equal to Him in every aspect. Likewise, there is no comparable soul to the Divine Mother. Shiva and the Divine Mother are praised for their ultimate status. She is in such praiseworthy form; She is called the ‘Guru Priya’.

Shiva is the Guru Prahaspathi. His spouse is Thara Devi (one form of the Divine Mother); She is in Sri Vidya. She accepts His devotion to Her and She is beloved by Him. The universal ultimate Guru is Shiva. She is beloved by Him. The one who teaches mantras to us is called the Guru; She is liked by such Gurus. As the spouse of Guru Shiva, She is called ‘Guru Priya’.

As the sacred percept says, ‘Guru is the Supreme Brahman itself.’ The Divine Mother is the Maya who becomes dear to the Brahman with the form, who is engaged in creation.

The Divine Mother loves all our lineage of Gurus. She is in their form as well as the form of their spouses (Guru patnis). Therefore, it is essential to respect and worship one’s Gurus and their spouses.

The Divine Mother is beloved by Universal

Guru Shiva; She is Guru Priya.

 

CN Nachiappan

Singapore, 16 January 2022; updated 26 March 2025.

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 721: Shri Komalangi (ōṃ kōmalāṅgyai namaḥ)

From Namam 684 to 741 the glories of the Divine Mother are discussed.

The Divine Mother has beautiful limbs. Her entire form and structure are beautiful.

The Divine Mother has beautiful soft organs and an entirely beautiful structure. Soft, beautiful, and auspicious forms of body organs are an indication of an evolved being.

The Divine Mother is said to possess all the attributes of perfection in beauty. ( Samuthrika lakshnam) . The Laltha saghasranama has a detailed decsribtion of the Divine Mother’s from tip to toe (Kesadipadam). Please see earlier Namas 19 to 51 for this detailed description of the divine Mother’s beauty.

All universal beings are part of the Divine Mother and Her structure, with which they look simply beautiful. There are many aspects in the universe to make them attractive. Such attributes make the soul gain higher status, to grow its devotion to the Divine Mother. To focus our mind on such universal beauty is a form of worship of the Divine Mother. She is called ‘Komalangi’ The Divine Mother’s soft, beautiful, auspicious, and attractive body structure is praised in this Nama ‘Komalangi’.

The Divine Mother has beautiful soft, auspicious

and attractive body structure. 

CN Nachiappan

Singapore, 15 January 2022 ; updated on 26 March 2025.

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