Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 768: Shri Dyuti dhara (ōṃ dyutidharayai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is full of light and splendor. Her aura of light is shining with various colours.

The Divine Mother has all the brightness within Her. She is living in every universal being, Her brightness shines in every being. If earthly stones are well polished, Sun’s rays falling on the polished surface will give out basic red, green, yellow and blue colours. We can also see these four colours reflected from well grown wooden plates, gold, silver, tin and other metal surfaces. Early morning dew on grass reflects Sun’s rays into various colours. These are all the Divine Mother’s brightness reflected as colours.

The Divine Mother has Kanti, which is bright light. When humans have satisfaction, their bodies and mind reflect the brightness to attract others, like to the Divine Mother’s Kanti or bright light.

The Divine Mother is full of bright light and splendor.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 03 March 2022; updated 15 May 2025.

 

 

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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 767: Shri Ojovati (ōṃ ōjōvatyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is full of vitality and shines like Ojas.

Ojas means powerful light, vitality of life, strength, greatness, and radiance. All these are the great aspects of the Divine Mother.

For those having an honest life, grace comes automatically. If such grace is shining in their eyes, that can be called Ojas. In such people, good body structure and grace can be seen. This mental clarity and blessed Jothi or light within themselves come only to those having an honest life. With Ojas, the person gets the Divine Mother’s blessings. The things which they desire come freely to them. The Divine Mother is in Ojas (vitality state), Herself eternally.

In the human body, the seven Dhatus (Spata Dhtus). These are called Rasa, Rakta, Mamsa, Meda, Asthi, Majja, and Shukra/Skula. These are Plasma, Blood, Muscle/flesh, Fat, Bone, Bone Marrow, and Reproductive fluid or Seman. In a healthy body the Sapta dhatu are present in right measures to create Ojas.

The Divine Mother is full of vitality (Ojas).

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 02 March 2022; updated 14 May 2025.

 

 

 

References:

1.   The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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 766: Shri Japaa puspha nibhakritih (ōṃ japāpuṣpanibhākṛtayē namaḥ)

The Divine Mother has a form like a red hibiscus flower.

The Divine Mother has a deep reddish complexion like a hibiscus flower. She functions as the universe. She is in all universal beings.

There is greatness in flowers being used for the Divine Mother. The flowers blossom one day and will wilt the next day. We worship the Divine Mother with such flowers. The poets and great sages enjoyed the divine nature of the flowers. When a devotee sees a reddish hibiscus flower, he is reminded of the Divine Mother and is happy. Showers of the flowers are used for praying to the Divine Mother.

She has the hibiscus flower redness in Her body structure. Red has many grades or varieties; the Divine Mother’s colour is seen in all such red varieties.

The hibiscus flower or China rose is used for Japa. In meditation verse for Shri Lalitha Sahasranam recitation, the Divine Mother is described as “Sinduraruna Vigraha”, with the meaning that Her body is red like saffron.

According to Baskaracharaya, the name may be taken as Ajapapuspanibhakrtih and then split into two names, ajapa and puspanibhakrtih. Any mantra or portion of the mantra that is not  voiced is called ajapa. The name means the Divine Mother is in the form of that mantra.  Puspanibhakritih indicates that the Divine Mother is the one whose body is as soft as a flower.

Puspa may also be interpreted as Puspaka, the vehicle of Kubera, which can go anywhere at will. It has no barriers whatsoever. The Divine Mother has a form that can go anywhere like Puspaka. Her form is indeed one that is subtler than the subtlest and grosser than the grossest.

The Divine Mother has a body like a red hibiscus flower. 

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 01 March 2022; updated 14 May 2025.

 

 

 

 

References:

1.   The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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

My thoughts on Silver price movements...23 May 2025

• Next to gold, silver is a precious metal. In addition to jewelers, it has many industrial application also. 
• Some used silver, less than ten percent, is recovered from discorded equipment. Current annual mining of silver lacks behind the demand by about 200 million Troy ounce per year, (one Troy oz is equal to 31.101 grams). 
• In pricing terms, traditionally one oz of gold bought about 70 oz of silver. Now that ratio is 100 to one, which will have to correct back to 70 to one range, meaning silver price has to move up by  at least 30 percent. Gold currently is trading about 3300 USD per troy oz and silver about 33 USD per troy oz. 
• some analyst compare the silver supply short fall to recent years short falls of Iridium industrial material, which had more than tripled in price in very short time. But this silver price multiplying can happen only after uncertainties due to erratic US traffic calls are done with, global war efforts cool down and global economies start moving up without other head aches like inflation, stagflation. 
• Chinese industrial demand will play a major role in determining the silver price movement. Many investment gurus like Jim Rogers had been calling to accumulate silver for medium to long term price gains. Patience like in any other asset holding is  needed to capture the silver price multiplying gains. 
• One problem is the storage costs due to physics size of silver compared to gold. Some financial institutions like UOB bank in Singapore charge around 0.64 percent in troy oz terms per year for silver stored with them. 
• If you have deep pockets, then consider silver investments for medium to long term. On commercial astrological basis, there is an identified correlation to Planet  Venus movement to silver price movement. If are able to identify correctly the effects of planet Venus movements and it's cross effects with other planets, there can be easier wins with silver buying. 
• I personally had experienced silver price jumping from 5 USD per troy oz to 50 USD per troy oz due to US Hunt brothers cornering global silver inventory. Back in late 1970s while my product line in my GE job in Singapore was using large quantities of silver, I had been tasked to reduce silver usage in my product lines, especially in electrical switch applications.
•  Another reason for silver price increase is silver mining costs are increasing in recent years. Silver mining like any other metal mining,  needs long term heavy investments. 
• Good luck investing in silver.
• C N Nachiappan, Singapore, 23 May 2025.

Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 739: Shri Laya kari (ōṃ layakaryai namaḥ)

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

The Divine Mother creates and maintains the rhythms of the cosmic dance of the entire universe. She causes absorption and the dissolution of the mind to eliminate duality.

The Divine Mother creates the dissolution of the mind. Widely spread universe is called ‘Andam’ and the human structure is called ‘Pindam’. Both have matching linkages. To the level, humans can control their minds, maturity comes in. In true understanding of Para-Brahman, one’s mind getting absorbed is called Layam. Those who wish to reach Para-Brahman, must dissolve their minds through meditation.

When there is a proper linkage between Ragam, Talam, Bhavam and Niruttam, it becomes Lalita Kala. This Layam can take the soul to ultimate Para-Brahman. We see the universal movements and the sounds created by them are perfectly matched. If a human is good at understanding this perfect match in the universal movement and created sound, it is the Divine Mother’s grace to him. He enjoys the Divine Mother’s Lasya and Shiva’s Tandava dances. The universal movements as understood by matured souls is called the Divine Mother’s Lasya dance. All the universal souls’ knowledge and joyful movements are forms of Shiva’s Tandava. The Divine Mother’s and Shiva’s dances are interlinked. Yogis and devotees enjoy such effects within and outside. When there is discipline, we see that there is bliss or ultimate joy for the souls. The Divine Mother as ‘Layakari’ creates such discipline within and outside for Her devotees. Such happy action is happening always for Her devotees, with Her grace.

Layam can be described in many ways:

1.   Attracting someone with different views and feelings and to make him accept our mindset approach

2.   Making Tala (beat) for the dance and music

3.   One form disappearing in another form

4.   Someone in Mukti or Liberation stage merging with Para-Brahman.

The Divine Mother creates all such Layams for Her devotees. It is said that an ancient sage Bharthar through the Divine Mother’s grace, saw singing and dancing as separate forms of art or kala. He used these to reach the Para-Brahman or get Liberation. The Divine Mother is celebrated as Lasya Priya and Layakari.

Laya is a special state of the mind. It is the absorption or dissolution of the mind in the object of meditation, forgetting all surrounding objects.

The melting of the mind experienced with the mutual dissolution of pitch and rhythm in music is known as Laya. ‘Sruti (pitch) is the mother and Laya (rhythm) is the father’s is a well-known saying in musical parlance. It is believed that Laya state in music arises from the Divine Mother grace. It is noteworthy that many of the celebrated musicians are the Divine Mother’s devotees. Worship of Brahman-as-sound is an important form of worship/Upasana, which is still practiced in India.

The Divine Mother causes the absorption of the mind.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 02 February 2022; updated 20 April 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 765: Shri Shuddha (ōṃ śuddhāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother is the purest. Her purity does not have even a trace of avidya (ignorance).

She is eternally pure. Universal beings either have pure or non-pure state; they even have changing forms being pure or non-pure. The soul loses its purity with its attachments in universal life. For a living being to lose its purity it must be in an environment and be agreeable to non-pure conditions. Cow’s milk is considered pure; ganga water is considered pure, but when both are mixed, they lose their purity. The body-based soul, due to its ignorance loses its purity. Due to ignorance, instead of focusing on Brahman, the soul joins with often ignorant beings to lose its purity even more. The Divine Mother Herself is there forever and there is no second nature in Her. She is ever pure, always gracefully blessing others without any mistake and trace of error.

As a result, there is no ignorance (mala) and worries due to confusion.

The Divine Mother is the purest.

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 28 February 2022; updated 14 May 2025.

 

 

References:

1.   The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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 764: Shri Svargapavargada (ōṃ svargāpavargadāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother bestows time-bound heavenly Bliss (Swarga) and eternal Blissa (Apa Varga).

All worldly pleasures are inevitably associated with fear and sorrow. Happiness without any such attachments is termed as heavenly bliss. These two types of happiness accumulate punya and papa (merits and demerits).

Even the ones in heaven must revert to universal life when their punya or credit balance is depleted. So, for those souls, happiness in this world and in heaven have an ending. However, Divine Mother can bestow ultimate happiness to souls (internal bliss). The matured soul or sage on reaching Brahman enjoys eternal happiness. He is not caught in samsara, the birth and death cycle again.

Depending upon one’s Punya level, heaven grants happiness with variations. There is no sorrow mixed with this happiness. Whatever deserved is got. When Punya balance is depleted, the soul cannot stay in heaven. That represents happiness with an ending.

Apavargam is an endless happiness in Brahman. Due to Punya and Jnanam, the soul leaves the body and reaches heaven. Due to its accumulated papa the soul returns to earth after consuming the merits of punya. Over many cycles of birth and death, the soul attains eternal salvation (Brahman). The Divine Mother grants both these types of happiness to devotees based on their maturity.

Swarga is heaven, the place of happiness, a pleasant resort, gained through merit. Apavarga is Liberation which is eternal. The Divine Mother gives both the temporary heaven and eternal Liberation.

The highest state that can be reached by sacrifice (yoga) and other rites is the transitory heaven. Some religions consider heaven as the ultimate state to be reached. The Sanatana Dharma, the system of eternal tenets that is Hinduism, treats heaven only as pleasant interlude. Heaven can be attained only through the accumulation of much merit.

However, the mind will not be satisfied even after reaching heaven. That mind itself must be dissolved. That is called a-mani bhava, the absence of mind, that is Liberation. The Gita (IX.21) says, “Having enjoyed spacious world of heaven, they return to the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted; thus, following three Vedas, desiring objects of enjoyment, they attain the state of samsara, the cycle of birth and death”. For them, the cycle of birth and death does not end. The aim of Jiva is Liberation, and the Divine Mother is the one who confirms that.

The Divine Mother grants moksha and Liberation.     

 

C N Nachiappan

Singapore, 27 February 2022; updated 14 May 2025.

References:

1.   The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamis AparnaSan 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