ఓం హ్రీం శ్రీం క్లీం ఐం శ్రీ లలిత త్రిపుర సుందరైనమః
Sahasranama is in the 36th chapter of Lalitopakyana in Brahmanda
Purana. It is presented in the form of instructions imparted to the sage
Agasthya by Hayagriva who is an incarnation of Sri Maha Vishnu.
Hayagriva tells Agasthya the story of the incarnation of Lalitha Maha
Thripura Sundari and describes her sports. He then describes the city
of Sripura, Her abode, the greatness of Her Mantra, the
panchadasakshari, the essential oneness of Sri Yantra, Sri Vidya,
Lalitambika and Sri Guru, and initiates Agastya into the Sahasranamas of
Devi’s attendant deities. Though he described every thing so far,
Hayagriva did not mention any thing about Lalitha Sahasranama. On
repeated questioning of the anxious student, Agastya maharishi,
Hayagriva first explains the reasons why Lalitha Sahasranama is so
divine and sacred, and why it can be imparted only to the highly potent
and exalted and that the reasons why it was not imparted in the first
place.
Once Lalitha Devi addressed Vasini and the other vagdevathas
(goddesses of speech): “I command you – who know the secrets of
Srichakra, and of Sri Vidya and other Mantras to compose a hymn of a
thousand names that reveal my greatness. Lead the way to let my devotess
obtain My grace by chanting it !”.
Accordingly Vasini and the other
dieties of speech composed the Lalitha Sahasranama consisting of the
most secret mantras. Subsequently one day Devi sitting on her throne,
gave the opportunity of her Darshan to all those who were present in the
court, including countless Brahma’s, Countless Vishnu’s, Rudra’s and
Sakthi’s such as Mantrini, Dandini and the other inhabitants of heaven.
She gave them all the opportunity to worship Her. As every one took
their seats after the worship, Lalitha Devi allowed Vasini and the other
deities to chant the Sahasranama by visual signaling.
They stood up with their palms joined in devotion and chanted
“Lalitha Sahasranama” in Her praise. Every one was immersed in wonder
and bliss. Devi -Divine Mother was pleased and spoke these words.
“Children, this hymn was composed by Vasini and the other deities of
speech, for the good of the world, according to my wish. Chant this hymn
to obtain my favor. Those who chant it are dearest to Me. I will grant
all their wishes.”
Lalitha Sahasranama is the Powerful Remedy to Cure all sort of
Problems in our Life and will give Bliss to the Devotee,who is
Following;
If you have time, Please Chant/do “Lalitha Ashtothram”-Archanai ,atleast once in a Week,Particularly on Friday/Tuesday.
If Possible Chant “Lalitha Sahasranama” – Good Remedy for all sorts of Problem.
For Ex;
By Keeping one hand on the Fore head of a Sick Person,and if We chant
“Lalitha Sahasranama” with Sincere and True hearted devotion, that sick
Person, will be Alright.
In this materialistic world, with an intention to create a mind
devoted to mankind, sincere love, unity and by thus to God and avoid
hatred and animosity towards our enemies, chanting of Sree Lalitha
Sahasra Namam, a Sanskrit namavali from the ancient Brahmanda Purana,
forms an integral part.
It is natural that, we mankind has to face many obstacles and set
backs in our life. However, it is our will to conquer them makes us
successful in our endeavors. We should have the Belief, Confidence and
Determination to try for this. Some cases these qualities are in-born.
But for many these are developed. A useful and beneficial method to
develop this is by seeking solace in God by chanting prayers knowing
their meanings. It will give the most advantageous benefits if one
chants keerthans and namavalis with their meanings in mind. He/She will
be able to express more and get closer to God.
It is Impossible to tell the Glory of Shree Maha Lalitha Thripura
Sundhari and Impossible to list the countless Benefits of ‘Lalitha
Sahasranama';
Under the Holy grace of Lord ‘Parvathi Parameshvarar’ -some of the
benefits of regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranamavali is listed
below;
1] This is the most favored form of prayer to Goddess Lalithambika
and it is also very secret and powerful than any other forms of Tantra
or Mantra.
2] Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is as beneficial as
visiting religious places, taking bath in a holy river, offering food,
offering materials. It is an indirect blessing to those who cannot do
these kind of offerings to God.
3] Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama will ward off the
evil from uncompleted pooja vidhis or rituals etc. It will also form a
way of penance.
4] Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama will ward off
premature death, will provide a long and contended healthy life. Fever
can be cured by religiously chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasranamam by
touching on a persons forehead. The number of times you chant the more
benefit you are likely to get. The vibhuti used for Sree Lalitha
Sahasranama archana can be applied then on the forehead, which will give
much relief to fever and headache.
5] It is said that if one chants religiously Sree Lalitha Sahasra
Namam keeping a glass of water (or in a vessel) in front and then pours
it over the head, all sorts of troubles related to once planetary
positions and from evil spirits will be warded off.
6] It is said that if a person chants Sree Lalitha Sahasranama
keeping in mind a picture of Sree Lalitha Devi situated in the divine
ocean which contains `Amrut’ , he will be cured from any kind of disease
related to poison.
7] It is said that if a person consumes ghee, which is kept while
chanting Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam, he will be cured of impotency and
will have children.
8]Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam will ward off any
kind of evil deeds or rituals (black magic) aimed at the person who
chants the namam. The power derived from the chanting supersedes all
other forms of prayers and the person will no more require to consult
astrologers or any sorts of occultists. He will have tremendous self
confidence in himself.
9] Through the regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam, the
atmosphere will be purified. Each nerve in our body will be invigorated
and subtle energies will be awakened in the person.
10]Sree Lalitha Devi will protect a person who regularly chants Sree
Lalitha Sahasra namam from accidents and from the attacks of enemy and
will make him victorious in all his good deeds.
11]Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam will make a person
blessed with word power, fame, good will etc. Particular importance
should be given to chant Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam on Friday’s which is
very auspicious for the blessing of Devi.
12]Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is the form of prayer that any one and
every one can chant at any time and every time. It does not matter if
one could not complete it. Because each of the namam in itself is
powerful and will provide all sorts of benefits. It depends on what you
wish and how you go about it.
13]It is said that chanting the name of Lord Siva once is as good as
chanting the name of Mahavishnu a thousand times. And chanting the name
of Devi once is as good as chanting the name of Siva, a thousand times.
And of which Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is the most important one to
Sree Lalitha Devi herself.
14] It is very beneficial if all members of the family unite and
chants Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam once in a day in the evening or
whenever time permits. A family that prays together stays together. It
will bring about unity, peacefulness, clear mind to perform and by thus
prosperity.
15] In homes where Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam is chanted regularly
there will never be any shortage of the basic necessities of life. This
is the reason why the ancient Gurus would instruct their desciples to
chant Sree Lalitha Sahasra namam even after initiating them into the
mantras of other deities such as Lord Krishna, Lord Rama and other Gods
and Goddesses.
16] It is also to be noted that by religiously chanting Sree Lalitha
Sahasra namavali, we are seeking the blessings of Sree Lalithambika, who
is also called Kalima, Durga ma, Devi, Parasakthi, Bhagavathi etc, who
in turns is the universal mother. And how can a mother ignore her
children when they are in distress or duress or troubles of any sorts?
So keep utmost faith in her and start chanting.
17] Each one of the namam by itself is a powerful weapon for many sorts of day-to-day problems.
Lalitha Sahasranamam can be chanted in many different ways. In
Stotram form, all 1,000 namams are separated into stotrams of a few
namams each and recited in this way. In mantra form, each namam is said
individually, preceded by “Aum” and followed by “Namah”. When chanted in
mantra form, the endings of each namam are generally changed to “e” or
“yai”. Mantra form is commonly used to recite Lalitha Sahasranamam
during archana. In the homam form, homam is conducted by ending each
namam with Swaha: Homam is the most powerful form of offering and
considered as the most revered solution for all problems of the man
kind.
The following of chanting Lalitha Sahasranamam:
“Children, if we can do archana of the thousand names of the Divine
Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never
be lack of life’s essentials, food and clothing, in a family that chants
the Lalita Sahasranama with devotion.”
Sakti or Devi is the divinity of one Universal Goddess representing
‘Prakriti’ or Earth. We have a great range of literature dealing with
the immanence of Saktism. Devi Mahatmyam, Devi Bhagavatam, Brahma
Vivarta Purana and Skanda Maha Purana are
some of the important Devi literatures. Out of the multifarious forms
of Devi worship, two major forms have gained fame, still persisting in
Modern India are Devi as Kali and Devi as Lalita. Among them Lalita form
has attained recognition as ‘Vaidic’ or the higher philosophical order.
The legendary origin of Lalita cult is found in the Brahmanda Purana.
This book consists of forty four chapters out of which chapter 5 to 44
narrate the story of Lalita namely Lalitaupakyana. The purana of Lalita
explains about the manifestation of Goddess for the destruction of demon
called Bandasura. It details about the construction of Sripura the
abode of Lalita in the form of Sri Chakra. Lalita Sahasranama consists
of one thousand names and Trisati is of three hundred names, praising
her divine attributes. Sri Adi Sankaracharya and Sri Bhaskararaya had
contributed commentaries for Trisati and Sahasranama. These texts have
shown new dimensions towards understanding and practice of Sri Lalita
Cult.
There was once in very ancient times a powerful demon by name Taraka.
He was lording over the Universe with his unequalled power and
strength. An assemblage of devas resolved that only Skanda can destroy
Taraka. But the birth of Skanda had been delayed due to the penance of
Lord Siva. Manmata the God of love was assigned to wake up Siva from his
deep meditation. He sent out the flower – shafts of lust on the three
eyed lord. Siva roused with uncontrollable anger and burnt Manmata by
opening the flames of his third eye. Another flame of Siva gave birth to
Lord Skanda who then destroyed Tarakasura. Due to the absence of
Manmata the creation was stopped. Lord Siva blessed Manmata for his
rebirth and while he sprinkled the holy water over the ashes of Manmata,
another demon by name Bandasura came out of the smoke. Immediately the
iron hands of the demon spoiled the righteousness of the three worlds.
Indra, the king of Devas performed a fire ritual according to the advice
of Lord Siva, Sri Lalita appeared embodying the powers of creation,
protection and destruction. The Devas praised her in eloquent terms as
Universal Mother. Lord Siva married her in the form of Kameshwar and the
Kingdom of Sri Lalita originated from the Sripura, a beautiful city at
the crest of the mountain Meru, built in the form of Sri Chakra. In a
fierce battle,
Sri Lalita destroyed Bhandasura.
The philosophical base of this unprecedented success of Devi is that,
the ‘ajnana’ (ignorance) is removed by ‘jnana’ (realization).There are
some Eastern and Western savants who glibly assert that Saktism is an
invasion of Aryanism by non – Aryanism, and there are others who say
that the Mother cult is pre -Aryan and originally belonged to the
Sumerian or other culture and latter on entered Aryanism
1. The worship of the primordial power as Mother is an ancient Indian
tradition. The upanishads declare that God is the first cause of
Universe. The entire universe has arisen from God. Thus God is verily
the mother of Universe
2. Sri Lalita Sahasranama begins with its first hymn as, ” Sri Matre Namaha “
3. Means, Praise the God as Mother. By worshipping the God as Mother
one approaches Her like a child. This way of worship removes the ego and
the sense of ‘I’ from the devotee and he is free from the travails of
Samsara.The
term Lalita means lovely, elegant or charming. The philosophical basis
of Lalita cult is Sri Vidya, which is the ultimate knowledge. It is the
realization of the soul through synthesis and reconciliation. Devi is
the immanent soul of all souls. She is the infinite and eternal supreme
Bliss. She induces the intuitive knowledge of God, which is herself. Sri
Vidya shows the practical method to experience the truths of Vedanta as
Brahma Vidya. The worship of Sakti, who is denoted by the syllable
‘Sri’ is called as Sri Vidya. The prayers are conducted by invoking Sri
Lalita over the Sri Chakra which is the diagrammatic representation of
the Universe, Mantra, Yantra and Tantra are the three aspects of Sri
Vidya. Yantra is the form of symbolic representation of Mantra. Tantra
consists of mind concentration; rituals and kundalini yoga.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa considered his body as the great Yantra.
He praised Sakti as ‘I am the device and you are the operator’.
Bavanopanisad also defines the human body as the Yantra
4. Sri Vidya treats equally all the paths to attain salvation.
Brahmavidya and SriVidya are unique. Sri Lalita can be worshipped by
both saguna and nirguna paths. Sri Lalita Cult accepts Bakti yoga, Karma
yoga, Raja yoga and Jnana yoga. It considers both family life and
hermitage as the ways to reach God. Sri Lalita is the form of all and
accepts and all forms of worship. The Kundalini Sakthi is the supreme
power in the human body. It could be invoked to realize God in this very
life, with in the physical body. Sri Lalita Sahasranama mentions the
names of Chakras present in the human body. According to it there are
six chakras namely Muladara, Svadhistana, Manipura, Anahata, Visudhi and
Ajna. The supreme locus of the Paramatma is in the Sahasrara. When the
Kundalini Sakti is roused by appropriate means, it travels along the
suksumana nadi in the vertebral column and reaches the Sahasrara. Thus
Sri Lalita cult emphasizes the excellence of Yoga. It harmonizes Hata
yoga, Raja yoga, Mantra yoga, Laya yoga, and Bhakti yoga. Negative
notions on the reality of the world find a suitable answer in Sri
Lalitha Cult. Seeing the mother pervading everything, it sees the world
not as a battle field but as a play ground. The Lalita doctrine explains
Goddess Lalita as Cidswarupini and Anandarupini (pure and blissful
consciousness). The material universe is nothing but her play (lila).
Human beings can remain cheerful in the world, like her children playing
by the side of their mother. Living exemplary lives, they finally find
eternal rest on the lap of the Divine Mother
5. The desire less devoted state of mind enables the devotee to
experience her ‘lila’ in a calm and happy spirit. Sri Lalita Sahasranama
explains the Divine mother as “Siva Sakti Iykya Rupini”
6. The unification of Siva and Sakti. This union can be interpreted
as the consciousness and its power or the blissful union of the soul
with the over soul. Sri Lalita cult is the harmonious blend of all paths
of spirituality which is called as “Samarasamarga” and leads to the
ultimate realization. It inculcates the healthy physical and moral life
with truth and love. Sri Vidya shows the path for transcendence with in
this world. There is no discrimination of caste, creed or gender in
Lalita cult. It proclaims that one who has not refrained from evil acts
and who has no peace of mind and self control can not realize God by any
means. Lalita cult consists of a great potential philosophical core and
this is only a maiden attempt to point out the importance of the cult.
According to Me, Nobody in this World should shed tears,We all are
Childrens – Prince and Princess of our Divine Mother Shree ‘Lalitha
Thripura Sundari’,She is always ready to clear our problems,Then why we
have to shed Tears?.
Loka samastha sukino bavanthu !
shree mathre namahaa!
om shakthi om!
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