Lalita Sahasranama meanings per name
581. Dayāmūrtī
Meaning – She is form of complete compassion.
She is overflowing with compassion towards her children. Where there is devotion, kindness, love and good vibrations, She shows her compassionate form. She resides in such places where true compassion and kindness exist. Where there is adharma, She appears as Kali or Durga.
Ramo vigrahavan dharmah- If dharma has to take on a form, then it will appear in the form of Rama. Lord Rama was an embodiment of dharma.
Ramaa vigrahavatee daya- Mother Sita (Ramaa) is an embodiment of compassion (daya).
When Rama strictly adheres to dharma, She unfailingly showers compassion.
582. Mahā-sāmrājya-śālinī
Meaning – She is the empress of this entire universe (Mahā sāmrājya).
Mahā sāmrājya is the final state of yoga. This denotes that She is the queen of the empire of Yoga. She takes the spiritual aspirants (sadhakas) to this state.
samrajyam , bhojyam , svarajyam , vairajyam , parameshtham rajyam maharajyamadhipatyamayam.
Above mentioned are the various types of kingdoms (raajyam). As per the individual need, She grants different kingdoms to different persons, the highest kingdom being the mastery in yoga.
From the nama 583 (Ātma-vidyā) to ‘nama 621 (Divya Vighraha)’ the knowledge is known as Brahma-vidya. This is Divine initiation (divya upadesha).
583. Ātma-vidyā
Meaning – Ātma-vidyā is the knowledge that teaches a person about the true self. Such knowledge is also Her form.
The initiation that Nachiketa received from Lord Yama, Prahlada from Lord Dattatreya, Maitreyi from Maharishi Yangyavalkya, Savitri from Lord Yama is nothing but Ātma-vidyā. Maharishi Pippaladi had initiated 6 rishis (great saints) into this Knowledge through his Prashnopanishad.
All the mantras and conversations in these texts summarize Ātma-vidyā. Further Lord Dattatreya has passed on this knowledge through the Datta Samhita and Avadhoota Gita and various Datta Sutras. Initially Datta taught this knowledge to his Mother Anasuya. Attachment towards her son prevented Anasuya from permitting him to travel around the lokas and reaching out to people in distress. At such a crucial time Datta initiated her into this divine knowledge (Ātma-vidyā) due to which she was relieved from the bondages of life.
584. Mahā-vidyā
Meaning – The knowledge (scripture) of Mantras (Mantra shastra) is known as Mahā-vidyā. Such knowledge is also Her form.
The spiritual austerities undertaken to reach Goddess Vana-durga is also known as Mahā-vidyā upasana.
The collection of the 10 major branches of knowledge (Dasha vidyas) is known as Mahā-vidyā. This Mahā-vidyā contains 700 mantras.
585. Śrī-vidyā
Meaning – Śrī-vidyā is the path that leads towards total merger (aikya) into Her. She is the form of Srividya.
Upasana of Srividya results in Her Divine Vision. Srichakra puja and the Navavarna mantras and procedure all are Srividya worship.
586. Kāmasevitā
Meaning – Kāma (Manmatha, the Lord of desire) worships and serves Her.
Kaama is one among the 12 primary worshippers of the Supreme Mother. Those who follow the method of worship as preached by him are said to be follow the Kāma-siddhānta.
587. Śrī-ṣoḍaśākṣarī-vidyā
Meaning – She is the 16-syllable mantra (shodashi) of Mother Rajarajeshwari that begins with the word Sri.
Shodashakshari is the most supreme mantra of the Divine Mother and is got purely as an initiation from the Guru. It is wrong to recite it without being initiated into it.
588. Trikūṭā
Meaning – She is the trikūta- the combined state of all the 3 kūtas.
The 15-syllable mantra of the Divine Mother is divided into 3 kūtas – Vagbhava kūta, Madhya kūta and Shakti kūta.
Ramayana states that Hanuman lands on the Trikūta Mountain when he reaches Lanka in search of Sita. Trikūta being referred to here in the story is actually the Supreme Mother’s 15- syllabled divine mantra. In reality, Mother Sita is the Supreme Mother Rajarajeshwari. She was found when King Janaka was ploughing the fields and hence came to be known as his daughter. Landing on Trikūta Mountain symbolized that Hanuman had achieved accomplishment of this 15-syllabled (Panchadashee, Trikūta) mantra.
This is to state that those who undertake the sadhana of the Trikūta mantra will be blessed with Her vision.
589. Kāmakoṭikā
Meaning –
a) Kāmākshi is She who retains Lord Kāmeshwara as Her eye (akshi).
b) She is the mother who fulfils all the desires (kaama) of her children.
‘Kāma’ means ‘desires’. ‘Koti’ means ‘cream or lining’. For example, the term ‘koti (crore) rupees’ is implies ‘the pinnacle of materialistic prosperity’. Similarly, kāmakoti means the cream of all desires or the most-supreme desire. What could this be? To an ardent devotee, achieving liberation (Moksha) is the cream of all desires.
Among the four fold aims of life i.e. Dharma (rules of righteousness), artha (material prosperity), kāma (fulfilment of desires), Moksha (liberation), it is always Moksha that supersedes kaama (desires). Moksha is the cream of desires.
She resides as Goddess Kāmākshi in Kānchipuram. As Kāmakotikā She grants liberation (moksha) to her children.
590. Kaṭākṣa-kiṅkarī-bhūta-kamalā-koṭi-sevitā
(This entire line is one name and there should be no break/ pause in-between).
Meaning – Her power is such that just upon the blinking of Her eyelids, crores of Lakshmi Devis’ (limitless prosperity) attend and serve Her.
A devotee who has secured Her grace will find that crores of Lakshmis’ attend and serve him. However a true devotee will reject this and seek that they serve the Supreme Mother itself. A true devotee will reject the accomplishments (siddhis) that come en-route on his path to liberation.