LALITHA SAHASRANAMAM MEANING 550 - 555.

Viyadadi-jagat-prasuh (550) She is the Creator of the five principles of akash (ether) air, etc. According to Taittiriya Upanishad (II.1) “From that Self (the Brahman) sprang up akash, from akash air, from air fire, from fire water and from water earth.” During great dissolution, the reverse process unfolds.” She is referred as that Self or the Brahman. This nama augurs well with nama 397 ‘mulaprakriti’. Sarva-vyadhi-prashamani (551) She cures all diseases. Nama 876 ‘niramaya’ also conveys the same meaning. Sarva-mrtyu-nivarini (552) Mrtyu means death. There are different types of deaths such as death arising out our accidents, disease or untimely deaths. Svetashvatara Upanishad IV.15 explains about death thus: “If you know your oneness with Him, you become free from shackles of death.” Katha Upanishad I.iii.15 also endorses this view. “Having known that Self, one can be free from death.” The concept of self-realisation is conveyed in this nama. If one becomes immortal, it is against the laws of the Divine. Mrtyu means averting rebirths. Birth and death is only for gross bodies. When immortality (eternal) is referred, it always means the Supreme Self. A soul manifests in the form of gross body to undergo pleasure or pain according to its karmic account. At the time of death, soul leaves the body and enters another body till its entire karmic account is exhausted. The death here indicates the final liberation of the soul to merge with the Brahman. The nama means that She is liberator of such souls. Agra-ganya (553) She is the First, first among the entire creation. Shiva has no parentage. Shiva created Her in the form of kinetic power to create and sustain this universe. This nama refers to Her own creation. At the time of first creation, none was there except Shiva and Shakthi. At the time of annihilation only Shiva and Shakthi alone remains. Shiva and Shakthi continue to remain during the end of one yug and the commencement of next yug (discussed in nama 555.) Shivananda Lahari verse 100 conveys the same meaning. “Gods like Brahma know You as the first amongst the most worshipful ones. You are known as the best among the best of grains.” Acintya-rupa (554) She is in inconceivable form, a quality of the Brahman. Reference can also be made to namas 139 and 415 which say that She is beyond comprehension by mind. This is one of the unique qualities of the Brahman and confirms that the Brahman is amorphous and omnipresent. She is beyond all qualities and gunas. Forms appear only if the soul interacts with prakriti along with elements. She is the embodiment of all souls and She herself is the prakriti. Kali-kalmasha-nashini (555) She destroys the sins committed during kali yug (kali age) The following reding from Markandeya Purana Chapter 43. Verses 26-30 is about the duration of each yug. At the end of each yug the total dissolution takes place and the next re-creation is known by the succeeding yug. Currently we are going through 5111th year of kali yug out of 360,000 human years. “360 human years is equal to one divine year. 12,000 divine years (4,320,000 human years) consists the four ages called Krta yug (4000 years), treata yug (3000 years), dvapara yug (2000 years) and kali yug (1000 years). The balance of 2000 years has been calculated for twilight period of each yug.” Out of the four, kali yug is supposed to have more sinners and She in the form of Goddess Kali destroys sins committed during kali yug.