LALITHA SAHASRANAMAM 619 - 622.

Pavaranakritih (619)

She is the embodiment of purity. It also means that She performs all auspicious acts such as creation, sustenance and liberation. She is the cause for Self-realization as She alone can lead to Shiva. A soul gets purified by means of penance and knowledge. Realising the Brahman is possible, only by acquiring the highest form of intellect. This purification process is possible only with Her grace. It is also said that one gets purified by simply cogitating Her. Perpetual cerebration about Her is the highest of all spiritual acts. All other acts such as meditation and rituals are considered inferior and ineffective. These processes are merely tools to access the ceaseless cognitive process which ultimately leads to Divine commune, bliss and liberation.

Reference can also be made to nama 542.

Aneka-koti-brahmanda-janani (620)

She has given birth to billions of worlds is the literal meaning. This is based on Her attributes of causing creation, sustenance and death. The universe is said to contain millions of planets like earth with their own galaxies. Man has four predominant level of consciousness – sleep, dream, deep sleep and turiya stages. These four stages of consciousness are related to souls or microcosms. In the same way, the Brahman or the macrocosm has four different stages. They are avyakta, Ishvara, hiranyagarbha and virat.

Avyakta is the state of prakriti in its un-manifested form, with the three gunas in equal proportions. Avyakta is the first stage of the Brahman that cannot be explained, as this is the purest form of the Brahman, without parentage. This stage is also known as turiya or the fourth state of consciousness, the other three being sleep, dream and deep sleep. It is the non-dualistic state, where the Brahman without a second is realized. It is highly subtle in nature endowed with tranquillity and bliss (cloud ninestage).

The second stage is ‘Ishvara’. The concept of God begins here. This stage is the cause of creation, sustenance and death and the stage of ‘all-knowing’. Maya which is known as illusion is associated with this stage. This forms the casual body or karana sarira.

The third stage is ‘hiranyagarbha’. This is the binding factor of the universe. It holds all the creations together. This forms the subtle body or linga sarira or karana sarira.

The fourth stage is ‘virat’. This is also known as ‘vaishvanara’. This is where manifestation of forms takes place and the gross form of the world is realized and is seen with biological eyes. But this is not everything. It is only a miniscule of the Brahman. Gross forms become perceivable when vaishvanara or virat gets associated with maya. This forms the gross body or sthula sarira.

When soul or purusha gets associated with prakriti, the birth of a living being happens. When virat gets associated with maya, the birth of the universe happens. The former is microcosm and the latter is macrocosm. All these four stages are referred in this sahasranamam. Avyakta in nama 398, Ishvara (Ishvari) in nama 271, hiranyagarbha (svarna-garbha) in nama 638 and virat (virat-rupa) in nama 778. This nama refers to the combination of these four stages.

Aitareya Upanishad opens by saying “In the beginning this was but the absolute Self alone. There was nothing else whatsoever that winked. It thought ‘let Me create the worlds’”. This talks about the will of the Brahman to create and the process of creation unfolds.

Divya-vigraha (621)

She has a divinely shaped body the beauty of which is possible only for the Divine. This nama has another interpretation. Divya also means ‘akash’ and ‘vigraha’ means war. In “Devi Mahatmiyam’ (Durga Saptasati) it is said that She had climbed to akash without support and fought the battle against the demon Sumbha.

Klimkari (622)

She is in the form of ‘kama bija’ klim (pronounced as ‘kleem’). It is also known as Manmata (Kamadeva) bija, the bija of the love god. ‘Ka’ refers to Kamadeva, ‘l’ refers to Lord Indra, ‘i’ refers to contentment and ‘am’ is the cause of pleasure or pain depending upon one’s karmic account. This interpretation is given by Shiva to Shakthi out of His love for Her. ‘Klim’ bija is used to please the Goddess of wealth Lakshmi.

Klimkara is Shiva and His wife is Klmkari. ‘Ka’ means Shiva and ‘la’ means Shakthi and ‘im’ (eem) is ‘kamakala’ (nama 322). Therefore ‘klim’ also means Shiva-Shakthi iykam (union).