Śrī Lalitā Sahasranāmam 105–108
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2021-04-22

This video is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Viśuddhi-cakra | Śrī Lalitā Sahasranāmam
105. Sahasrārambujārūḍhā सहस्राराम्बुजारूढा 
She has now reached Her destination, the sahasrāra, where Śiva is waiting for Her. Sahasrāra is just below the brahma-randhra, an orifice in the skull that connects to the cosmos. The existence of this orifice has not been medically proved. Perhaps this is like the pores that exist in our skin through which sweat comes out. But one can distinctly feel the cosmic connection through this orifice. The union of Śiva and Śakti takes place at sahasrāra. The sādhaka, who all along was worshipping only the Śakti, begins to worship Her along with Her creator, Śiva. There are fifty letters in the Sanskrit alphabet (in some versions it is fifty-one including ॡ lṝ). Based on these characters and multiplying this fifty by twenty—the five basic elements, five karmendriyas, five jñānendriyas and five tanmātras—the product is one thousand. This one thousand is said to be the number of psychic petals of an imaginary lotus flower in sahasrāra. Please refer to ’More about Sanskirt letters’ at the end of nāma 833, Pañcāśat-pīṭha-rūpiṇī).

106. Sudhāsārabhi-varṣiṇī सुधासारभि-वर्षिणी 
There is one soma-cakra in the middle of sahasrāra. When kuṇḍalinī reaches this cakra, out of the heat generated by Her presence, the ambrosia which is stored there gets melted, drips through the throat and enters the entire nervous system. Soma-cakra is discussed in nāma 240, Candra-maṇḍala-madhyagā. The Tāntrik interpretation of this ambrosia differs from this interpretation. Saundarya-Laharī 10 says, “You drench the nādis (nerves) in the body with the flood of nectar gushing through Your feet.”
More about ambrosia: The followers of samayācāra worship Her through the cakras of kuṇḍalinī, beginning from mūlādhāra. Please refer to nāma 98. Both the planet moon and the cit-candra-mandalā (nāma 240) at sahasrāra represent Śrī Cakra, as both have similar qualities. Both shed nectar. Cit means foundational consciousness. Her lotus feet are deemed to shine in the moon region of Śrī Cakra. Moon is the master of all medicinal herbs that are said to ooze the divine fluid known as nectar.

107. Taḍillatā-samaruciḥ तडिल्लता-समरुचिः 
She shines like a stroke of lightning. In the advanced stage of kuṇḍalinī meditation, one can realize the entire spinal cord glowing like a flash of lightning. Till this nāma, this kind of epithet was not used, but used here for the first time as She is now with Her spouse. She shines like lightning when She is with Śiva. There are instances of comparing Brahman to lightning. Kena Upaniṣad IV.4 explains Brahman beautifully: “It is like a flash of lightning… Just as lightning comes in a flash and removes darkness, Self realization dawns in a fraction of a second and removes the darkness of ignorance.” Mahā Nārāyana Upaniṣad XIII.11 (Nārāyaṇa-sūkta) says vidyāllokhā, meaning a flash of light. Therefore it is apparent that Lalitāmbikā is referred to as Brahman in this nāma. This nāma fortifies the argument that both Śiva and Śakti are Brahman. Śiva is the nirguṇa-brahman and Śakti is saguṇa-brahman. Nirguṇa means without attributes and saguṇa means with attributes. Śakti attains potency only if She remains with Śiva. Śiva also becomes inert without Śakti. This argument is strengthened by this nāma as She is compared to lightning only during Her union with Śiva. Some texts use taṭillatā instead of taḍillatā. However this difference does not alter the meaning.

108. Ṣaṭcakropari-samsthitā षट्चक्रोपरि-सम्स्थिता 
She is above the six cakras starting from mūlādhāra to the ājñā-cakra. She is now at sahasrāra, which is not a cakra. As sahasrāra is above the six cakras, hence this nāma. There is another interpretation possible. It has been seen earlier that She is Brahman when united with Śiva. To realize Brahman in sahasrāra, one has to cross the lower cakras, all of which are associated with worldly acts. Sahasrāra is above worldly acts. That is why She is said to be above these six cakras, meaning that Brahman is above the six cakras. 

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