Aum twameva sākshāt Shrī Vishnumāyā sākshāt
Shrī Ādi Shakti Mātājī Shrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namah
O Divine Mother, You are verily Shri Vishnumaya. Salutations to You! Kāli You are… Shri Kali
Mahākāli nirmitā The one who was created by Shri Mahakali Herself
Vishuddhi padm’ālayā The one who dwells in the lotus of the Vishuddhi chakra Kulishaṅgī Thunderbolt-bodied
Tadillatā samaruchi Dazzling like lightning
Vishishta shastrā The one who has special weapons
Americ’eshwara-shastrā One of the weapons of Shri Americeshwara (Shri Krishna) *Rākshasa vijayinī The conqueror of rakshasas and devils
*Mahish’āsura ghātinī The conqueror of Mahishasura
*Nishumbha Shumbha-saoṅhantrī The destroyer of Shumbha and Nishumbha Chira-Kaumārī The eternal virgin
Vindhya priya putrī The beloved daughter of the Vindhya mountains Devī Mahātmya-stutā The Devi praised in the ‘Devi Mahatmyam’ Shaṅkarāchārya prashastā Praised by Adi Shankaracharya
Nanda gopa-Yashodā sutā She who was born to the cowherd Nanda and Shri Yashoda Kṛishna-sanjātā She who was born at the same time as Shri Krishna
Kṛishna bhagini-māyā-shakti The sister of Shri Krishna, as the maya shakti
Satya Avatār udghoshinī The one who declares the advent of an incarnation of truth
Svayam tyāgā The one who sacrificed herself in order to announce the birth of Shri Krishna Kṛishna-janma-udghoshaka-vidyullatā The one who became lightning to announce the birth of Shri Krishna
Vaikṛutika-rahasyā The one who is the maya that is impossible to surpass
Shiva-Brahmā-Vishnu-dñyāna parāṅgati The one whose maya is beyond the knowledge of Shri Shiva, Shri Brahma and Shri Vishnu
Mūrti Rahasyā Of mysterious forms
Dādima-pushpa-rakta-danti The one whose teeth are as red as pomegranate flowers Shata netrā The one who has a hundred eyes
Nārāyanī Shri Narayani, the power of Shri Vishnu
Pāvitrya dāyinī The one who gives chastity, the foundation of all dharmas
Ganesha pāvitrya pushpā The one whose flowers of chastity express the powers of Shri Ganesha Pāvitrya rakshakā The one who (in the ‘Mahabharata’) insisted on war with the Kauravas for the protection of chastity
Draupadī The goddess who incarnated as Draupadi (wife of the five Pandavas) Bandhu rakshita pāvitryā The one whose chastity is protected by Her brother Bandhu-ātma-prabudhyatā The one who cares for the spirituality of Her brother Mahābhārata kārinī The one who was responsible for the ‘Mahabharata’
Pancha-mahā-bhūta-sammilitā The one who joins the five elements, the five Pandavas Sarva bhūta pravishtā The one who can enter into all the elements
Hṛud-buddhi-melakā The one who integrates heart and brain Shighra kārinī The one who is quick-acting
*Sarva bādhā jwālinī The one who burns away negativity
Vidyut-janita maṅgalā The powerful one whose electricity brings auspiciousness
Nisarga prakopa damanī The one who controls lightning, earthquakes, typhoons and burning forests
Adbhūta chitra pradāyinī The one who reveals divinity through miracle pictures Chalat-chitra prakāshikā The one who enlightens the film medium
Sunṛuta-vāni dāyinī The bestower of pure speech
Mantra-sāmarthya-pradāyinī The one who empowers mantras Nirahaṅkārā Without ego
Namratā pradāyinī The bestower of true humility
Vishwāsa-nirmānakārī The bestower of faith and confidence Satya rakshikā The keeper of reality
*Sarva bādhā udghātikā The one who exposes (destroys) negativity
*Alīka dambha nāshinī The one who destroys false sophistication Nishkalaṅkā Spotless and unblemished
Pitāmaha gaurava rakshikā The one who protects respect for the grandparents
Mātṛu-tattwa gaurava-rakshikā The one who guards respect for the mother principle Bhagini sāmarthya rūpā The power of a sister
Sarvāoṅsh’ātmikā The one who makes us part and parcel of the whole *Ātma-saoṅshaya nivārinī The one who removes self-doubt
*Asatya mantra nāshinī The destroyer of false mantras
*Asatya spashtikaran nāshinī The one who destroys false explanations
Chakra maryādā sthāpinī The one who establishes the maryadas of the chakras Hṛudaya mūlā The one whose root is in the heart
Strī shakti rūpā The power of a woman
*Asatya kathā nāshinī The destroyer of myths
*Kṛutak’ādarsha nivārinī The one who removes artificial ideals Avyakta prakatana kārinī The one who reveals what is un-manifest Ānand’ādhārā The reservoir of joy
Sūkshma saoṅveda dāyinī The one who gives deep knowledge of the subtle
Ātma-sākshātkār-pathā-Nirmala-karini The one who clears the path for Self-realisation *Upahāsa asahishnu The one who does not tolerate sarcasm
Pūrna samarthā The one who is fully capable (complete)
Sahaja yoga pari-samarpana rūpā The one who gives the quality of being whole-hearted about Sahaja Yoga
Virāta prāpinī The one who makes us one with the Virata
Vishnumāyā Virāt’aṅganā The universal form of Shri Vishnumaya
Vāma-vishuddhi-sthitā-Mahāshakti The one who resides in the left Vishuddhi as the Maha-shakti Bhagini-kanyā-rūpa-Fāṭima The one who incarnated as Shri Fatima, the pure sister and daughter (of Mohammed)
Haṁsā chakra-sthitā-Saraswatī Shri Saraswati, who becomes the Vishnumaya shakti at Hamsa chakra
*Vipra-chitta-vikshepa-kārana-rākshasa-ghātinī The one who destroys the demons who disturb the attention of realised souls
Shākambhari Devī The goddess of agriculture and horticulture (who nourishes devotees in time of famine)
Mahā-Bhrāmarī The great Shri Bhramari, whose fiery beauty slays even the worst of enemies Idā nādī-stha Agni-shakti The fire power of the Ida nadi
Satya-bhāshini-ākāsha-shuddhikā The one who speaks the truth and purifies the ether Strī shakti The power of womanhood
Pratidina Pūjaniyā The one who is to be worshipped every day Sākshāt Shrī Ādi Shakti Mātājī
Shrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namah
Aum twameva sākshāt Shrī Sarva mantra siddhi sākshāt Shrī Ādi Shakti Mātājī Shrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namah
O Divine Mother, You are verily the power of all mantras. Salutations to You!
Shri Vishnumaya and Shri Krishna
Manifesting the pure brother and sister relationship, Shri Vishnumaya (or Yogamaya) incarnated at the same time as Shri Krishna around 3000 BC and was born to Shri Yashoda (an aspect of right Vishuddhi) and the cowherd Nanda in Gokul. Manifesting previously as lightning, She had prophesied to the rakshasa King Kansa that the eighth child of his sister Devaki would destroy him. Kansa then imprisoned Devaki and her husband Vasudeva in his palace prison in Mathura and killed each of her children as they were born. Vishnumaya intervened and saved Devaki’s seventh child Balarama, by using Her power of maya (illusion) to transfer the tiny fetus to
Rohini’s womb (Vasudeva’s first wife). Balarama was subsequently born in the village of Gokul as the second incarnation of Shri Shesha (the first being Shri Rama’s brother, Shri Lakshmana).
Soon after the apparent miscarriage of the seventh child, Devaki had her eighth child - Shri Krishna. On the night of Krishna’s birth, aided by Vishnumaya’s power of maya, Vasudeva escaped Kansa’s prison and agreed with Yashoda to exchange the baby Vishumaya with the baby Krishna. Krishna lived on and grew up in the relative safety of Gokul with his foster-mother Yashoda and brother
Balarama, while Vishnumaya was carried back to Kansa’s prison in Mathura. The next morning, surprised to find a baby girl beside Devaki, Kansa tried to kill Her. Instead, Shri Vishnumaya transformed Herself into lightning and announced Shri Krishna’s birth, declaring that the one who had come to destroy Kansa was still alive. Returning as Shri Krishna’s powerful sister, She incarnated again as Draupadi, the queen of the five Pandavas, to establish the power of chastity and to destroy the adharmic dynasty of the Kauravas (as told in the epic ‘Mahabharata’). She also incarnated as Shri Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed, to establish the Gruha- lakshmi principle in the left Nabhi (see “The 62 holy names of Hazrat Fāṭima Az-Zahra”). Dnyaneshwara’s younger sister, Muktabai was also an aspect of Shri Vishnumaya.
(see: Opening address, evening before Vishnumaya puja, New York, USA, 8 Aug 1980; ‘Shrimad Bhagavat’, ‘Bhagavata Purana’)
‘Vishnumaya is Gauri, the pure virgin, the power of a sister in a family and is there to protect your chastity…The practice of innocence is chastity…chastity is the Vishnumaya power…The power of Vishnumaya is the most powerful thing that a human being can have, is the most auspicious thing… The essence of religious life, of righteous life, of Sahaja Yoga life is chastity. Without a sense of chastity you cannot have dharma.’