Dhyana of Lalitha Sahasranama- SPECIALITIES

Sinduraruna vigragam, trinayanam, manikyamaoli sphurat
Taranayaka shekharam, smitamukhim, aapinavakshoruham
Panibhyamalipurnaratna chashakam, raktotpalam bibhratim
Soumyam ratna ghatasdha raktacharanam
dhyayetparamambikam (1)

Arunam karuna tarangitakshim
Dhruta pashankusha pushpa banachapam
Animadhi bhiravrutam mayukhai
Rahamityeva vibhavaye, bhavanim
Dhyayetpadmasanasdham vikasita
Vadanam padmapatrayatakshim
Hemabham pitavastram karakalita
Lasadhemapadmam varangim
Sarvalankarayuktam satata mabhayadam
Bhaktanamram bhavanim
Shree vidyam shantamurtim sakala suranutam
Sarvasampatpradatrim (2)


Sakunkuma vilepana malikachunbi sasturikam
Samandahasi tekshenam sasharachapa pashankusham
Asheshajana mohini marunamalya bhushanbaram
Japakusuma bhasuram japavidhao smaredambikam (3)


Before going into the meaning for this, let we share some beautiful things dwelling inside this.

1. Only in this dhyana sloka, all the three sakthis were invoked (Uma-Lakshmi-Saraswathi).

2. This dhyana itself shows us that shri lalithamba is a combo of all these 3 devis (which indirectly says that noone is superior than her)

3. The first part is meant for Saraswathi, the next is for lakshmi and the last is for uma. Similarly the first part of first sloka (the first 3 namas Shri matha, shri maharaghni, shrimath simhasaneswari) is also for these 3 devis in the same respective order.

4. In this whole dhyanam, nowhere the name of shri lalithambika has been mentioned.

5. When LS has been recited/chanted dhyana should be said first and then slokas, and then also dhyana should be recited on completion. If its going to be an archana, we can stop with namas itself and no need to recite dhyana again.

6. Dhyana is usually meant to think of the deity in a particular form so as to concentrate the human mind. The speciality of this LS dhyana is, the dhyana itself has comprised almost all the 1000 namas with their intended meaning.