29. Anākalita-sādṛśya-cibuka-śrī-virājitā
Anākalita-sādṛśya-cibuka-śrī-virājitā reveals the Supreme Reality as utterly incomparable, transcending every symbol, analogy, and measure through which the mind seeks to understand it. The name teaches that while beauty, wisdom, and grace may point toward the Divine, its true nature remains beyond all comparison because there is nothing apart from it with which it can be compared.
Anākalita-sādṛśya-cibuka-śrī-virājitā (अनाकलितसादृश्यचिबुकश्रीविराजिता)
This is the 29th name of the Lalitā Sahasranāma.
The Sahasranāma now describes the Divine Mother's chin (cibuka), but immediately uses it to convey a much deeper idea: the incomparability of the Divine.
1. Literal Meaning
Word-by-word
Anākalita – not conceived, not imagined, not found
Sādṛśya – likeness, comparison, resemblance
Cibuka – chin
Śrī – beauty, grace, splendor
Virājitā – shining, resplendent, adorned with
Literal translation
"She whose beautiful chin possesses a beauty for which no comparison can be conceived."
or
"She whose chin shines with an incomparable beauty."
2. Traditional Meaning
In many of the preceding names, comparisons were used:
moon
coral
ruby
flowers
stars
But here the Sahasranāma suddenly says:
No comparison is possible.
The beauty of Her chin cannot be adequately described through any known object.
This is a significant shift.
3. Devotional Meaning
The name teaches that however exalted the comparisons may be:
moonlight
flowers
precious gems
they ultimately fail.
The Divine Mother's beauty exceeds every standard available to the human mind.
Thus:
The finite cannot fully describe the Infinite.
4. Inner Psychological Meaning
The mind understands by comparison.
We know something by relating it to something else.
For example:
brighter than...
larger than...
sweeter than...
But some experiences resist comparison:
profound love
deep peace
direct spiritual insight
This name points toward that dimension.
Reality cannot always be reduced to concepts.
5. Śrīvidyā Meaning
Throughout the Sahasranāma, Lalitā is described through forms and symbols.
Yet Śrīvidyā never forgets that the Goddess ultimately transcends every description.
This name is a reminder:
Every image is a pointer.
None is the final truth.
The chin becomes the occasion for declaring the indescribability of the Divine.
6. Advaita Vedāntic Meaning
Now the deepest layer.
Why "Anākalita Sādṛśya"?
Because Brahman has no second thing with which it can be compared.
The Upaniṣads repeatedly teach:
There is nothing equal to It.
There is nothing other than It.
Comparison requires two objects.
Advaita says:
Reality is One without a second.
Therefore:
There can be no true comparison.
The hidden teaching
The name appears to describe the chin.
But the deeper implication is:
The Divine Reality is incomparable because there is nothing outside it.
Everything that could serve as a comparison already exists within it.
A beautiful contemplation
When the Sahasranāma compares Her to:
moon
coral
flowers
stars
it helps the mind.
When it says:
Anākalita-sādṛśya
it takes the mind beyond comparison.
This is similar to the Upaniṣadic method:
First describe.
Then transcend the description.
Connection with the previous names
Manda-smita-prabhā-pūra-majjat-kāmeśa-mānasā
Even Kāmeśa is immersed in the radiance of Her smile.
Anākalita-sādṛśya-cibuka-śrī-virājitā
Her beauty is beyond comparison altogether.
The movement is subtle:
From divine beauty
to the realization that divine beauty itself cannot be measured by worldly standards.
One-line Essence
Anākalita-sādṛśya-cibuka-śrī-virājitā reminds us that the Divine can be indicated through symbols and comparisons, but its true nature ultimately transcends all description, all comparison, and all thought.
