maatru devo bhava pitru devo bhava
aachaarya devo bhava
atithi devo bhava

                                                                       … (Taittiriya Upanishad)

Respects to Mother, Father, Guru and Guest.
They are all forms of God.

ambikaa anaadhinidhanaa haribrahmendra sevitaa
naaraayani
naadaroopa naamaroopa vivarjitaa

                                                                   … (Lalitha Sahasra Namam)

Sri Lalitha Devi is the Divine Mother,
compassionate and caring (ambika), without beginning and end (anaadhinidhanaa),
worshipped and served by Gods including Vishnu, Brahma and Indra (haribrahmendra
sevitaa), all-pervasive and exists in every human, guiding them in attaining
moksha (naaraayani), in the form of cosmic sound (naadaroopa) and as
Para-Brahman Sri Lalitha Devi is distinct from name and physical form
(naamaroopa vivarjitaa)