Guest guest Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 *HYMN TO DURGA by Sri Aurobindo* http://intyoga.online.fr/durga-h.htm Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all strength, Mother, beloved of Shiva! We, born from thy parts of Power, we the youth of India, are seated here in thy temple. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth, make thyself manifest in this land of India. Mother Durga! From age to age, in life after life, we come down into the human body, do thy work and return to the Home of Delight. Now too we are born, dedicated to thy work. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth, come to our help. Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, trident in hand, thy body of beauty armour-clad, Mother, giver of victory. India awaits thee, eager to see the gracious form of thine. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth, make thyself manifest in this land of India. Mother Durga! Giver of force and love and knowledge, terrible art thou in thy own self of might, Mother beautiful and fierce. In the battle of life, in India's battle, we are warriors commissioned by thee; Mother, give to our heart and mind a titan's strength, a titan's energy, to our soul and intelligence a god's character and knowledge. Mother Durga! India, world's noblest race, lay whelmed in darkness. Mother, thou risest on the eastern horizon, the dawn comes with the glow of thy divine limbs scattering the darkness. Spread thy light, Mother, destroy the darkness. Mother Durga! We are thy children, through thy grace, by thy influence may we become fit for the great work, for the great Ideal. Mother, destroy our smallness, our selfishness, our fear. Mother Durga! Thou art Kali, garlanded with human heads, sword in hand, thou slayest the Asura. Goddess, do thou slay with thy pitiless cry the enemies who dwell within us, may none remain alive there, not one. May we become pure and spotless, this is our prayer. O Mother, make thyself manifest. Mother Durga! India lies now in selfishness and fearfulness and littleness. Make us great, make our efforts great, our hearts vast, make us true to our resolve. May we no longer desire the small, void of energy, given to laziness, stricken with fear. Mother Durga! Extend wide the power of Yoga. We are thy Aryan children, develop in us again the lost teaching, character, strength of intelligence, faith and devotion, force of austerity, power of chastity and true knowledge, bestow all that upon the world. To help mankind, appear, O Mother of the world, dispel all ills. Mother Durga! Slay the enemy within, then root out all obstacles outside. May the noble heroic mighty Indian race, supreme in love and unity, truth and strength, arts and letters, force and knowledge ever dwell in its holy woodlands, its fertile fields under its sky-scraping hills, along the banks of its pure-streaming rivers. This is our prayer at the feet of the Mother. Make thyself manifest. Mother Durga! Enter our bodies in thy Yogic strength. We shall become thy instruments, thy sword slaying all evil, thy lamp dispelling all ignorance. Fulfil this yearning of thy young children, O Mother. Be the master and drive the instrument, wield thy sword and slay the evil, hold up the lamp and spread the light of knowledge. Make thyself manifest. Mother Durga! When we possess thee, we shall no longer cast thee away; we shall bind thee to us with the tie of love and devotion. Come, Mother, manifest in our mind and life and body.[image: The image] Come, Revealer of the hero-path. We shall no longer cast thee away. May our entire life become a ceaseless worship of the Mother, all our acts a continuous service to the Mother, full of love, full of energy. This is our prayer, O Mother, descend upon earth, make thyself manifest in this land of India. "http://www.lukasbirk.com/arbeiten/shiva%20&%20shakti.jpg" [in Bengali: "Durga stotra"Translated from Bengali by Nolini Kanta Gupta) * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 --- devishakti_india <devishaktiindia wrote: > *HYMN TO DURGA > > * > > *by Sri Aurobindo* > > http://intyoga.online.fr/durga-h.htm > > [image: The image] > > > Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all > strength, Mother, beloved of > Shiva! We, born from thy parts of Power, we the > youth of India, are seated > here in thy temple. Listen, O Mother, descend upon > earth, make thyself > manifest in this land of India. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! From age to age, in life after life, > we come down into the > human body, do thy work and return to the Home of > Delight. Now too we are > born, dedicated to thy work. Listen, O Mother, > descend upon earth, come to > our help. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, trident in hand, > thy body of beauty > armour-clad, Mother, giver of victory. India awaits > thee, eager to see the > gracious form of thine. Listen, O Mother, descend > upon earth, make thyself > manifest in this land of India. > > Mother Durga! Giver of force and love and > knowledge, terrible art thou in > thy own self of might, Mother beautiful and fierce. > In the battle of life, > in India's battle, we are warriors commissioned by > thee; Mother, give to our > heart and mind a titan's strength, a titan's energy, > to our soul and > intelligence a god's character and knowledge. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! India, world's noblest race, lay > whelmed in darkness. Mother, > thou risest on the eastern horizon, the dawn comes > with the glow of thy > divine limbs scattering the darkness. Spread thy > light, Mother, destroy the > darkness. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! We are thy children, through thy > grace, by thy influence may > we become fit for the great work, for the great > Ideal. Mother, destroy our > smallness, our selfishness, our fear. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! Thou art Kali, garlanded with human > heads, sword in hand, thou > slayest the Asura. Goddess, do thou slay with thy > pitiless cry the enemies > who dwell within us, may none remain alive there, > not one. May we become > pure and spotless, this is our prayer. O Mother, > make thyself manifest. > [image: The image] > > > > Mother Durga! India lies now in selfishness and > fearfulness and littleness. > Make us great, make our efforts great, our hearts > vast, make us true to our > resolve. May we no longer desire the small, void of > energy, given to > laziness, stricken with fear. > [image: The image] > > > Mother Durga! Extend wide the power of Yoga. We are > thy Aryan children, > develop in us again the lost teaching, character, > strength of intelligence, > faith and devotion, force of austerity, power of > chastity and true > knowledge, bestow all that upon the world. To help > mankind, appear, O Mother > of the world, dispel all ills. > [image: The image] > > > Mother Durga! Slay the enemy within, then root out > all obstacles outside. > May the noble heroic mighty Indian race, supreme in > love and unity, truth > and strength, arts and letters, force and knowledge > ever dwell in its holy > woodlands, its fertile fields under its sky-scraping > hills, along the banks > of its pure-streaming rivers. This is our prayer at > the feet of the Mother. > Make thyself manifest. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! Enter our bodies in thy Yogic > strength. We shall become thy > instruments, thy sword slaying all evil, thy lamp > dispelling all ignorance. > Fulfil this yearning of thy young children, O > Mother. Be the master and > drive the instrument, wield thy sword and slay the > evil, hold up the lamp > and spread the light of knowledge. Make thyself > manifest. > [image: The image] > > Mother Durga! When we possess thee, we shall no > longer cast thee away; we > shall bind thee to us with the tie of love and > devotion. Come, Mother, > manifest in our mind and life and body.[image: The > image] > > > Come, Revealer of the hero-path. We shall no longer > cast thee away. May our > entire life become a ceaseless worship of the > Mother, all our acts a > continuous service to the Mother, full of love, full > of energy. This is our > prayer, O Mother, descend upon earth, make thyself > manifest in this land of > India. > > [image: The image > "http://www.lukasbirk.com/arbeiten/shiva%20&%20shakti.jpg" > > cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.] > > [image: The image] > > (in Bengali: "Durga stotra" > Translated from Bengali by Nolini Kanta Gupta) > > > *in SABCL <http://intyoga.online.fr/sabcl.htm>, > volume 4 > "Writings in Bengali" > published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram > <http://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/> - > Pondicherry > diffusion by SABDA > <http://intyoga.online.fr/links1.htm#sabda>* > > > > -- > devishakti_india > ( divyabhakti ) > [image: The image] > Mail for Mobile Take Mail with you! 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