Sri Mahishasura Mardini Stotram - Verse 2 Commentary

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Om Sri Lalitamba

 

SRI MAHISHASURA MARDINI STOTRAM

 

Verse 2

 

suravaravarSiNi durdhara dharSiNi durmukha marSiNi harSarate

tribhuvana poSiNi sha.nkara toSiNi kilbiSa moSiNi ghoSarate

danujani roSiNi ditisuta roSiNi durmada shoSiNi sindhusute

jaya jaya he mahiSAsura mardhini ramyakapardhini shailasute

 

Spiritual Commentary

(Please remember that this is not a literal translation.)

 

Mother, You are the very form of Dharma, supreme justice. You shower boons on

those who worship You with a pure heart, but on those who threaten to destroy

the worlds You have created You shower arrows and missiles! According to Your

divine order, all creatures receive the deserved rewards of their actions.

Anyone who hurts another creature to the smallest degree must experience that

same suffering themselves. But anyone who selflessly performs even the smallest

favor for someone else is rewarded by You many times over.

 

Your equal vision does not allow You to have any favorites or to bear the

tiniest grudge towards anyone. It is our actions only, from the millions of

births we have taken, which determine our fate. Those who treat You like an

enemy by harming Your children experience Your trident as a painfully sharp

weapon. But for those who take refuge in You alone, Your trident is a holy

instrument guarding them and protecting them from all negativity.

 

Mother, it is never Your desire to punish any of Your children, but by doing

this You take them closer to salvation by dissolving all of their karmic

bondages formed out of ignorance and egoism. Oh MOther, please grant me the

strength to bear the fruits of all my karma with an even, dispassionate mind.

Whatever experiences I have in this life, whether painful or pleasant, let me

see them as your divine prasada, given to me for the highest good of my soul.

 

 

 

lokAH samastAH sukhino bhavantu - May All Beings Be Happy

OM shAntiH shAntiH shAntiH - May There Be Peace Everywhere

 

 

 

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