Writings on Divine mother..........Sai Maa

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..Thirdly it is interesting to notice that ,while in the early hymns the name

Durga is explained as one who rescues men from dangers and difficulties ,it is

explained here as one who helps men to cross the difficult ocean of existence

..It is also stressed that the Devi can give prosperity on earth and happiness

in heaven and also emancipation from samsara .Fouthly, great emphasis is laid

on her immanence .In one of the hymns here, there are more than twenty slokas

begining with the words " ya Savabhuteshu "and saying that the Goddess is

present in all creatures as consciousness ,as power ,as intellect ,as memory ,

as desire and so on. And , finally ,equally great emphasis is laid on her

connection with Vishnu .She is not only called Vishnumaya and hailed as the

sister of Krishna as in the early hymns ,but is also addressed as Narayani in

seventeen slokas and identified with his Sakthi which had manifested itself in

the Avatars . She is likewise represented

as being the Sakthi of Brahama ,Maheshwara , Kumara and Indra .Thus we have here

the begining of the doctrine of Sakthi which afterwards led to astonishing

developments in the worship of the Goddess . Warm Regards , Meena