Group Picture - Devi in all her Glory and Splendor!

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wow! What a breathtakingly lovely image of Devi Durga - as

Mahisasura mardini ! Even more captivating is the verse accompanying

Devis weapons . This verse was written by none other than Swami

Satyananda Saraswati of Devi mandir , napa valley, CA. He is the

western disciple of Sree Maa , a devout Kali bhaktin .

 

MAY I SHARE THIS VERSE ON THIS CONCLUDING DAY OF NAVARATRI?

 

mantranam matrka devi sabdanam jnanarupini

jnananam cinmayatitta sunyanam sunyasaksini

yasyah parataram nasti saisa DURGA prakirtita

 

O Goddess, you reside in all Mantras in the form of Letters, in

all words in the form of Wisdom and Meaning. In Wisdom, you reside as

the Bliss of Consciousness, and in Silence you reside as the ULTIMATE

SILENCE beyond which no greater exists. There you are known by the

name of the "reliever of difficulties."( DURGA)

 

chandi-Patah ( TRANSLATION BY SWAMI SATYANANDA SARASWATI)

 

O Ambike! Brahmi! Chandike! Durge! Easweri! , Gauri ! Haimavati!

Indrani! Jagadatri! Katyayani! Lalithambika! Mahisasura mardini ! !

Narayani! Omkararupini! Parvati! Rajarajeshweri! Saraswati!

Tarini ! Uma! Vanadurge! Yantrini ! Om Namo Mamaha!

 

 

 

 

Jai durge!

 

( Thank you moderators for allowing me to pen a few lines on the

glories of Devi Durga ! , ! Even, if one were to assume that the

blue mountain , the ocean, the heavenly tree and the earth are the

ink,the ink-pot, the pen and the paper respectively and the goddess

of learning (Saraswati) herself is the writer,she will not be able

to reach the frontiers of your greatness,however long she were to

write! (SHIVA MAHIMA stotra!