Durga 108.9

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AdyAyai namaH - Salutations to the primordial cause (of this universe).

 

upAsanArItyA sA sarva charAchara maya prap~nchasya Adi kArNatvAt sarve

api mAtR^ibhAvena upAsanIya svarUpA ityarthaH. vedAntarItyA sA

prapa~nchasya nimitta upadhAna kAraNAtmikA ityarthaH.

 

From the standpoint of Upasana, She being the cause of the creation

eludes us to develop a parental attitude towards her. From the stand

point of Vedanta, she is both the material and the intelligent cause

of the universe, as nothing else existed before or apart from her.

 

She is 'Adi madhya anta rahita' as mentioned in LS. She was there even

before time and space was conceived, she will be there even after all

of the creation is dissolved, she is there in the middle as the

splendor in every aspect of creation.