- However, the day of Durga Ashtami is considered the most auspicious and significant to offer Anjali to Goddess Durga. Most Bengalis make sure that they offer Anjali at least once on the day of Durga Ashtami if not on all other days. Many devotees keep the day long fast during Puja days and break it after giving Pushpanjali to Maa Durga in the.
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Devanagari script:
Durga Dhyan Mantra – Durga Mantra for Meditation ”OM JATAA JUT SAMAAYUKTAMARDHENDU KRIT LAKSHNAM. LOCHANYATRA SANYUKTAM PADMENDU SADYA SHAN NAAM” Benefit: This mantra is done before chanting other Durga Mantras. It helps one to achieve better concentration in his work and in anything he does.
जय जगदम्बे मा दुर्गा
Transliteration:
jai/jaya: Victory to! Celebration of. An emphatic 'Hooray God!'
jagadambe: Mother ('ambe') of the Universe ('jagat')
mā/mātā: Mother.
durgā: Supreme Goddess, Devi, Divine Mother, Shakti... Durga's name means 'the invincible.'
'Jagat ambe means mother of the world. Jagat is world, ambe is mother. Durga means 'she who takes you across Durgati, the ocean of difficulties, the ocean of trouble.' You know, I'm very involved with Siddhi Ma, who is Maharajji's devotee, and she's really incredible. She is Durga, and she's really something, very powerful.' ~ Krishna Das
'O Mother of this vast universe,
all action is accomplished only
through Your unpredictable Will.
Maa Durga Mantra Youtube
You take counsel with no one.No one other than You knows why
You manifest every phenomenon,
every living being, every event.
Your Manifestation, O Mother,
awakens, purifies, sanctifies,
and deifies the human soul.
You accomplish Your own Goals through this inscrutable Play.
Men foolishly claim responsibility.' ~ Ramakrishna
'In some parts of India, such as West Bengal, the autumn festival of Durga Puja, also known as Navaratri, is the year's most important holiday. Worshipers celebrate in lavish style for nine days, holding great processions in which images of Durga are paraded and worshiped. In this festival she is especially lauded as a battle queen and as the regulator of the cosmos. In fact she is described in the Vedas as being the personification of the material energy, the very basis of creation.' ~ Krishna Dharma
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Devanagari script:
जय् माता काली माता ||
जय् मा काली मा
Transliteration:
jai/jaya: Victory to! Celebration of. An emphatic 'Hooray God!'
mā/mātā: Mother.
kālī: The fierce aspect of the Goddess Durga, whose consort is Shiva. She is black like the night, and is the Goddess of time, death, and change.
'Victory to you, O Mahakali! – To you Victory,
The primordial source of all beings – Victory!
The formidable-looking goddess – To you Victory,
Renowned as the mother of the world – Victory!' ~ Munindra Misra
'May Kali, who takes away all sins, bring you joy. She was the only one able to destroy the terrible demons, Chanda and Munda. Kali gives courage and strength to a warrior on a battlefield littered with headless corpses. She robs the strength of those not devoted to her, though she gives good fortune to those who are.' ~ traditional prayer
'Praise to the blissful Mother Kali, the wrathful one, the Black Madonna, whose blood drenched sword severs the heads of ego and ignorance.' ~ Jai Uttal