You are adorned with gem-encrusted ornaments that have been on the jeweler's stone, polished to brilliance. The charm of your glance subdues that of a doe and it removes the sorrows of the devotees. Oh Mother, the beauty of your dark tresses puts to shame the numerous dark clouds. Oh, thy exquisitely beautiful hand you hold the Veena, and the book. Your voice is sweet like that of a parrot. You are the personification of absolute bliss. Your feet shine brilliantly by the diadems of the celestials.
Oh! Mother of the universe! Please be compassionate and grant me faith to worship at thy feet. Kuru kAruNyamayi bhajanaparE mayi kunda mukuLaradanEtulEīhUri shubhakarANi aghaha rANi nutiparANi karavANi (dEvi) Parijana viracita nava ratrOtsava paritOSita hrdayEmalE SharaNa samAgata jana paripAlana satatOdyata karuNAkulE VItashamala hrdyE kalita vidyE trijagadAdyE nIravAdyE (dEvi)ĪruNa tarAdhara parlia sadati mrduha sitadyutIpaTalOjvalE PAtakahara padmAdi purANapADitapaNi virajitE MAtarmEdura mImAmsAgamAmam silitOruyugAncitEĬEtOharatara shabda gamakAnci latikA gunashObhitE JyOtirmaya navahArAyita sajjyOti shatantra vibhUSitE Vikaca kamalapAdE vihatabhEdE nihatakhEdE (dEvi)
VikaTa jaTAlasitEnDu kalApini vimala sarOja varAsanE Shuka sanakAdi munIshvara viracita sundara padayuga pUjanE Makara varAnka sharAsana maurvi mahita tarALaka mOhanE Sakala kalAlaya shAradA himakara sadrsha vilAsayutAnanE PrINitamuni druhiNajAyE paramamEye nirapAyE (dEvi) ShAnOllIDa mahAmaNi bhUSaNa shAlini budhajana pAlikE VENI manjimapunjavi nirjita vitataghana ghanamAlikEĮNImadavini vAraNa nipuNa tArEkSaNa hrtana tapAtakE VINA pustakaranjita karatalaviha sitakanjavarEmbikE The Devi Mahatmya and other texts invoking the Goddess who vanquished demons are cited.DEvi jagajjanai dEvi krpayAmama tAvaka caraNa bhaktim (dEvi)ĭEva makuTamaNI dEdipyamAnapAdE kEvalAnandapUrNE kIrasuvANi vANi (dEvi) These nine forms signify various traits that the goddess influences us with. The mother goddess is said to appear in 9 forms, and each one is worshipped for a day. Navratri is celebrated in a large number of Indian communities. During Navratri, the principle of Sree Durgadevi is more active in the atmosphere. The uninterrupted lit lamp is the medium through which we worship the effulgent Adishakti, i.e. A lamp is kept lit in the pot for nine days. In order to have all-round success in life, believers seek the blessings of all three aspects of the divine femininity, hence the nine nights of worship.ĭuring this vowed religious observance, a pot is installed (ghatasthapana) at a sanctified place at home. The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. The Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi, who is considered to have the power of bestowing on her devotees inexhaustible wealth. The goddess is invoked as a spiritual force called Durga also known as kali in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. Navratri is divided into sets of three days to adore three different aspects of the supreme goddess or goddesses. The tenth day of the festival is called Dasera, and marks the triumph of good over evil, and also the motherhood of God. Beginning of October around harvest time and, as the name implies, this festival is celebrated for nine days. It symbolises the triumph of good over evil. Navratri (Sanskrit:नवरात्रि, Telugu: నవరాత్రి) is one of the greatest Hindu festivals.