Thursday 24 September, 2009

Fourth Night of Navratri : Kushmanda

-: देवी मंत्र :-
!! आपत्सु  मग्नः  स्मरणं  त्वदीयं  करोमि  दुर्गे  करुनारना  वेशी  !!
!! नैताच्चा  तत्वं  मम  मेथः  क्शुधार्त्रिशार्ता  जनानिम  स्मरन्ति   !!
"O kindhearted goddess Durga, please forgive me if I recall your name after facing afflictions and not before it. 
Do not consider me a deceitful rogue as all children call out to their mothers when they are hurt and troubled."


Third Night Of Navratri :Chandra Ghanta On the fourth night Kushmanda - fourth form among Navadurga is being worshipped. The meaning of the name ‘Ku-shm-anda’ is as follows: ‘Ku’ = a little; ‘ushma’ = ‘warmth’; ‘anda’ = ‘the cosmic egg’. So she is considered the creator of the universe. The universe was no more than a void full of darkness, until her light spreads in all directions like rays from the sun. She resides in solar systems. She shines brightly in all the ten directions like Sun. 
Mother Goddess Kushmanda has a glowing face and her body shines in golden complexion. 
Kushmanda has eight arms, hence also named as Ashtabhuji. In her four arms, she carries weapons like bow, arrow, discus and mace. In other three hands, she holds a lotus, a rosary and a kamandal. In remaining hand, she carries a jar of nectar which gives health and long life to her devotees. Vehicle of Goddess Kushmanda is a lion. Rosery represents her power to bless her devotees with Ashtasiddhi (8 types of studies or wisdom sources) and Navanidhi (9 types of wealth). On worshipping her ailments and sorrows are eliminated and life span, name, strength and health improve. 





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