What else is there to save us other than those feet

अमरीकबरीभार भ्रमरीमुखरीकृतं

दूरीकरोतु दुरितं गौरीचरणपङ्कजं।

amarīkabarībhāra bhramarīmukharīkṛtaṁ

dūrīkarotu duritaṁ gaurīcaraṇapaṅkajaṁ|

May the lotus feet of that white lady (Gauri) which is visited by the droning of a large number of beetles which have reached near it while the ladies of the heaven place their heads before those feet, keep away all my evil deeds.

The red feet of the Mother resemble the lotus, and when the damsels of the heaven place their heads in supplication before those feet, the beetles which are occupying the flowers tied to the locks of those ladies just jump away in the illusion that the beautiful red feet of the Mother is a fully blown lotus, and throng around them droning..

What else is there to save us other than those feet

आपदि किं करणीयं स्मरणीयं चरणयुगळमंबायाः

तत् स्मरणं किं कुरुते ब्रह्मादीनपि किंकरीकुरुते।

āpadi kiṁ karaṇīyaṁ smaraṇīyaṁ caraṇayugaḻamaṁbāyāḥ

tat smaraṇaṁ kiṁ kurute brahmādīnapi kiṁkarīkurute|

What should one do when he is in danger?

He should meditate on the pair of feet of Amba,, the dear Mother.

What can such meditation do?

That can give you even Brahma etc as your slaves.

അമരീകബരീഭാര ഭ്രമരീമുഖരീകൃതം

ദൂരീകരോതു ദുരിതം ഗൌരീചരണപങ്കജം।

വെട്ടിത്തിളങ്ങുന്ന തൂവെള്ള നിറത്തോടെ ദര്‍ശനം നല്‍കുന്ന ആ ഗൌരിയുടെ താമരമലര്‍ പോലുള്ള കഴലിണകള്‍ നമ്മുടെ ദുരിതങ്ങള്‍ എലാം അകറ്റുമാറാകട്ടെ.

അമ്മയുടെ പാദങ്ങളില്‍ വണങ്ങുന്ന ദേവസ്ത്രീകളുടെ ശിരസ്സുകളില്‍ അണിഞ്ഞ സുഗന്ധമേറിയ പുഷ്പങ്ങളെ തേടി ചുറ്റും പാറി നടക്കുന്ന വണ്ടുകള്‍ അമ്മയുടെ പാദവും ഒരു താമരയാണ് എന്ന് കരുതി അതിനു ചുറ്റും മുരണ്ടു കൊണ്ട് ഓടി നടക്കുന്നു.

ആ പാദങ്ങള്‍ അല്ലാതെ നമ്മെ രക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ കഴിവുള്ള വേറെ എന്താണ് ഉള്ളത് ?

ആപദി കിം കരണീയം സ്മരണീയം ചരണ യുഗളം അംബായാ:

തത് സ്മരണം കിം കുരുതേ ബ്രഹ്മാദീനപി കിംകരീകുരുതേ

ആപത്ത് നേരിടുമ്പോള്‍ ഒരാള്‍ എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം?

അയാള്‍ അമ്മയുടെ പാദങ്ങള്‍ ഭക്തിയോടെ സ്മരിക്കണം.

ആ സ്മരണം എന്ത് ചെയ്യും.?

അത് ബ്രഹ്മാവ്‌ മുതലായ ദേവന്മാരെ പ്പോലും നമ്മുടെ വിശ്വസ്ത സേവകന്മാര്‍ ആക്കി മാറ്റും.

Prayer to Mother Lakshmi on conclusion of reciting the Vedic Hymn Shree Sooktham..

Prayer to Mother Lakshmi on conclusion of reciting the Vedic Hymn Shree Sooktham..

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अश्वदायि गोदायि धनदायि महाधने।

धनं मे जुषतां देवि सर्वकामांस्च देहि मे॥

पुत्रपौत्रधनं धान्यं हस्त्यश्वाश्वतरीरथम्।

प्रजानां भवसि माता आयुष्मन्तं करोतु मे॥

धनमग्निर्धनं वायुः धनं सूर्यो धनं वसुः।

धनमिन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः वरुणो धनमश्विना॥

वैनतेय सोमं पिब सोमं पिभतु वृत्रहाः।

सोमं धनस्य सोमिनो मह्यम् दधातु सोमिनः॥

न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यम् न लोभो नाशुभामतिः

भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्त्य श्रीसूक्तजापिनाम्॥

aśvadāyi godāyi dhanadhāyi mahādhane |

dhanaṁ me juṣatāṁ devi sarvakāmāṁsca dehi me||

putrapautradhanaṁ dhānyaṁ hastyaśvāśvatarīratham|

prajānāṁ bhavasi mātā āyuṣmantaṁ karotu me||

dhanamagnirdhanaṁ vāyuḥ dhanaṁ sūryo dhanaṁ vasuḥ|

dhanamindro bṛhaspatiḥ varuṇo dhanamaśvinā||

vainateya somaṁ piba somaṁ pibhatu vṛtrahāḥ|

somaṁ dhanasya somino mahyam dadhātu sominaḥ||

na krodho na ca mātsaryam na lobho nāśubhāmatiḥ

bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṁ bhaktya śrīsūktajāpinām||

Mother Lakshmi, you are the provider of Horses, Cows, and wealth of all kinds.. You are the source of all wealth.. May Your Divine Grace be pleased to bless me with great wealth.

Mother, may your Divine Grace be pleased bless me with sons, grandchildren, wealth, crop of grains, elephants, horses, and chariots driven by horse. Laksmi, you are the mother of all of us your subjects, you grant me long life.

Mother Shree, it is by your sweet Divine Grace that the God of Fire is wealthy , the God of wind is wealthy, the Sun is wealthy, the preceptor of Gods Brihaspati is wealthy, the God of Seas Varuna is wealth, and the twin gods of health Ashvins too are wealthy..

( Here wealth should also mean the respective capacities of the Gods by which they are famous..)

You Garuda, the son of Vinata.. partake in the Soma Juices

You the Slayer of Vritrasure, Indra, partake in Soma juices.

And pleased with the Soma juices, may you provide me, who is desirous of performing Soma Sacrifice, with wealth.. by the Grace of that Divine being Laksmi born with Soma the moon Himself..

( It is famous that Laksmi arose out of the Milky ocean along with Soma,, the herb and Soma the moon too.)

Those fortunate people who recite Shree Sooktham with devotion will never be afflited with anger, nor with sense of unhealthy competition, not with pettiness, and not with bad thoughts and tendencies of the mnd.

that Grand Beautiful Lady

that Grand Beautiful Lady,

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Mother Lalitha Mahatripurasundari is praised with many qualities in Lalithasahasranamam

The best epithets appear to be reserved to the concluding part..

Avyaajakarunaamoorthi.अव्याजकरुणामूर्तिः .

.possessing the form of guileless mercy...She is innocence of motherhood personified.. her Mercy for her children is unconditional and guileless.. it really does not matter whether we lover her or just act before Her, Her concern for us is the same.

Ajnaanadvaantadeepiaka..अज्ञानध्वान्तदीपिका 

She is the bright lamp which drives away the pitch darkness of ignorance... In Her presence, all our ignorance fleets away..

Aaabaalagopaviditaa.. आबालगोपविदिता 

She is understood by Aa.. th supreme lord Sadasiva and at the same time, she is very familiar to a small boy or even a cowherd..

Sarvaanullanghya Shaasanaa.सर्वनुल्लन्ख्य शासना .

Her suzerain powers and commands go unchallenged at all levels beginning from the ordinary earthlings and extends upto the great Sadasiva..

protect us Durga Maa..

protect us Durga Maa.. 

शूलेन पाहि नो देवी पाहि खड्गेन चाम्बिके 

घण्डास्वनेन नः पाहि चापज्यानिःस्वनेन च॥२४॥ 

प्राच्यां रक्ष प्रतीच्यां च चण्डिके रक्ष दक्षिणे 

भ्रामणेनात्मशूलस्य उत्तरस्यां तथेश्वरि॥२५॥ 

सौम्यानि यानि रूपाणि त्रैलोक्ये विचरन्ति ते 

यानि चात्यन्तघोराणि तैरक्षांस्मांस्तथा भुवम्॥२६॥ 

घड्गशूलगदादीनि यानि चास्त्राणि तेऽम्बिके 

करपल्लवसङ्गीनि तैरस्मान् रक्ष सर्वतः॥२७॥ 

॥देवीमाहत्म्ये चतुर्थे अध्याये॥ 

śūlena pāhi no devī pāhi khaḍgena cāmbike 

khaṇḍāsvanena naḥ pāhi cāpajyāniḥsvanena ca ||24|| 

prācyāṁ rakṣa pratīcyāṁ ca caṇḍike rakṣa dakṣiṇe 

bhrāmaṇenātmaśūlasya uttarasyāṁ tatheśvari||25|| 

saumyāni yāni rūpāṇi trailokye vicaranti te 

yāni cātyantaghorāṇi tairakṣāṁsmāṁstathā bhuvam||26|| 

ghaḍgaśūlagadādīni yāni cāstrāṇi te'mbike 

karapallavasaṅgīni tairasmān rakṣa sarvataḥ||27|| 

||devīmāhatmye caturthe adhyāye|| 

Mother Ambika, protect me with your trident, protect me with your sword, protect me with the chime of your bells, protect me with the twang of your bowstring when it connects to the arrow. 

Protect me Mother Chandika, in the Eastern Directions, protect me in the western direction too, protect me in the South and protect me by the swirl of your trident in the northern direction. 

Mother, protect me and the earth too, manifesting yourself and going around the three worlds in your peaceful forms, and your grotesque and fearsome forms too. 

Ambika, may you protect us everywhere with all the weapons that are held by your hands which resemble tender leaves--weapons like swords, spears and maces.

Her mighty presence..

Her mighty presence..

हंसयुक्तविमानस्थे ब्रह्माणीरूपधारिणि

कौशांभः क्षरिके देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१३

त्रिशूलचंद्राहिधरे महावृषभवाहिनि

माहेश्वरीस्वरूपेण नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१४

मयूरकुक्कुटवृते महाशक्तिधरेऽनघे

कौमारीरूपसंस्थाने नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१५

शङ्खचक्र्गदाशार्ङ्ख गृहीत परमायुधे

प्रसीद वैष्णवी रूपे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१६

गृहीतोग्रमहाचक्रे दंष्ट्रोद्धृतवसुंधरे

वराहरूपिणि शिवे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१७

नृसिंहरूपेणोग्रेण हन्तुं दैत्यान्कृतोद्यमे

त्रैलोक्यत्राणसहिते नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१८

किरीटिनि महावज्रे सहस्रनयनोज्जले

वृत्रप्राणहरे चैंद्रि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -१९

शिवदूतीस्वरूपेण हतदैत्यमहाबले

घोररूपे महारावे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -२०

दंष्ट्राकरालवदने शिरोमालाविभूषणे

चामुण्डे मुण्डमथने नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते -२१

(from Chapter XI.. Naarayanee Stuthi of Devee Mahatmyam..in Markandeya Puranam)

hamsayukthavimaanasthey brahmaaniroopadhaarinee

kaushaambhaH kshurike devee naaraayani namostutey

thrisoolachandraahidharey mahaa vrushabhavaahinee

maaheshwareeswaroopena naarayaani namostutey

mayoorakukkutavritey mahaashakthidharenaghey

kaumareeroopa samsthaaney narayani namostutey.

shangachakragadhaashaargha grueeta paramaayudhey

praseedha vasihnavee roopey naaraayani namostutey

gruheetogramahaachakrey damshtroddhrutavasundharey

varaahoopinee shive naarayani namostutey

nrusimhsroopenogrena hanthum daitayaan kritodhyamey

trailokythraana sahitey naaraayani namostutey

kireetinee mahavajre sahasranayanojjvale

vrutrapraanahare chendree naarayaani namostutey

shivadooti swaroopen hatadaityamahaabhaley

ghoraroopey maharaave naaraayani namostutey

damshtraakaraalavadhane shiromaalaa vibhooshaney

chaamunde mundamathane naaraayani namostutey

The Diven Mother sitting in a chariot shaped like a swan, having assumed the form of Brahmaanee, sprinkling water from Kusha grass on all the universe,

 May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Mother sitting atop a huge Bull Vrishaba, wearing trident, crescent moon and snakes,, having assumed the name of Maahesvarii..

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Mounted on a Peacock and holding the flagstaff of a rooster, and havina shakti in her hand, having assume the form of Kaumarii,,

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Holding a Conch, a Discus, a Sword as supreme weapons you are pleased to assume the form of Vaishnavee. 

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Holding a huge Chakra and lifting the earth in her tusk( in her form as a huge boar), you have assumed the shape of Vaaraahee,,

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Having assumed the form of Naarasimhee, capable of protecting the whole world and manifesting yourself prepared to kill all the demons, 

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Wearing a resplendent diadem and holding the weapon of thunderbolt, ready to fight and kill the demon Vritra, she is the Aindree..May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Having manifested in a very fearful form and producing fearsome noises, and having employed Shiva as her messenger before starting the battle. she is Shivadooti..

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

Assuming ghory form with protruding fangs and black fearful form, and adorning herself with a garland of human skulls, She is ready to jump at the demons in her manifesstation as Chamunda..

May our prayers and pranams be offered to Narayani

these are the Nava Shaktis and the seven out of them,, excluding Naarasimhee and Shivadooti, are the Saptamatrikas....

the Daughter of the Mountain

the Daughter of the Mountain

अयि गिरिनन्दिनि नन्दितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नन्द्नुते 

गिरिवर्विन्ध्यषिरोधिनिवासिनि विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते 

भगवति हे शितिकण्डकुटुम्बिनी भूरि कुटुंबिनि भूरि कृते 

जय जय हे महिशासुरमर्द्दिनि रम्य कपर्दिनि शैलसुते 

ayi giri nandini nandita medhini vishvavinodhin nandanutey

girivaravindhyashirodhinivaasini vishnuvilaasini jishnunutey

bagavathi hey shitikandakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikritey

jaya jaya hey mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasuthey..

You, the Daughter of the Mountain(Himavaan) 

You who fill the whole earth with happiness 

You who entertain the whole universe,

You the darling of Nandagopa,

You who occupies the peak of that lord of mountains, Vindhya, 

You who bring supreme pleasure to Vishnu, 

You who is worshiped by all those who seek victory, 

You the most resplendent one, the consort of Lord Shitikanda, the Shankara,

You who are having a huge family, 

You the performer of great deeds

Victory to you the slayer of Mahishaasura , 

Victory to you the dearest of Shiva,

Victory to you the darling daughter of the mountain..

Pranams to the Divine mother

She is today seen everywhere, in the form of all deities going out to fight and vanquish the Mahisha..

(When the earth was having a hundred year famine, She manifested Herself as Shakambhari and brought joy to earth..

When Shumbha and Nishumba the nasty demons infested the earth, she manifested herself as Vindhyaachalanivaasini,, in the womb of Yashoda as the darling sister of Krishna, and killed the two demons.

We can see these described in Chapter 11 of Devi Mahatmyam.)

अन्नपूर्णे सदा पूर्णे ........

अन्नपूर्णे सदा पूर्णे -----

अन्नपूर्णे सदा पूर्णे शङ्कर प्राणवल्लभे।

ज्ञानवैराग्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भिक्षां देहि महेश्वरी॥

annapūrṇe sadā pūrṇe śaṅkara prāṇavallabhe|

jñānavairāgyasiddhyarthaṁ bhikṣāṁ dehi maheśvarī||

അന്നപൂര്‍‌ണ്ണേ സദാപൂര്‍‌ണ്ണേ ശങ്കരപ്രാണവല്ലഭേ

ജ്ഞാനവൈരാഗ്യസിദ്ധ്യര്‍ത്ഥം ഭിക്ഷാം ദേഹി മഹേശ്വരി

Mother Annapoorneswari,

perennial perfection personified,

the heart throb of shankara

may your Merciful Grace be pleased

to grant me the alms of knowledge and detachment

The portrayal of ;Divine mother Shakthi as Annapoorna or the perfect and perennial source and storehouse of food is perhaps the loftiest of our concepts of the combination of maternity and divinity..

Every mother carries in herself eternal source of nourishment for her Children..

This Mother also is the source of knowledge and bliss.

Shankara(Lord Mahadeva) had to expiate the sins of having taking away the head of Brahma by wandering on the earth as a wretched beggar, carrying a human skull as begging bowl, knocking at every door for alms.. And the mother knew how proud her Lord was and what would happen to Him, what He would do in desperation, if anyone refused to respond to his plea for alms.. So she just hid behind every door of every house, so that she would be ready with grains to be poured on to the begging bowl, whenever Shambu knocks at a door..

Pranams to the quintessence of womanhood in its supreme sublimity

Her Royal Glory...

बहुग्वै बह्वश्वायै बह्वजाविकायै बहुव्रीहियवायै बहुमाषातिलायै बहुहिरण्यायै बहुहस्तिकायै बहुदासपुरुषायै रयिमत्यै पुष्टिमत्यै बहुरायस्फोषायै राजाऽस्तु।

bahugvai bahvaśvāyai bahvajāvikāyai bahuvrīhiyavāyai bahumāṣātilāyai bahuhiraṇyāyai bahuhastikāyai bahudāsapuruṣāyai rayimatyai puṣṭimatyai bahurāyasphoṣāyai rājā'stu|
तैत्तिरीय ब्राह्मणं ३-८-५-३  taittireeya brahmanam 3-8-5-3
आपस्तम्ब श्रौत सूत्रं २०-४-३ Apastamba srautasutram 20-4-3

this is the mantra we offer to Rajarajeswari.. Amba while offering Raajopachaaram.. the honour meant for the supreme ruler, the queen (श्री महाराज्ञी)

meaning..

May Her kingdom be there.. 

She is having innumerable Cows, Innumerable Horses, innumerable cattle, paddy, maize, pulses and sesame in plentiness,

possesses huge treasures by way of Gold, 

has large number of Elephants, 

have many servants faithful to her in service, she is resplendant and glorious,

she is healthy and is harbinger of progress,

and 

her reign is full of celebrations and festivities..

Her Divine Splendour

तापिञ्छस्तबकत्विषे तनुभृतां दारिद्र्यमुद्राद्विषे

संसाराख्यतमोमुषे पुररिपोः वामाङ्कसीमाजुषे।

कम्पातीरमुपेयुषे कवयतां जिहवाकुटीं जग्मुषे

विश्वत्राणपुषे नमोस्तु सततं तस्मै परज्योतिषे॥२॥

मूकपञ्चाशती-- स्तुतिशतकं

tāpiñchastabakatviṣe tanubhṛtāṁ dāridryamudrādviṣe

saṁsārākhyatamomuṣe puraripoḥ vāmāṅkasīmājuṣe|

kampātīramupeyuṣe kavayatāṁ jihavākuṭīṁ jagmuṣe

viśvatrāṇapuṣe namostu satataṁ tasmai

parajyotiṣe||2||

mūkapañcāśatī-- stutiśatakaṁ

Pranams to that supreme lustrous being, the Divine Mother  Kamakshi,

who is shining forth with the golden red

Colour resembling a bunch of tamala flowers,

who is theannihilator of poverty of all beings who have been born in living bodies,

who is capable of removing the darkness which surrounds the mundane life,

who is occupying the left side of the great Shambhu who vanquished the three cities(tripuras),

 who has manifested herself in the banks of Kampa river,

who is present in all Her glory in the tips of the tongues of all

Who are praising her,

and

who is engaged for ever in the protection of the universe.

This is perhaps the most famous stanza from Muuka Panchasati..

The Divine mother removes the poverty of the Devotees, gives deliverance from the samsara sagaram which is shrouded in the darkness of mean instincts, makes scholars of all those are dependent on Her..

Pranams to the Mother.

(Taapincha.. also called Tamaala.. is a tree with

botanical

name Crataeva Roxburghii .. the flower is called

Kaayampoo

in malayalam, kasaamboo in tamil.

The taapincha is also known to be the pomegranate flower..)

may the mother protect us

गीर्देवतेति गरुडध्वजसुन्दरीति

शाकंभरीति शशिशेखर वल्लभेति।

सृष्टिस्थितिप्रळयकेळिषु संस्थितायै

तस्यै नमः त्रिभुवनैकगुरोस्तरुण्यै॥

कनकधारास्तोत्रं

gīrdevateti garuḍadhvajasundarīti

śākaṁbharīti śaśiśekhara vallabheti|

sṛṣṭisthitipraḻayakeḻiṣu saṁsthitāyai

tasyai namaḥ tribhuvanaikagurostaruṇyai||

kanakadhārāstotraṁ

I pay my pranaams to the damsel of the lord of three worlds (manifest as brahma, vishnu and shiva). She is showering Grace on us  as the goddess of words and muses, Sarswathi. She blesesses as the beautiful  Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu who carries the leader of birds Garuda in His flagstaff,   She protects us as the Durga who is Sakambari, the one who adorns herself with all the vegetation on the earth, and she is the consort of Shiva the one who is wearing the moon on his head.. She is thus engaged in the game of creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe, as the Sakhti of the triumvirate. 

She is the one from whom all of us came, she is the knowledge, she is the wealth and welfare.. May that benign Lady who is the mother of us all protect us.

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।श्रीकृष्णो रक्षतु।

|śrīkṛṣṇo rakṣatu|

Have a nice and happy day

with profound respect and warm regards

K V Ananthanarayanan

blog   http://kanfusion.blogspot.com/

त्यजन्तु बान्धवाः सर्वे निन्दन्तु गुरवो जनाःI

तदापि परमानन्दो गोविन्दो मम जीवनंII

let all my relatives abandon me, let the great people insult me, still I am in supreme bliss since my life  is GOVINDA alone.

Iकृष्णात् परं किमपि तत्वं अहं न जाने"I

लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु।

lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu|

Durga Sooktham

जातवेदसे सुनवाम सोममरातीयतो निदहाति वेदः।
स नः पर्षदति दुर्गाणि विश्वा नावेव सिन्धुं दुरितात्यग्निः॥१॥
तामग्निवर्णां तपसा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनीं कर्मफलेषु जुष्टां।
दुर्गाम् देवी शरणमहं प्रपद्ये सुतरसि तरसे नमः॥२॥
अग्ने त्वम् पारया नव्यो अस्मान् स्वस्तिभिरति दुर्गाणि विश्वा।
पूश्च पृथ्वी बहुळा न उर्वी भवा तोकाय तनयाय शंयो॥३॥
विश्वानि नो दुर्गहा जातवेदः सिन्धुं न नावा दुरितातिपर्षि।
अग्ने अत्रिवन्मनसा गृणानोऽस्माकं बोध्यविता तनूनां॥४॥
पृतनाजित सहमानमुग्रमग्नि हुवेमपरमात्सधस्थात्।
स नः पर्षदति दुर्गाणि विश्वा क्षामद्देवो अति दुरितात्यग्निः॥५॥
प्रत्नोषिकमीड्यो अध्वरेषु सनाच्च होता नव्यश्च सत्सि।
स्वं चाग्ने तनुवं पिप्रयस्वास्मभ्यं च सौभगमायजस्व॥६॥
गोभिर्जुष्टमयुजो निषिक्तं तवेन्द्र विष्णोरनुसंचरेम।
नाकस्य पृष्ठमभि संवसानो वैष्णवीं लोक इह मादयन्तां॥७॥
महानारायणोपनिषत्  तैत्तरीयसम्हितायाम्  दुर्गासूक्तं।
jātavedase sunavāma somamarātīyato nidahāti vedaḥ|
sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā nāveva sindhuṁ duritātyagniḥ ||1||
tāmagnivarṇāṁ tapasā jvalantīṁ vairocanīṁ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭāṁ|
durgām devī śaraṇamahaṁ prapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ||2||
agne tvam pārayā navyo asmān svastibhirati durgāṇi viśvā|
pūśca pṛthvī bahuḻā na urvī bhavā tokāya tanayāya śaṁyo||3||
viśvāni no durgahā jātavedaḥ sindhuṁ na nāvā duritātiparṣi|
agne atrivanmanasā gṛṇāno'smākaṁ bodhyavitā tanūnāṁ||4||
pṛtanājita sahamānamugramagni huvemaparamātsadhasthāt|
sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā kṣāmaddevo ati duritātyagniḥ||5||
pratnoṣikamīḍyo adhvareṣu sanācca hotā navyaśca satsi|
svaṁ cāgne tanuvaṁ piprayasvāsmabhyaṁ ca sauabhagamāyajasva||6||
gobhirjuṣṭamayujo niṣiktaṁ tavendra viṣṇoranusaṁcarema|
nākasya pṛṣṭhamabhi saṁvasāno vaiṣṇavīṁ loka iha mādayantāṁ||7||
mahānārāyaṇopaniṣat  taittarīyasamhitāyām  durgāsūktaṁ|
jātavedase sunavāma somamarātīyato nidahāti vedaḥ|
sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā nāveva sindhuṁ duritātyagniḥ ||1||
tāmagnivarṇāṁ tapasā jvalantīṁ vairocanīṁ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭāṁ|
durgām devī śaraṇamahaṁ prapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ||2||
agne tvam pārayā navyo asmān svastibhirati durgāṇi viśvā|
pūśca pṛthvī bahuḻā na urvī bhavā tokāya tanayāya śaṁyo||3||
viśvāni no durgahā jātavedaḥ sindhuṁ na nāvā duritātiparṣi|
agne atrivanmanasā gṛṇāno'smākaṁ bodhyavitā tanūnāṁ||4||
pṛtanājita sahamānamagni huvemaparamātsadhasthāt|
sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā kṣāmaddevo ati duritātyagniḥ||5||
pratnoṣikamīḍyo adhvareṣu sanācca hotā navyaśca satsi|
svaṁ cāgne tanuvaṁ piprayasvāsmabhyaṁ ca sauabhagamāyajasva||6||
gobhirjuṣṭamayujo niṣiktaṁ tavendra viṣṇoranusaṁcarema|
nākasya pṛṣṭhamabhi saṁvasāno vaiṣṇavīṁ loka iha mādayantāṁ||7||
mahānārāyaṇopaniṣat  taittarīyasamhitāyām  durgāsūktaṁ|

"May we pay oblations of Soma juice to Jaataveda the fire.  May the all-knowing  Agni destroy all that is not in our favour. He, is the divine fire leads all through his energy and resplendence.  While so leading us may He protect us  by carrying us across all perils of life even as the captain of a ship leads his ship all through the vagaries of the weather.  1

I take refuge in Goddes Durga, who is having the lustre of fire, and is radiant  with yogic penance, who is the Pover of the supreme being who manifests itself in many forms, who  is manifesting herself in all actions and the results thereof   O Mother Durga, You , the expert in showing good path and taking us through difficult terrains, may You be pleased  to take us through the well of mundane existence, which we will not be able to cross by our own skills..2

Oh, Fire, you are worthy of all praise by us.  With your happy methods,  you may be pleased to take us  beyond all difficulties.   May our homes, towns and homeland become extensive  and may our arable plots of land be ample and well nourished.  May You be pleased to join us, our children, and their children all in joy together.  3

May lord Jataveda the Agni, who is  the destroyer of all our sins and sorrows,  be pleased to lead us away from all sins and troubles and protect us in the manner of one who leads people across the ocean in a boat without the passengers feeling any fear or difficulty.  May Agni the Jataveda be pleased to protect our bodies, ever mindful of its safety, just like Sage Atri, who is always repeating in his mind  that "May everyone be whole and happy"  4

We, assembling ourselves in the highest forum. invoke the fire God who is the highest leader of all among us and even beyond us.  The Jataveda, the Agni, charges against and vanquishes all our enemies, with His fierce valour.   May that fire God Jataveda be pleased to  protect us and make our path bereft of all difficulties and wrongs that come by nature to us, and may He be  pleased to wean us away from all that is perishable to lead us to immortality. 5

Oh Agni, the Jataveda, You are lauded in all sacrifices and in turn you bless us with happiness.  In the place of sacrifice you abide as the person who performs the sacrifice, ancient and recent, and even as the place of sacrifice.  Oh Agni, may You be pleased to recognize always as Your own kin  and therefore be pleased to make us happy always.  May you be pleased through your magnificence, to endow us with fortune coming from all sides.  6

Oh Agni, you are unconnected with sin and sorrow and destroy them wherever they manifest.  You pervade all sacrifices in the shape of all that is present in the place of sacrifice.  We serve you, Oh Agni,  desirous of being blessed with good fortune of having  a lot of cattle.  May we, overflowing with blissful devotion to You, serve you without any interruption.   May Gods in the highest region of Heaven share their happiness and delight of sharing devotion to Vishnu with me. May such shared worship bring delight and fortune to me on earth. 7"

Devi Durga in Vedas is worshiped as one with the God of fire.  So every fire, every oblation that goes to the sacrificial fire ultimately is shared by Durga..And all our prayers to Agni the Jatavedaa goes to  Devi Durga.

The Vedic hymn clearly indicate that the people of that period depended for their happy life on cattle and wide expanse of arable land.. Absence of rancour to anyone, and complete sense of happiness and peaceful co-existence, leaving  themselves to the will of the benevolent God, who, they believed would lead them in the right path, was the hall-mark of the Vedic epoch.

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Can the Mother ever countenance the idea that Her child should fall at Her feet in agony?

सर्वतीर्थात्मिके सर्वमन्त्रात्मिके सर्वतन्त्रात्मिके सर्वयन्त्रात्मिके सर्वचक्रात्मिके सर्वशक्त्यात्मिके सर्वपीठात्मिके सर्वतत्वात्मिके सर्वविद्यातिमिके सर्वयोगात्मिके सर्वनादात्मिके सर्ववर्णात्मिके सर्वशब्धात्मिके सर्वविश्वात्मिके सर्वदीक्षात्मिके सर्वसर्वात्मिके सर्वगे हे जगन्मातृके पाहि मां पाहि मां पाहि मां देवि तुभ्यं नमो देवि तुभ्यं नमो देवि तुभ्यं नमः॥
॥कालिदासविरचिते श्यामळादन्डके  श्यामळायाः सर्वात्मकत्ववर्णना॥
sarvatīrthātmike sarvamantrātmike sarvatantrātmike sarvayantrātmike sarvacakrātmike sarvaśaktyātmike sarvapīṭhātmike sarvatatvātmike sarvavidyātimike sarvayogātmike sarvanādātmike sarvavarṇātmike sarvaśabdhātmike sarvaviśvātmike sarvadīkṣātmike sarvasarvātmike sarvage he jaganmātṛke pāhi māṁ pāhi māṁ pāhi māṁ devi tubhyaṁ namo devi tubhyaṁ namo devi tubhyaṁ namaḥ||
|kālidāsaviracite śyāmaḻādanḍake  śyāmaḻāyāḥ sarvātmakatvavarṇanā||

In a remote abode of Matha Kali, the infinite Grace of the Divine mother is poured in a torrent on an illiterate goatherd and he pours out His heart in praise of the Mother..
the torrent of inspired words of Kalidasa is the Shyamala Dandakam  breaks loose ... the above is the description of the universal presence of the Mother.

You occupy all the waterspots,
all the holy chants,
all the tantric rituals,
all the yaantric rituals,
you occupy  all the chakras from Mooladharam to Sahasraaram,
you are the manifestation of all the Sakthis,
you are the occupant of all the peedams,
you manifest in the art and science of yoga,
you are the source of all musical sounds,
you manifest yourself if all letters,
whatever sound we hear is your manifestation, 
you stand spreading the entire universe, 
you are the bountiful result of all vows, 
and you are the all (the whole or sum and substance) in what we call the whole,
you are the material being dwelling in all that is in the universe, 
you the mother of the whole universe, 
you protect me, you protect me, you protect me,
Mother,
 pranaams unto you, pranaams unto you, pranaams unto you

The meaning given above is very rudimentary.  The various words like manthra, tantra, yoga, varna  all have very deeper meanings.  And all have been discussed in huge volumes after volume.  But ultimately we have to fall on her feet and  seek Her protectio....Can a mother bear the idea of her child falling on her feet?
May her motherly love raise us to eternity

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my pranams and greetings to you all on Durga Pooja

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu mātṛrūpeṇa saṁsthitā
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
my dear friends,  these days are to be spent in the worship of the mother of energy, mother of wealth and the mother of muses.  anybody who is somebody has become so only because of her Grace.  Our Pranams to Her... no mother will expect pranaams from her children but only unconditional love. Let us love that Mother. How can we repay the affection of the mother?  No way.  Every female is respected as the embodiment of the great mother.  Let us pay respect to that motherhood. There is nothing in this wolrld more sublime that the love of the mother.  
श्री मात्रे नमः
śrī mātre namaḥ

Friends I have been taking some part of our cultural past in the shape of ancient books and was trying to explain some parts in my own way..I am sure, I borrowed the sanskrit text but the explanations were purely my own.  Therefore they are sure to be flawed.  I have committed too many howlers,  but hardly ever have I received a hate mail. This is a tribute to your magnanimity.
However I would request you to inform me whether my dispatches are often superfluous and something like chewing the cud, or working of a gramaphone record which has lose some threads.  I would at this stage request my dear friends to inform me  whether I should continue with this.  For me it has become a sacred mission, but I dont want to reach the mailbox of any of the friends as an unwelcome imposition.   I may please be advised.     My pranams to all friends.
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sreechakra meru

today is a great day for mother srividya, lalithatripurasundari.  please see the attachement of the picture of meru of Srividaya manthra...srichakarameru, May mother bless us all
namaskarams.....ananthanarayanan/kanfusion

pallassana bagavathy temple website

friends and sirs, as all of you may be aware the Pallassana Bagavathy temple near Palakkad is considered to be one of the greatest Bagavathy temples in Kerala and for a huge percentage of Palakkad iyers the Mother is the  presiding adimai kavu.  enclosing a link for the temple
http://www.meenkulathitemple.com/

http://www.divinetraveller.net/meenkulathi.html
http://pskarthikn.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/meenkulathi-bhagavathi-amman-temple-pallassena-palakkad-kerala/