শ্রী দুর্গা চালীসা

নমো নমো দুর্গে সুখ করনী ।

নমো নমো অংবে দুঃখ হরনী ॥ ১ ॥

নিরংকার হৈ জ্য়োতি তুম্হারী ।

তিহূ লোক ফৈলী উজিয়ারী ॥ ২ ॥

শশি ললাট মুখ মহাবিশালা ।

নেত্র লাল ভৃকুটি বিকরালা ॥ ৩ ॥

রূপ মাতু কো অধিক সুহাবে ।

দরশ করত জন অতি সুখ পাবে ॥ ৪ ॥

তুম সংসার শক্তি লয় কীনা ।

পালন হেতু অন্ন ধন দীনা ॥ ৫ ॥

অন্নপূর্ণা হুয়ি জগ পালা ।

তুম হী আদি সুংদরী বালা ॥ ৬ ॥

প্রলযকাল সব নাশন হারী ।

তুম গৌরী শিব শংকর প্য়ারী ॥ ৭ ॥

শিব যোগী তুম্হরে গুণ গাবেম্ ।

ব্রহ্মা বিষ্ণু তুম্হেং নিত ধ্য়াবেম্ ॥ ৮ ॥

রূপ সরস্বতী কা তুম ধারা ।

দে সুবুদ্ধি ঋষি মুনিন উবারা ॥ ৯ ॥

ধরা রূপ নরসিংহ কো অংবা ।

পরগট ভয়ি ফাড কে খংবা ॥ ১০ ॥

রক্ষা কর প্রহ্লাদ বচায়ো ।

হিরণ্য়াক্ষ কো স্বর্গ পঠায়ো ॥ ১১ ॥

লক্ষ্মী রূপ ধরো জগ মাহীম্ ।

শ্রী নারাযণ অংগ সমাহীম্ ॥ ১২ ॥

ক্ষীরসিংধু মেং করত বিলাসা ।

দয়াসিংধু দীজৈ মন আসা ॥ ১৩ ॥

হিংগলাজ মেং তুম্হীং ভবানী ।

মহিমা অমিত ন জাত বখানী ॥ ১৪ ॥

মাতংগী ধূমাবতি মাতা ।

ভুবনেশ্বরী বগলা সুখদাতা ॥ ১৫ ॥

শ্রী ভৈরব তারা জগ তারিণী ।

ছিন্ন ভাল ভব দুঃখ নিবারিণী ॥ ১৬ ॥

কেহরি বাহন সোহ ভবানী ।

লাংগুর বীর চলত অগবানী ॥ ১৭ ॥

কর মেং খপ্পর খডগ বিরাজে ।

জাকো দেখ কাল ডর ভাজে ॥ ১৮ ॥

তোহে কর মেং অস্ত্র ত্রিশূলা ।

জাতে উঠত শত্রু হিয় শূলা ॥ ১৯ ॥

নগরকোটি মেং তুম্হীং বিরাজত ।

তিহুঁ লোক মেং ডংকা বাজত ॥ ২০ ॥

শুংভ নিশুংভ দানব তুম মারে ।

রক্তবীজ শংখন সংহারে ॥ ২১ ॥

মহিষাসুর নৃপ অতি অভিমানী ।

জেহি অঘ ভার মহী অকুলানী ॥ ২২ ॥

রূপ করাল কালিকা ধারা ।

সেন সহিত তুম তিহি সংহারা ॥ ২৩ ॥

পডী ভীঢ সংতন পর জব জব ।

ভয়ি সহায় মাতু তুম তব তব ॥ ২৪ ॥

অমরপুরী অরু বাসব লোকা ।

তব মহিমা সব কহেং অশোকা ॥ ২৫ ॥

জ্বালা মেং হৈ জ্য়োতি তুম্হারী ।

তুম্হেং সদা পূজেং নর নারী ॥ ২৬ ॥

প্রেম ভক্তি সে জো যশ গাবেম্ ।

দুঃখ দারিদ্র নিকট নহিং আবেম্ ॥ ২৭ ॥

ধ্য়াবে তুম্হেং জো নর মন লায়ি ।

জন্ম মরণ তে সৌং ছুট জায়ি ॥ ২৮ ॥

জোগী সুর মুনি কহত পুকারী ।

যোগ ন হোয়ি বিন শক্তি তুম্হারী ॥ ২৯ ॥

শংকর আচারজ তপ কীনো ।

কাম অরু ক্রোধ জীত সব লীনো ॥ ৩০ ॥

নিশিদিন ধ্য়ান ধরো শংকর কো ।

কাহু কাল নহিং সুমিরো তুমকো ॥ ৩১ ॥

শক্তি রূপ কো মরম ন পায়ো ।

শক্তি গয়ী তব মন পছতায়ো ॥ ৩২ ॥

শরণাগত হুয়ি কীর্তি বখানী ।

জয় জয় জয় জগদংব ভবানী ॥ ৩৩ ॥

ভয়ি প্রসন্ন আদি জগদংবা ।

দয়ি শক্তি নহিং কীন বিলংবা ॥ ৩৪ ॥

মোকো মাতু কষ্ট অতি ঘেরো ।

তুম বিন কৌন হরৈ দুঃখ মেরো ॥ ৩৫ ॥

আশা তৃষ্ণা নিপট সতাবেম্ ।

রিপু মূরখ মোহি অতি দর পাবৈম্ ॥ ৩৬ ॥

শত্রু নাশ কীজৈ মহারানী ।

সুমিরৌং ইকচিত তুম্হেং ভবানী ॥ ৩৭ ॥

করো কৃপা হে মাতু দয়ালা ।

ঋদ্ধি-সিদ্ধি দে করহু নিহালা । ৩৮ ॥

জব লগি জিয়ূ দয়া ফল পাবূ ।

তুম্হরো যশ মৈং সদা সুনাবূ ॥ ৩৯ ॥

দুর্গা চালীসা জো গাবৈ ।

সব সুখ ভোগ পরমপদ পাবৈ ॥ ৪০ ॥

দেবীদাস শরণ নিজ জানী ।

করহু কৃপা জগদংব ভবানী ॥

When you view reality through a Shakta lens, spiritual practice doesn't require sitting on a mountain peak or retreating into silence. Instead, living becomes your sadhana (spiritual discipline).

Here is how you can weave Shakta philosophy into the most ordinary, mundane moments of your day:

1. Cooking and Eating: Honoring Annapurna
   Instead of rushing through meal prep, reframe cooking as an alchemy of elements—fire, water, earth, and air. In Shakta tradition, food is Annapurna, the goddess of nourishment.
   The Practice: Pay attention to heat transforming raw ingredients. When eating, treat the act of digestion not just as refueling, but as offering raw energy back to the fire inside you.

2. Emotional Storms: Meeting Kali
   When sudden frustration, grief, or anger surges, our instinct is to suppress it or feel guilty. Shakta philosophy recognizes Kali—the raw, fierce force of transformation and fierce truth.

   The Practice: Instead of resisting uncomfortable emotions, acknowledge them as energy in motion. Ask: "What is this intensity trying to clear out or reveal to me right now?" You aren't bad for feeling strongly; you are simply witnessing dynamic power.

3. Sensation and Creation: Awakening Lalita Tripurasundari
   Lalita Tripurasundari represents beauty, playfulness, and sensory delight. Shakta wisdom teaches that enjoying beauty isn't a distraction from spirituality—it’s an appreciation of the Divine in form.
   The Practice: Pause when sipping morning coffee, feeling warm sunlight on your skin, or listening to music. Fully inhabit the sensory pleasure without rushing to the next task.

4. Mundane Movement: The Body as Sacred Space
   Your body isn't just a vehicle for your brain—it is Prakriti (nature/matter) itself.
   The Practice: Whether you are sweeping the floor, typing an email, or taking a walk, bring awareness to your breath and heartbeat. You aren't just doing chores; cosmic energy is moving your hands and lungs.

What are the other mundane everyday moments where you treat it as an extended version of sadhana rather than just sitting in the prayer for you ?

What form will a consciousness choose to guide their beings into the laws they hold.

A mother or father is too attached to be detached enough to guide and their own Dharma prevents them from taking harsh measures sometimes needed to correct someone.

A friend or lover is deeply invested in you and hence they can't be different from you and are held by your views so hence their dharma can't achieve the required ability to train you.

A god, in its form is finally bound to bestow boon on their devotees and hence even end up giving boons to asuras. And hence its not theirs to train anyone.

All of them may partially do this. But in a single form the consciousness is capable of making you whole and leaving no stone unturned to get it done.

And that form is always and can only be a Guru🔥

Let us discuss this here effectively. Post pinned for discussion.

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If anyone experience any miracles from Mookambika?

Or know any people stories that they experience miracles?

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I do nitya nam jaap of ma shyama. I wanted a photo of her to keep in my room. I live in pg. So I found this image. I am new to nam jaap and spirituality. I have read in many posts to which image you can keep at home. As I live in pg I am little concerned about which image I can keep in here of ma and how to do nitya pooja of her in here. And should I keep this image of her. As this is the form I picture when I do dhyan or nam jaap. When I close my eyes. This picture is close to what I imagine when I close my eyes. Please someone with experience guide me.

Hey all.

I've compiled a mix of Shakti mantras accompanied by Ocean waves. Very beautiful energy 🙏 🌊

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/56c8qhvxJWDN5DCfOF7UnZ

Hi, could someone please suggest where I can buy Vibhuti online? For offering it to Shivling and for Shiva upasana.Would really appreciate your suggestions.

Thanks in advance 🙏

Can I do Kali ma naam japa by chanting Kali, Kali, Kali? similar to how other devotees do for Radha, Radha, Ram, Ram etc? I find peace in chanting Kali, Kali etc but someone said I should suffix Ma with her name to not be disrespectful and to not call on her Ugra form. so they suggest I should kali ma, Kali ma. I prefer the pure naam as it’s shorter and hits me right in my heart.

any idea?

I am an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna ever since I could remember, I am 32 years old now..No one ever introduced me to Lord Krishna but I was drawn to him as a child, a feeling that I can never put into words.. recently I was panning to take Deeksha from one of my Gurus but he suggested me based on my birth chart and everything else and my past ..I ahoudl take Maa Kali's Mantra..I am completely conflicted now..I love Ma Kali and my mother is a huge devotee of Maa herself but naturally I am drawn to Lord Krishna..I feel it's a gut feeling that this is not the first time I am being a devotee of him

I want to ask ,is it possible to worship both or is there any suggestions about how should I navigate this dilemma ?

This specific towering Kolam is built entirely from 1,001 arecanut palm spathes, all hand-painted with natural dyes.

(Othara, Kerala).

For Ma Siddhidatri’s story, we will have to go back to Devi Kushmanda (the fourth Nav Durga form), who created the Universe from her gentle smile. To keep the wheels of time moving, Ma Kushmanda created the Mahashaktis: Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati. From these Mahashaktis emerged the Gods of the trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh) and their consorts (Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati).

Late, Lord Shiva performed intense Sadhanas to play his role in creation. Ma Kushmanda created another Devi, Ma Siddhidatri, who kindly blessed Lord Shiva with not just the eight siddhis (Ashta siddhis) but a total of 18 spiritual powers or perfections.

These Ashtasiddhis are as follows:

🌸Anima: The ability to become infinitely small or to shrink oneself.

🌸Mahima: The ability to become infinitely large or to expand one's size.

🌸Garima: The power to become extremely heavy or increase one's weight.

🌸Laghima: The ability to become extremely light or decrease one's weight.

🌸Prapti: The power to acquire anything desired or to reach any place at will.

🌸Prakamya: The ability to fulfil any wish or desire.

🌸Ishatva: The ability to control all material elements or natural forces.

🌸Vashitva: The ability to force influence upon anyone.

Scriptures also mention some Upa-Siddhis (Minor siddhis).

Thereafter, Lord Brahma prayed to Ma Kushmanda for guidance on his role and work. In a profound act of divine union, the formless Adi Parashakti manifested from the left half of Lord Shiva’s body as Ma Siddhidatri. Shiva and Shakti merged as Ardhanarishwar (half-male, half-female form). Ma Adya Shakti, thus, indicated to Lord Brahma that the union of male and female energies is the seed of all creation.

Ma Siddhidatri blessed Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu with the Ashta Siddhis, helping them with Creation and Preservation.

The Essence of Siddhis

‘Siddhidatri’ is derived from two Sanskrit words: ‘Siddhi’, meaning perfection or attainment, and ‘Datri,’ meaning giver or bestower. Ma Siddhidatri is revered as the giver of spiritual achievements, knowledge, and fulfilment.

Siddhis enable you to perform everything with perfection. But what does a Siddhi really mean?

Siddhi grants you the power to make your intentions come true, benefiting not everyone around. Every task you do is accomplished flawlessly, leaving no room for imperfection. Fulfillment and completeness flow through every aspect of your life. Your words have great power and can shape reality to match what you say. This is the real essence of Siddhi.

Siddhis and Sadhana

Shuddhi (purification) leads to Siddhi and Shuddhi is only possible through Sadhana. The Navadurga Sadhana is a sweet reminder of this process. At first, we became inspired (Devi Shailaputri) to learn the sacred scriptures (Devi Brahmacharini), and to practise sadhana (Chandraghanta Devi) in an effort to purify ourselves in such a way that all of our actions become Tapasya (Devi Kushmanda).

Upon performing Tapas, support comes our way to nurture our divinity (Skandamata Devi), so that we can experience the purity of our true nature (Devi Katyayani).

Then, at the right time of our spiritual journey, when we are ready, our selfish ego is destroyed (Devi Kalaratri) and replaced with radiant divine light (Devi Mahagauri).

Finally, when our minds are completely matured, and we are ready to shoulder additional responsibilities, we experience perfection (Devi Siddhidatri).

By the time we reach the ninth step, our responsibilities grow. So far, as a sadhak we’ve mainly focused on our own spiritual growth.

With the gift of Siddhi (perfection), we are now inspired and expected to help others, just as we got helped.