Nada Samarpanam - Navaratri Day 3 | Nava Durga - Chandraghanta

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Navadurga is said to be the nine forms of Durga. ‘Nava’ means nine. The Vedas say that there are nine forms of Durga.

Goddess Chandraghanta is worshiped as the Durga on the third day of the Navratri festival.

Chandraghanta

Chandraghanta is a powerful form of the Mother Goddess. She adorns her forehead with a half moon shaped like a bell, which explains the origin of her name.

Goddess Chandraghanta mounts the tigress. She wears the semi-circular moon(Chandra) on her forehead. The half-moon on her forehead looks like the bell(Ghanta) and hence, Her name. 

She is depicted with ten hands. Goddess Chandraghanta carries Trishul, Gada, sword and kamandalu in Her four left hands and keeps the fifth left hand in Varadamudra. She carries a lotus flower, arrow, Dhanush and Japa Mala in Her four right hands and keeps the fifth right hand in Abhaya Mudra.

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This form of the Mother Goddess is ready for war with all her weapons, to protect the peace and welfare of Her devotees. It is believed that the sound of the moon-bell on her forehead drives all types of evil away from Her devotees.

She is the goddess who inspires courage in a person and is always ready for war against demons. When provoked, she can be malevolent to those who invite her wrath, but she remains the embodiment of serenity to her followers.

Navaratri

NADA SAMARPANAM

Song : Sri Rajarajeswari

Audio

Ragam: Poornachandrika

Talam: Adi

Composer:  Muthuswamy Diskishitar

Pallavi

shrI rAjarAjEshvari tripurasundari 

shivE pAhimAm varadE

Anupallavi

nIrajAsanAdi pUjitAparE 

nikhila samshaya haraNa nipuNatarE

Charanam

shauri virincAdi vinuta sakaLE 

shankara prANa vallabhE kamalE
niratishaya sukhapradE niSkaLE 

pUrNacandrikA sItaLE vimalE

paramAdvaita bOdhitE lalitE 

prapancAtIta guruguha mahitE
surucira navaratna pIThasthE 

sukhatara pravrttE sumanasthE

Meaning :

Pallavi :  Oh Goddess Raja Rajeswari, Oh Tripura Sundari, Oh consort of Siva, please protect me. You are bestower of boons.

 

Anupallavi : You are the transcendental Goddess worshipped by Brahma and other Gods. You are adept in dispelling doubts.

 

Charanam : Maha Vishnu, Brahma and other Devatas adore you. You are Sankara's dear consort. You are beautiful like lotus. You bestow abundant happiness. You are unblemished. You are beautiful like fullmoon. You are pure and cool. You preach supreme non-dualistic philosophy. You are beautiful Lalita. Guru guha extols your glory. Your magnificient throne is bedecked with nine sorts of gems. You are blissful. You reside in pious minds.