Nada Samarpanam - Navaratri Day 8 | Nava Durga - Mahagauri | महागौरी

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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. Mahagauri the eighth avatar of Goddess Durga and amongst the Navadurgas. 

Mahagauri is worshipped on the eighth day of Navaratri.  She has the power to fulfill all the desires of her devotees. The one who worships the goddess, gets relief from all the sufferings in life. 

Navaratri

NADA SAMARPANAM

Song : Saraswati dayai nithi

Audio 

Ragam : Saraswati

Talam : Adi

Composer : Papanasam Sivan

Pallavi

Saraswati dayai nidhi nI gati

TannaruL tandaruLvAi bhArati

Anupallavi

karamalar miLir 

maNi mAlayum vINayum

karuNai pozhiyum 

kaDaikkaNNazhagum vaLar

Charanam 

ninnaruL oLi illayAnAl-mana iruL

nIngumO sakala kalai mAtE - veL

annavAhini veN kamalamalar vaLarum

vANi veLLai kalyANi purANi

Meaning:

PALLAVI : Goddess Saraswati! You are full of care and concern for your devotees. For us, who else is there except you? We surrender before thee. Bharati, my dear Goddess, please shower your blessings on us. 

ANU PALLAVI : A garland of beads shines in your hands. You also carry a Veena. Your eyes are full of care for us.

CHARANAM :
🌟 Saraswati, you are the Goddess of knowledge! Without your blessings, the darkness in our hearts will not go away.
🌟 You are the Goddess who knows all arts. You sit on a beautiful white swan. You also reside on a beautiful white lotus flower. You wear a white saree. You are the Goddess Vani. You are 'purani', you have been there for eons.

Mahagauri

💫 The name Mahagauri means extremely white, as she was white in color and very beautiful (Mahā, महा = great; Gaurī, गौरी = white). 

💫 Mahagauri is usually depicted with four hands, the hands holding a trident, lotus, and drum, while the fourth is in a blessing gesture. The lotus is sometimes replaced with a rosary. She rides a white bull, usually shown wearing white clothes.

The story of Mahagauri 

💫 The demons Shumbha and Nishumbha could only be killed by a female child of Parvati. Hence, as advised by Brahma, Shiva used his magic to turn Parvati's skin black, giving Parvati the epithet "Kali", meaning "black". However, the word "Kali" can also mean "death", so Parvati was teased. 

💫 Parvati was agitated by this teasing, so she performed severe penance to Brahma so as to get her fair complexion back. She succeeded in her penance and was advised by Brahma to take a bath in the Mansarovar River in Himalaya. As she took a bath, her dark skin separated from her and took the form of a female. She was called Kaushiki, being born from the skin of Parvati. 

💫 As a result of the separation of her black skin, Parvati got her white fair complexion back, and so she gained the epithet "Mahagauri". Still, for the task of demons' assassination, she gave her fair complexion to Kaushiki and she (Parvati) again attained the form of Kali. Kali transformed into Chandi (Chandraghanta). Chandi killed demon Dhumralochan. 

💫 Chanda and Munda were killed by Goddess Chamunda who appeared out from the third eye of Chandi. Chandi then transformed into Kaalratri again to kill Raktabija and Kaushiki had killed Shumbh and Nishumbh, after which she got merged with Kali to transform her back into Gauri. 

💫 Hence, Goddess Kaushiki too got merged with Parvati, hence giving her the titles of Mahasaraswati or Ambika in Skanda Purana and Devi Mahatmya (part of the Markandeya Purana) respectively.