2022 Worshipping the Devī during Navarātri Festival: “Before going out please take a bandhan. It’s a kavach, we call it a kavach.”
"But the Greatest Power that is belonging to the Mother is your protection. Protection from all kinds of things – all the left-hand side protections are there. They are described, as you must have learnt on the Devī Māhātmyam – what a protections She gives you. So tremendous in Her protecting power. And this protecting power gives you understanding – how kind She is and how, I should say, how very-very protective, extremely protective. She’ll guide you all the time that you should be protected – on the left side. And through Her gaṇas She looks after you.
But on the right side also. Those who are on the right side, the Goddess puts Her Powers to put you right, to bring you back to normal conditions, to humble you down and make you understand that you are a child of the Mother and you have to behave like a child."
2002-1027 Navarātri Pūjā (13th day after Dussehra Day), Develop Wisdom through Meditation, Bhakti and Śhraddhā, Lake Piru Recreational Area Campground, 4780 Piru Canyon Rd, Piru (87 kms NW of Los Angeles), CA, U.S.A.
In the Name of Śhrī Mātājī Nirmalā Devī,
The Merciful, the Compassionate.
The Protection of Śhrī Chaṇḍī.
Salutation to Shri Gaṇeśha. Salutation to Śhrī Saraswatī.
Salutation to Śhrī Guru. Salutation to the Deity worshipped in the family,
Who is Śhrī Mātājī Nirmalā Devī.
May there be no obstacles.
"Now the Kavach. You have to take for your protection every morning when you go out, and before sleeping you should put your attention here and sleep off."
1991-1207 Public Program, Day 2, Geetha Bhawan, 133 Lloyds Road, Ganapathy Colony, Gopalapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
"So many powers Mother has to have to protect her children and to look after them, These powers are all there, working relentlessly all the time-24 hours. So anybody who surrenders to Mother, these powers express themselves and try to help you out of your problems. But first thing is surrendering. If you are not surrendered, If you are not in the kingdom of God, then this is not the responsibility of the Mother. Then it might be that some negative force might take over and may destroy you."
1988-1013 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, Navarātri Celebrations (3rd Day), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Warje, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Kamala-dal’āmala komala kāntī
Kalā kalit’āmala bhāla-late,
Sakala vilāsa kalā nilaya-krama
Keli chalat-kala haṁsa kule,
Ali-kula sañkula kuvalaya mandala
Mauli milad bakulāli kule, Jaya, jaya, he
Like a tender, lovely spotless Lotus-petal the crescent Moon adorns Your forehead;
Your movements are like a graceful and playful group of Swans;
Like a swarm of bees to fragrant flowers, the stars adorn Your forehead. Victory to You
Ayi Giri Nandini
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"The emblem of the Ādi Śhakti, of course you know, is a thing like this, you see, is ... we call it a ... a[n] elliptical isn't it. This is elliptical, elliptical. You all know that. But the mark of the Ādi Śhakti is the Half-moon and a star. You can put a Half-moon and a Bindu -- is a what you call a bindu? -- is a point.
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But that point is a star. So, you see, the Islam follows the star, the inside, and below that is this, what you call, they call it the Moon. But that's the half mudrā, or we can call it the half ...... ......
... half of the coil. But half, according to the Western mind, half means is bad. But half is the one that takes everything within itself. You see, the one like the bottom of the sea. Bottom of the sea is always bigger than ... ......
... the sea itself.
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So this ... the Half Śhakti takes all the śhaktis into Itself. And the Bindu represents the Heart or we can say the Ātmā. So is the complete thing, is the Ādi Śhakti and the Bindu. That's the Islam seal. And in the same way this is the seal, this is the seal of the Ādi Śhakti, is a half circle. Is not even half -- we shouldn't say now first night's Moon and a star. And why this is used, because this is the thing coming from the creation, from the nature.
So that also what we call Islam is nothing but is the creation of Ādi Śhakti."
1985-1217 Pūjā (English+Marathi+English), Right Type of Conduct and The Establishment of Our Dharma Is Very Important, House of Dr. Ramesh Adinath Saṃghavī, B.N-1, Sapt Shrung, Krishnanagar Housing Society, Saharanpur Road, Nasik, Maharashtra, India
Hinasti Daitya Tejamsi Swanena Pooryaya Jagat,
Saa ghanta patu no devi papebhyo nah sutaniva.
O Devī, may your bell which fills the world with it's sound and destroys the power of asuras, protect us from sins, just as a mother protects her children
(Devī Māhātmyam, Chapter 11)
"When there is worship always there’s a bell rung. That is good for all the negativity to run away."
1982-1009 Bestowing of Boons Pūjā, House of Maria Laventzi, Irchester (near Wellingborough), UK
Śhrī Mātājī: I say that before going out please take a bandhan. It’s a kavach, we call it a kavach. Means, kavach, in English there’s a word for that?
Sahaja Yogis [suggest]: Protection.
Śhrī Mātājī: That’s rather, protection is abstract, but this is a protection of the Mother is a concrete stuff, you see, kavach. So you take the kavach. Kavach is something you can say that people wear those armor, inside, you see that sort of a thing, is kavach. So you must take that before going out or talking to somebody. That you don’t do.
1992-0704 Śhrī Viṣhṇumāyā Pūjā, Viṣhṇumāyā's Powers, Āśhram, Everbeek, Belgium
Padam'ekam na gacchet tu, yadīcchet-śhubham'ātmanaḥ
Kavachen'āvṛito nityam, yatra-yatr'aiva gacchati
One should invariably cover oneself with this Kavach wherever one goes
And should not walk even a step without it, if one desires auspiciousness.
Nirbhayo jāyate martyaḥ, saṅgrāmeṣhv’aparājitaḥ
Trailokye tu bhavet-pūjyaḥ, kavachen'āvṛitaḥ pumān
The person who covers himself with Kavach becomes fearless, is never defeated
In battle, And becomes worthy of being worshipped in the three worlds.
Devī Kavach and Devī Suktam
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Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Chandraghaṇṭā sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily Śhrī Chandraghaṇṭā, the One who is adorned with the Moon as Your bell!
Salutations to You!
Apne Panah Mein Hame Rakhna
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Maiyā Tere Charano Kī
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Nirmal Mā Jagdambe Mā
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Ādimāyā Aṃbābāī
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!