2025 Celebrating Navarātri: “the greatest thing is the blessings of the Mother. The way She looks after you, the way She loves you and the way She cares for you – which you should never take it for granted.”
"Now, when we are celebrating the greatest of greatest this Navarātri, there must be something special about it, that we have to cleanse this heart completely, fully and make it so pure that it purifies all the blood that passes through the whole of the body. So the cells of this heart, which has made this great organ, has to be the best, because the cells of the heart within a human body are the best cells, the highest quality, the most sensitive. And it's the heart that expresses the Anāhata, the sound that is without percussion. While we find that there are some people of caliber, there are, but others talk more, show off more, and do not have the caliber. "
1984-0923 Navarātri Pūjā (1st Day), The Discipline, Hampstead Town Hall Centre, 213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP, UK
Kindle My Heart
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Ayi Sumanas Sumanas Sumanas
Sumanas Sumanohara Kantiyute
Shrita Rajani Rajani Rajani
Rajani Rajani Kara Vakravrute
Salutations to the Divine Mother whose beautiful mind
is united with a flower-like and charming complexion.
Whose Beautiful face shines like
that of a full moon at
(From 'Ayi Giri Nandini', the praise of the Divine Mother by Śhrī Ādi Śhaṅkarāchārya)
"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.
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So the protection is also built in your body. By gaṇas on the left-hand side and by reactions on the right-hand side. But the greatest thing is the blessings of the Mother. The way She looks after you, the way She loves you and the way She cares for you -- which you should never take it for granted."
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.
"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, twenty-four 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 the 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
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
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"Forgiveness gives you a big kavacha, is a big bandhan, is a big protection, we can say a shield, from all kinds of evil that others can put on you."
1982-1114 Diwālī Pūjā (Diwālī Day), Deeper Wealth, Divine Temperament, Fondness of Generosity, Keep your Suṣhumṇā Open and Real Days of Diwālī Celebration (The Greatest Generosity a Human Being Can Do Is to Forgive, All of Us Have to Go Together, Discretion to Improve Your Value System and Universal Theme for People), Nirmala Palace Āśhram, 99 Nightingale Lane, Balham, London SW12 8LZ, UK
"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
"...... 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?
[After Sahaja Yogis suggest, "Protection":] 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
"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), Northamptonshire, UK
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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"First and foremost thing She does is to protect us. Wherever you may be, whatever you may be doing, in whatever peril you may be, howsoever dangerously you may be placed in life, She protects you. First thing, She protects you.
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So, when you worship Her, what do you want? You want Her to protect you. In your discrimination, in your mistake, you might do something wrong. May do something that is not good for you, could be very dangerous for you. But She is the person who guides how to avoid all the dangers. Now, She protects your life, She protects your body, She protects all organs of your body, She is the One who gives you all the security of life.
In Her Realm, you feel completely secure. You are never afraid of anything. Because you have left Her Realm, you have come out of it, that is why -- that is the reason you are afraid. But if you are under Her beautiful guidance and Her blessings, you will never feel afraid to do anything. You will never do anything wrong also. As soon as you'll try to do wrong, She will hold your hand. She is really the guiding person.
She is the One who actually gives us our existence. Without Her, we cannot exist, because She is the One who is the Power of Śhrī Śhiva."
1999-1017 Navarātri Pūjā (8th Day), The Powers of Śhrī Mahākālī, Hangar (now Nirmal Temple), Albera Ligure, Alessandria, Italy
"...... the Goddess always uses lion as Her vehicle. Sh... that is the vāhana specially used when, at different levels, She has to be compassionate as well as very harsh to the people who are trying to destroy humanity."
1986-1009 Public Program (6th Day of Navarātri), Lions Club International, G.D. Birla Sabahghar, 29, Ashutosh Choudhry Avenue, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Hinasti daityatejāṃsi svanenāpūrya yā jagat,
Sā ghaṇṭā pātu no devi pāpebhyo naḥ sutāniva.
O Devī, may your bell which fills the world with its sound and destroys the power of asuras, protect us from sins, just as a mother protects her children.
(Devī Māhātmyam, Chapter 11)
Apne Panah Mein Hame Rakhna
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Maiyā tere Charano Ki
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Nirmal Mā Jagdambe Mā
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Śhrī Jagadambe Ayi Re
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!