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She the refuge, peaceful and merciful undoubtedly,
She pervades over all, is universal form certainly,
Her lotus feet worshipped by universe �� all Glory,
On your appeal “Protect me Durga�� saves entirely.
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― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“Tri-guna appears in discourse of Krishna prominently,
To Arjun upon the battlefield of Kurukshetra clearly;

That the backdrop for the Bhagwat Gita surely be,
All three gunas are held to delude the world clearly:

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभि�� सर्वमिदं जगत्��
मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्॥ ��.१३��
tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhi�� sarvamida�� jagat |
mohita�� nābhijānāti māmebhya�� paramavyayam || 7.13||
World deluded by these Three Gunas does not know Me:
Who beyond these Gunas and imperishable does but be.
(7.13)”
― Munindra Misra, Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

“Devi-Mahatmayam has special meaning for spirituality,
With illumination, wisdom, strength - to freedom finally!
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― Munindra Misra, Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

“The world which worships Mother Mary and goddess Durga also has experienced such heinous crimes against her daughters.”
― Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini

“Darkness gives her permission, and protector gives the tears.
Beauty provides the conch, while mother provides the spear
Knowledge gives the moon, and head gives the bracelet
Widow provides the creator, while swan provides the snake
Music gives the sight, and the bloom gives mirror.
Or the blood of the queen will fall.
To make her lose a hand.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“While
motherhood and warship were associated with Parvati and Durga,
Tantra was associated to Kali, food and agriculture to Annapurna,
knowledge and education to Saraswati and, of course, luck and
money to Lakshmi.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“Every single loss, every single humiliation, teaches us to strive for
more. Failure is the best teacher”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“That the goddess comes to town with her children, leaving her reluctant-householder husband behind on Mount Kailash, makes Pujo a singular celebration of family values and domesticity, unlike the Kill Bill independence of Kali.”
― Indrajit Hazra, Grand Delusions: A Short Biography Of Kolkata

“The structure of this facility is shaped like the Durga triangle. Each leg adds to a sum of twenty,”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“It is a complete phenomenon that female deities find an
equal, and some time more weightage in temples, homes, festivities
and every aspect of life in our society”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“No, Princess," whispered her lover, wishing she would hear and understand, "you are neither Kali, the eater of human flesh, nor Durga, the fighter of battles. On the contrary, you are Shakti, the custodian of sexuality.”
― Santosh Kalwar, The Royal Regiment

“All beautiful grew, subtle and high and strange.

Here on a boulder carved like a huge throne
A Woman sat in gold and purple sheen,
Armed with the trident and the thunderbolt,
Her feet upon a couchant lion’s back.

A formidable smile curved round her lips,
Heaven-fire laughed in the corners of her eyes;
Her body a mass of courage and heavenly strength,
She menaced the triumph of the nether gods.

A halo of lightnings flamed around her head
And sovereignty a great cestus zoned her robe
And majesty and victory sat with her
Guarding in the wide cosmic battle-field
Against the flat equality of Death
And the all-levelling insurgent Night
The hierarchy of the ordered Powers,
The high changeless values, the peaked eminences,
The privileged aristocracy of Truth,
And in the governing Ideal’s sun
The triumvirate of wisdom, love and bliss
And the sole autocracy of the absolute Light.

August on her seat in the inner world of Mind,
The Mother of Might looked down on passing things,
Listened to the advancing tread of Time,
Saw the irresistible wheeling of the suns
And heard the thunder of the march of God.

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― Sri Aurobindo, Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol