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Devi Mahatmya

Durga Saptashati · the Goddess's glory in 13 chapters, explained

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Devi Mahatmya — The King, the Merchant and Madhu-Kaitabha

• Savarni, Born of Mahamaya · Devi Mahatmya 1.1
• A Just King Defeated · Devi Mahatmya 1.3
• Betrayed from Within · Devi Mahatmya 1.6
• Shelter in the Hermitage · Devi Mahatmya 1.9
• A Lost Kingdom's Pull · Devi Mahatmya 1.11
• A Stranger's Gentle Question · Devi Mahatmya 1.15
• Robbed by His Own Family · Devi Mahatmya 1.18
• Worry Without News · Devi Mahatmya 1.20
• Why Love Those Who Cast Us Out · Devi Mahatmya 1.22
• Knowing, Yet Still Aching · Devi Mahatmya 1.24
• Two Sufferers Sit Down Together · Devi Mahatmya 1.27
• A King's One Question · Devi Mahatmya 1.29
• Love That Knows Better · Devi Mahatmya 1.31
• Each Sees in Its Own Light · Devi Mahatmya 1.34
• Man and Beast Alike · Devi Mahatmya 1.36
• The Bargain Behind Affection · Devi Mahatmya 1.38
• Caught by Mahamaya · Devi Mahatmya 1.40
• Binder and Liberator · Devi Mahatmya 1.42
• Four Questions About Her · Devi Mahatmya 1.45
• Unborn, Yet Said Born · Devi Mahatmya 1.47
• Vishnu Asleep, Brahma Threatened · Devi Mahatmya 1.49
• Praising the Sleeping Goddess · Devi Mahatmya 1.52
• Offerings, Syllable, Mother · Devi Mahatmya 1.54
• Maker, Keeper, Ender · Devi Mahatmya 1.56
• Knowledge, Illusion and Night · Devi Mahatmya 1.58
• Her Many Gentle Names · Devi Mahatmya 1.60
• Weapons and Beauty Together · Devi Mahatmya 1.61
• Even the Creator Sleeps · Devi Mahatmya 1.63
• Even the Gods Are Made · Devi Mahatmya 1.65
• She Leaves, He Rises · Devi Mahatmya 1.68
• Five Thousand Years of Fighting · Devi Mahatmya 1.71
• The Boon He Asks · Devi Mahatmya 1.73
• Asuras Ask for Dry Land · Devi Mahatmya 1.75
• Heads Fall, Goddess Rises · Devi Mahatmya 1.77

Devi Mahatmya — Mahishasura

• A Hundred-Year War · Devi Mahatmya 2.1
• Going to the Makers · Devi Mahatmya 2.3
• Gods Walking as Mortals · Devi Mahatmya 2.5
• Anger Becomes Light · Devi Mahatmya 2.8
• Blazing Light Gathers · Devi Mahatmya 2.11
• Each God, One Limb · Devi Mahatmya 2.13
• Face Completed, Joy Returns · Devi Mahatmya 2.16
• Arms Given, Victory Called · Devi Mahatmya 2.19
• Gods Give Their Weapons · Devi Mahatmya 2.22
• Gifts of the Milk Ocean · Devi Mahatmya 2.25
• Axe, Garlands, Lotus, Lion · Devi Mahatmya 2.27
• Serpent Necklace, Laughing Roar · Devi Mahatmya 2.30
• The Goddess's Shaking Roar · Devi Mahatmya 2.32
• Praise, and Armies Rising · Devi Mahatmya 2.34
• The Demon Beholds Her Size · Devi Mahatmya 2.36
• Weapons Light the Horizons · Devi Mahatmya 2.39
• Three Commanders, Vast Armies · Devi Mahatmya 2.42
• The Buffalo Lord Encircled · Devi Mahatmya 2.45
• Every Weapon, Thrown at Once · Devi Mahatmya 2.48
• Play, Praise, and a Raging Lion · Devi Mahatmya 2.50
• Ganas Born of Her Breath · Devi Mahatmya 2.53
• Bell, Noose and Sword · Devi Mahatmya 2.56
• Fallen Like Mountains · Devi Mahatmya 2.59
• Bodies That Would Not Stop · Devi Mahatmya 2.62
• Fire Through Dry Straw · Devi Mahatmya 2.68
• Arrows Met With Play · Devi Mahatmya 3.1
• Spear Split Into Hundred · Devi Mahatmya 3.5
• Chamara's Spear Falls · Devi Mahatmya 3.10
• Lion and Giant Wrestle Down · Devi Mahatmya 3.13
• Nine Captains Cut Down · Devi Mahatmya 3.16
• Kali Night Finishes the Roll · Devi Mahatmya 3.19
• Buffalo Demon Routs the Host · Devi Mahatmya 3.21
• Rage That Shakes the World · Devi Mahatmya 3.24
• The Noose Closes · Devi Mahatmya 3.28
• Lion, Swordsman, Elephant · Devi Mahatmya 3.30
• Pride Meets Laughter · Devi Mahatmya 3.33
• Roar While I Drink · Devi Mahatmya 3.36
• Caught Halfway Out · Devi Mahatmya 3.38
• Victory Shouted by All · Devi Mahatmya 3.41
• Fear Ends, Praise Begins · Devi Mahatmya 3.43
• Bowed Heads, Thrilled Bodies · Devi Mahatmya 4.1
• One Goddess, Many Powers · Devi Mahatmya 4.3
• Beyond Even the Greatest · Devi Mahatmya 4.4
• The Goddess in Every Heart · Devi Mahatmya 4.5
• Beyond Telling, Beyond Knowing · Devi Mahatmya 4.6
• Offering and Release · Devi Mahatmya 4.8
• The Voice of the Scriptures · Devi Mahatmya 4.10
• Four Names of the Goddess · Devi Mahatmya 4.11
• Wonder at Mahisha's Survival · Devi Mahatmya 4.12
• Favor and Fury Together · Devi Mahatmya 4.14
• Why the Righteous Prosper · Devi Mahatmya 4.15
• Remembered, She Gives Fearlessness · Devi Mahatmya 4.17
• Why She Strikes Her Enemies · Devi Mahatmya 4.18
• Fierce Weapons, Gentle Face · Devi Mahatmya 4.20
• Nothing Else Like You · Devi Mahatmya 4.22
• Protection in Every Direction · Devi Mahatmya 4.24
• Gentle Forms, Fearsome Weapons · Devi Mahatmya 4.26
• Offerings From Heaven's Garden · Devi Mahatmya 4.28
• Choose Any Boon · Devi Mahatmya 4.30
• Nothing Left Undone · Devi Mahatmya 4.32
• Prosperity for Her Devotees · Devi Mahatmya 4.34
• A Yes, Then Gone · Devi Mahatmya 4.35
• Born Again From Gauri · Devi Mahatmya 4.37

Devi Mahatmya — Shumbha and Nishumbha

• Two Asuras Seize Heaven · Devi Mahatmya 5.1
• A Boon Remembered · Devi Mahatmya 5.4
• Praise for Her Gentle and Fierce · Devi Mahatmya 5.7
• Durga, the Way Across · Devi Mahatmya 5.9
• Gentle and terrible Goddess · Devi Mahatmya 5.11
• Vishnumaya, the Goddess's own name · Devi Mahatmya 5.12
• Awareness in every creature · Devi Mahatmya 5.13
• Sleep and hunger · Devi Mahatmya 5.15
• Goddess as Shadow and Power · Devi Mahatmya 5.17
• Craving and Patience · Devi Mahatmya 5.19
• Birth and Bashfulness · Devi Mahatmya 5.21
• Stillness and Trust · Devi Mahatmya 5.23
• Radiance and Fortune Within · Devi Mahatmya 5.25
• Steadiness and Daily Bread · Devi Mahatmya 5.27
• Memory and Compassion · Devi Mahatmya 5.29
• Right Conduct, Quiet Contentment · Devi Mahatmya 5.31
• Nourishment and Mother · Devi Mahatmya 5.33
• Delusion, Ruler of Senses · Devi Mahatmya 5.35
• Pure Consciousness Filling Everything · Devi Mahatmya 5.37
• Prayer for Rescue Now · Devi Mahatmya 5.38
• Whose Praise Is This · Devi Mahatmya 5.40
• Kaushiki Born, Kalika Darkened · Devi Mahatmya 5.43
• Two Servants See Her · Devi Mahatmya 5.45
• A Jewel Worth Taking · Devi Mahatmya 5.47
• Shumbha's Stolen Treasures · Devi Mahatmya 5.49
• Lotus Garland and Royal Chariot · Devi Mahatmya 5.52
• The One Jewel Missing · Devi Mahatmya 5.54
• The Messenger Sent Ahead · Devi Mahatmya 5.57
• The Messenger's Sweet Words · Devi Mahatmya 5.59
• Shumbha's Claim of Command · Devi Mahatmya 5.61
• The Stolen Treasure Inventory · Devi Mahatmya 5.63
• The Offer of Marriage · Devi Mahatmya 5.66
• The Goddess Smiles, Grants · Devi Mahatmya 5.69
• The Vow of Battle · Devi Mahatmya 5.71
• Pride, Threat, and Dragged Hair · Devi Mahatmya 5.74
• A Messenger Sent Home · Devi Mahatmya 5.78
• The Messenger's Report · Devi Mahatmya 6.1
• The General's Orders · Devi Mahatmya 6.3
• The Threat at the Mountain · Devi Mahatmya 6.5
• Ashes at a Hum · Devi Mahatmya 6.8
• Ambika's Lion Charges · Devi Mahatmya 6.10
• Claws, Blows, and Blood · Devi Mahatmya 6.13
• Shumbha's Rage · Devi Mahatmya 6.16
• The Order to Bind Her · Devi Mahatmya 6.18
• An Army Meets Her Smile · Devi Mahatmya 7.1
• Kali Springs From a Frown · Devi Mahatmya 7.4
• Swallowed Whole, Elephants and All · Devi Mahatmya 7.8
• Hair, Throat, Foot, Chest · Devi Mahatmya 7.11
• Arrows and Discs Swallowed · Devi Mahatmya 7.15
• Kali's Laugh, Chanda's Fall · Devi Mahatmya 7.18
• Munda Charges, Army Scatters · Devi Mahatmya 7.21
• The Offering of Two Heads · Devi Mahatmya 7.23
• Kali Named Chamunda · Devi Mahatmya 7.25
• Shumbha Calls the Muster · Devi Mahatmya 8.1
• Clans Ordered Out to War · Devi Mahatmya 8.4
• Three Sounds Fill the Sky · Devi Mahatmya 8.7
• Gods' powers take form · Devi Mahatmya 8.11
• Three Mothers ride in · Devi Mahatmya 8.14
• Vishnu's boar, lion, Indra's thousand eyes · Devi Mahatmya 8.17
• Shiva sent as envoy · Devi Mahatmya 8.21
• Peace or War, Offered · Devi Mahatmya 8.24
• Rage Meets Play · Devi Mahatmya 8.28
• Each Mother, Her Own Weapon · Devi Mahatmya 8.31
• The Army Gives Way · Devi Mahatmya 8.35
• Raktabija Enters the Field · Devi Mahatmya 8.39
• Every Wound Becomes an Army · Devi Mahatmya 8.42
• Five Mothers, Five Weapons · Devi Mahatmya 8.46
• Drink Before It Falls · Devi Mahatmya 8.51
• Chamunda drinks the blood · Devi Mahatmya 8.55
• The demon falls; gods rejoice · Devi Mahatmya 8.59
• The king asks for more · Devi Mahatmya 9.1
• Two brothers march out · Devi Mahatmya 9.3
• Rain of Arrows · Devi Mahatmya 9.7
• Blow at the Mount · Devi Mahatmya 9.9
• Three Weapons Undone · Devi Mahatmya 9.12
• Shumbha Rides Out · Devi Mahatmya 9.15
• Her sound fills everything · Devi Mahatmya 9.17
• Sound Before the Fall · Devi Mahatmya 9.20
• Trident drops Shumbha · Devi Mahatmya 9.23
• Ten thousand arms, answered · Devi Mahatmya 9.27
• Nishumbha's Mace Cut Away · Devi Mahatmya 9.30
• Lion, Kali and the Mothers · Devi Mahatmya 9.35
• Every Demon Falls Differently · Devi Mahatmya 9.37
• Shumbha's Charge of Borrowed Strength · Devi Mahatmya 10.1
• One Goddess, All Powers Withdrawn · Devi Mahatmya 10.3
• Weapon Met by Weapon · Devi Mahatmya 10.6
• Done in Play · Devi Mahatmya 10.9
• Shumbha loses his chariot · Devi Mahatmya 10.12
• Fist Against Open Palm · Devi Mahatmya 10.15
• Fighting on Nothing · Devi Mahatmya 10.18
• Fist Against Trident · Devi Mahatmya 10.21
• The World Grows Calm · Devi Mahatmya 10.24
• Heaven Sings and Dances · Devi Mahatmya 10.26

Devi Mahatmya — The Hymn and the Boons

• The Gods Plead for Grace · Devi Mahatmya 11.1
• Support, Seed and Bewilderment · Devi Mahatmya 11.3
• Words Fail; She Is Intellect · Devi Mahatmya 11.6
• Time, Who Ends All · Devi Mahatmya 11.8
• Auspicious Refuge of All · Devi Mahatmya 11.9
• Power Behind Three Acts · Devi Mahatmya 11.10
• Rescuer of the Fallen · Devi Mahatmya 11.11
• Swan Chariot, Bull Mount · Devi Mahatmya 11.12
• Two Powers, Two Weapons · Devi Mahatmya 11.14
• Boar and Man-Lion · Devi Mahatmya 11.16
• Thunderbolt and Terrible Roar · Devi Mahatmya 11.18
• Fangs, Skulls, Munda's End · Devi Mahatmya 11.20
• Many Names, One Goddess · Devi Mahatmya 11.21
• Present on Every Side · Devi Mahatmya 11.23
• A Plea for Rescue · Devi Mahatmya 11.24
• Gentle Face, Blazing Trident · Devi Mahatmya 11.25
• Bell and Sword Protect · Devi Mahatmya 11.27
• Refuge Makes the Refuge-Giver · Devi Mahatmya 11.29
• The Pit of Mine-ness · Devi Mahatmya 11.30
• Guarding Fire, Sea, Serpent · Devi Mahatmya 11.32
• Be Gracious, Grant Boons · Devi Mahatmya 11.34
• Ask Freely, Remove Obstacles · Devi Mahatmya 11.36
• A Cowherd's Daughter Returns · Devi Mahatmya 11.38
• Red Teeth, Pomegranate Blossom · Devi Mahatmya 11.40
• Shatakshi Feeds the Hungry · Devi Mahatmya 11.43
• The Name Durga Is Earned · Devi Mahatmya 11.46
• Bhima, Terror for the Protector · Devi Mahatmya 11.47
• The Bee Against Aruna · Devi Mahatmya 11.49
• Whenever Trouble Comes, She Returns · Devi Mahatmya 11.51
• Promise to Steady Reciters · Devi Mahatmya 12.1
• Safe From Every Harm · Devi Mahatmya 12.4
• Calming Disasters and Omens · Devi Mahatmya 12.6
• Her Abiding Presence · Devi Mahatmya 12.8
• Autumn Worship, Fearless Courage · Devi Mahatmya 12.11
• Omens Settled, Enemies Fall · Devi Mahatmya 12.14
• Mothers' Relief, Mended Bonds · Devi Mahatmya 12.17
• One hearing equals a year · Devi Mahatmya 12.20
• Hymns that lead well · Devi Mahatmya 12.23
• Peril of every kind · Devi Mahatmya 12.25
• Fear leaves, then she leaves · Devi Mahatmya 12.29
• Order Restored After War · Devi Mahatmya 12.31
• Born Again to Bewilder and Bless · Devi Mahatmya 12.33
• Lakshmi and Her Shadow · Devi Mahatmya 12.35
• Praise, Flowers, and Four Gifts · Devi Mahatmya 12.38
• The Goddess Deludes Even the Wise · Devi Mahatmya 13.1
• Go to Her for Refuge · Devi Mahatmya 13.3
• Two Exiles at the Riverbank · Devi Mahatmya 13.4
• Three Years of Clay Worship · Devi Mahatmya 13.7
• An Open Offer · Devi Mahatmya 13.10
• Kingdom and Knowing · Devi Mahatmya 13.11
• A Promise Beyond Death · Devi Mahatmya 13.13
• Knowledge Given Freely · Devi Mahatmya 13.15
• Boons Given, Goddess Departs · Devi Mahatmya 13.16

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