Divine Mother Symbolism  2
Channel: Anthardham(Inner meaning of Scriptures)
Date: 2021-10-12

Lecture  on Chandi by Swami Dayatmanandaji Maharaj
ॐ जननीं सारदां देवीं रामकृष्णं जगदगरुुम । पादपद्मेतयो: श्रि त्वा प्रणमामि महुुर्मुहर्मुु: ।। 
00:00:00 Prayer to Divine Mother
00:01:51 Recaptulation of Four Key points 
00:08:41 second story is concerned with the killing of Mahishasura 
00:17:05 Mahishasura represents egotism 
00:17:47 Gods represent daivi sampath
00:37:13 Shumbha and Nishumbha. 
00:47:17 Now, let us connect the three stories. 
00:52:39  Now, we will briefly talk about the four hymns. 
01:00:16 Sukta of mother Aham rudre-bhir vasu-bhish charami aham adityeir uta visvadevaih Aham mitra-varuno bha bi-bharmi aham indra-agni aham asvino bha Yam kamaye tam tam ugram krunomi tam brahmanam tam rusim tam su-medham 

The essence of what I have just now quoted is: I create Rudra, I create Vishnu, I create Vishwadeva, I create Adhityas, I create Mitra, Varuna, I sustain them, I destroy them, I manifest in the form of Agni devata or Aswini devatas. But the most important point is yam yam kamaye, upon whomsoever I wish to bestow my grace, tam tam, that person ugram krunomi, I will make him a ferocious person, powerful personality, or even a devil. So, asuras are also the creation of the Divine Mother only. That is her play. But tam brahmanam, I will make him Vishnu, Brahma, Maheswara, I will give him Moksha, I will make him Brahma; tam rusim, I will make him one of the greatest rishis, tam sumedham, I will make him the most intelligent person in the world, echoing the Gayatri mantra, 
tat savidurva renyam pargo devasya dhi mahi dhiyo yonah prachodayat (I drive their intellects, make them whatever I want) isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati bhramayan sarva-bhutani yantra rudhani mayaya I play with this entire universe, where Bhagavan Krishna says, Ishwarah. Here Mother says, “I make everybody” and that is why the famous Bengali song, 

Shokoli Tomari Iccha Iccha-Moyi Tara Tumi Tomar Kormo Tumi Koro Maa Loke Bole Kori Ami 

O Mother! The whole universe is run by your will but people not knowing, they think we are running the world. There also, he says: Kare Dao Ma Bramha-Podo Kare Koro Adhogami Some people you elevate to the position of Brahma, give Brahma Jnana, some people you push them by your will. But even when Mother pushes somebody down, she never forgets that it is her own child and her pushing down the child is only a play of her. That is why all these Asuras and Devas, it is a Divine play (Brahma Leela). It is a beautiful leela. And all devotees must participate in that leela. Let happiness come, it is Mother’s will. Let unhappiness come, let Mother play with this in whatever way she likes. That is what Mahapurush Maharaj, Swami Shivanandaji used to say, “I do not know why Sri Ramakrishna has kept this old body. This drum has become a very HOLY drum, HOLY means very decrypt, full of diseases, I am just making pun. HOLY means so many defects are there. He is playing with this broken drum. Let His will be done. I am very happy to be beaten by whatever”. Ultimately, that is the highest spiritual state, when we can say, “O Mother! Everything is Thy will, Do whatever you like. I know I am your child. I am quite happy, you kept me in bliss”. So, this is a small bit of understanding I have, that I have shared with you. Let the Divine Mother bless us all! Om Jananim Sāradam devim Rāmakrishnam jagadgurum। Pādapadme tayoh shritvā pranamāmi muhurmuhuh ।। May Sri Rāmakrishna, Holy Mother and Swāmi Vivekānanda bless us all with Bhakti.