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How And Why Did Goddess Durga Kill Mahishasura?
Navratri is celebrated as the time when the Goddess had saved the world from the atrocities of the demon Mahishasura. Celebrating the victory of the Goddess in the battle which went on for nine days, devotees observe fasts for all these nine days.
The prowess of the Goddess is highlighted in the way she divided herself into nine invincible forms to kill the demon who was continuously multiplying with the drops of his blood falling down. The beautiful Goddess took a fierce form for the protection of her devotees. The story inspires us and strengthens one's faith in the divinity of the Goddess.
Here is the complete story of how the demon was killed by the Goddess. Read on.
Who Was Mahishasura And How Was He Born?
There was a demon king named Rambha. He had the blessings of Lord Brahma and therefore started a rampage of fear and destruction everywhere. The demon could change his form at will. Once, he met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her. Upon knowing that the woman was cursed to be a buffalo as well, and was therefore named Mahishi, he changed his form and became a male buffalo. However, since he did not have the immunity against animals, another male buffalo killed him and he died. Mahishi too killed herself by sitting on the funeral pyre of her husband.
However, Mahishi was pregnant when she decided to jump on the pyre of the demon, thus, from the fire, a demonic creature appeared who had the body of a human but the head of a buffalo. He was Mahishasura, another tyrant demon who would now replace the demon Rambha.
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Lord Brahma's Blessings To Mahishasura
The demon Mahishasura, to increase his powers, started performing various penances in order to please Lord Brahma. He sat meditating on Lord Brahma, stayed without food for years and stood on one leg, thus meditating on Lord Brahma. Gradually, ants started forming hills over his body and a mound soon covered his body completely. His penance grew so deep that all the three worlds trembled from the intense penance. Over time, Lord Brahma was pleased by his penance and appeared before the demon. The demon wanted a boon of immortality from Lord Brahma. However, Lord Brahma disagreed for any such boon, as immortality was not possible for a demon. Upon much requests from Mahishasura, Lord Brahma blessed him that no gods or masculine powers would be able to defeat Mahishasura.
Overjoyed with the boon, the demon went about creating rampage of destruction as his father did. Over time, excessive pride overpowered him. However, the demon did not realise that excessive pride has always led one to destruction.
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The Origin Of The Goddess
In the reign of terror, the Gods feared that the demon would soon conquer the entire universe and therefore approached Lord Shiva. He, along with Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma and the others had realised that the demon could never be defeated by a God because of the boon from Lord Brahma.
All the three holy trinity then decided to create a Goddess. Lord Shiva along with Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma used their powers and created Goddess Shakti. 'Shakti' is a Sanskrit word which means power. Since the power of all the gods was united to form the Goddess, she was named Shakti.
Goddess Durga Challenged Mahishasura
Thus formed, the powerful Goddess, riding on a lion, marched towards the Himalayas. As Mahishasura got to know about a beautiful woman having arrived at the Himalayas, he sent his servants with a proposal for marriage to her. However, the Goddess challenged the demon for a battle and said that she would marry him if he could defeat her in a battle.
The Battle Between Goddess Durga And Mahishasura
Thus, the battle started between Goddess Durga and the demon Mahishasura. As the Goddess attacked the demon, a new demon from the drops of his blood was formed. The Goddess then created another Goddess - Mahakali who drank the blood of the demon, thus stopping it from falling and creating a new demon each time. The fight thus went on for nine days, where the Goddess killed many servants of Mahishasura and many demons who originated from his body, and finally the Goddess killed Mahishasura on the tenth day.
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The Origin Of Navratri
These nine days came to be known as Navratri and the tenth day as Vijayadashmi. Navratri stands for the nine nights and Vijayadasami translates into the tenth day of victory. All the Gods praised her and named her as Mahishasura Mardini (the one who killed Mahishasura) for having killed Mahishasura. Every year, devotees observe the nine days fast, where they chant the entire Devi Mahatmya (the entire story of the Goddess) in one sitting. However, if doing so is not possible, the chapters can be narrated in the following order.
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Day
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Madhukaitabh
Sanghara
2nd
Day
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Mahishasura
Sanghara
(Chapters
2,
3
and
4)
3rd
Day
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Dhumralochan
Vadha
(Chapters
5
and
6)
4th
Day
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Chanda
Munda
Vadha
(Chapter
7)
5th
Day
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Raktas
Beej
Sanghara
(Chapter
8)
6th
Day
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Shumbha
Nishumbh
Vadha
(Chapters
9
and
10)
7th
Day
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Narayani
Mahima
(Praise
of
the
Goddess-
Chapter
11)
8th
Day
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Fala
Stuti
(Chapter
12)
9th
Day
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Story
of
Surata
and
the
merchant
(Chapter
13)
10th
Day
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Kshama
Prarthana
(Chapter
14)
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