Story of NavDurga | Day-2 Story of Maa Bramhacharini
Story of
NavDurga
(Day – 2)
2. Story of Maa
Bramhacharini
Devi
Bramhacharini is a form of goddess Durga that is celebrated on the second day
of Navratri. After her self-immolation in her previous birth as Sati she took
birth again, and this time she was born to the king of the mountains, The
Himalayas. In this birth, she came to be known as Parvati, and in this birth of
Parvati became Bramhacharini.
'Bramh' over
here means Tapasya and 'Charini' means a female devotee, an ardent female
devotee. One day Parvati was visited by Narada Muni, and he told her that, 'in
this birth too you can get married to Lord Shiva but for that, you will need to
do severe penance.' At once Maa Parvati decided that she was ready for any kind
of penance, and she went into severe penance. It was no ordinary Tapasya; her
Tapasya went on for thousands and thousands of years.
For the
first thousand years, she only ate fruits and flowers, for the next hundred
years, she only ate vegetables, for the next three thousand years she only ate
dried leaves. This kind of Tapasya or penance was different. Nobody had ever
seen this kind of Tapasya and after the 3,000 years where she ate only leaves
she went on to eating nothing. She gave up water, she gave up food and her
purpose of life became severe penance. Maa Parvati became weak and emaciated.
Once when
her mother visited her, she was shattered to see her and she remarked,
"Oh! Maa." It is because of this remark that sometimes Maa Parvati is
also known as Uma. When she gave up eating leaves, she earned herself
another name is Aparna that means somebody who lives without the leaves.
After so
many years of penance, Lord Brahma was pleased and he visited her. Lord Brahma
blessed her saying that due to her penance Lord Shiva too was pleased, and they
had Lord Brahma's blessings that both of them could get married in this birth. Bramhacharini
is the symbol of immense sacrifice, penance, solitude, purity.
On the
second day of Navratri, we pray to her to give us so much strength that we can
be completely focused on penance towards God, what we love, and towards
sacrifice and solitude. In this form, she carries a rosary in one hand and a
Camandal in the other. People pray to her for peace, prosperity, and happiness.
Conclusion:
A lot of
people who follow the Navratri also observe a fast for all nine days. They go
without food and sometimes even water. On those days they pray to goddess
Bramhacharini for strength so that they can stay focused and so that they can
deal with whatever they wish for. Here's wishing all of you a very Happy
Navratri. May goddess Bramhacharini give you the strength to follow what your
heart desires and may it not go astray, never, for a moment.
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