Story of NavDurga | Day – 7 Story of Maa Kaalratri
Story of NavDurga
(Day – 7)
7. Story
of Maa Kaalratri
Maa
Kaalratri is worshipped on the 7th day of the nine-day-long Hindu festival of
Navratri. Maa Kaalratri is the fiercest form of Devi Durga. Unlike all other
forms of Devi Durga, Maa Kaalratri is dark like the night. She has unkempt and
untidy hair and she has 3 eyes. Whenever she breathes, there is a fire that she
breathes out from her nostrils. She wears a necklace that gleams like the moon
and she has four hands. In one hand she carries a sword, in the other a
thunderbolt, the third hand she uses to hold and the fourth to protect.
Maa
Kaalratri is literally translated into Kaal and Raatri. 'Kaal' means 'time and
death', and 'Raatri' means the 'darkness of the night'. Maa Kaalratri comes to
end the darkness. Maa Kaalratri comes to save her devotees from evil. Maa
Kaalratri is evil with the evil and she is extremely kind and benevolent to her
true devotees. Maa Kaalratri is also known as Shubhankari.
Once there
were two demons called Shumbha and Nishumbha. Shumbha and Nishumbha were
evil. They had invaded Devlok (God's Land) and even destroyed Indra's kingdom.
Seeing all the destruction Indra got worried. It was impossible to kill Shumbha
and Nishumbha because they had got a boon that they could not be killed by a
human, a God, by Devas, Asuras, or any daitya.
Indra was
perplexed and he needed some help. So he went to Devi Parvati. Parvati sent
Chandi to the battlefield to kill Shumbha and Nishumbha. Kaalratri is also
known as Chandi or Kaali. When Chandi reached the battlefield than Shubhma and
Nishubha had sent two demons to kill Chandi. These two demons were called
Chanda and Munda, but Chandi was too strong for Chanda and Munda. And at once
she slew and killed them.
There she
also earned herself the name of Chamunda, the one who slew Chanda and
Munda. After that, there was another demon called Rakhtabeej. Rakhtabeej had
received a boon from Brahma that he would be invincible. If ever, anyone would
like to kill him, whenever one drop of blood from Rakhtabeej fell on the soil,
another clone like Rakhtabeej would be born. Chandi was infuriated, she was so
angry when she saw this happening. She had only one solution and that is she
wanted to avoid Rakhtabeej's blood from falling on the earth and which is when
she decided to drink his blood. So each time she slew him, she bent down and
drank the blood of Rakhtabeej. That is how she managed to kill Rakhtabeej.
After that
Chandi or Kaali went on to destroy and kill Shumbha and Nishumbha as well. And
then she completely restored peace in Devlok, helping Indra get back his
kingdom. She was bringing about equilibrium or balance in heaven as well as the
earth. It is believed that Maa Kaalratri blesses us when there is darkness
around us. So whenever there is darkness around, just pray to Maa Kaalratri for
she is there for her devotees. As the Shubhankari She blesses and looks out for
the devotees and protects them.
Conclusion:
Make sure
you have that immense power in yourself to fight the darkness, no matter how
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