Mahishasura Mardhini Durga maa

Mahishasuramardini stotram is based on Devi mahatmyam in which Devi takes the forms of Durga, Lakshmi and Sarasvati to slay Madhu and Kaitabha, Mahishasura, and Sumbha and Nisumbha respectively. This stotra is said to have been composed by Ramakrishna Kavi.

The most celebrated role of Goddess Durga -- as Mahishasura Mardini, the Slayer of Mahisha, the Buffalo Demon -- is so central that it merits separate consideration.

STORY

Her basic myth is simple, as the greatest stories tend to be: Mahisha, a great demon (asura), has undertaken extraordinary austerities, and thereby accrued such vast power that even the Gods can no longer defeat him. In successive battles, they lose the three worlds to Mahisha's superior might -- and the Cosmic Order is thrown into disarray.

Clearly, a hero and savior is needed -- but who can defeat an enemy that is mightier than the Gods? Answer: The Power (Shakti) that created both the Gods and the enemy in the first place. In order to access that Power, the Gods must reverse the downward unfolding of Divine manifestation, i.e. the cosmic tattvas. (Not coincidentally, this is also the goal of any sadhana undertaken by a human devotee. To help understand the lesson offered here, think of Mahisha as the individual human ego.)

Accordingly, all the Gods simultaneously offer Their own individual powers back to their common Source. And as They do so, They behold an extraordinary sight, as the Source begins to materialize before their eyes:

"An exceedingly fiery mass like a flaming mountain

Did the Gods see, filling the firmament with flames.

That peerless splendor, born from the bodies of all the Gods,

Unifying and pervading the triple world with its lustre, became a Woman."

(Devi Mahatmyam, 2.11-12.)

She is Maha Devi, the Great Goddess, the Mother of all beings, divine and mortal. Taking the warrior form of Her avatar, Goddess Durga, She departs on Her lion mount to meet the demon. A battle of nine days and nine nights ensues, during which Devi decimates Mahisha's armies using lesser Goddesses produced from Her own body.

At last, She and Mahisha alone remain standing on the corpse-strewn battlefield. Of course, Mahisha cannot win, but he takes the forms of many powerful beasts as he tries. While he is in mid-transformation from Buffalo back to Human form, Devi finally slays him, thus saving the Universe, restoring the Cosmic Order -- and earning the title, Mahishasura Mardini.

Mahishasuramardini stotram基于德维mahatmyam其中德维需要杜尔加，拉克希米和辩才的形式分别杀死马杜和Kaitabha，Mahishasura和Sumbha和Nisumbha。这是赞颂简要说已经组成，由罗摩克里希纳的Kavi。

杜尔加女神的最有名的角色 - 作为Mahishasura马尔迪尼，Mahisha的杀手，布法罗邪魔 - 是如此重要，它值得单独审议。

STORY

她的基本神话是简单的，最伟大的故事往往是：Mahisha，一个伟大的恶魔（阿修罗），先后承担非凡的苦行，从而累积那么大的权力，即使是神不再能击败他。在连续的战斗，他们失去了三个世界，以Mahisha出众的实力 - 与宇宙秩序被陷入混乱。

显然，一个英雄，救世主是需要的 - 但谁可以打败敌人的强盛是比神？答：电力（沙克蒂）创建两个神在首位的敌人。为了访问电源，神必须扭转向下展开神圣的表现，即宇宙tattvas。 （并非巧合的是，这也是由人类奉献者采取的任何修习的目标。为了帮助理解这里提供的教训，认为Mahisha作为人类个体的自我。）

因此，所有的神同时提供自己的个人权力，回到他们的共同来源。当他们这样做，他们看见一个非凡的景象，作为源开始在他们眼前兑现：

“一个非常火热的质量像火焰山

难道神看，充盈着烈焰苍穹。

那绝世的辉煌，从所有神的尸体出生，

统一和普及的三重世界，它的光彩，成为一个女人。“

（德维Mahatmyam，2.11-12）。

她是摩诃德维，伟大的女神，所有的众生，神与凡人的母亲。以她的化身，杜尔加女神的战士形式，她离开她上安装狮子满足妖。九天九夜的战斗继起，在此期间，德维利用自己的身体产生更少女神抽取Mahisha的军队。

最后，她和Mahisha独自站立在尸体上遍布的战场。当然，Mahisha赢不了，但他采取了许多强有力的野兽的形式，因为他试图。虽然他是在中期转型从布法罗回人形，德维最终杀害了他，从而节省了宇宙，恢复宇宙秩序 - 和收入的称号，Mahishasura马尔迪尼。