(Simple) Prayers to Maa Ambe - Post Your Own

[smaranam]

Namastastai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah

Ya Devi sarvabhuteshu...

Addresses the Divine Mother VishNumAyA. The Lord's MAyA or PrakRuti, whose manifestation is this world.

She takes the form of shAnti, buddhi, kshAnti, jati, lajjA, bhrAnti, shraddhA, Lakshmi....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Cn8f-8kxE

[Sahasranama]

Okay, this one is not simple, but if you don't listen to it, you will live the rest of your life in vain.

A musical rendition of the Durga Saptashati.

[anatman]

Okay, this one is not simple, but if you don't listen to it, you will live the rest of your life in vain.

A musical rendition of the Durga Saptashati.

Thank You Sahasranama

[smaranam]

Okay, this one is not simple, but if you don't listen to it, you will live the rest of your life in vain.

A musical rendition of the Durga Saptashati.

This is a beautiful prayer. My mother likes Devi Mahatmya. We must understand Her and be grateful to Her as YogamAyA, VishNumAyA and hence i like the "Ya Devi ..." prayer in post 11.

Prayers like these - Devi Kavach - are a worship of the Mother Goddess for material success and protection , and to sail through this world. While no doubt, She protects us and keeps us materially comfortable, takes Her advanced bhaktas beyond the material wants and bestows good qualities, this prayer does not immediately focus on Love for Govind - prem, and it is not a complete or final surrender, perhaps a possible precursor. Shaktas will argue it brings Love for the Mother.

On the other hand, Gopis worship Her to obtain Shri KRshNa Govind as their Husband, they do not say "rupam dehi, jayam dehi yasho dehi". They don't ask for success, wealth, victory or beauty of this material world. Their complete surrender is at His Lotus Feet. Their protector, giver, and sarvasva, is Govind. As compassionate Mother, she gave them their Happiness, saubhagya - this is spiritual saubhagya we are talking about , not material. Yes, MA gives KRshNa, She brings KRshNa, but ONLY if that's what the living being wants. Actually it is Govind as the antaryAmi, SuperSoul, paramAtmA who grants wishes of the jiva, but it appears that it is coming from Devi.

Hari (VishNu/KRshNa) drives away material trushNA with His flute, attractive form, names, qualities and highest LOVE. To His devotees, He says they should worship Him alone and none else (Bhagavat Gita).

Whereas, Devi nourishes Her children with lots of material comfort so that they are content and ready to move beyond it.

Just an observation. I may have missed something though, as i have not read Devi MahAtmya.

Govindam Adi Purusham Tam aham bhajAmi ~
Jai Shri KRshNa

[Sahasranama]

At the end of the Devi Mahatmya one devotee is given mukti and the other bhukti according to their desire.

This is another stotra for Durga when Arjuna was instructed by Krishna to pray to Shakti right before the battle of kurukshetra: http://www.srimatham.com/storage/doc...n-to-durga.pdf

[anatman]

Please let me know if this Kali mula mantra is genuine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP0_trK_8oU

The Kalikaye part is not clearly audible or is not pronounced correctly??

[Sahasranama]

Those who liked listening to the devi mahatmyam may also like to listen to the Sundara Kanda which suprisingly can also be found on youtube. (sorry for posting in the wrong thread)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUbZl...feature=fvwrel

[c.smith]

Here's a new one (05APR2011) from YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2kyl7At1nE

[PatrickMB]

I chant "Om Dum Durgaiya Namah" very slowly on my mala, putting the greatest emphasis on the "Om". I hope that the Divine Mother reads what's in my heart for Her and overlooks any mistakes in pronunciation.

[JaiMaaDurga]

"May my every thought, word, and deed be ever directed toward perfecting understanding and performance of Your Divine will; I surrender completely unto You, without reservation or hesitation!"

Here is also a nice bhajan

JAI MAA DURGA JAI MAA AMBE JAI MAHADEVI JAI MATA DI!