Treasures of the Maharishi Veda App #5: Mother Divine Recitations

As we approach the start of the auspicious nine days of Mother Divine (Navaratri), on 11 October, we thought to draw your attention to another of the treasures of the Maharishi Veda App: 35 Devi recitations always available to enjoy in the Devi Recitations submenu of the main Recitations menu on the App.

Maharishi explains that during Navaratri we ‘can awaken the nine qualities explained by Lord Kṛishṇa in the Bhagavad-Gītā. The Lord has defined the qualities as earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intellect and ego. The ninth quality is Transcendental Consciousness. We awaken the eight qualities until the Ashtamī [the eighth day], when all these qualities merge with Transcendental Consciousness on the ninth day. And finally, Transcendental Consciousness awakens Total Knowledge and infinite dynamism on the tenth day of Vijaya Dashamī [the day of Victory].

‘It is a scientific concept of awakening the Shivatwa, or the domain of total silence, which then transforms into total dynamism. By reciting [or listening to] the Nava Durgā hymns (Vedic Recitations during Navaratri), we can awaken all the Devis and Devata defined in Veda and Vedic Literature in our physiology.’ (India Press Conference, 15th of October 2004)

Maharishi has also explained that the Vedic Devis and Devata are the Laws of Nature that administer the entire universe and maintain it in perfect order. They are the impulses of Creative Intelligence responsible for the creation, maintenance, and evolution of everything in the universe; they are the creative powers of cosmic dimension, permeating the whole creation.