Kalika Devi is the first Dasha MahaVidya. She is the One that can burn the darkness of ignorance. While there are so many statements made by people that are misleading and full of mis-information, one needs to know that Kalika Devi is the equivalent of a compassionate mother that nurtures, nourishes and protects Her children.
It is the posture of the devotee towards Kalika Devi that is important. One needs to have devotion and bhakthi and Devi Kalika will take care and protect one from all the problems and provide both wordly enjoyments and spiritual advancement. Kalika Ashtakam has been authored by the great Adi Shankara. The lyrics are superb and one gets filled with bliss as one recites it with love and devotion.
I present now my vocal rendering of the above ahstakam which is 3 minutes 25 seconds below:
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5yrewH-M1zncHBrWFZodzRnTGc/view?usp=sharing
You can find the Sanskrit lyrics, English lyrics and English translation of the shloka at:
http://www.greenmesg.org/mantras_slokas/devi_kali-kalika_ashtakam.php
Respected Sir,
ReplyDeleteI refer to these sites primarily, for stOtrams by shrI Adi shankarA.
http://eternalworksofshriadisankara.com/strotras.php
http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/newTamil/stotras/index.php
None of them have this stOtram. Many thanks for sharing the stOtrA.
Regards,
Sendhil
Iyya: Thank you for your comment. There is a personal story about the photo at the top. An article will be attempted soon regarding the same.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the update sir. I will be waiting for the story.
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Sendhil
Thank you for the update sir. I will be waiting for the story.
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Sendhil
Dear Raj,
ReplyDeleteWaiting to read about the photo at the top which you kindly refereed on March 27,2016.
Jai jai maa.
Best regards
Dev
Namaste Dev Sir: That story can be found in the article "Kalika Devi Miracle" in this blog in the Recent Articles section. Thank you for your interest !!!
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