Question about worship...

Hare Krishna!

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances.

The spiritual form of Durga is Yogamaya. The external form of Durga is Mahamaya, the illusory energy. The spiritual form of Durga who functions on the platform of shuddha-sattva, pure transcendental existence, is understood to be Krishna's sister, known as Ekanamsha or Subhadra.

The name Subhadra means auspicious. So Subhadra also paves the way for the devotee's spiritual progress by supplying that which is auspicious and taking away all that is inauspicious. This is also the spiritual form of Durga, the shadow of whom is the external material energy, Mahamaya.

Durga works in the material world. Subhadra plays the part of Lord Krishna's sister and is the internal or spiritual energy, and does not work as Durga in the material world. So, originally their energy is one and the same, but through her expansion as Durga she works in a different capacity within the material realm.

Higher than Subhadra is Radharani, Lord Krishna's consort and the quintessence of spiritual energy. She is the personification, essence and origin of Lord Krishna's internal pleasure potency, hladini-shakti. This pleasure potency of Lord Krishna manifests as Radharani for the sake of the most intimate spiritual pastimes in Goloka Vrinadavana, the eternal spiritual realm.

This potency expands further into the forms of Krishna's queens in the other Vaikuntha planets, and also as His sister, Subhadra, for other purposes and pastimes. And Durga is an expansion of this internal or spiritual energy.

In this way, Durga also can be considered an expansion of Radharani. Therefore, Radharani is the source of the pleasure essence in the spiritual dimension, while Durga provides the means for all pleasure in the material realm.

Jiva Goswami's commentary on verse 3 Brahma Samhita affirms this.

Mother Durga is also described in 'Narada-Pancaratra', in the following conversation between Shruti and Vidya:

"Durga is the Supreme Goddess. She is the transcendental potency of the Lord. She is manifested from the form of Lord Maha-Vishnu.

"She is identical with Gokula's queen Sri Radha, who possesses a great treasure of love for Krishna. By Her grace the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all living entities, is easily understood".

Therefore, we must pray to Mother Durga to grant us the benediction of performing unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Lord, bless us with more and more bhakti towards Him and thereby lead the stairway bringing us closer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shri Krishna.

Your Servant,

Mathura Vasi Devi Dasi.

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Anil S May 3, 2015 at 1:17pm

Hare Krishna!

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances.

The spiritual form of Durga is Yogamaya. The external form of Durga is Mahamaya, the illusory energy. The spiritual form of Durga who functions on the platform of shuddha-sattva, pure transcendental existence, is understood to be Krishna's sister, known as Ekanamsha or Subhadra.

The name Subhadra means auspicious. So Subhadra also paves the way for the devotee's spiritual progress by supplying that which is auspicious and taking away all that is inauspicious. This is also the spiritual form of Durga, the shadow of whom is the external material energy, Mahamaya.

Durga works in the material world. Subhadra plays the part of Lord Krishna's sister and is the internal or spiritual energy, and does not work as Durga in the material world. So, originally their energy is one and the same, but through her expansion as Durga she works in a different capacity within the material realm.

Higher than Subhadra is Radharani, Lord Krishna's consort and the quintessence of spiritual energy. She is the personification, essence and origin of Lord Krishna's internal pleasure potency, hladini-shakti. This pleasure potency of Lord Krishna manifests as Radharani for the sake of the most intimate spiritual pastimes in Goloka Vrinadavana, the eternal spiritual realm.

This potency expands further into the forms of Krishna's queens in the other Vaikuntha planets, and also as His sister, Subhadra, for other purposes and pastimes. And Durga is an expansion of this internal or spiritual energy.

In this way, Durga also can be considered an expansion of Radharani. Therefore, Radharani is the source of the pleasure essence in the spiritual dimension, while Durga provides the means for all pleasure in the material realm.

Jiva Goswami's commentary on verse 3 Brahma Samhita affirms this.

Mother Durga is also described in 'Narada-Pancaratra', in the following conversation between Shruti and Vidya:

"Durga is the Supreme Goddess. She is the transcendental potency of the Lord. She is manifested from the form of Lord Maha-Vishnu.

"She is identical with Gokula's queen Sri Radha, who possesses a great treasure of love for Krishna. By Her grace the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all living entities, is easily understood".

Therefore, we must pray to Mother Durga to grant us the benediction of performing unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Lord, bless us with more and more bhakti towards Him and thereby lead the stairway bringing us closer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shri Krishna.

Your Servant,

Mathura Vasi Devi Dasi.
- Vaishnavi Devi Dasi > Anil S May 3, 2015 at 1:41pm
  
  Hare Krishna! PAMHO Mataji. Thank you for giving me a detailed explaination :) I should pray to the Supreme Goddess, Maa Durga to get Krishna's kripa... Once again thanks a lot mataji. Jai Shri Radhey Shyam!

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