सिद्धिदात्री / siddhidAtrI

The 9th Phase / Face / Form / of देवी / devI, the मातृका  / the Mother Principle is :

सिद्धिदात्री / siddhidAtrI or दुर्गा / durga.

She is of the kind of  शक्ति / Power, while शिव / shiva, is the Father Principle.

चित् / चितिशक्ति or the बुद्धि / Intelligence is गणेश gaNesha.

The whole manifestation could be viewed in any, or of all of these 3 forms. These 3 aspects of the Supreme Reality are again the One Unique Principle that is variously pointed out as :

ब्रह्मन् / Brahmana,

आत्मन् / The Self, 

परमात्मन् / The Ultimate Reality,

ईश्वर / The One Who governs this whole Existence, From Who emanates this visible world, and in Whom dissolves again and again. चैतन्य / Consciousness,

महत् / Cosmic, Divine, आधिदैविक, that is a link between the अधिभौतिक / gross and the आध्यात्मिक / Spiritual.

The Reality is a but the homogeneous harmony between these 3 aspects.

One can approach, attain this Reality through devotion to any of these 3 aspects.

As the intellect is the manifest form of the Intelligence, in the गणपति अथर्वशीर्ष thus Intelligence Principle is addressed as the :

प्रत्यक्ष ब्रह्म .

As the आत्मन् / self / परम आत्मन् / Self is denoted / addressed as अहम् / "I AM" Principle and, 

As the चित् / Consciousness is the omnipresent, the omniscient and the omnipotent, irrefutable and the undeniable fact, the same is denoted / addressed as  देवी / devI.

This is the essence of देवी दुर्गा / devI durgA, the Mother Principle, who is worshipped during the नवरात्र पर्व / navarAtra festival. 

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नवरात्र पर्व की शुभ कामनाएँ !

navarAtra festival Greetings!

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