Mata Chandraghanta –-Third Avatar of Durga

*** Mata Chandraghanta –-Third Avatar of Durga ***

Durga Saptasati 

ॐ यद्गुह्यं परमं लोके सर्वरक्षाकरं नृणाम्‌।
यन्न कस्यचिदाख्यातं तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥1॥

ब्रह्मोवाच
अस्ति गुह्यतमं विप्र सर्वभूतोपकारकम्‌।
देव्यास्तु कवचं पुण्यं तच्छृणुष्व महामुने॥2॥
प्रथमं शैलपुत्री च द्वितीयं ब्रह्मचारिणी।
तृतीयं चन्द्रघण्टेति कूष्माण्डेति चतुर्थकम्‌॥3॥
पंचमं स्कन्दमातेति षष्ठं कात्यायनीति च।
सप्तमं कालरात्रीति महागौरीति चाष्टमम्‌॥4॥
नवमं सिद्धिदात्री च नवदुर्गाः प्रकीर्तिताः।
उक्तान्येतानि नामानि ब्रह्मणैव महात्मना॥5॥
अग्निता दह्यमानस्तु शत्रुमध्ये गतो रणे।
विषमे दुर्गमे चैव भयार्ताः शरणं गताः॥6॥
न तेषा जायते किंचिदशुभं रणसंकटे।
नापदं तस्य पश्यामि शोकदुःखभयं न हि॥7॥
यैस्तु भक्त्या स्मृता नूनं तेषां वृद्धि प्रजायते।
ये त्वां स्मरन्ति देवेशि रक्षसे तान्न संशयः॥8॥
प्रेतसंस्था तु चामुण्डा वाराही महिषासना।
ऐन्द्री गजसमानरूढा वैष्णवी गरुडासना॥9॥
माहेश्वरी वृषारूढा कौमारी शिखिवाहना।
लक्ष्मीः पद्मासना देवी पद्महस्ता हरिप्रिया॥10॥
----------Translation
1 ) O Grandfather, please tell me the most secret sadhana
which protect people from all calamity and which you
have not revealed to anybody. Such a sadhana is devi kavach which the most secret and beneficial and holy and does good. listen to it.
here are nine forms of devi called nav durga. they are: 1)
shailputri 2) brahamcharini, 3) chandra-ghanta, 4)
kushmanda, 5) skandamaata, 6) katyayani, 7) kalratri,
8) mahagauri, and 9) durgaif one is burning in fire, is surrounded by enemies in the battlefield, is in great trouble, is in great fear and one comes to durga, no harm can touch him. no harm can be
done to him in the battlefield and fear, sorrow and
unhappiness does not come to him.
Those who remember devi certainly prosper and are
protected by you. chamunda devi rides preta, barahi rides on buffallo, aindri uses elephant, vaishnavi rides garudamaheshwari rides on ox, kaumari rides on peacock. consort of lord Vishnu, lakshamidevi sits on lotus with lotus in her hands.