Navratri 2024: 21 Maa Durga mantras and quotes to share with your friends and family

One of the most widely celebrated festivals in Hinduism, the Navratri begins today, i.e. October 3, 2024. Navratri is made up of two words-- Nav meaning nine, and Ratri meaning nights. And so, Navratri is a celebration of the nine forms of Maa Durga. During these nine auspicious days, Hindu devotees fast, meditate, and pray to Goddess Durga and seek her blessings for wish fulfilment.This year, Navratri will begin on October 3 and will go on till October 12, 2024. As per Hindu Mythology, it is believed that after fighting the demon Mahishasur for nine days, Maa Durga finally killed him on day ten. And so, the tenth day after Navratri is celebrated as Vijaya Dashami. It is also celebrated as Dussehra, a day when Lord Ram defeated and killed the demon King Ravana. Both these festivals teach devotees to have faith as good always triumphs over evil in the end.
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As the auspicious days of Navratri begin, here we list 21 Maa Durga mantras and quotes that one can share with your friends and family during this festival. Read on to know more:
1. "Sarvaa baadhaa vinirmukto dhan dhaanya sutaanvitah
Manushyo matprasaaden bhavishyati na sanshayah"
2. "Sarva Mangala Mangalye Sive Sarvartha Sadhike
Saranye Trayambike Gauri Narayani Namostute"
3. "Ya devi sarva bhuteshu, shanti rupena sangsthita
Ya devi sarva bhuteshu, shakti rupena sangsthita
Ya devi sarva bhuteshu, matri rupena sangsthita
Yaa devi sarva bhuteshu, buddhi rupena sangsthita
Namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai, namo namaha"
4. "Recognizing the one Divinity in every form and every name is the celebration of Navratri."- Sri Sri Ravishankar
5. "All the scenes of the earthplay have been like a drama arranged and planned and staged by her with the cosmic Gods for her assistants and herself as a veiled actor."- Sri Aurobindo
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6. "Maa Durga is the embodiment of Shakti, the feminine energy that drives the universe." - Devdutt Pattanaik
7. "Life is a mystery to enjoy, not understand. The festival of Navratri is based on this fundamental insight."- Sadhguru
8. "Navratri is a reminder that no matter how dark it gets, there's always a light within." - Amish Tripathi
9. “Durga is the strength and protective power in nature, Lakshmi is its beauty. As Kali is the darkness of night and the great dissolve into nirvana, Lakshmi is the brightness of day and the expansiveness of teeming life."- Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
10. "Feminine is a powerful dimension of life. Without the feminine energy or “Shakti,” there would be nothing in existence."- Sadhguru

11. “For women especially, tuning into the goddesses is a way of homing in on aspects of our own life-energy that we may never have understood or owned. Celebrating the goddesses has the potential not only to tune us to our own sacred capacities, but also to help us work with the hidden and secret forces at play in our lives. When we can do that, we can literally harness these forces for our own transformation.”
― Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
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12. "The divine feminine is an expression of exuberance. May you know the bounty of exuberance this Navratri."- Sadhguru
13. “At every level of consciousness, the masculine and the feminine, Shiva and Shakti, steadiness and dynamism, awareness and bliss, stability and transformation, being and becoming, complete and complement each other.”
― Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
13. "The goddess is not just a deity but a source of inspiration for women everywhere"- Sudha Murty
14. "The best way to approach Navratri is in a spirit of celebration. This is the secret of life: to be non-serious but absolutely involved."- Sadhguru
15. "The Mahashakti, the universal Mother, works out whatever is transmitted by her transcendent consciousness from the Supreme and enters into the worlds that she has made; her presence fills and supports them with the divine spirit and the divine all-sustaining force and delight without which they could not exist."- Sri Aurobindo
16. "Maa Durga's divine presence reminds us to stay humble and compassionate." - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
17. "Linga Bhairavi is fierce and compassionate at once."- Sadhguru
18. "The word Navratri means nine nights in Sanskrit. Nava has two meanings; one is 'nine' and the other is 'new'. Ratri means night - which gives solace and rest and brings rejuvenation."- Sri Sri Ravishankar
19. "May the goddess bless us with the strength to overcome our inner demons." - Swami Sivananda
20. "Only when the masculine and the feminine play an equal role in our lives, there will be beauty and purpose to our existence. So how could we do without Bhairavi?"- Sadhguru
21. "Navratri is a festival for one to take the mind back to its Source."- Sri Sri Ravishankar