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Devi Kirtan Hymn to The Divine Mother

By Sri Swami Sivananda

Love is the only transforming power here; and Mother is the inexhaustible fountain-source of Divine love. The mother’s love for her young one is proverbial and unparalleled.

That love is the condition pre-requisite for all growth, progress, evolution and transforma­tion. More things are wrought here by love than by fear. Fear (another form of hate) stunts growth and arrests progress; love promo­tes growth and accelerates progress.

On this holy occasion when we all worship the Divine Mother, reflect over this grand truth. It is love that sustains creation; and that divine love is the true manifestation of the Divine Mother.

Whatever there is to be achieved will be achieved by love alone. Cultivate cosmic love. Let there be nothing but love in your heart. It will remove obstacles and speed up your spiritual progress. It will transform your enemies into friends. It will shower the Lord’s richest blessings on you in the form of peace, plenty and prosperity. It will confer upon you the Highest Award—Moksha.

That is the lesson that the Divine Mother teaches you. She is the Mother of all: the pious and the wicked, the rich and the poor, the saint and the sinner—all Her children. Hers is a love that sometimes seems to destroy, but truly redeems; Hers is a love that protects, tears the veil of ignorance and liberates us all.

Cultivate that dispassionate love towards all beings; then would you have truly enthroned Mother Para-Sakti in your heart. Then would there be peace, amity, happiness, prosperity and harmony on earth. May the blessings of the Mother be upon you all! May you all shine as Jivanmuktas in this very birth!