Question

essay on navaratri in sanskrit

Answer 1

Explanation:

आश्विन शुक्लपक्षे प्रतिवर्षं दुर्गा पूजयन्ति भारतवासिनः । विशेषेण भारतदेशस्य पूर्वस्यां दक्षिणस्यां दिशि, बंग, असम, अरुणाचल, मणिपुर, त्रिपुरा, मेघालयं, मिजोरम, नागालैंड, बिहार, उड़ीसा, आन्ध्र, तमिलनाडु आदि राज्येषु अयं महोत्सवः उसाहेन प्रवर्तते । देवासुरसंग्राम महिषासुरेण भयंकरं युद्धम् प्रवुत्तम् । तस्मिन् विजयार्थ सर्वे देवाः मिलित्वा संयुक्तां शक्तिं निर्माय अयुध्यन्त । अतः इयं पूजा शक्तिपूजापि कथ्यते । प्रतिपदा प्रभृति दशमी यावत् अयम उत्सवः आयोजयते । देव्याः पुजनेन मानवस्य न कुत्रापि पराजयों भवति ।

दुर्गायै दुर्गपारायै सारायै सर्वकारिण्यै ख्यात्यै तथैव कृष्णायै धूम्रायै सततं नमः

Answer 2

Answer:

The story associated with Navratri is the battle that occurred between Goddess Durga and the demon Mahishasura. Mahishasura had been granted immortality by Lord Brahma and had been told that he could only be defeated by a woman. He attacked Trilok (Earth, Heaven and Hell), and the Gods were not being able to defeat him.

Finally Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva together created Goddess Durga, who finally defeated Mahishasura. She fought with him for 15 days, and the demon kept changing his form. Mahishasura would take various forms to confuse Goddess Durga. Finally, when he turned into a buffalo is when Goddess Durga killed him with her trishul. It is on the day of Mahalaya that Mahishasura was killed. Each day of Navratri has a separate colour attached to it. The word Navratri is derived from Sanskrit, meaning nine nights - nava (nine) ratri (night). On each day a different form of Goddess Durga is worshipped. They are Goddess Shailputri (Day 1), Goddess Brahmacharini (Day 2), Goddess Chandraghanta (Day 3), Goddess Kushmanda (Day 4), Goddess Skandamata (Day 5), Goddess Katyayani (Day 6), Goddess Kaalratri (Day 7), Goddess Mahagauri (Day 8) and Goddess Siddhidatri (Day 9).

In the East and various parts of North east India, Navratri is celebrated as Durga Puja, where the festival symbolizes the victory of Goddess Durga over demon Mahishasura, signifying the victory of good over evil. In the Northern and Western parts of India, Ram Leela (retelling of the Ramayana) is held, ending in Dusshera, where effigies of Ravana are set on fire to signify Lord Ram’s victory over Ravana