Navratri 2024 Day 2: October 4, Friday is the second day of Sharadiya Navratri. On this day, Maa Brahmacharini, the second form of Goddess Durga, is worshiped. According to religious beliefs, Goddess Brahmacharini did rigorous penance to get Lord Shiva as her husband. Due to her penance, she is known as Brahmacharini. Let us tell you that here the word ‘Brahma’ means penance and ‘Brahmacharini’ means – one who practices penance. By worshiping Goddess Brahmacharini, a person achieves victory in all his work. The person who worships Maa Brahmacharini is victorious everywhere. So let us know how to worship Maa Brahmacharini on the second day of Navratri.
Form and importance of mother Brahmacharini
Wearing white clothes, Maa Brahmacharini has two hands in which she has a rosary in her right hand and a kamandal in her left hand. Worshipping her increases the power of chanting and meditation in a person. Maa Brahmacharini gives a message to her devotees that success can be achieved only through hard work. It is said that on the advice of Narad ji, Maa Brahmacharini did a tough penance to please Lord Shiva, so she is also called Tapashcharini. Maa Brahmacharini kept worshiping Lord Shiva by eating Bel leaves fallen on the ground for thousands of years and later she also stopped eating leaves, due to which she also got a name Aparna. Devi Maa inspires us to work hard in every situation and never give up.
Mother Brahmacharini Worship Mantra
- Om Devi Brahmacharinya Namah.
- Or Goddess Sarvbhuteshu Maa Brahmacharini as an institution. Namastesyaye Namastesyaye Namastesyaye Namo Namah॥
- Dadhana Kapabhyamkshamalakamandlu. Devi Prasidatu Mayi Brahmacharinyanuttama.
Offer this bhog to Maa Brahmacharini on the second day of Navratri
Offer sugar or jaggery to Maa Brahmacharini. Apart from this, you can also offer sweets made from sugar or jaggery. By offering jaggery or sugar, Maa Brahmacharini blesses with long life. Apart from this, by offering flowers of Banyan tree to Goddess Brahmacharini on the second day of Navratri, all the wishes of the devotees are fulfilled.