By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Durga is working under the direction of Krishna – Without surrendering to Krishna, no one can get out of the clutches of Durga (Bg7.14)
But those who have no information how this Durgā is there, they think that by worshiping, by pleasing goddess Durgā, they’ll be happy. No. Pleasing means you have to abide by the laws of the durga, material world. Otherwise, Durgā will take her trident and pierce on the chest of the asura. Durgā is controlling. The asura is also a living entity within this durga (fortress). So those who are asuras – those who are not cultivating Krishna consciousness, they are asuras – for them, Durgā’s trident is on the chest of the asura. You have seen that picture.
So you cannot get out of this durga simply by bribing, by satisfying. You have to satisfy Durgā in a different way.
Just like… These are very easy to understand, that if you are in prison house, if you satisfy the superintendent of jail, somehow… I have seen in Delhi that one man was… He was a very nice young gentleman, and he was typing. He was a fair gentleman, very nice looking young man. So I talked with him, “What is your case of condemnation coming?” So he acted as a spy in some government secretarial department. So he was put into prison for ten years. But he was educated, he was intelligent, and he pleased the superintendent of jail. Therefore, instead of keeping him in ordinary cell, he was put into the office and type.
Now, try to understand. This prisoner, by satisfying the superintendent of jail, he is little given concession not to be placed in ordinary cell, but he is working in the office as a typist. Or he is given some… Or there are many political prisoners, they are given first-class bungalow, first-class residence, and all facilities. But the superintendent of police has no power to release him. That is not possible.
Similarly, by bribing or by satisfying Durgā, you can get a comfortable position within this material world, but your real business is how to get out of it. That Durgā cannot give. Harim vinā na mrtim taranti. So long you do not come to the shelter of Krishna… Mām eva prapadyante māyām etām taranti te [Bg. 7.14]. Unless you surrender to Krishna, there is no possibility of getting out of the clutches of māyā. That is not possible.
(An excerpt from a lecture delivered on CC Madhya 6.151-154, Gorakhpur, Feb 14, 1971)
The Hare Krishna Revolution 
Yes, you are right prabhuji…..
Thanks for this post…
Hare Krishna……
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No bro this is wrong goddess Durga herself is Vishnumaya Lord Vishnu unable to wake up from yoganidra if goddess doesn’t withdraw herself from his body
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This is bullshit statement that Durga has no power of libration she is mother of whole world she is the goddess who is called mahamaya or vishnumaya she gained this name because if she doesn’t withdraw from body of Vishnu. Vishnu is unable to wake up from yoganidra and everyone knows that Krishna is avatar of durga
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Faltu bullshit statement she is the ultimate the supreme being saying the power of liberation is with lord Krishna is totally wrong. Power means energy in hindi. Shakti which itself is a feminine aspect supreme being the mystical sound or vibration is itself a power an energy the formless form of lord Durga
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Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita (7.14) that, “Maya (Durga) is My divine energy.” So, we believe in what an authentic scripture such as the Bhagavad-gita states. The Bhagavad Gita emphatically states that Krishna is Supreme. Nowhere in the Bhagavad Gita has it been stated that Durga is Supreme. If Bhagavad gita had stated that Durga is Supreme, we would have accepted her as Supreme. But Bhagavad Gita states that Krishna is Supreme. So, whom should we believe? You or the Bhagavad Gita?
We don’t believe in your baseless comments because you have not cited any authentic Vedic proof in support of your statements.
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Namaskara, Jaya Bhagvati!! I’m pretty sure you “Hare Krishnas” believe in the Padma Pūrānam? Well, according to the Padma Puran, in the Shankara Samhita; Devadaru-vana-mahatyam, tritiya adhyaya, it is written that “ Vishnu Says- “Oh great serpent, Sesa, listen to my words, I am Gauri, and Gauri is me! The devotees of Uma are my own devotees, and those who are my devotees, are the devotees of Her! Those who venerate Uma, only reach Me! We are non-different, but we have taken the appearances of male and female, to practice our past-times!! One who differentiates between Me and Uma, will drown in the Ocean of Misery!!
Note to make, Uma is only a small form or epithet of Adishakti, imagine the divinity of Adishakti alone then!!
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You believe Bhagvat Gita. We believe Devi Bhagavatam, Shiv Puran, Devi Mahatmaya, Shakta upanishads, Saptashaloki Durga Shaptashati etc. Krishna is none other, but same as Durga. Mool tatv or main root is same.
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You believe Bhagavat gita
We believe Devi Bhagavatam, Devi Mahatmaya, Shakta upanishads, Saptashaloki Durga Saptashati, Shiv puran. In shiv puran, Durga is Parvati. In Vishnu puran Durga is Lakshmi. Adi Shakti Durga is promordial
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The one who abandon his wife the one who manipulated translation, neither he nor his followers are to be believe. The one who can’t digest Ekam Evam Adityam rarely can be argued or debated upon.
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Idioticity at its peak. Why do you consider only 1 Grantha and that too of your choice? Is Bhagwad Geeta the only Vedic Grantham? Who should we believe? You or other Vedic Granthams that call her the Supreme mother?
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Devi Bhagwatam states Devi as Supreme. What should we believe? Devi Bhagwatam, Devi Mahatma, Devi Puranas, Skanda Puranas, Vedas or you?
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Donation to maa durga is not bribe, but the mindset of this book writer is shit . Bloody nonsense. You people want to worship lord krishna , then do thst but dont u ever consider the supreme mother goddess as a powerless woman. Does lord krishnas teaching taught u this , that u have the right to inferior other gods and gddesses. ? Durga maa holds the same importance as lord krishna holds in vaishnavism. ! Does another purans consider lord krishna as inferior , or others consider him as inferior, no. Only you people with your shitty mindset do that. By doing dis you also aint gonna attain the lord’s lotus feet. Nonsense people . Nonsense teachings Nonsense books !
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Durga is deriving her power from Krishna. Just as the Police is deriving its power from the State. The Police, howsoever powerful it may be, cannot wield its power before the President, or the King. So Krishna is the Supreme Lord and Durga cannot wield its power before the Lord and His devotees. The devotees of Krishna, therefore, do not have to pay bribes to Durga, the police department, because they are personally protected by Krishna Himself. Krishna categorically states in the Bhagavad-gita (7.14) that, “Maya (Durga) is My insurmountable energy but those who are My devotees, they can easily overcome Her.”
– Niraj Bidawatka, Editor
The Hare Krishna Revolution
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Why dont you possibly get more opinions from people out of the ISKCON community? Probably since ISKCON is the only cult that believes in Krishna supremacy, coming from a Goswami himself, you should be ashamed if you or your Guru thinks you have the right to degrade or Gods and Bhagavatis.
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Ahan so you can derive meaning on your own buddhi? Maya is illusion. Ofc any devotees, Krishna Shiva or Devi can overcome it. You, who equates devi devatas to mortal world systems ofc wouldn’t do any better.
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If Durga is driving the power from Krishna then Its Durga’s superiority over Krishna. Its not the Problem of Her.
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This statement is false. Godess Durga does have the power to give liberation. According to Devi Mahatmya, all Gods (inludibg Vishnu) had to pray for the Supreme Godess to kill Mahisasur. Because non of the Gods themselves were able to kill that demon. When all the Gods came and prayed for Godess Durga, she came, fought and conquered Mahisasur.
Why would such a omnipresent and all conscious Godess not he able to bless her devotees with liberation? Even of we look at the symbolic elaboration of this, it meander that Godess Durga conquers the ego, since Mahisasur is the symbol of ego and She is the One Who conquers the ego. So, She is the Godess Who Blesses Her devotees with the power to conquer the ego and thus attain liberation.
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Sorry but you have a wrong idea about this but you think yourself that you are right but one day you will understand what is right and what is wrong
So I don’t want to argue with you or force you to believe in the real truth because which is true is true no matter what people think the truth will remain true
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Sorry but you have a wrong idea about this but you think yourself that you are right but one day you will understand what is right and what is wrong
So I don’t want to argue with you or force you to believe in the real truth because which is true is true no matter what people think the truth will remain true
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Guys. All these disputes are childish and silly. All that matters is God. Any and every avatar can lead you to God. Kali, Shiva, Muhammad, Jesus, Ras Tafari… it doesn’t matter. There are even paths that don’t rely on help of this type, and they are still functional and valid in terms of achieving liberation. Every book, teaching, or scripture reflects its time, author, and audience, and all of them must be taken with a grain of salt. To each their own. We are all parts of the One.
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If this is your thinking, I thank Goddess Durga, that I am not remotely connected to you.
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Stop vaisnav people you all have a notion to say rest all are wrong and you are right according to you all other gods or godesses has no validity or power except Krishna you bullshit you all do this always to dominate feminism or women power you morons only in your temple devdasi pratha is prevailing don’t even you might don’t know that there is another vagvat that is Shreemadh Devi bhagwat
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You deserve a nice beating
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Totally useless information. You just want to say that Durga isn’t supreme and shouldn’t be worshipped. However, truth is inevitable and can’t be changed. Durga is the supreme divinity and is the main root Adi Shakti. Vishnu or krishna is nothing without Shakti, and Shakti is nothing without Vishnu or Krishna. Both have equal importance because they are same. Durga/Shakti is the power which resides among Para Brahman who are Vishnu and Shiva. Vishnu’s Shakti in the form of Lakshmi and shiva’s in the form of Parvati. Same goes for radhe shyam and sita ram. The supreme being is Purasha and Prakriti *combined* whom are also called Para Brahman and Adi Shakti. And in some forms like the notable one she’s the sister of Vishnu as Parvati who is same as Durga. Mool tatv or main root is same as Adi Shakti or Durga or Jagadamba but are divided in different forms. Just like para Brahmans Shiva and Vishnu. God is one. Purasha + Prakriti combined is one. So stop making vishnu/krishna superior because you are a vaishnav. The one who are shaktas say that Adishakti Durga is superior, and shaivism devotees say that Shiva is superior. But this is totally wrong. Also, you must know about the panchayatana puja or panch devi dev puja whom are worshipped equally. They are Ganesh, Narayan/Vishnu, Durga/Adishakti, Shiva/Mahadev and Surya dev. Also rama sita and Krishna radha are forms of Narayan Lakshmi or same as them. And Narayan is Para Brahman and Lakshmi is Adishakti Durga. Forms have also worshipped Durga, rama did her pooja to gain victory over ravana. Krishna’s gopis along with radha also prayed to her to help the gopis to reach Krishna. Krishna also asked arjuna to worship her. And so on so on.
I feel so bad that we are dividing our gods. Some say I follow vaishnavism, some say I follow shaktism and some say Shaivism. This is totally wrong. God hasn’t created these sects but we fools are dividing them. We must pay respects to all major deities which I mentioned. And should only say – We are proud to be Hindu, we are proud to be sanatani. We respect all, because if we are worshipping Durga separately and Vishnu and Shiva and Krishna and Lakshmi separately. Then we must know, we are worshipping the same. There’s no difference at all. GOD IS ONE.
Hare Krishna, Hare Rama
Om namo narayana
Om shri sita ram, om shri radhe shyam
Om shree durgayai namah, Jai Maa Bhavani
Har har mahadev
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Read Devi Bhagwatam – She is the ultimate.
She is Adya Shakti.
Vishnu worships her.
Ram worshipped her.
KRISHNA WORSHIPPED HER.
He called her Jagadamba.
He achieved all his vidyas in gurukul through her worship.
Please STOP indoctrinating Hindus.
We are free and Santana dharmis
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Power gone week ? Nice jokers
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Virtues recognizes the virtues, the Gold recognizes a trader but neither will arrogant recognizes the virtues nor a trader.They have condemned Male powers and Sŕi which their forefathers had got from Sàkti(Durga), will be destroyed by her if this propaganda doesn’t end.
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Virtues recognizes the virtues, the Gold recognizes a trader but neither will arrogant recognizes the virtues nor a trader.You have condemned Male powers and Sŕi which your forefathers had got from Sàkti(Durga), will be destroyed by her if this propaganda doesn’t end. First learn who is Śakti(power) according to Sanatan Dharma . Krishna and no any deities and you ill head people and demon all living beings and non living beings can’t evenbe exixted and move a inch without Śakti(power)
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These bloody Isconic satanic people. Mahadurga Is the only supereme Paramatma she created Everything and everyone even krishan Ram Created by her .. bloody fools Isconic
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Such an ignorant statement. May the Divine Mother award you her grace and destroy your ignorance. All Vishnu avatars and Vishnu himself are emanations of Her, she is the ultimate power in this universe and gives liberation to the one who seeks it, Krishna even turned himself into Kali to show his connection with the ultimate Brahman who is Kali. It is pure ego that you shall call yourself your “Divine Grace” while spitting on the face of Mother with your hatred like this. May she illuminate your mind and put you on the path of righteousness.
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How ignorant 😊 pls grow up for Shri Krishna’s sake 🙏🏻
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This is why I hate ISKCON. Durga is the Supreme mother and Krishna himself is the biggest devotee of Durgambikaaai. She is regarded as VishnuMata as well. Bullshit.
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Absolute clownery. Jay Durgambike🔱🩸🔥
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These Iskconites are slowly trying to convert sanatan into an abrahimic religion, which it is not. And I’m pretty sure it’s due to the influence of the west. They also call themselves ‘Hare Krishnas’ instead of ‘sanatanis’ as if it’s different. Also the way that these articles are worded is absolutely idiotic. I’m pretty sure if Shree Krishna himself were to personally read these articles (this, the ‘bribe’ one, and others as well) he wouldn’t tolerate this and take it as if he himself has been disrespected. The west first divided this country and now that the people of this country are firming into their identity of being ‘hindu’, they are dividing that as well.
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We really be fighting among ourselves…
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