“Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Shakti Rupen Sansthita, Namastasye, Namastasye, Namastasye, Namo Namah”- the goddess who resides in all beings as Shakti (energy), I bow down to you time and again. “Indriyanam Adhishtatri Bhutanam Chakhileshu Ya”- it is she who is the Adhishtatri (sovereign ruler) of the senses (Indriya) of all the beings that populate this universe. In front of this cosmic great goddess, even this aesthetically rich painting appears to be a small devoted submission.
Shakti- the energy that courses through the entire Srishti (creation) and births, sustains, and annihilates life is envisioned in Hindu culture as the primordial female or Prakriti. She is the inspiration of Lord Brahma as Saraswati, she is the enabler of Sri Vishnu as Lakshmi and she is the potency of Rudra-Shiva as Kali.
Mahadevi, the great goddess is Srijankarta- she who creates and Samharakarta- she who destroys, simultaneously. Her cosmic nature is so profound, that it can only be simplified by us mortals by calling her Maa- mother, who for her children is the ocean of love and takes a multitude of roles per the wishes of her adored children.
An artistic offering to the divinity of the great mother, this acrylic on canvas goddess Durga painting by Arjun Das, allures, soothes and bewilders the heart with marvelous ease.
From the middle of a lotus leaf, goddess Durga flowers like a delicate and fragrant lotus, in her mighty “Dashabhuja” (ten-armed) form, clad in a pristine white sari with striking red paisley patterns. A royal crown adorns her head full of flowing black locks that fall on her back. Her forehead tinted with the expansiveness of the blue sky and the depths of the lush green earth is beautified by Devi Durga’s third eye that sits in perfect symmetry with her two almond-shaped elongated eyes drawn with a hint of red on their corners to give them a ferocious blood-shot appearance.
Behind the presence of the Mahadevi is a glistening sun-like aura that adds to her splendor which is furthered by her eight secondary hands in which Devi holds graciously curving stalks of two lotuses. The Padma or the pink lotus in Hinduism is an immensely auspicious motif attached to the iconography of goddess Lakshmi but is also used in the imagery of other goddesses. The various states of the blooming of a lotus are comparable to the different stages of time-past, present, and future as well as the beginning, growing and vanishing of life.
The lotuses in Devi’s hands and also near the horns of the Mahisha (water buffalo) beneath her symbolize the beginning of time, of creation, over which the great goddess holds sovereignty. With the Trishula (trident) in her primary hands, goddess Durga in this acrylic painting pierces the forehead of the buffalo demon. On his black horns ornamented with gold rings stand two Simha (lions) of Simhavahini Durga in a valiant roaring posture, displaying the auspicious foot-marks (Pada-Chinha) of the goddess on their body.
In the foreground of the Durga painting, nestled in the delicate thrones of lotus leaves are the images of Devi Saraswati and Lakshmi with their footmarks painted on the outsides of their leafy thrones. The topmost part of the painting displays faintly painted figures of Kartikeya and Ganesha, who are often described as the part and commanders of the army of their mother Parvati. Gracefully drawn floral vines sprout from the surroundings of the goddess, giving her a stunning aura.
Using a dark blue shade, the artist has painted the lower half of the painting with a large head of Mahishasura, who is a manifestation of incessant pride and ignorance. The bluish tones all around him represent the cosmic waters from which along with the creative (Saraswati) and sustaining (Lakshmi) energies, emerge basal desires and pride (Mahishasura).
Effortlessly and yet robustly, the great goddess Durga annihilates these negative forces while filling the creation with her heavenly luminousness. The lines added to this acrylic goddess Durga painting increases its potency and beauty fourfold.
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