The mystic significance of the Festival of Nine Nights ( Navaratri )

A power to call Eternity into Time
And make the body' joy as vivid as the souls !

It is a mistake of the religious mind to condemn Power as corrupting and evil. On the other hand, Power is divine and put here for a divine use. It is Power, Shakti, that moves the world. The Absolute is Absolute Silence, is Absolute Being without any dynamis. On the other hand, Power moves the Universe, Chit Vilasa Prapanchoyam

Navaratri is the glorious festival of Nine Nights. It starts from the First Lunation of the Bright Fortnight, Prathama, when the Moon is within 12 degrees of the Sun, astronomically. It ends on the Tenth lunation, Vijaya Dasami, after all the negative forces have been conquered in the aspirant !. Dasami is when the Moon is within 108 - 120 degrees from the Sun, a lunation being 12 degrees.

On the first three days, the Power aspect as the Remover of all difficulties ( Durga ) is worshipped. The next three days, the Power aspect as Wealth ( Lakshmi ) is worshipped. The last three days are consecrated to the Power aspect as Wisdom ( Saraswathi ). Allegorically, it means that on the three days, vices are removed in the aspirant, on the next three days the aspirant is blessed with prosperity and on the last three days the aspirant is crowned with Wisdom !

All the 18 sciences of Philosophia Vedica are conducive to Self Actulisation. Music originated from the Sama Veda. Lord Krishna declared that He is Sama Veda in the Song Celestial.

Music is divine and Music is symbolised by Saraswathi, the Goddess of Wisdom.

Veena, the musical instrument held by the Goddess Saraswathi, represents the human body. The human body has seven dynamoes of Cosmic Energy or Chakras. The Seven Chakras represent the Seven Octaves of Music - Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Da Ni. Hence the aspirant embody the Seven Chakras and the Seven Octaves of Music and so the Lord declared that I am the Sama Veda ! This is the mystic meaning of the Veena of the Goddess !