Season 2 Finale: What It Means to Call Power a Mother

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Dharma Katha · Season 2: Navratri · Episode 106 Ten nights ago, the moon was dark. At the very end of Season One, in episode sixty-six, I told you that if you looked to the west after sunset, you might see the thinnest curve of new light. And I asked a question I said I most wanted to explore with you this season. What does it mean to call the power that moves the world a mother? Tonight the moon is past its first quarter, more than half full. The nine nights are over. And I want to try to answer. Missed the previous story? Listen to Episode 105 first. Source note. Label: retelling and reflection. This episode recalls the season's stories, with their episode numbers, without adding new material. Sources for each story are given in its own episode. The quoted ideas from the Devi Sukta, Devi Mahatmya chapters four, ten, eleven and thirteen, and the Kshama Prarthana are paraphrased here, not newly quoted. The answers to the season's question are my own reflection. Note: this episode is narrated with an AI voice and the script was written with AI assistance. Sanskrit verses are checked against published editions; corrections are welcome.