Worship The Cosmic Power Within Poem by C. P. Sharma

Cosmic bodies in Shiva reside
Cosmic energy (Durga) is His bride
Sans Her, the cosmos is a corpse
Of life everywhere, She is the source

Seeking Her grace I wandered for years
Visiting Her temples to allay my fears
Today, the Mother herself appeared
All my doubts She herself made clear

She exhorted me to awake from dream
Asked me to watch my conscious stream
All the devils within me are ever present
With easily pleased Shiva's grace augment

She silently watches their passions deep
As pride, anger, lust and greed they creep
When alarming dimensions these attain
She comes riding a lion with a mane

Within me, She arises with all Her alarms
Ready to kill Mahishasur with Her firearms
The whole life I consecrated Lord's Lingum
But never purified my conscience, Her kingdom

Navdurgas come every year for nine days
To awaken my conscience, my mind ablaze
Worship the Cosmic Power residing in you
In your mind and heart give Her place due