Kali represents the state of Shakti which leads to kaivalya, the state experienced during Bardo, death or after Apocalypse. It's that 3d blackness which happens in samadhi, prior to the appearance of the blinding light. She represents ego death and consequent resurrection. She represents immortality and transcendence of time. The garland of 51 human heads she is wearing represents the 51 letters of Sanskrit. These letters actually originate from the Nada or vibrations of chakras and their petals. Each of these leads to the knowlege of a different aspect of universe, and the powers attained as a consequence. These are also known as the 51 matrikas of tantra represented by the 51 Shaktipeethas. The waist girdle of severed hands represents the dropping of the sense of doership. The black complexion represents the all-comsuming or all-accepting nature, as there aren't many strict rules for connecting to Kali. The lolling tongue represents Khechari mudra and the mastery over one's speech, mind, senses and creative-sexual energy. The hand holding Scimitar or sword represents the cutting through all one's addictive attachments (cravings), the severed head represents ego death and the resulting knowledge of reality and immortality, the two other hands bestow boons (Vara) and fearlessness/protection/assurance (Abhay). Kali represents the form of Shakti where she has apparently seperated from Shiva to grant the knowlege of enlightenment, while Tripurasundari represents the ordinary waking state. After being enlightened, Shiva embraces Shakti as Tripurasundari. There is extremely deep symbolism in it. This isn't even 0.1 % of the knowledge.

beautiful documentary ! finally some indians have come up to show the ancient and free culture of india which dated before any religion , kali is a goddess which represents the freedom , wildness and prosperity , this was the reason she survived many invasions and even today is worshiped with honor . Jai Kali Ma

No wonder Abrahamic Religions have such an issue with Indic culture. As a gay man & someone who’s attached to Mother concept I am absolutely happy & proud with this narrative, even if it is not accurate. There can’t 100% accuracy when it comes to our Indic system for we, even before the first foreign religious entity landed on this land, we have lost some of these great philosophies, subjected to the time & context. For instance, during Shri Ram’s time value & importance is given to follow societal rules. Exceptions/context based value, wasn’t seem to be entertained then. Which somehow came into existence in Shri Krishna’s time. Also thanks for informing different concepts within Shakthi tradition. I am proudly of Shakthi denomination. Nature is my philosophy.

MahaKali is not conventional. She is herself domesticated with nature. She is wild, boundless to the society. Lord Vishnu who's not merely associated with Kali took forms of Krishna, Rama and Parshurama to quench the thirst of Kali with the blood of men who disrespected her aftermath the war . How beautifully explained by Devdutt Sir...

As a biologist its very little similar to the darwinian theory of evolution of life which we Indian had already metioned in vedas and purans..... Proud to be an Indian and hindu😊😊

If you invoke Kali properly, ask yourself "WHY?" She will blow you away... you'll be left crying. But if you are desperate. DO IT. We are all like pig iron and wraught iron. We cannot be transformation into Steel until we are put through fire and beaten.

Natura became my ally 7 yrs with our Tara solitary JAI JAI MAHA KALI!

Kali represents the feminist goddess of ruling over the male as retribution for the afflictions that have been placed upon them. These teachings are based upon the renunciation of male power and signifies that male potency in the mysteries and magical arts all gather their being from a woman in the first place and therefore have no place in the subjugation of the female in any form. Thus, Kali is meant to frighten and represent all that men have come to love so as to destroy their feelings of power and confidence as feminism is aimed at doing at doing as well. Interesting how this unfolds as mythologically rooted in the ancient past and is playing itself out in modern times again recycling the old into the new making it clear that humanity never learns but only recycles from the same old lessons again and again and again. Great video Cheers ~

It's interesting to hear different versions/interpretations of these stories. I had only heard of the version where Lord Shiva and Ma are in conversation and Shiva is saying that he will take the form of Radha when Krishna incarnates. In that telling Kali=Krishna Radha=Shiva.

Kali is the transformation of druga's energy into a form where she is directed to help MA Durga, to kill the devil raktabeej. Her ferocious looks are the depiction of the moment when she she was forced by the devil power to to transform herself into equivalent ferocious form to kill the devil and stop his fear among the delta.We can compare the same thing as our soldiers fights with their country enemy. If you record the facial expressions of a soldier during fight you can notice the same level of anger and determination to tame down the enemies. That's only an expression of that moment only

This is a good representation of the relations that is happening in the west. Feminism arising, breaking boundaries and are demanding of men, highly critical of traditional masculinity and conservative values. At the same time, Islam spreads which is even more conservative than the west was before feminism. The feminists are not criticising very conservative Islam but is criticising the soft western men for being too conservative. And women focus on their sexuality to please their desires but also feels used by men as sex objects. Among other things.

I'm from Bengal.. Would like to point out that we call her 'shashan kaali' not 'smashan'. :)

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She is Not eager to receive a lover that's wrong interpretation -- The fool who has made this idol does not even interpret rightly the astral body as well as Shiva and Shakti module. The lotus Devdutt Patnaaik ji signifies Sahasra Chakra.

The popular story was not mentioned about the Goddess Kali on a rampage of destruction....Shiva, in order to stop her, lying down among the corpses, until she stepped on him, realising her mistake, sticking the tongue out, and calming down her anger. I was trying to find a good video to share on this.

Wow, thanks for the insight and education; not sure why I have not come across your channel before, however, so, pleased you came up on my YT algorithm and I clicked. Fascinating info I was not aware of, thank you so much; subscribed. Namaste 🙏🏽♥

Finally got to know, from where the character of Radha came in Krishna's childhood stories . A few years(7years may be) back, I have read a book by Sri, Ananda Murti ji where he said exactly the same thing, that "Radha as a person" became famous in the later Vaishnav texts. And there is no mention of her name in the Mahabharat and in the Bhagavat. Sri Sri Anand Murtiji described that "Radha" is not to be seen as a real historical person, who was in love with Krishna(who was a real historical person) , but she is to be seen as a force (Radhika Shakti or Lhadini Shakti) , which unites the devotee with Krishna. So, in order to reach Krishna, one has to attain the grace of the force, which is known as Radhika Shakti/Lhadini Shakti

Amazing!! Didn't know such channel existed.

In Aghora-Tantra Nature is not indifferent to human games (!) but completely involved in it as in a Godhead Lila...

Dat feeling when a educational video like this uses Black Metal Cover Artworks as imagery @6:37 (Band is Cult of Fire btw)

जय माँ काली ❤️🙏🏻💞🙇🏻‍♂️🕉🔱🚩🙌🏻

awesome work...sir devdutt pattanaik...ur work...i appreciate...hats off...

JAII MAA KALI.....

"Linga" means "symbol" not private parts. "Kali" comes from the word "Kaal" in Sanskrit meaning eternal time, remember Lord Shiva is also called "Mahakaal". This video I found full of errors and extravaganza. The Author tried to conceptualize from his limited knowledge and scope. This video is like someone describing theory of relativity not understanding at all the theorem of limits (thinking himself Eisenstein, after only studying the chapter of Motion in a Straight line) If you really want to know Mother Kali ? -Please read or see video about the incident about "Shree Ramakrishna Paramahansa" who had a rare glimpse of the divine Mother.

This s a brilliant channel specializing on Hindu mythology!

No , Kali out of Shiva Means .. Even Shiva is Shva(dead body) without kali(shakti). Shiv is Shiva becuase of Shiva(Kali)..

Wonderful thanks devdutt.hindu goddess is like a sky

Om kreem kleem hum maa kaali swaha

jai shakti jai jai mahakali

I always have some deep fear. One day I decided that I will face my fear and I started meditating on fear. At that time I had vision of kali. Her eyes are completely red. At that time my thought were that I don't fear from u. U are just fearsome appearance ( arises from our conditioned mind attaching itself to pleasent apperences) and fear itself is form of energy. Her glimpse vanises from my meditative vision. A moment after I realised that she is goddess kali. She appear because I bravely facing my deepest fear.

OM NAMAH SHIVAAY.....

is a pity,that (Angrez) think that they are very intellectual and intelligent but they lack senses to understand the simplest things of the world.They make there own interpretation and have excellent talent of presenting there thoughts without understanding the roots/ and have no sense of understanding the concept of shakti. How Hindu dharma defines all its deties

Thank you so much. You are doing great help to understand Hinduism🙏

Thanks

She is probably our kula devi! Our lineage (from my mother's side surely) had pashubali tradition in vogue. They are immigrants from east Bengal post partition.

So many mistakes.... Hindu Goddess not Brahmin goddess. Samshan Kali not Shmashan Kali. The list continues...

7:51 WRONG INFO. She is called Vama Kali (the embodiment of destruction for the sake of new creation) 7:57 She is Dakshina Kali The strict mother, the teacher of knowledge and giver of discipline. Hence siddhis. Also the protective godess.

beautiful,

Beautifully Explained. ❤❤

thank you mother for ĺetting whole understand you better.keep your grace on whole

Joy maa kali 🙏🏼

How can you call Call Vishnu as Shiva's Rival?? Vishnu has always been Shiva's Son. Dasrath was Shiva and Ramji was Vishnu, same goes with Shri Krishna he was born to Shiva.

Kali kali kali

I loved your content.

Around 16:20, there is a typo "she will wash her blood with the hair of the men....

Hello Epified, I really appreciate your work. I only had one concern..regarding Shiva Linga.. Many people assume it to be Linga of Shiva.. Which is true but is misunderstood... Istriling..Puling.. Means a symbol from which we differentiate between man and woman or a male and female.. So Shiva Linga means symbol of Shiva... It does not mean Shiva' body part.. Shiva is often referred as Nirakaar..which has no shape...and so on... Shiva Linga is of a particular shape coz.. Everything when it's about to be born or about to die.. Takes the form of oval Sphere cylindrical a mass .. Like we see galaxies... And there is whole science behind how to cons create Shiv Linga or for that matter any God or Goddess sculpture. So please consider my point and try to look more into Shiva Linga... I am sure you will come up with good data like other videos.

jai ma kali

Background music makes this video more interesting.

jai mahakali

Jayanti Mangala Kali Bhadrakali Kapalani Durga Shama Shivadhatri swaha swadha namostute. Rupum dehi, Jayam dehi, Yesho dehi, Desho jaihe. She will take your head, and She will rock your world.

My dumbass just realized that the "Bhadra" in Bhadra Kali means 'polite" in Bengali LOLLL my parents must be so disappointed

I'm truly indebted.

Brahma is creation or fundamental masculine prophetic relgion, Kali's miror is Shiva, the one who doesnt confirm to Arbahamism, the destroyer of that which is created , so that new creation can be born.Beofre modern monotheistic religions, there were Asura religions akin to the same.

I use many tricks of Shiva while having an argument with my girlfriend. Didn’t know I was using a divine methods to pacify a raging girl!

Beautiful

Best example - ramakrishna priest of kali temple and guru of vivekanada

Firstly the video is OK. But this video is all about what devdutt patnayak could perceive. And this is only one perception of Kali (in this video.only the sex is being considered) Though through the shakta puranic contexts meanings are way different. Kali is everything the secret the discovered the knowledge and the foolishness, the greatest as well as the lowest, THE CREATOR OF TIME ,AS WELL AS THE CONSUMER OF TIME itself. Jai Maa

I find the art in these extremely beautiful, does anybody know the artists who made them? Thank you in advance

Devdutt Patnaik🙏

This is all incredibly interesting, but I am missing the connection all of the subsequent Goddesses talked about in this video like Shakti and Radha have to do with Kali. Are they different forms of her?

At 3:34 ... Actually it is mind that is purusha and nature is prakruti

Everything is 1 but differentiated in many cells into one body that is universe which has termed as Kali for human being as Kali Maa but there is only 1 thing I saw it practically ... Anyways above mentioned video n audio is gud to explain the essentials but not as all...

Radha was not Kali --- She is incarnation of Laxmi

Wonderful/lovely!!

At 11.20, how does shringara mean eroticism, please don’t be casual with translations

Kali das was a Rudra incarnation.

Jai Shakti Jai Maa Kali

7:38 the first image shows her holding the sickle in her LEFT hand and her left foot on shiva and the second shows her holding the sickle in her RIGHT hand with her right foot on shiva. but the narrator says the opposite hand in each case... i'm confused.

thank's for the knowledge (ज्ञान) about our dharma and goddess but i want to u people how create this videos should also translate in to native language's like hindi please ... i insist ...plz

This is GREAT!!!

What kind of rubbish is this... Kali like goddesses is very vast topic.. It comes under Shakta tradition which is ancient than 10-11 thousand years as what we excavated till now.

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Quite interesting 😊

Shri Krishna does not goes from Flower to Flower -- He only looks for Laxmi that's all again wrongly said.

Why most of there noses are cut off tho ☹️

There are some mistakes but overall good

Lol the 🐻 the sickle and my third testicle .

thanks

Lajja gauri is the symbol bengalis make in place of swastika

Culcter is so every men women understandable nice

Read song of kali by dan simmon

Yes a demon mind but an angel heart

There is no such thing as Lajja Gauri Please do not make up your stories -- the above naked idol is shown of Shri Yantra and naked women is also totally wrong made idols and misinterpreted --- long ago by people.

I don't know specifically but in India there is a place once every years or some unique time Krishna comes down from heaven to dance with Radha whoever sees Krishna would become insane it die in just the sight

Shiva is worshipped as a Linga because he is also Uranis/Osiris. After the War in Heaven was won by Kali and Durga with Vishnu, Durga said, hand it to him and Kali handed Shiva/Osiris/Uranys/Hades his Linga whereby he rose from the dead atop the Lagoon Nebula and ran up the river Eridanus Gaia/Kali cried at the separation. In judgement of the Primordials that followed, Eros/Seth/DionysusII//Lucifer/Cupid/Kama was charged, dragged down the river and dumped at Kali's feet as everyone else left. She slit his throat and threw him back in the river. The end. Kali/Holy Spirit holds the Book of Life and all human activities including that of gods and demons are recorded. At this time of separation, you must hope your thousand pages, one for each lifetime paint a positive picture of your activities or down you go.

Jai maa kaali

bhagwat doesn't but garg samhita does mention radha they had a secret marriage in bhandir forest she was cursed by shreedama to hv 100yr viraha krishna sent uddhav with leters to gopis and then uddhav promised Krishna's return krishna then returned in karrtik month and left he promised radha that he will meet her every month in secret but he couldn't reverae shree damas curse

It's not mythology. This is history. 🙏🙏🌺🌺🌺

Sri can you please write a book on gramadevis?

So much of attention , information about body of Kali instead of real knowledge about them.

Freedom of speech

Who is the narrator here.. Who is she

Hinduism has 3 schools of belief. There are the Vaishnavites who believe that Vishnu or Krishna is the Supreme God. The Shivaites give the same title to Shiv. The 3rd school ie the Shaktas believe that the Devi is the Ultimate Being. In fact, she is even called Adi Parashakti or Adi Param Shakti ( Adi - Primordial ; Param - Supreme; Shakti - Energy ). It is this energy from which the universe (purush or God) was created. All the individual souls (energies) go and unite with the Parashakti ( the energy of the universe ). Vishnu ( The Preserver ) is powerless without Mahalakshmi ( The Goddess of Wealth ) for he cannot preserve a thing without money. Brahma ( The Creator ) cannot create without Saraswati ( The Goddess of Knowledge ) - he needs knowledge of how stuff works to create. Shiva ( the Destroyer ) cannot destroy without his wife Parvati ( Goddess of Power, Valor, Time, Death, War ) - for he needs most of these to destroy. There's a saying that Shiv is Shav ( corpse ) without his Shakti ( energy ). So basicallt Shaktas worship the primordial energy as the raw feminine force. She is pretty yet dangerous if rubbed the wrong way. She is nature, she is untamed, she is the unsatisfied sex, the never ending lust - for truth be told no one can please a woman sexually. the more you give, the more she wants. she is all powerful. she chooses her mate through natural selection. the best survives while the rest perish. she is cruel but that's her law. She is powerful. since the insignificant males try to dominate her she keeps her foot on them (KAALI ). As the society imposes strict rules on natural things like violence, sex and etc she (kaali) shows her tongue in disregard and disobedience of stupid social norms. Being a feminist and atheist i love the Devi - i DO NOT worship her. I just think that she's really cool!

gr8

isn't it ture parvati and Durga and kali is the same

what an distortion By devdutt pattanaik

Dang Indie!

Where do you get this stories -- how about discussing your sex life ---

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Radha and Kali are different