Navratri Katha

Those who meditate on Durga, Mahadev, Surya, and Narayan who fulfill wishes, are blessed. This Navratri fast fulfills all wishes. By observing it, the one who desires a son gets a son, the one who craves wealth gets wealth, the one who desires education gets education and the one who desires happiness gets happiness. By observing this fast, the disease of a sick person is cured. All a person's troubles are removed and prosperity increases in the house. One gets freedom from all sins and the heart's desire is fulfilled. If the fasting person is unable to fast the whole day, then he should eat once a day and listen to the story of Navratri fast with his relatives for ten days.

Durga Navratri Vrat Katha

In ancient times, an orphan Brahmin named Peeth lived in Manohar Nagar. He was a devotee of Goddess Durga. A very beautiful daughter named Sumati was born to him, endowed with all good qualities. That girl Sumati, while playing with her friends in her father's house in her childhood, grew as the phase of the moon grows in the Shukla paksha. Every day when her father performed puja and havan of Durga, she used to be present there regularly. One day Sumati got busy playing with her friends and did not attend the worship of the Goddess. Her father got angry seeing such carelessness of his daughter and he said to his daughter, O wicked daughter! Today you did not worship Goddess, that is why I will marry you to a leper or a poor man.

Hearing such words from her father, Sumati felt very sad and started saying to her father- O father! I am your daughter and I am under your control in every way. Do as you wish. Marry me to a king, a leper, a poor man, or anyone you want, but whatever is written in my fate will happen. I have a firm belief that whatever a person does, he gets the same result according to his deeds because doing work is under the control of man but giving the result is under the control of God.

Just like grass etc. make it more bright when it falls in the fire. Hearing such fearless words from the daughter, Brahmin got angry and married his daughter to a leper and very angrily started saying to his daughter- O daughter! Enjoy the fruits of your deeds, let us see what you do by relying on fate. Hearing such harsh words from her father, Sumati started thinking in her mind- Oh! It is my great misfortune to have such a husband. Thinking about her sorrow in this way, the girl went to the forest with her husband, and they spent that night with great difficulty in that deserted forest full of scary Kusha grass.

Seeing the condition of that poor girl, due to the influence of her previous virtuous deeds, Goddess Bhagwati appeared and said to Sumati - O poor Brahmin! I am pleased with you, you can ask for any boon you want. Hearing this statement of Goddess Durga, the Brahmini said- Who are you, tell me everything? Hearing such words of the Brahmini, the Goddess said that I am Adi Shakti Bhagwati. When I am pleased, I remove the sorrows of the creatures and give them happiness. O Brahmini! I am pleased with you due to the effect of the good deeds of your previous birth.

I will tell you the story of your previous birth, listen! In your previous life, you were the wife of a Nishad (Bhil) and you were a devoted wife. One day your husband Nishad committed theft. Due to theft, both of you were caught by the soldiers and taken to prison. Those people did not even give food to you and your husband. In this way, you neither ate anything nor drank water during the days of Navratri. Thus, the fast of Navratri was observed for nine days. O Brahmini! I am pleased with the effect of the fast observed during those days and I give you the desired boon. Ask for whatever you wish.

Hearing the words of Durga in this way, the Brahmini said, "If you are pleased with me, O Durga. I bow to you, please cure my husband's leprosy." The Goddess said, "Offer the merits of one day of the fast you observed those days to cure your husband's leprosy. Due to that virtue, your husband will be freed from leprosy."

Hearing the words of the Goddess in this way, the Brahmini was very pleased and desired to cure her husband, then by the grace of Bhagwati Durga, her husband's body became free from leprosy and became very radiant. Seeing her husband's beautiful body, the Brahmini started praising the Goddess, "O Durga! You are the remover of sorrow, the remover of the sufferings of the three worlds, the remover of all sorrows, the one who heals the sick, who is pleased and who grants the desired boons, and who destroys the wicked, you are the mother of the world. O Ambe! My father married me, an innocent woman, to a leper and threw me out of the house. I am wandering in the deserted forest, despised by my father. You have saved me from this calamity, O Goddess. I salute you. Please protect me.

Hearing such praise from the Brahmini, the Goddess was very pleased and said to the Brahmini- O Brahmini! You will soon have a very intelligent, wealthy, famous, and restrained son named Udayalaya. After granting such a boon, the Goddess again said to the Brahmini- O Brahmin! Ask for whatever you wish. Hearing such words of Bhagwati Durga, Sumati said – O Bhagwati Durga! If you are happy with me, then please describe to me in detail the method of Navratri fasting and its results.

Hearing the words of the Brahmini, goddess Durga said- O Brahmini! I tell you the method of Navratri fast which removes all sins, listening to which one attains salvation- Observe fast according to the rules from Pratipada of Shukla Paksha of Ashwin month till nine days, if you cannot observe fast for the whole day, then eat food once a day. Ask the learned Brahmins and establish the Ghat. Establish the idols of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, and Mahasaraswati Devi and worship them daily according to the rules and offer Arghya with flowers according to the rules. Offering Arghya with Bijora fruit gives beauty. Offering water from nutmeg brings fame, offering water from grapes brings success in work, offering water from gooseberry brings happiness, and offering water from bananas brings jewelry. In this way, after offering Arghya with flowers and fruits, on the completion of the fast, perform Puja according to the rules on the ninth day. Perform havan with sugar, ghee, wheat, honey, barley, sesame, Bilva (bael), coconut, grapes, Kadamba etc. Performing havan with wheat brings Lakshmi, kheer, and Champa flowers wealth brilliance, and happiness with bael leaves. Fame is attained with amla, son with banana, royal honor with lotus, and wealth with grapes. Desired objects are attained by performing havan with sugar, ghee, coconut, honey, barley, sesame, and fruits. The person observing the fast should perform havan with this method and bow to the Acharya with utmost humility and give him Dakshina for the success of the yagya. There is no doubt that the person who observes the fast as per the method mentioned above, all his wishes are fulfilled. Whatever donation is given during these nine days, its fruit is multiplied by crores. By observing the fast during this Navratri, one gets the fruit of Ashwamedha yagya. O Brahmini! Perform this excellent fast that fulfills all desires as per the prescribed method at a pilgrimage site, temple, or home.

Conclusion

After finishing your daily chores in the morning, take a bath, meditate on Durga Ji in the temple or at home during Navratri, and then narrate this story. This fast is especially beneficial for girls. By the grace of Shri Jagadamba, all obstacles are removed and happiness and prosperity are attained. The man or woman who observes this fast with devotion attains happiness in this world and finally attains rare salvation. If you also want to know about the auspicious time of Ghatasthapana to be done in Navratri, then you can talk to astrologers.