Maa Chamunda Slays the demon raktabija By Drinking all his blood. raktabija was the demon whose blood had replicative ability, symbolizing the almost unstoppable power of desire that stems from the ego. Such desire never remains satisfied, and the more it is served, the more it grows.

The Depiction Of Maa Chamunda Lapping Up the flow of raktabija’s blood, Symbolizes that desire is best dealt with before it gets out of hand. Here Maa Chamunda’s Destructive Power Manifests As A Protective Force, Which By Ceasing chitta-vrittis, Enables the realization Of The True Self. Maa Chamunda Grants Her deserving devotees the passage from the relative To The Absolute.