"Durga stares them down, unfazed. They mistake Her composure for fear. Their egos swell and pride overcomes them as they get lost in visions of the grandeur that awaits them once they conquer this Goddess. However, they are forgetting who She is. As Mahamaya (Great Illusion), the all powerful Goddess outwits the demons by influencing their minds to think they can overcome the Divine. She immediately knows through her Omniscience, that these demons are clouded by ignorance. As they advance towards Her She lets out a sigh, which is the mantra Hum. Her earlier epithet Vac, Saraswati is the power of sound, a power which can create and destroy. As Her divine utterance reverberates across the cosmos, She points her finger at them and the demons are destroyed."
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