[Jeffery]

DM is a prayer to the Divine Mother to rid ourselves of the six enemies residing
within us like kama, kroda, loba etc. In this age , we do not have any enemies
outside of us, they all reside in us.

We seek the blessings of the Divine Mother to take us beyond the three gunas
and become gunaatheetha.

The paaraayana must be done in a prescribed order during navaratri.

It is also a mantra sastra and to decode it one must have deep knowledge of
sanskrit grammar , vyakaranam. These bijaaksharas are highly potent and
that is why vyaakaranam and chandas are important.