Dussehra symbolizes the great victory of Goddess Durga above the awful demon Mahishasura who was terrorizing the world inside the guise of a drinking water buffalo. Durga shakti is definitely the life power in us and Mahishasura symbolizes lethargy, inertia, pleasure, obsession, cravings, and aversions. महानवमी, (नौवां दिन) शरद नवरात्र https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIX0JZlLsgE