![]() ![]() In our lives, we generally do not know what to ask God for ourselves, we follow a bad practice of closing our eyesbefore the deity, while the Vedas and scriptures ask you to open your eyes and hearts to the deity. ![]() Quoting an example of Sri Lakshmana from Ramayana, Swamy says, Lakshmana was bestowed to be wealthiest known to the mankind. Not because he had the material riches, But He devoted his life in service The Lord and his Cohort. This boils down to the question What it is to be Rich. Does possessing valuable jewels or Properties or Money can make you the richest? Mind you, possessing any one of the above mentioned material benefits will only make you insecure and live-in fear, for life and the possessions. The Vedas say, AghathoBhayamgathoBhavathi, meaning, wherever, there is faith in Lord Paramthma, there exists no fear. And whenever you feel the oneness with him, you should feel the richest of all. ![]() You cannot term yourself rich of something, if you have the “FEAR “of losing it. Quoting Mahabharatha, When Dhuryodhana, visits Lord SriKrishna for his aid in the upcoming war, Dhuryodahana choses Sri Krishna’s army over him. ![]() As it was bound to happen, the Pandavas triumph over the Kauravas, because Arjunachose Srikrishna over his army. Goddess Lakshmi, the PurushakaraSwaroopini Once you invite the Lord Srihari, in to your lives, comes along, Goddess Lakshmi in your lives. Swamy quotes a number of instances where Amma showers her maternal compassion and affection even to thosewho wrong in their doings thus attracting the ire of the Lord SriHari. When Lord Rama and AmmaSita were serving their last years of the 14 year VanaVasam, Lord Indra sends across his Son Jayanthudu(the crow) to test the perseverance of Swami and Amma. It was during the time when Lord Rama was enjoying a siesta with AmmaSita, when the crow comes and repeatedly prods Amma in her bosom. Amma doesn’t raise an alarm lest Lord Rama should get furious, but tries to shoo away the bird. In this process, the droplet from blood oozing out of her bosom, falls on Lord Rama and awakens him, only to see Sitaamma drenched in a pool of blood. Lord Rama, gets furious and launches a Bramhastra on to the bird. The bird, no-where to go and no one to save, takes shelter of Sitamma alone and after all. Sitamma beseeches Rama from halting the Bramhastra. Paying head to Sitamma, Lord Rama, leaves the bird from annihilating the bird, but partly punishing the bird by hurting its eye. Since then, the crows are known to have a single eyeball, although they possess two eyes. It is a widely accepted belief that Ravana abducted Sitamma. SRI LAKSHMI NARAYANA HRUDAYAM STOTRAM IN TELUGU PDF SERIES. ![]()
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