Importance of Mother
This morning I get an email from Swamiji on the mailing group and it read as follows:
"Jai srimannarayana to all Bhagavad bandhus!
MAY 14TH IS MOTHERS' DAY. FOR US, EVERY DAY IS MOTHERS' DAY, FOR GODDESS LAKSHMI IS ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF US WHILE INTERCEDING BETWEEN US AND GOD. BUT FOR THE WEST IT IS ONLY ONE DAY THEY ALLOT FOR MOTHERS DAY. PITY FOR THEM. YET, WE ARE SENDING HEREWITH A PRAYER THAT REVEALS THE GREATNESS OF THE NAMASKARAM OFFERED TO THE MOTHER.
Thandri kante: kolachu daivammu kante nu
Gurula kante sarva surula kante
Talli pa:damulaku thalavanchi mrokkina
Kara thala:malakamu laraya sirulu
MEANING "PROSTRATING BEFORE MOTHER'S DIVINE FEET IS THE RESULT OF GREATER VIRTUES, FOR IT IS GREATER THAN PROSTRATING BEFORE FATHER, BEFORE WORSHIPPING GOD, BEFORE GURUS OR BEFORE ALL THE DEVATHAS. BOWING BEFORE MOTHER, SHOWERS ALL THE WEALTHS AT OUR DOORSTEP".
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