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SONG 25
From this song Aandaal is performing the role of a
jeevathma after realizing the Paramathma and merging with it. She says
that we are on this earth just to realize the Paramathma and complete
the birth cycle. Once humans have realized the absolute truth through a
guru and by doing sadhana, then they can start a very wealthy, happy
detached life like the Gopies.
From this song she is going to
ask Krishna
to bless her devotees with all wealth and happiness. This is the dharma
of Mahalaxmi. Now most of us would have understood why Mahalaxmi is not
blessing all who pray to her with wealth .She will permit every one to
enjoy the wealth and happiness only when we become aware and detached
and totally surrender to her Lord.
She is depicted with 4 hands,2 hands hold the sacred
lotus flowers, symbols of mind in awareness[as lotus comes out of
puddles without dirt, our mind comes out of matrix-illusion without
attachment]. The other lotus is the symbol of wealth.
One hand shows the posture of
giving ‘‘abhayam’’ [fearless
state of mind] and the other shows “varadham”
[blessing] or surrender.
So she is asking
Krishna who
got exchanged within a night from Devaki to Yashodhaa. From his birth he
faced problems, but he never worried. He killed his own uncle Kamsa
----demon, representing the mind’s attachment to pleasures.
Till his death, Kamsa was
thinking of Krishna
out of fear, and even that became
bakthi.Krishna
is like fire burning in our mind to purify all our ignorance.
Finally she says we need to do service to mankind
after getting all wealth. Rich people must think about this song.
Imagine a teacher giving lot of chocolates to few of her class children
and asking them to distribute to others, but they have it for
themselves. Like that Mahalaxmi is blessing few with wealth to serve
others ,not to enjoy by themselves.
Exercise: Try to help others .Try to
plan and keep a share from your salary for people who really deserve
your help.
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