Writings on Divine mother..........Sai Maa

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Aum Sai Ram,

 

(Source........Sri Lalita Sahasranama printed by Sri Ramakrishna Math)

 

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The story of Lalita to which the Lalitasahsranama thus refers to briefly as follows:-----

 

 

When Manmatha ,the God of Love ,was reduced to ashes by Shiva opening his third

eye ,the ashes were collected by Citrakarman ,one of Shiva's attendants ,and

used for drawing the figure of a man .Shiva glanced at the figure and at once

it leaped into life and became a living person. The artist now advised the

person he thus created to pray to Shiva and repeat the Sata-Rudriya .The person

did so and Shiva was pleased and blessed him with the overlordship of the world

for sixty thousand years .On hearing this Brahama cried in dismay ,'Bhand

,Bhand "and so the person came to have the name Bhanda .When Bhanda grew up ,he

became a great Asura and established his capital in Sonitapura .He oppressed the

Gods and made life intolerable for them .Thereupon Narada advised Indra ,the

king of Gods ,to do penance and seek the help of Para-Sakthi .Indra,accordingly

,performed a great sacrifice ,and out of rthe sacrificail fire there arose a

great Chakra and in the

midst of it was the lovely figure of the Devi who embodied the spirit of the

Trimurti .The gods praised her and she promised to vanquish their enemy

Bhandasura .But Brahama said that no person who remained single was fit for

sovereignty according to the sriptures and exhorted her to choose a suitable

mate.The gods commended the proposal and assured her that her independence

would in no way suffer by her marriage .Then the Goddess consented and threw up

a garland.It fell around the neck of Shiva who had assumed the lovely form of

Kameswara .The marriage of the beautiful couple was celebrated by the gods with

great pomp and Lalita became KAMESWARI and crowned along with her husband.

 

After the gods had left ,the Goddess set out to fulfil her mission with an army

of Sakhis well equipped with chariots ,elephants and horses .The battle between

her and the demon raged for four days and at last Bhandasura was killed with all

his kines menand followers and his capital was razed to the ground. The Gods

praised the Goddess and requested her to take pity on Rati,the wife of

Manmatha,who had been burnt to death by Shiva.She consented and revived the

gods of love and then went and settled down at Srinagara .This city was built

for her by both Viswakarma and Mya on one of the peaks of Meru.

 

 

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