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

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Aum Sai Ram,

 

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

 

IV

Such a magnificent conception of the Goddess is ,of course the result of a

long process of evolution ,begining probably with a crude tribal deity in the

dim pre-historic past . There are some critics who ,in judging religions and

cults other than their own ,invariably point the finger of scorn at their

humble ,undignified origins and ignore their later developments . We should

judge a tree by its fruits ,not by its roots .The fruit may be sweet and

fragrant ,while the roots may be buried in stinking soil and manure .It is

quite probable that in the present case ,as critics point out not one , but

many tribal deities worshipped in different places and and at different times

have been fused together in the course of ages and made in to a single Deity

and then subjected to all the refining influences of poetry ,religion , and

philosophy and , not the least of all ,to the wonderful charm and grace of

womanhood .

Speaking of the women of India ,Mrs Beasant once said in her own characterstic

way ,"Fairer flowers never grew on this earth " It is the idealization of these

flowers of the earth that gives us the heavenly flower of Devi Lalita of

transcendent beauty and fragrance .

 

The Lalitas ,the Sitas and the Savitris of Poetry could not have come into being

,had not their creators been inspired by the Lalitas ,Sitas ,and Savitris in

real life .There is no doubt that the poet of the Lalitasahsranamahas drawn as

much from the real life around him as from tradition and legend ,and religion

and philosophy .We should remember that he lived in a country which even amidst

the many crudities of its social life ,developed the doctrine that every woman

is an incarnation of the Goddess an may be actually worshipped in her place

-------- a doctrine that should give rise in the hearts of men to far purer

feelings and sentiments than the code of chivalry that prevailed in mediaeval

Europe . Woodroffe quotes from one of the tantra which says ,"Whosoever has

seen the feet of woman ,let him worship them as those of his guru ."

 

(Strinam padatalam drstva guruvad bhavayet sada---Kubjika Tantra)

 

Regards,

Meena .N.Nath