In what kind of man or woman, does the Goddess of Prosperity always Reside?

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AR-SA">This question was asked by king Yudhishthira, and the answer is given by

Bhishma in the Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Sec XI. Bhishma said: Sree

(goddess of prosperity said): I always reside with him that is eloquent,

active, attentive to business, free from wrath, given to the worship of the

deities, endued with gratitude, has his passions under complete control, and is

high-minded in everything.

75pt"> I never reside with one that is inattentive to business, that is an

unbeliever, that causes an intermixture of races in consequence of his

lustfulness, that is ungrateful, that is of impure practices, that uses harsh

and cruel words, that is a thief, that cherishes malice towards his preceptors

and other seniors, those persons that are endued with little energy, strength,

life, and honour, that are distressed at every trifle, and that always indulge

in wrath. I never reside with these that think in one strain and act in a

different one. I never reside also with him

who never desires any acquisition for himself, of him who is so blinded as to

rest content with the lot in which he finds himself without any exertion or

with those that are contented with small acquisitions. I reside with those

that are observant with the duties of righteousness, or those that are devoted

to the service of the aged, or those that have their passions under control, or

those that are endued with cleansed souls, or those that observe the virtue of

forgiveness, or those that are able and prompt in action, or with such women as

are forgiving and self-restrained.

75pt">I reside with those women also that are devoted to truth and sincerity and

that worship the deities.I do not reside with those women that do not attend to

household furniture and provisions scattered all around the house, and that

always utter words contrary to the wishes of their husbands. I always avoid

those women that are fond of the houses of other people and that have no

modesty. On the other hand, I reside with those women that are devoted to

their husbands, that are blessed in behaviour, and that are always decked in

ornaments and attired in good robes. I always reside with those women that are

truthful in speech, that are of handsome and agreeable features, that are

blessed and that are endued with all

accomplishments. I always avoid such women as are sinful and unclean or

impure, as always lick the corners of their mouths, as have no patience or

fortitude, and as are fond of dispute and quarrelling, as are given to much

sleep, and as always lie down. I always reside in conveyances and the animals

that drag them, in maidens, in ornaments and good vestments, in sacrifices, in

clouds charged with rain, in full blown lotuses, and in those stars that

bespangle the autumnal firmament. i reside in elephants, in the cow

pen, in good seats, and in lakes adorned with full-blown lotuses. I live also in

such rivers as babble sweetly in their course, melodious with the music of

cranes, having banks adorned with rows of diverse trees, and resorted to by

Brahmanas and ascetics and others crowned with success. I always reside in

those rivers also that have deep and large volumes of rolling waters rendered

turbid by lions and elephants plunging into them for bathing or slaking their

thirst. I reside also in infuriate elephants, in bovine bulls, in kings, on the

throne, and good men. LAKSHMI RESIDES IN THAT HOUSE IN WHICH.... I always

reside in that house in which the inmate pours libation on the sacrificial fire

and worships kine(cow), Brahmans and the deities.

mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language:

AR-SA">I reside in that house where at the proper time offerings are made unto

the deities, in the course of worship.I always reside in such Brahmanas as are

devoted to the study of the Vedas, in Kshatriyas devoted to the observance of

righteousness, in Vaisyas devoted to cultivation, and the Sudras devoted to the

service of the three upper classes.

75pt">

EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> I reside with a

heart firm and unchangeable, in Narayana, in my embodied self. In Him is

righteousness in its perfection and full measure, devotion to the Brahmanas,

and the quality of agreeableness. I do not reside in my embodied form in any

of these places that I have mentioned, except Narayana. That person in whom I

reside in spirit increases in righteousness and fame and wealth and objects of

desire.

Thank you Aravind

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