Navaratri: Day Six

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Since this got such rave reviews, I will pass on the

info I receive for the remainder of this Holiday.

Again this is coming from Marge on the babaji.net

list.

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> LAKSHMI: The second three days are devoted to

> Lakshmi, the Goddess of

> Prosperity, wife of Vishnu; it is a time of

> preservation and taking care of things or acquiring

> what is necessary to make your life full of

> prosperity and fulfillment. This is about receiving

> the proper things you need to make your life happy.

>

> To bring something truly special into your life you

> may consider saying this prayer to Shri Lakshmi each

> day for 30 days. The requests for cows, horses, and

> servants can be updated to the needs of modern day

> life (unless you live on a farm and this is your

> need.) This is considered to be one of the most

> powerful prayers to Lakshmi:

>

> Shri Sukta

>

> O Jatavada! Bring Lakshmi (the Goddess of Wealth) of

> golden color to me, (bring her to me) who is remover

> of sins, who is (resplendent) with her garlands of

> (lotuses of) gold and silver, who is the source of

> pleasure like the moon (for the universe) and who

> possesses a lot of (wealth) gold, etc.(1)

>

> O Jataveda! Bring me that Lakshmi who will not ever

> desert me and by whose grace I may get gold, cows,

> horses and sons together with other descendants. (2)

>

>

> I invoke Goddess Sri (Lakshmi) who has the cavalry

> before her and the chariots (carried by horses) in

> the middle, who delights the world by the resounding

> trumpet of elephants (attending on her). May she be

> graceful to me and reside at my place forever! (3)

>

> I invoke Sri, the blissful goddess, who is

> sweet-smiling, who lives in a hall of gold, who is

> full of compassion and drenched with it from the

> heart (due to the fact of being bathed by attending

> elephants or having risen from the milky ocean), who

> is resplendent at the seat of the lotus, is

> lotus-hued, and who bestows all pleasures to her

> devotees.(4)

>

> I take refuge in Sri who is the effulgent one like

> the moon, who shines with the fame of herself, who

> is adored by the Gods like Indra, etc. Who is

> benevolent in offering gifts, who dwells in the

> middle of the lotus, who protects all (her

> devotees). May the poverty be removed from my end,

> (and for that) I invoke you, O Goddess Lakshmi.(5)

>

> O (Lakshmi) of sun-like lustre! The Tree of the name

> Bilva was produced by your penance. May the fruits

> of that tree remove all our ignorance, distresses

> and other extrinsic things by (our) penance.(6)

>

> O Mother Lakshmi! May the Gods like Indra, Kubera

> (friend of Mahadeva) come to me together with fame

> and gems. (Here the fame is Sati, the daughter of

> Daksa, and the gems are the friends of Kubera like

> Manibhadra) I am born in this world and may you

> (Kubera) give me fame and plenty for wealth.(7)

>

> I destroy the poverty (Alakshmi) which is the cause

> of hunger and thirst, which is the elder sister of

> Laskshmi, and which is impure. O Goddess, please get

> the paucity of wealth from my abode obliterated and

> all the hurdles in the way of the acquisition of

> wealth be removed.(8)

>

> I invoke Sri, who is to be gotten by offering

> fragrant flowers, who is

> unassailable, who has abundance of crops and wealth

> and cattle, and who is supreme of all beings. (9)

>

>

> O, Lakshmi! May we realize all the wishes of our

> hearts and willingness, the truth of our words, the

> wealth of cattle (milk, curd, etc.) and forms of

> food. May Goddess bring me fame and wealth too. (10)

>

> O Kardama! Come dwell in me. Make Sri, who is the

> Universal Mother and who is adored with a garland of

> lotuses, dwell in my family. (11)

> (It is said that Lord Varuna produces oily

> substances, i.e., beautiful things)

>

> (The beauty in substances is known as Lakshmi. She

> has three sons--Kardam, Ciklita and Sruti. Here

> Ciklita is prayed: O Ciklita (son of Lakshmi)! Come

> to dwell in my house, and, not only you but make

> your mother (also Mother of The Universe), Lakshmi,

> also live in my abode.(12)

>

> O Lord Agni, (God of Fire)! Bring to me Lakshmi, who

> is very kind, who has elephants around her pouring

> water on her (for her bath), who is the goal of

> sacrificial rites, who is tawny-hued, who is decked

> with a garland of lotuses, who is lustrous like the

> moon and thus enlightening the living beings and

> also possessed of plenty of wealth.(13)

>

> O Jataveda! Bring to me Mother Lakshmi, who is

> always compassionate to her devotees, who punishes

> the wicked ones, who is golden (exquisitely

> beautiful) color, who puts on garland of gold, who

> is wealth (herself), and who makes the whole world

> illumine like the sun. (14)

>

> O Jataveda! Bring to me Lakshmi who will never leave

> me and by whose grace I may get plenty of gold,

> prosperity, cows, horses, servants and other

> descendants. (15)

>

> One who aspires for the attainment of Lakshmi,

> should regularly, in a sanctified and determined

> way, offer the cow-ghee in oblation and recite all

> the 15 verses of Srisuktam. (16)

>

> - Sri Suktam, translated by Jawaharlal Gupta,

> published by B.C. Butala

>

>

> We give our gratitude to Shri Lakshmi for all of the

> support we have received and have yet to receive in

> the way of financial donations and in generous acts

> of service. We all work together to add more love to

> the world, living from our truth and honoring the

> truth of others and taking only what we need so

> there is enough for all.

>

> Blessings to All!

> May you feel the Loving Compassion of the Divine

> Mother in all your endeavors.

>

> Love and light,

> Marge

>

> Jai Maha Maya Ki Jai!

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