Maata Santoshi (contd)

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.... maata told her that her husband was on his way home and

instructed her to keep a bundle of wood there.Then she said " go to

home and wait for him, when he comes say- 'give me water in a piece

of coconut, give me bread made of hay' as you say daily.The devotee

relented and happily went away.

So when the husband was passing by he felt tired and saw the bundle

of food.He felt tired and rested thier awhile, feelng hungry he used

the wood to cook some food for himself.Soon afterwards he reached his

home and while he was meeting his parents the wife came and spoke as

maata had told her to. The husband was startled and moved to see her

wife's condition.He rebuked his family and decided to stay in an

empty part of the house with his wife.

When her vraata was over the woman kept a worship in her house w.Some

jealous family members had told the kids to ask for sour thing to

eat.The woman refused the kids but they insisted for money.She gave

them money and they bought sour thing to eat with that. Upon this

Santoshi maata became very angry. Soon the kings soldiers came and

arrested the womans husband. She went to the temple and said: " O

mother have mercy upon me.I worshipped you " she cried

Maata said: " you served sour food and did so unknowingly. But this is

also a fault "

She requested maata for another chance. Maata was pacified and

said: " go to your home and be careful that no mistake happens

again " When she went home her husband had come back and everything was

fine again.She performed the worship again and this time she was

careful so kids of her relatives asked her for something sour she

declined and invited others children to the worship.

Time went by and she had a child by grace of maata.

One day maata appeared at the threshhold of her house to give her

darshana. As soon as the mother in law saw maata she started

shouting: " O who is this witch or dakini " But the devotee at once

recognised maata.With tears in her eyes she started towards the door

saying : " o my mother has come " She feel at Maata's feet. Mother

said: " I thought you hadnt visited since some time so I came over to

your house to meet you "

such is the love of mother

 

JAI MAATA SANTOSHI