LAWS OF PROSPERITY IN THE HOME : 8.2. Swami Chidananda

20/01/2017.

VERY IMPORTANT. AS AT PRESENT IN BHARATHAM, IT IS NOT SO, AND DISRESPECT ON THE HIGH ....

8. GODDESS OF AUSPICIOUSNESS -2

1.
Every home in Hindu society is a temple of auspiciousness, of Mangalya, presided over by Lakshmi in and through the pure person of the Grihalakshmi.

The greatness, the power and the radiance of the Mother as embodied in the mother of the home is the radiance of chastity, Pativrata Dharma, which forms the grandeur, the glory and the inner radiance of the Grihalakshmi.
Hers is the power that is unsurpassed in the whole world.

To the Grihalakshmi in her sphere of the home, the husband or the Patidev is what to the Sadhaka and the seeker in the spiritual life the Guru is.

The Sadhaka looks upon the Guru as the Supreme Being Himself, as identical with God, as brought out in the couplet : -

2.
Twam hi Vishnur Virinchistwam
Twam cha devo Maheshwarah
Twameva Shaktiruposi
Nirgunastwam sanatanah

3.
This the Patidev is for the wife.

Pativratya (devotion to one’s husband) is the greatest treasure a woman can possess, which makes her not merely exceptional, but a veritable Goddessupon- earth.

We must always bear in mind that in the eyes of Hindu idealism, modesty is a virtue of paramount importance, and in this form the Mother manifests Herself in and through the ideal of noble Indian womanhood.

To be continued ...