Symbolizing All Good Things
Even to the uneducated, the word lakshmi symbolizes all the good things in material life. For the rich, lakshmi brings more comforts. She brings fame and recognition to them in the society. For the deprived and hungry, lakshmi is a dream, the ideal goddess. Younger people crave for beauty. Lakshmi offers them supreme beauty and charm. The word lakshmi means one who has all the auspicious marks (sakala lakshaNa sampanna).
SlokA 11 and 12 from SrI sUktam:
kardamEna prajA-bhUtA mayi sambhava kardama
Sriyam vAsaya me kule mAtaram padma-mAlinIm (11)
Apah srijantu snigdhAni chiklIta vasa me gruhe
nicha devIm mAtaram Sriyam vAsaya me kule (12)
Lakshmi! You have progeny in kardama. (Hence) O kardama, may you reside in me. Make mother SrI with garlands of lotuses to have Her abode in my (ancestral) line. May the (holy) waters create friendship (they being of adhesive nature). O chikIIta (progeny of SrI)! Reside at my home; and arrange to make Divine mother SrI stay in my lineage!
The idea of SrI is profound because while satisfying our material desires, it directs our attention to the supreme power that gives us all that we need.
Labels: dharma
posted by Sirisha @ 10/23/2006 10:17:00 AM
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Siri, welcome to the blog world. Wish you very happy blogging. It is very commendable that you have started your blogging with 'sri'. Auspiciousness & prosperity be upon you.
'srIyatE iti srI' - 'She who is resorted to' is srI. Every being at every moment resorts to srI for either 'prEyas' (material wealth) or 'srEyas' (spiritual wealth). Hence she is the 'lakshya' (goal) of all. srI is called Lakshmî, because she is the aim (lakshyate) of all beings.
As you rightly said, "The idea of SrI is profound...it directs our attention to the supreme power that gives us all that we need". srI (prakRiti) has an innate and inseparable relationship with nArAyaNa (purusha).
"ratnamiva arcisham, pushpamiva surabhim, induriva candirkAm, amRtamiva svAdutAm, autpattikena sambandhena Sriyam dharati iti SrI-dharah" -
Just as the gem bears its luster, the flower its fragrance, the moon her moonlight, and nectar its sweetness, so also vishNu bears lakshmi in Him by an innate relationship.
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