“The life of a man who cannot respect
and love one’s mother is utterly useless. Recognizing
one's mother as the very embodiment of all divine forces,
one must show reverence to her and treat her with love. This
is the true message that this nine-night festival (the Navaratri)
gives us.
The supreme Shakti manifests herself in the form
of Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. Durga grants us energy -
physical, mental, and spiritual. Lakshmi bestows on us all
forms of wealth - not just money but intellectual wealth,
the wealth of character, and others. Even health is a kind
of wealth. She grants untold riches to us. And Saraswati bestows
intelligence, the capacity for intellectual inquiry, and the
power of discrimination on us. The Navaratri festival is celebrated
in order to proclaim the power of the goddesses to the world.
One's own mother is the combination of all these divine beings.
She provides us with energy, wealth, and intelligence. She
constantly desires our advancement in life. So she represents
all the three goddesses that we worship during the Navaratri
festival.”
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse- 14.10.1988)
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