Once there were two sisters Lakshmi and Daridra. Lakshmi was the goddess of wealth while Daridra was the goddess of poverty. Though they were real sisters, their behaviour towards others and temperament were totally different. Lakshmi got up early in the morning. She took her bath regularly. She remembered God regularly. Daridra was very lazy. She got up very late. She did not take her bath. Washing clothes was a rare occasion for her.. She generally told lies and befooled others. Goddess Lakshmi was very much liked by Lord Krishna and he married her happily. Daridra remained alone. She became sad.
One day Lakshmi said to Lord Krishna, “ Daridra is my real sister. Please arrange for her marriage”.Lakshmi said,” Arrange her marriage with a Rishi. He would not expect much from her because most of his time he would be busy performing religious rites”.Lord Krishna agreed. He searched for a suitable match for Daridra. A Rishi agreed to marry her.
Goddess Lakshmi was happy that a Rishi had accepted her sister Daridra could not accept Rishi’s way of life. She went to Lakshmi again. She looked very shabby and disorderly. Lakshmi felt pity for her. She said to Krishna, “Please arrange a suitable abode for her”.
Lord Krishna accepted Lakshmi’s request. All the three came down to earth together. Krishna spotted out a Peepal tree in a lonely corner. They went to that tree. Lord Krishna said to Daridra, “You can reside under this tree. This is a lonely place suited to your temperament. You need not clean this place daily. None would visit this place either. You may live as you please.” Daridra said, “I will be fed up with lonely life. Lonely place is an abode of ghosts. Please do visit me frequently with my sister, Lakshmi.”
Lord Krishna agreed. He gave a word to her that he would visit and stay at the peepal tree on every Saturday alongwith Lakshmi. From that day onwards, people visit Peepal tree on every Saturday. They water it and offer their prayers, knowing well that Lord Krishna and Lakshmi reside in the tree on Saturdays.
1 comment:
Nice to read Hinu Mythological Stories. Being a Hindu it's nostalgic and touches my heart. I would say, you are doing a good job. Remembering so many stories would be quiet difficult. But if we understand the meaning its so simple. Rather I feel the biggest contribution of Hinu Mythology which world and rather we ourselves couldn't understand was that all the stories in Hindu Mythology carry a message. Two, they are used as a learning tool, to remember things. The basic science of rememberance is based on human mind to narrate anything into a story.
Hindu mythology is a subject of research. It comes through the oldest civilizations so needs greater indepth study since a lot of distortions happened through the peoples own beliefs and some vested interests.
But you are doing a really good job. I respect you for this.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up!!!!!!!!
Rahul Sharma.
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