Pushpamala 2: The Glory of Mahalaxmi

(When the scene opens , devotee Triguna has performed the 'Ghat-staphana' , pot with a coconut depicting Goddess Mahalaxmi, with a pure heart on 'Ashwin Shuddha Pratipada', first day of the month of Ashwin in Hindu calendar. She has offered garlands on the 'Ghat' regularly .

Also she has arranged a beautiful decoration of the 'puja',worship . In this decoration, there is a statue of Mahalaxmi with four hands , standing in a Lotus. She has lotus flowers in her hands . One hand is giving blessing and the other holds decorated vessel.

On both sides of Mahalaxmi are 'Yoginis' who are her friends and assistants.

On one such evening,Triguna has invited her 'Sakhis', friends and neighbors and together they are performing the present 'Puja' and singing 'Bhajans ',hymns for the MotherGoddess.)

Song 1 : Oh Mother, Please bless us

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Jogeshwari , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Jogeshwari

Darkness of ignorance was driven away. ||1||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Mahalaxmi , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Mahalaxmi,

And drank the fount of wisdom's spray. ||2||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Renuka , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Renuka,

And realized value of divine love. ||3||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Bhavani of Tuljapur , I pray

I worshipped Mother Bhavani,

And got a direction in my life. ||4||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Kalimata , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Kali,

My ego she did slay. ||5||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Maheshwari , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Maheshwari,

And unified with Nature. ||6||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Sita , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Sita,

And realized value of 'Pativratya'¹||7||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Radha , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Radha ,

And got devotional bouquet. ||8|||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Saraswati , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Saraswati,

Humility engulfs me today. ||9||

Oh! Mother bless us,

Oh! Mother Parvati , I pray ,

I worshipped Mother Parvati,

And got divine bliss, I say . ||10||

(The devotees sing some more ‘bhajans’, hymns and

enjoy divine bliss)

Note:

1. Pativratya: faithfulness towards spouse/husband

Song 2 : Worship of Mother

When I worshipped Mother Mahalaxmi

I found the way of her love divine. ||1||

When I worshipped Mother Sita

I found the way of 'Pativratya' ||2||

When I worshipped Mother Radha

I found the way of divine Bhakti ||3||

Song 3 : The 64 Yoginis

From the large primordial explosion,

Atoms, electrons, protons formed

Instantly they engulfed the cosmos

And the basic elements were born. ||1||

Some were charged, some uncharged,

They evolved from the primordial force

And the dance of the fundamental particles

Is as if they rose from 64 Yoginis as source ||2||

Song 4 : The Devotion of Mother Amba

With the lamp in our hands

Let us to Mother Amba¹pray

For when we remember her,

Our life in peace shall stay. ||1||

She resides in Kolhapur

Know this to be a 'Shaktipeeth'²,

The 'prasad'³, that you get

Distribute it liberally. ||2||

Notes:

1. Amba(bai) : Mother Goddess

2. Shaktipeeth : Seat of divine energy

3. Prasad : Offering to Gods.

Song 5 : The 64 Yoginis

Triguna:

Distributing the 'prasad' of mother's love

is not just distributing sugar and sweets

But it is to love others like Mother Goddess

loves us. ||1||

But people do not seem to understand this

Hence there is sorrow in the land.

People do not understand the love of mother Goddess

Perhaps this is her grief too. ||2||

Song 6 : Praise be to Mother Goddess

You are incarnated at the Shaktipeeths

You are the epitome of love of Mother

You are the destroyer of evil intent

You are the ultimate harbour .

Song 7 : Mother Goddess 'Gondhal' festivity

Praise be to Mother Jogeshwari

Welcome to the 'Gondhal'¹ festivity

Praise be to Mother of Karveer Kolhapur