WORSHIP OF SRI BHARATAMATA - Contd.
Worship of Sri Bharatamata - By Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan
And what is adoration and worship of Sri Bharatamata? It is not in performing Abhisheka and Arati to the idol, showing Dhoopa and Deepa and offering flowers, fruits and prasad, but loving and serving the children of Mother Bharat, irrespective of their caste, creed or community. The great King Ranti Deva prays in the Srimad Bhagavata,
Na twaham kaamaye raajyam, na sukham na apunarbhavam,
Kaamaye dukha taptaanaam praaninaam aarti naashanam
—"I do not aspire for kingdom, comforts, not even Immortality; all that I aspire for is the removal of the pain and agony of all beings afflicted with sorrow."
Sri Ramakrishna while on a pilgrimage to Kashi found poor and downtrodden people on the way and asked his patron Mathur Babu who was accompanying him to distribute all the money they had to the suffering people, declaring that he saw his Shiva in them only. Swami Vivekananda, on the eve of his historic voyage to America to attend the Parliament of Religions, found on the Marina Beach of Madras, some fishermen children with emaciated faces and empty stomachs, afflicted by poverty and suffering. He cried aloud, " Oh God! Why you have created such suffering beings?" and distributed among the poor all the money that some enthusiastic youth of Madras had collected for his voyage. And on his triumphant return from abroad, in the course of his grand journey from Colombo to Almora, he called out to the Bharatiya youth to worship the Virat, the poor and downtrodden of the land, and gave out his message, "Serve man, serve God!" How many of the so called Hindu brethren follow his advice and translate his message into action?
India that is Bharat will emerge as a powerful nation in the world, the day Hindus in this country and those abroad, who consider the land of their forefathers as a holy land that has given to them the most sacred values of life evolved by the ancient sages and seers, start worshipping the Divine Mother in the form of Sri Bharatamata and celebrate the Akshaya Triteeya as the day most auspicious to worship Her. When they start doing this in congregation and sing the eternal song, Vande Mataram as the hymn addressed to the divine Mother, this land of Bharatavarsha will become a becon shedding the light of eternal knowledge about the meaning and purpose of human life to the entire world.
Our hard won freedom is at stake. The enemies on our borders are just waiting for the moment of betrayal of our nation by the unpatriotic, corrupt and selfish politicians who are prepared to sell their mothers and motherland for the sake of material comforts and fortunes. We need Parashuramas, Vidyaranyas and Samarth Ramdass to create once again a new class of warriors and heroes who will sacrifice their everything at the altar of the Motherland and raise Her once again to Her pristine glory. Today the time has come for us to consecrate the temple of Sri Bharatamata with our own blood and flesh through acts of supreme self-sacrifice. Those who are unable to stand up to protect the honour and dignity of the motherhood of the nation and our sacred Motherland are mlechchas of the modern period irrespective of the religion that they profess or practise.
Let us celebrate the Akshaya Tritiya in every hearth and home of the Hindus in India and outside the country. Let the prayer room in every Hindu home be adorned with the picture of Bharatamata. Sri Bharatamta Mandir at Srinivasanagar in Krishnarajapuram of Bangalore is a sacred abode where Sri Bharatamata is installed as Bharata Bhavani with Chandi Homa, pooja and abhisheka etc, and the Prana Pratishtha of the temple was attended by H.H. Sri Vishwesha Teertha of Udipi Pejawar Mutt on December 8, 2004. We invoke the Divine Grace of Sri Bharatamata on all Her children in India and abroad, and also on all beings in the world as She is the Vishwa Maataa too. May all live in peace and bliss!
Vande Mataram! Bharatmata ki jai!
And what is adoration and worship of Sri Bharatamata? It is not in performing Abhisheka and Arati to the idol, showing Dhoopa and Deepa and offering flowers, fruits and prasad, but loving and serving the children of Mother Bharat, irrespective of their caste, creed or community. The great King Ranti Deva prays in the Srimad Bhagavata,
Na twaham kaamaye raajyam, na sukham na apunarbhavam,
Kaamaye dukha taptaanaam praaninaam aarti naashanam
—"I do not aspire for kingdom, comforts, not even Immortality; all that I aspire for is the removal of the pain and agony of all beings afflicted with sorrow."
Sri Ramakrishna while on a pilgrimage to Kashi found poor and downtrodden people on the way and asked his patron Mathur Babu who was accompanying him to distribute all the money they had to the suffering people, declaring that he saw his Shiva in them only. Swami Vivekananda, on the eve of his historic voyage to America to attend the Parliament of Religions, found on the Marina Beach of Madras, some fishermen children with emaciated faces and empty stomachs, afflicted by poverty and suffering. He cried aloud, " Oh God! Why you have created such suffering beings?" and distributed among the poor all the money that some enthusiastic youth of Madras had collected for his voyage. And on his triumphant return from abroad, in the course of his grand journey from Colombo to Almora, he called out to the Bharatiya youth to worship the Virat, the poor and downtrodden of the land, and gave out his message, "Serve man, serve God!" How many of the so called Hindu brethren follow his advice and translate his message into action?
India that is Bharat will emerge as a powerful nation in the world, the day Hindus in this country and those abroad, who consider the land of their forefathers as a holy land that has given to them the most sacred values of life evolved by the ancient sages and seers, start worshipping the Divine Mother in the form of Sri Bharatamata and celebrate the Akshaya Triteeya as the day most auspicious to worship Her. When they start doing this in congregation and sing the eternal song, Vande Mataram as the hymn addressed to the divine Mother, this land of Bharatavarsha will become a becon shedding the light of eternal knowledge about the meaning and purpose of human life to the entire world.
Our hard won freedom is at stake. The enemies on our borders are just waiting for the moment of betrayal of our nation by the unpatriotic, corrupt and selfish politicians who are prepared to sell their mothers and motherland for the sake of material comforts and fortunes. We need Parashuramas, Vidyaranyas and Samarth Ramdass to create once again a new class of warriors and heroes who will sacrifice their everything at the altar of the Motherland and raise Her once again to Her pristine glory. Today the time has come for us to consecrate the temple of Sri Bharatamata with our own blood and flesh through acts of supreme self-sacrifice. Those who are unable to stand up to protect the honour and dignity of the motherhood of the nation and our sacred Motherland are mlechchas of the modern period irrespective of the religion that they profess or practise.
Let us celebrate the Akshaya Tritiya in every hearth and home of the Hindus in India and outside the country. Let the prayer room in every Hindu home be adorned with the picture of Bharatamata. Sri Bharatamta Mandir at Srinivasanagar in Krishnarajapuram of Bangalore is a sacred abode where Sri Bharatamata is installed as Bharata Bhavani with Chandi Homa, pooja and abhisheka etc, and the Prana Pratishtha of the temple was attended by H.H. Sri Vishwesha Teertha of Udipi Pejawar Mutt on December 8, 2004. We invoke the Divine Grace of Sri Bharatamata on all Her children in India and abroad, and also on all beings in the world as She is the Vishwa Maataa too. May all live in peace and bliss!
Vande Mataram! Bharatmata ki jai!
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