20 4 2009 Monday
after pravachan on " Om Mantraya Namah " today i went to a sacred thread wearing ceremony of a Brahmin boy;
as per the custom there was a ritual: the boy started asking " Bhavati Bhiksham Dehi " and spread his upper apron to receive the alms; many mothers filled it with rice and cereals
i love that " bhavathi Bhiksham Dehi"
while coming from office i was thinking about various episodes related to that; after bath and prayers i was just watching TV; in one of the serials there was a reference to " Kanagadhara Stotram"
the story is: Adi Sankara went from house to house asking for alms; at one house there was a brahmin lady; sankara said " Bhavati Bhiksham dehi"; she was very poor and had nothing to offer; she cried and searched the entire house to find something to offer Sankara; she was lucky to find a rotten amla( gooseberry) and offered that to Sankara; Sankara was moved to tears and prayed Mahalakshmi ( Kanagadhara Stotram); Devi appeared and after an argument about the " karma " of the woman showered gold.
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