Sairam friends,
Its gonna be 12 at night. I am relaxing after hours of arranging statues of Gods and Goddess in our home for this year’s Navratri Gollu. I kept telling my parents, they made it so late to start arranging. My Ma said, we are getting old and it happens. I shall make a video of our Gollu this year when I find time and show you. That will be like inviting you to my home and have darshan of beautiful Goddess. ( Subscribe to our Youtube Channel – Coffee with Venkat )
I went late to work as I cleaned my home this morning. My Mom said “Its your responsibility” and I agreed. These days, I am worried about few issues but that doesn’t make me calm. I was going around and speaking to some of my friends. They had kept statues in our office too. Someone was asking if we kalash and I said yes. She went and asked others if they must keep Kalash ( Coconut and Mango leaves in a vessel) in the statue arrangements kept in office too. She said, if we keep Kalash, we must worship daily – Nithya Pooja.
I started making fun that, I wish to make the 3 girls bow to Goddess and take a photo of them bowing. Then, I will send this photo to their Mom. One of this girl told me, “And you stand in the middle”. I asked her “Like a Monkey?” and laughed. She replied “Like Krishna” and walked off.
Oh…How happy I became on hearing this? Isn’t it super cool to be Krishna for a moment or being associated with the sweet heart of Radha?
I could not control my happiness and went to everyone saying “I am happy…I got a compliment”
None listened to me as they were busy getting back to home though. I am not happy today. Even when I write this, I am into some worries. But the moment when this girl said the word ‘Krishna”, it made me happy. I felt like Sai made me little Krishna for fraction of a second. May be, its the divinity of this holy name “Krishna” which can make someone very sad to get lots of happiness.
Here’s the Radhe Krishna who came to my home by Sai leela
Radha krishna came by Sai Leela
Radhe Krishna of our home. Even though this Radhe is very simple, I love her dearly
Now a days, I kept telling one of my friend that I don’t know about this Hindu God Sathya Narayana and wonder how is it possible because I worship all God. I have a book of Vishnu Puran in my home but never read it. There was only one formal ritual or we can say pooja which existed during Saibaba’s life time. I believe its “Sai Sathya Narayan Pooja”. I shall write you how it came it to being after some research.
A 100 year old story very personal to my Mom and some of our relatives
Today, I feel that I am not devoted to Lord Krishna too. I had written many articles on Radhe Krishna but I am surprised how my heart has never shown devotion to this God. My Father’s side family deity is Palani Murugan and I used to worship him a lot.
My Mother’s side family deity name is Gopal Swami which is a holy Kalash with 5 headed snake gifted over 100 years back to one of my Mom’s great grand father.
Here’s the story about the Kalash…
This great -Great-Grand Father had got a dream that the next day when he goes to river for bath, a Kalash with lemon will be floating which he must take home and worship. The surprising fact is that a snake too followed him and it lived with the family as a pet for few days. The snake never harms anyone but simply drinks milk and lays down in the corner of veranda. Once, someone who had come home to sell groceries got scared and shouted “How can these people keep this snake as a pet?”.
Seems the snake got hurt and out of anger, it has circled one of the baby in the cradle for 21 times, and promised on floor 7 times that it won’t harm anyone in our family for generations to come.
My Mom used to tell this story to us when we were kids. It was fascinating back then to listen to this story. There’s no temple for this God as its kept in a relatives home in my Mom’s village and every year they do pooja for this God.
So in a way Krishna with 5 headed snake must be our family God too. Probably, all the time I spend and little work I do in Nagasai Mandir of Coimbatore does has some divine connection because my Mom’s family has worshiped this holy Kalash with 5 headed snake for over 100 years.
May be, Saibaba wants me to remember Radhe Krishna tonight.
Please don’t say this to anyone. I am going to hug that Radhe Krishna and sleep. I am sure they will speak to me. I will surely get a dream. I trust Saibaba is going to guide me through this dream. Having said that, its not right to hug Gods statue and sleep. We must be pure. So I took bath at night at 11.45 and lit 3 lamps. Now, I am going to chant “Sai Radhe Krisha” and sleep.
Thank you Sai.
Though this girl at work simply said it casually, I felt really happy for being Krishna – Wish those fraction of second becomes lifetime of divine happiness.
Baba..You know I am feeling really painful these days. Please come in dream and guide me.
Edit:
I hugged Saibaba statue and slept
After I wrote this, I went to my pooja place and felt statues of Gods and Goddess must not be kept in bed and hence I choose to hug a Shirdi Saibaba statue and sleep. Having said that my Mom used to say even that’s wrong. According to me, as long as we think about Sai and remember him deeply with purity of thoughts, we can. Its a way of showing devotion too. I never let the little Sai statue fall down in bed. So I tightly hold him in my right hand palm all the night. After few hours, it will pain a little even in shoulder because the palm isn’t relaxed. I kept speaking to Saibaba asking him to guide me in dream but Sai just showed me a dream not associated with the questions I asked. I realized, we must not force Saibaba to answer us and let him take his own time.
My Mom will shout at me if she finds am hugging Saibaba and sleeping. She says, its wrong to do it. So I woke up late and I kept the little Sai in my pooja place when she’s in the kitchen. What did I gain in this? Nothing. Basically nothing. It’s just that when I am really pained, Sai alone is there for me to hold on to.
Om Sai Ram
Happy Navratri friends!
Venkat
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