- Aadi Laxmi: the first and foremost form of Maa Laxmi. Aadi means the beginning. Aadya Maa Laxmi is seen by serving Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu- is omnipresent. Aadi Laxmi and Lord Vishnu both are one form. Laxmi is shakti means energy. She is energy of Lord Vishnu, by this she feeds the people with happiness.
- Dhaanya Laxmi: It means food and grains. Dhaanya Laxmi governs harvest. This harvest includes the harvest of grains obtained by patience and persistence as well as harvest of inner Self that is also obtained by patience and persistence.
- Dhairya Laxmi: Dhairya means patience. Anything needs patience to achieve the success. Here Dhairya Laxmi endows one with patience that is got by tremendous courage and energy. Praying to Dhairya Laxmi bestows us with patience and stability.
- Gaja Laxmi:Gaja means elephant. Since Maa Laxmi appeared from Ocean so she is known as daughter of Ocean, appears on sea - seated on full bloom lotus with two lotus in both hands. There two white elephants- that symbolizes luxury and wealth- showers on her with magnificent pots. Gaja Laxmi symbolizes with wealth and prosperity.
- Santaan Laxmi: Santaan means children. Children are known as one of the wealth that one is blessed from. Santaan Laxmi bestows with wise and long lived children that one should feel proud of.
- Vijay Laxmi: Vijay means victory. Either this victory means in war or on any undesirable challenging situation or winning over negative traits to rise in spirituality- Maa Vijay Laxmi bestows her devotees with abundance of energy to overcome over opposite situations and come out victoriously.
- Dhana Laxmi: Dhana means wealth. Wealth does not mean the money only. Wealth comes in form of nature, Love, Peace, Health, Prosperity, Luck, Virtues, Family, Food, Land, Water, Will Power, Intellect, Character, etc. With the grace of mother Dhana Lakshmi we will get all these in abundance.
- Vidya Laxmi: Vidya means Knowledge that does not mean that we acquire in school or institutes. Many times it is observed that an illiterate wins over many degree holder by intelligence and knowledge. The real deep knowledge is that real education bestowed by Maa Vidya Laxmi.
Money, money, money
must be funny, in the rich man's world- many times makes me think how funny it
is for rich man but necessary for a poor one. Money- a necessary evil, is
required by all. It is your servant when you rule over it and if you become
its servant it will create chaos in your life.
Everybody knows its
importance in our life but how many get successful to get it that much by
which their life goes on smooth? Sometimes its happen like that you go in
search of money and return back not only with failure but with loss. It looks
like that gains and loss has a hair line difference and takes no time to cross
their boundary Only if you are not attentive to make their limit strong.
How the prosperity
and loss are interconnected with each other and what Vedas tells us about them
shows relation of wealth and poverty is manifested.
To attain the
nectar from ocean - Gods and demons both joined hands with each other to churn
the Ksheer Ocean with Mandrachal mountain and Vasuki as the rope mounted on
the back of Lord Vishnu incarnated as big tortoise on the basin of the ocean,
so that by the divine powers of Lord Vishnu - the mountain would not able to
sink in the basin. During this cosmic churn-
many jewels and riches there appeared, a deadly poison- halaahal- that
was consumed and held in the neck of Lord Shiva, also appeared an ugly woman
with rude nature. She had no virtue and was harsh in speech. She was named as
Daridra- that was bestowed with the qualities that brings poverty. She was
happy where enmities grow and have quarrelsome environment. After that just
opposite to it - a beautiful, soft hearted and endowed with good qualities -
woman appeared. She was coined with the name Laxmi, derived from the sanskrit
word- Lakshya means to aim or the goal because all desire to be her was good at heart and sweet spoken. Everyone
wants to be her as partner, but she chose Lord Vishnu as her partner but she
refused to marry Lord Vishnu until her elder sister Daridra got married. But
no one was ready to marry Daridra. At last Vishnujee asked his dear bhakt who
as ascetic and totally detach from the materialistic world. He accepted Lord's
request and marry Daridra. But in a few days became restless as Daridra likes
filth and was lazy. She cannot bear the fumes of incences and also hates
worshipping God. She was quarrelsome and could not stay where there is peace
and tranquility.
The Lord's Bhakt -
the saint asked his wife Daridra to go for a walk. After a while Daridra got
tired and both of them sat under a holy fig tree known as Peepal. Daridra was
hungry and cried for a food. The Saint ran to fetch something for her but on
his way, he fled. There the cries of Daridra became louder and louder that
caught attention of all including Devtas. She was in doubt that her ill behave
may have caused the Saint to leave her - then who will feed her and give
shelter. Then her younger sister Laxmi came in front to help her. She promised
her that on that holy fig tree Laxmi will reside and who so ever worship that
holy fig six days she will bless them with riches whereas who so ever worship
that holy fig tree on Sunday- she will
abode on the tree and will receive the offerings and will stay in that
person’s house who pray on Sunday on peepal tree by this way her problem of
livelihood was solved. Saint was watching all this by far. At last, he got rid
of Daridra and again he was able to perform religious rites without any
disturbance. And there Daridra got her livelihood – that is why it is not
prescribed to pray the holy fig on Sundays.
Maa Lakshmi,
blesses her worshipper with sixteen qualities that is governed by her. The
sixteen qualities are:
(1) Fame
(2) Knowledge
(3)Courage and
Strength
(4) Victory
(5) Wise Children
(6) Valor
(7) Gold, Gems and
Other Valuables
(8) Grains in
abundance
(9) Happiness
(10) Bliss
(11) Intelligence
(12) Beauty
(13) Higher Aim,
Thinking and Spirituality
(14) Morality and
Ethics
(15) Good Health
(16) Long Life
There are eight
forms of Maa Laxmi by which she blesses her devotees. These eight forms are
necessary for any person to exist in this world with honor and wisdom. That is
why Maa Laxmi is known as ashtalaxmi. Whosoever, worship Maa Laxmi in this
ashtalaxmi form is endowed with these qualities. The eight forms of ashtalaxmi
are :
To be blessed by
these eight forms of Maa Laxmi it is advised to worship her with these mantras
and please her:
Simple Effective
Tips to Appease Maa Laxmi:
If you analyze the
horoscope then the factors of keeping away from the wealth can be known. If
the Venus is weak and not providing result then it is better to recite Shree
Sooktam.
If Mercury, then
recite Shree Hari Stotra. If one is suffering from deep poverty then recite
Daridra Dahan Stotra by Shankaraacharya.
Many times people
hang photo of Lord Ganesh along with Maa Laxmi on the top of entrance gate. It
is advised to keep Maa Laxmi inside the house instead on gate. Lord Ganesha is
only placed on the entrance to protect from any evil.
Never worship holy
fig [peepal] and Tulsi on Sundays.
Fasting of Shree
Satyanarayan and also of Vaibhav Laxmi is found to be very much effective.
Keep your house
spick and span clean.
Use incenses in the
morning and evening.
House should be
kept well ventilated and try to keep the environment of the house with happiness and peace.
Feed the guest and
also servants of the house wholeheartedly.
Remove clatter and
dumps from the house especially from North and East corner.
We wish you with
wealth and prosperity.
Astrologically
Yours
Alka Vijh
Celebrity
Astrologer and Spiritualist
[gold medalist]
