nine forms of devotion

Jai Sri Ganesha
Despite cast, kinship, linage, piety, reputation, wealth, physical strength, numerical strength of family, accomplishments and ability, a man lacking in devotion is of no more worth than a cloud without water,

Now I tell you nine forms of devotion,

Please listen attentively and cherish them in your mind,

The First in order is order is fellowship with a saint and second is marked by fondness for my stories,

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EXCEPT DEVOTION

Jai sri Ram
Joining her palms she stood before him,

As she gazed upon the Lord her love waxed yet more ardent,

How can you, lowest in descends and the dullest of wit as i am,

A woman in the lowest those rank as the lowest of the low, of woman again i am the most dull headed, O destroyer of sins, answered the Lord, Listen O Good Lady, to my words-I RECOGNIZE NO OTHER KINSHIP EXCEPT DEVOTION,

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again and again,

Jai Sri Ram
The two brothers looked most charming,

The one with dark hue and the other fair,

Sabari fell prostate and embraced their feet,

Again and again she bowed her head at their lotus feet, she took some water and reverently laved their feet and then conducted them to a seat of honor, She brought and offered to sri Rama the most delicious bulbs, roots and fruits, Lord Partake of them praising them again and again,

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Sage Matanga

Jai Sri Ram
Having conferred on him his own state the beneficent Rama repaired to the hermitage of Sabari,

When Sabari saw that sri Rama had called at her abode,

She recalled the word of Sage Matanga and glad at heart,

With Lotus like eyes, long arms, a tuft of matted hair adorning their head like a crown and a garland of wild flowers hanging upon their breast,

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A Brahman must be respected

Jai sri Ram
A Brahman, even though he curse, beat you or speak harsh,

Is still worthy of adoration, so declare the saints,

A Brahman must be respected, though lacking in amiability and virtue,

The Lord Instructed Kaband in his own cult that cult of devotion, and was delighted at heart to see his devotion to his feet, having regained the original form that of a gandharva, he bowed his head to the lotus feet of lord and ascended to the heaven,

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Lord Said

Jai Sri Ram
Sri Rama overthrew the demon Kabandha even as the latter met him on the way,

He told him the whole story about the curse pronounced on him,

Sage Durvasa had impeached me, the sin has now been wiped out by the sight of the lord's Lotus feet,

Lord Said-listen of Gandharva, to what i tell you- i cannot tolerate an enemy of the Brahmans, he who without guile in thought, words and deeds does service to the Brahmans-the very gods on the earth, win over Brahma, Shiva, myself and all other divinities,

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Sri Purnima

Jai Sri Ram
Today, it is meritorious day for man to adore with that Sri Purnima of Sacred Saawan, the great giver,

A day to realize the glory of Lord Shiva and the truth of Lord Vishnu, a day to realize the glory of austerity and penance and the truth of compassion,

A day to adore the truth of the day to keep the vow of being human and serve the cause for welfare of life on the planet,

Forbearance is characteristic of true Man that never return evil for evil and respective the dignity of truth in journey with love and harmony,

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Lord Shiva said

Jai sri Ram
Lord Shiva said to Devi Uma Kalyani_

Listen Uma, those people are unfortunate indeed,

Who abandon Sri Hari and become attached to the object of sense,

The two brothers proceeded further in quest for Sita and marked the thickening of the forest even as they went, the thicket was full of creepers and trees and inhabited by many birds and deer, elephant and loins,

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