||Shri Suktam||

Shlok 5

I resort to that Lakshmi for shelter in this world, who is beautiful like the moon, who shines bright, who is blazing with renown, which is adored (even) by the gods, which is highly magnanimous, and grand like the lotus. May my misfortunes perish. I surrender myself to You.

Protection by Magnanimous & Blazing Wealth!

Everyone of us needs a protection and that is the reason that we feel great at home. But, sometimes, home can’t provide us full security, safety and support. That is the reason that most of suicides occur at home. Here, security means, not only physical and financial but also mental. Mental security is one of the most important securities in current time, which provides indirect physical as well as financial security. It is seen that when Men are having any problems, they try to involve themselves in different activities e.g., reading, watching news, but trying to get away from anxiety atmosphere. Women on opposite side tries to get involved with someone who can soothe their anxiety level within the anxiety atmosphere. But, one thing is common among both sex and that is “need for soothing, calming and supporting atmosphere.”

Godlike (Read strong, intelligent, morally corrent and risk takers) personalities must acquire wealth and use it to create more such leaders and dream for ideal living for entire world. Understand one thing, wealth is necessity of life and we must earn it (ofcourse earning by righteous ways! The ??????? way of earning!). To regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect or honored by gods and grand like lotus (lotus is considered as highest level of aasan in different books)

Contentment (happiness) is well explained by the example of moon (Chandram means ‘moon’) in this shlok. Wealth’s nature is represented as contentment and self-complacency by using ‘Moon’.Here, author talks about complete contentment and satisfaction. Contentment comes from either ignorance or complete learning(right knowledge) but perfect satisfaction comes only from knowing and not ignorance.In Gujarati, we talk about this escapist attitude with an example of a bird named shahmrug (looks like ostrich). This bird , whenever it senses danger will bury his head in sand so that it doesn�t see the danger and feel relief , eventually being eaten up. So there is this word �shahmrugvritti� means tendency of closing your eyes on real problem. It also doesn’t talk about satisfaction arised from limited thinking.If you say that “I do not want penthouse in Manhattan, Newyork or Marinedrive, Mumbai because I am happy in my 10×10 apartment” is showing contentment by limited thinking with no hope for growth and it should not consider as COMPLETE CONTENTMENT. Moon like contentment comes from understanding and knowing everything.

We as a Hindu are blessed with a cultural heritage of thousands of rituals and customs known as Aacharaas. This customs and rituals are for us to improve the productivity and life. There are no strict rules or regulations to follow. That is the reason that present survey shows we had forgotten almost every customs and rituals except couple of flexible rituals. And,now we had started getting curse of it in manner of new psychological and physical health problems. This clearly signifies that our culture and dharma is founded on scientific spiritually.

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If you go back to search in our ancient literature, it is clearly posted in Eesaavaasya Upanishad, the 40^th chapter of Yajurveda that use spiritual wisdom to attain immortality through philosophical outlook and use scientific knowledge for solving problems in our life. Spiritual is closely intermingled in each and every Hindu custom and so in every life of Hindu.

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Following Shlok defines importance of Aachaaraas:

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Aachaaraath labhathe hi ayu:

aachaaraath dhanamakshayam

aachaaraath labhathe suprajaa:

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Aachaaraas should be followed for prosperity and wealth, strong family and social bondage. According to our dharmasaastra, it gives fine personality, dharmic outlook and vision. We need to follow it for our benefit and it is our right as well as duty to understand scientifically, rationally and logically the meaning of each and every Aachaaraas and follow them in our life systematically.

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Achaaryaath paadam aadatthe

paadam sishya swamedhayaa

paadam sa brahmachaaribhya

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Above is an important advice given in Smruthies, it means that a person gets only one quarter of knowledge from Aacharya � the teacher, another quarter from analyzing himself, one quarter from discussing with others and the last quarter by method of addition, deletion, correction and modification of already known Aachaaraas or new Aachaaraas.

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We will explain in upcoming MONDAY LEARNINGS about common Aachaaraas at our Vedic Learnings so as to help someone understand the wisdom of our ancient heritage. By doing such noble work, we are expecting to get the quarter of knowledge from discussing with others.

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Now, it is your turn, your right and your duty!!