Note – we have some important points to note here. When we pray, some times we do it as a favour to the Lord.

We bring down the Supreme to our level of ‘offer exchange’. For a small ‘Vazhipadu’ offered to the deity, we expect a big fortune in exchange. Bhagavatham states that the Lord is pleased only with our hearts full of devotion.

Here asking for a son is a trivial wish, but fulfilling such a worldly wish must bring an end to such wishes too. We have to be very careful with our desires. Do we get closer to God as we fulfil our desire? If it is otherwise, it is better to drop that desire.

Bhagavan honours saintly minds; this story is a proof for that.

Dear Devotee,

Before offering a lot of ‘Vazhipadu’ to the deities, please ask yourself, “what is in my mind right now?”.

Nothing can please the Lord more than your ‘devoted heart’.  Bhagavan is ‘Bhaktha’s Dasa’.

HariOm!

(Bhagavatham 5.3.6 – 5.3.21)