Uvasaggahara Stotra Eng

Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Parasdham Mumbai

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subdued... very depressed... on seeing this change in behavior their dev-friends ask, “Why have you become so quiet?” They answer, “I am going to die soon and I am going to be born in a stone."
...One who is a celestial being currently, will be reborn as akalber (fruit of a tree)...!
He further says, “I will not like it there... I will be born as water in river Ganga... I will not like it... I have to be born as a small stone... I will not like it”... and so, when all his celestial friends soothe and comfort him, he requests them... “Please do something...wherever I go, I should hold a superior position... I should be worshipped and treasured! You all take care of me! Wherever I go, please be around me and take care of me!"
This promise is thus, fulfilled by his loyal celestial friends. Wherever he is born, his celestial friends are around him, caring for him and ensuring that he is at a superior position.
The love and affection for their celestial friend enables them to keep up to their words. They fulfill their promise and their responsibility and therefore, plants and parts of a few plants are considered auspicious and are worshipped. For eg. tulsi, asopalav, rudraksha, savan and akalber.
The banyan tree is worshipped... the peepal tree is
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