Loving God like mother/ father

Photo: Jai Mata Di Baishnav Trust, Sambalpur courtesy: Facebook

We should love God like our father or mother. Seems unrealistic? Okay. I am explaining. People say in Hinduism, it is confusing to choose a God to worship because there are 33 crore Gods. Never mind, you can worship any God. You have a broader choice. I am simplifying. If you choose Lord Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesh or any other male God, I suggest you should worship Him as your father. On the other hand, if you love to worship any of the mother Goddesses like Durga, Laxmi, and Saraswati then worship and love them like your mother. Of course, writing male God or female God is not completely flawless, because Gods are beyond genders. 

When we see the God in ‘Saa-kaar’ form, all these names come. But, if we worship the supreme power in the ‘Nirakara’ form, like the Mahima Dharma believes, then the God doesn't have a shape. Thus, if He/She doesn't have a shape then how come it can be decided that whether the God is male or female? But, everything have been simplified and we have been provided with Gods with not only a proper shape but every God has different look and we can see them in their idol form in temples.

You may be a very rich person. But when your little son shares just half of his chocolate with you, you feel it precious. Akin to that, although God has provided us everything, a small offering from us makes Him/ Her very happy. And the God waits for it. Many people worship God regularly at their home with ‘pancha upachara’ rites that includes dhupa, deepa and naibedya. Normally people offer a small amount of food stuff to the God daily as offering called prasad. So, we can think, the God, who runs the huge world; will He wait for a piece of banana from me? Of course yes, if you love God like your father or mother. The creator of the universe will wait for your small offering. But if you have pride, it will not be accepted, even if your offering is very costly. There are many examples in mythology to support this above statement.

“Shabari Ke Ber, Sudama Ke tandul, prema sahit tum khao rasia, ruchi ruchi bhog lagao rasia, Shyam rasia mohe man basia, ruchi ruchi….”.

“Duryodhan Ke mewa tyage, bhukh lagi toh phir uth kar bhage…Saag Bidur ghar khayo rasia, ruchi ruchi bhog lagao rasia…’.

This is the song people often sing during worship when offering food stuff to Lord Krishna. In the Tretaya yug, when the lord took incarnation as Sri Ram, God even accepted pickings (jutha) berries from shabari. And in Dwapara Yuga, although he was the King, He waited for a small amount of dry rice fry from Sudama, His childhood friend. Duryodhan, offered the God mewa, a rich men’s food. But the God rejected it, since Duryodhan’s offer was with pride. Lord Krishna avoided him and went to Bidur’s house to have greens (saag).

In Oriya too, the Bidura episode have been narrated in a famous devotional song “Bhakata Bidura Saaga Bhaja Dei Tosai Parila Mana”. It means the devotee Bidura could please you only with a small amount of greens.

Once you start loving God like your father or mother, at time of needs you will get their blessings and you will be out of danger. 

Jay Mata Di….