Daridra Lakshmi Visits Venkatanaatha

‘Daridra Lakshmi’ (poor version of Goddess Lakshmi) visits Gopala (Lord Krishna playing about Earth as a boy) and asks what her next task is. Krishna asks her to go to V’s house. He also advises Her to seek permission from V and his Guru before going about Her task.

So when V is sleeping, DL aka Alakshmi visits V and asks his permission to go about Her task. V is mildly shocked and asks why she had to spray her doings in his house where all good deeds were going on. DL informs that she is just doing Her duty and that she was asked by the Lord Himself. Apparently making V poor and destroying his life will lead to a future good (Loka Kalyana). V says why permission but DL informs that since he is so strong in his chants and prayers and his good deeds that DL will not be able to survive without actually seeking V’s permission. So She needs his help to stay and make him poor, plainly because it is now his turn and that the Lord Himself desires so. V gives her permission.

Up in Lord’s Abode, Padmavathi is shocked to see DL visiting V and complains to Lord Venkateshwara about it but Lord informs that it is all part of pre-planned plot. He says that it is necessary for V to get rid of ‘Me’ and ‘Mine’ (naanu and nannadhu in Kannada) and for this to happen, DL had to visit V. Only then can V come out of the vicious cycle of Life and Death and Livelihood (samsaara in Kannada).

DL also visits ST. ST is shocked to see DL and asks what the visit is attributed for? DL says that she wishes to visit one of ST’s disciples. ST asks in what way can he stop Her from visiting for She has more powers than him. But She informs that although DL is an instance of Goddess Lakshmi who stays near Lord Vishnu, seers like ST are an instance of Lord Vishnu Himself and hence ST does have more power than her, and hence it is necessaray for Her to take permission from him. But why my disciple, asks ST. DL informs again that it is for the greater future good that she has to visit V. ST is sad that V has to suffer but his hands are tied. Specifically, DL informs that ST should act as if nothing is wrong and should not grace V with any helping aid during the ensuing days of V’s distress. ST agrees subdued.

Next day, in V’s house, as Mangalamma is carrying a pail of water, she collides with her hubby who is hitching a plot to steal the silver plate, and the pail of water spills all over the floor. V looks at the invisible DL and resigns to his Fate.

What an honor that the Goddess Herself has to take permission to cause trouble to one of her own creation!!