Dear All,
Greetings and Namaste. Akshaya Trityai and Lord Parashurama Jayanti fall on 14-May-2021 (Friday). In this connection, I am delighted to share a very rare Sri Jagannathashtakam by Lord Yama taken from Brahma Puranam and Chapter 45.
As mentioned in the past, hymns on Lord Parashurama are very few and I have already shared whatever I have.
Akshaya Trityai is celebrated, in recent times, is marked by prayers for greater wealth and comforts although as per Shastras the day should be spent worshipping Lord Vishnu and more importantly performing Tarpana to ancestors and offering charity to the needy.
But Akshaya Trityai this year happens (once again) when the entire humanity is being held hostage by Corona virus with hundreds of thousands of new infections and thousands of deaths every single day. This is a time when the entire humanity understands first hand that there is no better wealth than health.
Lord Yama extols Lord Jagannatha as the master of the universe and bestower of all wealth and comforts. May We pray to Lord Jagannatha to bestow best of health and long life in addition to the material and spiritual welfare.
With best regards and pranams,
K. Muralidharan Iyengar (Murali)
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