Introduction
Manasa Devi, is a goddess of snakes, worshipped mainly in north India, for getting recovered from problems caused due to snakebite and also will bless the childless couple and give them children. Her husband’s name is Jagatkaru, a great rishi, and their son’s name is Astika, a great serpent deity. The great Astika has freed his ancestors from the hell by performing rituals to them, and through his act, his anscestors were attained a permanent place in the heaven.
She is considered as the daughter of Shiva and Parvati and sister of the great serpent king Vasuki. Manasa is very kind towards her devotees, even for those people who do not know much about her, through her kind attitude, she will make them to worship her, in order to give all the prosperity in their life. She is also called by various names such as Nagathamman, Nagalakshmi and Nageswari, and is worshipped by the south Indians.
SONGS ON MA MANASA DEVI
“Jai, Jai, Ma Manasa Devi, Jai, Jai, you are the most favourite goddess for us, and you are the most beautiful goddess, you are considered to be the mother of snakes, and hence, please safeguard us from snake bites and from poisonous diseases”.“You are the one, who would be present everywhere and anywhere in the earth. By chanting your glories, even the blind would be able to see the world, the dumb would be able to talk and the deaf would be able to hear”.
“Jai, Jai, Ma Manasa, you are called by various names like Sarvalankari, Ambigai, Easwari, Sri Devi, Jaganmatha, and Janani, you are the divine mother for us, since you are removing the tears from our eyes, during the times of our difficulties”.
“You are shining brightly like millions and millions of suns, your ornaments look very precious, you used to wear the beautiful fragrant flowers on your head and you used to hold the divine nectar pot on your hands, in order to remove our dreaded diseases”.
“Jai, Jai, Ma Manasa, you are the chief of the entire universe. Even the divine devas, sages and saints are obediently bowing their hands by praising your glories. You are the affectionate mother for us, since you have been taking care of us since from the time of our birth”.“You are curing the diseases of your devotees within a fraction of seconds. And those people, who laugh at you, without knowing about your sanctity, generosity and purity, would have to suffer in their life”.
“Jai, Jai, Ma Manasa, even the sun, moon and the stars might fall from the skies, but you would never leave alone your devotees, and you would always protect them like their own mother”.“You are the holy Ma Durga, Ma Simhavahini, you are the holy Ma Kali, and you are the holy Ma Bhairavi, and you are the most favourite goddess for us. We want to watch your divine beauty again and again, and we don’t want to see anything else, other than you”.
“OM MA MANASA DEVIYE NAMAHA”
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R.HARISHANKAR
