Kubera is a very important deity and for a long time he has been kind of forgotten and
he is coming back again.
He has been up till now considered a demigod who has not been elevated to the God like
Shiva, Vishnu or Ganesha or Muruga.
He is a demigod that is why he is called a Yaksha.
Yaksha is a category of beings, who may be called a demigod, just below the high Gods.
But Kubera has important responsibility.
He is considered to be a good friend of Shiva and also loaned money to Vishnu for his wedding.
The story of Tirupati, the holy shrine for Vishnu, which is considered to be the number
one temple for wealth building in Andhra Pradesh, borrowed money from Kubera for his wedding.
The mythology says that he is still paying the interest for Kubera, so all those devotees
who go there to Tirupati they contribute cash so that Vishnu could pay off his interests
to Kubera.
Kubera is banker of heaven, he is in- charge of wealth so it is important that we pay attention
to him and that is why we have organized this homa, fire ritual for Kubera,
We are going to do Homas like this more often because they are very important in bringing
about changes because in the Bhagavat Gita for instance, when Arjuna, it is in the 3rd
chapter of the Bhagavat Gita, not many people who read Bhagavat Gita pay attention to that,
not even those who explain Bhagavat Gita have paid attention to this.
At one point Krishna explains to Arjuna, how you can make money very easily and what is
going to be the method, and he said fire rituals is the way to which you can easily make money.
The sloka goes on 'ISHTAN BHOGAN', whatever you desire is ‘Ishta’ and ‘Bhoga’
means for enjoyment.
Why do you desire things because you want to enjoy them, how can you get the resources
for that, through the fire rituals.
And how does it work?
Krishna says it was the arrangement that was made when the world was created.
It was Prajapati who said there will be a reciprocal relationship between the human
beings and the God and Goddesses, that they will mutually kind of dependent on each other.
The human beings are supposed to propitiate them through the fire rituals and give offerings
to the deities and the deities in turn will give gifts to the human beings in abundance
and this Krishna says is the best way to make money or to create money.
But, then he gives a warning also.
This is something that happens, the wealth is being created through a short-cut and that
is there is nothing wrong about creating money through a short-cut, especially when you are
doing a fire ritual.
But then Krishna also warns Arjuna, if money is got through the fire rituals, you should
not keep all the money to yourself.
You will have to distribute the money to people who are in need, if you do not do it then
I will disperse you like a summer cloud.
That is what Krishna says.
So, the fire ritual is a very important tool for everyone to create wealth that is why
we wanted to start the fire ritual programs beginning with Kubera.
Now I will chant few things the Kubera Gayatri, then you can chant with me.
The priests will be doing it also during the program and then you can chant along with
the priest as well.
"Om Yaksharajay vidmahe, Vaisravanaye Dhimahi Tanna Kubera Prachodayat
Om Yaksharajay vidmahe, Vaisravanaye Dhimahi Tanna Kubera Prachodayat
Om Yaksharajay vidmahe, Vaisravanaye Dhimahi Tanna Kubera Prachodayat”