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**HedgeYourBets** · 10-20-2005, 01:10 PM

Kanakadara strotram story:-

Once Adi sankara went for begging for food as he was a sanyasi.He went to house of an old woman.The woman was very poor and had nothing to offer.She had only small quantity of rice for herself which she gave to adi sankara.Pleased with this, he sang the kanakadhara stotram(kanaka-gold.dhara-rain)
After hearing this, Goddess Lakshmi is supposed to have rained gold coins on the old woman.

The story is a little different!!! This happened even before Sankara took Sanyasa. He was still a boy whose upanayanam had taken place. As a student, he went asking for alms "Bhavati Bhiksham Dehi"

The woman in question was extremely poor and had nothing to offer but a dried, shrivelled gooseberry (amla, nelikkai) which she had kept aside for her Dwadasi vratham (the 12th day of the lunar cycle). She offered the same to him, with the intense feeling that she was unable to give him anything more.

Moved by her love and sacrifice, the boy Sankara sang the stotram which produced a dhara (rain) of kanaka (golden) gooseberries.

10-20-2005, 01:10 PM	#8
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Kanakadara strotram story:- Once Adi sankara went for begging for food as he was a sanyasi.He went to house of an old woman.The woman was very poor and had nothing to offer.She had only small quantity of rice for herself which she gave to adi sankara.Pleased with this, he sang the kanakadhara stotram(kanaka-gold.dhara-rain) After hearing this, Goddess Lakshmi is supposed to have rained gold coins on the old woman. The story is a little different!!! This happened even before Sankara took Sanyasa. He was still a boy whose upanayanam had taken place. As a student, he went asking for alms "Bhavati Bhiksham Dehi" The woman in question was extremely poor and had nothing to offer but a dried, shrivelled gooseberry (amla, nelikkai) which she had kept aside for her Dwadasi vratham (the 12th day of the lunar cycle). She offered the same to him, with the intense feeling that she was unable to give him anything more. Moved by her love and sacrifice, the boy Sankara sang the stotram which produced a dhara (rain) of kanaka (golden) gooseberries.
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