Adi Shankaracharya was possibly one of the great saints of his time. After brahmopadesa, as is usual during those times, he was asked to beg alms for his lunch. One day when he went to a Brahmin house, the lady of the house was so poor that she did not have anything to give him. She hunted hard and found one small fruit of gooseberry, which she gave to Sankara the boy. He was so touched by her gesture that he sang these 21 melodious hymns on Goddess Lakshmi, who poured golden gooseberries as rain to the poor woman's house. Even today it is believed that lack would be banished by chanting this hymn.
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Song: Kanakadharastavam
Artist: M. S. Subbulakshmi
Album: Kanakadharastavam
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