“When one offers a lamp during the month of Karttika, his sins in many thousands and millions of births perish in half an eye blink.”
“A person who offers a lamp during the month of Kartika attains a result that cannot be obtained with even a hundred yajnas or a hundred pilgrimages.”
“Even a person addicted to all sins and averse to all pious deeds who somehow offers a lamp during Kartika becomes purified. Of this there is no doubt.”
“A person who offers a lamp during the month of Kartika attains a result that cannot be obtained with even a hundred yajnas or a hundred pilgrimages.”
“Even a person addicted to all sins and averse to all pious deeds who somehow offers a lamp during Kartika becomes purified. Of this there is no doubt.”
“O Narada, no sin exists anywhere in the three worlds that will not be purified by offering a lamp to Lord Kesava during Kartika.”
“A person who offers a lamp to Lord Krishna during Kartika attains the eternal spiritual world where there is no suffering.”
“A person who offers a lamp to Lord Krishna during Kartika attains the eternal spiritual world where there is no suffering.”
“As fire is present in all wood and may be extracted by friction, so piety is always present in the offering of a lamp during the month of Kartika. Of this there is no doubt.”
“O King of brahmanas, when someone offers Him a lamp on the full-moon day of the month of Kartika, Lord Krishna, finding that He does not have sufficient MONEY to repay that gift, gives Himself in exchange for that lamp.”
“One who offers a steady lamp to Lord Hari during the month of Kartika enjoys pastimes in Lord Hari’s splendid spiritual world.”
“Even one who never performs religious rituals or even the worst sinner will surely be purified by this offering. O Narada, in the three worlds there is no sin that can stand before this Kartika dipa. In fact, by presenting this dipa before Lord Vasudeva, the eternal abode can be reached without obstruction.”
Few recommended practices in Kartika (Damodar) month
- Offer a ghee lamp daily to Lord Krishna and sing the Damodarastakam, meditating on the meaning.
- Always remember the Supreme Lord Krishna and try to do more chanting of Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
- Daily offer a lamp to Tulsi devi and pray for eternal residence in Vrndavana and eternal service of the lotus feet of Radha and Krishna.( Excerpts from Puranas)
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