Hindu Religious Studies 25
There are many stories about the greatness of Lakshmi. Let us listen
to such a story. Once there was a Brahmin widow. She had a son.
They were very poor. They begged alms, but could not earn their
livelihood even by begging. The Brahmin widow fell in distress
along with her son. Finding no other way she took shelter with her
son in her brother's house. Her brother was not also a rich man. So
the widow and her son lived in extreme hardship. The son worked
all the day in the field tending cattle. His aunt could not tolerate him
at all. She did not even give him enough to eat. The widow used to
shed tears in silence at the misfortune of her son. Moreover, she
gave in secret some of her food to the son working in the field.
Goddess Lakshmi