Worship of Demigods for Different Purposes & Attaining Perfection!
(From Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-2, Chapter-3)
There are many types of demigods for getting many benefits! Srimad Bhagatam explains them as a list. Let us now read that list and also know what to do to attain the perfection of getting the mercy of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(1) One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas (Lord Brahmā or Bṛhaspati, the learned priest).
(2) One who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra.
(3) One who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajāpatis.
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(4) One who desires good fortune should worship Durgādevī, the superintendent of the material world.
(5) One desiring to be very powerful should worship fire.
(6) One who aspires only after money should worship the Vasus.
(7) One should worship the Rudra incarnations of Lord Śiva if he wants to be a great hero.
(8) One who wants a large stock of grains should worship Aditi.
(9) One who desires to attain the heavenly planets should worship the sons of Aditi.
(10) One who desires a worldly kingdom should worship Viśvadeva.
(11) One who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sādhya demigod.
(12) One who desires a long span of life should worship the demigods known as the Aśvinī-kumāras.
(13) A person desiring a strongly built body should worship the earth.
(14) One who desires stability in his post should worship the horizon and the earth combined.
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(15) One who desires to be beautiful should worship the beautiful residents of the Gandharva planet.
(16) One who desires a good wife should worship the Apsarās and the Urvaśī society girls of the heavenly kingdom.
(17) One who desires domination over others should worship Lord Brahmā, the head of the universe.
(18) One who desires tangible fame should worship the Personality of Godhead.
(19) One who desires a good bank balance should worship the demigod Varuṇa.
(20) If one desires to be a greatly learned man he should worship Lord Śiva.
(21) If one desires a good marital relation, he should worship the chaste goddess Umā, the wife of Lord Śiva.
(22) One should worship Lord Viṣṇu or His devotee for spiritual advancement in knowledge, and for protection of heredity and advancement of a dynasty one should worship the various demigods.
(23) One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the Manus.
(24) One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the demons.
(25) One who desires sense gratification should worship the moon.
(26) But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(27) A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.
What to do if the above types of worshipers of multiple demigods like to attain the highest perfectional benediction of spontaneous attraction unflinchingly fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
It is possible only by the association of the pure devotee of the Lord.
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