My family and I performed a simple homam or the fire ceremony last evening, my second in the weeks following the spread of the Coronavirus or Covid-19. I had asked the others not to turn up but pray at their homes instead since there was a partial lockdown that has come into effect since 18 March. It pains to see so many innocent people lose their lives all of a sudden. While the emergency is handled pretty well by the medical team and the authorities, who are trying their best to contain the spread of the virus, let us take some time to appeal to the divine forces to step in and bring this terror to an end. The divine usually does not interfere as there are nature's laws and the laws of cause and effect that dictate the results of our actions. But the divine can never ignore the cry of the souls. There have been many instances where the divine has interfered and brought about favorable results.
Let us light a homam and recite the names of the Siddhas asking for protection against this dreaded virus. Let us sing the Kavasams that act as shields or force fields. Let us sing the many mantras that are made available to us to protect us. Let us ask the divine to intervene and save us. Most importantly let us adopt good hygiene and follow the advice meted out during this period of stress and duress.