Ego is man's greatest enemy: Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati

Varanasi, Oct 14 (UNI) Jyotishpeethadhiswar Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Ji Maharaj said that ego is man's greatest enemy. When a person becomes arrogant, his Lakshmi (beauty, wealth, and virtue) and Shri (wealth) are destroyed. He was addressing devotees on the occasion of Navratri celebrations held at the Srividya Math on Wednesday. Referring to a mythological incident, Shankaracharya explained that Maharishi Durvasa once presented a divine Parijaat garland to Lord Indra. Indra, out of arrogance, disrespected the offering and placed it on the head of his vehicle, Airavata. Airavata threw the garland down from its trunk and crushed it under…