STORY OF JADABHARATA - PART IV

King Rahugana, who was unable to sit or rest properly due to the erratic manner in which the palanquin was swinging up and down due to the way Jadabharata was carrying it. The other three could not control the palanquin. They were also chiding Jadabharata to maintain certain discipline in the walking as the king was being terribly disturbed. When King Rahugana shouted at the servants carrying the palanquin, the three servants said that the whole indiscipline was due to the rugged manner in which the fourth carrier Jadabharata was walking. Rahugana watched the whole scenario for a while and then chided Jadabharata: "Hey you, why are you swinging the palanquin in this manner. You have a giant body and you look to be very strong. Do you know who am I? Can you not understand from my royal robes that I am the king of this country. I can punish you immediately with lashes."

Jadabharata was undeterred. His mystic silence also shocked Rahugana. He sarcastically told Jadabharata: "It looks as though you have been carrying this palanquin for a very long time and hence you are exhausted." Jadabharata retorted: 

"You are cajoling me by sarcastically that I have not been carrying this weight of palanquin and your body for too long to get exhausted. But, for your information, I am neither carrying this palanquin nor moving or walking with the palanquin. I am a parasite. I am not independent at all. You sarcastically said that I am physically very weak. You meant to say that I am very robust and strong. I am nobody to assume or presume the size of my body. You said that you are ordering me as the king of this country. You are not the king and you cannot order because the only king who can order things is the Lord.You are the king because of some good deeds in your previous life. Because of that slight knowledge, I had tried to obey your orders to the best of my capacity. But, there is no use punishing me in whatever manner you may decide to because I have shun the passion and respect for this body." 

The king was surprised, shocked and horrified by the way Jadabharata replied. There was so much much truth, moral, philosophy, logic and sense in each and every word spelled by Jadabharata that it did not take too long for Rahugana to realise that Jadabharata was some great soul. Jadabharata was not the one inside as the one appearing to the outside the world. Rahugana jumps out of his palanquin, falls at the feet of Jadabharata, washes the feet of Jadabharata with his tears, apologises. (TO BE CONTD.....)

STORY OF JADABHARATA - PART III

While Jadabharat was roaming about in the forests and various places, he reached the forest area of the then Sindhu Desha. Rahugana was the ruler of Sindhu Desha in that period. King Rahugana was basically very spirituous, philosophical, pious and righteous. He honored culture and tradition. He had that appetite for knowing the secrets of Vedanta. Kapila Muni was known to possess such knowledge. Kapila Muni was in a remote place and King Rahugana decided to meet him and know from him the hidden meaning of Vedanta. He got into a palanquin and started the journey to meet Kapila Maharshi. The palanquin needed four persons to be carried. There were only three and they started searching for a strong person to carry the palanquin. They found this Jadabharata loitering, ordered him to carry the palanquin and Rahuhana sat in the palanquin. However, Jadabharata did not feel hurt, harassed or exploited. He silently took his position and carried the palanquin on the shoulder, as directed by the servants of Rahugana. The palanquin carriers had to maintain a particular speed and balance. Even if one of the four failed to maintain the speed and the balance, the carrying would become difficult. for the other three. Incidentally that is what happened. Jadabharata was rushing without caring for pits, uneven surface or anything. At times, he would become very slow. He would not bother about thorns on the road. As the palanquin was shaking, wavering and highly insecure to sit, Rahugana was enraged. He chided the carriers, who informed him that the whole imbalance and disturbance was being caused by Jadabharata. When Rahugana abused Jadabharata angrily, the latter retorted: "Oh man, you may not be aware that so many insects are moving about on the earth. I do not want to kill any of them because they have not done any harm to me. You too are not supposed to kill them." Rahugana was surprised by the answer as Jadabharata did not even mention the name of King. He had called Rahugana as "man". Rahugana said: "Do you know who am I? I am the king of this region. You cannot speak to me in this manner." Jadabharata said: "How dare you think you are the king? Do you know who is the real king? You are just a puppet of that King and you have no right to ill-treat your subjects." Rahugana was terribly shaken by the answer. Being a very cultured, pious and righteous person, Rahugana sensed that there was some hidden meaning in what Jadabharata had said. (CONTD.....)

STORY OF JADABHARATA - PART II

Because of his own folly of forgetting his prime duties of paying obeisance and performing oblations and showing unnatural obsession over a deer, Jadabharata was born as a deer in his next birth on Earth. Due to the hard, sincere and arduous penance he had done during his previous birth, Jadabharata reborn as deer could remember what transpired . He realised that he had committed a sin and the Jadabharata-deer died with deep repentance and regret. In the next life, he was born as the son of a Brahmin called Angirasa. But, he had no interest in worldly life and was roaming about like a lunatic. One day, King Vrushala was searching for offering a sacrifice to Goddess Kalika in the form of a human being. He ordered his servants to find a well-built, strong and healthy man and bring him. The servants brought a person, but he managed to escape. While searching for another prey, the king's servants saw Angirasa's son roaming about and brought him to the King. As there was no alternative to them, they took Angirasa's son to the Kali temple. At that moment, Goddess Kali manifested in person and killed King Vrushala and his servants. Angirasa's son again started roaming about in forests like a mad person. (Contd....) 

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STORY OF JADABHARATA - PART ONE

Born in the dynasty of Priyavrata as the son of a Rajarshi called Rushabhadeva from Jayanti, Jadabharata was a great king. Kushavarta, Ilavarta, Aryavarta, Malayaketu and Bhadrasena were his five brohers. Jadabharata married Panchajani and begot children from her named as Sumati, Sudarshana, Rashtrabhuja, Dhoomraketu and Adarsha. He ruled over the kingdom for a few years after his father Rushabhadeva and very soon developed aversion and dejection over worldly pleasures. He distributed his empire called Ajnabha or Bharata Varsha among his children, went to the forests and undertook serious penance. One day, when he was having bath in a river, a deer came to the river to quench its thirst. Hearing the sound of thunder, it got frightened. As it was carrying, the deer aborted and died. Jadabharata took pity on the deer cub, took it to his hermitage and started bringing it up. Gradually, he became so compassionate and affectionate towards the up and growing deer that he started neglecting his obeisance and oblations for the sake of making the deer happy. Within a few years, he breathed his last but with the memory of deer. As such, he was born as a deer in his next birth, albeit with fully memory of his previous life. (Contd…)

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MERITS OF EXCUSING

Wish to share this good Shloka No. 8 in Chapter 33 of Balakanda in Sri Valmeeki Ramayana:

Kshama danam, kShama satyam, kShama yajnashcha putrikAha|

KShama yashaha, kShama Dharmaha kShamayA viShThitam jagat||

This is a verse used by Kushanabha to his one hundred daughters, who had been de-shaped by Vayu.

Kshama or to pardon someone is like giving donation; it is truthfulness; it is equal to performing a Homa or Yajna; it is glory, culture; what is more, this entire universe stands on the quality of excusing.

It is a great statement and worth emulating. Isn't it?

IS BALI THE CLEVEREST OF DEMONS?

Yes. His great grandfather Hiranyakashipu had those genes of a genius when he outwitted Lord Brahma by not seeking eternity directly and by putting forth such conditions for his killer that no being or form of the present or the past could kill him except Lord Narasihma. Bali overtook Hiranyakashipu by not indulging in any sort of penance but by simply amassing wealth in whatever manner he could and spending it on performing the Yajna. He became highly successful in this endeavor as Lord Vishnu appeared in front of him with a strange demand for three-feet land and stamped him down to Patala Loka, albeit after conceding another intelligent wish or Bali. As a result of this FINAL WISH of Bali, Lord Vishnu not only made Bali the king of Patala Loka but also permitted him to take a look at his CITIZENS on Earth on every Karteeka Masa Padya day to ascertain that his citizens were happy and comfortable. It is another form of eternity, isn't it? Further, by virtue of having completed the Yajna one hundred times, Bali is now one Brahma Kalpa away from occupying the seat of Indra. If the first quarter of Kali Yuga we are all in is so horrible for Dharma to survive, then imagine what will be the fate of people during that Kalpa when Bali will become Indra. After all traits at birth never die. Can be forsake his original demon-traits when he becomes Indra?

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WHO WAS NARAKASURA ?

During the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as Sri Varaha, a drop of his sweat fell on the ground. Narakasura was born from Mother Earth with the drop of blood of Lord Vishnu that had fallen on ground. According to Sabha Parva in Mahabharata, Narakasura was also known as Bhaumasura. Goddess Earth then requested Lord Vishnu to give her son the Vaishnavastra. Narakasura, who was the ruler of Pragjyotisha City, gradually imbibed all the negative qualities and grew into a tormentor of the people. He stole the Shwetachchatra of Lord Indra, the Karnakundalas of Indra's mother Aditi and the top most tower of Mount Meru. Unable to tolerate the evil deeds of Narakasura, Lord Indra requested Lord Krishna to help. Lord Krishna went to Pragjyotisha City and blew his Panchajanya. Hearing the sound of the conch, Murasura, who was sleeping in water launched a war with Lord Krishna, along with his seven sons and his commander Peethasura. After they were all killed by Lord Krishna, Narakasura also confronts Lord Krishna and gets killed. Later, Goddess Earth took the Shwetachchatra of Indra, the Ear Wares of Aditi and Mount Maniparvat, along with Narakasura's son Bhagadatta and made him prostrate before Lord Krishna.She also surrendered all the three things to Lord Krishna. She appealed to Lord Krishna to protect Bhagadatta.
This is the background of Narakasura, who was also an ardent devotee of the Lord. That is why, the Ashwayuja Krishna Chaturdashi is celebrated as Naraka Chaturdashi. VERY HAPPY DEEPAVALI TO ALL. SHARE THIS STORY IF YOU LIKE.