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Satvik
Story 1
1. Listen now, you hearers, to a most extraordinary story. Ab one drinks the supreme nectar of the story of the bkaktaa he will at once experience their value. Diseases of this earthly experience will immediately disappear.
SATVIK'S LEFT HAND
2. At Jagannath there was a King hy name of Satvik. Nothing aside from God was pleasing to his heart.
3. This sacred city of Jagannath Vadaya is truly a heavenly city amongst mortals. There the Life of the world lives in the avatarship of Buddha and there He performs all His lila
( voluntary deeds ).
4. That king living by the Eastern sea was rightly called /So/wA; (truthful). The eagle-bannered
One was always very favourable to him.
5. Three times a day at the time of worship the king came and seated him- self at the temple. Receiving as his favour a tulsi leaf he afterwards would sit down to eat.
6. Garments, ornaments, adornments and daily food he offered to God. If uninvited guests should come, the king himself gave them food,
7. He kept a light burning night and day in the temple. He provided a place for free food and gave to those he thought were worthy. Food and water he gave to every creature.
8. Now it happened on a certain day that the king sat by the great door of the temple. In order to pass
the time, he began to play some gambling game.
9. Laughingly he threw down the dice and had no consciousness of what he was doing. Just then at the great door of the temple a priest came to distribute favours.
10. In order to receive a favour the king put forward his left hand. The priest felt that this was a very strange act.
11. Because he presented his left hand the priest went hack again in the temple. When the king had finished his playing dice he asked the people regarding the favours which
the priest had been distributing.
12. They replied, 'When he distributed them around you put out your left hand. Therefore the priest went back again into the temple. '
THE KING'S REPENTANCE
Hearing this the king was startled.
13. ' My former deeds were wrong I know. Later they have appeared in the form of a dice. Discarding nectar, I have drunk intoxicating liquor, so I think.
14. Or it is as if I had allowed the wish-tree to wither away and gave water to the sindi tree; in playing with dice the same thing happened to me, I think.
15. Just as if in picking up charcoal a treasure of money should be lost, so the same has happened to me, I think, in playing with the dice;
16. or as if someone should take a handful of ashes and the kasturi ( musk ) paste should disappear ; I think the same has happened to me in playing with the dice.
17. Driving away the royal swan, I kept a crow ; I cut down the sandalwood tree, and planted a hingan; so I think the same has happened to me while playing with the dice.
18. Or just as when a Brahman gets up and goes away when he sees a Mang; so it had happened to me in playing with the dice. '
19. The king was very repentant and did not go again into the temple. As one who listens surrep-
tiously to the service, tUe king sat quietly at the door of the temple.
THE CCLPRIT PUNISHED
20. He said, ' My hand has committed a great wrong and I must punish it. ' Saying this he devised a plan.
21. He called his minister, and told him his thought. * When sleeping at night in my palace I am visited by a ghost
CULPRIT PUNISHED
22. he puts his hand in through the window and I become greatly frightened ; so you remain by my bed and cut off his hand.'
23. The minister replied, 'Your wish is my command. When the ghost appears I will cut off his hand.'
He then took a sharp instrument and at night be sat hiding himself.
24. The lights were burning in the palace and the minister remained awake, waiting for the ghost. He
proposed as soon as the ghost appeared that he would out off his hand.
25. At that moment the king put out }us cum hand through a window and the minister took his instru- ment and immediately cut off the hand.
26. The moment the hand fell down the minister recognized it. He was over-whelmed with sobs and threw himself down upon the ground.
27. He mourned aloud. Just then the king came inside and said, ' My hand was my enemy, therefore I had it cut off.
28. Let your mind be at rest.' He then placed his hand in a palanquin, and sent it by the harfd of
messengers to the great door of the temple.
29. The king said to them, ' Qo now to the great door of the temple and say to Jagannath, "Thou, O Husband of Rukmini, listen to the list of my many transgressions.
30. With an evil heart I played with dice, therefore I did not receive Thy favour; that which has transgressed Thy command I have sent to Thee in the form of my hand.
31. I find that among my organs of action my hand was the transgressor. I have therefore punished it, and sent it to Thee.
32. It may have killed some and they were innocent. It may have stolen some time from Thee. Therefore I immediately punished my hand and have sent it to Thee.
33. Intoxicated with pride, it may have hunted in the forest. That trans- gressor I send to Tdee. 34. It had not worshipped Thee. It has been a great killer, an evil-doer and evil-minded. O Being of goodness, Thou knowest how great an erildoer it is.
35. It has not served the saints. It has not worshipped Thee, O Keshav. So I have sent this evil hand to Tiiee.
36. O Jt^annath, punish it as it may seem right to Thee." ' Giving this message to the messengers he sent them to the door of the temple.
THE WRONGDOER BEFORE GOD FOR DECISION
37. They took the hand to the great door of the temple and told God in reference to it.
There were cries of ' Victory, Victory ', and the Vai^hnavas showered upon it flowers and fragrant powder.
38. They exclaimed, ' Blessed is the king. Although engaged in domestic affairs he is indifferent to all worldly things. Putting the responsibility upon God he cut off his own hand.
39. Innumerable men and women receive their perishable bodies, but they do not complete the full purpose of life, because not holding in their hearts the Husband of Janaki ( Rama ).
40. Many men wander from country to country in order to gain their livelihood. They spend
their lives in all kinds of ways but they do not die worship- ping God.
41. The moment they are afflicted with a nine days' fever, they go through fourteen different fasts; but these unfortunate ones do not perforrtf good deeds in this world by observing the ekadashi ( eleventh day of the fort- night).
42. Even those friends quarrel if in their business a shell's worth is lost; but the shameless ones who have no good in them from their former births do not sing of the good qualities of Hari.
43. If robbers rob them of their wealth they wring their hands, and take no action; but the evil-minded do not make their lives at all valuable by spending their wealth on those who are worthy of it.
44 Such is the condition seen in the practices of this KaliYugcu Many are desirous of these illusory things, aut we know that King Satvik is a man of great devotion, *
45. Thus spoke the Vaishnava saints to one another. Suddenly an extraordinary thing took place. Let good people listen to it with love.
46. The hand which the king had cut off turned suddenly into a damna plant. It was taken at once and pls^nted In a garden.
47. Priests then in their love brought the favours of Hari. The king had lost all concern for his body and he put out just the stump of the hand he had cut off.
48. But as soon as he put it out, it became just as it was before. The bhaklas therefore shouted, ' Victory, Victory, * and were greatly astonished.
Story 2
17. There was a King in Jagannath whose name was Satvik. He also composed a book similar to that of Jayadev.
18. He had copies made of his book, sent them to people and ordered it to be read by all.
19. When the pandits heard this news, they were very angry. These wise ones assembled at Jagan-
nath and said to the King,
20. ‘ You have composed a book which is pleasing to yourself. You have even put it
on an equality with that of Jayadev, and are therefore talking nonsense.
21. But those who are really wise never praise their own works with their own lips. But you are
telling all men to commit your book to memory.
22, If you shout out, “ Take this knowledge, take this divine service, this mantra of a particular guru, and this knowledge of Brahma, this garland, and this great diamond,” it loses its value.
23. With your own lips to praise your own cleverness and the beauty of your own poetry, is as foolish as it is to praise the musk, the sandalwood of Mount Maila, or saffron, or the odorous testicle of a wild cat.
24. If you also try to fix the value of a daughter or a pearl, of a book or a rich cloth, of black ambergris or the wind on the Mount of Malaya, it is really lowering their true value.’
25. The Brahmans continued, ‘ O King, you have composed this book in vain. You are holding pride in your heart. This is not plea.sing to God.’
26. The king replied, ‘ Bring both books here at once, and we will place them for the night before the idol of Jagannath.
27. Jayadev sang the praises of God’s goodness, and I also did the same. The book that is not acceptable to God, He will throw out of the temple.’
28. Both books were immediately brought and placed before the idol. The doors were locked,
and the priests came out of the temple.
29. On the next morning early all the Brahmans assembled together, and at the time of wickwaving all the priests also came into the temple.
30. There they saw the superior book of Jayadeva. This book was placed near Him, by the Supreme
Being. The king’s book was treated with contempt and tossed outside the temple.
31. Hands were clapped with shouts of ‘ Victory, Victory. ’ The assembled Brahmans rejoiced and the king had to hang his head in shame.
32. The pandits said to the king, ‘Milk and water have now been separated. How can a book on the Vedanta philosophy and an immoral book be placed on an equality?
33. How can a royal swan and a crow, or a learned pandit and an out-caste Mang, or tinplate and pure gold be considered as of equal value ?
34. How can the babhul tree and the sandlewood tree, the sandalwood on Mount Maila and the fruit hivgav, a good man and a bad man, be considered equal ? ’
35. How can a saint and a reviler, a deceiver and a pious man, the god Indra and a pauper, be
evenly matched ?
36. So your poem and the Gita-Govinda of Jayadev, could not be brought to any equality, and
yours was therefore thrown out by Jagannafh. ’
37. When the king heard them say this he was greatly ashamed. He went and stood before the image of Jagannath.
38. Joining his hands palm to palm, he said to God, ‘O Jagannath, I now understand the meaning of the names you bear.
39. Your name is Purifier of the Sinful. I think this is not true in that you discard one, and call another your own.
40. You are alike to every being, pervading everything, O God. One who is a bhakta and one who is not a bkakta both live by Thy power.
41. The sun shines in every vessel. Just as water is to a cow and a tiger, so Thou, O Lord of the Yadavas, art alike to every being.
43. Just as to a locust and an eagle all space is the same, so art Thou. 0 Lord of the universe, alike to every living being.
43. A child is the same to its mother, whether ignorant or wise; so Thou, O Purifier of the Fallen, art alike to ail.
44. The moon is the same to both king and despised pauper; so Thou, O Husband of Rukmini, art alike in every one.
45. O Jagannath, Thou didst cause Jayadev to utter his poem in the world. Then, 0 Infinite One, tell me who is the mover of /«!/ heart.
46. This being so, O Jagannath, you threw my book outside. I therefore shall now commit suicide.’ Thus spoke the king.
47. As God heard his pleading words. He was pleased and He took from the king’s book twenty-four verses
48. The Life of the World then wrote them down in Jayadeva’s book. By doing so the King was comforted.
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1. Listen now, you hearers, to a most extraordinary story. Ab one drinks the supreme nectar of the story of the bkaktaa he will at once experience their value. Diseases of this earthly experience will immediately disappear.
SATVIK'S LEFT HAND
2. At Jagannath there was a King hy name of Satvik. Nothing aside from God was pleasing to his heart.
3. This sacred city of Jagannath Vadaya is truly a heavenly city amongst mortals. There the Life of the world lives in the avatarship of Buddha and there He performs all His lila
( voluntary deeds ).
4. That king living by the Eastern sea was rightly called /So/wA; (truthful). The eagle-bannered
One was always very favourable to him.
5. Three times a day at the time of worship the king came and seated him- self at the temple. Receiving as his favour a tulsi leaf he afterwards would sit down to eat.
6. Garments, ornaments, adornments and daily food he offered to God. If uninvited guests should come, the king himself gave them food,
7. He kept a light burning night and day in the temple. He provided a place for free food and gave to those he thought were worthy. Food and water he gave to every creature.
8. Now it happened on a certain day that the king sat by the great door of the temple. In order to pass
the time, he began to play some gambling game.
9. Laughingly he threw down the dice and had no consciousness of what he was doing. Just then at the great door of the temple a priest came to distribute favours.
10. In order to receive a favour the king put forward his left hand. The priest felt that this was a very strange act.
11. Because he presented his left hand the priest went hack again in the temple. When the king had finished his playing dice he asked the people regarding the favours which
the priest had been distributing.
12. They replied, 'When he distributed them around you put out your left hand. Therefore the priest went back again into the temple. '
THE KING'S REPENTANCE
Hearing this the king was startled.
13. ' My former deeds were wrong I know. Later they have appeared in the form of a dice. Discarding nectar, I have drunk intoxicating liquor, so I think.
14. Or it is as if I had allowed the wish-tree to wither away and gave water to the sindi tree; in playing with dice the same thing happened to me, I think.
15. Just as if in picking up charcoal a treasure of money should be lost, so the same has happened to me, I think, in playing with the dice;
16. or as if someone should take a handful of ashes and the kasturi ( musk ) paste should disappear ; I think the same has happened to me in playing with the dice.
17. Driving away the royal swan, I kept a crow ; I cut down the sandalwood tree, and planted a hingan; so I think the same has happened to me while playing with the dice.
18. Or just as when a Brahman gets up and goes away when he sees a Mang; so it had happened to me in playing with the dice. '
19. The king was very repentant and did not go again into the temple. As one who listens surrep-
tiously to the service, tUe king sat quietly at the door of the temple.
THE CCLPRIT PUNISHED
20. He said, ' My hand has committed a great wrong and I must punish it. ' Saying this he devised a plan.
21. He called his minister, and told him his thought. * When sleeping at night in my palace I am visited by a ghost
CULPRIT PUNISHED
22. he puts his hand in through the window and I become greatly frightened ; so you remain by my bed and cut off his hand.'
23. The minister replied, 'Your wish is my command. When the ghost appears I will cut off his hand.'
He then took a sharp instrument and at night be sat hiding himself.
24. The lights were burning in the palace and the minister remained awake, waiting for the ghost. He
proposed as soon as the ghost appeared that he would out off his hand.
25. At that moment the king put out }us cum hand through a window and the minister took his instru- ment and immediately cut off the hand.
26. The moment the hand fell down the minister recognized it. He was over-whelmed with sobs and threw himself down upon the ground.
27. He mourned aloud. Just then the king came inside and said, ' My hand was my enemy, therefore I had it cut off.
28. Let your mind be at rest.' He then placed his hand in a palanquin, and sent it by the harfd of
messengers to the great door of the temple.
29. The king said to them, ' Qo now to the great door of the temple and say to Jagannath, "Thou, O Husband of Rukmini, listen to the list of my many transgressions.
30. With an evil heart I played with dice, therefore I did not receive Thy favour; that which has transgressed Thy command I have sent to Thee in the form of my hand.
31. I find that among my organs of action my hand was the transgressor. I have therefore punished it, and sent it to Thee.
32. It may have killed some and they were innocent. It may have stolen some time from Thee. Therefore I immediately punished my hand and have sent it to Thee.
33. Intoxicated with pride, it may have hunted in the forest. That trans- gressor I send to Tdee. 34. It had not worshipped Thee. It has been a great killer, an evil-doer and evil-minded. O Being of goodness, Thou knowest how great an erildoer it is.
35. It has not served the saints. It has not worshipped Thee, O Keshav. So I have sent this evil hand to Tiiee.
36. O Jt^annath, punish it as it may seem right to Thee." ' Giving this message to the messengers he sent them to the door of the temple.
37. They took the hand to the great door of the temple and told God in reference to it.
There were cries of ' Victory, Victory ', and the Vai^hnavas showered upon it flowers and fragrant powder.
38. They exclaimed, ' Blessed is the king. Although engaged in domestic affairs he is indifferent to all worldly things. Putting the responsibility upon God he cut off his own hand.
39. Innumerable men and women receive their perishable bodies, but they do not complete the full purpose of life, because not holding in their hearts the Husband of Janaki ( Rama ).
40. Many men wander from country to country in order to gain their livelihood. They spend
their lives in all kinds of ways but they do not die worship- ping God.
41. The moment they are afflicted with a nine days' fever, they go through fourteen different fasts; but these unfortunate ones do not perforrtf good deeds in this world by observing the ekadashi ( eleventh day of the fort- night).
42. Even those friends quarrel if in their business a shell's worth is lost; but the shameless ones who have no good in them from their former births do not sing of the good qualities of Hari.
43. If robbers rob them of their wealth they wring their hands, and take no action; but the evil-minded do not make their lives at all valuable by spending their wealth on those who are worthy of it.
44 Such is the condition seen in the practices of this KaliYugcu Many are desirous of these illusory things, aut we know that King Satvik is a man of great devotion, *
45. Thus spoke the Vaishnava saints to one another. Suddenly an extraordinary thing took place. Let good people listen to it with love.
46. The hand which the king had cut off turned suddenly into a damna plant. It was taken at once and pls^nted In a garden.
47. Priests then in their love brought the favours of Hari. The king had lost all concern for his body and he put out just the stump of the hand he had cut off.
48. But as soon as he put it out, it became just as it was before. The bhaklas therefore shouted, ' Victory, Victory, * and were greatly astonished.
Story 2
17. There was a King in Jagannath whose name was Satvik. He also composed a book similar to that of Jayadev.
18. He had copies made of his book, sent them to people and ordered it to be read by all.
19. When the pandits heard this news, they were very angry. These wise ones assembled at Jagan-
nath and said to the King,
20. ‘ You have composed a book which is pleasing to yourself. You have even put it
on an equality with that of Jayadev, and are therefore talking nonsense.
21. But those who are really wise never praise their own works with their own lips. But you are
telling all men to commit your book to memory.
22, If you shout out, “ Take this knowledge, take this divine service, this mantra of a particular guru, and this knowledge of Brahma, this garland, and this great diamond,” it loses its value.
23. With your own lips to praise your own cleverness and the beauty of your own poetry, is as foolish as it is to praise the musk, the sandalwood of Mount Maila, or saffron, or the odorous testicle of a wild cat.
24. If you also try to fix the value of a daughter or a pearl, of a book or a rich cloth, of black ambergris or the wind on the Mount of Malaya, it is really lowering their true value.’
25. The Brahmans continued, ‘ O King, you have composed this book in vain. You are holding pride in your heart. This is not plea.sing to God.’
26. The king replied, ‘ Bring both books here at once, and we will place them for the night before the idol of Jagannath.
27. Jayadev sang the praises of God’s goodness, and I also did the same. The book that is not acceptable to God, He will throw out of the temple.’
28. Both books were immediately brought and placed before the idol. The doors were locked,
and the priests came out of the temple.
29. On the next morning early all the Brahmans assembled together, and at the time of wickwaving all the priests also came into the temple.
30. There they saw the superior book of Jayadeva. This book was placed near Him, by the Supreme
Being. The king’s book was treated with contempt and tossed outside the temple.
31. Hands were clapped with shouts of ‘ Victory, Victory. ’ The assembled Brahmans rejoiced and the king had to hang his head in shame.
32. The pandits said to the king, ‘Milk and water have now been separated. How can a book on the Vedanta philosophy and an immoral book be placed on an equality?
33. How can a royal swan and a crow, or a learned pandit and an out-caste Mang, or tinplate and pure gold be considered as of equal value ?
34. How can the babhul tree and the sandlewood tree, the sandalwood on Mount Maila and the fruit hivgav, a good man and a bad man, be considered equal ? ’
35. How can a saint and a reviler, a deceiver and a pious man, the god Indra and a pauper, be
evenly matched ?
36. So your poem and the Gita-Govinda of Jayadev, could not be brought to any equality, and
yours was therefore thrown out by Jagannafh. ’
37. When the king heard them say this he was greatly ashamed. He went and stood before the image of Jagannath.
38. Joining his hands palm to palm, he said to God, ‘O Jagannath, I now understand the meaning of the names you bear.
39. Your name is Purifier of the Sinful. I think this is not true in that you discard one, and call another your own.
40. You are alike to every being, pervading everything, O God. One who is a bhakta and one who is not a bkakta both live by Thy power.
41. The sun shines in every vessel. Just as water is to a cow and a tiger, so Thou, O Lord of the Yadavas, art alike to every being.
43. Just as to a locust and an eagle all space is the same, so art Thou. 0 Lord of the universe, alike to every living being.
43. A child is the same to its mother, whether ignorant or wise; so Thou, O Purifier of the Fallen, art alike to ail.
44. The moon is the same to both king and despised pauper; so Thou, O Husband of Rukmini, art alike in every one.
45. O Jagannath, Thou didst cause Jayadev to utter his poem in the world. Then, 0 Infinite One, tell me who is the mover of /«!/ heart.
46. This being so, O Jagannath, you threw my book outside. I therefore shall now commit suicide.’ Thus spoke the king.
47. As God heard his pleading words. He was pleased and He took from the king’s book twenty-four verses
48. The Life of the World then wrote them down in Jayadeva’s book. By doing so the King was comforted.
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
Crow
- Crow, which drank the water of Rohini kunda attained salvation or Sarupya Mokshya.
- A crow fell down in a pool of water in front of the Nilamadhaba and turned into a four handed God and went straight to Vaikunth, the abode of Visnu. Vidyapati was spiritually inspired after the incident and tried to imitate the crow. The four handed God from the heaven warned him against doing it and requested him to do his duty as a messenger of the king. If he would fail to give message of the whereabouts of the Nilamadhaba to Indradyumna, he would turn into a woden frog and would remain in that condition for one thousand years.
- Below Krushna slept on a bower of creepers in readiness for His final journey. Jara, the hunter mistook His red feet as ears of a deer and pierced them with arrows and thus caused the end of His incarnation in Dwapara. Now came the age of Kali. Krushna was worshipped as ‘Nilamadhaba’ by Viswabasu, the son of Jara. Viswabasu, the head of Sabars was a great devotee of Nilamadhaba. He did not permit any body else to see this God. But this was alien to the nature of the all pervading God who did not like to remain as a personal God and wished to participate in human affairs from the lowliest to the highest.
Indradyumna, the king of Malwa, somehow got scent of Nilamadhaba and wished to worship Him in a temple. He sent Vidyapati a Brahmin in search of the above God. Viswabasu, the Sabar chief forced Vidyapati to marry Lalita, his daughter at the point of arrow. This marriage brought about an union and a religious, social and cultural fusion of the Aryans and the Aborigines and the intermixture of blood gave rise to generations of daitas, the permanent worshippers of Lord Jaganath.
Lalita requested her father to show Nilamadhaba to Vidyapati,. Viswabasu agreed on condition that his son-in-law would be taken to the God blindfolded. Lalita was however cleverer than her father. She tied some mustard in the napkin of her husband who scattered the same on both sides of his path, which grew up and later helped indradyumna to find out the way.
Vidyapati saw Nilamadhab in the dense forest under a banian tree and prayed to Him with great devotion. Viswabasu permitted vidyapati to stay in the place for some time and went n search of roots and fruits.
~Warning of the four handed God
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A crow fell down in a pool of water in front of the Nilamadhaba and turned into a four handed God and went straight to Vaikunth, the abode of Visnu. Vidyapati was spiritually inspired after the incident and tried to imitate the crow. The four handed God from the heaven warned him against doing it and requested him to do his duty as a messenger of the king. If he would fail to give message of the whereabouts of the Nilamadhaba to Indradyumna, he would turn into a woden frog and would remain in that condition for one thousand years.
~Nilamadhaba desiring to be worshipped as Darubrahma
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Viswabasu used to give roots of the forest as offering every day and the God stretched his blue hand and accepted it. But that day he did not stretch His hand and a voice said that He would like to be worshipped as Darubrahma (wooden image) in the temple.
~Disappearance of the Nilamadhaba
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Indradyumna paid a visit to Nilamadhaba as he got the message of His whereabouts and felt proud that he was a supreme monarch who would be credited with the installation of the image of the Lord in a magnificent temple. The God, who could read his mind, disappeared. The king regretted his weakness and suspected that the Nilamadhaba was stolen by Viswabasu and quickly led his army to arrest him. The God, however, saved the situation declaring that nobody was responsible for his disappearance. He asked the king to build a temple and invite Brahma, the creator to celebrate the purification ceremony. Dispute between Indradyumna and Galamadhaba
Indradyumna built a temple of the height of one hundred twenty cubits, went to the heaven to invite Brahma to perform the purification ceremony. Brahma was then is a state of prayer and offering water to the Lord and asked his royal guest to wait. Hundreds of years passed in human calculation. The earth underwent many changes. The temple was cancealed under hills of sea sands. Galamadhaba became the ruler of Orissa. The hoof of his horse struck against the flag post of the temple. The king cleared the sands and to his utter surprise, noticed a great temple and claimed t as his own construction. Indradyumna who came down from heaven with Brahma for the purification ceremony, however, claimed that he was the builder. A dispute ensured. But there was no living being left on the earth who could now act as witness.
The four handed crow God named Bhusanda who was immortal, on the branch of a banian tree called kalpabata the tree of eternity acted as the first witness. Bhusanda was meditating with legs raised up. As He head somebody calling He enquired of his name, place and position. Brahma introduced himself as the creator. The four handed God said that He had seen crores of Brahmas vanishing before His very eyes including the thousand-headed one. He might be the four headed one born out of lotus of the navel of Visnu. He passed the judgment that Indradyumna was the real builder.
Galamadhaba did not bow down to this decision and they then passed to the next witness—a tortoise. A tortoise of the tank, ‘Indradyumna’ said that he was once a man, a labourer engaged in building the temple. He turned into a tortoise for too much of labour. He was afraid of Indradyumna that he might again be engaged by him to finish up the rest of the work of the temple. The matter was proved beyond doubt that Indradyumna was the real builder. Galmadhaba was proved to be liar whose statue was installed outside the temple premises. He was not paid any respect and remained unworshipped.
Brahma, when asked to perform the purification ceremony, and that he was incapable of doing it. He could only tie a flag at the top of the temple, the sight of which could free men in bondage. The great temple in Nilachala (Blue mountain) remained vacant without an image for many years. Indradyumna lay on the grass bed starving. The Lord appeared in dream and declared that He would come in form of a log of wood at the confluence of the river Banki and the sea.
~Failure of physical forces in carrying the log
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Indradyumna went in a magnificent royal procession of elephant and soldiers and tried to draw the log with all his forces from the water at the mouth of the river, but was unable to move it. The king was sorry for relying too much on physical forces, lay starving there again. Lord Jagannath appeared to him again in dream and advised him not to make a show of physical force, should approach the log with all humility. Viswabasu and Vidyapati the two devotees should drive a golden cart with silken pillow and carry the long and thus the log was easily carried to the temple premises.
~An old man succeeds where skilled artisans fail
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Thousands of artisans were engaged to build the images. They boasted of their skill and failed to make any progress. The log seemed too hard for them. When the king Indradyumna, queen Gundicha and thousands of artisans were at a fix, an old man appeared on the scene and promised to build the image. No one believed him as he was bentwith age and looked too weak. But he proved his efficiency by lifting easily this too heavy log. The log was put inside the main temple. The old artisan was to build the images within 21 days. The door sealed would not be opened before that period was completed. Fourteen, days passed. No sound was heard from inside the temple. Queen Gundicha was afraid that the old man might be dead. The king was compelled to break the seal and open the door. Lo, the images were but unfinished and the old artisan was not found anywhere. Every one believed that he might be the Lord Himself. Who of flesh and blood could build the image of the Almighty ?
~Boon asked for, the most extra-ordinary
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The Lord, now pleased, gave all liberty to Indradyumna to ask for any boon. The king did not ask for a bigger kingdom, more wealth or a long lease of life or any thing pertaining to physical or earthly happiness. His prayer was the most extra-ordinary one. He wanted that there should be nobody left in his family to claim this huge temple or the images as his proud heritage. For that would mar the efficacy of the good deed. The boon was granted by the Lord.
Karmabai
THE STORY OF KARMABAI
49. Again listen, you pious people, to the recital of a most delightful story. The moment you listen to it the three kinds of aifiiction and all doubts will be destroyed.
50. Because Bhagwan is in the city of Jagannath in the form of Buddha, His bhaklas continually live there as It is a great sacred city.
51. There wjus a Brahman woman by name of Karmabai whose mind was ever at the feet of
Hari. While she was with child her husband died.
52. She mourned bitterly. She was in great distress and at the end of nine months a son was born to her.
53. She exclaimed, ' O God Supreme, Jagannath, let this bhakta of Thine live. ' The son grew from day to day. Then she had him married.
54. When his wife became with child Karmabai was greatly pleased. Just when her grandson
was born, however, her son died.
55. She mourned for him day and night, but she controlled her mind and said, * If this child but lives he will be of use to me. *
56. Karmabai took special care of him day and night. She never neglected her grandson even when she was sitting or virhen she was lying down or when she was eating.
57. Many days passed in this way, but the god of death took away the child, and Karmabai's heart felt no peace anywhere.
58. Mourning day and night she would exclaim, ' O merciful One, Shri Hari, why hast Thou placed
me in this sad world ? '
KARMABAI AND THE SAINTS
59. Just then some sadhus and saints who were on a pilgrimage to Jagannath arrived and took lodgings in the lioose of Karmabai.
60. Seeing her mental distress, they asked her for the reason of it and Karmabai told them just
what had happened,
61. The Vaishnavas said to her, 'This world is of a sorrowful nature. Know for certain that
there is not the least happiness here.
62. If one should sleep upon a bed infested with bugs, then it would only be as in a dream that he could see any happiness in this world.
63. If one is distre^ed with thirst, then he can only find happiness in this world by the satisfaction derived from seeing in a mirage floods of water.
64.. If one can live after ending life by drinking poison, only then can he find the happiness dreamed of in this world,
65. If a reader of Puranaa can receive happiness by explaining Putvmic stories to a deaf man, then only as in a dream can he find everlasting happiness in this world,
66, So now, Xaimabai, give attention. All worldly things are perishable. ' As the Vaishnava bhaktas said this, her heart melted.
67, Karmabai exclaimed to those sadkus and saints, ' I will do as you tell me. ' They said to her, ' Day
and night you must worship Jagannath. '
68. The sadhus preach according to one's worth. They have come as caxdars into this mortal world in order to save sinners.
69. They have come into this mortal world as avatars In order to help men to listen to the praise of the good qualities of Shri Hari, and to give to them the happiness of love.
70. It is to teach knowledge to the ignorant and the dull-minded. They have come into this mortal world to sweep away the pride of evil men.
71, Lest the path of bhaki u should become fouled and all men sink- into worldly things, therefore Vaishnavas in the Kali Yuga hxve deeoended as avcjUars to this mortal world.
AN IDOL CARESSED - BEEEAVED KARMABAI FONDLES GOPAL'S IMAGE
72. Well, Karmabai devoted herself to the feet of the saints. They took out of their things an image of Gk>pdl and gave it to her.
73. The Vaishnavas said to her, 'Con-tinue to worship it. Give to it the same love that you had
given to your son.'
74. Saying this the sadhus went to live at the sacred bathing-places- and Karmabai's heart felt
great joy.
75. Just as she used to play with her grandson, so now she acted crazily over the idol. The moment she saw it she would take away from it the efifeot bf an evil eye and caress it in her love.
76. She would take warm water and bathe the idol as she used to do with her little child on her feet. Then placing the god in a cradle, with love she would swing it.
77. In her love she used to dress it in garments and adornmsnts. Nothing else pleased her aside from the idol of Krishna.
78. Plao-ing buttermilk and rice in a plate, she would present it to this image of Gopal and tell it stories. She would exclaim, ' Eat this, eat this, O Lord of the world; You are hungry.*
79. Seeing her feelings of devotion, Hari began to eat at her house. Just then a Brahman who had maintained a perpetual fire came to lodge there.
80. She had arisen early one morning and was feeding the god. The Brahman asked her in reference to it and she told him her story.
81. The Brahman said to her, ' Listen to my words, Karmabai, give attention. Perform your bath and then wor-ship Shri Krishna.
82. If you make your food offerings to God with unclean clothes, He will not pay respect to
them.' Hearing what he said, she replied, ' I will do as you say.'
83. The next morning arising early she cleaned the floor and the yard, and then she brought holy water and prepared to cook.
84. In performing her domestic affairs she was delayed and therefore Jagannath became
hungry. Privately He went into the dream of the priest and told him what had happened.
KRISHNA BEYOND EARTHLY RULES
85. ' At the house of Karmabai, a very orthodox Brahman was staying. He placed a doubt
in her mind, and then hastened on his way.
86. He advised her to observe a very strict cleanliness and the offering of food is therefore delayed. Go to her at once and inform her.
87. The Paramatma (Supreme Spirit), the Pure Intelligence, One beyond all illusions, the Atmaram
( Divine Soul ) is never harmed by any bondage to reli-gious deeds.
88. Although a Doer, He is still a Non-doer, and yet Witnesser of the hearts, of all creatures. He
Who for the sake of His bhaktas has become an avatar can never be harmed by any bondage to religious deeds.
89. The Pervader of the universe, the Life of the world, in preaching knowledge of divine things, can never be harmed by any bondage to religious rites.'
90. The priest went and gave the information to Earmabai. She then brought the offering, and Hari in the presence of all ate from her hand>
91. Cries of ' Victory, Victory ' followed the clapping of bands. All the assembly of bhaktas rejoifeed. All the holy Brahmans were astonished.
92. They exclaimed, * Where the sacrifices and yoga practices are, there Shri Hari does not come, but He is eating herefrom the hand of Karmabai. This indeed is a novel sight.
93. He Whom Brahmadev and other gods and Shiva continually contemplate in their hearts, He eats from the hand of Karmabai. This is novel indeed.
94. He Whom the various forms of yoga and various opinions continually search for. He eats from the hand of Karmabai. It is novel indeed.'
95. One said, ' Even Brahmadev is unable to describe the power of a bhakta.' All the peqple then worshipped the feet of Earmabai.
96. Even today at the sacred place of Jagannath, the god Jagannath gives the evidence of this. After the food of Karmabai arrives, then the offerings are presented.
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49. Again listen, you pious people, to the recital of a most delightful story. The moment you listen to it the three kinds of aifiiction and all doubts will be destroyed.
50. Because Bhagwan is in the city of Jagannath in the form of Buddha, His bhaklas continually live there as It is a great sacred city.
51. There wjus a Brahman woman by name of Karmabai whose mind was ever at the feet of
Hari. While she was with child her husband died.
52. She mourned bitterly. She was in great distress and at the end of nine months a son was born to her.
53. She exclaimed, ' O God Supreme, Jagannath, let this bhakta of Thine live. ' The son grew from day to day. Then she had him married.
54. When his wife became with child Karmabai was greatly pleased. Just when her grandson
was born, however, her son died.
55. She mourned for him day and night, but she controlled her mind and said, * If this child but lives he will be of use to me. *
56. Karmabai took special care of him day and night. She never neglected her grandson even when she was sitting or virhen she was lying down or when she was eating.
57. Many days passed in this way, but the god of death took away the child, and Karmabai's heart felt no peace anywhere.
58. Mourning day and night she would exclaim, ' O merciful One, Shri Hari, why hast Thou placed
me in this sad world ? '
KARMABAI AND THE SAINTS
59. Just then some sadhus and saints who were on a pilgrimage to Jagannath arrived and took lodgings in the lioose of Karmabai.
60. Seeing her mental distress, they asked her for the reason of it and Karmabai told them just
what had happened,
61. The Vaishnavas said to her, 'This world is of a sorrowful nature. Know for certain that
there is not the least happiness here.
62. If one should sleep upon a bed infested with bugs, then it would only be as in a dream that he could see any happiness in this world.
63. If one is distre^ed with thirst, then he can only find happiness in this world by the satisfaction derived from seeing in a mirage floods of water.
64.. If one can live after ending life by drinking poison, only then can he find the happiness dreamed of in this world,
65. If a reader of Puranaa can receive happiness by explaining Putvmic stories to a deaf man, then only as in a dream can he find everlasting happiness in this world,
66, So now, Xaimabai, give attention. All worldly things are perishable. ' As the Vaishnava bhaktas said this, her heart melted.
67, Karmabai exclaimed to those sadkus and saints, ' I will do as you tell me. ' They said to her, ' Day
and night you must worship Jagannath. '
68. The sadhus preach according to one's worth. They have come as caxdars into this mortal world in order to save sinners.
69. They have come into this mortal world as avatars In order to help men to listen to the praise of the good qualities of Shri Hari, and to give to them the happiness of love.
70. It is to teach knowledge to the ignorant and the dull-minded. They have come into this mortal world to sweep away the pride of evil men.
71, Lest the path of bhaki u should become fouled and all men sink- into worldly things, therefore Vaishnavas in the Kali Yuga hxve deeoended as avcjUars to this mortal world.
AN IDOL CARESSED - BEEEAVED KARMABAI FONDLES GOPAL'S IMAGE
72. Well, Karmabai devoted herself to the feet of the saints. They took out of their things an image of Gk>pdl and gave it to her.
73. The Vaishnavas said to her, 'Con-tinue to worship it. Give to it the same love that you had
given to your son.'
74. Saying this the sadhus went to live at the sacred bathing-places- and Karmabai's heart felt
great joy.
75. Just as she used to play with her grandson, so now she acted crazily over the idol. The moment she saw it she would take away from it the efifeot bf an evil eye and caress it in her love.
76. She would take warm water and bathe the idol as she used to do with her little child on her feet. Then placing the god in a cradle, with love she would swing it.
77. In her love she used to dress it in garments and adornmsnts. Nothing else pleased her aside from the idol of Krishna.
78. Plao-ing buttermilk and rice in a plate, she would present it to this image of Gopal and tell it stories. She would exclaim, ' Eat this, eat this, O Lord of the world; You are hungry.*
79. Seeing her feelings of devotion, Hari began to eat at her house. Just then a Brahman who had maintained a perpetual fire came to lodge there.
80. She had arisen early one morning and was feeding the god. The Brahman asked her in reference to it and she told him her story.
81. The Brahman said to her, ' Listen to my words, Karmabai, give attention. Perform your bath and then wor-ship Shri Krishna.
82. If you make your food offerings to God with unclean clothes, He will not pay respect to
them.' Hearing what he said, she replied, ' I will do as you say.'
83. The next morning arising early she cleaned the floor and the yard, and then she brought holy water and prepared to cook.
84. In performing her domestic affairs she was delayed and therefore Jagannath became
hungry. Privately He went into the dream of the priest and told him what had happened.
KRISHNA BEYOND EARTHLY RULES
85. ' At the house of Karmabai, a very orthodox Brahman was staying. He placed a doubt
in her mind, and then hastened on his way.
86. He advised her to observe a very strict cleanliness and the offering of food is therefore delayed. Go to her at once and inform her.
87. The Paramatma (Supreme Spirit), the Pure Intelligence, One beyond all illusions, the Atmaram
( Divine Soul ) is never harmed by any bondage to reli-gious deeds.
88. Although a Doer, He is still a Non-doer, and yet Witnesser of the hearts, of all creatures. He
Who for the sake of His bhaktas has become an avatar can never be harmed by any bondage to religious deeds.
89. The Pervader of the universe, the Life of the world, in preaching knowledge of divine things, can never be harmed by any bondage to religious rites.'
90. The priest went and gave the information to Earmabai. She then brought the offering, and Hari in the presence of all ate from her hand>
91. Cries of ' Victory, Victory ' followed the clapping of bands. All the assembly of bhaktas rejoifeed. All the holy Brahmans were astonished.
92. They exclaimed, * Where the sacrifices and yoga practices are, there Shri Hari does not come, but He is eating herefrom the hand of Karmabai. This indeed is a novel sight.
93. He Whom Brahmadev and other gods and Shiva continually contemplate in their hearts, He eats from the hand of Karmabai. This is novel indeed.
94. He Whom the various forms of yoga and various opinions continually search for. He eats from the hand of Karmabai. It is novel indeed.'
95. One said, ' Even Brahmadev is unable to describe the power of a bhakta.' All the peqple then worshipped the feet of Earmabai.
96. Even today at the sacred place of Jagannath, the god Jagannath gives the evidence of this. After the food of Karmabai arrives, then the offerings are presented.
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Saturday, August 5, 2017
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
lila
In Vaisnava-tantra it is mentioned,
mathura dvaraka-lila
jah karoti ca gokule
nilacala sthitah krsna
sta eva racati prabhuh
“Whatever lilas Sri Krishna manifested in Gokula, Mathura and Dvarka; they are all found in Nilacala, Sri Ksetra.”
If you have the vision you can see all the lilas there. When Mahaprabhu stayed there, He saw Vrndavana. When He saw Cataka-parvata He said, “O Govardhan!” When He saw the sea, “Oh! It is Yamuna.” When He saw the garden called Jagannatha-vallabha, “Oh! It is Vrndavana.” Mahaprabhu saw all Krishna’s lilas there in Sri Ksetra. Therefore in Vaisnava-tantra it is said, all the lilas that Krishna manifested in Gokula, Mathura and Dvarka are found in Nilacala, Sri Ksetra.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Chaturbhujas
As the Yagnashva moved ahead, Pradhana Mantri Sumati told Sharughna that they were about to
reach Neelachala and the Sacred Temple of Bhagavan Purushottama with four arms on the Mountain
top. They reached Ratnaathata Nagar where King Vimal who became extremely excited and
organised refreshments to the entire entourage. He also made a symbolic dedication of is Kingdom to
Shri Rama and gave away valuable gifts to Shatrughna and others. King Vimal narrated an unsual
story about the incidents which happened in the past about the Neelachala Mountain. He quoted a
Brahmana visiting the Neelachala Mountain and found outside the Purushottama Temple there were a
few Tirtha Yatris who possessed four hands armed with Gada, Chakra, Saranga and a lotus. Similarly
a Kirata (Hunter) saw spectacls of a few children with ‘Chaturbhjas’armed likewise with glittering
robes! When the children were asked by the Kirata, they said that a few morsels of Maha Prasada
which fell on the ground were eaten, they came out with the Chaturbhujas!
https://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/details/padmapurana26.html
https://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/details/padmapurana26.html
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
Chandan
Bahara Chandana
Bahara Chandana starts from Akshaya Tritiya and continues for 21 days. Construction of the chariots for the annual Rath Yatra festival starts from Akshaya Tritiya.
On the first 21 days the
- representative idols of the main deities of the Jagannath temple
- as well as five Shivalingas known as the Pancha Pandava
http://3jbs.blogspot.com/search/label/PanchaMahadeb
Bhitara Chandana
The last 21 days include rituals held inside the temple itself. Instead of the daily cruises, the playful ride happens here on four occasions,
- the Amavasya,
- the full moon night,
- on the Shashti and
- the Ekadashi of the bright fort night.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandan_Yatra
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chandan+Yatra+puri
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
Dhyana Mantra
'Om Vishnu saradacandrakotisadrusam
sankhasthangam gadam, Ambhojam dadhantam
sitabjanayanam kanlyajaganmohanam
Abaddhangadaharkundalmahamaulisphuratkankanam
Sribatsankamudarkaustubhadharam bande munindreih stutam'
And
'Shantam chandradikantam mushalahaladharam
basudevagrajantam - Vogisham charubaktram
bishadharmukutam sebitam devabrundeih
Bandeaham lokanatham tribhubanabiditam
sarbasiddhipradanam Ramamabhiram
bikasitabadanam rebatiprananatham.'
Dhyana Mantra of Sri Subhadra -
'Yasajabakusuma patakdibyamurtim
Pashankushambhayabarana nijabahudandyih.
Aashodashakhyakalaya nija padmabasa
Ekakhyari tribhubanadhipatinamasthe.'
Dhyana Mantra of Sri Jagannath -
'Phulendibaramindukantibadanam bahambatamspriyam,
Sribatsankmudarkaustubhadharam pitambaram sundaram
Gopinam nayanotpalarchitatanum gogopasanghabrutam
Gobindam kalabenubadanparam dibyangbhusham bhaje.'
Dhyana Mantra of Sri Sudarshan-
'Sarbabyabsampurnamstabahum Sudarshanam
Astayudhaparibarmastakhyarasamanwitam.
Astarm chakramlyugram mushalam chankushayudham
Bamtah shankhashikhinau dharayantam karambuyeih
Raktachandanliptangam raktagadhanulepanam
Raktabastraparidhanam raktamalabibhushitam.
Agra pingalakonakhyam jwalamalatibhishanam
Danstrakaralbadanam bhayasyapi bhayabaham
Sudarsanabhidhanam tam cakramadhy bichintayet.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Purushottam
- Lord Rama as an avatara of Lord Vishnu is called Maryada Purushottama where as
- Lord Krishna as an avatara of Lord Vishnu is known as Leela or Purn Purushottama.
- http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/Bhagavad-Gita~-Chapt-15-Purushottama-Yogah~-Yoga-of-the-Supreme-Spirit-1.aspx
- http://srimadbhagavadgita.net/bhagavad-gita-chapter-15
Month
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Feet
Q: Is Guru the representation of Radha Rani Jī or Balram ji?
My Reply: Those in a Nityānanda parivar will naturally feel that their gurus represent Nitai, Balarāma. Those in a Gadādhara parivar will naturally feel that their gurus represent Gadai, Rādhā. Objectively, Guru is Krishna's kṛpā-śakti. This kṛpā śakti flows through both Rādhā and Balarām, and others. The disciple will see it according to their bhāva. Neither is incorrect.
Courtesy - Vraja Kishore
The transcendental affection between Nityananda and Gadadhara can be described only by the Supreme Lord. (CB 3.7.113)
ki adbhuta pìti nityananda-gadadhare ekera apìya are sambhasa na kare
gadadhara-devera saìkcdpa ei-rupa nityananda-nindakera na dekhena mukha
nityananda-svarupere priti yara naìi dekha o na dena tare pandita-gosaìi
What wonderful affection there is between Nityananda and Gadadhara! Neither of them would ever speak to anyone who was disliked by the other.
This was the vow of Gadadhara: he would never see the face of one who offends Nityananda.
Gadadhara Pandita would avoid being seen by anyone who had no love for Nityananda Svarupa. (CB 3.7.123-125)
Text 125 indicates that Radharani would not allow anyone to enter Her camp until and unless that devotee develops love for Nitai.
gadadhara subha-drsti karena yahare se janite pare nityananda-svarupere
nityananda-svarupo yahare prita mane laoyayena gadadhara jane se-i jane
Whoever receives the merciful glance of Gadadhara can know Nityananda Svarupa.
And whoever pleases Nityananda can know Sri Gadadhara. (CB 3.7.161-162)
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
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