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Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
3rd Section
The Four Classes and the Four Stages
The most important way of following Vishnu is to follow the law of the
four classes (varna) and the law of the four stages (ashrama) as laid
down in the shastras (sacred texts)
The four classes are brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras.
It is the duty of the brahmana to give alms, worship the gods through
sacrifices and study the Vedas. They should treat all living beings well and
not harm anyone. The most important wealth a brahmana can have is the
friendship of others. A kshatriya should donate to brahmanas, study and
perform sacrifices to Vishnu. But his most important duty is to bear arms
to protect the earth. The king’s duties are to punish the evil and protect
the good. The vaishyas are to do animal husbandry, trade and agriculture.
In addition, they should study, donate alms and perform sacrifices. The shudra’s
duty is to serve the other classes. If it is impossible to make a living through
this, the shudra may make a living through trade or handicrafts.
Common duties of all four classes are kindliness, cleanliness, hard work,
truthfulness, friendship and the capacity to bear hardship. If for some reason
a brahmana cannot make a living through the methods that have been
laid down, he can take up arms and perform the duties of kshatriya. Or he can
take up agriculture, animal husbandry or trade. A kshatriya can also take up
agriculture, animal husbandry or trade. But a brahmana or a kshatriya should
never take up the duties of a shudra. This is permitted only in times of great
danger or if there is absolutely no other way out. Everyone should ensure that
the duties of the four classes do not get mixed up.
The first of the ashramas is brahmacharya (celibate studenthood). After he has
been invested with his sacred thread, a son should be sent to his teacher’s house
to learn the Vedas. There he will lead a clean life and pay attention to the rituals.
He will serve his guru and study the Vedas. In the morning and the evening he will
pray to the sun and the fire and bow to his teacher after the prayers are over.
The disciple (shishya) will sit only after the guru sits, he will walk only after the
guru walks. He will never oppose his guru. When the guru asks him to, he will sit
down and study the Vedas. Every morning, the shishya will bring water and flowers
for his guru. Eventually, the shishya will have learnt the Vedas and attained knowledge.
He will then pay the guru the price of the knowledge (dakshina), take the guru’s
permission and prepare to step into the next ashrama, that of garhasthya
(householder stage).
This is the time to get married and choose a proper living. Such a person has
to serve gods through sacrifices, guests through food, rishis through reading the
Vedas, Brahma through having children and the entire world through truthfulness.
In many ways, a garhasthya ashrama is superior to the others. The brahmanas
and those who follow brahmacharya may have to through alms. It is the person
in garhasthya ashrama who provides them this. When guests arrive, the householder
will offer whatever he can in the nature of food, seats and beds. If a guest goes away
dissatisfied, he takes away the householder’s punya (store of merits) and leaves
his sins with the householder. A guest is never to be refused.
After a person has lived a full life as a householder, he may proceed to the
forest-dweller stage, vanaprastha. He can take his wife with him or leave her in the
care of his son. He will live in the forest on fruits and roots and leaves, he will sleep
on the ground and he will not cut his hair or shave his beard. He will worship the gods,
tend to guests and give alms to those who need them. His main duty is meditation.
The final ashrama is that of sannyasa. A person is ready to enter this when he can
give up his sons, wife and all material possessions. To him all living beings will be
friends and he will not harm any living being. He will live alone and perform yoga
(excerises that unite man with God). He will never stay in a village more than
one night at the time and in a city for more than five nights at a time. A sannyasi
or hermit will beg for his food. But he will come to a house for alms only after
he is sure that everyone in the house has eaten.
May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !
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Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
3rd Section
Rituals
There are some rituals to be followed when a son is born and some others
to be followed when a funeral cermony (shraddha) is to be held. The father
gives a name to the son after the tenth day of birth. There are eight types
of marriage. Their names are Brahman, Daivya, Arsha, Prajapatya, Asura,
Gandharva, Rakshasa and Paishacha. For each varna or class, specific
forms of marriage are prescribed.
There are some rituals that are laid down for a householder. Every day
he must worship gods, cows, brahmanas, sages and elderly teachers.
He should never steal, never lie and never utter what is unpleasant to
others’ faults. He should not be envious of other people’s property. Nor should
he associate himself with those who are evil. He should never enter a burning
house or climb to the very top of a tree. He should cover his mouth when
yawning. He should be careful of stepping on the shadows of gods and flags
and those who should be worshipped. One should not live in a house alone,
nor should one go to a forest alone. One should avoid going near wild beasts.
A good householder does not leave his house before bowing to a religious object,
a flower, a jewel, clarified butter or a respected person. When he travels at night
or goes to a forest, he carries a stick in his hand. He always wears sandals
and uses an umbrella when it rains or when the sun is out. He is a friend to
all beings. He always tells the truth. But when the truth harms other people,
he keeps quiet.
Several rituals have to be followed when a son or daughter gets married, when
a new house is to be entered, when a son is to be named or when a new-born
baby is to be first seen.
When someone dies, the dead body is to be bathed and garlanded. The dead body
must always be burnt outside the village. For a brahmana the shraddha ceremony
takes place after ten days, for a kshatriya after twelve days, for a vaishya after
fifteen days and for a shudra after a month. At a funeral ceremony an odd number
of brahmanas must be fed. If ordinary food is given to brahmanas at a funeral,
the ancestors remain satisfied for a month. But they are satisfied for two months
if fish is given, for three months if rabbit is given. For four months in the case of
the meat of birds, for five months with pork, for six months with mutton, for
seven months with venison, for eight months if a special sort of deer meat is given,
for nine months with gayal meat, for ten months with lamb, for eleven months
with beef, and forever with the meat of a vardhinasa bird. The best place to perform
a shraddha is Gaya.
May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
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Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
3rd Section
Mayamoha
Many years ago there was a war between the devas and the asuras
that lasted for a year. At the end of the war, some daityas named
Hrada defeated the devas. The devas fled to the northern shores of
an ocean and there began to pray to Vishnu. Vishnu appeared before
the devas and created for them a being called Mayamoha out of
his own body. Led by Mayamoha, the devas went to fight with
the asuras.
The asuras were performing tapasya on the banks of the river Narmada.
Mayamoha appeared before them dressed in leaves and with a shaven
head. He told them that the best way to attain what the asuras desired
was through the religion preached by Mayamoha. The asuras were persuaded
by Mayamoha to leave the path of the Vedas. The asuras who adopted this
new religion came to be known as arhats. They began to criticize the Vedas
and the devas. Others criticized yajnas and brahmanas.
The asuras were thus dislodged from the righteous path and the devas
attacked them afresh. This time the devas could defeat the asuras, since the
asuras had lost the power of their religion.
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Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
3rd Section
Shatadhanu and Shaivya
Many years ago there used to be a king known as Shatadhanu.
His wife Shaivya was a religious woman. Together, they used to pray
to Vishnu, on the banks of the river Bhagirathi. They were not interested
in other things. One day a fraudulent teacher came to them. Shatadhanu
spoke to this person, but Shaivya did not. Some years later, Shatadhanu
died and Shaivya also died with him on the funeral pyre.
Because he had spoken to the false teacher, Shatadhanu was born as a
dog in his next life. And Shaivya was born as a jatismara daughter to the
king of Kashi. When the king of Kashi wished to get his daughter married
off, Shaivya refused. She had learnt that her husband had been born as a
dog and was living in the city of Visisha. So she went there and met the dog.
She gave it good food to eat. The dog merely wagged its tail. At this,
Shaivya felt ashamed and tried to remind the dog of its earlier life.
Finally the dog did remember its earlier life and this made it very sad.
It left the city and climbed a mountain peak. From there it threw itself down
on the desert and died. This time it was born as a jackal and again Shaivya
met the jackal in the mountain named Kolahal. She reminded the jackal of
its earlier life. Thus reminded, the jackal died in the forest and was born
as a wolf. Shaivya met the wolf and and reminded it of its earlier life. When the
wolf died, it was born as a vulture. Shaivya went to meet it. This time, after the
death of the vulture, Shatadhanu was born as a crow. The crow was next born
as a peacock. Shaivya made friends with the peacock.
King Janaka was performing an ashvamedha sacrifice. The peacock had a
bath at the time of the sacrifice. When Shaivya reminded the peacock of its
earlier life, it died. It was now born as the son of Janaka and Shaivya agreed
to marry him. After Janaka died, his son became the ruler of the kingdom of
Videha. In this life Shatadhanu performed many sacrifices and gave many
alms. He had several sons and ruled the kingdom and the earth well. When
he died, Shaivya again died on the funeral pyre with him. Husband and wife
went to heaven.
The story illustrates the evils of speaking to fraudulent people who have
given up the Vedas. One goes straight to naraka if one mixes with
such people.
This is the end of the third section of the Vishnu Purana.
May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
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Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
4th Section
Dynasties
There were many great people inthe line of Manu. The first in this line was
Brahma. In the beginning of creation, Vishnu in his form of Brahman came
out of brahmanda. From Brahma’s fingers was born Daksha Prajapati. Daksha’s
daughter was Aditi, Aditi’s son was Surya and Surya’s son was Manu. Because
Manu wanted a son, he prayed to the gods Mitra and Varuna. From the yajna
that was done, a daughter named Ila came out. But Manu had really wanted
a son. So, for a while, Ila became a son called Sudyumna.
Chandra’s son was Budha. Sudyumna was one day wandering around Budha’s
ashrama as the girl Ila. Budha married her and they had a son called Pururava.
After Pururava was born, Sudyumna peformed sacrifices so as to become
a man again. Once he became a man, he had three sons called Utkala,
Gaya and Vinata.
In this dynasty there was a king called Marutta. Marutta performed a wonderful
yajna. No such yajna has been performed ever since. Every article used in
the cermony was made of gold. Indra drank a lot of soma juice and was satisfied.
So were the brahmanas. It was the gods who served the food.
Further down the family tree there was a king called Sharyati. Sharyati had
a daughter named Sukanya. Sukanaya was married to the sage Chyavana.
Sharyati also had a son named Anarta and Anarta had a son named Revata.
Revata had one hundred sons, the eldest being Kakudmi. Kakudmi’s daughter
was Revati. Kakudmi did not know who to marry off this beautiful daughter to.
He decided to go to Brahmaloka to ask for Brahma’s advice. When he reached
Brahmaloka, the gandharvas were singing and Kakudmi decided to listen to
the songs for a while. When the songs were finished, he asked Brahma
whom he should get Revati married to.
`”What is your opinion?” ,asked Brahma.
Kakudmi named several kings who the thought might be good husbands
for Revati. But Brahma told him that while he had been listening to the songs
in Brahmaloka, several thousand years had passed on earth. These kings and
their sons and grandsons were all dead. In fact, Kakudmi’s captial Kushasthali
was now a city called Dvaraka. And Vishnu had been born as Baladeva there.
There could be no better husband for Revati.
Kakudmi returned to earth and found that men were now much shorter than
they used to be. He married Revati off to Baladeva. But Revati was very tall.
So with his plough, Baladeva pulled Revati down to the right size
May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
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Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
4th Section
Ikshvaku, Yuvanashva and Soubhari
Many happened to sneeze once. As a reult of the sneeze, a son known as
Ikshvaku came out of his nose. Ikshvaku’s son was Vikukshi. Ikshvaku
wished to perform a shradha ceremony and sent his son off to the forest
to bring meat for the ceremony. Vikukshi killed many deer and felt hungry
and tired. To satisfy his hunger he ate a rabbit and brought theother meat
to his father, who then offered the meat to Vashishtha who was looking
after the ceremony.
“This meat is unclean,” said the sage, “your son has already eaten the
meat of a rabbit.”
Ikshvaku banished Vikukshi, although Vikukshi did rule the kingdom after
Ikshvaku died. Vikukshi had a very brave son called Paranjaya. The devas
and the asuras once fought a terrifble war and the devas could not defeat
the asuras. The devas prayed to Vishnu and Vishnu told them that he would
be born on earth as Paranjaya. Under Paranjaya’s leadership, the devas
would be able to defeat the asuras. So the gods came to paranjaya and
asked him to be their leader in this war. Paranjaya agreed to do this only
if he could fight te war perched on Indra’s shoulders. Indra adopted the form
of a bull. Paranjaya fought the war seated on the bull. The demons wre defeated.
But from the word kakut, which means shoulder. Paranjaya hereafter came
to be known as Kakutstha.
Among Kakutstha’s descendants was a king called Yuvanashva. Yuvanashva
did not have any son. He persuaded the sages to perform a yajna so that he might
have a son. The ceremony finished at midnight and the sages kept the sacred
waters of the yajna in a pot for the night. The intention was to give the sacred
waters to Yuvanashva’s wife to drink in the morning. Then she would have
a strong son. But Yuvanashva felt very thirsty in the night. And without knowing
that the waters in the pot was sacred, drank them by mistake. So a baby came
into Yuvanashva’s body and grew bigger and bigger. When the time came for the
baby to be born, it burst out through the king’s right side, although the king
did not die. But the problem was, who would be a mother to the baby? Given
the peculiar circumstances, Indra agreed to be the mother. He came and said,
“Mam dhata,” which means “I will be the nurse.” The baby thus came to be
known as Mandhata. Because Indra was rearing him, he became fully grown
in a single day. He ruled the entire world from where the sun rises to
where it sets.
During Mandhata’s reign, a sage named Soubhari lived under the water for
twelve years. He used to see the king of the fishes playin the water with
his children and grandchildren. This made Soubhari feel that he should also have
children and grandchildren. But to do this, he needed to get married.
Mandhata had fifty daughters. Soubhari went to Mandhata and wanted one of
these daughters in marriage. Mandhata did not like the look of Soubhari’s
diseased body. But at the same time, he was scared that he might be cursed if
he refused. So he said that the custom of his family was that daughters married
bridegrooms whom they chose and approved of. Soubhari realized that this was
merely a ploy of Mandhata’s to avoid giving a daughter in marriage to a diseased
old man. Soubhari therefore requested that he might be given one chance to
meet the daughters of Mandhata. If any one of them wished to marry him, only
then would he marry. If all of them refused to marry him, he would go away and
no more would be heard of the matter.
This seemed to be a reasonable enough request and Mandhata agreed. But Soubhari
was a powerful sage. Before meeting the daughters, he transformed himself into
a very handsome man. He was so handsome that all the daughters wished to
marry him. The result was that Soubhari was married to all the fifty daughters
and took them to his ashrama. He then called Vishvakarama and asked Vishvakarma
to build separate palaces for the fifty wives. Each palace was to have a like with
lotuses and swans, each palace was to have a pleasure garden and beautiful beds,
seats and jewels. Vishvakarma did as he had been instructed.
After some days, Mandhata wished to find out how his daughters were. He came to
the ashrama and saw the beautiful palaces and pleasure gardens. He entered one
of the palaces and met one of his daughters there. “How are you, daughter?”, he asked.
“I live in a wondeful palace, father,” the daughter replied. “Look at this pleasure
garden, look at these beautiufl birds and the gorgeous lake. I eat good food and
wear nice clothes and jewels. I am very happy. The only complaint that I have is this.
My husband spends all his time with me, he never leaves me. This means that
he must be neglecting my sisters.”
Mandhata came out of this palace and went into another. To his great surprise, the
second daughter said exactly the same thing. In fact, this is what all the daughters
said. For what had happened was that Soubhari had created fifty different forms of
himself with the powers of his tapasya. Mandhata had never witnessed anything
like this. He fell down at Soubhari’s feet and begged for forgiveness.
Soubhari had a hundred and fifty sons to whom he got quite attached. But after
some time he realized the dangers of such attachment. It had made him deviate
from his path of tapasya. He realized the illusions he had been living with ever since
he had seen the king of the fishes. He devoted the rest of his life to Vishnu.
May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !
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Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
4th Section
Sagara
There were many powerful kings among Mandhata’s descendants. One of these
was Purukutsa. Many years ago, the underworld was occupied by the gandharvas.
They upset the rule of the snakes (nagas) and stole their jewels. The besieged
nagas prayed to Vishnu for deliverance. Vishnu told them that he would enter
Purukutsa’s body and thus destroy the gandharvas. The nagas sent the river
Narmada to bring Purukutsa down to the underworld and Purukutsa destroyed
all the gandharvas. The happy sankes grated Narmada a boon. Whoever says,
“I pray to Narmada morning and evening; Narmada, protect me from snake
poison, ” will never be bitten by snakes.
In the same dynasty was born King Vahu. Vahu lost a war with some other kings
and went to the forest with his wife. There Vahu’s wife was about to give birth
to a baby. But Vahu had another wife as well. And out of jealousy, the second wife
gave the first wife some poison. The result was that the baby did not come out
but stayed inside the mother for seven years. King Vahu died in the hermitage
of the sage Ourva. And Vahnu’s wife also wished to die on the funeral pyre.
But Ourva told her, “Queen, what are you doing? You are carrying a son who will be
the bravest of the brave. He will conquer many lands and perform many sacrifices.
Don’t die on the funeral pyre.”
The son was born and Ourva named the child Sagara. He taught the boy the Vedas,
the shastras and the art of fighting. When he grew up, Sagara wished to win back
his father’s lost kingdom. He defeated the enemy kings and ruled over the
entire world.
Sagara had two wives, Sumati and Keshini. These two prayed to Ourva that they
might have sons. Ourva granted them the boon that one of them would have a
single son, while the other would have sixty thousand sons. This is what happened
and Keshini’s son was called Asamanjas. But all these sons turned out to be
quite evil. The gods went to the sage Kapila and asked him to rescue the world
from the bad deeds of Sagara’s sons.
At the time, King Sagara was performing an ashvamedha yajna (horse sacrifice)
and his sons were the protectors of the sacrifical horse. Someone stole this horse
and took it down to the underworld. The sons of Sagara looked for the horse and
followed its trail down to the underworld. They found the horse wandering around
in the underworld and not far from the house, they saw the sage Kapila. They
concluded that Kapila must have stolen the horse and attacked the sage with
their weapons. But a terrible fire issued out of Kapila’s eyes and reduced Sagara’s
sons into ashes.
Asamanjas had a son known as Amshumana. On learning that this sons had been
burnt into ashes, Sagara sent Amshumana to fetch the horse. Amshumana went
to Kapila and began to pray to him. Pleased at this, Kapila offered to grant
Amshumana a boon and Amshumana desired that his uncles might go to heaven.
Kapila said, “Your grandson will bring down the river Ganga from heaven. When
the water of the Ganga touches the bones of your uncles, they will ascend to
heaven.”
Amshumana’s son was Dilipa and Dilipa’s son was Bhagiratha. It was Bhagiratha
who brought Ganga down from heaven. That is why Ganga is also known as
Bhagirathi.
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Soudasa
In Bhagiratha’s line there was a king called Soudasa or Mitrasaha. One day
the king went out hunting in the forest and saw two tigers there. He killed
one of these with his arrow and before dying, it adopted the form of a fierce
rakshasa. The other tiger said, “I will have my revenge” and disappeared.
Some days later, King Soudasa began a yajna. The priest for this yajna was
the sage Vashistha. Vashishtha finished his rituals and left. But the rakshasa
adopted Vashishtha’s form and sat down in Vashishtha’s place. “At the end
of the ceremony get me some rice and meat to eat,” he said. “I am returning
in a short while.” Having said this, the rakshasa went away. But it adopted the
form of a cook and cooked some human meat. Unknowingly, King Soudasa
placed this meat in a golden vessel and waited for Vashishtha’s return.
When Vashishtha sat down to eat, he was served this meat. In a trice he realized
that this was human meat, and he cursed that Soudasa would become a rakshasa.
But through his mental powers Vashishtha also learnt that much of the trouble
had been caused not by Soudasa, but by the rakshasa. So he reduced the duration
of the curse such tha tSoudasa would have to be a rakshasa only for twelve years.
But Soudasa still thought that he had been unfairly cursed. So he took some water
in his hand and prepared to curse Vashishtha. At this, Soudasa’s wife Madayanti
said, “What are you doing? Don’t curse Vashishtha. He is our guru.”
Soudasa refrained from uttering the curse. But what was to be done with the water
that he had taken in his hand? Since it was water meant for a curse , if it were to
be thrown onto the ground or up into the sky, the grain and the clouds would be
destroyed. So Soudasa poured the water onto his own feet and his feet became
diseased and black. He came to be known as kalmashapada.
As a rakshasa, Kalmashapada lived in the forest and ate people. In the forest
he once met a brahmana and his wife. He proceeded to eat the brahmana,
although his wife begged him for mercy. At this, the brahmana’s wife cursed him
that he would die as soon as he met his own wife.
After twelve years the king was freed of Vashishtha’s curse. But he refrained from
going near his wife because of the other curse.
In this line was born Rama, who destroyed Ravana. Rama’s brothers were
Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. Bharata destroyed three crores of gandharvas.
Shatrughna defeated a rakshasa named Lavana and built the city of Mathura. Rama’s
sons were Kusha and Lava, Lakshmana’s son were Taksha and Pushkara and
Shatrughna’s sons were Suvahu and Sharasena.
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Nimi
Ikshvaku had a son named Nimi. Nimi once started a yajna that went on for
a thousand years. He wanted Vashishtha to be the main priest. But Vashishtha
said that he was already busy with the yajna that Indra planned to conduct
for five hundred years. He asked Nimi to wait. He promised to come to
Nimi’s yajna as soon as Indra’s was over.
Nimi returned without saying anything and Vashishtha assumed that Nimi
had agreed to wait. But Nimi began his ceremony with Goutama and other
sages. After finishing Indra’s yajna, Vashishtha came to Nimi’s yajna expecting
to be the chief priest there. But he found that the sacrifice had already been
begun with Goutama as the chief priest. Since he felt insulted, Vashishtha
cursed Nimi that he would henceforth be without a body. Nimi felt this curse
to be unfair. So he too cursed that Vashishtha would be without a body.
Vashishtha however, received antoher body. Thanks to the gods Mitra
and Varuna.
Meanwhile, King Nimi’s body lay there, oiled and perfumed. When the yajna
was over, the assembled gods wished to give the host of the yajna a boon.
They wished to give Nimi a new body but Nimi said that he would have none
of it. He desired instead that he might be allowed to live on the eyelids of
people. This boon was granted. Nimi lives on the eyelids of all people and
that is why the blinking of the eyelids is known as nimesha.
But Nimi had no son and the kingdom would have gone to ruins in the absence
of a son. So the sages pounded the dead body with wood and a son emerged.
Since he came out in this fashion from his father’s body he came to be known
as Janaka (father). And since his father had no body, Janaka was also called
Vaidha (bodyless). When Janaka was ploughing the earth to obtain a son,
a daughter came out of the earth. She was named Sita.
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Chandra
Having heard accounts of the kings of the solar dynasty, Maitreya wished
to hear of the kings of the lunar dynasty, Parashara obliged.
Brahma’s son was Atri and Atri’s son was Chandra. Brahma made Chandra
the ruler of stars and herbs. Chandra performed a rajasuya yajna (royal
sacrifice). But because he successfully completed a rajasuya yajna, Chandra
became arrogant. The guru of all the devas was Brihaspati and Brihaspati’s
wife was Tara. Chandra kidnapped Tara. Despite Brihaspati’s repeatedly requesting
him to return Tara, Chandra refused. A war began between the two sides. Since
Shukra did not like Brihaspati, Shukra took Chandra’s side. Also on Chandra’s
side were the danavas. Rudra and Indra sided with Brihaspati.
Since the war took place over Tara, it came to be known as the tarakamaya
war. It was a terrible war and it seemed as if the whole world might be destroyed.
The entire world asked Brahma to mediate and stop the war. Brahma stopped
the war and returned Tara to Brihaspati.
But Chandra and Tara had a son and this son was called Budha. Budha married
Ila and their son was called Pururava. Mitra and Varuna once cursed the apsara
Urvashi that she would have to spend some time on earth. Urvashi to be his
wife and Urvashi accepted, subject to a condition. Two sheep were to stay forever
near her bed and if the sheep were to be ever stolen, Urvashi would return to
heaven. Pururava readily agreed. They lived quite happily for sixty thousand years.
Urvashi had no desire to return to heaven. But in Urvashi’s absence the gandharvas
of heaven felt very lonely; they plotted ways of taking Urvashi back to heaven. One
night they stole the two sheep. And since the condition was broken, Urvashi went
back to heaven. Pururava and Urvashi however, had six sons, the eldest being Ayu.
But to remind Pururava of Urvashi, the gandharvas taught him the secret of fire
and the king was instructed to divide this fire into three types. Earlier there used
to be only one sort of fire. But Pururava introduced the three types of fire known
as Garhapatya, Ahavaniya and Dakshina.
In Pururava’s line was born Jahnu. Jahnu once saw that the bowl he used for his
yajna was flooded with the water of the Ganga. He thereupon drank up the entire
Ganga and restored the river only when the devarshis so requested. That is why
Ganga is also called Jahnavi.
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Satyavati and Richika
Gadhi was descended from Jahnu. Gadhi had a daughter called Satyavati.
The sage Richika wanted to marry Satyavati. But Gadhi had no desire to
marry off his daughter to an old brahmana who was also very hot-tempered.
So he demanded one thousand horses were to be fleet of foot and white
in colour with black ears. But Richika managed to get such horses from
Varuna and thus married Satyavati.
Satyavati wanted a son. So Richika performed a yajna and obtained some
rice prudding as a result. But Satyavati wished that her mother might
also have a son. Richika, therefore, prepared a second bowl of rice pudding.
He gave the two bowls to Satyavati and said, “This is for you and this for
your mother.” He then went off to the forest.
But Satyavati’s mother said to her daughter, “Usually people want good
sons for themselves, they are not keen about obtaining a good brother-in-law.
I therefore suspect that your rice pudding is better than mine. Let us exchange
bowls. I am a queen and my son will rule the world. He has to be strong.
Your son will be a brahmana. He does not have to be that powerful.” They
exchanged the bowls.
Richika came back fromt he forest and heard what had happened. He was very
angry. Into Satyavati’s mothers’s bowl he had put the ingredients for a son
who would be brave and violent as a kshatriya should be. And into Satyavati’s
bow he had put the ingredients for a son who would be peacefula and non-violent
as a brahmana should be. As it was, everything had now been reversed.
On hearing this, Satyavati begged forgivness and requested that her grandson,
rather than her son, should be brave and violent. This request Richika granted.
Satyavati’s mother gave birth to Vishvamitra. And Satyavati gave birth to
Jamadagni. Jamadagni married Renuka. Their son Parashurama killed many
kshatriyas.
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Raji
Pururava’s son Ayu had five sons. Their names were Nahusha, Kshatravriddha,
Rambha, Raji and Anenah. Raji had five hundred brave sons. Many years ago,
the devas and the asuras fought a war. Both the devas and the asuras went
to Brahma and asked, “Who will win this war?” Brahma replied that the
side for which King Raji fought would win.
The asuras came to Raji and asked him to fight on their side. “I will,” said
Raji, “provided that you make me Indra after the devas have been defeated.
“This we cannot do,” replied the asuras. “We cannot promise you one thing
and do another. Prahlada will be our Indra.”
The gods too came to Raji and asked him to fight on their side. And faced
with the same condition, they replied. “Yes indeed, you will be our Indra.”
Raji fought on the side of the gods and killed the demons. After the enemy
had been defeated, Indra touched Raji’s feet and said, “You have protected us,
so you are like my father. And since I am Indra, my father is obviously the
supreme ruler of the world.” Although Raji saw through the flattery, he permitted
Indra to continue as the king of the gods and returned to his capital.
But after Raji died, Raji’s sons demanded that Indra shoud hand over that which
had been promised to them. This Indra refused to do. So Raji’s sons defeated
Indra and themselves assumed the title of Indra. After many years had passed,
Indra went to Brihaspati and prayed that his kingdom might be returned to him.
Brihaspati performed sacrifices so that Indra’s powers might increase and slowly
weaned Raji’s sons away from the path of righteousness. He made them do
evil deeds and turned their minds against the Vedas and the brahmanas. Indra
could now easily defeat and kill the sons of Raji. Indra could now easily defeat
and kill the sons of Raji. He assumed the title of Indra.
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Nahusha and Yayati
Nahusha had six sons. Their names were Yati, Yayati, Samyati, Ayati, Vivyati
and Kriti. Yati had no desire to be king, so Yayati became king after Nahusaha.
Yayati had two wives. The first was Shukra’s daughter Devayani and the second
was Vrishaparva’s daughter Sharmishtha. Devayanai’s sons were Yadu and
Turnvasu. And Sharmishtha’s sons were Druhya, Anu and Puru.
Because of a curse imposed on him by Shukra, Yayati became old much before
he should have been. He called his eldest son Yadu to him and said, “I have become
old much before my time. I still want to enjoy material things. Please take my
old age for a thousand years.” Yadu refused and Yayati cursed him that no son
worthy of being a king would ever be born in the line of Yadu. Yayati asked Turvasu,
Druhya and Anu. But they too refused and were given the same curse by their father.
Yayati asked Puru and Puru immediately agreed to his father’s request. He took upon
himself his father’s old age and gave his father his own youth.
Yayati immersed himself in material pursuits. But after having spent many such years
in enjoying life, he got tired of it all. He got back his old age from Puru and returned
Puru’s youth to him. Yayati made Puru the king and went off to do tapasya in the
forest. Turvasu, Druhya and Anu merely received very small kingdoms that surrounded
Puru’s kingdom.
In Yadu’s line was born Arjuna. This Arjuna prayed to Dattatreya and obtained several
boons from him. The first boon was that Arjuna would have a thousand arms. The second
was that he would fight adharma and serve the cause of dharma, fight the evil and serve
the good. The third was that enemies woud not be able to defeat him. And the fourth
and final boon was that Arjuna would be killed by someone who would be famous
throughout the world. This Arjuna came to be known as Kartaviryarjuna. He performed
ten thousand yajnas and ruled for eight-five thousand years. The name of his capital
was Mahishmati. Once Ravana invaded this city and was defeated and imprisoned by
Arjuna. Eventually Arjuna was killed by Parashurama. All who were descended from
Yadu, were known as Yadavas.
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The Jewel Syamantaka
Krishna’s wife was Satyabhama and Satyabhama’s father was Satrajit.
Satrajit sat down on the shores of the ocean and began to pray to Surya.
Surya was pleased with his prayers and appeared before Satrajit.
Satrajit could not see Surya very well and said, “Lord, the sky you appear
like a burning ball of fire. Yet you have appeared before me and I am not
able to see much.”
Surya was wearing a jewel known a syamantaka on his throat. On hearing
what Satrajit had said, Surya took off this jewel and laid it aside. Satrajit
could now see Surya properly. Surya’s eyes were brownish yellow and his
body was birht, short and of a copper colour. Satrajit bowed down before
Surya and Surya offered to grant him a boon. As a boon. Satrajit wanted the
jewel and Surya granted this wish.
Satrajit put it round his neck and entered the city of Dvaraka. But because
he was wearing the jewel, his body was radiant and energy seemed to flow
out of him. The citizens of Dvaraka at first thought that it was Surya himself
who was entering the city.
Satrajit kept the jewel in his house. Every day it produced gold. And thanks
to its influence, disease, drought, wild animals, fire and theft disappeared from
the kingdom. Krishna thought that the syamantaka jewel should really belong
to the king, Ugrasena. Satrajit was aware of this desire of Krishna’s. Scared that
he might be compelled to part with the jewel, he gave it to his brother Prasena
for safe keeping. The jewel had the property that if someone pure held it, it
would produce gold. But if someone impure held it, it would kill the holder.
One day Prasena wore the jewel around his neck and went off on a hunt. In the
forest he was killed bya lion. The lion was about to go off with the jewel, when
Jambavan, the king of the bears, arrived on the scene. Jambavan killed the lion
and took the jewel. He returned to his home land gave it to his young son to
play with.
Meanwhile, the citizens of Dvaraka noticed that Prasena was not returning
from the hunt. There was a general impression that Krishna had had his eyes
on the jewel. So a rumour went around that it was Krishna who had killed Prasena
and stolen the syamantaka. To put an end to such rumours, Krishna followed
Prasena’s trail into the forest. There he discovered Prasena’s trail into the forest.
Ther ehe discovered two dead bodies, Prasena’s and the lion’s. He quessed what
must have happened. He followed the trail right upto Jambavan’s hole and discovered
Jambavan’s son playing with the jewel. The child’s nursemaid raised an alarm on
seeing Krishna and Jambavan quickly arrived. A terrible fight raged between Krishna
and Jambavan. This fight went on for twenty-one days. Several Yadava soldiers
had also followed Krishna upto Jambavan’s hole. When seven or eight days had
passed and still there was no sign of Krishna, they concluded that Krishna must have
been killed. They, therefore, spread the news of Krishna’s death.
Krishna’s friends arranged a shraddha ceremony and the offerings made at this
funeral ceremony served to increase Krishna’s strength. Krishna finally defeated
Jambavan and Jambavan bowed down before him, The two became friends and J
ambavan married off his daughter Jambavati to Krishna. He also returned the
syamantaka jewel.
The citzens of Dvaraka were delighted to see Krishna and Jambavati. Krishna told
them what had happened and returned the jewel to Satrajit. Satrajit was ashamed
that he had ever doubted Krishna. He therefore gave his daughter Satyabhama
in marriage to Krishna.
But there were other Yadavas like Akrura, Kritavarma and Shatadhanva who had
also wanted to marry Satyabhama and they were not at all happy at this turn of
events. They thought that they had been insulted. Hearing that the Pandavas had
been burnt to death in the house of lac, Krishna went on a trip to Varanavata.
Taking advantage of Krishna’s absence, Shatadhanva killed Satrajit while the
latter was sleeping and stole the jewel.
Satyabhama was furious that her father had been killed. She got up on her chariot
and drove it to Varanavata to tell Krishna what had happened. Krishna came back
to Dvaraka and told Baladeva that the two of them should get together and kill
Shatadhanva. Shatadhanva ran for help to Kritavarma, but Kritavarma refused
to oppose Krishna and Baladeva. Shatadhanva then, ran to Akrura¸only to be
met with another refusal. Shatadhanva then asked Akrura to at least keep the
jewel for him. This Akrura agreed to do, provided that Shatadhanva did not tell
anyone where the jewel was.
Shatadhanva got up on a fast horse and fled. But Krishna and Baladeva followed
him on a chariot. After travelling for a long distance, Shatadhanva came to the
forests on the outskirts of Mithila. His horse died. He started to flee on foot. At this,
Krishna said that he would follow Shatadhanva on foot. He asked Baladeva to
wait for him in the chariot.
Krishna caught up with Shatadhanva and sliced of his head. But despite searching
all Shatadhanva’s belongings, he could not find the jewel. He came and reported
this to Baladeva. But unfortunately, Baladeva did not believe this . He said, “Krishna ,
you are not a brother I would like to associate with. Go your own way and I will
go mine. We do not belong together.” Baladeva went off to the kingdom of Videha
and lived there as a guest of King Janaka’s. It was then that Duryodhana learnt
from Balaeva how to fight with the mace (gada). Krishna reutrned to Dvaraka.
After three years had passed. Vabhru., Ugrasena and the other Yadavas managed
to convince Baladeva that Krishna had indeed not stolen the jewel. Baladeva then
returned to Dvaraka.
Meanwhile, Akrura started to perform many yajnas. It is a crime to kill someone
who is performing a yajna. Akrura reasoned that even if Krishna got to know that
he possessed the jewel, Krishna would not kill him as long as he was performing
a sacrifice. The sacrifices went on for sixty-two years. And because the jewel
was in Dvaraka, disease and other evil things disappeared from the city.
But some relatives of Akrura’s killed some other yadavas and fled the city. Akrura
also fled with them. And the moment this happened, wild beasts, drought and
disease returned to Dvaraka. At first people thought that this was happening
because a holy man like Akrura had left the city. Akrura was therefore brought back
and immediately the wild beasts, drought and disease disappeared.
Krishna, however, reasoned that all this could not be happening simply because
Akrura was a holy man. There must be more to it than that. How was it that Akrura
performed one yajna after another? Where did he get the money? He was not a
rich man. He must therefore have the jewel.
Krishna called an assembly of the Yadavas in his house. And there he told Akrura.
“We all know that Shatadhanva had left the syamantaka jewel with you. Let the
jewel remain with you, there is no harm in that. We are all gaining from its
presence here in the city. But Baladeva suspects that I have stolen it. Will you
please show it to him once to set his suspicions at rest?”
Akrura reasoned that if he lied, they might search his clothes and discover
the jewel. So he took out the jewel from a golden box that he kept hidden inside
his clothes. He offered it to the Yadava who was most worthy of it.
The jewel was so attractive that Baladeva also began to covet it. So did Satyabhama,
since she thought that if the jewel had belonged to her father it was now rightfully
hers. Krishna felt that a quarrel was imminent and intervented. He said, “this jewel
brings happiness to the kingdom only if someone pure wears it. If someone impure
wears it, the wearer is destroyed. I should not wear it, I am not really pure, I have
sixteen thousand wives. For the same reason, let not Satyahama possess it. Nor
should Baladeva have it, he drinks all the time. Let the jewel stay with Akrura.”
And this was agreed to.
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Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥
Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham
OM SAI RAM ॥
4th Section
Shishupala
In an earlier life, Shishupala had been Hiranayakashipu. He was subsequently
born as Shishupala, the son of Dama Ghosha, the King of Chedi. His mother
was Shrutashrava, the sister of Vasudeva, Krishna’s father. Just as Hiranyakashipu
was killed by Vishnu, Shishupala was killed by Krishna. Shishupala had also been
born as Ravana and had been killed by Rama.
Shantanu and Devapi
In the line of Kuru there used to be a king known as Pratipa. Pratipa had three sons,
Devapi, Shantanu and Vahlika. Devapi left for the forest when he was very young
and Shantanu became king.
For twelve years there was no rain in Shantanu’s kingdom. To find out why, King
Shantanu called all the brahmanas. The brahmanas explained that this was happening
because Devapi should rightfully have been the king. An elder son is the person who
should rule, unless of course the elder son happens to be an outright sinner. To make
the rains come, it was thus imperative that Devapi should be brought back as king.
Shantanu had a minister named Ashmasari. This minster sent a preacher to Devapi
in the forest. The preacher preached against the Vedas. Slowly the preacher turned
Devapi’s mind away from the holy texts. When the brahmanas and Shantanu went
to the forest to offer the kingdom to Devapi, they found that Devapi was saying
various things that were against the Vedas. Devapi had thus become a sinner and
the kingdom was not offered to him. Shantanu continued to be the kinga nd now
it rained.
Shantanu and Ganga married and they had a son called Bhishma. Shantanu also
married Satyavati and had two sons called Vichitravirya and Chitrangada. Dhritarashtra
and Pandu were descended from Vichitravirya. The five sons of Pandu, the Pandanvas,
married Droupadi and Droupadi’s sons were Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutakiriti,
Shantanika and Shrutakarma. The Pandavas had other sons as well. Yudhishthira
married Youdheyi and had a son called Dvaka. Bhima married Hidimba and had a
son called Ghatotkacha. He also married Kashi and had a son called Sarvatraga.
Nakula married Karenumati and had a son called Nirmitra. Sahadeva married
Vijaya and had a son called Suhotra. Arjuna had many wives. From Ulupi he had
a son called Iravan, from Chitrangada he had a son called Babhruvahana and
from Subhadra he had a son called Abhimanyu.
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