How Bhagwan Vishnu broke the pride of Narad muni

 किस प्रकार से नारद मुनि का घमंड भगवान श्री हरि विष्णु ने तोड़ा । इसे पढ़ने के लिए अंग्रेजी कथा के नीचे स्क्रॉल डाउन करे। 

Once Narad went to Kailash to visit Bholenath Shiv.

“Narayan! Narayan!” chanted Narad and offered his greetings to the lord Shiva and goddess Parvati.

“How are you; Narad? “ asked lord Shiva.

Narad said” I am fine Bhagwan!”

Then goddess Parvati asked him “You are looking very happy today. Is this happiness due to something special?”

“ Mother! It's just your and lord Shiva's blessings and Bhagwan Vishnu's bhakti that I am able to be happy all the time. I have no task but to keep chanting the name of my Aradhya deva Shree Hari Vishnu all the time. This gives me immense pleasure and makes me happy always.” answered Narad.

Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati nodded and smiled.

Nandi was also present there and hearing the conversation. He said to lord Shiva and goddess Parvati ”Prabhu Narad is truly the biggest devotee of Bhagwan Vishnu as he keeps on chanting his name. All the devotees of the world must emulate him. He must be dearest to Bhagwan Vishnu.”

Hearing this Narad became very happy and left after taking permission from the lord Mahadev and goddess Parvati.

Narad was roaming here and there in the universe chanting Narayan! Narayan!. He was smiling all the way and thinking about Nandi's praise “biggest devotee, dearest bhakt” heaped on him.

Narad felt really very proud of himself. He couldn't resist and decided to visit Bhagwan Vishnu's abode.

Narad went to Vaikuntha, the lord's abode. He paid his greetings to the lord of the universe and goddess Lakshmi.

Bhagwan Vishnu welcomed Narad asked the purpose of his visit.

Narad said “ Narayan! Narayan! Pranam Prabhu! If you allow may I ask you a question?

Bhagwan Vishnu said that he was his devotee and he could ask him anything.

Narad asked him” Narayan! Narayan! Who is your biggest devotee in this universe, Prabhu?”

Bhagwan Vishnu said” I don't do any discrimination among my devotees. All are equal and same for me.”

Narad didn't expect this as he thought himself to be his biggest bhakt. “There must be someone whom you consider to be your biggest bhakt. Please tell me, Prabhu ” frowned Narad.

Listening to his harping on about the same Bhagwan Vishnu said” Though I don't make any distinction in the treatment of any of my devotees, but since you are insisting me to tell you about my biggest or dearest devotee, I would like to name one of my devotees from the earth as one.”and showed Narad him on earth. He was a farmer who just chanted lord's name thrice a day.

“How could he be your biggest devotee? Why is he dearest to you? He remembers you only just three times a day while I keep on chanting your name day and night without any break.” argued Narad.

“You are questioning my judgement , Narad. No doubt he is dearest to me and my biggest devotee.” answered Shree Hari Vishnu.

Heavy hearted and pained Narad then sought his permission to leave. Bhagwan Vishnu smiled and said” Would you do me a favour before leaving?”

Narad happily said” I will be more than happy if I could be of some help. What do I have to do , Prabhu?”

Shree Hari Vishnu handed over him a bowl brimming with milk and said” Narad, carrying this brimming bowl, take a revolution around the earth. Make sure even a single drop of milk must not fall from it.”

Narad left carrying the bowl. He put all his effort to avoid the spillage of the milk while taking a revolution around the earth. Somehow he accomplished his difficult task successfully and returned to Vaikuntha happily.

Bhagwan Vishnu asked “ Have you completed the task as directed? Narad replied delightedly” Yes lord! I took the revolution around the earth carrying the bowl in my hand and didn't let the milk drop from the bowl.”

“ How many times did you remember me while you are doing the job assigned to you?” asked lord Vishnu.Narad answered sheepishly “ Not even once. But I was doing my job assigned by you.”

Bhagwan Vishnu said “ The farmer on the earth who is dearest to me also does his job which is assigned to him by me only. He not only works hard and accomplishes his job honestly and virtuously but chants my name too as and when time permits. Chanting my name does not matter but accomplishing ones job does. You couldn't spare a moment to remember me but he remembers me thrice while accomplishing his job. He is surely dearest to me, isn't he?”

Narad regretted his ignorance and bowed down to his lotus feet thanked the lord of the universe for teaching him a lesson by hitting at his arrogance.

Why Krishna came to be known as Ranchhod

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King Brihadratha of Magadha was married to the twin daughters of the King of Kashi. Brihadratha loved both his wives equally and had all the material joys of the world, but no son. This left him in a depressed state.

The sage Chandakaushika visited his kingdom and Brihadratha served him with respect. Being pleased with his service, the sage granted Brihadratha a boon. Brihadratha asked the sage for a son and the sage gave him a mango, which Brihadratha was to give one of his wives. Now Brihadratha loved both his wives equally so he cut the mango in two equal halves and fed both of them.

Nine months later, both his wives gave birth to a child, or rather half a child each. Seeing this the queens attendants were horrified and decided that they must dispose of the two halves, so they dumped them outside the kingdom. Now outside the kingdom, there lived a demoness named Jara. Sensing human flesh, she found the two halves of the child. Hoping to carry them home to eat them, she placed both the halves side by side in a basket and lo behold the halves miraculously joined up, making one complete human child. Jara realized that this must be the son of the King of Magadha, and wanting a reward, took the child to the palace. The King was overjoyed and named the child Jarasandha in order to honor Jara, the demoness who had saved him.

Jarasandha grew up and became a very powerful king. He defeated many other kings and made them promise their allegiance to him making him supreme emperor. He gave both his daughters in marriage to Kamsa of Mathura.

Now Krishna killed Kamsa, making Jarasandha an enemy. Jarasandha attacked Mathura seventeen times and Krishna decimated his army, sparing Jarasandha alone.

Jarasandha decided to teach Krishna and the Yadavas a lesson. Since the Yadavas were concentrated in and around Mathura, he decided to battle them and destroy the race forever.

Jarasandha then repeatedly attacked Mathura and each time, he caused massive death and destruction. The seventeen attacks that he led on Mathura had sapped the energy of the Yadavas and stunted the growth of the city.

The economy of the Yadavas was in shambles and the wars had emptied the treasury. Jarasandha was a powerful enemy with a huge army and the Yadavas barely managed to withstand his attacks with even the likes of Krishna and Balarama on their side.

One day, Krishna received disturbing news that Jarasandha had forged an alliance with several other kings to forever destroy the Yadava clan.

Jarasandha had entered into an armed alliance with Emperor Damghosha of Chedi, Dantavakra of Karusa, Rukmi of Vidarbha and the brothers Vind and Anuvinda of Avanti. The alliance had only one aim-destroy Mathura and the Yadava clan.

There was more disturbing news for the Yadavas. The Kingdom of Hastinapur expressed helplessness in coming to the aid of the Yadavas. Meanwhile, the alliance began its march towards Mathura. Thus the Yadavas were left forlorn and at the mercy of a huge force.

The alliance decided to simultaneously attack Mathura from several fronts. Jarasandha then sent a message to the Yadavas stating that they would be spared if they handed the heads of Krishna and Balarama to him.

The Yadavas refused and readied themselves for war. Krishna was the only person who repeatedly cautioned his clansmen against the war. He then hit upon the idea of shifting the capital from Mathura to Dwaraka.

Krishna placed the suggestion before King Ugrasena his grandfather.

Ugrasena and all other courtiers and even the commanders of the Yadava army were against flight. Balarama too was against the move. He wanted to fight against Jarasandha.

Ugrasena then pointed out to Krishna that if he ran away from battle field, he would forever be known as a Ranchod or one who has run away from a battle field.

Krishna retorted that he had no worry about any new name being given to him. “I already have many names and one more does not make any difference”, he said. Moreover, I am willing to sacrifice my reputation for saving my people and their lives”, he said.

When Balarama again raised the war cry, Krishna gently reminded him that war is not the solution for solving all the problems. He said the confederacy of kings against Mathura is so great that it would lead to the death of countless people.

“Why should people suffer because of me and Balarama”, he asked the gathering. He then suggested that the best solution would be leave the city and go to a new place where it would be difficult for Jarasandha to attack them.

He reminded the gathering that Jarasandha had already attacked Mathura seventeen times and he would not rest till he succeeded in his mission of exterminating the Yadava clan.

The gathering reluctantly accepted the suggestion but Ugrasena wanted to know how a new city could be built in such a short span of time. The Magadha Army was already near Mathura and it would reach the city in a matter of days. “Then, how can a new city be built in days”, he asked.

Krishna then replied that he had already requested Vishvakarmaa, the architect of Gods, for help. He then prayed for Vishvakarmaa to appear before the Mathura court. When the architect came, Krishna asked him to show Ugrasena the plan of the new city.

Vishvakarmaa showed the court the plan of Dwarka. The entire gathering was stunned at the beauty of the city.

A small note: 

Bhagwan Brahma helped move the entire population of Yadavas to Dvaraka in a manner that none of them realised they were now in a different city. The population actually did not walk, or take bullock carts or ride chariots all the way from present-day western Uttar Pradesh to present-day Gujarat.

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कालिदास बोले :- माते पानी पिला दीजिए बङा पुण्य होगा.

स्त्री बोली :- बेटा मैं तुम्हें जानती नहीं. अपना परिचय दो।
मैं अवश्य पानी पिला दूंगी।

कालीदास ने कहा :- मैं पथिक हूँ, कृपया पानी पिला दें।

स्त्री बोली :- तुम पथिक कैसे हो सकते हो, पथिक तो केवल दो ही हैं सूर्य व चन्द्रमा जो कभी रुकते नहीं हमेशा चलते रहते। तुम इनमें से कौन हो सत्य बताओ।

कालिदास ने कहा :- मैं मेहमान हूँ, कृपया पानी पिला दें।

स्त्री बोली :- तुम मेहमान कैसे हो सकते हो ? संसार में दो ही मेहमान हैं।

पहला धन और दूसरा यौवन। इन्हें जाने में समय नहीं लगता। सत्य बताओ कौन हो तुम ?

अब तक के सारे तर्क से पराजित हताश तो हो ही चुके थे)

कालिदास बोले :- मैं सहनशील हूं। अब आप पानी पिला दें।

स्त्री ने कहा :- नहीं, सहनशील तो दो ही हैं। पहली, धरती जो पापी-पुण्यात्मा सबका बोझ सहती है। उसकी छाती चीरकर बीज बो देने से भी अनाज के भंडार देती है,

दूसरे पेड़ जिनको पत्थर मारो फिर भी मीठे फल देते हैं। तुम सहनशील नहीं। सच बताओ तुम कौन हो ?

(कालिदास लगभग मूर्च्छा की स्थिति में आ गए और तर्क-वितर्क से झल्लाकर बोले)

कालिदास बोले :- मैं हठी हूँ ।

स्त्री बोली :- फिर असत्य. हठी तो दो ही हैं- पहला नख और दूसरे केश, कितना भी काटो बार-बार निकल आते हैं। सत्य कहें ब्राह्मण कौन हैं आप ?

(पूरी तरह अपमानित और पराजित हो चुके थे)

कालिदास ने कहा :- फिर तो मैं मूर्ख ही हूँ ।

स्त्री ने कहा :- नहीं तुम मूर्ख कैसे हो सकते हो।

मूर्ख दो ही हैं। पहला राजा जो बिना योग्यता के भी सब पर शासन करता है, और दूसरा दरबारी जो राजा को प्रसन्न करने के लिए ग़लत बात पर भी तर्क करके उसको सही सिद्ध करने की चेष्टा करता है।

कुछ बोल न सकने की स्थिति में कालिदास वृद्धा के पैर पर गिर पड़े और पानी की याचना में गिड़गिड़ाने लगे)

वृद्धा ने कहा :- उठो वत्स ! (आवाज़ सुनकर कालिदास ने ऊपर देखा तो साक्षात माता सरस्वती वहां खड़ी थी, कालिदास पुनः नतमस्तक हो गए)

माता ने कहा :- शिक्षा से ज्ञान आता है न कि अहंकार तूने शिक्षा के बल पर प्राप्त मान और प्रतिष्ठा को ही अपनी उपलब्धि मान लिया और अहंकार कर बैठे इसलिए मुझे तुम्हारे चक्षु खोलने के लिए ये स्वांग करना पड़ा।

कालिदास को अपनी गलती समझ में आ गई और भरपेट पानी पीकर वे आगे चल पड़े।

शिक्षा :-

विद्वत्ता पर कभी घमण्ड न करें, यही घमण्ड विद्वत्ता को नष्ट कर देता है।
दो चीजों को कभी व्यर्थ नहीं जाने देना चाहिए अन्न के कण को और"आनंद के क्षण को।

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