Srimad Bhagavatam, Volume 3
Srimad Bhagavatam, Volume 3 Srimad Bhagavatam, Volume 3
Srimad Bhagawatam, First Canto, Volume Three her desire through her brother Dhristadumna that she was unable to accept anyone who was less than Kshatriya. The Vaishyas and the Sudras are less important than the Kshatriya. Karna was known as the son of a carpenter who is a Sudra. So Droupadi avoided Karna by this plea just intelligently of Kshatriya politician's daughter. When Arjuna in the dress of a poor Brahmin pierced the difficult target every one was astonished and all of them specially Karna offered a stiff fight to Arjuna but as usual by the Grace of Lord Krishna he was able to come out very successful in the princely fight and thus gained the valuable hand of Krishna or Droupadi. Arjuna was lamentingly remembering the incidence in the absence of Lord by Whose strength only he was so powerful. Yat samnidhou aham u khandavam agnaye adam Indram cha sa amaraganam tarasa vijitya. Labdha sabha mayakrita adbhuta silpa maya Digbho aharan nripatayo valim adhware te. Yat—whose, Samnidhou—being nearby, Aham—myself, U—note of astonishment, Khandavam—the protected forest of Indra king of heaven, Agnaye—unto the fire god, Adam—delivered, Indram—Indra the king of Heaven, Cha—also, sa—along with, Amaraganam—the demigods, Tarasa— with all dexterity, Vijitya—having conquered. Labdha—having obtained, Sabha—assembly pandel, Mayakritam—built by Maya, Adbhuta—very wonderful, Silpa—art and workmanship, Maya—potency, Digbhyo—from all directions, Aharan—collecting, Nripatayo—all prince, Valim—presentations Adhware—brought about, te—unto you. On account of His being near by me, it was possible for me to conquer over the powerful King of heaven Indradeva along with his demigod associates with great dexterity and thus to give facility to the Fire God in the matter of devastating the Khandava forest. And by whose Grace only the demon of the name Maya was saved from the blazing Khandava and thus we could build up the wonderful architectural workmanship of our assembly house where all the princes who assembled during the performance of Rajsuya Yajna and all of them paid you tributes. Demon Mayadanava was an inhabitant of the forest Khnadava and when the Kandava forest was set in fire the said demon asked protection from Arjuna. Arjuna saved his life and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He responded the obligation by building an wonderful assembly house for the Pandavas which attracted the extraordinary attention of all state princes and they felt the supernatural power of the Pandavas and thus without any grudge all of them submitted and paid tributes to the Emperor. The demons possess wonderful and supernatural powers than man to create material wonders. But they are always disturbing elements of the society. The modern demons are the harmful material scientist who create some material wonders for creating disturbances in the society. For example the creation of the nuclear weapons by the material scientists. It has created some panic in the human society. Maya was also a materialist like that and he know the art of creating wonderful things. And yet Lord Krishna wanted to kill him. When he was chased both by the fire and the wheel of Lord Krishna intelligently he took shelter of a devotee like Arjuna and he saved him from the wrath of the fire of Lord Sri Krishna. Devotees are therefore more merciful than the Lord and in the devotional service the mercy of a devotee is more valuable than the mercy of the Lord. Both the fire and the Lord ceased from chasing the domon as soon as both of them saw that the demon was given shelter by a devotee like Arjuna. The Demon feeling obliged himself to Arjuna wanted to do him some service to show his gratefulness but Arjuna denied to accept anything from him in exchange of saving him from the wrath of fire and the Lord. Lord Sri Krishna however being pleased with Maya for his taking shelter of a devotee asked to render service unto King Yudhisthira by building an wonderful assembly house. The process is that by the Grace of devotee the mercy of the Lord is obtained while by the mercy of the Lord chance for serving the Lord's devotee is obtained. The club of Bhimasena was also a gift of Mayadanava. Yat tejasa nripasironghrimahat makhartham Arya anujas tava gajayuta satwaviryah. Tena ahritah pramathanatha makhaya bhupa Yanmochitas tadanayan valim adhware te. Yat—whose, Tejasa—by influence, Nripasironghri—one whose feet is adored by the heads of kings, Mahat—the great, Makharthe—for the matter of sacrifice, Arya—respectable, Anuja—younger brother, Tava—your, Gajayuta—ten thousands of elephants, Satwavirya—powerful existence, Tena—by him, Ahrita—collected Pramathanatha—the Lord of the ghosts (Mahabhairava), Makhaya—for sacrifice, Bhupa—Kings, Yanmochitas—by whom they were released, Tadanyan—all of them brought about, Valim— taxes, Adhware—presented. Your respectable younger brother who possesses the strength of ten thousands of elephants killed, by His Grace only, Jarasandha whose feet was worshipped by many kings, These Kings were brought by him for being sacrificed in the Mahabhairava Yajna performed by Jarasandha but they were thus released and later on paid tributes to your majesty. 22 Jarasandha was a very powerful king of Magadha and the history of his birth and activities are also very interesting. His father king Vrihadratha was also very prosperous and powerful king of Magadh but he had no son although the king married two daughters of the king of Kashi. Being disappointed in getting a son from either of the two queens the king along with his wives left home for living in the forest for austerities but in the forest he was benedicted by one great Rishi to have a son and he gave him one mango to be eaten by the queens. The queens did so and were very soon pregnant. The king was very happy to see the queens bearing child within the womb but when the ripe time approached the two queens delivered one child in two one parts from each of the queen's womb. The child in two parts were thrown in the forest where a great shedemon used to live and she was glad to have some delicate flesh and blood from the bifurcated newly born child. Out of curiosity she joined the two parts and the child became complete and regained life. The she-demon was known as Jara and she being compassionate with the childless king went to the king and presented him the nice child. The King was very much pleased with the she demon and wanted to reward her according to her desire. The she-demon expressed her desire that the child be named after her name and thus the child was surnamed as Jarasandha or one who was joined by Jara the she-demon. In fact this Jarasandha was born as one of the part and parcel of demon Viprachitti. The saint by whose benediction the queens bore the child was called Chanda Kousik who foretold about the child before his father Vrihadratha. As he possessed demonical qualities from birth naturally he became a great devotee of Lord Shiva Who is the Lord of all ghostly and demoniac men. Ravana was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and so also King Jarasandha. He used to sacrifice all arrested kings before the Lord Mahabhairva and by his military power he defeated many small kings and arrested them for butchering before the Mahabhairava. There are many devotees of the Mhabhairava or Kalabhairava in the province of Bihar formerly called Magadha. He was relative of Kansa the maternal uncle of Krishna and therefore after Kansa's death King Jarasandha became a great enemy of Krishna and there were many fightings between Jarasandha and Krishna. Lord Krishna wanted to kill him but He also wanted that others who served as militarymen for Jarasandha might not be killed. Therefore a plan was adopted to kill him. Krishna, Bhima Arjuna three together went to Jarasandha in the dress of poor Brahmins and begged chartiy from king Jarasandha. Jarasandha never refused charity to any Brahmin and he performed many sacrifices also and still he was not in par with devotional service. Lord Krishna, Bhima and Arjuna asked Jarasaandha the facility of combating with him and it was settled that Jarasandha would fight with Bhima only. So all of them were both guests and combatants of Jarasandha and Bhima and Jarasandha fought every day for several days. Bhima became disappointed in killing Jarasahdha but Krishna gave him hints about Jarasandha's beginning of life being joined together and thus Bhima disected him again in two parts and he was killed by Bhima. All the kings who were detained in the concentration camp for being killed before the Mahabhairava, were thus released by Bhima and kings thus feeling obliged to the Pandavas paid tribute to King Yudhisihira. Patnyas taba adhimakha klipta mahabhiseka Slaghista charu kavaram kitabaih sabhayam. Spristam vikirya padayoh patitasrumukhya Yas tat striyo krita hatesha vimuktakasha. Patnyas—of the wife, Taba—your, Adhimakha—during the great sacrificial ceremony, Klpta—dressed, Mahabhiseka—greatly sanctified, Slaghista—thus glorified, Charu—beautiful, Kavaram—clustered hair, Kitabaih—by the miscreants, Sabhayam—in the great assembly, Spristam—being caught, Vikirya—being loosened, Padayo—on the feet, Patitasrumukhya—of the one who fell down with tears in the eyes, Yas—He, Tat—their, Striyo—wives, Krita—became, Hatesa—bereft of husband, Vimuktakesha—loosened hair. It is only He who rendered loosened hair of all the wives of the miscreants who dared to open the cluster of hair of your queen which was dressed nicely being sanctificd in the great ceremony of Rajasuya sacrifice when she fell down at the feet of Lord Krishna with tears in her eyes, Queen Droupadi had a beautiful bunch of hair which was sanctified in the ceremonial function of Rajsuya Yajna. But when she was lost in the bet Duhsasan touched such glorified hair of Droupadi to insult her. Droupadi then fell down on the lotus feet of Lord Krishna by loosened hair and Lord Krishna decided it that all the wives of Duhsasan and company should be rendered into loosened hair being forced by circumstances as the result of the battle of Kurukshetra. And after the battle of Kurukshetra when all the sons and grandsons of Dhritarastra died in the battle then all the wives of the family were obliged to loosen their hairs as widows. In other words all the wives of the Kuru famsly became widows on account of this gross misdeed of Duhsasan by insulting a great devotee of the Lord. The Lord can tolerate insult upon Him by any miscreant because the father tolerates even insults from the son. But He never tolerates insult upon His devotees. By insulting a great soul one has to forego all the results of pious acts and benediction also.
Yo no jugopa vana etya duranta krichhat Durvasaso ari rachitat ayuta agrabhug yah. Shakannasistam upayujya yatas trilokim Tripta mamnsta salile vinimagnasamga. Yo—one who, No—us, Jhugopa—gave protection, Vano—forest, Etya— getting in, Duranta—dangerously, Krichhat—trouble, Durvasaso—of the Durvasa Muni, Ari—enemy, Rachitat—fabricated by, Ayuta—ten thousands, Agrabhug—One who eats before Yah—that person, Shakannasistam— remnanrs of foodstuff, Upayupa—having accepted, Yatas—because, Trilokim—all the three worlds, Tripta—satisfied, Mamansta—thought within the mind, Salile—while in the water, Vinimagnaramga—merged into water all of them, During our exile Durvasa Muni, who eats along with ten thousands of his disciples, put us into dangerously trouble under intrigue by our enemies. At that time He (Lord Krishna) simply by accepting the remnant of the particle of foodstuff, saved us. By His dolng so the assembly of Munis while taking bath in the river water felt sumptuously fed besides all others in the three worlds. Durvasa Muni: A powerful mystic Brahmin determined to observe the principles of religiosity with great vow and under strict austerities. His name is associated with many historical events and it appears that the great mystic could both easily be satisfied and annoyed like Lord Shiva. When He was satisfied he could do tremendous good to the servitor but if he was dissatisfied he could bring about the greatest calamity. Kumari Kunti at her father's house used to minister all kinds of services to all such great Brahmins and being satisfied with her good reception Durvasa Muni benedicted her with a power to call for any demigod as she desired. It is understood that he was a plenary incarnation of Lord Shiva and as such he could both easily be satisfied or annoyed. He was a great devotee of Lord shiva and by his order he accepted the priesthood of king Swetaketu in the matter of the King's performance of sacrifices for one hundred years. Sometimes he used to visit the parliamentary assembly of the heavenly kingdom of Indradeva. He could travel in the space by his great mystic powers and it is understand that he travelled a great distance of space even up to the Vaikuntha planet beyond the material space and he travelled all these long distances within one year during his quarrel with King Amburisha the great devotee Emperor of the world. He had about ten thousands of disciples and wherever he visited and became guest of the great Kshatirya Kings he used to do so accompanied by such hoaray number of followers. Once he visited the house of Duryodhone the enemy cousin brother of Maharaj Yudhisthir. Duryodhone was intelligent enough to satisfy the Brahmin by all means and the great Rishi wanted to give some benediction to Duryodhone. Duryoodhone knew his mystic powers and he knew it also that the mystic Brahmin, if dissatisfied could do some havoc also and as such he designed to engage the Brahmin to show his wrath upon his enemy brothers the Pandavas. When the Rishi wanted to award some benediction to Dupyodhone, the latter wished that he should visit the house of Maharaj Yudhisthir who was the eldest and the chief among all his brothers. But by his request he would go to him after he had finished his meals along with his queen Droupadi. Duryodhone knew it that after Droupadi's dinner it would be impossible for Maharaj Yudhithir to receive such large number of Brahmin guests and thus the Rishi would be annoyed and he would create some trouble for his brother Maharaj Yudhsthir. That was the plan of Duryodhone. Durvasa Muni agreed to this proposal of Duryodhone and once he approached the King in exile according to the plan of Duryodhone after they had finished their meals and Droupadi also had taken her meals. On his arrival at the door of Maharaj Yudhisthir, he was at once well received and he King requested him to finish his noon time ablutions religious rites in the river and by the time the food stuff may be prepared. Durvasha Muni along with his large number of disciples went to take bath in the river and Maharaj Yudhisthir was in great anxiety for the guests. So long Droupadi would not take her meals the whole foodstuff could be served to any number of guests but the Rishi by the plan of Duryodhone reached there after Droupadi had finished her meals. When the devotees are put into difficulty it becomes an opportunity for them to recollect the Lord with rapt attention. So Droupadi was thinking of Lord krishna in that dangerous position and the all pervading Lord could at once know the dangerous position of His Devotees. He therefore came there on the scene and asked Droupadi to give some food stuff whatever she might have in her stock. On her being so requested by the Lord Droupadi felt too much because the Supreme Lord asked her for some food and she was unable to supply it at that time. She said to the Lord that the mysterious dish which she had received from the Sun-god could supply any ammount foodstuff if she herself had not taken up the meals. But on that day she had already taken her meals and as such they are in danger. By expresing her difficulties she began to cry before the Lord as an woman would do in such position. The Lord however asked Droupadi to bring up the cooking pots if there was any particle of foodstuff and on Droupadi's doing so the Lord found out som-particle of vegitable sticking with the pot. The Lord at once picked it up and ate it. After 23 Fifteenth Chapter - The Pandavas Retire Timely doing so the Lord asked Droupadi to call for her guests the company of Durvasa. Bhima was sent to call them from the river. Bhima said, "why you are delaying sirs, come on the sfoodstuffs are ready for you." But the Brahmins on account of Lord Krishna's accepting a little paticle of food stuff, felt sumptuosly fed even whilet they were merged within the water. They thought it that had no hunger and Maharaj Yudhisthir must have had prepared many valuable dishes for them so if they could not take any part of the foodstuff the king would be feeling sorry so it was better not togo there but they decided to go away from that place. This incidence proves that the Lord is the greatest mystic than any other mystic of the world and therefore He is known as the Yogeswara. Another instruction is that every householder must offer the foodstuff to the Lord and the result will be that every body even a company of guests numbering ten thousands would be satisfied on account of the Lord's being satisfied. That is the way of devotional service. Yat tejasa atha bhagavan yudhi Sulapanir Bismapitah sagirijo astram adat nijam me, Anyepi cha aham amunaiva kalevarena Prapto mahendrabhavane mahad asanardham. Yat—by whose, Tejasa—by influence, atha—at a time, Bhagavan—the personality of God (Lord Shiva), Yudhi—in the battle, Sulapani—one who has the trident in hand, Bismapitah—astonished, Sagirija—along with the daughter of Mount Himalaya, Astram—weapon, Adat—awarded, Nijam—of His own, Me—unto me, Anyepi—so also others, Cha—and, Aham—Myself, Amuna—by this, Eva—definitely, Kalevarena—by the body, Prapto— obtained, Mahendrabhavane—in the house of Indradeva, Mahad—great, Asanardham—seat half elevated. It is by His influence only that I was able to astonish the Personality of God Lord Shiva along with His wife the daughter of Mount Himalaya in fight and thus He became pleased with me and awarded His own weapon. Thus other demigods also delivered their respective weapons to me and what to speak more I was able to reach the heavely planet definitely by this present body and was allowed to the half elevated seat. By the Grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna, all other demigods including Lord Shiva also was pleased with him (Arjuna). The idea is that one who is favoured by Lord Shiva or any other demigods may not necesarily be favoured by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna (Godhead). Ravana was certainly a great devotee of tlle Lord Shiva but he could not be saved faom the wrath of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Ramachndra. And there are many instances like that in the histories of the Puranas. But here is an instance where we can see that Lord Shiva became pleased even in the fight with Arjuna. The devotees of the Supreme Lord know how to respect the demigods but the devotees of other demigods sometimes foolishly think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is as good as other demigods (?) By such conception of the Supreme God and the demigods one becomes an offender and ultimately meets with the same result as Ravana and others had to meet. The instances described by Arjuna during his friendly dealings with Lord Sri Krishna are instructive for all who may be convinced by the lessons that one can achieve all favoures simply by pleasing the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna while the devotees or the worshippers of other demigods may achieve only partial benefits of life which are also perishable as much as the demigods themselves are. Another significance of the present verse is that Arjuna, by the Grace of Lord Sri Krishna, was able to reach the heavenly planet even with the self same body and was honoured by the heavenly demigod Indradeva being seated with him half eleveted. One can reach the heavenly plantets by pious acts as they are recommended in the Shastras in the category of fruitive activities. And as stated, in the Bhagwat Geeta (Bg. 9.21) the reactions. of such pious acts being spent up the enjoyer is again degraded to come down to this earehly planets. The Moon planet is also on the level of heavenly planet and only persons who have had performed virtue only namely performing sacrifices, giving in charties and undergon severe austerities etc can be allowed to enter into the heavenly planets after expiry of the duration of life of the body. Arjuna was allowed to enter into the heavenly planets in the self same body simply by the Grace of the Lord otherwise it was not passible to do so. The present attempts to enter into the heavenly planet by the modern scientists will certainly prove futile because such scientists are not on the level of Arjuna. They are ordinary human beings without any assets of sacrifice, charity or austerities. The material body is influenced by the three modes of material nature namely goodness, passion and ignorance. The present mass of population is more or less influenced by the modes of passion and ignorance and the symptoms for such influence is exhibited in becoming too much lusty and greedy. Such degraded lusty and greedy fellows can hardly approach the higher planetary system namely the heavenly planets or above them. Above the heavenly planets there are many other planets also where only those who are influenced by goodness can reach. In the heavenly and other higher planets within an universe, the inhabitants are all highly intelligent many more
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<strong>Srimad</strong> Bhagawatam, First Canto, <strong>Volume</strong> Three<br />
her desire through her brother Dhristadumna that she was unable to accept<br />
anyone who was less than Kshatriya. The Vaishyas and the Sudras are less<br />
important than the Kshatriya. Karna was known as the son of a carpenter who<br />
is a Sudra. So Droupadi avoided Karna by this plea just intelligently of<br />
Kshatriya politician's daughter. When Arjuna in the dress of a poor Brahmin<br />
pierced the difficult target every one was astonished and all of them specially<br />
Karna offered a stiff fight to Arjuna but as usual by the Grace of Lord Krishna<br />
he was able to come out very successful in the princely fight and thus gained<br />
the valuable hand of Krishna or Droupadi. Arjuna was lamentingly<br />
remembering the incidence in the absence of Lord by Whose strength only he<br />
was so powerful.<br />
Yat samnidhou aham u khandavam agnaye adam<br />
Indram cha sa amaraganam tarasa vijitya.<br />
Labdha sabha mayakrita adbhuta silpa maya<br />
Digbho aharan nripatayo valim adhware te.<br />
Yat—whose, Samnidhou—being nearby, Aham—myself, U—note of<br />
astonishment, Khandavam—the protected forest of Indra king of heaven,<br />
Agnaye—unto the fire god, Adam—delivered, Indram—Indra the king of<br />
Heaven, Cha—also, sa—along with, Amaraganam—the demigods, Tarasa—<br />
with all dexterity, Vijitya—having conquered. Labdha—having obtained,<br />
Sabha—assembly pandel, Mayakritam—built by Maya, Adbhuta—very<br />
wonderful, Silpa—art and workmanship, Maya—potency, Digbhyo—from all<br />
directions, Aharan—collecting, Nripatayo—all prince, Valim—presentations<br />
Adhware—brought about, te—unto you.<br />
On account of His being near by me, it was possible for me to conquer<br />
over the powerful King of heaven Indradeva along with his demigod<br />
associates with great dexterity and thus to give facility to the Fire God in<br />
the matter of devastating the Khandava forest. And by whose Grace only<br />
the demon of the name Maya was saved from the blazing Khandava and<br />
thus we could build up the wonderful architectural workmanship of our<br />
assembly house where all the princes who assembled during the<br />
performance of Rajsuya Yajna and all of them paid you tributes.<br />
Demon Mayadanava was an inhabitant of the forest Khnadava and when the<br />
Kandava forest was set in fire the said demon asked protection from Arjuna.<br />
Arjuna saved his life and as a result of this the demon felt obliged. He<br />
responded the obligation by building an wonderful assembly house for the<br />
Pandavas which attracted the extraordinary attention of all state princes and<br />
they felt the supernatural power of the Pandavas and thus without any grudge<br />
all of them submitted and paid tributes to the Emperor. The demons possess<br />
wonderful and supernatural powers than man to create material wonders. But<br />
they are always disturbing elements of the society. The modern demons are<br />
the harmful material scientist who create some material wonders for creating<br />
disturbances in the society. For example the creation of the nuclear weapons<br />
by the material scientists. It has created some panic in the human society.<br />
Maya was also a materialist like that and he know the art of creating<br />
wonderful things. And yet Lord Krishna wanted to kill him. When he was<br />
chased both by the fire and the wheel of Lord Krishna intelligently he took<br />
shelter of a devotee like Arjuna and he saved him from the wrath of the fire of<br />
Lord Sri Krishna. Devotees are therefore more merciful than the Lord and in<br />
the devotional service the mercy of a devotee is more valuable than the mercy<br />
of the Lord. Both the fire and the Lord ceased from chasing the domon as<br />
soon as both of them saw that the demon was given shelter by a devotee like<br />
Arjuna. The Demon feeling obliged himself to Arjuna wanted to do him some<br />
service to show his gratefulness but Arjuna denied to accept anything from<br />
him in exchange of saving him from the wrath of fire and the Lord. Lord Sri<br />
Krishna however being pleased with Maya for his taking shelter of a devotee<br />
asked to render service unto King Yudhisthira by building an wonderful<br />
assembly house. The process is that by the Grace of devotee the mercy of the<br />
Lord is obtained while by the mercy of the Lord chance for serving the Lord's<br />
devotee is obtained. The club of Bhimasena was also a gift of Mayadanava.<br />
Yat tejasa nripasironghrimahat makhartham<br />
Arya anujas tava gajayuta satwaviryah.<br />
Tena ahritah pramathanatha makhaya bhupa<br />
Yanmochitas tadanayan valim adhware te.<br />
Yat—whose, Tejasa—by influence, Nripasironghri—one whose feet is adored<br />
by the heads of kings, Mahat—the great, Makharthe—for the matter of<br />
sacrifice, Arya—respectable, Anuja—younger brother, Tava—your,<br />
Gajayuta—ten thousands of elephants, Satwavirya—powerful existence,<br />
Tena—by him, Ahrita—collected Pramathanatha—the Lord of the ghosts<br />
(Mahabhairava), Makhaya—for sacrifice, Bhupa—Kings, Yanmochitas—by<br />
whom they were released, Tadanyan—all of them brought about, Valim—<br />
taxes, Adhware—presented.<br />
Your respectable younger brother who possesses the strength of ten<br />
thousands of elephants killed, by His Grace only, Jarasandha whose feet<br />
was worshipped by many kings, These Kings were brought by him for<br />
being sacrificed in the Mahabhairava Yajna performed by Jarasandha<br />
but they were thus released and later on paid tributes to your majesty.<br />
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Jarasandha was a very powerful king of Magadha and the history of his birth<br />
and activities are also very interesting. His father king Vrihadratha was also<br />
very prosperous and powerful king of Magadh but he had no son although the<br />
king married two daughters of the king of Kashi. Being disappointed in<br />
getting a son from either of the two queens the king along with his wives left<br />
home for living in the forest for austerities but in the forest he was benedicted<br />
by one great Rishi to have a son and he gave him one mango to be eaten by<br />
the queens. The queens did so and were very soon pregnant. The king was<br />
very happy to see the queens bearing child within the womb but when the ripe<br />
time approached the two queens delivered one child in two one parts from<br />
each of the queen's womb. The child in two parts were thrown in the forest<br />
where a great shedemon used to live and she was glad to have some delicate<br />
flesh and blood from the bifurcated newly born child. Out of curiosity she<br />
joined the two parts and the child became complete and regained life. The<br />
she-demon was known as Jara and she being compassionate with the childless<br />
king went to the king and presented him the nice child. The King was very<br />
much pleased with the she demon and wanted to reward her according to her<br />
desire. The she-demon expressed her desire that the child be named after her<br />
name and thus the child was surnamed as Jarasandha or one who was joined<br />
by Jara the she-demon. In fact this Jarasandha was born as one of the part and<br />
parcel of demon Viprachitti. The saint by whose benediction the queens bore<br />
the child was called Chanda Kousik who foretold about the child before his<br />
father Vrihadratha.<br />
As he possessed demonical qualities from birth naturally he became a great<br />
devotee of Lord Shiva Who is the Lord of all ghostly and demoniac men.<br />
Ravana was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and so also King Jarasandha. He<br />
used to sacrifice all arrested kings before the Lord Mahabhairva and by his<br />
military power he defeated many small kings and arrested them for butchering<br />
before the Mahabhairava. There are many devotees of the Mhabhairava or<br />
Kalabhairava in the province of Bihar formerly called Magadha. He was<br />
relative of Kansa the maternal uncle of Krishna and therefore after Kansa's<br />
death King Jarasandha became a great enemy of Krishna and there were many<br />
fightings between Jarasandha and Krishna. Lord Krishna wanted to kill him<br />
but He also wanted that others who served as militarymen for Jarasandha<br />
might not be killed. Therefore a plan was adopted to kill him. Krishna, Bhima<br />
Arjuna three together went to Jarasandha in the dress of poor Brahmins and<br />
begged chartiy from king Jarasandha. Jarasandha never refused charity to any<br />
Brahmin and he performed many sacrifices also and still he was not in par<br />
with devotional service. Lord Krishna, Bhima and Arjuna asked Jarasaandha<br />
the facility of combating with him and it was settled that Jarasandha would<br />
fight with Bhima only. So all of them were both guests and combatants of<br />
Jarasandha and Bhima and Jarasandha fought every day for several days.<br />
Bhima became disappointed in killing Jarasahdha but Krishna gave him hints<br />
about Jarasandha's beginning of life being joined together and thus Bhima<br />
disected him again in two parts and he was killed by Bhima. All the kings<br />
who were detained in the concentration camp for being killed before the<br />
Mahabhairava, were thus released by Bhima and kings thus feeling obliged to<br />
the Pandavas paid tribute to King Yudhisihira.<br />
Patnyas taba adhimakha klipta mahabhiseka<br />
Slaghista charu kavaram kitabaih sabhayam.<br />
Spristam vikirya padayoh patitasrumukhya<br />
Yas tat striyo krita hatesha vimuktakasha.<br />
Patnyas—of the wife, Taba—your, Adhimakha—during the great sacrificial<br />
ceremony, Klpta—dressed, Mahabhiseka—greatly sanctified, Slaghista—thus<br />
glorified, Charu—beautiful, Kavaram—clustered hair, Kitabaih—by the<br />
miscreants, Sabhayam—in the great assembly, Spristam—being caught,<br />
Vikirya—being loosened, Padayo—on the feet, Patitasrumukhya—of the one<br />
who fell down with tears in the eyes, Yas—He, Tat—their, Striyo—wives,<br />
Krita—became, Hatesa—bereft of husband, Vimuktakesha—loosened hair.<br />
It is only He who rendered loosened hair of all the wives of the miscreants<br />
who dared to open the cluster of hair of your queen which was dressed<br />
nicely being sanctificd in the great ceremony of Rajasuya sacrifice when<br />
she fell down at the feet of Lord Krishna with tears in her eyes,<br />
Queen Droupadi had a beautiful bunch of hair which was sanctified in the<br />
ceremonial function of Rajsuya Yajna. But when she was lost in the bet<br />
Duhsasan touched such glorified hair of Droupadi to insult her. Droupadi then<br />
fell down on the lotus feet of Lord Krishna by loosened hair and Lord Krishna<br />
decided it that all the wives of Duhsasan and company should be rendered<br />
into loosened hair being forced by circumstances as the result of the battle of<br />
Kurukshetra. And after the battle of Kurukshetra when all the sons and<br />
grandsons of Dhritarastra died in the battle then all the wives of the family<br />
were obliged to loosen their hairs as widows. In other words all the wives of<br />
the Kuru famsly became widows on account of this gross misdeed of<br />
Duhsasan by insulting a great devotee of the Lord. The Lord can tolerate<br />
insult upon Him by any miscreant because the father tolerates even insults<br />
from the son. But He never tolerates insult upon His devotees. By insulting a<br />
great soul one has to forego all the results of pious acts and benediction also.
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