How Lord Indra was defeated by Lord Krishna. This is an amazing story where god fought each other and the reason was ego.
Lord Indra tried to effect his supremacy with the help of Rain God, but Lord Krishna, the eternal saviour rescued the Gokul wasis. Full story is available at the following link.
This is believed that a person’s misdeeds are eradicated by observing the simple rituals of Chitragupta Puja.
There is an interesting story of how King Saudas was rewarded.
Chitragupta
There was a king whose name was Saudas . King was unjust and tyrant . He did not ever had the good deed . One day, he was wandering in the wilderness . He saw a Brahmin who was worshiping . Out of curiosity he asked the Brahmin that whom we was praying. The Brahmin replied that today is Kartik Shukla’s second day and I am worshiping Yamraj (God of death) and Chitragupta (His bookkeeper) . Their worship is supposed to provide salvation from hell . After hearing this, Saudas also followed the rituals and performed the worship.
Later, when his time was complete, messengers of god came to earth and took him to God Yamaraj. He was produced before in his court. When his books were examined by Chitragupta, and he told to Yamaraj – Though he is sinful and tyrant, but he has performed yours and my worshsip with proper rituals, hence he cannot be sent to hell. His place is in heaven. Thus by performing only one day of puja, he was absolved of his sins.
राजा अधर्मी और पाप कर्म करने वाला था. इस राजा ने कभी को पुण्य का काम नहीं किया था. एक बार शिकार खेलते समय जंगल में भटक गया. वहां उन्हें एक ब्रह्मण दिखा जो पूजा कर रहे थे. राजा उत्सुकतावश ब्रह्ममण के समीप गया और उनसे पूछा कि यहां आप किनकी पूजा कर रहे हैं. ब्रह्मण ने कहा आज कार्तिक शुक्ल द्वितीया है इस दिन मैं यमराज और चित्रगुप्त महाराज की पूजा कर रहा हूं. इनकी पूजा नरक से मुक्ति प्रदान करने वाली है. राजा ने तब पूजा का विधान पूछकर वहीं चित्रगुप्त और यमराज की पूजा की.
काल की गति से एक दिन यमदूत राजा के प्राण लेने आ गये. दूत राजा की आत्मा को जंजीरों में बांधकर घसीटते हुए ले गये. लहुलुहान राजा यमराज के दरबार में जब पहुंचा तब चित्रगुप्त ने राजा के कर्मों की पुस्तिका खोली और कहा कि हे यमराज यूं तो यह राजा बड़ा ही पापी है इसने सदा पाप कर्म ही किए हैं परंतु इसने कार्तिक शुक्ल द्वितीया तिथि को हमारा और आपका व्रत पूजन किया है अत: इसके पाप कट गये हैं और अब इसे धर्मानुसार नरक नहीं भेजा जा सकता. इस प्रकार राजा को नरक से मुक्ति मिल गयी.
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Best wishes to all the readers of freeflow on Chitragupta Puja. This puja is important as Lord Chitragupta is the record keeper of Lord Yama. He maintains the record of good and bad deeds of every person. On this day, Kayastha people celebrate Chitragupta Puja.
The mantra of Lord Chitragupta can be found at following link:
https://ritsin.com/chitragupta-puja-or-dawaat-puja-festival-yam-dwitiya.html/
Chitragupta bhagwan oldest statue from Ashoka period at Patna city
Every year, a day after diwali, Kayastha’s all over the world celebrate Chitragupta puja. This festival is also known as Dawaat puja. It is believed that byy doing this puja, devotees will be benefited as Chitragupta god keeps the record of good and evil deeds of every person. Onthe basis of these records a man fate is decided whether he will ascend to heaven or hell.
So worshipping the Lord Chitragupta pleases him and the person is surely benefited.
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In one popular version of the creation myth of Chitragupta, it is said that Lord Brahma gave the land of the dead over to the god Yama, also known as Dharamraj or Yamraj. Yama would become confused sometimes when dead souls would come to him, and would occasionally send the wrong souls to either heaven or hell. Lord Brahma commanded him to keep better track of everyone, and Yama declared that he could not reasonably be expected to keep track of the many people born of the eighty-four different life forms in the three worlds.
Yama court with chitragupta
Lord Brahma, determined to solve this problem for Yama, sat in meditation for many thousands of years. Finally he opened his eyes, and a man stood before him with a pen and paper. As Chitragupta was born of Lord Brahma’s body, or kaya in Sanskrit, Brahma declared that his children would forever be known as Kayasthas. As he was first conceived in Brahma’s mind, or chitra, and then made whole in secrecy, or gupta, away from the other gods, he was named Chitragupta.
Chitragupta
Chitragupt Puja festival is performed by Kayastha Parivar that believes in world peace, justice, knowledge and literacy, the four primary virtues depicted by the form of Shree Chitraguptjee. The puja is also known as Dawat (Inkpot) Puja, in which the books and pen are worshipped, symbolizing the importance of study in the life of a Kayastha. During the Chitragupt Puja, earning members of the also give account of their earning, writing to Chitragupt Maharaj the additional amount of money that is required to run the household, next year.
Legends of Chitragupta Puja
There was a tyrant king who was always involved in sinful activities. One day, he saw few people observing this festival he also decided to perform the same. In his records, where he was marked as gatayu (whose life is over), the records shown that he was nor shatayu (one whose life is of hundred years). Thus, performing once this puja, that king was rewarded. There are other stories Saudas where he was immensely benefited by performing this puja.
Shloka
The most important shlok is
Masibhajan sanyuktacharsi twam mahitale. Lekhi katini hast chitragupt namostute.
chitragupta namastubhyam lekhakshardayakam, kayastha jatimasadya chitragupt namostute.
Chitragupt puja mantra (shloka)
He had two wives, Iravati and Sudakhina. He had twelve sons who later formed the twelve subdivisions of kayasthas. His sons are Shrivastava, Mathur, Gaur, Nigam, Ashthana, Kulshrestha, Suryadwaja, Bhatnagar, Ambastha, Saxena, Karana and Vaalmik.
There was a king whose name was Saudas . King was unjust and tyrant . He did not ever had the good deed . One day, he was wandering in the wilderness . He saw a Brahmin who was worshiping . Out of curiosity he asked the Brahmin that whom we was praying. The Brahmin replied that today is Kartik Shukla’s second day and I am worshiping Yamraj (God of death) and Chitragupta (His bookkeeper) . Their worship is supposed to provide salvation from hell . After hearing this, Saudas also followed the rituals and performed the worship.
Later, when his time was complete, messengers of god came to earth and took him to God Yamaraj. He was produced before in his court. When his books were examined by Chitragupta, and he told to Yamaraj – Though he is sinful and tyrant, but he has performed yours and my worshsip with proper rituals, hence he cannot be sent to hell. His place is in heaven. Thus by performing only one day of puja, he was absolved of his sins.
Chitragupta Puja
Chitragupta jee ki aarti
पाण्डव पाँच भाई थे जिनके नाम हैं –
1. युधिष्ठिर 2. भीम 3. अर्जुन 4. नकुल 5. सहदेव
( इन पांचों के अलावा , महाबली कर्ण भी कुंती के ही पुत्र थे , परन्तु उनकी गिनती पांडवों में नहीं की जाती है )
यहाँ ध्यान रखें कि… पाण्डु के उपरोक्त पाँचों पुत्रों में से युधिष्ठिर, भीम और अर्जुन की माता कुन्ती थीं तथा , नकुल और सहदेव की माता माद्री थी ।
धृतराष्ट्र और गांधारी के सौ पुत्र कौरव कहलाए जिनके नाम हैं –
1. दुर्योधन 2. दुःशासन 3. दुःसह
4. दुःशल 5. जलसंघ 6. सम
7. सह 8. विंद 9. अनुविंद
10. दुर्धर्ष 11. सुबाहु। 12. दुषप्रधर्षण
13. दुर्मर्षण। 14. दुर्मुख 15. दुष्कर्ण
16. विकर्ण 17. शल 18. सत्वान
19. सुलोचन 20. चित्र 21. उपचित्र
22. चित्राक्ष 23. चारुचित्र 24. शरासन
25. दुर्मद। 26. दुर्विगाह 27. विवित्सु
28. विकटानन्द 29. ऊर्णनाभ 30. सुनाभ
31. नन्द। 32. उपनन्द 33. चित्रबाण
34. चित्रवर्मा 35. सुवर्मा 36. दुर्विमोचन
37. अयोबाहु 38. महाबाहु 39. चित्रांग
40. चित्रकुण्डल41. भीमवेग 42. भीमबल
43. बालाकि 44. बलवर्धन 45. उग्रायुध
46. सुषेण 47. कुण्डधर 48. महोदर
49. चित्रायुध 50. निषंगी 51. पाशी
52. वृन्दारक 53. दृढ़वर्मा 54. दृढ़क्षत्र
55. सोमकीर्ति 56. अनूदर 57. दढ़संघ
58. जरासंघ 59. सत्यसंघ 60. सद्सुवाक
61. उग्रश्रवा 62. उग्रसेन 63. सेनानी
64. दुष्पराजय 65. अपराजित
66. कुण्डशायी 67. विशालाक्ष
68. दुराधर 69. दृढ़हस्त 70. सुहस्त
71. वातवेग 72. सुवर्च 73. आदित्यकेतु
74. बह्वाशी 75. नागदत्त 76. उग्रशायी
77. कवचि 78. क्रथन। 79. कुण्डी
80. भीमविक्र 81. धनुर्धर 82. वीरबाहु
83. अलोलुप 84. अभय 85. दृढ़कर्मा
86. दृढ़रथाश्रय 87. अनाधृष्य
88. कुण्डभेदी 89. विरवि
90. चित्रकुण्डल 91. प्रधम
92. अमाप्रमाथि 93. दीर्घरोमा
94. सुवीर्यवान 95. दीर्घबाहु
96. सुजात। 97. कनकध्वज
98. कुण्डाशी 99. विरज
100. युयुत्सु
इन 100 भाइयों के अलावा कौरवों की एक बहनभी थी… जिसका नाम””दुशला””था,
जिसका विवाह”जयद्रथ”से हुआ था.
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‘Govardhan’ is a small hillock situated at ‘Braj’, near Mathura. As per Vishnu Purana, people of Gokul used to worship and offer prayer to Lord Indra for the rains because they believed that it was he who sent rains for their welfare. Shri Krishna told them that it was Mount Govardhan (Govardhan Parvat) and not Lord Indra who caused rains. So they should offer the prayers to the mountain.
This made Lord Indra so furious that the people of Gokul had to face very heavy rains as a result of his anger. Then Lord Krishna came forward to ensure their security and after performing worship and offering prayers to Mount Govardhan lifted it as an umbrella on the little finger of his left hand so that everyone could take shelter under it. This is how Lord Indra was defeated and after this event Lord Krishna was also known as Giridhari or Govardhandhari.
Most of the time Govardhan Puja day falls next day after Diwali and it is celebrated as the day when Lord Krishna defeated God Indra. Sometimes there may be a day’s gap between Diwali and Govardhan Puja.
In religious texts, Govardhan Puja celebrations are suggested during Pratipada Tithi of Kartik month. Depending on starting time of Pratipada, Govardhan Puja day might fall one day before on Amavasya day on Hindu calendar.
Govardhan Puja is also known as Annakut Puja. On this day food made of cereals like wheat, rice, curry made of gram flour and leafy vegetables is cooked and offered to Lord Krishna.
In Maharashtra the same day is celebrated as Bali Pratipada or Bali Padva. The day commemorates victory of Vamana, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, over King Bali and subsequent pushing of Bali to Patal Lok (the underworld). It is believed that due to boon given by Lord Vamana, Asura King Bali visits the Prithvi Lok from the Patala Lok on this day.
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This interesting story is available in Markendeya purana. According to the eighth chapter of Devi Mahatmya from Markandeya Puran, there was a demon by the name of Raktabija (blood-seed, literally).
He had been given a boon by Lord Brahma that every time a drop of his blood fell on the ground, his strength would increase many times, by his blood creating more of his own. Having received the boon, he had made the life of people on earth miserable.
He was,causing a great deal of trouble with people and gods alike but even worse was his ability to produce more demons every time a drop of his blood spilt to the ground.
So whenever he was attacked and harmed, more Raktabijas were born and fought the attacker.The gods decided to work together and combine all of their shakti or divine energy and produce one super being that could destroy Raktabija; the result was Kali.
Maa Kali’s most common pose in paintings is in her most fearsome guise as the slayer of demons, where she stands or dances with one foot on a collapsed Shiva and holds a severed head. She wears a skirt of severed human arms, a necklace of decapitated heads, and earrings of dead children, and she often has a terrifying expression with a lolling tongue which drips blood.
Maa Kali and Raktabija
Kali in her fierce form eliminated the huge army and swallowed all of them, which left Raktabija all alone. She then struck the demon and before his blood spilled on the ground, she stretched her huge tongue and devoured all the blood ensuring that not a drop fell on the ground. This way, Raktabija was drained of all the blood and life and soon he was nothing but a corpse.
There is another story of Kali and Shiva when Lord Shiva made an angry Goddess Kali calm
Namo Namo Durge Sukh karni
Third day of Navratri is associated with killing of Dhumralochana who was the commander of Shumbh.
Shumbh sent Devi a message that he wanted to marry her. The Goddess duly rejected this offer. The messenger then went back to Shumbh and narrated the incident to Devi Durgaa.
Shumbh became very furious and instructed Dhumralochan to bring her by force. Dhumralochan went to Goddess Bhagvati accompanied by 60,000 demons. Initially, he requested her to come along with him. He also threatened to take her forcibly if she did not accept her proposal. Goddess Bhagvati refused to go along with him. Dhumralochan angrily ran towards her. The Goddess made a loud roar as a result of which, Dhumralochan’s body was reduced to ashes. After his death, Dhumralochan’s army attacked Goddess Bhagvati. The mount of the Goddess- Simha killed all the demons. When Shumbh got the news of Dhumralochan’s death, his anger knew no bounds. He instructed Chand and Mund to go and bring Goddess Bhagvati after capturing her.
The story in hindi is as follows:
शुम्भ और निशुम्भ दैत्यों के राजा का सेनापति धूम्रलोचन था . हिमालय पर हुंकार भर रही महा सुंदरी देवी ने जब शुम्भ से विवाह का प्रस्ताव ठुकरा दिया तब धूम्रलोचन को कहा गया की उस देवी के केश पकड़कर घसीटते हुए लाया जाये और यदि इस बीच कोई भी देवता, यक्ष या गंधर्व बाधा बने तो उन्हें मार दिया जाये |
आज्ञा पाकर धूम्रलोचन साठ हजार राक्षसों की सेना लेकर वहां पहुंचा और देवी को ललकारने लगा की तुम सीधे सीधे मेरे साथ चलो अन्यथा मैं तुम्हे केश पकड़ कर घसीटता हुआ ले चलूंगा | देवी ने कहा आगे बढ़ो और अपना बल दिखाओ | जैसे ही अहंकार में भरा धूम्रलोचन देवी की तरफ बढ़ा , देवी ने हुंकार भरी और पल में ही उसे भस्म कर दिया |
अपने सेनापति की इस तरह दुर्दशा देखर असुर सेना ने एक साथ देवी पर आक्रमण किया | तब देवी की सवारी सिंह असुर सेना पर टूट पड़ा और साथ ही साथ देवी के बाणों और फरसों से देखते ही देखते सम्पूर्ण सेना का संहार कर दिया |
इस तरह माँ ने पर धूम्रलोचन और उसके ६०००० असुर सैनिको का वध किया
Though Kartik Poornima is not treated as a full-fledged festival, there are enough mythological stories which suggest that this is a very important day in Hindu religion.
Both moon days of the month Kartik, (full moon and no moon) are auspicious. Many will not comprehend Kartik Amavasya, as it is better known as Diwali. Kartik Poornima has even more importance as it is called Dev Diwali ( the diwali of gods). This is the day when gods celebrate the victory of good over evil.
This festival underlines the importance of Lord Shiva. This festival is second only to Mahashivratri. Shiva relieved the earth by killing Tripurasuras.
Tripasura are the three sons of Tarakasura – Vidyunmali, Tarakaksha and Viryavana. Because of a boon from Lord Brahma, they were virtually immortal. They were living comfortably in the city of Tripura. Gods pleaded Shiva to destroy them which Shiva denied. Then they pleaded Vishnu and he found a solution to their problem. Vishnu created a person to propagate an alternate form of religion. This religion was slowly accepted by the three sons of Tarakasura. They stopped following the teachings of Veda and worshipping Shiva. Lord Shiva then destroyed the city of Tripura with Pashupata astra. The chariot was created by Vishwakarma.
For this reason, Lord Shiva is also called Tripurari.
Kartik Poornina is also associated with following important occasions:
1. Birth of Kartikeya, son of Lord Shiva.
2. Birth of Matasya (Matsya) avatar, an incarnation of Vishnu.
3. Birth of Vrinda, the personifield form of Tulsi.
The festival is more significant when this is in the Krittika nakshatra. It is then called Maha Kartik. If the nakshatra is Bharani, the results are stated to be special. In Rohini nakshatra, then the fruitful results are even much more.
A ritual bath at a tirtha (a sacred water body like a lake or river) at a pilgrimage centre is prescribed on Kartik Poornima. This holy bath is known as “Kartik snana”. An holy bath at Pushkar or in the Ganges river, especially at Varanasi is deemed as most auspicious. Kartik Poornima is the most popular day for bathing in the Ganges at Varanasi.
This auspicious day is also celebrated in others religions – Sikh (Guru Nanak Jayanti) and Jain (Shri Shantrunjay Teerth Yatra).
