Currently Browsing Regional Languages Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Nepali Oriya Tamil Telugu Urdu More Regional Languages. Nala broght his wife Damayanthi from her parents’ place and ruled his kingdom for many long years. Brihadasva ended the story of Nala Damayanthi and told Dharmaraja, ‘Hey Yudhishtir! You have listened to the great story of Nala. He suffered much more than what you are suffering now. One should not lose heart in times of adversity.
Damayanti was a princess of Vidarbha Kingdom. She was of such beauty and grace that even the gods could not stop admiring her. She fell in love with Nala simply from hearing of his virtues and accomplishments from a golden swan. |
The gods met Kali, the deity of degradation and depravity on their way and asked him, 'Where are you going?' He replied, 'I am going to Damayanthi svayamvara.' The gods laughed and said, 'We are returning from the same. The destined gainer is Nala whom Damayanthi selected, disregarding everybody else, you can go back.' But the disappointed Kali wanted to wreak vengeance on the couple and waited for an opportunity. But Nala gave no quarter to Kali, ruling the kingdom of Nishadha in all glory and grandeur. However Nala was addicted to gambling and Kali entered into dice. Nala was always scrupulous with his hygiene and health. Cleanliness is next to Godliness and eternal vigilance is the price of cleanliness. One day Nala inadvertently did wash his feet carefully at the time of evening worship. Kali seized that opportunity and gained a foothold in the body of Nala. King Puskara one day invited Nala to the game of dice and Nala accepted the invitation following the Kshatriya etiquette. Nala prompted by the power of Kali inside him gambled away all his wealth and Kingdom.
Damayanthi anticipating the outcome of the gamble sent her two children, a boy and a girl to her parents on a chariot driven by Varshneya. Nala and Damayanthi stayed at the outskirts of the capital for three days as commoners and no citizen came to meet them fearing the wrath of Puskara, the new king of Nishadha. The former King and queen had to subsist on water. Nala saw some birds with golden wings perched on the grass nearby and he threw his garment over them for an easy catch. But the birds flew away taking the garment with them. The birds told Nala from the air, 'We are the dice taking the form of birds and we have come to take away your clothes.' Nala then shared Damayanthi’s clothing and both walked and came to the cross roads. Nala said, 'This path leads to Ujjain; this road goes to Vidharbha; this way leads to Ayodhya and this track takes us to Dekka. Whither shall we go?' Damayanthi said, 'Let us go to Vidharbha and stay with my parents.' Nala replied, 'I have no face to go to Vidharbha. You please go to your parents. At least you can be happy there.' Damayanthi replied, 'How can I leave you? The husband needs the wife all the more in adversity. In hunger or thirst, in worry or work, a wife will serve the husband. Please permit me to follow you.'
Nala and Damayanthi roamed in the forest and Damayanthi fell asleep after sometime under the shade of a tree. Nala was overpowered with grief. The former queen Damayanthi once surrounded by hundreds of waiting maids was sleeping on the bare ground. He thought that she would go to Vidharbha, if he left there and went his away. He walked a few yards but returned to the spot where she was absorbed in innocent sleep. His mind tossed to and fro for sometime. Finally he made up his mind and went away.
Damayanthi woke from her sleep but could not find her Lord, Nala. Instead she found that half of her garment was torn away. She came to the conclusion that he left her deliberately. She sobbed for a while and roamed in the forest crying aloud. She searched for him going from tree to tree and bush to bush. Meanwhile she was grabbed by a python. Frightened she cried aloud for help and an aboriginal who heard her lamentations came to her, killed the snake and rescued her. She told him her sad story. But the barbarian who was attracted by her ravishing beauty and seeing her lonely condition made bold to make his mind known to her. She was enraged and cursed him and he fell dead, burnt alive by her righteous indignation.
She wandered in the forest aimlessly for some days searching for Nala in frenzied hope amounting to lunacy. Eventually she reached a hermitage where great saints lived, following the traditions of ancient sages like Vasistha, Valakhilyas, Vamadeva, Bhrigu and Narada. She enquired about Nala. The saints received her with due hospitality and learnt with sorrow how misfortune dogged the footsteps of a noble king and his devoted queen. They were convinced already that almighty destiny could degrade a king into a beggar or elevate a beggar to an emperor.
They consoled Damayanthi saying, 'We have seen with our minds' eye aided by the power of penance that you will be united with your husband after sometime. He will regain his lost kingdom, glory and grandeur.' Afterwards Damayanthi met a caravan crossing the forest. The leader of the business community by name Suchi said to her, 'Who are you noble lady? Are you the deity of this forest in human form?' Some members thought she was a lunatic, roaming aimlessly in the forest. But Suchi said, ' This forest is infested with wild beasts. We are going to the kingdom o Chedi, I welcome you to come with us and we will introduce you to the King.' Damayanthi joined the caravan community and after many days thy reached a lake where they pitched their tents to stay for the night. At dead of night elephants hordes came to the lake and were enraged at the sight of the white tents. The beasts invaded the tents and massacred the members of the caravan indiscriminately.
Damayanthi was among the few survivors. She was shocked at the series of misfortunes striking at her one after another in quick succession. She was agitated whether the celestial beings were wreaking venegeance on her as she rejected them at the svayamvara. However she recollected the prophetic words of the saints and regained confidence. The small party of the survivors reached the capital city of Chedi after a long journey. Damayanthi was too proud to reveal her actual identity to the queen and told her that she was forsaken by her gambler husband who was otherwise very noble. The queen mother received her with due kindness and asked her to stay with her. Damayanthi accepted her offer and said, 'I should like to live with you as a sairandhri and serve you.
A Sairandhri was a lady who was obliged to seek royal service. She enjoyed the status of sairandhri. Nala after leaving Damayanthi with the fond belief that she would somehow go back to her parents wandered in the forest aimlessly for sometime and came across a devasting fire. He was preparing himself to go away from the dangerous spot but heard a heart rending cry for help and perceived a serpent. The serpent said to Nala, 'My name is Karkotaka. I am not in a position to move, please take me out to a place of safety along with you.' Nala out of compassion took Karkotaka on his shoulders but Karkotaka bit him and Nala was transformed into an ugly creature. Karkotaka told him, 'Please do not curse me that I have bitten you prompted by nature. For the present it is better less if you are not recognized by others in your miserable condition. After sometime, I tell you, you will regain your original personality at your sweet will and pleasure. Nala thanked him and went to Ayodhya and sought service with King Rituparna.
He told the king, 'My name is Bahuka. I am an expert cook and can serve you the most delicious dishes. Rituparana took Bahuka into his service and asked Jiyala and Varshneya to assist him. Varshneya, the former charioteer of Nala, once again became his assistant, little knowing his real identity. It was usual with Bahuka to spend sleepless nights thinking of Damayanthi. Often Jivala listened to his emotional outbursts erupting into sorrow and song. One day he even adviced him not to dream and disturb the neighbours but instead sleep well. Bhima, the king of Vidharbha, came to know of Nala’s debacle at the game of dice and the departure of the couple to an unknown destination. He immediately announced the people of his country that they will be awarded with lot of money and gold for whoever is going to discover the couple.
Sudeva , one of the Brahmins, went to the kingdom of Chedi and discovered Damayanthi and introduced himself and told her about her parents and her children who are with the grandparents. Sudeva finally met the queen and said, 'She is princess Vaidarbhi, the daughter of King Bhima and the wife of Nala. I could discover her by the lotus mark on her forehead at the meeting point of her two eyebrows.' Immediately fresh water was brought and the maids cleaned the face of Damayanthi with a wet towel and everybody could clearly see the mark. The queen was overjoyed and said, 'Damayanthi, you are the daughter of my own sister. Damayanthi was sent to Vidarbha in a royal chariot with precious presents and suitable escort along with Sudeva.
Episode 46
This is in continuation of the last week episode no 45. As told in the last episode this is one of the biggest episodes of Maha Bharata. PATIVRATYA (the devotion and dedication towards husband) and its qualities are well postulated in this story. The duties of the wife and the obligations of husband are delineated in this story. We come across two secret knowledges of ancient India viz, Aksha Hridaya and Aswa Hridaya. The story gives out plan of action to ward off the effects of Kali and why Tandra tree is considered traditionally as an inauspicious tree even by today. The sidelights of the story are the types of women based on temperamental and physical features, the astronomical knowledge of ancient Indians and the importance of reciting slokas from scriptures.
The Story
In the last Episode we saw Damayanthi reaching the court of Chedi queen and took asylum as Sairandhri (servant maid working in harems and women quarters). She was always thinking and praying for the well being of Nala Maharaj.
After leaving his wife in the dead of the night and clad with half sari of his wife, Nala was moving in the forest as a vagabond. He was under the influence of Kali and lost his discriminating intellect. Yet he was recollecting his wife, her safety and her adversities.
Karkotaka, the ferocious serpent bites Nala Maharaj
Suddenly he heard a screaming sound coming from a big fire in the forest. Some one was crying aloud for help. Nala plunged into the fire and found a huge serpent caught in the flames of the fire. The serpent told, ‘Oh King, I am Karkotaka, a powerful Naga (serpent). Earlier I had bitten Brahmarishi Narada and he had cursed me that I would be immobile. After my repentance, he showed grace and blessed me that the curse would be inoperative once I meet Nala. Today I am relieved of my curse. You alone can save me now. Please take me out. I will do a favor for you’.
Nala extricated Karkotaka from the scorching fire and wanted to keep him on a safe land. But before-he could do it, Karkotaka had bitten him and Nala lost his lustrous form and became a black dwarf. Was biting a blessing? Karkotaka consoled Nala and told, ‘Oh King! I changed your form so that no one can identify you and your enemies cannot attack you. The injected poison will not pester you with pain. When good days dawn upon you, you can gain back your normal form. You move to Ayodhya and live in the court of Rituparna taking care of his stables. You bestow your knowledge of Aswa Hridaya (Handling of horses) to Rituparna and learn from him Aksha Hridaya (the art of dice and the art of predicting numbers). This helps you a lot in your future endeavors. Take these celestial clothes and whenever you wear them you get back your original form’
Nala & Rituparna – a friendship
Nala reached the palace of Rituparna and introduced himself as Bahuka adept in handling horses and also an expert in cooking food. Rituparna was pleased by his talk and appointed him as the head of Royal Stables. Varsheya (the earlier associate of Nala) and Jeevala were made his assistants. Bahuka was remembering his wife Damayanthi everyday and used to recite at least one sloka every day(सायं सायं सदा चेमं श्लोकमेकं जगाद ह[ii]). When asked by Varsheya as to why he was worrying, Bahuka was always evasive in his replies.
With her moon-like face, ever youthful face, well rounded bosoms and brightness in outlook, she was lightening all the directions). Shyama in Sanskrit means a lady always looking like a teenage giri- (श्यामा षोडशवर्षिणी as per Amaram).
“Oh, like Rohini meeting the Chandra when shall this lady meet her husband and delight people?”[v]– the Brahmin thought.
Sudeva reached Damayanthi and introduced himself as the emissary of her father Bhima. Damayanthi poured out her grievances and wept bitterly. On knowing about the real identity of Sairandhri as Damayanthi, the king’s mother came up and embraced her. Damayanthi was sent to Vidarbha with regal dignity and her parents received her with all love and affection.
Search for Nala Maharaj
Damayanthi reached her parents but her sorrows were not ended. Amidst physical luxuries, she was poor in mental state. She was always crying for Nala and emphatically told her mother for frantic search of Nala if at all they want to see her alive. Bhima again sent Brahmins to different directions. Before sending, Damayanthi called all Brahmins and asked them:
“Oh Brahmins! You are going to different courts in search of my husband. Please announce aloud in each court my message – When the wife was sleeping in the forest, you took out a piece of her sari and left her in the lurch. Where are you now? The lady is weeping now. Don’t you know that the responsibility of a husband is to take care of her always?”
Damanthi also asked the Brahmins to note the person who happened to give answer for her questions and come back fast for information. The Brahmins listened to her words carefully and started announcing the same words in each court. One Brahmin by name Parnada reached the court of Rituparna and announced the words of Damayanthi. He could observe Bahuka sighing heavily. Later Bahuka met him privately and enquired about the safety of Damayanthi. Ultimately, he told to Parnada:
वैषम्यमपि सम्प्राप्ता: गोपायन्ति कुल स्त्रिय: || [vi] (The household ladies maintain secrecy despite facing difficulties). The husband must have left her under duress, and it is not apt to frown at him. A woman should not exhibit anger even if the husband respects her or not; rich or poor or addicted to certain habits’. Parnake immediately rushed to Damayanthi and narrated what had transpired between him and Bahuka
Damayanthi was sure that Bahuka would be her beloved husband. She called Sudeva and asked him to go to Ayodhya immediately and invite Rituparna for the second Swayamvaram of Damayanthi on the very following day. She was confident that only Nala could steer the chariot run by the horses in one single night from Ayodhya to Vidarbha, and thereby, she would recognize Bahuka. In fact, Bhima Maharaj was not aware of Damanthi’s plan of sending Sudeva to the court of Rituparna.
Announcement of second Svayamvaram for Damayanthi
Sudeva, the emissary of Damayanthi reached the court of Rituparna and invited him for the second svayamvaram of Damayanthi on the very following day. On hearing this Rituparna was interested in going to Vidarbha. But Vidarbha was quite far away and no one could reach Vidarbha from Ayodhya in one single night. But he knew that Bahuka knew Aswahridaya and had expertise in galloping the horses to greatest heights. Bahuka also felt unhappy on hearing the news of second svayamvaram of his wife. How can a Pativrata deviate the path of dharma and marry a second husband? He also wanted to go to Ayodhya to establish the facts. Bahuka agreed to drive the chariot for the night. Journey towards Ayodhya to witness Damayanthi svayamvaram
Bahuka went into stable and selected two horses which look pale but with a good pedigree and with big nostrils. The king was surprised and asked whether the pale horses gallop to Ayodhya in one night. But Nala told, ‘Oh king that horse is good which has one ring on the forehead, two on head and two each on two sides and two on the chest’. Rituparna was surprised and wanted to check the expertise of Nala.
Bahuka took the reins and in no time the chariot was racing ahead with a great speed much to the amazement of Varsheya and rituparna. Varhsheya was wondering whether Bahuka was none other than the king Nala. By facial features of both, he could not come to any conclusion. Meanwhile the shawl of the king had fallen down from the chariot and he asked Nala to stop the chariot for a while. ‘But oh king, by the time you tell this, our chariot has crossed a few yojanas and now you cannot take it back’, Bahuka asserted. However, the chariot was stopped near a tandra tree. Rituparna told, ‘Oh Bahuka I appreciate your dexterity in galloping the horses. I also know a secret knowledge – that is Aksha Hridaya (the power of predicting numbers from the volumes). See this tandra tree. I can tell the number of branches, number of fruits and number of leaves by sitting here’. Bahuka could not believe and wanted to test it.
Rituparna told the number of branches, fruits and leaves. Bahuka was trying to verify by counting. It was tense moment. Rituparna was worried whether they were wasting the precious time and whether they would reach Ayodhya by morning. ‘Do not worry my dear king. I can assure I can take you there by morning’, Bahuka told and continued to test the knowledge of Rituparna. It was a surprise. The number was tallied and Bahuka wanted to learn it. He assured that he would teach Rituparna about Aswahridaya and wanted to learn Akshahridaya. Rituparna was also in a hurry. He immediately taught the secret knowledge to Bahuka with all affection and told, ‘this knowledge of Akshahridaya is very powerful. Aksha has two meanings – dice and numbers. With this knowledge no one defeat you in the game of dice. Also, you will become expert in the number theory. Once this is learnt, you will not be affected by poisons and always you shall have victory in war fares.
The moment Nala received the Akshahridaya, Kali could no more stay in the stomach of Nala. He came out emitting the poison from his mouth. Nala was not aware of the presence of Kali in his body all these years. Immediately he got very angry and about to curse him, but Kali fell on his feet and begged pardon. ‘Oh King! Please do not curse me. All these years the poison of Karkotaka scorched me inside and I suffered enough punishment. Please let me go. I will ensure that from this day those who praise you and talk about you will not be affected by me and they need not fear me’.
कर्कोटकस्य नागस्य दमयन्त्याः नलस्य च |
ऋतुपर्णस्य राजर्षे: कीर्तनं कलि नाशनम् ||
– Maha Bharatam. (Kali gets destroyed where there is a discourse on Karkotaka, Damayanthi, Nala and Rithuparna)
Nala let Kali go in his own way. Immediately Kali entered into the Tandra tree. From that day Tandra became an inauspicious tree.
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Nala let Kali go in his own way. Immediately Kali entered into the Tandra tree. From that day Tandra became an inauspicious tree.
Nala got his original aura and intellect but not his form. He did not wear the celestial cloths presented by Karkotaka to assume his original form till he investigates the intentions of Damayanthi for her second svayamvara. Now he wanted to bestow his secret knowledge to Rituparna but Rituparna was in a hurry to reach Ayodhya. He asked Bahuka to let him know the secret knowledge at later stages and hastened him to drive the chariot. Bahauka raced his horses with vigor and reached the gates of Ayodhya before the dawn. The sound of the chariot reverberated and pierced the ear drums of the people of Ayodhya. Damayanthi was sure that it was Nala who was driving the chariot. All these years she had become pale and week in the absence of Nala; yet with great difficulty she alighted the steps and reached the apex perch of the palace to see the chariot. But alas! She saw Rituparna climbing down from the chariot and was received courteously by Bhima. Varsheya and Bahuka were busy unburdening the horses from the yokes of the chariots.
Rituparna did not find any other king. There were no festivities and there were no traces of svayamvaram preparations. Then why was he invited? Rituparna could not know. Bhima had also no clue why Rituparna reached his kingdom. Yet he received him with courtesy and provided a royal guest house to stay. Damayanthi was bewildered as to how the charioteer could reach such a long distance in one night. Where was Nala and how the chariot raced so fast without him?
Damayanthi sending Kesini to Bahuka
Damayanthi wanted to ensure whether Nala was same as Bahuka. She sent an intelligent maid Kesini to talk to Bahuka. Kesini reached Bahuka and was politely asking questions about his whereabouts, his expertise in horse racing and the like. Then she asked to answer Damayanthi questions. ‘How can a king cut a sari of his wife for loin cloth and leave her to lurch in the dead of the night?’. Bahuka wept bitterly and cautioned that a house five should keep the secrets of the family and never get angry with husbands.
Damayanthi heard everything from Kesini and she was sure that Bahuka was none other than Nala. Yet she sent Kesini once again to Bahuka just to observe his deeds and report back to her.
Kesini came back from Bahuka and told, ‘Oh Lady! Bahuka is very clean and tidy. On the instructions of Rituparna he is preparing delicious foods. He just proposes, and there would be fire, water, vessels, meat and what not. From the wavelengths of his mind, the food gets prepared’. Then Kesini gave the samples of food to Damayanthi. On relishing its taste, Damayanthi was sure that Bahuka was Nala only. Then she sent her children to Bahuka. Bahuka embraced the children and kissed their foreheads.
Damayanthi meeting Nala in the Antahpura
Now Damayanthi wanted to meet Bahuka in person. She sought the permission of her parents to either allow her to go out and meet Bahuka or allowing Bahuka to enter the antahpura. Bhima agreed and persuaded Bahuka to come to the court. Both Bahuka and Damayanthi saw each other and both wept bitterly. Bahuka narrated about Kali and loss of his intellect. He questioned the propriety of Damayanthi seeking second svayamvaram. Damayanthi begged pardon and told that it was a ploy to invite Nala to the court of Ayodhya. In the name of Panch Bhutas and gods she pronounced her full loyalty to Nala and none else. Then there was a rain of flowers from the heavens and gods blessed both Nala and Damayanthi. Then Bahuka wore the celestial cloths given by Karkotaka and assumed the original form of Nala.
Nala conquers Pushkara
The news of uniting of Nala and Damayanthi flashed throughout Ayodhya in no time. Rituparna, begged pardom from Nala for assigning errand works not knowing that he was Nala. Nala was kind enough to bestow the secret knowledge of Aswahridaya to Rituparna where upon Rituparna left for his place Ayodhya. Nala spent a few days happily with Damayanthi. Then leaving her at her parents’ place he set out to conquer his own kingdom from Pushkara. He challenged Pushkara either to fight or play dice. Pushkara opted the game of dice but was defeated this time. Everyone knew that Nala was defeated earlier due to the presence of Kali in him. Nala pardoned Pushkara and regained his lost kingdom.
Nala broght his wife Damayanthi from her parents’ place and ruled his kingdom for many long years.
Brihadasva ended the story of Nala Damayanthi and told Dharmaraja, ‘Hey Yudhishtir! You have listened to the great story of Nala. He suffered much more than what you are suffering now. One should not lose heart in times of adversity. One should hold the quality of bravado and should not get disheartened by staring at difficulties.
Hey Dharmaraj! Those who tell and those who listen this story will not get any difficulty in life. There will be no paucity of wealth, mind and intellect.
Understanding the story
This is perhaps the biggest upakhyanas (story not connected to main story) of Maha Bharata. The purpose of the story is to enlighten Dharmaraja that he was not the only king who endured great difficulties in life. Knowing that some one also suffered would be a soothing balm for a person mired in troubles. Brahadasva precisely did the same thing.
The story postulates the importance of ‘PATIVRATYA’, absolute devotion and loyalty towards husband. The morals of ancient India in five thousand years back dictated that a wife is supposed to think of husband and husband alone. Our ancient society also bestowed miraculous powers to such ladies. Damayanthi was a Pativrata and she could ward of the advances of the hunter by cursing and he was scorched to death instantaneously. Pativratya was an ideal but was not compulsory since all ladies could not exhibit similar miraculous powers. Is devotion to the spouse restricted to women only?Anyone can question it. But in the story, there are umpteen number of references reminding the duties and obligations of husbands. Damayanthi rightly demands her rights and reminds the obligations of Nala as a husband.
The story talks of Damayanthi as a PADMINI variety of lady. Ladies were delineated into four types based on their temperamental and physical characteristics. Vatsyayana, in his Kamasutra divided ladies into three varieties- Mrugi, badaba and Hastini. But Kokkoka divided ladies into four varieties – Padmini, Hastini, Sankhini and Chitrini Among them Padmini is supposed to be highly cultured and good. It is surprising that our ancient society as early as Maha Bharata had the knowledge in Kama sutras so vividly that even the free societies of today wonder at their scientific knowledge. Rohini meeting Chandra has been described in this story for two times. The meeting is a visual delight for astronomers. The knowledge of Khagola sastra by our ancient seers can be seen from this allegory.
What should one do when faced with lot of adversities surrounding all sides? The story gives answer. Nala was all the time thinking about damayanthi in the court of Ayodhya and to forget the difficulties he was reciting at least one sloka each day. This may be surprising but let us see the statement of Gandhi when he was in difficulties.
“When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.” Is this practice better than going to films, clubs, or getting addicted to bad habits?
In this story we hear two secret knowledges- Aswahridaya and Aksha Hridaya which are now no longer being practiced. We also see in this story Kali entering into Tandra tree once he comes out of Nala. Tandra has different names in different regions- Bahed (Hindi), Belleric Myrobalan (English), Tanikaya (Telugu), Akkam (Tamil) and Baida in Bengali. The tree is known as Kalidruma (abode of Kali) in Sanskrit. The fruit of this tree is one of the ingredients of the famous Triphala choorna in Ayurveda (the other two being Haritaki and Amalaki). For any type of poisonous disease, Triphala is prescribed- may be due to the presence of Kali who after emitting poison entered into Kalidruma. Ayurvedic scholars need to do research over this issue. The tradition of Hindus believes in keeping of the tandra plantations in the gardens and houses.
In this story we witness the evils done by Kali vividly. Kali is the presiding deity of Kaliyoga. In the episode of Parikshit, we have come across Parikshit assigning five places to Kali- liquor, lady, wealth, dice and uncleanliness (See my episodes of Adi Parva). In Nala Damayanthi story also, Kali entered the body of Nala when he was unclean and did Sandhyavandan without washing feet after urination. Basically, the moral is that one should be clean before undertaking any auspicious work. A few decades back, the tradition of India ordained that the guest should be given water to wash the feet before entering into house. Slowly these traditions are being forgotten by current generations, perhaps the present generations of children and parents are forgetting our rich heritage.
One of the sidelines of the story is Nala preparing delicious foods with dexterity. “Nala Pakam” is famously used for delicious foods. We have hotels in the name of “Nala Pakam”. Kitchen work is not a taboo for men in Indian tradition. We will be seeing in Virata Parva, Bhima preparing food in the court of Virata.
The final aspect of the story is that this is a very popular story and one who tells and one who listens will not be affected by Kali dosha. The Sanscrit slokas embedded in the story are believed to have powerful and miraculous effects. For those who believe in the miraculous powers of mantras, I appeal all of them to read Episode 45 and 46 and offer naivedyam by breaking coconuts in their pooja rooms.
Points to ponder
- What is PATIVRATYAM? Is loyalty to spouse restricted to women? What are the ethical issues?
- List out the secret knowledge of ancient India heard by you? Is it required to do more research to unearth this wisdom?
- Who is Kali and who is Kalki? What are their characteristics?
- What is the importance to cleanliness that is given in our scriptures? Can we justify the concept of ‘madi’ or ‘madugu’?
- What are the places where we find Kali? Can it be possible to be away from them for mental peace and happiness?
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Footnotes
[i] This Story is taken from Vana Parva of Maha Bharata written by sage Ved Vyasa
[ii]sāyaṃ sāyaṃ sadā cemaṃ ślokamekaṃ jagāda ha – Vana Parva 67.9
[iii] Agraharas are lands given out as gifts from the Royal property to the Brahmins in token of their exceptional work or talent.
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[iv]pūrṇacandra nibhāṃ śyāmāṃ cāru vṛtta payodharām
kurvantīṃ prabhayā devīṃ sarvā vitimirā diśa: – Vana Parva 68.11
[v] – Vana Parva 68.22.
[vi]vaiṣamyamapi samprāptā: gopāyanti kula striya: || – Vana Parva 70.9
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