Krishna Seva

[Vasant Punjabi]

Jai Shri Krishna,


March 26th, is Pap Monchani Ekadashi and also eclipse of the Sun.

(Surya Grahan) Refer to Nathdwara tippani for more details on what should be done on this day.
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Vasant Punjabi.

"Shri Vallabh Shri Vithal Sukh-kari naa-me nishpap thai nur-nari,
------Nitya Lila nitya nautam shruti na pame par."----

[Sunita Punjabi]

Jai Shri Krishna,

Can someone add a story or related articles or will request Vasantji to do the same.
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Sunita Punjabi

Mero to Aadhar Shri Vallabh ke Charnarvind
Mere gale ko haar Shri Vallabh ke Charnarvind
Mero to shinghar Shri Vithal ke Charnarvind
Ga-o Varamvar Shri Vallabh ke Charnarvind Shri Vithal ke Charnarvind --------!!!!!!!

[Pushtidas]

Jai Shree Krishna

Well, let us ask Vasantji to post the related story, he is full of this information and he does a better job than I do.

So Vasantbhai, kaha ho aap?
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Dasa nu das
Pushtidas

[Vasant Punjabi]

Jai Shri Krishna,

Aap ne pukara aur hum Aha Gaye!!!!!

Assistant is always ready. You just have to order dear vaishnavs !
Here is the related story and by the way where are you hiding Kavitaji?


Yudhisthira Maharaja said, "O Supreme Lord, I have heard from You the
explanation of Amalaki Ekadasi, which occurs during the light fortnight
of the month of Phalguna [February-March], and now I wish to hear about
the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Caitra
[March-April]. What is its name, O Lord, and what results can one attain
by observing it?"

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shri Krishna, replied, "O best of
kings, for the benefit of everyone I shall gladly describe to you the
glories of this Ekadasi which is known as Papamocani. The history of
this Ekadasi was once narrated to the emperor Mandhata by Lomasa Risi.
King Mandhata addressed the risi, "O great sage, for the benefit of all
people, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the
dark fortnight of the month of Caitra, and please explain the process
for observing it. Also, please describe the benefits one gains by
observing this Ekadasi."

Lomasa Risi replied, "The Ekadasi that occurs during the dark part of
the month of Caitra is named Papamocani Ekadasi. For the faithful
devotee it removes the influences of ghosts and demons. O lion among
men, this Ekadasi also awards the eight perfections of life, fulfills
all kinds of desires, purifies one's life of all sinful reactions, and
makes a person perfectly virtuous."

Now please listen to a historical account concerning this Ekadasi and
Citraratha, the chief of the Gandharvas [heavenly musicians]. During the
spring season, in the company of heavenly dancing girls, Citraratha once
came upon a beautiful forest bursting forth with a great variety of
flowers. There he and the girls joined other Gandharvas and many
Kinnaras, along with Lord Indra himself, the king of heaven, who was
enjoying a visit there. Everyone felt that there was no better garden
than this forest. Many sages were also present, performing their
austerities and penance. The demigods particularly enjoyed visiting this
celestial garden during the months of Caitra and Vaisakha [April-May].

A great sage named Medhavi resided in that forest, and the very
attractive dancing girls would always attempt to seduce him. One famous
girl in particular, Manjughosa, contrived many ways to allure the
exalted muni, but out of great respect for the sage and fear of his
power, which he had attained after years and years of asceticism, she
would not come very close to him. At a spot two miles from the sage, she
pitched a tent and began singing very sweetly as she played a tamboura.
Cupid himself became excited when he saw and heard her perform so nicely
and smelled the fragrance of her sandal-paste unguent. He remembered his
own unfortunate experience with Lord Siva and decided to take revenge by
seducing Medhavi. (see foot note 1)
Using the eyebrows of Manjughosa as a bow, her glances as a bowstring,
her eyes as arrows, and her breasts as a target, Cupid approached
Medhavi in order to tempt him to break his trance and his vows. In other
words, Cupid engaged Manjughosa as his assistant, and when she looked at
that powerful and attractive young sage, she also became agitated by
lust. Seeing that he was highly intelligent and learned, wearing a clean
white brahmana's thread draped across his shoulder, holding a sannyasi's
staff, and sitting handsomely in the asrama of Cyavana Risi, Manjughosa
came before him.

She began to sing seductively, and the small bells on her belt and
around her ankles, together with the bangles on her wrists, produced a
delightful musical symphony. The sage Medhavi was enchanted. He
understood that this beautiful young woman desired union with him, and
at that instant Cupid increased his attraction for Mahjughosa by
releasing his powerful weapons of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound.

Slowly Manjughosa approached Medhavi, her bodily movements and sweet
glances attracting him. She gracefully put her tamboura down and
embraced the sage with her two arms, just as a creeper winds itself
around a strong tree. Captivated, Medhavi gave up his meditation and
decided to sport with her and instantly his purity of heart and mind
abandoned him. Forgetting even the difference between night and day, he
went away with her to sport for a long, long time. (see foot note 2)
Seeing that the young yoga's sanctity had become seriously eroded,
Manjughosa decided to abandon him and return home. She said, "O great
one, please permit me to return home."

Medhavi replied, "But you have only just arrived, O beautiful one.
Please stay with me at least until tomorrow."

Fearful of the sage's yogic power, Manjughosa stayed with Medhavi for
precisely fifty-seven years, nine months, and three days, but to Medhavi
all this time seemed like a moment. Again she asked him, "Please permit
me to leave."

Medhavi replied, "O dear one, listen to me. Stay with me for one more
night, and then you may leave tomorrow morning. Just stay with me until
after I have performed my morning duties and chanted the sacred Gayatri
mantra. Please wait until then."

Manjughosa was still fearful of the sage's great yogic power, but she
forced a smile and said, "How long will it take you to finish your
morning hymns and rituals? Please be merciful and think of all the time
you have already spent with me."

The sage reflected on the years he had been with Manjughosa and then
said with great astonishment, "Why, I have spent more than fifty seven
years with you!" His eyes turned red and began to emanate sparks. He now
regarded Manjughosa as death personified and the destroyer of his
spiritual life. "You rascal woman! You have turned all the hard-earned
results of my austerities to ashes!" Trembling with anger, he cursed
Manjughosa "O sinful one, O hard-hearted, degraded one! You know only
sin! May all terrible fortune be yours! O rascal woman, I curse you to
become an evil hobgoblin pisaca!"

Cursed by the sage Medhavi, the beautiful Manjughosa humbly beseeched
him, "O best of the brahmanas, please be merciful to me and revoke your
curse! O great one, it is said that association with pure devotees gives
immediate results but their curses take effect only after seven days. I
have been with you for fifty-seven years, O master, so please be kind to
me!"

Medhavi Muni replied, "O gentle lady, what can I possibly do? You have
destroyed all my austerities. But even though you have done this sinful
deed, I shall tell you a way you can be released from my wrath. In the
dark fortnight of the month of Caitra there is an allauspicious Ekadasi
that removes all one's sins. Its name is Papamocani, O beautiful one,
and whoever fasts on this sacred day becomes completely freed from
having to take birth in any kind of devilish form."

With these words, the sage left at once for his father's asrama. Seeing
him enter the hermitage, Cyavana Muni said, "O son, by acting unlawfully
you have squandered the wealth of your penances and austerities."

Medhavi replied, "O Father, kindly reveal what atonement I must perform
to remove the obnoxious sin I have incurred by privately associating
with the dancing girl Manjughosa.''

Cyavana Muni answered, "Dear son, you must fast on Papamocani Ekadasi.
which occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Caitra. It
eradicates all sins, no matter how grievous they may be."

Medhavi followed his father's advice and fasted on Papamocani Ekadasi.
Thus all his sins were destroyed and he again became filled with
excellent merit. Similarly, Manjughosa observed the same fast and became
free of the hobgoblin curse. Ascending once again to the heavenly
spheres, she too returned to her former position.

Lomasa Risi continued, "Thus, O king, the great benefit of fasting on
Papamocani Ekadasi is that whoever does so with faith and devotion will
have all his sins completely destroyed."

Shri Krishna concluded, "O King Yudhisthira, whoever reads or hears about
Papamocani Ekadasi. obtains the very same merit he would get if he
donated a thousand cows in charity, and he also nullifies the sinful
reactions he may have incurred by killing a brahmana, killing an embryo
through abortion, drinking liquor, or having sex with his guru's wife.
Such is the incalculable benefit of properly observing this holy day of
Papamocani Ekadasi, which is so dear to Me and so meritorious."


Footnotes:
1. After Lord Shiva lost his dear wife Sati at the sacrificial arena of PrajApati Daksha, Shiva destroyed the entire arena. Then he brought his father-in-law Daksha back to life by giving him the head of a goat, and finally he sat down to meditate for sixty thousand years. Lord BrahmA, however, arranged for KAmadeva (Cupid) to come and break Shiva's meditation. Using his arrows of sound, taste, touch, sight, and smell, Cupid attacked Shiva, who at last awoke from his trance. He was so angry at being disturbed that he instantly burned Cupid to ashes with a glance from his third eye.

2. Female association is so powerful that a man forgets his time, energy, possessions, and even his own identity. As it is said in the Niti-shAstra, striya charitram purushasya bhAbyaM daivo vijAnAti kuto manushyAh: "Even the demigods cannot predict the behavior of a woman. Nor can they understand the fortune of a man or how it will determine his destiny." According to Yajnavalkya Muni, "A (celibate) person who desires spiritual life should give up all association with women, including thinking of them, seeing them, talking with them in a secluded place, taking service from them, or having sexual intercourse with them."
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Vasant Punjabi.

"Shri Vallabh Shri Vithal Sukh-kari naa-me nishpap thai nur-nari,
------Nitya Lila nitya nautam shruti na pame par."----

[kavita]

jai sri krishna.

dear vasantji sunitaji pushtidasji. hope you all are fine. here i am with all of you. thanks for the beautiful story. was little busy with kids xams. they both have passed with A grade. thanks all for your ashirwad. see you.
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Jai Shree Krishna
Kavita Bhatia

[Sunita Punjabi]

Jai Shri Krishna,

Good going Kavitaji and tell your kids to keep it up !!!!!
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Sunita Punjabi

Mero to Aadhar Shri Vallabh ke Charnarvind
Mere gale ko haar Shri Vallabh ke Charnarvind
Mero to shinghar Shri Vithal ke Charnarvind
Ga-o Varamvar Shri Vallabh ke Charnarvind Shri Vithal ke Charnarvind --------!!!!!!!

[Pushtidas]

Jai Shree Krishna

Well done Kavitaji, and cogratulation to children for getting grade "A". Tell them now it is also the time to get grades in Pushti Swadhiyay, we at Parishad are running small Exam tests and so far 2200 vaishnavs have taken part.

Thanks for supporting Krishnaseva.com and I am very touch with your bhava.

Thanks to all of you to make this satsang tibari alive.
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Dasa nu das
Pushtidas

[Pushtidas]

Jai Shree Krishna

Mochani Ekadesi Utsava, Badhai to all vaishnavs and do as much bhagwad naam as you do phalahaar.
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Dasa nu das
Pushtidas

[Sital]

Jai Shree Krishna

Badhai Pusthidasji and all vallah vaishnavs

JSK
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Madhurkomalkant padavali namami
Sital

[kavita]

jai sri krishna.

thankyou dear sunitaji pushtidasji for your blessings. kids are ready to attempt pushtimargs exam. i too had given this exam. 1st i failed by getting 50% then again i studied and got 85%.
sitalji , where have you been? badai to all of you. see you.
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Jai Shree Krishna
Kavita Bhatia

[Sital]

Jai Shree Krishna,

Ive been here Kavitaji, sorry been a bit slow with postings. Now we can indulge into satsang together:) Congratulations to your kids and you, these pusthimarg exams are not easy and 85% is brilliant:)

JSK
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Madhurkomalkant padavali namami
Sital