Search:
Bhakti List Archives

Re: Kousika Ekadasi

From the Bhakti List Archives

Narayanan Veeraraghavan • November 5, 2002 


Respected Sri Srinivasa Raghavan,

Kaisika Ekadasi was the day when a bhagavtha named
"Nambaaduvaan" who was involved in the Bhagavadh
Anubhavam in Thirukkurungudi over Nambi. On this day
when he was about to carry his nama sankeerthanam at
the temple he was caught by a brahma raakshasa.
Nambaaduvaan was born in a lower caste. He use to sing
emperumaan's praise staying outside the temple itself.
This brahma raakshas said nambaaduvaan that he is
going to eat him. But nambaaduvaan humbly said that he
has to finish his duty of nama sankeerthanam as it was
kaisika ekadasi and hence he will finish that an dthen
will become a prey for the raakshas. But Brahma
Raakshas continued telling that how can a person come
back going away from my grip ? If he says so then he
is lieing. But namabaaduvaan started saying that "If i
dont return back to you then let me get all the sins
that a person who lies will get et. etc.". Nambaduvaan
lists a whole lots of sins that he may get if he
doesnt turn back to raakshas. Hearing this the Brahma
Raakshas got impressed and allowed nambaaduvaan to go
and finish his duty. After finishing his nama
sankeerthanam he came back to the brahma raakshas and
surrendered himself to him asking him to eat him now.
Impressed by this honesty the brahma raakshas told
that he was actualy brahmana in his previous birth but
due to sins committed during his yagna he got this
janmam of Brahma Raakshas. Hence the raakshas
requested nambaaduvaan to give the fruits of his nama
sankeerthanam so that he can get back hi soriginal
form and get a relief to his soul. After such dialogs
nambaaduvaan accepted to give the fruits of his
sankeerthanam because of which the raakshas attined
good place leaving his current form. This story was
told by emperumaan "Varaaha Moorthy" to "Bhooma Devi"
when he brought her from oceans and finally emperumaan
tells thaayaar a phalasruthi that those who read
Kaisika Puraanam on the Kaisika Dwadasi day will get
Parama Pada Praapthi like Nambaaduvaan. This story of
Nambaaduvaan is a part of Varaaha Puraanam which was
told as a story by emperumaan to bhoomaa devi. 

Even today on Kaisika Dwadasi in every temple Kaisika
Puranam is read in front of emperumaan by the Mudal
Theertha Kaarars of the temple. Specifically this is
very famous in Thirukkurungudi Nambi temple at
Thirukkurungudi. So it is being told that on Kaisika
Ekadasi this incident of nambaaduvaan happened. To
adiyen's knowledge this is the information that adiyen
can give. You may get many more information about this
from various learned scholars of the group. If by any
chance my information has anything that deviates from
the correct information please forgive adiyen and
adiyen also request emperumaan to pardon me for the
apachaaram that adiyen might cause due to this.

As usual you may want to be on upavaasam and do nam
sankeerthanam on Kaisika Ekadasi day and read Kaisika
Puraanam on the Kaisika Dwadasi day.

Hope emperumaan shower on you with lots and lots of
bhagavath and bhagavatha anubhavam on you.



Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Narayanan


--------------------------------------------------------------
           - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH -
To Post a message, send it to:   bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com
Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list
Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/
 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/