18-Raajaa Pareekshit and Shringee Rishi

Soot Jee further said - "By the grace of Shree Krishn, Pareekshit did not die in womb because of Ashwatthaamaa's Brahm Astra. When Takshak came to bite him, he did not get afraid of dying because he was a great devotee of Shree Krishn. Who tell and hear Shree Krishn's Kathaa they are not deluded even in their last moments. Although as Shree Krishn left this Prithvi, Kali Yug came to stay here, still till Pareekshit ruled, Kali Yug did not have much effect on people. Pareekshit did not have any kind of jealousy with him, because this is one quality of Kali Yug that in this Yug you get the results of your Punya as soon as you intend to do anything good, while you get the result of your Paap Karm only after doing it, not just by intentions." Shaunak Jee said - "You are blessed who has centered your life around Krishn. You tell us the same story which gave Moksh to Pareekshit. Whatever Shuk Dev Jee told to Pareekshit, it must have been said in full detail, he would have not hidden anything. So we want to hear the same."

Soot Jee said - "My life is indeed blessed and meaningful in spite of being born in Vilom caste, because even sitting with high caste people is a respectable thing for a lower caste person. There is no end of Bhagavaan's attributes, His power, His glory. That is why He is called Anant. This is enough to explain about His qualities that Lakshmee Jee serves only Him leaving other Devtaa in spite of being loved by them. The water Brahmaa Jee used to wash Bhagavaan's feet [at the time of measuring Tri-Lok], the same water came out from the nails of His feet in the form of Gangaa River. This water makes everything holy from Mahaadev Jee to the whole world. In this situation what can be another word for Bhagavaan except Krishn? Now I describe whatever you have asked me according to my capacity. As all birds fly according their capacities in the same way all learned people describe Krishn's Leelaa according to their own capacity.

One day Pareekshit went to forest for hunting. After some time he got tired, hungry and thirsty. He could not find any pond nearby but he saw an Aashram of a Muni so he entered the Aashram of that Muni. Muni was sitting on an Aasan quietly. He was in Yog Mudraa and in such condition he could not know that Raajaa was there. Raajaa asked him water in this situation. But nobody answered, nobody welcomed him, so Raajaa felt insulted. Since he was very hungry and thirsty, he got very angry. While returning, he picked a dead snake from his bow and hanged it in the neck of the Muni and came back to his palace. He was thinking whether the Muni had really controlled his Indriyaan or he was just ignoring me?

That Muni was Shameek Rishi. His son Shringee was also very powerful. He was playing nearby. When he heard that the Raajaa has misbehaved with his father, he said - "These kings have started behaving badly with people, today I will punish them, see the power of my Tap today." He did Aachaman from the water of Kaushikee River and said - "Pareekshit has insulted my father that is why Takshak Naag will bite him on the seventh day from today." He came to the Aashram and saw that dead snake hung in his father's neck. He got sad and started crying. Muni opened his eyes slowly hearing his cry and asked - "Dear son, why are you crying? Who has misbehaved with you?" His son told everything. Shameek Rishi did not appreciate his son's reaction, he rather said - "O foolish boy, You have committed a great sin. It is very sad that you have punished him so severely for such a small mistake. You are very immature. You should not have treated a Raajaa like an ordinary man. Without Raajaa there will be lot of unrest in the society. Emperor Pareekshit is a very good Raajaa. He came here to have some food and drink only. Hey Bhagavaan, This immature child has insulted our innocent servant Raajaa, pardon this child. Devotees of Bhagavaan do have the power to take revenge, but they never take any kind of revenge from anybody for any kind of crime or sin." 

Shameek Rishi got very sad at this. He did not pay any attention on the insult Pareekshit did to him."

19-Pareekshit and Shuk Dev Jee

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