Sloga for the day:
Aadhou devaki devi garbha jananam,
Gopi gruhe palanam,
Mayaa poothana jeevithaa apaharanam,
Govardhanodharanam,Kamsa chedana,
Kouravadi hananam, Kunthi sutha palanam,
Ethad bhagawatham purana kaditham sri Krishna leelamrutham
Born to queen Devaki, Brought up by Gopis,
Took out the life of Ogress Poothana,
Lifted the Govardhana mountain,Cut the head of his uncle Kamsa,
Helped in killing the Kouravas,And looked after the children of Kunthi,
This is in short the ancient story of Bhagawatha,
And this describes the nectar like play of Lord Krishna
Story:
Satrajit, a nobleman of Dwarka, was a devotee of Surya, the Sun God. Surya, being pleased with Satrajit’s devotion, appeared before him and gifted him the Syamantaka gem. The Syamantaka gem’s specialty was, that it could magically, produce eight measures, of gold a day.As time passed, Satrajit became a really wealthy man. One day, Krishna approached Satrajit, and told him, that he should give the gem, to King ,and share it with other people of Dwarkat. But Satrajit did not agree, saying, that the jewel belonged to him alone. A few days later, Satrajit's brother Prasena, wore the jewel as a necklace, and went out on a hunt. He climbed a tree, and was waiting for some game, when a lion came by. Just as Prasena was about to shoot it, a snake dropped on him from the branch above and startled him. He fell from the tree and as he was falling, the necklace with the Syamantaka gem got caught in a branch, and Prasena hung by the neck and got killed.
The lion below was attracted, to the glow of the gem, and picked it up. As the lion walked away with the gem, Jambavan, the king of bears, saw the glowing gem, and wanted it for himself. He attacked the lion and killed it, took the gem to his cave, and gifted it to his infant son.Meanwhile when Prasena did not return to Dwarka, Satrajit suspected that Krishna, might have killed Prasena to get the gem. To prove his innocence, Krishna gathered a search party and went into the forest to look for Prasena.A few hours later, they found Prasena's body. Krishna noticed lion tracks around the body, and assumed that a lion must have killed Prasena. On following the lion tracks, they came across the body of the dead lion.
Krishna noticed, that the lion had the marks of a bear’s claws and that there were bear tracks around the body. On following the bear tracks, Krishna reached Jambavan's cave. Sensing danger, Krishna ordered the rest of the party, to stay outside while he entered the cave alone. Krishna found Jambavan's son, playing with the Syamantaka gem. Frightened by a stranger, Jambavan's son ,let out a wail that alerted Jambavan. Jambavan thought ,someone was attacking his child and so he attacked Krishna. Krishna fought Jambavan for twenty-eight days after which, Jambavan recognised Krishna's divinity and surrendered to him. Jambavan not only gave the gem back to Krishna but he also offered Krishna his daughter Jambavati's hand in marriage to him. Krishna, readily accepted this offer.Krishna then returned to Dwarka with the Syamantaka gem and his new bride. He returned, the gem to its rightful owner Satrajit who by then was ashamed of accusing Krishna. In order to make up for his accusations and show his good will towards Krishna, Satrajit offered his daughter Satyabhama to Krishna.
But Satyabhama already had three suitors - Akrura, Kritavarma and Shatadhanwa. They were angered, by the fact that Satrajit, had offered his daughter to Krishna and not to one of them. Shatadhanwa, in his rage, killed Satrajit while he slept, and stole the Syamantaka gem from him. On realizing what he had done, Shatadhanwa left the gem, with Akrura and fled from Dwarka. Krishna and Balrama chased and killed Shatadhanwa for his crime. Not finding the gem on Shatadhanwa, Krishna ,that he must have left it with Akrura for safekeeping. Krishna approached Akrura and requested him, to tell the people of Dwarka that he possessed the gem otherwise the people of Dwarka, would think that Krishna, had killed his father in law in order to possess the gem. Akrura happily followed Krishna's orders and thus Krishna’s name was cleared.
