{"id":9473,"date":"2020-07-20T18:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T22:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=9473"},"modified":"2021-12-16T22:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T03:07:18","slug":"9473-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/9473-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maha Prasada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Narada Muni once went to Vaikuntha and served Mother Laxmi very attentively. Sri Laxmi was very pleased and requested Narada Muni to ask for any boon. Narada Muni replied, \u201cMy dear Mother Laxmi, you must promise that whatever I ask for, you will grant.\u201d Laxmi Devi wowed that she would gladly fulfill his desire. The great saint revealed his wish: Narada Muni requested Laxmi Devi to give him the maha-prasada remnants of Lord Narayana.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly Laxmi Devi\u2019s mood changed and her face became clenched with worry. \u201cPlease ask me for anything else except for the Lord\u2019s prasada,\u201d she begged. \u201cA few days ago the Lord in\u00acstructed me not to give His prasada to anyone. You must under\u00acstand that I cannot disobey my husband\u2019s order. My dear son, 1 cannot give you prasada\u201d Narada was very adamant and reminded Devi of her promise. \u201cYou are the dear wife of Lord Narayana,\u201d Narada Muni said. \u201cYou must grant me this boon. Somehow or another you must give me the Lord\u2019s maha-prasada\u201d Laxmi was now in great trouble. What to do? She told Narada Muni to wait and that she would look into what could be done to satisfy his desire. At noon Lamxi Devi lovingly served lunch to her husband, Lord Narayana. Even though Devi performed her duties with at\u00actention and expertise, still the Lord marked that his wife was very unhappy. Her face had become black and morose. Lord Narayana gently asked her the reason for her distress. Taking shelter at the Lords lotus feet, Laxmiji explained her predicament. Lord Nara\u00acyana mercifully comforted His crying wife and said, \u201cJust lor today I will cancel this restriction. You may take My plate of remnants and give it to Narada. But you must deliver the prasada in such a way that I do not see. When I turn my face to the side you may take the plate away as if I do not know.\u201d The goddess became joy\u00acful. Following her beloved husbands instruction, she deftly re\u00acmoved His plate of remnants when He was not looking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Laxmiji immediately took the maha-prasada plate and hap\u00acpily presented it to Narada Muni. Narada Muni, dancing in ecstasy, eagerly honored the Lord\u2019s remnants. He relished Lord Nara-yana\u2019s prasada, and did not cease for second from chanting the Lord\u2019s holy name and dancing in great bliss. As his ecstatic emotions increased, he could not control himself. Narada Muni with his vina in tow started running all over the universe like a madman. Chanting and dancing without stopping, he ran from planet to planet.Finally he reached Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva was surprised to see Narada Muni chanting and danc\u00acing in such a state of ecstasy. Narada Muni, swimming in the waves Vishnu-bhaka, did not notice Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva pacified Na\u00acrada Muni. \u201cNarada, I know you are always in ecstasy because you constantly chant the name of Lord Narayana. But I have never seen you in such a condition! What happened to you?\u201d Then Narada Muni cooled down and explained everything. \u201cI got so much pleas\u00acure and ecstasy after honoring the Lords maha-prasada that I can\u2019t stop dancing and chanting,\u201d Narada breathlessly exclaimed. Lord Shiva, folding his palms replied, \u201cOh Narada! You are so fortunate that you have tasted the mahaprasda of Lord Narayana.\u201d Lord Shiva smiled hopefully. \u201cDear Narada, have you brought any prasada for me?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Narada felt very sorry for he had not brought any prasada to share with Lord Shiva. Putting his head down, Narada stood with folded hands before Lord Shiva. Then he saw that a morsel of prasada had stuck to his fingernail. Narada gasped, \u201cOh yes! Here is some prasada! Prasada kanika matra. A morsel of prasada just for you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Narada Muni carefully held up his hand for Lord Shiva\u2019s inspection. \u201cOh Shiva. You are so fortunate. Please take this maha-prasada.\u201dNarada Muni put his finger into Shivaji\u2019s mouth. As soon as that small morsel of maha-prasada touched the tounge of Ma-hadeva, he felt great ecstasy and happiness, so much so that he could not remain quiet. Lord Shiva started to chant and dance. His dancing increased as his ecstasy intensified. His dancing became so vigorous that he manifested the Tandava, the dance indicating the time of annihilation. The whole universe started to shake. Everyone became frightened, thinking \u201cWhat happened? Why is this dance is taking place untimely? It is not time for the annihilation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

No one was brave enough to stop Shivaji from dancing the annihilation dance. The devas begged Mother Parvati to pacify the lord, otherwise the whole universe would be destroyed. Mother Parvati arrived on the scene and saw Lord Shiva dancing in uncon\u00actrollable ecstasy. Mother Parvati humbly approached Lord Shiva, and when he came to his external senses, she inquired, \u201cMy dear husband! What happened to you? What has caused you to dance in such ecstasy?\u201d Lord Shiva explained that he had received Lord Na-rayana\u2019s maha-prasada from Narada Muni. Parvati Devi became astonished. \u201cMy dear husband, have you kept any maha-prasada for me?\u201d Lord Shiva could not answer. He had managed to get only one morsel of prasada from Narada. How could he have saved any?<\/span><\/p>\n

Parvati was angry that she did not get maha-prasada. \u201cI am de\u00acprived of Lord Narayanas prasada.\u201dShe was so furious that the fire of her anger started to burn the whole universe. From the lower planets to the higher planets, everyone felt the burning heat. The sages and saints understood that everything was going to be fin\u00acished by the hot anger of Mother Parvati. No one could pacify her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally all of the demigods headed by Lord Brahma rushed to Vaikuntha to inform Lord Vishnu. Hearing the situation, Lord Vishnu traveled to Kailash riding on the back of Garuda. As soon as Parvati Devi saw Lord Narayana, she came forward to offer her obeisances. Lord Narayana blessed his devotee and told her, \u201cI will give you as much as maha-prasada you want. Please be pacified and give up your anger. Otherwise, all of your children will be fin\u00acished.\u201d But Motiier Parvati protested. \u201cI will not be satisfied if You give your maha-prasada only to me. I request You to give your maha-prasada to all of my children, to all of the living entities. I do not want to see any of my children suffer like I am suffering now due to being deprived of your maha-prasada. You must arrange something so that all living beings, including the dogs may honor Your maha-prasada\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lord Narayana smiled and said \u201d Tathastu. Let it be so. My dear Parvati, to fulfill your desire I will appear in Nila-chala-dham. My temple will be famous for distributing My prasada. Whoever takes My prasada will be liberated. All of my prasada will be of\u00acfered to you first. Then only will the remnants become maha-prasada. This maha-prasada will be distributed to everyone without consideration. I will keep you next to Me. You will have your tem\u00acple just behind Mine in the mner courtyard. Lord Shiva, because he neglected to give you maha-prasada, will stay at a distance. He will have his temple outside the courtyard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lord appeared in Puri as Jagannath. Parvati Devi is there in the name of Bimala. All of Jagannath s prasada is offered first to Bimala Devi. Then only is it distributed as maha-prasada.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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