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Jaya Jagannath,
14th April is the beginning of "Summer season" in the
6-seasons-a-year cycle. To be exact Baiskh and Jyestha are the
summer months (or the summer season) followed by "Ashada and
Shravana", the rain months or the season. On the holy occasion of Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti and
Hanuman Jayanti, Team Nilachakra wishes you a divine day flavored
with spiritual tranquility. Here we showcase a brief about
mythological significance of Maha Bishuba Sankranti. Following to
this is an insight story about the only linkage between two greatest
epics of Human mankind… Ramayana and Mahabharata, Paban Putra Jaya
Sri Hanuman.
Mythological
Significance Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti :
Maha Vishuba Sankranti is also known as Mesha Sankranthi, Chhatua
Sankranti or Pana Sankranti in Orissa. This marks the beginning of
rainy season and of the cultivation cycle. On this particular day a
small bottom holed pot filled with 'pana' or sweet drink is hung on
a basil (Tulsi) plant. the water which falls from the pot represents
rain. As a specialty of the day, the flour of horse gram (chhatua)
is also offered to Devi Tulsi. According to tradition when 'Bhishma',
the grandfather of 'Kurus' or 'Kauravas' and the 'Pandavas' lay on
the bed of arrows ('Shara Sajya') he felt thirsty and there was no
water nearby in the ravaged battle-field of 'Kurukshetra'. Then 'Arjuna'
with his powerful bow thrusted an arrow deep into the ground and
water immediately shooted out in a stream to quench the thirst of
the dying warrior. Out of contentment and compassion Bhishma
conferred to 'Yudhisthira', " people also offer cold water to
thirsty people on this day
Hanuman Jayanti:
On behalf of Hanuman Jayanti, Team Nilachakra presents few unknown
interesting facts about Lord Hanuman :
• After the great war of Ramayana, when Lord Rama departed to his
heavenly abode, Hanuman, preferred to remain on earth in the form of
monkeys as long as Rama's name was venerated by people. This is the
reason why monkeys are considered to be Chiranjeevi ( the one who
lives for ever ), another incarnations of Lord Hanuman.
• Lord Hanuman is the only linkage by which the greatest two epics
Ramayana and Mahabharata can be linked. In Mahabharata During the
Pandavas' exile, he appears disguised as a weak and aged monkey to
Bhima in order to subdue his arrogance. Bhima enters a field where
Hanuman is lying with his tail blocking the way. Bhima, unaware of
his identity, tells him to remove it. In return, Hanuman tells him
to remove it himself. Bhima tries this, but is unable to do it
despite his great strength and therefore inquires Hanuman's
identity, which is then revealed. Upon Bhima's request, Hanuman is
also said to have enlarged himself and shown him the same size in
which he had crossed the sea to go to Lanka, searching for Sita.
• During the great battle of Kurukshetra, Arjuna entered the
battlefield with a flag displaying Hanuman on his chariot. Hanumanji
in the flag signifies sense control and mind control that gives
victory to the higher nature over the lower nature. The incident
that led to this was an earlier encounter between Hanuman and Arjuna,
wherein as an act of penitence, Hanuman decided to help Arjuna by
stabilizing and strengthening his chariot during the imminent great
battle.
Jai Hanuman... Jai Sri
Ram.... Jai Jagannath.
Regards
Team
Nilachakra
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