UNFAILING COURTESY OF GREAT SAGES

Parapuranjaya kills the son of Arishtanemi and becomes accountable for Brahma Hatya and the admirable conversation between Sage Atri and King Prithu

I have gone through short but sublime topics showing the colossal control of an Ascetic who became alive indeed after getting killed by a Kshatriya Prince inadvertently and an awesome sage named Atri who in spite of having diverse suppositions from the other Brahmins who were there within the king's court managed to get wealth in alms from the saintly king Prithu. Now you all must be thinking how can it be conceivable for an Ascetic to get to be alive even after being killed and the king agrees to give wealth to an Ascetic to whom no one agreed? Well, it used to be possible because of their wonderful power of penance and genuine celibacy. Markandeya sage had elaborated on the genuine nature of Brahmins and had given a few examples of them to the Pandavas amid their exile period. In this post, I will share the incident of Prince  Parapuranjaya and King Prithu.

In the Heheya dynasty there used to be a prince named Parapuranjaya. He was youthful and courageous. One day he went on chasing wild creatures. Within the dense forest, he noticed one Ascetic who was wearing wild animal skin at the time. Parapuranjaya expecting him to be a wild creature killed him. After realizing his sin, he went back to his kingdom and restlessly clarified it to the other kings. knowing about the Kshatriya prince being responsible for Brahma Hatya, it devastated the other kings too.

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All of them went to the forest seeking out that dead Ascetic and reached near the hermitage of sage Arishtanemi; the child of Kashyapa. They all explained the sin of Parapuranjaya to the sage. Sage asked them to take him to that dead Brahmin and let him illustrate his power of incredible asceticism. At that point, the Kshatriyas alongside the sage reached the place where Parapuranjaya had killed the sage however could not discover his body. All the Kshatriyas were embarrassed not to find the body of the sage. Arishtanemi at that point showed them his son and inquired them in case he was the one whom the king had slaughtered.

Kings were stunned to see him lively and inquired how could it be possible. Arishtanemi told them, "Death never affects us! We as of now have control over our senses, never have slothfulness, continuously perform Sandhyopasana or praying god in the morning and noon, eat pure food, reasonably earn alms, remain honest continuously, hence never dreaded death. In addition, we favour auspicious works of Brahmins, never do backbiting, continuously satisfied the guests with appropriate nourishment and water, consume food only after serving it to those who depend on them, stay in a place where we involve our intellect in sama, dama or, khyama, Tirthasevana and daan only, We only remain with the company of righteous people, consequently, we prevail our death." After hearing this the Kshatriyas readily worshiped the sages and were relieved from the sin of Brahma Hatya. 

A long time back there was a powerful king named Prithu; son of Lord Vena. One day Sage Atri; one incredible sage out of all seven sages known as Saptarishis thought of asking money from the king, however, changed his mind towards practising penance within the less exasperating areas of the woodland to attain salvation than remaining within the village atmosphere. His courteous spouse recommended he go to the yajna that was being performed by King Prithu at that time, solicit some money, after getting it to disseminate among his sons for their wellbeing and leave for the forest then. 

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Sage answered her, "Gautama sage once specified to me about the principled nature of the king but at the same time told me regarding the Brahmins of the king's court who continuously loathe me. I do not wish to go to the king as I am aware that even if I speak virtuous with respect to Dharma, Artha, and Kama near the king, those Brahmins will go against him to form it untrue."

Be that as it may, he agreed afterwards to go to King Prithu to get some Wealth after the yajna. On the yajna Mandap, he lauded the king and did the stuti of him like a god. Shocked by hearing this, Gautama sage cautioned him now not to say stupidly since the god-king Indra himself was already present there. 

Sage Atri answered him, "King Prithu is comparable to Indra, their ruler, Prajapati himself and it's the sage Gautama only, who misplaced his intellect out of an illusion." Gautama then blamed the sage for doing stuti purposely to get some benefits in return. He told Atri, "You know no religion, you are an idiot and you have ended up senior by age and looks not by your intelligence." All the other Brahmins who were already present there for the yajna noticed the two sages contending. They all went to the incredible Sanatkumara for getting the right reply.

Sanatkumara told all of them, "When Brahmins and Kshatriyas unite, they are able of burning everything similar to fire and wind burning the whole forest together. The king himself is recognized as sacred. He is referred to as Prajapati, Indra, Shukracharya, Ruler, and Brihaspati. King is alluded to as 'Prajapati', 'Virata', 'Nrupa', 'Samrata', 'Vupati' and 'Kshatriya' and thus worshipped. King wins the war, continuously secures his people, is venerated as Lord, wins over his enemies, and lets his Kshatriya people acquire heaven through their religion consequently known as Bavru or Lord Vishnu. Similar to the sun taking away the darkness, the king annihilates the sinful acts on the earth and remains truthful continuously. Therefore the king is known as Prajapati. " 

After saying this Sanatkumara agreed with sage Atri's explanation. At that point, King Prithu being regarded by sage Atri, gave him lots of wealth, gems, garments, slaves, gold coins, and golds. Atri acknowledged those, returned to his put, gave everything to his sons, and went to the forest.

Ref: Mahabharata book 

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