KING INDRADYUMNA OF PURI FELL DOWN FROM HEAVEN

King Indradyumna acquires heaven because of his virtuous deeds

I am born and raised in the sacred put of Lord Jagannath Puri and I am obliged to type in a brief about Such an extraordinary ruler Indradyumna, who once fell from heaven because of the end of his sacred deeds. Before progressing to that subject specified in Mahabharata let me tell you about the king in brief. He was a Malava ruler and son of King Bharata. No one was comparable to his principled nature. Being the awesome aficionado of Lord Vishnu, Indradyumna once heard about Nila Madhava(an incarnation of Lord Vishnu), looked for him everywhere, and was informed by one priest named Vidyapati about Nila Madhava who was being worshipped by Sabar Viswavasu at Nilagiri, the king reached the spot but couldn't discover Nila Madhava. Afterwards, King was instructed by the Supreme God to construct a temple for him where he would be adored within the shape of Daru Brahma or absolute truth manifested within the wooden shape. The incredible devotee King Indradyumna himself had voyaged to Brahmaloka and requested Lord Brahma to consecrate the temple and the encompassing area, known as Shri Kshetra. Ruler Indradyumna had set up the Idle of Lord Jagannath there in Puri. Sage Markandeya had specified the greatness of Longlived King Indradyumna to the Pandavas during their exile period that I am planning to share here. 

Indradyumna acquired heaven after his death and remained there for a long period whereas enjoying the fruits of his ethical karmas. at that point, the deity King Indra had informed the king that all his principled deeds were finished and no one on the earth remembered the king's heavenly works by that time. Hence Ruler Indradyumna fell from heaven. Since Sage Markandeya was a Chiranjivi (lived forever), King went close to him and inquired whether he recognized King Indradyumna or not.

Sage answered, "Sages like him used to travel to distinctive places either on account of pilgrimage or procuring heavenliness by performing righteous deeds also used to have a boisterous schedule due to the truth of vrat fastings and thus it is not conceivable for the sage to identify the king. " King at that point asked in case there would be anybody else born before the sage had been born who might recognize the king. Sage told the lord about an owl named Pravarkarna, who was born before him and was staying in the Himalayas.

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King Indradyumna took the shape of a horse, carried the sage Markandeya reached near the owl and asked if it knew about the king. The owl denied it. King inquired the owl in case it knew about any other Chiranjeevi creature who would have been born before him. The owl said about a giant crane named Nadijangha who used to remain in a lake coincidentally named Indradyumna Sarovar and might have known the king. King took the owl alongside the sage Markandeya to that crane. both the sage and owl asked the crane if it identified King Indradyumna. But Nadijangha denied it as well. At that point, he instructed about one turtle named Akupara who moreover lived inside that pond and was older than the crane. 

That crane asked the turtle Akupara to come out of the pond and reply to them if he knew about the incredible ruler Indradyumna. Akupara after hearing this got to be emotional, shed tears and answered that he certainly recollected the heavenly lord Indradyumna who did thousands of Yajnyas, built thousands of Yupa-stambhas, and given millions of cows in charity. In addition, the turtle said that the Indradyumna Sarovar, where the turtle was living, was formed by the movement of the cow hooves and consequently was named after the extraordinary king Indradyumna. That very minute one divine chariot from the Devaloka arrived there. Debaduta asked King Indradyumna to go back to heaven. Devout king first took both the sage and owl back to their places and after that went to heaven with Debaduta.

This was how he again reached heaven. The ethics of the story was a human being is always recalled by his righteous deeds. The righteousness of such people is respected in both Bhuloka or earth world and Devaloka or heaven. As long as his righteous radiance persists, he remains in heaven otherwise he falls to the lower lokas. Hence everybody must follow their noble and religious activities and carry on with the same without considering the results of his karmas. 

Ref: Mahabharata book 

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