75. Bhojanthali
Bhojanthali…….At the end of
Treta Yuga, a king named Koblaas(not very sure about the name) who ruled
Ayodhya was blessed with a daughter named Krishnavati whom he got her married
and continued to keep his son-in-law with him. As he was greedy in
expanding his kingdom, he along with son-inlaw attacked the neighbouring
kingdom known as Bhadravati and finally in the war , both the king and the
son-inlaw lost their lives. Krishnavati started ruling the kingdom .
She was very detached and had no interest in material pursuits and was
always engaged in meditation and used to strictly observe Ekadasi vrutham.
On one such Ekadasi, when she was observing Ekadasi vratham on the banks
of Sarayu, Lord Vishnu pleased with her prayers appeared before her and granted
her a boon. She remembered her ancestor, Srirama redeeming Ahalya from
her curse. Ahalya who was cursed to turn into a stone was redeemed by Sri
Rama’s paada sparsham.
Krishnavati recollected this and
opted to become a stone so that the same blessing would be conferred upon her
by the Lord. Lord granted the boon but said that HE would fulfill it in HIS
next avataram as Krishna. In this case, it was not a curse but a boon which she
opted for.
Krishnavati
appeared as Indrasena parvath, a small hillock in Kamyavan and was waiting for
the Lord . Inspired by
Goverdhana giri’s fortune to have Krishna’s association, she continued to pray
to the Lord to place HIS lotus feet on her and bless her.
Krishna, in order to answer her prayers, rested on this hillock after
killing Vyomasuran. Krishna’s friends noticed that though they had
brought all the bhog, they didn’t have a plate to offer it to Krishna.
A part of the stone
transformed into two round hollow plates and Krishna partook the offerings made
to HIM. Thus, her desire was fulfilled.
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