Shravana Month story

 

The 5th month of Marathi calender Shravan started on 9th August 2021.

The name is because of Shravan Nakshatra.

It rises at 8 pm towards East in this month.

It is situated at the bottom of Scorpio .See the pic.

Three stars in line,the middle one is Shravan ,the Altair ,brightest of all 

& the 2 stars which are at both sides are the parents of him.

 Hindu mythology

Shravan bal was the most obdient child of his parents.

Shravan Kumar's parents, Shantanu and Gyanvanti (Malaya), were hermits. They were both blind.

 When they became aged, Shravan wanted them to take to the four most sacred places of Hindu pilgrimage to purify the soul. 

Since Shravan Kumar could not afford the transport, he decided to put each parent in a basket and tie each to an end of a bamboo pole, which he would carry on his shoulder while on their pilgrimage.

According to Ramayana, while hunting in the forest of Ayodhya, then-Prince Dashratha heard a sound near a lake and unleashed an arrow, hoping to hit an animal. When he crossed the lake to collect his kill, he found that his arrow had fatally struck a teenage boy who was bleeding.

 The injured boy was Shravan, who then told Dasaratha he had come to the lake to collect water for his sick and aged parents, who were both blind and whom he had been carrying on a sling. 

With his dying breath, Shravan requested Dashratha to take water to his parents and to tell them what happened. 

Shravan then succumbed to his wounds and when Dasaratha took water for his parents and told them of his tragic mistake, they were unable to bear the shock. Despite acknowledging that it was an accident, they cursed Dasaratha that he too would experience "Putrashoka" (Sanskrit, "putra" is child/son and "shoka" is grief; grief due to loss of a son). Thus Shravan's sick and thirsty parents died without drinking water.

This curse turned out to be true when king Dashrath had to suffer the exile of his most beloved and able son Rama who had to be exiled at his own orders (it was actually his beloved wife's wish that could not be ignored since he had himself promised her a boon years back when she had saved his life). So he did it unwillingly.

In these days if anybody loves his parents very much ,he is called as 'Shravan Bal.'

How touching story na?

Next time we will see the stars in this Nakshatra & adjoining constellations.

Till then bye.

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