(2/2) Remembering Sri Ekachakra Dham (2)

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Preaching in Tarakeshwar area, noon class,
12 February 2021, part 2
Translated from Bengali

At first, Nityananda Prabhu stayed at Srivas Pandit’s house. At that time, Srivas Pandit’s spouse Malini Devi must have been about seventy years old, and Nityananda Prabhu called her ‘Mother’ – when He called her ‘mother’, milk would flow from her breasts! Milk would flow from her breasts, and Nityananda Prabhu drank it! Nityananda Prabhu’s glory is so great!

One time, Malini Devi was washing the Deities’ dishes when suddenly a crow came and flew away with a brass pot. When Nityananda Prabhu came there, He saw Malini Devi crying. He asked her what had happened, and Malini Devi explained, ‘A crow has come and taken a pot away. If my husband gets to know it, he will scold me.’ But Nityananda Prabhu said, ‘Mother, do not worry, I will sort it out.’ Then, He shouted to the crow, ‘Hey crow! Give My Mother’s pot back!’ And the crow came back and put the pot back. There are so many pastimes and glories of Nityananda Prabhu like this.

There is one more place but we do not go there – I do not know when, but we can see if we get time to go there one day or not. That place is called Kundalal Tala. A great snake lived there, and there is a long story related to that place. I have never been there myself. I know many devotees have visited it (it is near Ekachakra, near our temple), but I have never got time to go there. There is also a pastime related to Pandav Tala, where the Pandavas stayed incognito for one year and where Vyasadev also stayed for three days. Nityananda Prabhu appeared in Kali-yuga, so this pastime happened before Him, in Dvapar-yuga.

Before the Pandavas came to stay in that village, a demon called Bakraksasi (or Bakraksasa) lived there. That Bakraksasi would go house to house, and every house he went to, he would kill everyone and eat one of the killed people. You can find this story in Mahabharata. One day, all the villagers assembled for a meeting and spoke to Bakraksasi. They said, ‘You go house to house, and everybody dies – whole generations become destroyed! We have decided that one person from each house in this area will come to you themselves. You can eat them.’ The demon agreed with this decision.

So, when the Pandavas came to stay in that area, they stayed in the house whose turn it was to send one person to the demon. The family consisted of a husband, wife and son. When their house’s turn came, the husband said, ‘I will go,’ but the wife said, ‘No, you must stay, I will go!’ Then, their son said, ‘None of you must go! I will go! You both stay at home!’ They started arguing like this. As they argued, Kunti Devi heard it and asked them, ‘What are you talking about? Where must you go? Who will eat whom? What is going on?’ The family said, ‘No, no. You are our guests, we should not worry you.’ Kunti Devi insisted, ‘No, no, tell me. Bhima is here, he is very strong. Maybe he can help you.’ They explained to her that one person from each house had to go to Bakraksasi and that it was their turn to go that day.

Kunti Devi told Bhima about it, and Bhima said, ‘No problem, I will go!’ So, he went with a bullock cart loaded with all kinds of fruit. On his way, Bhima felt hungry and ate all the fruit! And he was positive, ‘I shall see the fun!’ So, he was walking and eating all the way to the demon’s place. Bhima is Bhima! He is famous for his appetite. He walked at leisure and arrived late. Bakraksasi was very angry, ‘Why are they late?!’ When Bhima finally showed up, he cried, ‘Why are you late today?! And what is this? You have eaten all my fruit!!’ Bhima said, ‘Well, I had a bite. I was hungry on the way…’ Bhima played the demon. Then, a very big battle started. They had fought for forty-five minutes before Bhima finally killed him.

We sometimes go to the place where it happened – it is called Kotasur. It is near Ekachakra.

Jay Srila Guru Maharaj.

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