Kathanubhutire Srijagannath Odia Book By Rabindra Narayan Mishra

1. KathanubhutireSrijagannath Odia Book By Rabindra Narayan Mishra

2. KathanubhutireSrijagannath Odia Book By Rabindra Narayan Mishra Each and every Oriya in his daily life is linked with Sri Jagannatha in such a way that he seems to be the real head of the family of all. We invite Sri Jagannatha first through letter for the purpose of marriage, bratopanyan ceremonies etc. It is said that without his blessings no such ceremonies can be successfully conducted. We start our journey after praying him. His Nirmalya and Mahaprasad are needed for many spiritual and religious functions. It is the ultimate wish of all Oriyas to taste Nirmalya at the time of death. SriJagannatha is not only our Home God but he is also Param Brahma and Purushottama. He is accepted universally. Apart from all these, there are some festivals like Odhan-Shasthi, Rekha Panchami, SatapuriAmabasya, AkhayaTrutiya, ChitalagiAmabasya etc. which come into Sri Jagannatha Culture and are specially conducted for him. It is needless to say about Sri Jaganntha’slove and affection towards his servants. Let’s give an example in this context. We know that the name of the first naibedya or bhoga in Sri Mandir is ‘Gopala Ballabha’. This special breakfast bhoga is offered to Prabhu in the forms of sweets like kora, khai, peda, sara, labani, fruits etc. It doesn’t contain any cooked food. There is a custom in Sri Mandir that before offering this naibedya to Sri Jaganntha, rather it is offered to Jay and Bijay (Srimandir’s gate keepers) first. These two gate keepers of Prabhu are worshipped first by the priests. After that ‘Surya Puja’ is conducted in Sri Mandir and later Sri Jagannath receives the naibedya. Has anyone ever seen such a merciful Lord? After feeding the servants, he takes his breakfast. We don’t care for our family sometimes. So, there is no issue of loving servants come out in our case. We eat delicious food and forget them. We even don’t regret for ignoring them. But the Lord of the whole universe Sri Jagannath never forgets his gate keepers even. However, his greatness can never be expressed in words. It can be experienced only. The list of Sri Jagannath’s greatness is really a never-ending notebook. There is no God like him who forgets and forgives the sinners so easily. All servants in Sri Mandir know that Mahaprabhu (addressed by the servants) will certainly forgive them if they commit any mistake. So, they take the name of Sri Jagannath while abusing somebody on spiritual grounds. But they never bring Bada Thakur’s name (Lord Balabhadra is addressed by Bada Thakur in Sri Mansur) to these controversies. According to them, there is no word like ‘forgive’ in Lord Balabhadra’s dictionary. So, the people who say lie are always afraid of Lord Balabhadra. But they believe that Sri Jagannatha can forgive and excuse for such lies. Our mythology also says that Sr iJagannatha is the symbol of forgive whereas Lord Balabhadra is the symbol of anger.