Guest guest Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Cc: tlsbhaskar MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary= " 0-587560207-1224828063=:42301 " Message-ID: <154800.42301.qm --0-587560207-1224828063=:42301 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Kartika Puranam =0ADay 1: The power of the Kartika Somavaram=0AThe Day 1 of= the Kartika Puranam consists of two sections=0ASection 1 primary tells us = about how Sootha maharshi tells the Kartika=0APuranam to Saunikadi Maha-ris= his and Maharshi Vashistha telling about=0Athe rules of the Kartika puranam= to King Janaka. The section was=0Aelaborated about what to do during the m= onth and how to start about.=0AThe beautiful explanations by Vashistha keep= readers close to their=0Aears. =0A=0ASection 2 comprises of a story as a p= art of the Kartika Somawara=0AVratham (the first Monday of Kartika Masam). = The story is about=0ANishturi, the daughter of a Brahmin, who falls into ba= d habits during=0Aher teen years. Nisthuri was deep into bad habits that sh= e is often=0Areferred as 'Karkasa' by everyone.=0AAs time for marriage come= s, Karkasa's father decides to marry her to=0A'Misra Sharma', a Brahmin fro= m Saurasthra. Misra Sharma is good, humble=0Aand a well educated young Brah= min who follows religious traditions with=0Agreat devotion. Karkasa marries= Misra Sharma and because of the humble=0Amentality of Misra Sharma, Karkas= a continues to enjoy all she wants to=0Ado. As days pass by, she takes more= advantage of the gentleness of=0AMisra Sharma and begins to shout at and e= ven beat Misra Sharma. Misra=0ASharma continues to bear with her even when = she does bad things in=0Aorder not to hamper the good name earned by his fa= mily in the society.=0AKarkasa however makes use of the situation and conti= nues to be enjoying=0Ain the presence of other men. She even began to have = physical=0Arelationships with other men disregarding her husband and in-law= s.=0AOne day, one of her comforts tells her that they are meeting at odd=0A= times because of her husband and that they can enjoy even better when=0Aher= husband is not there. The same night, Karkasa kills her husband by=0Abangi= ng a large hard rock on his head. She even takes the dead body to=0Athe out= skirts of the city and throws it into an old well. Her in-laws,=0Aafraid of= her and unable to do anything, remain calm, and runs away=0Afrom. With no = husband and in-laws to stop her, Karkasa felt more=0Afreedom and enjoyed ev= en more. She even made men to get her money=0Agrabbed from their wives.=0AA= s time passed by, her beauty and vigor began to get down. With her=0Ablood = becoming lighter, she began to be easily prone to diseases. Since=0Ashe had= physical intimacy with many men, she was even prone to sexually=0Atransmit= ted diseases. Soon she lost all her money and began to it find=0Adifficult = to get food, water, clothing or even a place to stay. The=0Adiseases have l= ed her to death. No one in the society came forward to=0Atake her to the bu= rial ground.=0AUpon her death, soldiers from the Yama Lokam - the land of t= he dead,=0Acomes and takes her to Lord Yama, the Lord of Death. Yama Dharma= raja=0Aassigns a variety of punishments to her. She is made to stick to a= =0Ahot-iron pillar as punishment for ignoring her husband and spending=0Ati= me with other men. She is banged in her head with a hot mace for=0Akilling = her husband. Hot mercury is poured into her ears for shouting=0Aat her husb= and and beating him. Because of her cruel acts, her family=0Ain the prior t= en ages and the later ten ages were also made to suffer.=0AAfter suffering = in the Yama loka for some ages, she is allowed to be=0Aborn on earth as a d= og for fifteen ages.=0AIn her fifteenth age, she took birth in the land of = Kalinga as a=0Adog. She used to stay at the house of a Brahmin. The Brahmin= who was=0Afollowing the traditions during the month of Kartikam, at night,= has=0Aleft some food outside his house which the dog eats. As soon as the = dog=0Aate the food, she began to get to know her past and began to shout fo= r=0Ahelp. The Brahmin comes out of the house and was first surprised seeing= =0Aa dog speak. He then enquires what has happened to her. The dog tells=0A= him that she was born as a dog for 14 times prior to her current life=0Aand= that she does not know how she was able to get to know what has=0Ahappened= to her in her past lives.=0AThe Brahmin, using his power, gets to know the= whole episode of the=0Adog, and tells it about what has happened in the pa= st. The dog, upon=0Aknowing her past, began to beg the Brahmin for Moksha. = He then decides=0Ato transfer the Punya gained by him on one of his Kartika= Somavaram=0A(The Monday of Kartika Masam) to the dog. The dog upon taking = the=0Apunya, leaves the avatar of the dog and turns in to a beautiful woman= ...=0A " Hence, you should follow the Kartika Somavaram " , says Vashistha to Kin= g Janaka. =0A<font color=3D " red " >=0A<font face=3D " comic sans ms " ><font styl= e=3D " background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); " color=3D " #0000ff " > " Smile increas= es value of Face " =0A</font><font style=3D " background-color:rgb(255, 255, 25= 5); " color=3D " #0000ff " > " Anger spoils Beauty of Soul " =0A " Faith is force of L= ife " =0A " Confidence is companion of Success " so=0A " KEEP SMILING " =0AGood Day= =0A=0A</font></font></font> =0A<a rel=3D " nofollow " target=3D " _blank " href= =3D " MumbaiHangout " ><img alt=3D " Join Me @ Mumb= ai Hangout " src=3D " http://tinypic.com/14l3r44.jpg " border=3D " 0 " ></a>=0A<fon= t color=3D " red " >=0A<font color=3D " #ff409f " >*(` & #39;?.?(` & #39;?.?(` & #39;?.?*= ?*?.? & #39;?).? & #39;?)?.? & #39;?)*=0A?????`?... <font color=3D " #007f7f " face= =3D " comic sans ms " ><em>SRIKANTH</em></font>...???`???=0A*(?.? & #39;?(?.? & #39= ;?(?.? & #39;?*?*` & #39;?.?)` & #39;?.?)` & #39;?.?)*</font> </font>=0A=0A=0A=0A = Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now http://in.promos..c= om/address --0-587560207-1224828063=:42301 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><style type=3D " text/css " ><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></he= ad><body><div style=3D " font-family:lucida console,sans-serif;font-size:12pt= " ><h1>Kartika Puranam <br>Day 1: The power of the Kartika Somavaram</h1><a = href=3D " launch?.rand=3Dd2qq3fck94sm1 " ></a><div><p>The Day 1 of the Kartika = Puranam consists of two sections=0ASection 1 primary tells us about how Soo= tha maharshi tells the Kartika=0APuranam to Saunikadi Maha-rishis and Mahar= shi Vashistha telling about=0Athe rules of the Kartika puranam to King Jana= ka. The section was=0Aelaborated about what to do during the month and how = to start about.=0AThe beautiful explanations by Vashistha keep readers clos= e to their=0Aears. <br></p><p>Section 2 comprises of a story as a part of t= he Kartika Somawara=0AVratham (the first Monday of Kartika Masam). The stor= y is about=0ANishturi, the daughter of a Brahmin, who falls into bad habits= during=0Aher teen years. Nisthuri was deep into bad habits that she is oft= en=0Areferred as 'Karkasa' by everyone.</p>=0A<p>As time for marriage comes= , Karkasa's father decides to marry her to=0A'Misra Sharma', a Brahmin from= Saurasthra. Misra Sharma is good, humble=0Aand a well educated young Brahm= in who follows religious traditions with=0Agreat devotion. Karkasa marries = Misra Sharma and because of the humble=0Amentality of Misra Sharma, Karkasa= continues to enjoy all she wants to=0Ado. As days pass by, she takes more = advantage of the gentleness of=0AMisra Sharma and begins to shout at and ev= en beat Misra Sharma. Misra=0ASharma continues to bear with her even when s= he does bad things in=0Aorder not to hamper the good name earned by his fam= ily in the society.=0AKarkasa however makes use of the situation and contin= ues to be enjoying=0Ain the presence of other men. She even began to have p= hysical=0Arelationships with other men disregarding her husband and in-laws= ...</p>=0A<p>One day, one of her comforts tells her that they are meeting at = odd=0Atimes because of her husband and that they can enjoy even better when= =0Aher husband is not there. The same night, Karkasa kills her husband by= =0Abanging a large hard rock on his head. She even takes the dead body to= =0Athe outskirts of the city and throws it into an old well. Her in-laws,= =0Aafraid of her and unable to do anything, remain calm, and runs away=0Afr= om. With no husband and in-laws to stop her, Karkasa felt more=0Afreedom an= d enjoyed even more. She even made men to get her money=0Agrabbed from thei= r wives.</p>=0A<p>As time passed by, her beauty and vigor began to get down= ... With her=0Ablood becoming lighter, she began to be easily prone to diseas= es. Since=0Ashe had physical intimacy with many men, she was even prone to = sexually=0Atransmitted diseases. Soon she lost all her money and began to i= t find=0Adifficult to get food, water, clothing or even a place to stay. Th= e=0Adiseases have led her to death. No one in the society came forward to= =0Atake her to the burial ground.</p>=0A<p>Upon her death, soldiers from th= e Yama Lokam - the land of the dead,=0Acomes and takes her to Lord Yama, th= e Lord of Death. Yama Dharmaraja=0Aassigns a variety of punishments to her.= She is made to stick to a=0Ahot-iron pillar as punishment for ignoring her= husband and spending=0Atime with other men. She is banged in her head with= a hot mace for=0Akilling her husband. Hot mercury is poured into her ears = for shouting=0Aat her husband and beating him. Because of her cruel acts, h= er family=0Ain the prior ten ages and the later ten ages were also made to = suffer.=0AAfter suffering in the Yama loka for some ages, she is allowed to= be=0Aborn on earth as a dog for fifteen ages.</p>=0A<p>In her fifteenth ag= e, she took birth in the land of Kalinga as a=0Adog. She used to stay at th= e house of a Brahmin. The Brahmin who was=0Afollowing the traditions during= the month of Kartikam, at night, has=0Aleft some food outside his house wh= ich the dog eats. As soon as the dog=0Aate the food, she began to get to kn= ow her past and began to shout for=0Ahelp. The Brahmin comes out of the hou= se and was first surprised seeing=0Aa dog speak. He then enquires what has = happened to her. The dog tells=0Ahim that she was born as a dog for 14 time= s prior to her current life=0Aand that she does not know how she was able t= o get to know what has=0Ahappened to her in her past lives.</p>=0A<p>The Br= ahmin, using his power, gets to know the whole episode of the=0Adog, and te= lls it about what has happened in the past. The dog, upon=0Aknowing her pas= t, began to beg the Brahmin for Moksha. He then decides=0Ato transfer the P= unya gained by him on one of his Kartika Somavaram=0A(The Monday of Kartika= Masam) to the dog. 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