Samantak Mani And Shri Krishna

Ganesh Chaturthi : It so happened that all the Gods worshiped Ganesh. Kuber, the wealthiest God, held a feast in honor of their new main deity. A joyous Ganesh feasts himself to his heart's content. According to one version of the story, Ganesh falls down from the rat much to the amusement of the moon, which bursts out laughing and invites Parvati's wrath. Parvati detests this ridicule and cursed the moon that whoever sees him on Vinayak Chaturthi will be accused of wrongdoing.

Krishna wonders as to what disaster awaited him and that he may be blamed for a wrongdoing. And indeed, he was accused of stealing the Samantak Mani - worn by Prasen, the brother of Satrajit. Prasen wears the Gem and goes for hunting. In the forest, a lion kills him. A bear called Jambavant watches that attractive red gem lying on Prasen's chest, which he mistakes it for a piece of flesh. He takes the gem to his home. He had a daughter named Jambavati, who is yet a child. Jambavanti, later realizes that the object which he had brought is not a piece of meat. So he ties it over the cradle of his daughter, as a toy. Here in Dwaraka, when Satrajit comes to know of his brother's death, he accuses Krishna of the deed. Satrajit was aware of Krishna's wish to possess the gem. His suspicion is strengthened by this knowledge.

However, Krishna tries to convince Satrajit of his innocence, the latter is not to be convinced. To prove his innocence, Krishna goes in search of the Samantaka Mani, in the forest. There he finds the gem hanging on the cradle of a child. Krishna takes it quickly and comes out of the house. Jambavant had a governess to look after his daughter. She screams aloud upon seeing Krishna. Hearing that, Jambavant rushes to the place and challenges Krishna. A war breaks out between the two for 10 days.

Jambavant cannot compete with a skilled warrior like Krishna. He gets badly injured and bruised in the battle. At that moment he realized that the enemy is not any ordinary person but Shri Rama, from the Treta Yuga!

Lord Krishna returned the precious gem to Satrajit and Jambavant offered his daughter in marriage to Krishna. From then on, to avoid the evil effects of the curse, Parvati declared that the curse will not affect those who worship Lord Ganesha on the Chaturthi day and also listens to this story.

Relation to CB: Radhika makes mention of this reference of Kanha and mani, as she is also innocent victim, and has to suffer because she kept quiet. Thought of sharing this story with you all.

Thanks for sharing all these wonderful stories... and i am always amazed that you find some relation with CbB all the time..

thanks for sharing the creativity

Anu,
I had heard this story in bits-n-pieces over the years .. thanks for writing it all together.

Now, as per Radhika, she is calling herself a victim like Shri Krishna. As per Parvati's revised statement - No one will get wrongly accused if they worship Lord Ganesh.
So, moral of the story: Radhika should have worshipped Lord Ganesh instead of Kanha! 😆
hey, just kidding.
Thanks for the post.

Bee: Thanks......... but first time, Radhika herself saying that when Shri Krishna himself had to give test, despite being innocent, or for that matter, Sita being innocent had to give pariksha (in other words saying that she is innocent, yet will give test, did not sit well with me).....IT should have come from Dadi or someone else........ Btw, Kanha and Ganesh are my two fav.................

Anu We should make you our Sant and have you give us these stories with religion reference every day.

I look forward to IF and hunt for you name to see if you posted anything.

Thanks again.

We should sit every evening and listen to Katha by Anu Kapoor

Thanks for sharing this lovely story with us anu, I had never heard of this story and as uite cinfused when Radhika mentioned about it yesterday in the episode, I have only heard of Kanh's beutter steaing activities and the punishment renedered to him by Yashodda Maiyya for that, but not this one

Thank you so much anukapoor for sharing your knowledge. When I heard radhika make that statement I was going to google it as am not familiar. 😕

Thanks everyone. bvs7691 : I know this is one of the lesser known story. So, thought of sharing it with everyone.