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Sarg 32 - Raajaa Kushnaabh's Story - 1

Vishwaamitra Jee said - "There was a Raajaa named  Kush who was the Maanas Putra of Brahmaa Jee. That Brahmaa's Putra respected religious and learned people very much. His wife was the princess of Vidarbh Desh. He had four sons from her - Kushaamb, Kushnaabh, Asoortrajas, and Vasu. They all were like their father.

One day Raajaa Kush said to his sons that now they should start ruling countries. So the four princes inhabited four cities which were named thus - Kushaamb inhabited Kaushaambee City (present day Kannauj); Kushnaabh built Mahodaya City, Asoortrajas inhabited Dharmaaranya City and Vasu inhabited Girivrij City (present day Raajgiri). Hey Raam, This whole land belongs to Vasu and his son and is named as Vasumati by Vasu. This river which flows through the five great mountains is also his. It is called Maagadhee (present day Son River) and goes towards east. This land is very fertile and grows lots of grains.

Kushnaabh married to Ghritaachee Apsaraa and they produced 100 daughters who were very beautiful. One day they adorned themselves with good clothes and jewelry and went to garden. They were wandering around happily that Pavan Dev got attracted to them and asked them to accept him as their husband. He said - "Then you will be Dev queens and you will stay young longer."

Hearing this proposal, the daughters insulted him, saying - "We are the daughters of Kushnaabh and we are all capable of displacing you from your realm but we restrain ourselves to curse you. To whoever he will give us, the same will be our husband. That is why you talk to him only." Pavan Dev got angry at their rejection and entered their all body parts and disfigured them. They got hurt, came back home and told everything to their father. Hearing that Raajaa got worried and asked them as who disfigured them?

Sarg 33 - Raajaa Kushnaabh's Story - 2

Princesses told the whole story as how Vaayu Dev offered himself to them leading to the non-virtuous path. Raajaa Kushnaabh heard all details and said - "You did perfectly all right. You followed Kshamaa (forgiveness) and made my Kul gracious by not cursing him. Following Kshamaa is even difficult for Devtaa. Kshamaa is grace, Kshmaa is Dharm, Kshamaa is Yagya, Kshamaa is charity, Kshamaa is truth,Kshamaa is virtue, Kshamaa is glory,  and on Kshamaa alone this whole universe is abiding. Therefore I wish that as you have followed Kshamaa, my other family members should also follow it". Then Kushnaabh thought to marry his daughters to some able boys.

At the same time, an Oordhwa-retaa  Rishi Choolee started his Tapasyaa, and a Gandharv woman Urmilaa's daughter Somadaa came to serve him and served him very well, very politely and obediently. Rishi got pleased with her and asked her to ask for anything. Somadaa requested him to give her a religious son and said - "I am an unmarried girl and I am serving you with Vaidic method, that is why kindly give me a Maanas Putra (son born from will) like Sanakaadi Muni" Rishi gave her a son like Brahmaa . He got known as Brahmdatt. He started ruling Kaampilya Nagar as Indra rules Indra Puree.

Hearing about this king Brahmdatt, Kushnaabh called him in his city with the idea to marry his daughters to him. So he married his 100 daughters to him. Brahmdatt accepted them from his heart of heart and as he took their hand in his hand for marriage, his touch made their body perfectly healthy - means Vaayu disease was cured with his touch. Kushnaabh got extremely happy to see all this. He sent his daughters with him happily. 

Somadaa also got very happy to see her 100 daughters-in law and they touched her feet, and she blessed and embraced everyone, i.e. all 100 daughters-in-law individually.

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