Flower of Love

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Radhe Radhe !!


Once upon a time, in Sri Nathji there was a great Vaishnav named Sri Jamuna das. One day he was going for darshan Sri Nathji. He chanced upon a flower man selling a beautiful flower. He decided to buy it for Sri Nathji as such a nice flower is meant for Sri Nathji only.  He  approached the seller to buy it, when all of a sudden there arrived a Muslim king. He too approached the flower man and asked the price of the same  flower. He intended to gift it to the nautch-girl he was going to visit that evening.  He knew that she had numerous visitors. However, he longed for her affection, and wanted her to reserve a special place for him in her heart.  Both asked the price at the same time. Initially the  price was 1 rupee, but suddenly it became the center of an auction, with Yamuna dasji and the Muslim nawab  competing against each other, bidding higher and higher for that flower.  The wonderment of the flower-seller was increasing each moment. He was getting real excited, since it had never occurred to him that he would become so rich overnight. The price rocket and finally halted with Sri Yamuna das quoting 125000 rupees. He was firmly established in the belief that everything beautiful was meant for Sri Nathji and Sri Nathji alone.  At this point,  the  Muslim king backed out,  because he did not have true love for his girl friend; he thought , why to waste that kind of money for a mere woman ? And that too a prostitute? I think at long last, Sri Nathji gave him intelligence.  Also  the darshan-association of  such a great saint as Jamunadasji dragged such mercy from Sri Nathji ? Who can tell?

Now, five hundred years back it was a huge amount, you see?  And Sri Jamuna das, out of his intense prem for Sri Nathji, did pay that price.  Sri Jamuna das brought that flower to Sri Nathji for Sringar that morning. The priest put that beautiful flower on the crown of Sri Nathji and the crown kept tilting all the while. So Sri Goonsai ji Maharaj asked Sri Nathji , “Why are you doing like this Kanha?” Sri Nathji replied in all seriousness, ” I can not bear the weight of this flower – very heavy!” Since that time and till today,  Sri Nathji ‘s crown is tilting.

Later on Sri jamuna das sold all his assets and paid the money to the flower man. He was a such a great devotee of Sri Nathji.

 


Courtsey : Vijay dada

2 thoughts on “Flower of Love”

  1. KRAZY!!!! Yamuna Dasji must have been VERY rich 500 years ago! Both in assets & most importantly in LOVE—ready to give everything to Lord!!! But one should avoid getting the Lord so heavy! He should feel comfortable, happy & sweet with the flowers—for which they’re meant! Not every act requires one to become Bali Maharaj & give up everything…! He could have picked it up from its tree/plant somewhere (some other day perhaps if he could find)—which never listens to auctions—just first come first served basis! 🙂 Anyway, he won over the king! 😀
  2. Sangita mailed me – Radhe Radhe,congrats 4 the new web.i read the flower story nd it was amazing. Thanks Sangi dear, and Rahde Radhe !! V’jeet, i hv a theory. A flower could not hv costed 1 rupee way back then. Why, even Bankim Chandra mentioned that during his time, a family of a brother and sister paid all their monthly expenses with 1 rupee. And this incident was much earlier. So i think, in the story, the value of money was converted to suit the present value. So this means that Jamuna dasji was not very rich, but medium-class. Still he sold all his assets indicates a big thing. That flower must have looked very specila indeed. May be it was not a common flower, but some rare variety, rare color, hm? Happens.

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