Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The significance of the Month of Kartika

Sutaji said to the great sages the sindestroyign mouth of Kartikas is said to be endowed with divine influence. It is ever so dear to Lord Vishnu and is the bestowed of both worldly pleasure and moksha (salvation)..
The five rituals associated with the vrata of Karitka are remaining awake at night in the proximity of lord Vishnu taking a both before sunrise being engaged in the service of the Tulsi plant, offering lighted lamps and bringing the vrata to its due ceremonial conclusion.
One who observe the Kartika vata by meticulous following these five rituals earns full merits of the same. The merits earned form this vrata are said to provide worldly pleasure as well as moksha.
O Excellent amongst sages shauakji1 one having been asked by
Kartikeyaji, lord Macarena described the supreme significance of the Kartika vrata listen to that. Lord Macarena said dear son Kartikeyaji one who takes a bath before sunrise in the pious moths of kartik is absolved of all sins. If one abstains form having food earned by others during Kartika earns the benefits of observing kriscchavrata in this on the first day fast is observed drinking panchagavaya on a daily basis. During kartik one should for consumption of honey eating in bronze utensils and indulging in sex.
By sleeping on the ground during kartika one is entitled to the same religious merits as are obtainable by donating a piece of land of Brahmins during solar and lunar eclipse.
In the month of kartika one should worship a Brahmin couple after serving them food one should also offer blanker shawls. Mattresses a variety of ornament and clothes according to one capacity. Its has also been ordained by the scriptures to offer shoes and umbrellas in charity.

A person eating on a petal during kartika will not pace misfortune for the length of time equivalent to the rule of fourteen indras. He the religious merits earned by all pilgrimages and all his wishes are fulfilled..

In the month of kartika the practice of giving sesame seeds in charity. Bathing in a river serving holy men and having food on palash leaves to salvation one who observes Mauna vrata in the month of kartika ahs his meals on palash leaves takes bath with water mixed with sesame seeds practices the virtue of forgiveness and sleep on the ground is absolved of all sins accumulated over innumerable previous baths. In this world especially in kaliyaga, only those people are blessed who are constantly engaged in the worshiop of the lord for the final deliverance of their manes. By virtue of their devotion to lord shir hari they get their dead enactors liberated form hell. Of one bathes lord Vishnu with milk etc. for the sake one manes the virtue attained.
Thus propel the manes to heaven where they dwell the gods for a million kaplas.
One who retains the Tulsi leaves in mouth on the head and body as the lord blessing remains free form the affrication of kaliyaga. Worship of Tulsi in the kartika moth is bestowed of innumerable virus. The relations of innumerable virtues The religions merits obtained form bating at praying death in kasha and study of the scripture are accrued simply through the worship of the tulsi plant..
Anyone plucking amla tree leaves during kartika and tulsi leaves on the 12th lunar day fall into the worst of hells. One who takes food under the shade of an Amla tree in kartika is relived of all food related doshan (doshan accrued due to consumption of food that is impure or left by others.) accumulated over the whole year..
Lamp offering is of special significance in the mouth of Karitka it some in pushkara purana. The person who lights the lamp of sesame oil the mane of lord sir hari in the moth of kartika during the sandhay gets unlimited prosperity. Beauty blessed unless and wealth.
If one is unable to observe al the scriptural rule during the four moth of chaturmas then he should observable all the rules during one months of kartika the Brahman who gives up use of braze metal mar shaving honey having a meal twice and sex gets the fruity of observing all the rules of Chaturmasa.

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