NAABHAAGA

NAABHAGA

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Naabhaaga is the last son of King Nabhaga, who had ten sons. The time came when the sons were to share the property of their father. With their highhandedness the nine sons shared the entire property and handed over their old father to the last son viz. Naabhaaga. Naabhaaga being the sincere and honest son did not spell even a single word and gladly accepted his father as his share. The father felt immensely happy for the unflinching affinity of his son towards him. He, advised his son, when he was worrying about any income for subsistence, “Don’t worry my son I am here with you. I will make you enough rich. Just you follow my advice." There is a big Yajna taking place under the auspicious of Angiro Mahamuni (Angirasa). On the sixth day from today while chanting the mantras, that I am going to teach you now, the Ritvijas (Performers of yajna chanting mantras) will forget and by that time you be present there and help them out by chanting the mantras. They will give you good amount of money for you and you can lead a happy life."

Naabhaaga accepted and with the relative mantras in his memory he went to the place where yajna was being performed. Exactly the same thing happened as was told by his father and he recited the relative mantras. The yajnikas and the yajnakartha felt immensely happy and awarded him all the money left over after giving all the ‘Danas’. While he was taking that money Lord Shankara appeared before him and said the wealth should belong to him. It is because any leftover wealth after yajna belongs to Lord Shankara. Naabhaaga immediately confessed for his ignorance and surrendered all wealth to Lord Shankara. Lord Shankara was immensely pleased and gave back all the wealth to Naabhaaga, blessed him and sent away, telling ‘You are the true son to your father.’ Naabhaga came home and showed the wealth to his father took his blessings and lived happily without forgetting the God Almighty all throughout his life, keeping all the reverence to his father in his heart.

This is a story from Bhagavatha Purana Navamasknda.

Swasti.