Panchatantra Stories

Panchatantra Stories

Hello Friends this month for my this blog I have decides Every day I will Write about some Famous Bed Stories that a mother can tell their Childen. So what better than to start with some famous Panchatantra  stories.

We all have grown up by hearing these stories from our grandparents. These all stories have moral in them. But in this era in metros or big cities children are grown by maids as mom and dad are working. These children met their mom dad only in evening. So at the bed times at least mom can recite these short bed stories to their small one.

Panchatantra is a Sanskrit word which means "Five principles." The original Sanskrit text of "Panchatantra" was written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma

The Panchatantra stories are fables based mostly on animals which always end with a moral. The Panchatantra is the oldest collection of Indian fables surviving today. Panchatantra, consists of five books of animal fables and magic tales. Each of these stories have a moral that continues to be relevant to this day. The five principles are :  

1. The Loss of Friends
2. Gaining Friends
3. Causing Dissension Between Friends
4. Separation
5. Union

SAKAT CHAUTH VRAT KATHA

व्रत कथा –एक बार राक्षसों से भयभीत होकर देवता भगवान शंकर की शरण में गए। उस समय भगवान शिव के पास भगवान कार्तिकेय तथा गणेश भी उपस्थित थे। शिवजी ने दोनों से पूछा - तुममे से कौन देवताओं के कष्ट समाप्त करेगा।

तब कार्तिकेय और गणेश दोनो ही जाने की इच्छा प्रकट की। ऐसा जान मुस्कारते हुए शिव ने दोनो बालको को पृथ्वी की परिक्रमा करने को कहा तथा यह शर्त रखी - जो सबसे पहले पूरी पृथ्वी की परिक्रमा करके आ जाएगा, वही सबसे वीर तथा सर्वश्रेष्ठ देवता घोषित किया जाएगा।

ऐसा सुनते ही कार्तिकेय अपने वाहन मोर पर चढ़कर पृथ्वी की परिक्रमा करने चल दिए। इधर गणेश जी के लिए चूहे के बल पूरी पृथ्वी का चक्कर लगाना असम्भव था। इसलिए वे सात बार माता-पिता की परिक्रमा करके बैठ गए।

उधर रास्ते में कार्तिकेय को पूरे पृथ्वी मण्डल में उनके आगे चूहे के पद चिन्ह दिखाई दिए। परिक्रमा करके लौटने पर निर्णय की बारी आई। तब कार्तिकेय जी ने स्वयं को विजेता बताया। इस पर गणेश ने भगवान शिव से कहा माता-पिता में ही समस्त तीर्थ निहित है। इसलिए मैने आपकी सात बार परिक्रमा की है।

गणेश जी की बात सुनकर समस्त देवताओं तथा गौरी-शंकर ने गणेश की भरपूर प्रशंसा की तथा आशीर्वाद दिया की तीनों लोको में सर्व प्रथम तुम्हारी ही पूजा होगी।

तब शिव की आज्ञा पाकर गणेश जी ने देवताओं का संकट दूर किया। चन्द्रमा से गणेश जी के विजय का समाचार सुनकर भगवान शंकर ने चन्द्रमा को वरदान दिया कि चौथ के दिन चन्द्रमा पूरे विश्व को शीतलता प्रदान करेगा। जो स्त्री पुरुष इस तिथि पर चन्द्रमा का पूजन तथा चन्द्रमा को अर्घ्य देगा उसे एश्वर्य, पुत्र, सौभाग्य की प्राप्ति होगी।

माना जाता है  तभी से पुत्रवती माताएँ पुत्र तथा पति की सुख-समृद्धि के लिए यह व्रत करती हैं।

16 Steps in Hindu Puja

Hindu scriptures define numerous steps that are part of a Hindu Puja. Normally, only sixteen Upacharas are followed and it is known as Shodashopachara Puja. Some Hindus limit it to five steps of worship and it is known as Panchopachara

Here are the Sixteen Upacharas:

1. Seating of the deity
2. Welcoming of the deity
3. Offering water to wash the feet
4. Offering water to wash the hands
5. Offering water to sip and rinse the mouth
6. Providing a bath
7. Offering fresh clothes and decorations
8. Offering fresh sacred thread
9. Offering aromatic substance like sandal paste etc
10. Offering of flowers
11. Burning incense
12. Waving lights
13. Offering food
14. Offering betel leaves, betel nuts, camphor etc
15. Prostrations before the deity and circumambulations
16. Sending off

Sakat Chauth

Sakat Chauth

As usual this was going to be mine first Sakat Chauth after my Marrige. I have observed my mom and my sister who observe this Vrat. Due to which i was having a little Idea about this Vrat. But I was afrais as this is going to be mine my sakat Chauth so there should not be anything which I should do wrong during this Vrat. So I collected all the informations from my Mom,sister and in-Laws and now I am all ready to observe  this Vrat on 12th JAN,2012. so I decided to write a brief on this Vrat in my blog. So that from the coming Years I can do this Vrat in coming Years also.



Sankata-haaraa Chaturthi falls every month on the Chauth (fourth day) after Poornima (Full Moon day) means it is Krihna Paksh Chaturthee. Sankat means trouble, an Haaraa means to take it off. So by keeping fast on this day all kinds of problems are removed. This year Shakat chouth Vrat is on 12^th JANUARY, 2012.

This is also called as Ganesh Chauth,Mahi chauth or Tilkuta Chauth.In this day Lord Ganesh and and Moon is worshied.This Vrat is done by a married women for a better future body strength, Good-fortune, and wealth for the children  

It is believe in UP and MP that every Married women should do atleast 2 Chauth . Mine fist was “Karva Chauth” and the second in “Sakat Chauth”.

तिल के दस लड्डू बनाकर, पांच लड्डू देवता को चढ़ावे और शेष पांच ब्रह्मण को दान दे देवें | गुड मे बने तिल (सफेद) के लड्डू चंद्र दर्शन करें और चंद्रमा को भी अर्घ्या प्रदान करें| क्योंकि इस दिन भगवान गणेश चंद्रमा को अपने मस्तक पर धारण करतें हैं| 

Method of Poojaa

• In the morning, after your daily cores, take bath Do your morning prayers. Recite "Om Ganeshaaya Namah", "Om Vakratundaaya Hum". This is called Ganesh Ashtottar.
• During the fasting period, Water, Milk,Fruits and Tea are permitted.
• In the evening, like you do for any Vrat, make a Mandap and place a photo of Lord Ganesh.
• Decorate the photo of Lord Ganesh with available flowers.
• offer Durva ( Doorva - grass (creeper)) with 3 or 5 nodes to the Lord Ganesh and keep somw Doorva Grass aside to worship the Moon.
• Light Diyaa (lamp) and Agarbattee (incense stick) and
• Offer til ke Ladoo (seaseme seeds made with Jaggery and Seaseme seeds),Sweet Potato, Jaggery. This is known as  Naivdya.
• Now in the end do the Arati. Sing the song Jaya Ganesh, Jaya Ganesh, Jaya Ganesh Devaa... and ask for his blessings.
• After this the moon should ne worshiped with Til (Seaseme Seeds) and Arghya (Offeringby milk and water mixture).
• Moon-god and Rohini are also worshipped. At night, after the moonrise, the fast is broken after offering the moon, the sacred water called "Arghya". It has a related legend which claims that it was the great sage Markandeya who advised a dethroned king to keep fast on this day to regain his lost glory. He did so and everything was well for him.
• Regarding Moon rise - sometimes due to the clouds etc, the Moon may not be visible at the specified time. In that case after the Moon rise timings one may perform the Poojaa.