Why Jagannath has no fingers or body? Spiritual story
Why Maha Prabhu Jagannath at Puri, has no wrist or fingers?
Even God needs to confront the outcomes of Karma. When Prabhu Ram concealed himself behind a tree while Vali and Sugreev entered into a fierce fight, he shot an arrow killing Vali. Vali did not die quickly but talked with Prabhu Ram and kept his head on his lap. Vali said to Prabhu Ram 'You killed me in an unjust way'.
The following are the two unfair means that you adopted:
- By taking cover behind a tree.
- By pulling an arrow with those fingers.
Now, I curse You for the same:
- May both your palms vanish.
- Since I'm the king of this area and I dealt with each lifeform like a father, the tree who shielded you from my sight is similarly at fault for killing me. May that become a bitter tree and so unpleasant that no one eats any part without whining about its harshness?
The Tree, naturally became very sad Prabhu Ram held the tree & said "In Kaliyug when individuals will continue to call you a bitter Neem Tree, I will protect u by making my own Body from your trunk. As vowed to Vali, I won't have palms or fingers, I'll end my hands at my wrist."
That is why the image of Maha Prabhu Jagannath at Puri, doesn't have palms or fingers and is made of Neem wood.
Jai Jagannath Mahaprabhu
This is absolute ignorance to consider that the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, also had to go through suffer karmic reactions. Generally, this is the conclusion when people are not in knowledge of Absolute Truth.
ReplyDeleteAs Śrī Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad Gītā about Himself -
"There is no work that affects Me; nor do I aspire for the fruits of action. One who understands this truth about Me also does not become entangled in the fruitive reactions of work." [BG 4.14]
Because -
"Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form." [BG 4.6]