Today being Ekaadashi, is a very auspicious in the Hindu Calender. On Ekaadashi days, the presiding deity is none other than Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu Himself.
Today is also an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa community of Brahmins. It is the anniversary of the day on which in Sathyvijaya Nagaram, Shree Sathyavijaya Theertha attained the Lotus Feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
(Sathyavijaya Nagaram was home to many Sanskrit scholars. One such was my mother's maternal uncle known as 'Vaasu Maamaa'. He was Principal of a Sanskrit College in Mysuru in those days).
On Ekaadashi days, I view only Hindu Spiritual Programs on TV or on Utube. This evening I had the joy of listening to 'Hari Kathaa Amrutha Saara' meaning 'Essence of Shree Hari's Stories' in Kaanaadaa language as explained by a scholar. In his discourse he explains how Sampaathi, a vulture, got it's wings burnt when approaching the Sun, and how it got them back when listening to Shree Raam's Story as told by a monkey who was in the large team set out to serve Lord Shree Raam to rescue Seetha Devi, His wife, from Sri Lankaa. One of the monkeys requested Sampaathi to fly over Sri Lanka and find out Seethaa Devi's location. Sampaathi immediately flew over the ocean and Sri Lanka, came back to the monkeys and told Seetha Devi's presence in the Ashoka Vanaa in Sri Lanka. I think that this information helped Hanumaanji, the greatest devotee of Lord Shree Raam, in uniting Lord Shree Raam with Shree Seethaa Devi, His Wife and our Divine Mother.
Sampaathi
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