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5-Strange Curses
Here are listed some strange curses, nobody curses his or her own children but
here these people have cursed there own children, or the children have cursed
their parents ---
Parents-Children or
Husbands-Wives Curses
(1) Arun Curses His Mother Vinataa: Why Vinataa Served Kadroo?
Both Kadroo and Vinataa were Kashyap Jee's wives. ONce both asked the boon
to have children. When Kashyap Jee asked, Kadroo asked for 1000 Naag of
equal splendor and strength; while Vinataa asked for two children, but
greater than Kadroo's in valor, longevity, size of body etc. Kashyap Jee
said, "So be it." and he said to Kadroo - "Keep your embryos
carefully." and went away. When the time came Kadroo gave birth to
1,000 eggs and Vinataa two eggs. After 500 years Kadroo's eggs broke and
1,000 snakes appeared from them. But Vinataa's eggs were not broken yet.
She got jealous of her sister and she forcefully broke her one egg. She
was surprised to see that her child had his upper body part developed but
the lower body part undeveloped. At this her child cursed her - "You
will have to serve your sister as a slave. If you wait for 500 years more,
and not break the other egg, he will deliver you from your slavery. And if
you want to have the child strong, you should take care of the egg very
well." and he flew in the sky. O Braahman, He became the charioteer of
Soorya Dev (Arun), you can see him every morning coming before Soorya Dev.
After 500 years of care the second egg broke and Garud Jee came out of it.
As he saw the light, he left his mother and went out to look for food for
himself."
[MBH,
G-0-Prolog/6]
(2) Gautam Curses His Wife Ahalyaa
Read this story at Indra, Cursed by Gautam Rishi
(3) Kadroo Curses Her Snake Sons
Kadroo was one of the 13 wives of Maharshi Kashyap. She gave birth to many
snakes. Once she saw Uchchashraivaa horse in the sky and betted her sister
Vinataa, another wife of Kashyap Jee, that what was the color of the tail of
that horse. If Vinataa was correct she would serve Kadroo as her slave, and
if Kadroo will win, Kadroo will serve Vnataa as her slave. Since Vinataa was
sure of the color of the tail of the horse, she said - "Its color is
white." and was satisfied with her answer. But Kadroo insisted that
it was not white but it was black. By the time they could confirm it the horse
had flown away. So Kadroo suggested that they will confirm it next day when the
horse will come again in the sky.
Now Kadroo did not want to lose,
so she asked her snake sons to cling to the tail of the horse so that it could
look black and she could win the bet, otherwise she would have to serve her
sister as her slave. But her sons said - "We will not cheat like this whether
you win or lose. To win by cheating is A-Dharm." Kadroo got angry and she
cursed - "You are disobeying me, so I curse you that Janamejaya, born in
Paandav Kul, will do a Sarp Yagya (a Yagya in which he will offer the Aahuti of
snakes) and you all will burn in that fire."
[MBH,
G-0-Prolog/7]
(4) Mareechi Curses His Wife Dharmvrataa
Read this story at
Agni Puraan, 10 under Gayaa Teerth. Dharm had a daughter named
Dharmvrataa from his wife named Dharmvatee. She was a great ascetic.
Brahmaa's son Mareechi married her. As he was enjoying with her, that one
day Maharshi got tired after bringing flowers and Kushaa from the forest. He
took his food and asked his wife to massage his feet. Dharmvrataa started
massaging Mareechi's feet. Muni slept. At that time Brahmaa Jee came there.
Dharmvrataa thought, "What should I do? Should I continue with Muni's
service or worship Brahmaa Jee? Brahmaa Jee is the Guru of Guru, he is the
Guru of my husband also, so I should worship Brahmaa Jee first."
Thinking thus she rose and
worshipped Brahmaa Jee. In the meantime, Mareechi woke up and did not find
his wife there. He got furious and cursed her - "You become a stone."
Hearing this Dharmvrataa also got angry and said - "Hey Muni, I am innocent
because leaving your service, I have served your father. You have cursed me
in this situation, you will also be cursed by Shiv Jee." Saying thus, that
Pativrataa kept Muni's Shaap at one side and entered the fire. She performed
severe penance for thousands of years. Pleased with her Vishnu etc Devtaa asked
her to ask for any boon. She said - "Please, Free me from my curse."
Devtaa said - "Devee, Curse
by Maharshi Mareechi cannot go waste, but from our footprints you will become a
holy stone. You will have to assume the form of stone to stabilize Gayaasur's
body. At that time you will be called as Devavrataa, Dev Shilaa, Sarv Dev Swaroopaa,
Sarv Teerthmayee and Punya Shilaa." Dharmvrataa said - "If you are so
pleased with me, then I ask that after I become a stone, all Vishnu, Brahmaa and
Rudra etc Devtaa and Lakshmee, Gauree etc Devee should always live on me." All
Devta said, "So be it." and went away.
(5) Saavitree Curses Her Husband Brahmaa Jee
Read it at
Brahmaa Jee Cursed by His Wife Saavitree
See also Brahmaa-2
(6) Uddaalak Curses His Son Ashtaavakra
Uddaalak was a
famous disciple of Dhaumya Rishi. He was the son of Aaruni. He himself had
two sons - Shwetaketu
and Nachiketaa and a
daughter Sujaataa. Uddaalak had a very dear disciple named Kaahod whom he
liked very much, so he married his daughter to Kaahid. Kaahod also ran an
Aashram. As the time went on she became pregnant. She wanted that her child
should possess good qualities so she used to sit in the class of her husband.
Kaahod mispronounced Ved Mantra eight times, and all the eight times the unborn
baby of Kaahod warned his father that his pronunciation was incorrect. Kaahod
was fed up of this insult in front of his class so he cursed him - "You
will be born deformed with 8 places of your body." So when the child was
born he was slanted from eight places of his body - two feet, two knees, two
hands and chest and head. That is how he was named as
Ashtaavakra.
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