On hearing this curse from Maha Laxmi, Maharishi told her about the true nature of his visit. Maha Laxmi then told Maharishi, that her curse would still haunt Brahmins but whenever any Brahmin would worship Lord Vishnu, he would be liberated from the curse.
How could he disturb their privacy? More so, how could he even dare to curse the deities who, by their mercy, had bestowed upon him many favors and made him so illustrious? Even when he had been unimaginably haughty, the Gods had displayed forbearance and kindness when they could have burnt him to ashes by a mere glance. Only then Bhrighu realized that the best of merits was to remain free of vain pride and conceit. He begged pardons from the Gods who were glad to bless him, seeing that he had realized his folly.
Since then the Trimurtis have been the supreme owners of the purnahuti and the devotees could offer the aahuti to the God of their choice and devotion. After the incident of testing of trinity, Maharishi Bhrigu decided to write his famous book of astrology, the Bhrigu Samhita, to help Brahmins earn their living. Maharishi Bhrigu collected birth charts, wrote full-life predictions and compiled them together as Bhrigu Samhita.
Bhrigu Samhita is believed to be the first book of its kind in the field of astrology. A few parts of Bhrigu Samhita have survived the wear of time and are still available in different parts of India. Home Entry Bhrigu. Ba Bh Bi Br. Bha Bhi Bhr Bhu. Maharshi Bhrigu Contents. It is said that he was born from the body flesh of Brahma. Maharshi Bhrigu is also called Prajapati creator as he was created by Lord Brahma to help him in the process of creation of the universe. Sri Lakshmi his daughter became the consort of Sri Vishnu.
Since She is the daughter of Bhrigu, she is called Bhargavi. Maharshi Bhrigu accomplished many Yagnas and helped others to accomplish them. The article describes in details about the curse of Agni while agnidevan failed to take care of his wife Puloma from Rakshasa. Dear Author, I love this website so much.
Can you please upload English version of above article about Sage Bhrigu Maharshi. I am very interested to know. Maharishi Bhrigu was also present there. All the great saints and sages could not decide that out of the Trinity Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Shiv who is pre-eminent and to whom should they offer Pradhanta Master of that yagya.
With the consent of all the great saints present there, it was decided that Maharishi Bhrigu will test and decide who was pre-eminent. Upon being entrusted with the task Maharishi Bhrigu decided to test Lord Brahma first. He went on to see Lord Brahma in Brahmaloka. On reaching Brahmalok Maharishi displayed utter disrespect to Lord Brahma on purpose.
To this day, there are very few temples devoted to Lord Brahma the notable exception being the Brahma Temple at Pushkar. On reaching Kailash Parvat, Nandi stopped him from going inside because at that time, Shiva and Parvathi were sporting fun. Bhrigu curses Lord Shiva to be only worshipped in Linga form. We however have a statue form of lord Shiva in Kashi Maha Mrityunjaya Temple said to be over years old.
He entered the Dhama without Lord Vishnu's permission and saw that the Lord was resting at that time. Maharishi asked him to wake up, but Lord was in deep sleep. On seeing no reaction from Lord, Maharishi hit Lord Vishnu on his chest that strike by Maharishi Bhrigu left a foot print on Lord's chest and that foot print is known as "Shri Vatsa".
Lord Vishnu got up after the strike and realized what had happened. My chest is strong but your foot is not so strong". Seeing the decorum of Lord Vishnu, Bhrigu was pleased and declared him superior amongst the Trideva.
According to Hindu theology, goddess of prosperity and wife of Lord Vishnu, Maha Laxmi also witnessed the whole incident, as she was also present in the Dhama at that time. She could not tolerate disrespect displayed by Maharishi Bhrigu towards Lord Vishnu and cursed him that henceforth she would never visit Brahmins and they will all live in absence of wealth. On hearing this curse from Maha Laxmi, Maharishi told her about the true nature of his visit. Maha Laxmi then told Maharishi, that her curse would still haunt Brahmins but whenever any Brahmin would worship Lord Vishnu, he would be liberated from the curse.
After this incident Maharishi Bhrigu decided to write his famous book of astrology, the Bhrigu Samhita , to help Brahmins earn their living.
Maharishi Bhrigu collected birth charts, wrote full-life predictions and compiled them together as Bhrigu Samhita. Bhrigu Samhita is believed to be the first book of its kind in the field of astrology. A few parts of Bhrigu Samhita have survived the wear of time and are still available in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. How could he disturb their privacy? More so, how could he even dare to curse the deities who, by their mercy, had bestowed upon him many favors and made him so illustrious?
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