ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ମହିମା .12

Jai Jagannath.

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Thousands of devotees have preached the supremacy of lord Jagannath once and again.One such devotee is Pipa Das of Srirangpuram . He was honest , pious and a great devotee of lord jagannath .Nobody returned from his home empty handed. The wife was equally pious and pure.It so happened that in course of time, they lost everything. They decided to offer the house to a poor brahmin and started for jagannathdham. On the way they reached a village . While begging they came to the door of another brahmin in the village on the way. The brahmin invited them for a meal.

The host found nothing to serve them. The wife, finding no other way, offered half of her saree to her husband to sell it in order to feed the guests. The husband went to the market to get a customer. But , as God desired, nobody wanted to purchase it and being humiliated he was about to return. All of a sudden one person appeared and offered him athapana(about eight rupees) for the saree. It was none other than lord jagannath. The brahmin got all grocery. The guests were invited for the lunch . Pipa das wanted that all four should lunch togather. The lady,being only half covered, was not in

a position to sit with them and so the host ,trying to keep it a secret, avoided the proposal. Pipa das did not agree. Pipa das's wife wanted to know about the lady and saw the lady half nacked. She knew all . They were astonished to know the sacrifice the hosts made and wanted to help the family. They prayed god jagannath to help them.Finding no other way the guests decided to earn by prostitution of pipa's wife. Pipa das went in search of a good man. God knew it and came forward to bless the couple. Jagannath appeared as a customer . Not knowing it Pipa das took him to his wife. The stranger and the wife got inside a room . After a long gap ,seeing them too late to come out, Pipa das tried to look inside the room and saw his wife on the lap of the almighty God . He was almost filled with devotion to God and could not keep himself in concious state. The lord god fulfilled their request and all of a sudden vanished. ( jai jagannath)

Kalia name mahanando

padu jharuchi makarando

se makarande moro asho

mu chharo hari toro dasha