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Devputra Darshan : Page 1 of 29 Devputra Darshan : Page 1 of 29 Devputra Darshan By Including: Preface by the Father http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 2 of 29 This book is dedicated to my Ancestors. || My God is my Ancestor, my Ancestors are my Gods || http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 3 of 29 Welcome to the Kayastha Research Wing! This site (http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com) is designed so that you can co-ordinate with fellow researchers; share and enhance your knowledge, add text, photos, videos, polls and more. Take a look around, read the scholarly articles and add something to any of these pages. If you're not sure where to start, update your profile and tell everyone why you joined the site! Click the EasyEdit button to get started. This is your own site and you ought to see to it that everyone maintains the decorum. The following points will guide you in monitoring the infringements, if any: • We are here for research activity with full objectivity and in good faith. • We are here to research on various topics including those that have been misrepresented or not at all represented in the present body of knowledge. • We are not here to criticize anyone on the basis of religion, ethnicity or other affiliations. • We are not here to spread hate messages or use indecent language. • Lastly, this is your own site, you are the most important stakeholder and you are the one who is responsible to attain the high aim that we aspire for. You may be the seeker but it is the truth that seeks you. http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 4 of 29 Preface This book is not for me, it is for my progeny. For me; “My God is my Ancestor and my Ancestors are my Gods.” I don‟t need any book to tell me that. But my son, I won‟t tell it to you either, you have to find it out. One day you will find this book and read it without the knowledge that your father wrote it. What you sure will know, after you are through with this, is the greatness of the lineage you are born in and a few lessons that will help you through life. 1. Lesson one: Collect facts objectively; never start with a conclusion, once you have all the facts, analyze them intelligently and finally reach a conclusion that comes naturally to you. 2. Lesson two: A conclusion formed after such a thorough process should command your respect, others may doubt it but don‟t you ever flinch, by the grace of Lord Chitraguptji, your intelligence is far greater than theirs. Convert them to believe your conclusions. 3. Lesson three: Come what may, never ever forget your duties towards your ancestors, for you are what we made you. Be proud of yourself only if you have done your duty well. 4. Lesson four: When you rise above others, they are bound to feel frustrated. Some industrious ones will take the high road and work hard to rise, but a few will try to pull your ladder instead of climbing theirs. If you fall prey to these; then my son, I am sorry to say, you disappoint me. Never disappoint your ancestors. With these four lessons I end this preface and hope that my son builds a temple only if there‟s also an idol of his father there. || Aum Yamay Dharmarajay ShreeChitraguptay Vain Namah || -The Father P.S. Make 11 copies of this book and distribute it to 11 different families and tell them to do the same. Thus, the probability that your son reads this increases manifolds. Also, do remember that the final decision of your „mukti‟ rests with Bahgvaan Chitragupt, if I were you, I would do so. http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 5 of 29 Duty Well Done The day has come when I have to die. In grief, Death sheds her precious tears , But not one falls from my eyes, for, I know, with me she will not be as fierce. Here I leave this earthly form to unite with the ONE, with me are two of His men. But I say, what‟s this? I am as light as air as I cross this river to reach the Heaven. I see my Progenitor seated on the high throne, judging men with serene aloofness There this one goes to hell and that one to Heaven, says „thank you your Highness‟. My head bows in reverence and the next instant my chest fills with hearty pride. For did I not do my duty right, defend His honour and mine, my brothers‟ implied. He sees me and the stern look melts into a smile. He leaves His high golden throne Rushes to embrace me as His true son, says, „well, my son, your duty was well done‟. * * * * * http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 6 of 29 Kayastha as described in the Puranas Kayastha have been described in the oldest of the Puranas, Smritis and Shrutis: According to the Vedic scriptures, the souls of men after death receive rewards and punishments according to their sins and virtues, and hence it is believed that good and bad deeds of men are not destroyed. The souls of men after death go to Yamapuri which is presided over by the deities called Yamas who keep records of men‟s actions and accordingly give them their dues. The principal Yama is called Yamaraja or Dharamaraja, that is, the ruler of Yamapuri or the King of Laws. The Yama Samhita which is an extract from the 9th Chapter of Ahilya Kamdhenu, a work of Hindu Law, says that Dharamaraja complained to Lord Brahma about his difficulties in performing his most responsible duties of keeping records of the deeds of men and doing justice to them. Lord Brahma went into meditation. Shree Chitragupta sprang from his body and stood before him bearing an inkpot and a pen. The God Brahma (Creator) said: "Because you are sprung from my body (kaya), therefore you shall be called Kayastha and as you existed in my body unseen I give you the name of Chitragupta." He then assumed charge of Yamapuri. Dharma Sharma married his daughter Irawati to Chitragupta and Manuji, son of Surya (the Sun) married his daughter Sudakhina to him." Chitragupta had eight sons from the former and. four from the latter and these twelve sons became the progenitors of the twelve sub−divisions of the Chitraguptavansi Kayasthas, namely, Mathur, Gaur, Nigam, Ashthana, Kulshretha, Suryadwaja, Balmika Bhatnagar, Srivastava,Ambastha, Saxena and Karana. In Padma Purana, Uttar Khanda, it says that Shree Chitragupta had twelve sons by two wives. They were all invested with the sacred thread and were married to Nagakanyas. They were the ancestors of the twelve sub−divisions of the Kayasthas. The same legend with some slight difference is given inmost of the Puranas. Padma Purana after stating the legend says: "Shree Chitragupta was placed near Dharamaraj to register the good and evil actions of all sentient beings,that he was possessed of supernatural wisdom and became the partaker of sacrifices offered to the gods and fire. It is for this reason that the twice−born always give him oblations from their food. As he sprang from the body of Lord Brahma he was called Kayastha of numerous gotras on the face of the earth." In Shristhi Khanda the same Purana says that the sacrificial rites and study of the Kayasthas should be of the Vedas and supporting scriptures and their occupation related to writing. Bhavishya Purana states that God, the Creator, gave the name and duties of Chitragupta as follows: Because you have sprung from my body, therefore, you shall be called Kayastha and shall be famous in the world by the name of Chitragupta. Oh my son, let your residence be always in the region of the god of justice for the purpose of determining the merits and demerits of men. Vignana Tantra says the same thing. http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 7 of 29 The same is the enjoinment of Lord Brahma to Shree Chitragupta according to Brihat Brahma Khanda. He was named Kayastha having sprung from the body (kaya) of Lord Brahma. He was directed to perform all sanskars and to have writing as his profession. Garuda Purana describes the imperial throne of Shree Chitragupta in Yamapuri holding his Court and dispensing justice according to the deeds of men and maintaining their record, in the following words: (There Dharmaraja, Chitragupta, Sravana and others see all sins and virtues which remain concealed in the bodies of men). The Mahabharata (Anusasan Parva, Chap. 130) recites the teaching of Shree Chitragupta requiring men to do virtuous and charitable acts and performing Yagya, saying that men are rewarded or punished according to their good or bad deeds. http://chitraguptvanshi.wetpaint.com Devputra Darshan : Page 8 of 29 Kayastha as described in the Sruti and Smriti Turning to the Smritis, Vishnu in Chap. VII, verse 3, says that a document attested by the King is one which is written or prepared by a Kayastha and stamped with the finger prints of the head of the department. The words are Virihat Parasara in Chap. X, Sloka 10 says. Kayasthas should be appointed as writers, they being expert in writing. Again in Chap. I, Sloka 235, he says that Danda−dhrita the Magistrates and Judges of the Courts should be (dharmagya), persons versed in laws and good administration, Kayasthas, who are versed in the art of writing. Vyas says that the writer and the accountant should be that is versed in Mimansa (Srutis) and Vedas (Adhyayana) as explained by Mitakshara in commenting upon Yajnavalkya, Chap.
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