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Falgoon month (Shivacaturdashi night). That hunter had been completed the worship of shiva with water (dew) and leaf of wood-apple unknowingly of his own. Due to the greatness of the day (tithi) the hunter also had been acquired the result of virtue of worship shiva. But he himself could not know that even. When the hunter had died then the messengers of yama god of death had come to take his soul. Because, he had done that cime in life for which he would have to live in hell. But the messangers of shiva had been come atonce. The messengers of shiva had taken him to the abode of shiva. Then the quarrel had been cooured between the messegers of shiva and with that of the messengers of Yama (God of death). The result due to crime who had to go to hell the messengers of shiva had wanted to take him to the abode of shiva. So, the messengers, of yama had not been going near to him due to the messengers of shiva. Then they went to king Yama to inform him the situation. Then the king Yama went to the abode of shiva and wanted to know by asking to Nandir, the servant of shiva, why the messengers of shiva had gone to take a severe siner to the abode of shiva in spite of the abode of Yama (hell). What work did that hunter do, for which the abode of shiva can be obtained by the result of doing many virtues, how this eligibility Will be able to get the abode of shiva? Then Nandi had informed king Yama, how in a shiva caturdashi night, had worshipped shiva with water and leaf of wood-apple unknowingly. If a siner had worshipped shiva acurately then all of the sins have been destroyed and he would become virtuous and had got the abode of shiva. In this manner the sins had been destroyd and he had become virtuous and eligibility has earned to get the abode of shiva. The king Yama had become astonished to hear about the greatness of vow of shiva ratri in shiva caturdashi. In this way greatness of vow of shivaratri had introduced to kailash, to heaven and in the earth. From that time the devotees of shiva has been performing the vow of shivaratri every year. New words : Shiva caturdashi (the forteenth lunar day of black fortnight of month of Falgoon), tired, hunter, mud-coloured.
Lesson 7 : Importance of observing vow The belief of Hindusim is that, the desire of observing a vow will be fulfil by respective deities if the vow would be observed. "My deisre will be fulfil by - obserivng a vow"- rise of this self-confidence and that is special acquirement to observe a vow for fulfiling that desire of penance. The desire can be expressed of vow by painting with the liquefied pigment of rice powder. Such as-to paint a granary of paddy will be a granary of paddy in reality. There is a hymn of vesperlamp-vow, such asami dei pitulir gula/ amar hok satyi karer gula.// The deity laxmi herself will come to the house by steping upon the painted sign of feet of deity Laxmi step by step. She will give wealth to devotee. The devotee will be happy. The story of Akshay tritiya vrata (the vow which is observing in the third day of lunar light fortnight of the month of Baishakh) encourages us to donate. The children will be wealthy and will be long lived by observing the vow of Aranyashashthi (the vow, which is