Although
I do not take religious scriptures seriously but I find these stories
amusing, hyped, and interesting at the same time. This time we will talk
about the religious importance of Dev Kamrunag in the history of Hindu
religion and how he could have changed our history.
Dev
Kamrunag's original name was Ratan Yaksh and he was a self learned
warrior. He would practice by keeping Lord Vishnu's idol in front of him
and he considered it as his master, the Guru. He got to know about the
story of Mahabharat being fought in some far corner of Bharat and
decided to take part in it. Brave and courageous he was, he decided to
fight with the weaker party, which meant he was going to join the army
of Kaurav's. Lord Krishan got to know about it, his nexus must be super
powerful and he decided to stop the self learned warrior before he could
reach the battlefield. Disguised as a yogi, Lord Krishna appeared
before the Yaksh. He asked him about his journey and told him about the
hardships being experienced by wounded soldiers.
Ratan Yaksh was high on confidence and it strengthened his determination. A worried god decided to make a fool of him.
The
Lord gave him a tough test to find out the potency of his arrows and
said, "I will be convinced if you can pierce every leaf of that enormous
peepal tree with thy arrow." When the Yaksh was preparing his
arrow, the Lord plucked some leaves and hid them in his closed fists. To
his surprise the arrow pierced even the leaves in his fists. Then Lord
Krishan asked him about his guru, upon which the Yaksh replied it to be
no one but the almighty himself. And there Lord Krishan spotted an
opening, transformed into his actual formless eternal form, and asked the young man for Gurudakshina, fee
for services he had never offered to his student. The yaksh could not
resist and he had to offer what the Lord had asked for, his head. He
gave away his head and asked the Lord to keep it alive until the Great
War was over. The Lord immediately agreed and blessed him with the same,
his head was brought to the Kamru Hill and today it is known as
Kamrunag Temple. Legend also says that the head was kept at the Nalsar
Lake in Mandi district but because of climatic/physical/economical
problems faced by the head, he was shifted on the top of the hill, from
where he could see the greatest wars of all time, live and exclusive.
