karmabai
( कर्माबाई ) (1615) was a famous jat woman popularly known as
bhakt shiromani karmabai . she was born on 20 january 1615 in the family
of jiwanji dudi in the village kalwa situated in nagaur district. she
belongs to teli caste teli sahu .she was a strong devotee of lord
krishna . karma bai jee used to worship lord krishna with the abstract
of a child. she used to talk daily with bihari jee. one day she told to
bihari jee "that she want to serve the food to him, he agreed and came
next morning. she prepared khichdi and offered to the lord. lord loved
and used to come every morning near the door and call her that i have
arrived "bring the khichdi". since then every morning karma bai served
khichdi to the lord. once a saint came to karma bai house and seeing her
daily routine, he told why do you prepare the khichdi at the first
place every morning. maa karma replied for bihari jee. saint told her
neither you took bath, nor did you clean the kitchen and started
preparing khichdi for the lord. you should first complete these routines
and then prepare khichdi for the lord. next day in the morning, lord
came to maa karma door and asked. "mother, i'm here bring my khichdi.
she replied please wait for some time; i am cleaning the kitchen. after
some time lord asked again where is my khichdi,i need to go to the
temple before the door is opened, she replied wait for some time i am
taking bath. lord entered in the house and saw a saint was sleeping in
her house, lord understood that this saint had taught her all those
thing. then maa karma bring the khichdi and lord ate it in haste and
went away without cleaning the mouth. when the priest unveiled the
lord;s alter at temple he saw some khichdi on lord mouth. he humbly
asked, 'hey lord how did this khichdi stick on to your mouth'. lord
replied to saint that there is a mother who is residing in this village
and every day cooking khichdi for me. every day she prepare it very fast
but today she was very late in cooking because she was busy performing
the rituals told by a saint to her. lord then requested to the priest to
go that saint house and persuade him to revert back whatever he said to
my mother karma bai. the priest did the same. after hearing this, the
saint got scared and he immediately went to karma bai house and spoke
"these rules and rituals are applicable to saints like me, you can
prepare the offerings the way you used to do". from next day onwards
karma bai started following her previous schedule and lord came everday
and enjoyed the khichdi with love as before. one day karma bai died.
lord was very unhappy and he cried. the temple priest unveiled the alter
and he saw that that the lord was weeping.the priest approached to the
king and told him that the lord is crying. the king came to the lord and
asked: o lord, why are you crying? had we done some mistake, lord
replied : hey king my mother (karma bai) died today. now who will
prepare khichdi for me everday? hearing this, the king replied lord we
cant bring the taste of karma bai khichdi but from today onwards we will
first offer khichdi to you. since then, khichdi is offered to lord
jagganath everywhere. the name karma came out from the word "maa jaldi
kar" (kar-maa), lord used to say everytime to her to prepare khichdi
fast.
The folk song:
Thali bhar'r lyayi khichado upar ghee ki batki !
Jeemo mhara syam dhani jeemavai beti Jat ki !!
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