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One such premi-bhakta is well-known as Dasia Bauri in
Orissa. The word Dasia means the servant and Bauri means
low-caste. The mercy of Lord Jagannatha is not partial.
It goes beyond any caste or material qualification. The
Lord does not see, who is qualified or who is
unqualified in the sense of materialistic evaluation. He
only accepts the bhava of the individual souls and
accordingly He treats the individual. This He has
declared to Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita as well. A
glimpse of the greatness of the love of Dasia Bauri
towards Lord Jagannath can be known from the fact that
Lord Jagannathjiu Himself with His own hands accepted
the offering of love (coconuts, mangoes etc). It is well
known that even the great sages, mystics, siddhas and
demigods find it difficult to have the audience or
association of the Lord, for Whom they tried many many
tough, rigorous and complicated procedures, yet are not
successful. But simple hearted prema of bhakta Dasia
Bauria attracted the Lord Hari's Mercy and this reveals
the greatness of Dasia Bauri and his loving sentiments (bhava).
Dasia Bauri belonged to a small village called
Baligaon, which is located near to Puri in Orissa. From
his birth he was attached with Lord Jagannath from his
heart, mind and soul. By profession he was a simple
weaver. In his young age he intensely involved himself
in writing the songs and many other spiritual
literatures on Lord Jagannath Swami. He had a wife who
served him honestly and given all possible support to
her husband. The family had only a meagre income.
One a great incident happened and this is a
teaching on how Lord helps a devotee indirectly. One
afternoon, Bhakta Dasia Bauri was intensely involved in
the writing of a Jagannath bhajan. Suddenly his wife
came to him and told him with some anger that, "You see!
You are always busy in the divine service of Lord
Jagannath and neglecting the household necessities. I
have not taken any food for last four-five days. How can
I survive?" After, listening this Dasia Bauri became
surprised and asked , "Everyday, you are giving me the
food at right time and why are you telling that you have
not taken the food for last few days?" Wife answered,
"You are very innocent! I am preparing food for you from
the rice which you brought five to six days back by
keeping my stomach empty" After hearing the sacrifice,
Dasia Bauri felt that he is not able to fulfill his duty
towards her as her husband and he suggested his wife
that if she wanted she could marry someone again. After
listening such a statement from her husband, wife asked,
"Is this what Lord Jagannath taught him?" And she told,
"Jagannath may be your Lord, but my lord is you. I can
tolerate any pain and even die at your feet." At that
moment suddenly they heard that a person is calling from
outside,"Dasia! Dasia!" Dasia Bauri went outside the hut
and found the village leader. The village leader
immediately gave him rice and a few kaudies (which was
used in those days as money) and requested him to weave
a new dress for him. The village leader also told him
his intention behind the new dress. He revealed that he
desired to visit Puri-Jagannath Dhama during the annual
Ratha-Yatra festival. After knowing this Dasia Bauri
could not check his ecstasy and asked like a child to
the village leader that, whether he could give some more
kaudies to him so that his desire to visit Puri-Dhama
during Ratha-Yatra could also be fulfilled. The village
leader happily agreed and offered, "Why you want to
visit alone then? Come with me so that you will not face
any trouble in the journey to Puri-Dhama." Thus Dasia
Bauri happily accepted the offer and promised to prepare
the dress for the Village leader for Ratha-Yatra, which
was only two-three days away.
Dasia Bauri then came to his wife and told
with joy, "See the mercy of Jagannath! You were asking
for rice and the money. And Lord Himself came and gave
me the things that you were demanding." She was
surprised and asked where Jagannath came. I saw only the
village leader who came and gave these things to you.
Dasia Bauri replied, "It is not so easy to understand
the Lilas (pastimes) of Lord Jagannath even for the
demigods like lord Brahma and lord Shiva. The Lord's
helps sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly. The
Lord actually sent you the rice and kaudies through our
village leader. The Lord's mercy and activities are all
inconceivable."
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Bhog of Lord Jagannath
Daily Mahaprasad of Lord Jagannath
Life style
of Puri people
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History of the Narendra Tank
History of Puri Ratha Yatra
Legends of Puri
Ratha Yatra
Padma
Besha of Lord Jagannath
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