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Kubera the Lord of Wealth
The infamous Kubera is the gaurdian of wealth. It
is a boon to him. I know there is a Lakshmi Kubera pooja people do and is known
to be auspicious. I know that he is lord of the north disha ( he is the
dikpalaka ). But never knew the story behind it. I found the following
stories.. Not sure how authentic they are.
In Indian
mythology, it is a misconception that Lakshmi is Goddess of wealth . Actually
Kuber is God of wealth while Lakhsmi is Goddess of fortune . As fortune is
usually associated with wealth the misconception has risen This section is
about Kuber, Indian God of wealth.
Kubera is the God of wealth & is known as
Dhanpati . He is also the king of Yaksha (the guardians of Earth). As the God
of wealth and material, his responsibilities are to distribute them while
creating wealth is the responsibility of Lakshmi. Kubera is not an important
deity and his images are very rarely seen, though he is frequently referred to
in the epics. Kubera is also known as Yaksha-raja (king of the yakshas),
Iccha-vasu (who has wealth at will), Nara- raja (lord over men) and
Ratna-garbha (womb of jewels). Kubera is one god that all the three religions
of India namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism all claim to be their own.
Kubera's domains are all in the high Himalayas,
partly because he is the guardian of the North, but also because mountains are
the repositories of mineral wealth. Kubera watches over the earth's storehouse
of gold, silver, jewels, pearls and nine NIDHIS (special treasures).
Kuber
Kubera is physically envisioned as a dwarf with an
ugly and deformed body. His skin is white and he has three legs. He has a set
of only eight teeth. Since Kubera was so deformed, he had difficulty in moving
around. Brahma took pity and ordered Vishwakarma , the architect of the gods
and a god in his own right, to build the disabled god a chariot. Vishwakarma
conceived and built Pushpak , an aerial chariot which moves of its own accord
and which is so large that it can contain a whole city. Kubera flies in this
fantastic chariot and throws down jewels and other precious objects to people
on the ground to aid them with averting poverty.
How Kubera became a God?
There are two versions of how Kubera was elevated
to the stature of a god.
The first version postulates that Kubera performed
stringent austerities for thousands of years and, as a reward, was promoted by
Go Brahma.
Another version is that one day Kubera had gone to
rob a temple of Shiva. During the robbery Kubera's taper had somehow been blown
out. No matter how hard the dwarf tried he could not relight the taper.
Nevertheless, he persisted with his efforts no matter how nefarious they were
and, on the tenth attempt, he succeeded. Shiva is a benign god who is often
pleased by the most illogical of efforts. This perseverance of Kubera's in his
attempt to rob the god's temple won him much admiration from Shiva who
subsequently granted the dwarf access to the Hindu pantheon of gods.
Kubera and Ravana
Kubera has three famous half-brothers, Ravana,
Kumbhakarna and Bivhishana. All three find mention in the great Indian epic
story Ramayana and are relatively better-known than Kubera, especially to
Indian children. This association has spawned many interesting tales and here
are some of them.
It was Ravana, the eldest of Kubera's
half-brothers, who stole Pushpak from him and made use of it to further his
nefarious activities. The accounts of his misdeeds with the aid of the magic
chariot are amply narrated in the Ramayana. First, Ravana abducted Sita, Rama's
wife, from her cottage in a forest to his capital in Lanka where he held her
captive. When Rama attacked Lanka to rescue his wife, Ravana used Pushpak to
parry Rama's forays until Rama, Vishnu's seventh incarnation, at last overcame
the evil king's forces and used Kubera's magic chariot to transport himself
with his wife back to his kingdom in Ayodhya. After that the fantastic
contraption was back in the hands of the dwarf god who again began going about
his usual business of consolidating the wealth of the worlds.
The tale of how Ravana and his other two brothers
were conceived is also an interesting story. The fabulous city of Lanka was
built by Vishwakarma and the Rakshasas, the demons of Indian mythology, got
hold of it. For some reason or another, the Rakshasas annoyed Vishnu who
decided to attack the city. The evil ones fled because, although Lanka was the
best fortified and richest city in the world at that time, they feared that it
was still not safe enough against an attack by a god of Vishnu's stature. At
this time Kubera, always the opportunist, took over the ghost city and settled
there with his own attendants. This was not for long for as soon as Vishnu was
pacified, the Rakshasas became determined to get their city back from the
deformed god. They sent a beautiful maiden to seduce Kubera's father. She
succeeded and from their union was born the three half-brothers of Kubera.
Ravana, like quite a few notorious Rakshasas before and after him, performed
stringent austerities which earned him the boon of invincibility from Shiva.
With this boon he ultimately defeated his own half-brother Kubera and got back
the city of Lanka for his people, the Rakshasas. After the loss of this
luxurious asset Kubera approached Vishwakarma with the request of creating a
residence for him. The builder god conceived for him a palace on Mount Kailash,
in the Himalayas. The opulent palace was an appropriate abode for Kubera as it
was in the north, the portion of the globe of which he was the guardian. Of
course, as guardian of the treasures of the gods and the nine Nidhis, special
treasures of indefinite significance, Kubera had for himself the most splendid
city in the world on Mount Mandara, a mythical mountain in the Himalayas.
Within this city, Alakapuri, is the most beautiful garden in the world,
Chaitraratha. Both are a part of the many sybaritic possessions of Kubera.
Kubera and Parvathi
When Kubera went to Mount Kailasa once to have a
darshan of Lord Shiva, he found Him with Goddess Parvathi. Kubera was stunned
to see the splendour and beauty of Goddess Parvathi. He felt sorry that he had
not worshipped such a fine goddess for so long and one of his eyes shut itself.
Goddess Parvathi got angry that Kubera was winking
at Her, and looking at Her with evil intention. She made his eye burst. Kubera
lost sight in one eye and was also cursed that he would always look ugly. Lord
Kubera pleaded with Lord Siva to forgive him and explained that he had not seen
the Goddess with any evil intention. Lord Siva left the choice to His consort.
Goddess Parvathi forgave Kubera and let the eye grow back, but it was smaller
than the other one. Kubera was rewarded by Lord Siva with the post of being one
of the guards of the eight directions - the North. The Goddess made him the
lord of wealth and material.
Kubera and Ganesha
We should never take undue pride in our material
or spiritual accomplishments. The old saying "Pride always leads to a
fall." is proved true in the following story.
Kubera invited Shiva and Parvati to dinner wishing
to show off his riches. But, the couple denied Kubera's request and said that
he could feed Ganesha instead. Kubera laughed and said 'I can feed thousands of
children like this."
Ganesha went to his palace and sat down to eat. He
started eating all the food placed in front of him. As was the custom, more and
more food was served to him, as he did not say that he had enough. Soon there
was no more food in the palace and so Kubera ordered his troops to get more
food from the surrounding villages. But Ganesha continued eating and there was
no more food to be found. Still very hungry, Ganesha started eating all the furniture.
Kubera became very frightened. Ganesha told him,
"You promised my parents you will feed me. Now, I have to eat you up as I
am still very hungry ". Kubera ran away and pleaded with Shiva to save him
from Ganesha. Shiva asked Kubera to give up his pride and serve Ganesha a
handful of rice.
Kubera went back to his palace. By this time,
Ganesha's stomach had become very huge but the child was still hungry. When
Kubera served a cup of rice with humility, Ganesha's hunger was satisfied
Kubera and Buddhism
Kubera is also worshipped by the Buddhists, where
he is looked upon as the guardian of the North. His characteristic symbol is
the mongoose, often shown vomiting jewels. In the Buddhist pantheon he is also
known as Jambhala, probably from the jambhara (lemon) he carries in his hand.
He is always represented corpulent and covered with jewels. His right foot is
generally pendant and supported by a lotus-flower on which is a conch shell.
Jambhala is the Buddhist form of the Hindu god of
wealth, Kubera. He is fat and covered with jewels and holds a mongoose in one
hand and a flaming jewel in the other
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