Ayyappa Swami Ki Katha

Bahut prachin samay ki baat hai. Jab Prithvi par adharm aur atyachar badhne laga, tab devtaon ne Bhagwan Vishnu aur Bhagwan Shiv se sansar ki raksha karne ki prarthana ki. Usi samay ek mahan divya shakti ka janm hua, jinhen Bhagwan Ayyappa Swami kaha jata hai.

Katha ke anusar, Samudra Manthan ke samay Bhagwan Vishnu ne Mohini roop dharan kiya tha. Bhagwan Shiv us Mohini roop ko dekhkar mohit ho gaye. Bhagwan Shiv aur Mohini swaroop Bhagwan Vishnu ke divya sanyog se ek tejasvi balak utpann hua. Vahi balak aage chalkar Ayyappa Swami kehlaye. Unhen “Harihara Putra” bhi kaha jata hai, kyunki ve Bhagwan Hari yani Vishnu aur Bhagwan Har yani Shiv ki sanyukt shakti ke swaroop the.

Usi samay Mahishi naamak ek rakshasi ne teenon lokon mein aatank macha rakha tha. Use vardaan prapt tha ki uska vadh keval Harihara Putra hi kar sakta hai. Devta uski shakti se bhaybheet the. Isliye Bhagwan Ayyappa ka avatar Mahishi ke ant ke liye hua tha.

Ek din Pandalam rajya ke Raja Rajashekhar jangal mein shikar karne gaye. Vahan unhen nadi ke kinare ek divya balak mila, jiske gale mein mani bandhi hui thi. Raja ne us balak ko Ishwar ka vardaan maankar apne mahal mein le aaye aur uska naam “Manikandan” rakha. Raja aur Rani ne use apne putra ki tarah palan-poshan kiya.

Manikandan bachpan se hi atyant tejasvi, gyani aur parakrami the. Ve sabhi vidyaon mein nipun the. Dheere-dheere logon ko samajh aane laga ki yah koi sadharan balak nahin, balki divya shakti ka avatar hai.

Kuch samay baad Mahishi rakshasi ka atyachar bahut badh gaya. Tab Manikandan ne jangal mein jaakar Mahishi se bhayankar yuddh kiya. Lambe yuddh ke baad unhone Mahishi ka vadh kar diya aur devtaon ko uske aatank se mukt karaya. Devtaon ne aakash se pushp varsha ki aur Ayyappa Swami ki jai-jaikar ki.

Iske baad Ayyappa Swami ne Raja Rajashekhar ko apne divya swaroop ke darshan diye aur kaha ki ve Sabarimala parvat par unka mandir banvayen. Unhone kaha ki jo bhi bhakt sacche man, bhakti aur niyamon ke saath vahan aayega, uski sabhi manokamanayen poorn hongi.

Raja ne Sabarimala mein Bhagwan Ayyappa ka bhavya mandir banvaya. Tabhi se lakhon shraddhalu kathin vrat aur tapasya karke Sabarimala yatra par jate hain. Bhakt “Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa” ka jaikara lagate hue Bhagwan ke darshan karte hain.

Bhagwan Ayyappa Swami ki katha hamein dharm, sanyam, bhakti aur sahas ka sandesh deti hai. Ve apne bhakton ko shakti, shanti aur raksha ka ashirvad pradan karte hain.