It was the time when the Kurukshetra war got ended . Pandavas had won the battle and got their land back too .
Now Arjuna had developed a feeling that it is because of him , Pandavas have won the battle . It is because of his skill in archery and also because of the divine arrows he got from God Shiva himself , Pandavas have managed to win the battle .
Arjuna started to worship God Shiva as a token of thanks to him . He built a big temple of God Shiva . Daily he used to worship God by offering huge quantity of flowers and in a grand way .
Krishna came to know of Arjuna's ego and decided to crush it . So he suggested Arjuna that they go to Kailash to see how Arjuna's prayers being received from the God Shiva himself .
They both started their journey . When they are about to reach Kailash , they observed huge quantity of flowers are getting dumped into quarries . Arjuna looked at Krishna with a smile and said him that these are the flowers he offered in the morning .
Krishna decided to ask the Labourer , who offered these flowers ? Labourer replied that Bhim has offered these flowers and daily he does . Flowers are in such a huge quantity that there is no space left in Kailash to dump them .
That time Arjuna said that he himself had offered these flowers and not Bhim . But labourer sticked to his words . Then they both returned .
Next morning , Krishna and Arjuna both went near Bhim to have a look at the pooja he is preparing .
Pooja of Bhim was very simple . He took a bath and came near Shivling . He closed his eyes and chanted Om Namah Shivaya , 9 times with pure devotion . That's all .
By watching this , Arjuna got ashamed of his type of worshipping . Worship has to be done through the mind not by showing off .
Now Arjuna had developed a feeling that it is because of him , Pandavas have won the battle . It is because of his skill in archery and also because of the divine arrows he got from God Shiva himself , Pandavas have managed to win the battle .
Arjuna started to worship God Shiva as a token of thanks to him . He built a big temple of God Shiva . Daily he used to worship God by offering huge quantity of flowers and in a grand way .
Krishna came to know of Arjuna's ego and decided to crush it . So he suggested Arjuna that they go to Kailash to see how Arjuna's prayers being received from the God Shiva himself .
They both started their journey . When they are about to reach Kailash , they observed huge quantity of flowers are getting dumped into quarries . Arjuna looked at Krishna with a smile and said him that these are the flowers he offered in the morning .
Krishna decided to ask the Labourer , who offered these flowers ? Labourer replied that Bhim has offered these flowers and daily he does . Flowers are in such a huge quantity that there is no space left in Kailash to dump them .
That time Arjuna said that he himself had offered these flowers and not Bhim . But labourer sticked to his words . Then they both returned .
Next morning , Krishna and Arjuna both went near Bhim to have a look at the pooja he is preparing .
Pooja of Bhim was very simple . He took a bath and came near Shivling . He closed his eyes and chanted Om Namah Shivaya , 9 times with pure devotion . That's all .
By watching this , Arjuna got ashamed of his type of worshipping . Worship has to be done through the mind not by showing off .
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