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Immediately the royal servants were commanded to start making arrangements for this Varun Yajna program. The Yajna spot chosen was the southern region of Jamnagar city where there was the confluence of Rivers Rangmati and Nagmati. There in a surrounding of solitude stood a very ancient temple of Lord Nagnath Mahadeva. On the threshold of the temple the Yajna Mandap was set up. Electric lights and bulbs were wired properly. The 2 Brahmins called Shivabhatta and Vishnubhatta would cook food with their own hands and ate only once in a day. In a guesthouse over there these Brahmins were given 3 rooms for staying. In order to make arrangements for all kinds of Yajna materials required a royal officer was appointed. Security guards were made to stand on duty at the doorway and nearby surroundings. The royal priest was issued an order that he must send 9 capable Pandits or priests who were well versed with offering Ahutis to the Yajna Fire in a prescribed manner. All demigods like Ganesh, Indra etc were reinstated at their appointed places. The 2 Hyderabad Brahmins with their own hands made a beautiful image of Rishi Shringi representing Varun deity. At an auspicious hour on the day of Ashwin Shukla Pratipada (Hindu calendar) the Anushthan of Varun Yajna commenced.
The 2 Hyderabad Brahmins told the Brahmin priests doing the Anushthan: Respected Brothers! It is your prime duty to see to it that the glory of our Dwijatva or true Brahmin qualities does not experience a downfall. By observing celibacy during the entire Anushthan period you must chant Mantras with deep faith and devotion to Almighty God.
Let us show the world that even in this dark gloomy era called Kaliyug our Vedas are fully awakened and beneficially active. Do not lose courage even a wee bit since this is our prayer to you all.
The moment at 5 am early morning a bell was sounded everyone would awaken, perform ablutions, brush their teeth, have a refreshing bath etc they would sit down in their appointed seats to do Sandhya Vandan rites. Then after drinking tea, coffee, milk etc exactly at 8 am the main Anushthan would commence. At 12 pm they would have a meal of
Falahar like bananas, sweet Pedhas, Barfi, Falahari Puri, Rabdi, potato dish etc and then rest for 2 hours. None of them were given permission to move out of the Yajna Anushthan area. The moment it was 2.30 pm again Mantra chanting commenced and at 7 pm it would get completed. Then again after doing Sandhya Vandan rites at 7.30 pm Niranjan Arti would commence. After this, dinner would be served and then everyone went to sleep.
All types of facilities were arranged for Yajna performing Brahmins and were fed to rich nutritious food. But as against this the 2 Hyderabad Brahmins would eat only once at night by boiling rice themselves. In the afternoon they ate very miniscule amount of Falahar food. Yet because of greedy narrow minded attitude the other Brahmins would spew envy on the 2 Hyderabad Brahmins. These Brahmins’ cunning ploy was to see to it that this Anushthan failed somehow and thus the 2 Hyderabad Brahmins’ credentials would get tainted. Amongst these jealous Brahmin priests 2 were youths. At night they would secretly go home and would return at 4 am in the morning.
Three days of the Anushthan passed by yet the sky remained hot and cloudless. Both the pious Hyderabad Brahmins became sad. Even on the 4th and 5th day there was unbearable heat and blazing sunshine. More days passed by making these 2 Hyderabad Brahmins very worried and tensed. When even on the 8th day no change was noted they became very distressed and thus they could not eat even a morsel of food or sleep at night. When even on the final day no rainfall occurred they entered the Yajna Mandap area at night. They shed tears of helplessness in front of their icon’s image and in a very anguished voice chanted the following Mantra:
Om tattva yami brahmana vandman stadashaste yajmano havirbhihi. Ahemano varunaha bodhyaru shans mana ayuhu pramoshi.
MEANING: The Yajman or Yajna performer by offering Havishya (Yajna materials to Yajna fire) as per Yajurveda via this eulogy of Vedas I pray to you that you fully deserve to be eulogized greatly. O Varuna Deva! You are such that devoid of wrath keeping in mind to fulfill our desires in this Yajna please bless us with a long healthy life span.
The day of Purnahuti arrived (final Ahuti offered to Yajna fire). There was no sign of rain fall. It was afternoon time. Both the pious Hyderabad Brahmins became very dejected. At 5 pm in the evening the Purnahuti was to be offered by the queen in the form of a coconut to the Yajna fire. The religious public gathered there in huge hordes to witness this Purnahuti. The Jamsaheb in person, many high stature officials and citizens were present there. The queen arrived and sat in fron of the Yajna Kunda or pyre. Both the pious Hyderabad Brahmins commenced chanting the Mantra Sukta of Agni Narayan or Fire God. People seated in the Yajna arena were having various types of doubts. The bodies of these 2 pious Hyderabad Brahmins had become very thin due to fasting yet because they had chanted Mantras with a focused mind oozing with sacred sensitive sentiments their
forehead shined with a brilliant aura. Both appeared to be real Ritwijas. In comparison the remaining priests appeared very healthy, fat and a bulging paunch in the middle. Their forehead appeared pale devoid of any special aura. The sky was clear and no signs of clouds were seen. It was intensely hot due to hot sunshine blazing down. The Purnahuti coconut was handed over to the queen. The fire flames in the Yajna fire were blazing forth.
These 2 pious Hyderabad Brahmins and the remaining priests started chanting ‘Swaha’ in a chorus. Immediately the queen offered the Purnahuti coconut to the Yajna fire. The moment this coconut entered the Yajna fire a loud thunder sound was heard in the sky above and along with lightning clouds poured down rain in that and surrounding areas.
Since for 5 days a good amount of rainfall was witnessed the harsh hardhearted shadow of famine ran away like a dog with tail between its legs.
Almighty Lord thus bestowed glorious fame on the 2 pious Hyderabad Brahmins and thus exhibited to all the great victory of Mantra Power. The Jamsaheb and his consort-queen gave rich clothes to the 2 pious Hyderabad Brahmins and lots of cash Dakshina (preceptor gift). They in turn handed over 1/4th of this gift to a Government Sanskrit School there and another 1/4th portion to the ‘Anand Baba Orphanage’. Finally these 2 pious Hyderabad Brahmins also said: Amongst the Brahmin priests who were performing the Yajna rituals a few were not observing celibacy vows. It is hence that the rain gods delayed blessing us with a downpour of rain. We were thoroughly tested because observing celibacy vows is the very firm foundation of Karmakanda (rites/rituals) in Yajna Science. Due to this startling miraculous episode Yajna programs attained lots of weight age all around in this region.