Jivitputrika Vrat Katha 2024 – Story of Jitiya Fasting- Story of Jimutavahana

Jivitputrika Vrat Katha, or Jitiya Fasting story, is heeded to by all maters observing Jivitputrika presto. The fasting is observed women in Bihar, Jharkhand, corridor of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for the weal of their children.When Kali Yuga began, maters were bothered about the fate of their children. Kali Yuga, the last Yuga or Age as per Hinduism, is the age of vice and each bad effects is believed to take place before the total obliteration of creation. So maters wanted to know what they can do to cover their children from evil and death.

To find a result on how to save their children from the goods of Kali Yuga maters approached the learned and wise Sage Gautama.

The pious saint agreed to find a result and recited a story that happed during the Mahabharata period.

Pandavas were veritably unhappy after the end of the 18- day Mahabharat war as all their sons were killed. Draupadi, the mama of the children, approached a learned Brahmin named Dhaumya for a result to palliate their unhappiness.

The wise Dhaumya mentioned about an incident that took place in the Satya Yuga.

There lived a notorious king in Satya Yuga named Jimutavahana. The King was notorious for his honesty and good rule. He also was ready to go to any extent to cover his citizens.

Once while the King was at the home of his woman ’s parents he heard the cry of an old woman. Jimutavahana soon approached the old woman and set up out that she was crying as her son was killed and eaten by Garuda, the Vahana of Lord Vishnu.

Jimutavahana promised the old woman that he’ll get back her son.
Please note that in some performances of the story- The old woman was a Snake and had lost her son who was a Snake( horse). Garuda had killed and eaten the Nag.)
Soon Jimutavahana approached Garuda on a mountain. The king saw configurations of mortal beings lying in a big hole. The bones were of all the people that Garuda had killed and eaten.

Garuda soon noticed Jimutavahana and wanted to know why he was there? The King demanded that he return the son of the old woman and rather he can eat him.

Garuda agreed and began to eat Jimutavahana. But soon Garuda stopped and wanted to know why he was immolating himself for an ordinary person.

Jimutavahana replied that no child is ordinary for a mama . I’m immolating myself so that an old mama will get back her only child. No mama can bear the loss of her child and there’s no lesser unhappiness than losing a child.

Garuda soon realized that the man before him was no ordinary person and wanted to know his identity. Jimutavahana introduced himself and said not to look his status. Asked Garuda to kill and eat him so that the old woman will get back her son.

Soon Garuda stopped eating Jimutavahana and was pleased by liberality and empathy displayed by the King and offered him a boon.

As boon- the king asked for the life of all the people that Garuda had killed and had eaten.

Garuda agreed to bring all those he’d killed and eaten back to life. He brought Amrit( catholicon) and sprinkled on the configurations in the hole and all the people came back to life.

Garuda also mentioned that maters who perform fasting and perform rituals with Kusha lawn on the Ashtami day during the Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month will noway lose their children.

In some performances this boon is given to King Jimutavahana by Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, who were pleased by the fidelity and selflessness of the King and his amenability to help a mama get back her child.)

Draupadi was happy to learn about the Vrat and she performed it.

maters who heard about the story of Jivitputrika Vrat from Sage Gautama performed it in Kali Yuga to save their children from all the troubles. maters still continue to perform it for the weal of their children