Pranam This story is found in Katha charith sagaram written in sanskrit and translated in many languages, which was written long long ago. KR IRs 12821
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 10:08, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *AMBALAPPUZHA PALPAYASAM* > > *Dear friends,* > > *Yesterday I was listening in the YouTube channel about the Ambalappuzha > temple, and legend about Ambalappuzha palpayasam.* > > *The story about Ambalappuzha temple is told in the same manner as told in > the Eithihya Mala by Kottarathil Sankunni. * > > *Chembakasseri Raja is told as Nampoothiri. I made a Google search which > confirmed the same.* > > *As days passed after establishing temple, the Raja started more interest > in chess. Bhakthi to Lord decreased day by day. King wanted to play chess > every day and the failed player was also honoured giving money and grains. > As days passed drain in the treasury became very much. * > > *One day an escort (warrior) of some persons from nearby place to > chembakasseri by name Krishnan Unni, a young man appeared before king for > playing chess. King as usual welcomed him. The young man started defeating > in repeated games. Raja started sweating. He asked the young man finally, > what he requires. On compulsion he said, just give paddy to fill the chess > board on a condition.* > > *OH, that is all; I will give a cartful of paddy, why chess full.* > > *Krishnan Unni said, honoured king, just because you compelled I am > telling- Put one grain of paddy in the first square. Fill the second square > with double of the paddy- viz 2 nos. Third Square onwards square of the > paddy put in the previous one. Viz, 4, 16, 256, 65536 etc. By reaching 8th > square itself it became a big drain. How to fill up to 64th square?* > > *Raja found he was not an ordinary person. Krishnan Unni** said, I don’t > require grains, ensure you prepare every day palpayasam in the Ambalappuzha > temple every day and disappeared. * > > *Raja’s Bhakthi changed to temple. Palpayasam started preparing daily and > offered as nivedyam during uchhapooja. * > > *It requires about six hours preparing payasam in the prescribed > proportion. * > > *This story differs from another famous legend of an iyer asking back > paddy given to treasury during a famine.* > > *Before writing this I searched Google, which mentioned instead of a young > man, Krishnan Unni, an aged sanyasin playing chess. I have reproduced that > version below:-* > > *The King of Ambalappuzha was a big chess enthusiast. One day a sage > challenged him (the king) to play the chess. To motivate this Sage, the > King offered any reward that the sage could name. The sage modestly asked > just for a few grains of rice in the following manner: the king has to put > a single grain of rice on the first chess square and double it on every > consequent one. So King accepts this and the game was started. Having lost > the game and being a man of his word the king ordered a bag of rice to be > brought to the chess board. He started placing the grains according the > reward asked by the sage. * > > *The following picture describes growth of number of grains:* > > *From the above image, at 64th square King has to place the total number > of grains are about 9 million trillion tons.* > > *Upon seeing the dilemma, the sage appeared to the king in his true-form, > that of Lord Krishna. He told the King that he did not have to pay the debt > immediately but could pay him over time. * > > *The king would serve paal-payasam (made of rice) in the temple freely to > the pilgrims every day until the debt was paid off.* > > *Now as a part of temples serving meals after the Uchhapooja, in > Ambalappuzha, meals are served, one teaspoon full payasam is served, > something like chotttuayasam in Chennai.* > > *Payasam has to book at least a week back in the normal course in the > temple now. Due to covid 19 restrictions are there. * > > *Writer/compiler- R. Gopala Krishnan dated 12-8-2021* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1813959463.1282440.1628743095683%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1813959463.1282440.1628743095683%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorKkMrCbdjJzhKHaROO-jZXHgpfFBhpNCQMhW7bb2qcnw%40mail.gmail.com.
