Maha Shiv ratri aayi sukho ki ratri aayi 17th February 2015 (Tuesday) Mahashivratri aayee ! The story goes as follows: Once upon a time King Chitrabhanu of the Ikshvaku dynasty, who ruled over the whole of Jambudvipa, was observing a fast with his wife, it being the day of Maha Shivaratri. The Sage Ashtavakra came on a visit to the court of the king. The sage asked, "O king! why are you observing a fast today?" King Chitrabhanu explained why. He had the gift of remembering the incidents of his previous birth. The king said to the sage: "In my past birth I was a hunter in Varanasi. My name was Suswara. My livelihood was to kill and sell birds and animals. One day I was roaming the forests in search of animals. I was overtaken by the darkness of night. Unable to return home, I climbed a tree for shelter. It happened to be a bael tree. I had shot a deer that day but I had no time to take it home. I bundled it up and tied it to a branch on the tree. As I was tormented by hunger and thirst, I kept awake throughout the night. I shed profuse tears when I thought of my poor wife and children who were starving and anxiously awaiting my return. To pass away the time that night I engaged myself in plucking the bael leaves and dropping them down onto the ground. "The day dawned. I returned home and sold the deer. I bought some food for myself and for my family. I was about to break my fast when a stranger came to me, begging for food. I served him first and then took my food. "At the time of death, I saw two messengers of Lord Shiva. They were sent down to conduct my soul to the abode of Lord Shiva. I learnt then for the first time of the great merit I had earned by the unconscious worship of Lord Shiva during the night of Shivaratri. They told me that there was a Lingam at the bottom of the tree. The leaves I dropped fell on the Lingam. My tears which I had shed out of pure sorrow for my family fell onto the Lingam and washed it. And I had fasted all day and all night. Thus did I unconsciously worship the Lord. "I lived in the abode of the Lord and enjoyed divine bliss for long ages. I am now reborn as Chitrabhanu." Maha Shiv ratri aayi sukho ki ratri aayi Magan man dole re kaho bum bhole re Babam bum bhole re bum bum bhole re. Jo bhole ka jaap kare paap ka pashchatap kare - 2 Dhuk se shuk ka milap kare - 2 Bhed yeh khole re kaho bum bhole re Babam bum bhole re bum bum bhole re. Shivratri ka vrat rakhe jo teeno praher jo puje inko - 2 Shub ashish ye dete usko - 2 Madhu ras gole re kaho bum bhole re Babam bum bhole re bum bum bhole re. Maha Shiv ratri aayi sukho ki ratri aayi Magan man dole re kaho bum bhole re Babam bum bhole re bum bum bhole re http://www.infodarpan.com/shiva-bhajans/970-maha-shiv-ratri-aayi-sukho-ki-ratri-aayi.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CX77VX8lc4