We all know Guru Raghavendra swamy had 3 previous incarnations before he born as Guru Raghavendra
Swamy.
They are Sangukarna Devatha -> Prahalatha -> Bahlika King -> Vyasa rajar -> Guru Raghavendra Swamy
There was little information was available on Bahileka king. As per the wish of Lord Vishnu , Prahalatha was born as king Bahileka in Dwapara Yuga ( during Mahabaratha period )
In those days, the entire India was ruled by great king called Barata and all the kings came after
him were refered to Barata dynasty which were running for several years. After which Kuru dynasty
came to the rule. Later Kuru dynasty was handled by both Soorya dynasty and Chandra dynasty.
In Chandra dynasty there was a great king named Pratipa who was ruling Hastinapura and he was celebrated across all 3 worlds. He had 3 sons namely Devapi, Bahlika and Santanu.
Santanu was one the great kings in Kuru vamsa and he had 8 sons. His eighth son was Bheeshma from where Mahabaratha started.
Devapi was the eldest son and he had great energy , loved by his younger brothers, truthful in speech. However he was not able to become king because of the skin disease and hence he was not inherited to become king by the law. Hence Devapi became sage.
Bahlika, the second son of King Pratipa, abandoning his (paternal) kingdom he dwelt with his maternal uncle. Abandoning his father and brother, he obtained the highly wealthy kingdom of his maternal grandfather which is currently in the north western part of India. With Bahlika’s permission, Santanu, on the death of his father (Pratipa), became king of Kuru Kingdom.
Bahlika was so knowledgeable and powerful. He has learnt all the art of power and intelligence. Bheeshma usually consult his uncle Balhika to clear his doubts
Below are the details of the Kuru dynasty and their inheritances.
Pratipa -> Devapi (became a sage)
Pratipa -> Bahlika -> Somadatta -> Bhurisravas, Sala
Pratipa -> Santanu -> Bhishma
Pratipa -> Santanu -> Vichitravirya -> Dhritarashtra -> Kauravas
Pratipa -> Santanu -> Vichitravirya -> Pandu -> Pandavas
We all wonder why after Prahaladha , the next incarnation of Sangukarna devatha is King Bahlika.
During the period of Prahaladha, Sanghukarna devatha has gained so much of Punya which multiplied and gained the wealthiness to become a King in next Incarnation to enjoy the hapiness of the world. This
is also due to the blessing of Lord Vishnu during Vamana avatara. We all wonder how vamana avatara is related to Guru Prahalada. I will post another article just on this.
Due this wish and SanghuKarna devatha was born in Kuru vamsa and had the blessings to see Lord Krishna. Bahlika was truely a great devotee of Lord Vishnu and Lord Vayu. He made sure to sit and pray both Lord Vishnu and Lord Vayu everyday. Though he was a king, he was more inclined towards Bakthi than war. However since Bahlika was born in Kuru vamsa he was sticking with Gauravas in Kurushetra war, though he was not interested to be against Lord Krishna, he was not able to avoid that. This was also provided an opportunity to Bahlika to see Lord Krishna during Kurushetra war to get his blessings.
During the war, one day Bahlika king went to Pandavas and requested Bhima to kill him in the war. However Bhima did not agree to it and informed him how can he do that. During this time, Lord Krishna appeared there and this made King Bahlika happy and he bowed his head and got the blessings of Lord Krishna. Krishna informed Bhima that you can always attack and fight if King Bahlika is attacking him. When Bhima heard this from Krishna he agreed to it and said he will do so if King Bahlika is attacking him.
Next day after his regular prayers, King Bahlika went to Kurushetra war and he was attacking one of the pandavas fighters, during this time Bhima came in support of the fighter. King Bahlika realized that this would be the right time to get killed by Bhima and he started to attack Bhima. Bhima as promissed killed King Bahlika. For everyone it looked like Bhima killed King Bahlika through his weapon "gatha" however Bhima first stopped the air for King Bahlika which made Bahlika loose his life and fell before Bhima and then he pretended to use "gatha" to kill King Bahlika.
As in this avatara, Sangukarna devatha had the blessings to enjoy the life of the king based on his punya that multiplied and also had the blessings of seeing Lord Krishna in dwapara yuga.
Now we all may wonder why King Bahlika wanted to get killed by Bhima. Bhima is none other than lord Vayu. Lord Vayu was the one who first indicated Sangukarna devatha that the curse on him by Lord Brahma is for some purpose and he will be with him in all his births. Lord Vayu was Hanuman in Ramayana , Bhima in Mahabaratha, Madhavacharya in Kaliyuga.
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