{"id":2984,"date":"2011-09-27T07:11:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T01:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2011-09-27T07:11:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T01:41:24","slug":"parijaat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2011\/09\/27\/parijaat\/","title":{"rendered":"Parijaat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"parijaat by calamur, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gargi\/6186965501\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6171\/6186965501_1c2fa26443_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"parijaat\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my garden, Lonavala, the Parijaata tree blooms.<\/p>\n<p>The tree with a story. Krishna and Satyabhama are in Indralok, helping the Devas fight <strong>Narakasura<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narakasura\"><\/a>. When Krishna is injured in battle, Satyabhama picks up arms and slays Narakasura. Indralok is ecstatic. Song, dance, and revelry follow. Satyabhama on her visit to the celestial garden chances on the Parijaat tree &#8211; the tree with flowers with heavenly (it would be) fragrance. Krishna, seeing Satyabhama&#8217;s interest, decides to get her the tree. However, Indra decides to play spoilsport -that which belongs to heaven cannot be shared, types. Krishna, did not grow up outwitting the gopas and gopis for nothing. He manages to lift a branch &#8211; and escape from Devlok with Satyabhama (they fly Garuda). Indra tries to stop them &#8211; but fails. Being a sore loser he curses the plant with not being able to bear fruit in its earthly avtaar.<\/p>\n<p>Krishna plants the branch in Satyabhama&#8217;s garden. (the flowers fall into Rukmini&#8217;s garden, but that is another story)<\/p>\n<p>The Parijaat &#8211; botany knows it as the night flowering jasmine or the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis\">Nyctanthes arbor-tristis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my garden, Lonavala, the Parijaata tree blooms. The tree with a story. Krishna and Satyabhama are in Indralok, helping the Devas fight Narakasura. When Krishna is injured in battle, Satyabhama picks up arms and slays Narakasura. Indralok is ecstatic. 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