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<p>2409:4071:4E1D:32C4:5CE5:9CA1:F0A9:3787: The story was too unethical and wrong</p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Father of Rukmini}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}<br /> {{unreferenced|date=September 2012}}<br /> [[File:Krishna as guest meet king of Vidarbha ( father of Rukmini ).jpg |thumb|Krishna meet Bhishmaka]]<br /> In [[Hinduism]], '''Bhishmaka ([[IAST]]:Bhīshmaka, [[Devanagari]]:भीष्मक)''' (or '''Bhishmak''') was the king of [[Vidarbha]]. He was the father of [[Rukmi]] and [[Rukmini]], who married the Hindu deity [[Krishna]].<br /> <br /> ==Previous life==<br /> <br /> Once there was a temple priest who was a staunch devotee of [[Shiva]]. He used to do [[Puja (Hinduism)|Pooja]] to Lord Shiva's feet (Shiva Paada Pooje) every day. After finishing his Pooja and closing the temple premises, the priest brought [[Prasada|prasadha]] (food from the temple which is first offered to the lord) for a dog which waited outside the temple. As dogs symbolise loyalty, the dog used to accompany the priest till he reached home every day and only ate food offered by this priest. The priest had great affection towards the dog as well.<br /> <br /> On one new moon day ([[Amavasya]]), after some delay in finishing his temple duties, the priest shut the temple premises and walked out to offer food for the dog. Because it was a dark night, the priest accidentally walked over the dogs face. Every dog's nature is to attack anyone who attacks it. The dog instantaneously bit the priest before it could realise that the person it bit was the priest whom the dog admired. Albeit getting bit by the dog, the priest offered the dog the prasadha. The dog, regretting its previous action, did not accept the food. The dog never ate anything after the incident and died in front of the same Shiva temple. The gods, seeing this great gesture of loyalty from the dog, awarded the post of the sun ([[Surya]]) with the name ''[[Vivasvan]]''.{{clarify|date=February 2013}} Many years later, the priest had also died in memory of the dog.{{clarify|date=February 2013}} In his next life, this [[Brahmin]] priest took birth as a king at the land of [[Vidarbha]] with the name '''Bhishmaka'''. The position he attained in this birth is attributed to all the Shiva Paada Pooje (worshipping lord Shiva's feet) that was performed by the Brahmin priest.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mythological Indian monarchs]]<br /> [[Category:Vidarbha]]</div>

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