Maha Shivratri Aayi by Alka Yagnik - Hindi Bhajan

Reason to Celebrate Maha Shivratri 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