Karwa Chauth Vrat Katha - No. 2 , No. 3

In a village, seven brothers and one sister were staying with their parents. The sister was youngest among them. That's why everybody adored her. When she was very young they got her married. After marriage on first Karwa Chauth, she came to her mother's house. Her mother-in-law affectionately sent sargai for her. She put mehndi on her hands along with her mother and her brother's wife and did sargai in the morning before sunrise and kept Nirjala fast (without taking water). By the evening the brothers got worried that how can their small sister live without food and water till night. They consulted among themselves and decided that we will create artificial moon for our sister. Two brothers went to the forest and burnt cow dung coal. The other two brothers went home and said let's go sister the moon has risen. All her brother's wife's kept quite. Sister said, "let's go Bhabhi the moon has risen, lets worship the moon and offer ark (water is offered to the moon) to it. All the Bhabhi’s said, "So early only your moon could have risen, you go." She was not only young but also simple hearted; she really thought everyone's moon rises separately. She hurriedly took the pooja material to the terrace. There in the forest one brother was standing with a sieve in front of the cow dung coal fire, so from distance she thought that the moon is rising from behind bushes. She offered her worship and ark to the moon .As soon as she started eating; she received a message from her in laws that her husband has become seriously ill suddenly. On hearing this, the Girl's father and brothers along with her rushed to her in law's house. There her husband was seriously ill. Every body was worried. The Ayurvedic doctor was called but nobody could understand the illness. Then the family inquired from priests and Astrologers. They told them that this has happened because the girl has eaten food, after seeing the artificial moon. Now the only solution is that till the next year Karwa Chauth, the girl takes good care of her husband, then keep fast on Karwa Chauth and exchange Karwa with Gauri Maata and make her say "le suhaagan karwa le","de suhagaan karwa de". Then her husband will be well and will live long. On hearing this, the girl decided to take good care of her husband for one year. Next year Karwa Chauth arrived, her mother sent sargi for her. As per the tradition, she did sargi and kept fast. Her mother also sent material for baya, karwa and money. In the evening, all married ladies dressed up wore chunari, making preparation for the pooja, she waited to exchange Karwa with Gauri Maata. When the first Gauri Maata arrived. The girl held her feet and pleaded her, " O'Gauri Maata, Please exchange karwa with me."  After lot of pleading Gauri Maata sat with her and said :- "Sister of seven brothers karwa le",  "Jo bhukhi naa reh sake (who can't stay hungry) karwa le",  "Jo payasi naa reh sake (who can't stay thirsty) karwa le",  "Jo Chalni meh chaand dakhe (One who see moon in sieve) karwa le."  She begged her again and again to say "Le Suhaagan Karwa Le" Gauri Maata said, "I won't say this. My other sisters will come, you make them say." And after saying this, she went away. After some time the 2nd Gauri Maata came and she also went away saying what the earlier one had said. In this way they came one by one when the 9th Gauri Maata came, the girl was worried. When she begged her again and again and held her feet, then Gauri Maata said," when my youngest sister will come, you ask her, I will not say. My sister is scary looking but good at heart, don't let her go, make her say it."  After some time 10th Gauri maata came. She had dark complexion, had big teeth, horrible face and was wearing lot of jewelry. When she heard the small girl pleadings, she sat down with her to exchange karwa and like other Gauri Maata's said :- "Sister of seven brothers karwa le",  "Jo bhukhi naa reh sake (who can't stay hungry) karwa le",  "Jo payasi naa reh sake (who can't stay thirsty) karwa le",  "Jo Chalni meh chaand dakhe (One who see moon in sieve) karwa le."  The girl fell on her feet and said "O' Mother please forgive my mistakes, Please say "Le suhaagan karwa le". If you will say this, my husband will live. I will always worship you. Please bless me. On girls repeated pleading, Gauri Maata felt pity for her and said-Let it be so and said "Le suhaagan karwa le"  and the girl said "de suhaagan karwa de".  Then, the same thing was repeated by both of them in reverse order. When they said this ten times the girl's husband was well again. Everybody touched Gauri Maata's feet". Karwa Chauth Vrat Katha - No. 3  A money lender had seven sons and a daughter. All the sons were married. The daughter who was married came to her father’s house to observe her first Karva Chauth Vrat. On the fourth day of Kartik Krishna Paksha, the money lender’s wife, the seven daughters-in-law and the daughter kept the Karva Chauth Vrat. The seven brothers did not like the idea of their sister starving, so they invited her to have food with them. But she did not accept the invitation and said that she will only eat after sighting the moon and after doing the needed pujas.The brothers decided to trick their sister, so that she will break her fasting. They used mirror reflection from a fire place to convince the sister that the moon has appeared on sky. The wives of the seven brothers who came to know about the trick informed the sister about the trickery. But the sister was not ready to listen to them and she accepted the words of her brothers and broke her fast by offering pujas to the reflection of fire thinking that it is the real moon. She also consumed food along with her brothers. A couple of hours later she received the news that her husband is terribly ill. She rushed to her husband’s home. She had to undergo several troubles but illness of her husband showed no respite. Soon she realized that all this was due to her not observing the Karva Chauth Vrat properly. She prayed to Lord Ganesh for forgiveness. She observed the Karva Chauth Vrat properly and soon her husband was cured and she was blessed with prosperity