Why Yamaraja was cursed to become Vidura!

[Paramananda das]

Why Yamaraja was cursed to become Vidura!

Srila Prabhupada tells this pastime in Srimad Bhagavatam purports, that once Manduka Muni was falsly accused and was almost pierces by lances by a king.So he went to Yamaraja and asked why this happened and he was told that due to his childhood ignorance he once pierced some insects with a straw and this was the karma. He got angry and cursed Yamaraja to be unfit in his duties and cursed him to become a sudra.Srila Prabhupada warned that those who serve in position of management be carefull to not make vaisnava aparadhas and Guru aparadhas or they will also become cursed to become sudras like Vidura .I have personally cursed two temple presidents in the past one who stole money from ISKCON and one that was an offender to myself and other vaisnavas, the last I cursed he will not go back to Godhead in this life. Due to his many offences .Of course for us on earth it was a blessing that the great Mahajana Yamaraja gave to earth as Vidura and share his mercy, the internal reason this took place is so that Yamaraja and his wife could come to earth and serve Lord Krsna during his pastimes.Krsna came to the house of Vidura and we all know the pastime from Mahabharata how Viduras wife out of love feed Sri Krsna banana peels and threw out the bananas ,until Vidura corrected her, what nonsense you are doing giving Sri Krsna the banana peels and He is eating it .So Vidura /Yamaraja blessed mother earth and left many instructions of importance such as Vidura neeti