Why was Lord Krishna falsely blamed to have stolen Syamantak Mani?

Answer 1

Shree Krishna was falsely blamed to have stolen the Syamantak Mani because he once asked Satraajit to give that Mani to Raaja Ugrasen, but he did not do so. So when his brother took it he blamed that Krishna stole it without knowing the actual fact.

The detailed naration of the story -


Because Satraajit blamed Shree Krishn for stealing Syamantak Mani that is why as Praayashchit he offered his daughter Satyabhaamaa with Syamantak Mani. Pareekshit asked - "Bhagavan, What crime Satraajit committed towards Krishn? How he got Syamantak Mani and why did he give his daughter to Him." Shuk Dev Jee said - "Satraajit was a great devotee of Bhagavaan Soorya. So Soorya got very pleased with him and gave him Syamantak Mani. He wore that Mani in his neck and he looked like Soorya. So at one time when he went to Dwaarakaa, people there didn't recognize him. They thought that Soorya himself was coming to Dwaarakaa, so they informed Bhagavaan. At that time Krishn was playing Chausar ( a kind of dice game). They said - "Naaraayan, Daamodar, Govind, look Bhagavaan Soorya himself is coming to your Darshan." Shree Krishn smiled and said - "He is not Soorya Dev, he is Satraajit who is shining like Soorya because of Mani." After that Satraajit put that Mani in a temple through Braahman. That Mani used to give eight Bhaar gold every day and wherever it used to sit, there would not be any plague, famine, bad planets effects, fear from snakes or mental worry, any sorrow or pain etc.

Once Shree Krishn told Satraajit to give that Mani to Raajaa Ugrasen, but he did not do so. One day Satraajit's brother Prasen wore that Mani and went to forest to prey. A lion killed him and his horse in the forest and took that Mani. The lion was about to enter his cave that Riksh Raaj Jaambvaan saw him and killed him. He took that Mani from lion and gave that Mani to his children to play with. Satraajit got very sad when his brother didn't come for long time. He said, "maybe Shree Krishn has killed him because of Mani". Hearing this, people talked about this among themselves. When Bhagavaan heard this, He went to the forest to look for Prasen with some people. People found that a lion killed Prasen with his horse and a Riksh (bear) had killed the lion too.

Krishn asked His people to wait for Him outside the cave and He alone went inside the dark cave. He saw that Mani was the toy of children. He went forward with the intention to take that Mani but seeing a stranger, the caretaker of those children cried in fear. Hearing her cry, Jaambvaan came there in anger. He did not recognize Bhagavan and considered Him as an ordinary man and started fighting with Him. Both were fighting for Mani. First they used weapon, then used stones, trees and in the end, they started dual fight. This fight continued for 28 days continuously. Finally Jaambvaan got weaker, then he said surprisingly - "Now I knew, you are the Puraan Purush Vishnu. I remember, when you saw sea with a slanting eyes and sea gave way to you. You then built a bridge and destroyed Lankaa. Certainly you are the same one." When Bhagavaan knew that Jaambvaan has recognized Him, then He also caressed him and said lovingly - "Riksh Raaj, We have come to this cave to take this Mani because I want to clear the blame of its theft put on me." So Jaambvaan gave that Mani and married his daughter Jaambvatee to Him as well.

The people outside the cave, waited for 12 days, then came back to Dwaarakaa. Vasudev, Devakee, Rukminee and other relations got very sad that Shree Krishn didn't come out of the cave for 12 days. Then they went to Durgaa temple and prayed. Durgaa got pleased and Krishn appeared with Mani amidst them. Then He called Satraajit in the court of Ugrasen, described the whole incident and gave that Mani back to Satraajit. Satraajit got very ashamed of his guilt. He went back to his capital but could not forget his guilt. He thought and thought, then married his daughter Satyabhaamaa to Shree Krishn along with the Mani. Shree Krishn said - "I will not take the Mani. You are the devotee of Soorya Bhagavaan, therefore you keep it. We are the right people to get its gold, so give that gold to us."

Answer 2

Because Krishna's courtiers thought that Krishna should have the jewel and after Pratnajit snuck off through the forests to avoid the situation and got killed by a lion that actually did steal the jewel, Krishna got blamed for it. He eventually tracked the lion down, got the jewel back, and proved his innocence.

Answer 3

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