I will be taking a month's break and will resume in August
Monday 3 July 2017
Daksha
Thus the male entity Apava, called swayambhuu manu, got shata-rUpa as his wife. Living beings were born.
There is another damsel named kAmya who is the daughter of kardama prajApati. This girl on taking priyavrata as her husband gave rise to four sons called sAmrAT, kukshi, virAT, and prabhu.
Then prajApati atri adopted uttAnapada as his son, and uttAnapAda begot four sons from a damsel called sUnRita, or also called as sunIta, daughter of Dharma.
UttAnapAda begot four sons through this sUnita, who are dhruva, kIrti-manta, shiva, and ayaspati.
O Janmajeya, dhruva undertook penances and was awarded the position of the North Star in the heaven.
dhruva begot two sons, named shliShTi and bhavya. And shliShTi had five sons ripu, ripun-jaya, puNya, vR^ikla, vR^ika-teja from his wife named sucChAyA.
And from ripu his wife named bRihati had a son called chAkshuSha.
A son, called manu was born to chAkshuSha.
From Manu, were born ten sons - Uru, puru, shata-dyumna, tapasvi, satyavAn, kavi, agni-ShTuta, ati-rAtra, and sudyumna and abhimanyu.
From Uru were born anga, sumana, khyAti, kratu, angIirasa, and gaya.
From anga was the son,Vena. Due to his sacrilegous acts, Vena was cursed to die. The sages churned his body, and from that emerged Prithu and Bahuka.Bahuka was the evil deeds of Vena and was driven away. Prithu emerged with all good qualities.
Prithu held a , bow, had armour and a sword and guarded the earth.
Prithu organized a sacrifice. He made the earth a cow, and milked it. Thus the earth became known as Prithvi.
Prithu had two sons, namely antar-dhI and pAlita, and antardhI had a son named havidhAna. havidhana had six sons - prAchIna-barhi, shukla, gaya, kRiShNa, vraja, and ajina.
There were ten sons of prAchIna-barhi who were called by a single collective name - prAchetasa-s, who are experts in missile-archery.The sons undertook a rigorous penance for ten thousand years submersed in oceanic water. With these brothers away, earth was unprotected. Trees spread out and earth became a thick forest and people started perishing.Air ceased to circulate. On noticing this, prAchetasa-s furiously vented air as well as fire from their faces which began killing the trees.
Noticing the near-extinction of trees in a non-stop manner, the king of vegetation, namely Soma, or Chandra - the presiding deity of the moon, approached the ten prAchetasa brothers and asked the brothers to control their anger. He said he was aware of a girl, who was the daughter of vegetation called Marisha abd offered her as their wife.
The brothers agreed and took Marisha as their collective wife. This was before Draupadi married five Pandavas. A son Daksha was born to Marisha.
Daughters were born of Daksha of whom ten married dharma, thirteen Kashyapa and the remaining twenty seven to the moon. One the wives of dharma was vasu who gave birth to the vasus. This was Bhishma in his earlier birth.
There is another damsel named kAmya who is the daughter of kardama prajApati. This girl on taking priyavrata as her husband gave rise to four sons called sAmrAT, kukshi, virAT, and prabhu.
Then prajApati atri adopted uttAnapada as his son, and uttAnapAda begot four sons from a damsel called sUnRita, or also called as sunIta, daughter of Dharma.
UttAnapAda begot four sons through this sUnita, who are dhruva, kIrti-manta, shiva, and ayaspati.
O Janmajeya, dhruva undertook penances and was awarded the position of the North Star in the heaven.
dhruva begot two sons, named shliShTi and bhavya. And shliShTi had five sons ripu, ripun-jaya, puNya, vR^ikla, vR^ika-teja from his wife named sucChAyA.
And from ripu his wife named bRihati had a son called chAkshuSha.
A son, called manu was born to chAkshuSha.
From Manu, were born ten sons - Uru, puru, shata-dyumna, tapasvi, satyavAn, kavi, agni-ShTuta, ati-rAtra, and sudyumna and abhimanyu.
From Uru were born anga, sumana, khyAti, kratu, angIirasa, and gaya.
From anga was the son,Vena. Due to his sacrilegous acts, Vena was cursed to die. The sages churned his body, and from that emerged Prithu and Bahuka.Bahuka was the evil deeds of Vena and was driven away. Prithu emerged with all good qualities.
Prithu held a , bow, had armour and a sword and guarded the earth.
Prithu organized a sacrifice. He made the earth a cow, and milked it. Thus the earth became known as Prithvi.
Prithu had two sons, namely antar-dhI and pAlita, and antardhI had a son named havidhAna. havidhana had six sons - prAchIna-barhi, shukla, gaya, kRiShNa, vraja, and ajina.
There were ten sons of prAchIna-barhi who were called by a single collective name - prAchetasa-s, who are experts in missile-archery.The sons undertook a rigorous penance for ten thousand years submersed in oceanic water. With these brothers away, earth was unprotected. Trees spread out and earth became a thick forest and people started perishing.Air ceased to circulate. On noticing this, prAchetasa-s furiously vented air as well as fire from their faces which began killing the trees.
Noticing the near-extinction of trees in a non-stop manner, the king of vegetation, namely Soma, or Chandra - the presiding deity of the moon, approached the ten prAchetasa brothers and asked the brothers to control their anger. He said he was aware of a girl, who was the daughter of vegetation called Marisha abd offered her as their wife.
The brothers agreed and took Marisha as their collective wife. This was before Draupadi married five Pandavas. A son Daksha was born to Marisha.
Daughters were born of Daksha of whom ten married dharma, thirteen Kashyapa and the remaining twenty seven to the moon. One the wives of dharma was vasu who gave birth to the vasus. This was Bhishma in his earlier birth.
Sunday 2 July 2017
Creation
The sages listening to the Mahabharata said they were very pleased to hear the great story of Mahabharata. They saw the relations of many and learnt a lot ezpecially about great souls like Bhishma and Drona. We want to know about the dynasties of Vrishni and Andhaka. Do tell us about that.
Suta said - Do listen to the conversation between Janmajeya and Vaishampayana. Janmajeya said - You have told me the great story of Mahabharata. I want to know more about the dynasties involved. You know all so please do tell me.
The sage Vaishampayana said - Let me tell you about the Vrishni dynasty. The great lord, who is also known as Narayana, belong to this dynasty. His seed was cast in the water, called NARA which is why he was called Narayana. The seed took the form of a egg with a golden hue. From that egg emerged the four headed Brahma. He had stayed and developed himself for a year. That is why he is called Swayambhu (Self formed) and HiryaGarbha (born from the golden womb). He broke the shell and emerged from it. The upper part of the shell became Heaven and the lower part became earth. The space in between was called the cosmic space. From anger, Brahma created Rudra.
On the waters, floated the earth. Ten directions were formed - Eight of the compass and top and bottom.
Brahma created seven of his children - marichi, atri, angIrasa, paulastya, pulaha, kratu and vashiSTha. They were embodiments of Narayana through Brahma. They were called PrajApati because they are responsible for actual creation. Even before the creation of these seven sages, brahma created another batch of children, called kumArAs, sanaka, sanandana, sanAtana, sanat-kumara, skanda, nArada who refrained from the process of further creation as they conserved their energy within themselves, in order that they may concentrate thoroughly on the almighty.
Great dynasties of gods have emerged from these seven marIchi . These seven prajApati-s created gods And then they have brought forth the Vedas for the accomplishment of sacrifices.
As his work of creation did not continue smoothly, one prajApati from the batch of seven marIchi called vashiSTHa, bifurcated his body to become the pair of male and female. The female principle of this prajApati is called shata-rUpa. Thus shata-rUpa took birth from a non-vaginal source, and created both male and female entities of diverse forms; Shatarupa took the female forms of all while the male form, Apava, took the male forms. Apava also took the name of Swayambhu Manu.
How can VashiShta still be in existence when he bifurcated himself as male and female is the question. When he metamorphosed as two entities, male and female, the title of svAyambhU is assigned to the male, and the title of shata-rUpa to the female; where svAyambhU means self-manifest - because his is a non-vaginal birth, and shata-rUpa means aneka ruppa - diversified female forms. Her emergence is also of non-vaginal nature. We are reminded that humans have come from celestials and thus human birth is the best among others.
Because svAyambhu manu is the successor of Apava, and his biogenetic creation is successive to the ethereal creation of Apava, a name of time-cycle called manvantaram is assigned to the biogenic era of creation.
Suta said - Do listen to the conversation between Janmajeya and Vaishampayana. Janmajeya said - You have told me the great story of Mahabharata. I want to know more about the dynasties involved. You know all so please do tell me.
The sage Vaishampayana said - Let me tell you about the Vrishni dynasty. The great lord, who is also known as Narayana, belong to this dynasty. His seed was cast in the water, called NARA which is why he was called Narayana. The seed took the form of a egg with a golden hue. From that egg emerged the four headed Brahma. He had stayed and developed himself for a year. That is why he is called Swayambhu (Self formed) and HiryaGarbha (born from the golden womb). He broke the shell and emerged from it. The upper part of the shell became Heaven and the lower part became earth. The space in between was called the cosmic space. From anger, Brahma created Rudra.
On the waters, floated the earth. Ten directions were formed - Eight of the compass and top and bottom.
Brahma created seven of his children - marichi, atri, angIrasa, paulastya, pulaha, kratu and vashiSTha. They were embodiments of Narayana through Brahma. They were called PrajApati because they are responsible for actual creation. Even before the creation of these seven sages, brahma created another batch of children, called kumArAs, sanaka, sanandana, sanAtana, sanat-kumara, skanda, nArada who refrained from the process of further creation as they conserved their energy within themselves, in order that they may concentrate thoroughly on the almighty.
Great dynasties of gods have emerged from these seven marIchi . These seven prajApati-s created gods And then they have brought forth the Vedas for the accomplishment of sacrifices.
As his work of creation did not continue smoothly, one prajApati from the batch of seven marIchi called vashiSTHa, bifurcated his body to become the pair of male and female. The female principle of this prajApati is called shata-rUpa. Thus shata-rUpa took birth from a non-vaginal source, and created both male and female entities of diverse forms; Shatarupa took the female forms of all while the male form, Apava, took the male forms. Apava also took the name of Swayambhu Manu.
How can VashiShta still be in existence when he bifurcated himself as male and female is the question. When he metamorphosed as two entities, male and female, the title of svAyambhU is assigned to the male, and the title of shata-rUpa to the female; where svAyambhU means self-manifest - because his is a non-vaginal birth, and shata-rUpa means aneka ruppa - diversified female forms. Her emergence is also of non-vaginal nature. We are reminded that humans have come from celestials and thus human birth is the best among others.
Because svAyambhu manu is the successor of Apava, and his biogenetic creation is successive to the ethereal creation of Apava, a name of time-cycle called manvantaram is assigned to the biogenic era of creation.
Saturday 1 July 2017
End of the epic?
Does the epic Mahabharata really end here?
As per Kashidasa's version - yes. But if the Vyasa's epic is read, in entirety - there is an appendix.
Some consider this as a separate text on its own while some say this is part of the epic.
This addendum or appendix is called Harivamsha.
I will try to now, continue with that.
As per Kashidasa's version - yes. But if the Vyasa's epic is read, in entirety - there is an appendix.
Some consider this as a separate text on its own while some say this is part of the epic.
This addendum or appendix is called Harivamsha.
I will try to now, continue with that.
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