Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Gayatri

Dhritarashtra asked Sanjaya of soul worthy of praise,--saying,--

'O Sanjaya, these kings, these lords of earth, so brave and taking delight in battle, are for smiting one another with weapons of diverse kinds, being prepared to lay down their very lives for the sake of earth. Incapable of being restrained, they are, indeed, smiting one another for increasing the population of Yama's domain. Desirous of prosperity connected with the possession of earth they are incapable of bearing one another. I, therefore, think that earth must be possessed of many attributes. Tell me all these, O Sanjaya, Many thousands, many millions, many tens of millions, many hundreds of millions, heroic men have come together at Kurujangala. I desire to hear, O Sanjaya, with accurate details, about the situation and dimensions of those countries and cities from which they have come. Through the potency of that regenerate Rishi Vyasa of immeasurable energy, thou art endued with the lamp of celestial perception and the eye of knowledge.

"Sanjaya said,--'O thou of great wisdom, I will recount to thee the merits of earth according to my knowledge. Behold them with thy eye of wisdom. I bow to thee, O bull of Bharata's race.

Creatures in this world are of two kinds, mobile and immobile. Mobile creatures are of three kinds according to their birth, viz., oviparous, viviparous, and those engendered by heat and damp. Of mobile creatures, O king, the foremost are certainly those called viviparous. Of viviparous creatures the foremost are men and animals.

Animals, O king, of diverse forms, are of fourteen species. Seven have their abodes in the woods, and seven of these are domestic.
  1. Lions, 
  2. tigers, 
  3. boars, 
  4. buffaloes, and 
  5. elephants as also 
  6. bears and 
  7. apes, 
are, O king, regarded as wild.
  1. Kine, 
  2. goats, 
  3. sheep, 
  4. men, 
  5. horses, 
  6. mules, and 
  7. asses,--these seven amongst animals are reckoned as domestic by the learned. 

These fourteen, O king, complete the tale of domestic and wild animals, mentioned, O lord of earth, in the Vedas, and on which the sacrifices rest. Of creatures that are domestic, men are foremost, while lions are the foremost of those that have their abode in the woods. All creatures support their life by living upon one another.

Vegetables are said to be immobile, and they are of four species viz., 
  1. trees, 
  2. shrubs, 
  3. creepers, 
  4. creeping plants existing for only a year, and 
  5. all stemless plants of the grass species. 

Of mobile and immobile creatures, there are thus one less twenty; and as regards their universal constituents, there are five. "Sanjaya said,--'O great king, all things in the universe, in consequence of the presence (in them) of the five elements, have been said to be equal by the wise. These elements, are 
  1. space, 
  2. air, 
  3. fire, 
  4. water, and 
  5. earth. 
Their (respective) attributes are sound, touch, vision, taste, and scent. Every one of these elements possesses (in addition to what is especially its own) the attribute or attributes of that or those coming before it. The earth, therefore, is the foremost of them all, possessing as it does the attributes of all the other four, besides what is specially its own, as said by Rishis acquainted with truth. There are four attributes, O king, in water. Scent does not exist in it. Fire has three attributes viz., sound, touch, and vision. Sound and touch belong to air, while space has sound alone. These five attributes, O king, exist (in this way) in the five principal elements depending on which all creatures in the universe exist. They exist separately and independently when there is homogeneity in the universe. 2 When, however, these do not exist in their natural state but with one another, then creatures spring into life, furnished with bodies. This is never otherwise. The elements are destroyed, in the order of the one succeeding, merging into the one that proceeds; and they spring also into existence, one arising from the one before it. All of these are immeasurable, their forms being Brahma itself. In the universe are seen creatures consisting of the five elements.


Twenty-four in all, these are described as Gayatri (Brahma) as is well-known to all. He who knows these truly to be the sacred Gayatri possessed of every virtue, is not liable, O best of the Bharatas, to destruction in this world. Everything springeth from the earth and everything, when destroyed, mergeth into the Earth. The Earth is the stay and refuge of all creatures, and the Earth is eternal. He that hath the Earth, hath the entire universe with its mobile and immobile population. It is for this that longing for (the possession of the) Earth, kings slay one another.'"

shatananda

Family

  1. Nimi – Nimi was son of King Ikshwaku and grandson of Manu.
  2. Mithi – Founder of Mithila and the first Janaka.
  3. Udavasu
  4. Nandivardhana
  5. Suketu
  6. Devarata
  7. Brihadratha
  8. Mahavira
  9. Sudhriti
  10. Dristaketu
  11. Haryasva
  12. Maru
  13. Pratindhaka
  14. Kirtiratha
  15. Devamidha
  16. Vibudha
  17. Mahidhrika
  18. Kirtirata
  19. Maharoma
  20. Swarnaroma
  21. Hrasvaroma
  22. Seeradhwaja – Father of Sita.

The list of Janaks has been compiled from Valmiki Ramayana.

Janaks after Ramayana

  1. Bhaanumaan
  2. Shatadyumn
  3. Shuchi
  4. Oorjnaamaa
  5. Kriti
  6. Anjan
  7. Kurujit
  8. Arishtnemi
  9. Shrutaayu
  10. Supaarshwa
  11. Srinjaya
  12. Kshemaavee
  13. Anenaa
  14. Bhaumarath
  15. Satyarath
  16. Upagu
  17. Upagupt
  18. Swaagat
  19. Swaanand
  20. Suvarchaa
  21. Supaarshwa
  22. Subhaash
  23. Sushrut
  24. Jaya
  25. Vijaya
  26. Rit
  27. Sunaya
  28. Veetahavya
  29. Dhriti
  30. Bahulaashwa
  31. Kriti

Saturday, 21 October 2017

Sita Amman Temple / Links

Foundation

Born From Earth, Nurtured by Emperor Saint Janaka and Married to Lord Rama
http://drpsf.org
http://www.sitadevifoundation.org

River

Ring and Crest jewel



Reaction on Sita Entering FIRE



Trials in Lankapura

Friday, 21 July 2017

Lakshminidhi

The King, his brother Suketu who was a master of Gada Yudhha (Battle of Maces) and Subahu’s son Chitranga an expert of Battle Designs had all appeared together and designed a ‘Krouncha Vyuha’; the entire strength of the sea-like army of Subahu was mobilised and put Shatrughna on red alert. The most powerful warriors of Subahu were kept at the tactical head position and sides of the ‘Krouncha Pakshi’s war design. Subahu was in desperate and distressed condition as his son was bleeding with wounds on death bed; revenge was the watchword of Subahu’s entire army. Shatrughna knew the seriousness of the situation as a minor scuffle restricted to Daman and Pushkala had snow-balled into a full-fledged battle with military offensives and complicated battle designs. He addressed the Shri Rama Sena and exhorted its warriors that the situation was such that had to be faced with alertness, valour and brain power to be able to break the Krouncha Vyuha. Raja Lakshminidhi the son of King Janaka took a vow that he would face Suketu and destroy the Vyuha designed by the latter in no time. There was a one-to-one battle as both were equally worked up and it continued for long time with ups and downs. The warriors then took to ‘Gada-Yuddha’ (mace-war) and it prolonged for long time; finally, Lakshminidhi was able to overpower Suketu and there were shouts of relief resounded while both the parties appreciated with each other.

https://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/details/padmapurana26.html

Sunday, 28 May 2017

Naimisha Forest

Earlier mention of Naimiṣāraṇya is found in Rāmāyaṇa. The colophon of yuddha-kanda (sixth) of Rāmāyaṇa mentions that Lav and Kush, the sons of Ram narrated the epic by Valmiki in
the Naimiṣāraṇya in His Ashvamedha-yajna.
Geographically mapping to a presently known location, Naimisha forest is said to be in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh state in India.

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