Son - Brihaspathi
Friday, October 14, 2022
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Sahadeva
At Mahishmati, Sahadeva faced a great challenge. Lord Agni himself was fighting on the side of King Nila. Through his fierce flames, Agni was burning the Pandava army and Sahadeva soon ran out of options.
Sahadeva realized that this battle could not be won through Kshatriya power. Sahadeva began to perform an austere prayer for Agni, standing still in one place.
“Oh Agni, the entire campaign is to perform Rajasuya Yaga and every Yagna is for you. In fact, you are very Yagna. It is only through your blessing that this Yagna can be performed. Make us victorious. You cannot create a hurdle for a performance that is exclusive for you”.
Agni was pleased. “Sahadeva, I am duty-bound to protect Nila from his enemies. But I shall not destroy you either – as you are performing the Rajasuya. I am aware of Yudhishthira’s righteous ambitions”.
In a while, Agni convinced Nila to honor Sahadeva and accept the sovereignty of Yudhishthira.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Sweat
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Legend has it that Lord Brahma, the Creator of the Universe, was once holding his court, with all the Devas.
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All of a sudden, a beautiful female sprung out of his heart, followed by a handsome young man, who was holding a bow and flowed-head arrows in his quiver. The young man requested Brahma to specify his duty. The latter told him to romantically charge all creatures with his fragrant flower arrows.
Then Brahma proclaimed that no one, not even the most powerful Devas, would be able to escape the effect of those arrows. The handsome youth was named Kamawas and was also called Manmatha, the Enchanter. He could effortlessly bewitch anyone that he set his eyes on.
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Kama himself was immensely attracted to the beauteous Sandhya. Filled with false pride, he decided to test the efficacy of Brahma's boon. He shot his arrows at all present in the court. They immediately had a profound effect on everyone, including Brahma and Sandhya. Brahma became infatuated with Sandhya and lustily ogled. Even Sandhya was clearly exhibiting flawed behavior.
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Watching all this occurring in court, Dharma, the God of Righteousness, found it rather shameful and could not stand it.
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He prayed to Lord Shiva to manifest himself and set the atmosphere right again.
Bristling in shame due to his own behavior; also fearing a rebuke from Shiva; Brahma started sweating profusely.
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The sweat shed by him gave rise to the 64 Pitruganas or Progenitors, who came to be known as Agnisthomas. Then, the beauteous female was called Sandhya, the One who was born out of the deep concentration of Lord Brahma. Shiva appeared in front of Brahma and rebuked him for creating Kama and giving rise to such an erotic environment during a formal, serious session.
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As Sandhya watched Shiva, she became the recipient of his grace and gained the knowledge of his mysticism. She later came to be recognized as the Mother of the Pitruganas.
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Having had the darshan of Lord Shiva the minute she was created, Sandhya was naturally inclined to undertake severe and austere penance in order to attain his grace. She felt guilty and blamed herself for creating intense feelings of passion and lust for all the males that set their eyes on her. She felt especially bad that she had aroused the same in her own brother, Kama and father, Lord Brahma. For that, she took a vow to burn herself to death.
In the meantime, Daksha gave all his 27 daughters to Chandradeva in marriage. They were all stars and constellations and were given corresponding named such as Ashwani, Rohini, Revati and so on. Of all his wives, Chandradeva loved Rohini the most. The other 26 women resented this discrimination and complained to Brahma about it. He took them to Sandhya, who was engaged in deep penance.
After ages, Shiva materialized before her and granted her three boons, which she asked for. They were as follows...
- Human beings would become conscious of sexual desire only after attaining puberty
- She would be regarded as the greatest devotee ever known; the one who undertook the most austere penance ever
- She would beget a good husband and any other man who cast a lustful glance at her would turn into a eunuch
After bestowing those boons upon her, Shiva advised Sandhya to go to the banks of river Chandrabhaga, where Sage Medhatithi was conducting a 12-year long yagna (sacrificial fire ritual) to absolve Chandradeva of the curse that Daksha had put on him, for subjecting his daughters to injustice. Shiva told Sandhya that, once there, she would be able to fulfill her vow.
He said that she would be able to attain the husband she wanted, if she thought of him before jumping into the fire. He also assured her that she would become invisible and hence, would be able to fulfill her vow without anyone seeing her. Sandhya did as advised. She visited the yagna and was immediately drawn to a radiant Brahmin there. He was in fact sage Vasishtha. She thought of him and jumped into the holy pit of the flaming Jyotisthomayajna. The fire burnt her body and carried it deep into the solar system. Her pranashakti (soul energy) was absorbed by Lord Shiva himself. Then, Suryadeva (the Sun God) divided her body into three parts, namely,
- Pratah-Sandhya,
- Madhyanha-Sandhya and
- Sayam-Sandhya, and established them in his chariot.
When the yagna ended, she emerged from the havankund (holy pit) as a beautiful girl with a glowing body. Everyone present there was stunned to see this fetching lass who had the effulgence of gold. Realizing that this was divine will, sage Medhatithi adopted her as his daughter, giving her the name, Arundhati.
Arundhati stayed with Sage Vasishtha and gained spiritual knowledge from him. She adored him both as a Guru and as a human being. At the age of five, she declared that she would accept only him as her husband. Brahma, along with the major sages and seers worked to unite Vasishtha and Arundhati. Thus, Arundhati got the husband that she wished for. She went on to have a happy life and became an enduring example of chastity.
According to the Bhagavata Purana, Arundhati was the eighth daughter of Kardama and Devahuti. She is the grandmother of Parashara and great-grandmother of sage Vyasa. The Shiva Purana talks about her as being Sandhya in her previous birth.
In the meantime, Brahma, still bristling in humiliation at being rebuffed by Shiva, cursed Kama that he would be burnt to ashes by Shiva's Third Eye.
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This shocked Kama, who, prayed in fear to Brahma, saying that it was not his fault. He had merely discharged the duty that had been delegated to him by Brahma himself. Brahma understood his plight, but reasoned that it was not right of Kama to create such scenes of lust or orgy in court.
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Though sexual urges could distract anyone and everyone, some discipline and moderation was required to regulate human behavior. Brahma then relented and said that Shiva himself would find a way to save Kama.
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At the very same time, Daksha shed a drop of sweat, which transformed into a striking, perfectly structured damsel, with incredible beauty and grace. Her name was Rati. The moment Kama set his eyes on her; he fell deeply and passionately in love with her. Their union was later solemnized by Daksha and Brahma.
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She was so powerful that Swaha, the consort of Agni could assume the form of the wives of the other six Rishis, but could never take the form of Arundhati.
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