--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote:
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> > To All:
> >
> > The marriage of Draupadi to five brothers, including Arjuna the hero of the
> > Mahabharata, is a symbol of how our five senses are intimately connected
> > with our love affairs. In this regard, the panchamsha chart shows how the
> > five elements, signifying the senses, are distributed to satisfy both the
> > man and woman in a given marriage relationship. Knowing these
> > relationships, one can understand one's needs and the lover's desires for a
> > lasting and rewarding marriage union.
> >
> > In a deeper scheme of things, these five elements have a common basis in
> > the unified field, the bliss or soma that permeates the entire universe. As
> > such, the Rig Veda sings for posterity that for those who are not familiar
> > with this bliss, what can It do for him?
>
> Here's some more:
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> "She put a condition for her marriage. She would wed the prince who would
> pierce the eye of the rotating wooden fish by looking at its reflection."
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> Drupaudi is symbolic in Vyasa's great masterpiece of kula-kundalini; when
> she 'rises' UP the 'wooden pole supporting the fish' she 'marries' each
> chakra in turn, each chakra is represented by one Pandu and each Pandu
> bequeaths the aspirant or jiva a particular power associated with that
> chakra; Arjuna being self control.
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> Piercing the eye of the wooden fish is symbolic of opening the third eye or
> Ajna chakra, which is the 6th chakra and the first state of enlightenment
> (Savikalpa Samadhi)
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> Source for story below:
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> http://www.boloji.com/mahabharata/10.htm
>
Great research! And, I thought my insight was original. It looks like someone
beat me to it by millenia.
