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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Bhaagavatam on SaptarShi's  (Ambujam Raman)
   2. Re: Bhaagavatam on SaptarShi's (A. R. Srikrishnan)


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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:17:22 -0400
From: "Ambujam Raman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Bhaagavatam on SaptarShi's 
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bhoH shriikR^iiSNamahashayaaH! 

ashvattaamaa balirvyaaso hanumaa.Nshca vibhiShaNaH|
kR^ipaH parashuraamashca saptaite cirajiivinaH||
tasmaat suviditam ashvattaamaa na punarbhavati!
tarhi katham sa saptarShi bhavitumarhati?
kR^payaa vishadii kurutaam

dhanyavaadaH
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  From: A. R. Srikrishnan 
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  Subject: [Sanskrit] Bhaagavatam on SaptarShi's 





bhoH shriikR^iiSNamahashayaaH! 

saaayi mahaashayasya nideshamanusR^itya ahaM devavaaNyaameva pR^icChaami. 

bhaagavate kasmin skandhe kasmin sarge katame shloke idaM uktamiti j~naatumicChaami. 



iti                                                                            
bhavadiiyaH ||vande ||

  srimadbhaagavate aShtama-skandhe manwantaaraaNaam, saptarShiiNaam ca varNanam 
dR^ishyate.  adhyaayaanaam shlokaanaam ca samKhyaa.H atra nirdeShtum yataami:

            aShtamaskandhe, praThamasarge, saptadasha-slokaad aarabhya (8.1:17-)
                                        trayodasha-tame sarge, praThamaslokaad 
aarabhya ca (8.13:1-)

      tatra, manvaantraaNaam krama.H, manuunaam naamaani, saptrShiigaNasya suucana ca 
dR^ishyante | saptarShi-gana.H vibhinna-manwantareShu vibhinno bhavati |  atra 
udaaharaNam:   droNaputro ashwatThaama aagaamini aShtama-manwantare saptarShiShu eko 
bhaviShyati ityuktam bhaagavate |  adhunaa sa.H saptarShi-gaNe naastiiti suviditam 
khalu, na ?

      (The description of manwantaraas & saptarshis is given in Bhagavatam in the *8th 
skandha* -  in  1st chapter (17th verse onwards) and 13th chapter (from 1st verse).  
The order of manwantaraas, names of manus and the respective groups of saptarShis are 
explained there. saptrarShi's vary  across  manwantaras. For example, in the next 
manwantara (8th one) aswatThaama is going to be one of the saptarShis - and it is well 
known that, at present he is not among saptarshis, right ?)

  dhanyosmi |
  Srikrishnan


                                                   raamakR^iSNaH

"A. R. Srikrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Regarding different "listings" of saptarShis: The explanation for this 
is that, each manwantara (-the course of one manu) has a set of 
saptarShi's associated with its period. R^iShis who constitute the 
group _may_ vary from manwantara -to- manwantara. (The present 
manwantara is the 7th one (name of manu of this one is "vivaswaan")).
This explanation is based on Bhaagavatam.
Thanks
Srikrishnan

2. Re: saptarshi (Vis Tekumalla)

  From: Vis Tekumalla 

It seems there are 3 schools on who the saptarishies are.

School 1: kaSyapa, atri, bharadwaaja, kauSika, gautama, jamadagni, and vasiShTa

School 2: mariichi, atri, a~Ngirasa, pulastya, pulahu, kratu, and vasiShTa

School 3: kaSyapa, atri, a~Ngirasa, kauSika, vasiShTa, bhR^igu, agastya

I don't know why the differences or the rationale behind the differences.


    



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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:30:16 +0530
From: "A. R. Srikrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Bhaagavatam on SaptarShi's
To: Ambujam Raman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Ambujam Raman wrote:

> bhoH shriikR^iiSNamahashayaaH!   ashvattaamaa balirvyaaso 
> hanumaa.Nshca vibhiShaNaH|
> kR^ipaH parashuraamashca saptaite cirajiivinaH||
> tasmaat suviditam ashvattaamaa na punarbhavati!
> tarhi katham sa saptarShi bhavitumarhati?
> kR^payaa vishadii kurutaam   dhanyavaadaH


||namaste||

saadhu uktam bhavataa - droNaputraH chirajiivii bhavati iti vishrutameva 
||  bhaavini aShtama-manwantare sa eva aatmanaH yoga-prabhaaveNa 
saptarShipadam aapsyati iti bhaagavatoktiH |  tathaiva, 
gaalava-vyaasa-parasuraamadayaH, ye adhunaa swe swe aashrame 
vartamaanaH, te api saptarShayaH bhaviShyanti ityuktam bhaagavate | ataH 
saptarShi-padaarohaNam punarbhavam na apekShate iti avagantavyam |  
supta-hatyayaa bhruuNa-hatyaa-shrameNa ca aparaaddhopi ashwatthaama, 
kaalaantare yoga-samshuddho bhaviShyati iti anumeyam puraaNoktya ||

(Yes, aswatthaama is chiranjeevi - The statement in Bhagavata is that 
he, with his yogic power, will attain the saptarshi - state. Similarly, 
bhagavatam also states that Gaalava, Vyasa, Parsurama and others who 
currently exist in their abodes will also become Saptarshis. So it can 
be inferred that, it does not require rebirth to become saptarshi. 
Aswatthama, though guilty of killing the sleeping youngsters and 
attempting to destroy embryo, will eventually get himself purified 
through yoga is what we can understand from the statement ).

dhanyosmi |
Srikrishnan


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