Pranam
Generally I find quititude on unjustified comments and additional
data or the correction as intrusions. As for as the learned in thiese forum
all must check and publish; not like some people recording that first
recording was Agnimeele purohitam which is untrue; in case of versions read
interesting let it be thro that author; facts unchecked remain on the net
to be read even in 3020 AD which can mislead a many. GK spends good time
and can load fresh and verified. For example there is a Pancha tantra story
Mooshika na Yagna valkya. I have those volumes bought somewhere around 50 s
or 60s by my father. I spent my time going thro the 5 volumes for Mooshika
marriage. Panchatantra of Vishnu sarma, had been translated into several
languages throughout the world. The original name in sanskrit is given in 3
different titles and not as a Pancha Tantra title as we say. There is a
puppet group in Karnataka whose work is given on the net as presented by
Sri GK . Who is at the wrong end we do not know. But the story is true but
not Yajnavalkya. The story is as under:
*The Wedding of the Mouse*
Once there were three brothers, who were also sages named Ekata, Dwita and
Trita chose a riverbank to do penance. Every day, they would dry their
washed clothes under the sky without a clothesline so that they cannot drop
and get soiled. Just like I (the kite) carried a female mouse,- another
kite was carrying a female frog,- one day.
Ekata saw this and shouted at the kite, "Leave it, Leave it."
At once his clothes drying in the sky dropped down to the ground.
When Dwita saw this, he shouted at the kite, "Don’t leave it, Don’t leave
it" and soon his clothes also came down hurtling.
When Trita saw that the clothes of his elder brothers fell down, he
thought it would be better not to say anything and remained silent.
That is why it is better not to notice the happenings around and
concentrate on self.
The *sage Salankayana* replied, "O foolish kite, your story has happened in
the Age of Truth when even if you spoke to a wicked person you became a
sinner. The clothes came down because the first two sages addressed the
wicked kite. We are now living in the Age of Kali, an age in which everyone
is a born sinner. In this age only those who commit a sin become sinners
and not those who speak to sinners. Now, don’t waste my time. Disperse or
face my curse."
The kite flew away disappointed.
The female mouse then prayed Salankayana, "O sage, please give me shelter
in your hermitage. Otherwise, some wicked bird will kill me. I will spend
the rest of my life with whatever leftovers you choose to feed me with."
The female mouse’s prayer moved the sage but he thought that if he took her
home, people would laugh at him. So, he turned the mouse into a beautiful
girl and took her home.
"What is this you have brought," asked the sage’s wife. Where did you bring
this girl from?"
"She is a female mouse. She needed protection from wicked birds. That’s why
I turned her into a girl and brought her home. You will need to shower all
care on her. I will make her a mouse again," said the sage.
"Please don’t do that," pleaded his wife, "You have saved her life and
therefore you have become her father. I don’t have a child. Since you are
her father, she becomes my daughter." The sage accepted her plea.
The girl grew into a beautiful woman and became an eligible bride.
Salankayana told his wife, "The girl has come of age. It is not proper for
her to remain in our house. The learned have said,
He who keeps an eligible bride in his house
Forfeits a place in heaven. So do his ancestors.
"It’s all right. Look for a boy," said his wife.
Salankayana immediately summoned the Sun and told him, "This is my
daughter. If she is willing to marry you, get ready to marry her." He then
showed the Sun to his daughter and asked her if she would marry him. She
said that the Sun was very hot and she would prefer someone else. The sage
then summoned the God of Clouds, the God of Wind and the God of Mountains.
The girl rejected every one of them on one ground or the other.
Then the God of Mountains told the sage, "The most suitable candidate for
your daughter is a mouse. He is more powerful than I am."
The sage then turned her into a mouse and gave her away to a king of mice
in marriage.
"That’s why," Raktaksha resumed, "I want you know that a crow is a crow and
cannot become an owl."
Thank you KR IRS 24121
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 08:04, Narayanaswamy Iyer <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Very nice stories, both. So was the account of the pavithra mothiram and
> Sri Subrahmanya-svaami temple at Kannoor. Thanks profusely.
>
> S Narayanaswamy Iyer
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>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:11 PM 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> *1. MOOSHIKA STHREE 2.CHITHRASENA*
>>
>> Respected friends,
>>
>> While surfing the net to get some information about sages Yanjavalkya and
>> Parasurama I came across two small stories, one about Mooshika sthree and
>> other about Chithrasena.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mooshika sthree may be knowing to elders while Chithrasena story may
>> appeared new to me. I thought of sharing the stories with you. The stories
>> are suitably edited by me in the presentation.
>>
>> The aim of these postings is just for sharing interesting information
>> with like-minded members. Kindly respond if you find the posting
>> interesting.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Gopala Krishnan 23-01-2021.
>>
>> MOOSHIKA STHREE
>>
>> In the Panchatantra, there is a story about a female mouse that was
>> seized by a hawk, carried aloft, and dropped over the river Ganges. Below,
>> the great sage Yajnavalkya was performing his ablutions. The mouse fell
>> right into his cupped palms containing holy Ganges water.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.1 Mouse become girl
>>
>>
>>
>> By contact with the combined spiritual power of the sag and the sacred
>> water, the mouse was transformed into a baby girl.
>>
>>
>> Yajnavalkya took the child home and gave her to his wife to rise as their
>> daughter. When the child turned twelve years of age, he thought to arrange
>> the most excellent match for her marriage.
>>
>>
>> 1.2 Yanjavalkya proposes marriage for mouse girl
>>
>>
>>
>> He first summoned the sun god Surya, who appeared at his ashram. But the
>> girl thought him too blazing hot. Yajnavalkya asked the sun if there was
>> one greater than him. Surya recommended the cloud, because the cloud could
>> cover his rays.
>>
>>
>> When the cloud came, the girl deemed him too black and cold. The cloud
>> was asked if there was anyone greater than him. He suggested the mountain,
>> which alone could stop his progress.
>>
>>
>> When the mountain came before the sage, the girl said he was too rough
>> and stony. And the mountain, when asked, recommended the king of mice as
>> his superior, because he and the other mice made holes in him.
>>
>>
>> 1.3 Mouse girl again become mouse
>>
>> When the king of mice was called, the mouse-girl immediately agreed,
>> thrilling with ecstasy. She begged Yajnavalkya to make her a mouse again,
>> and it was done.
>>
>> 2. CHITHRASENA
>>
>> A Puranic tale tells of Parasurama having beheaded his mother at the
>> behest of his father. The sage was advised by rishis to locate a particular
>> temple and to worship the lingam as a penance. After much searching,
>> Parasurama found the temple in the middle of the forest, dug a pond nearby
>> and began his purgation.
>>
>> 2.1 Chithrasena guards the pond
>>
>> A single divine flower used to grow miraculously in the pond each day,
>> which the sage Parasurama offered to Shiva as worship. *He appointed a
>> yaksha, Chitrasena, to guard the flower from wild beasts*. Parasurama
>> used to bring one hunted animal and liquor type beverages every day for the
>> yaksha in return.
>>
>> 2.3 Chithrasena plucks the flower
>>
>> One day, Chitrasena felt tempted to worship Shiva himself. An enraged
>> Parasurama attacked Chitrasena when he found the flower missing.
>>
>> 2.4 Battle between Parasurama and Chithrasena
>>
>>
>>
>> The battle lasted for 14 years, and was so fierce that a pallam, or pit,
>> was created at the site. Later this place came to be called
>> ’Gudipallam’, or ‘temple in the pit’, became *Gudimallam over time.*
>>
>> 2.5 Siva interfere
>>
>> Unable to choose the victor, Shiva is finally said to have merged both
>> into Himself, and the figures still etched show the hunted beast and toddy
>> pot in Parasurama’s hand in a temple came at Gudipallam later. Brahma as
>> Chitrasena, Vishnu as Parasurama and Shiva as the lingam form this unique,
>> unparalleled icon at Gudipallam temple in Andhra Pradesh.
>>
>> *My note- Above two stories were stored in my pen drive long back.*
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