CULTURAL QA05-2021-07 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Why is the blood sugarlevel higher in the morning and normal during the day? A1 Darra Friskiarra March 9Lives in Los Angeles (2018–present) Why is the blood sugar level higher in the morning and normal during theday? In the early hours of the morning, hormones, including cortisol andgrowth hormone, signal the liver to boost the production of glucose, which provides energythat helps you wake up. This triggers beta cells in the pancreas torelease insulin in order to keep blood glucose levels in check. But if you have diabetes, you may not make enoughinsulin or may be too insulin resistant to counter the increase in blood sugar. As a result, your levels may be elevated when you wake up. The dawnphenomenon does not discriminate between types of diabetes. Approximately halfof those with either type 1 or type 2 experience it. Waning insulin If your insulin level falls too low overnight, your blood sugar rises. The reasons for the drop ininsulin vary from person to person, but it most commonly occurs whenyour insulin pump settings provide too little basal (background) insulinovernight or if yourlong-acting insulin dose is too low. Insulin duration—how long the drug works in your body—also comes intoplay. If you injectyour long-acting insulin early, it may not last into the morning. My note- When the long actinginsulin presrcribed to me my doctor said- instead OF AT BED TIME. I shouldprescribe 2 AM in the night. So if you are able to wake up by 2 AM, you can very well take it atlater. I have included this questionfor many who find fasting glucose level low, but PP and Random with in limits. Q2 What are your best tipsto make washing dishes less of a chore? A2 Bhuvana Rameshwar- Sun -marriedfor three decades I do not have a maid. Hence washing dishes is my job whether it is apleasant chore or not. So I make it pleasant to make it easy on me. I do it once the sink is full. There is no timetable or fixed time forthis. Freedom of time makes it a pleasant chore. I always soak the dishes, before starting the washing. I have a lime- smelling bar soap. At home as a norm we alwayswash our own plates and spoon, so that is a pair of plates, spoon already doneafter every meal. I sometimes keep some music on in the kitchen when washing dishes. Incidentally I have a small TVin the kitchen to even watch good programmes, without missing them. There is an order of doing dishes to make the drain tub look neatlyarranged after washing the dishes .. Starts with the plates, lids, big, thensmaller vessels, tiny bowls, cutlery and finally porcelain mugs, melmoware andplastic. I rinse some vessels, plates and spoons which have a strong egg or fishsmell with little vinegar to remove the persistent stink. After this I clean up the work place, stove, tiles etc fully to leave itwelcoming for the next session of cooking. Finally I apply moisturizers on my hands to smoothen the skin and feel satisfiedof a job well done. Q3 When Ganga takes birth inthe feet of Lord Vishnu, then why is Lord Shiva held in his hair lock? Is it aninsult for Shiva? A3 Akshay April 25 Travelblogger We can't give any wrong and misinformation. I will give straight forward answer Ganga is not related to vishnu at all…. Goddess Ganga is a Elder daughter of Himavan and Meenavati . That's thereason Ganga water flow from Himalayas . देवि सुरेश्वरि भगवति गङ्गेत्रिभुवनतारिणि तरलतरङ्गे । शङ्करमौलिविहारिणि विमले मम मतिरास्तां तवपदकमले॥ “O Devi Bhagavati Ganga, the Goddess of the Devas, you liberate the ThreeWorlds with the merciful water form of yours | O the Stainless pure one who resides in the Head of Shankara, May mydevotion remain firmly established on you Lotus Feet.” Ganga, the divine river of the subcontinent of India, known to thewesterners as the Ganges, originates from the mighty Himalayan mountains(Himavant)and flows throughout the North of Bharat. Cutting through the massiveicy mountains with enormous force, Ganga reaches Central India and flows inserenity. She is thebiggest flowing river of India and is the source of water to millions ofIndians and also Bangladeshis. She is worshiped as Goddess Ganga byHindus since very long. Taking a dip in the Holy Ganga is believed to get one rid of the sins andhelp attain Moksha. Also the ashes of one’s beloved is immersed in Ganga tohelp attain the spirits, Moksha. Although most of the Indians consider Ganga a goddess and worship her,not many know the story of Ganga’s origin. The interesting story ofthe birth of the Ganga is mentioned in the books of Hindu Mythology. Ganga’s Incarnation as a River Long ago, there lived a king named Sagara who was the ancestor of Rama.King Sagara was a strong leader with immense power. He had two wives, Sumati and Keshini. The King had sixty thousand sonsfrom his first wife Sumati and a son from his other wife Keshini. Once, KingSagara decided to perform Ashwamedha Yaga (sacrificing of horse) which wouldgive him boundless power and supremacy. This scared Indra, the God of Gods. Lord Indra stole the horse that was going to be sacrificed by King Sagaraand hid it by tying it under a tree where the sage Kapila was meditating.Kapila was a descendent of Manu, great grandson of Brahma. King Sagara sent his sixty thousand sons to search themissing horse, who after searching the whole Earth found it in Sage Kapila’s Hermitage. The sonsof Sagara thought Sage Kapila stole the horse and thus blamed him for it. Sage Kapila grew fierce by theinsult made by Sagara’s sons and burned them into ashes using the fire from histhird eye. When Ansuman, the last son of King Sagara and Queen Keshini heard aboutthe fate of his brothers, he went to Sage Kapila and begged & asked him howto liberate his brothers’ souls. The great sage advised him to meditate in the name of Brahma andplease him so he shall release Ganga from his water pot. The Holy water of Ganga wouldpurify their souls he said. Ansuman started meditating trying to please theLord Brahma but did not succeed. Many of the future generations continued totry to please Brahma but it all went in vain. In KingSagara’s seventh generation, Bhagiratha was born. His concentration anddetermination were boundless. He worshiped Lord Brahma loyally for many years. Lord Brahma was pleased by the worship of Bhagiratha and agreed to helphim. Lord Brahma told him to worship only Supreme God Shiva Paramatma .then Bhagiratha immedetlystarted worshipping to Lord Shiva to hold the force of Ganga in his hairs, ifnot she would fill up the whole Entire Earth. Bhagiratha continued his worship for further more years, only this timehe was worshiping Lord Shiva. After a few more years, Lord Shiva was pleased and agreed to hold Gangain his hair. When Brahma released Ganga, she came down withtremendous force from the heavens. Lord Shiva blocked her with his hair locksnot letting a single drop fall on Earth. Lord Shiva eventually captured Ganga fully in hishair till her force came down. AfterGanga calmed, Lord Shiva released a small part of Ganga and commanded her tofollow Bhagiratha. When Ganga followed Bhagiratha, she flowed with enormous force creatingan immense turbulence which led to a flood which destroyed the hut and thefields of Sage Jahnu. Sage Jahnu was greatly angered bythis act of Ganga and drank up and swallowed Ganga completely as a revenge. The gods prayed along with Bhagiratha to the Sage Jahnu. The Sage calmed after a whileand thus released Ganga and thus she continued following Bhagiratha.Due to this, Ganga is also known as Jahnavi. As Ganga followed Bhagiratha, millions of people bathed in the Holy Riverto purify themselves. FinallyGanga reached the tree of Sage Kapila. The sixty thousand souls of the sons ofKing Sagara were thus liberated by Ganga and thus Ganga became the Holy Riverof Bharat. To this day, the Hindus of India worship Ganga, take Holy dips to purifythemselves off their sins. In massive Kumba mela event Millions of devoteesvisit and Bathed in Ganga water .and they worship lord Shiva by using Gangawater. Lord Shiva is also called Gangadhara and Gangeshwara God who holds Ganga water on hishead = Gangadhara God of Ganga is Gangeshwara (Shiva) Gangeshwara temple Haridwar were ganga worshipped lord Shiva Krishna told Pandavas to worship lord Shiva . 5 lingams established bypancha Pandavas 👇 Daksha son of lord Brahma worshipped lord Shiva here . During Kumba mela people visit these temple To worship Maheshwara byusing Ganga water . Why people commonly use Ganga water to worship lord Shiva . Because .Ram / Krishna / vishnu all devas snd Asurasare worshipped lord Shiva by using Ganga water only . Ganga water is the purest water . Vishnu also worshipped Goddess Parvati/ Durga'sAuspicious lotus feet by using Ganga water only . Q4 Who was Madhu Kaitabh inVishnu Purana? A4 Sunitha Parapatla April27, 2020 Om Namo Narayanaya Om Madhu_Kaitabha Mardhanaya Namaha, I bow to Maha Vishnu who killed thedemon brothers Madhu and Kaitabha One day when Maha Vishnu was inYoga Nidra (in a comfortable posture of laying on the bed of Sheshnaag), twoDemon brothers named Madhu and Kaitabha were born from the wax of Lord Vishnu’sears. Their birth was a mystery and unknown as felt by the brothers themselves,whose physical forms grew fast and strong day by day, even as they were playingin the ocean surroundings, killing various kinds of aquatic species for food. In course of time, the Demonbrothers developed huge bodies and realised they were born from a very powerfulperson. One day, from the air, they heard a sound ‘Vagbija’ the Seed Mantra (Seed means ‘Bija’ and ‘Vak’ is the Speech of Goddess Saraswati). Just for fun and later with thought, they kept on practising the sound /mantra for years together, not realising the impact of the Mantra’s repetition. In fact, they became soobsessed with the Mantra, that they neither had food nor sleep, but with fullconcentration and utmost sincerity were chanting the mantra. One day, ParaShakthi’s ( Goddess Shakthi) Voice emerged from the Skies, that the Danava brothers would beinvincible in the entire Universe, but with one condition that they should beunited always and fight two-some. Blessed by the Goddess, the two brothers became arrogant with pride andeventually attacked Lord Brahma Himself. On realising that they wereunconquerable, Lord Brahma who was seated on the lotus head sprouting from LordVishnu’s navel, tried hard, but could not win. So He went to Vaikuntha for protection, but Maha Vishnu was in YogaNidra. So, Brahma prayed to Yoga Nidra Devi to prompt Maha Vishnu to wake up. Itwas actually Maha Maya’s discretion which mattered, as Vishnu Himself could notregain consciouness on His own. Then Maha Maya left Vishnu freeand He was fully woken up to face the challenge of the hour, to eithermanipulate or massacre thebrothers, Madhu and Kaitabha. Lord Vishnu invited thebrothers to fight with Himself. The fight continued for five thousand years butwithout a tangible result. As theDemons were clashing one after another and Lord Vishnu was in duel singly, Lord Vishnu asked the brothers to give a break, as it was againstJustice that they took alternate positions to fight with Him, while He wasalone fighting with both of them. During the break, Lord Vishnu prayed to Goddess Shakti and complainedthat the fight was unfair and that they were also given a boon of voluntarydeath or ‘Svacchanda Maranam’ by the Goddess Herself. Maha Shakti realised the issueand advised Vishnu to give boons to the brothers, so that a way out wouldautomatically open up. Meanwhile, Maha Shakti agreed to be present at the fight in physical formand disturb the concentration of the Demon brothers by casting Her illusionaryfeminine looks. This encouraged Lord Vishnu to convey the Demons, that their duel withHim was great and thus He was ready to give boons to them. They got into the trap and they boasted saying, “ we are prepared to give boonsto you Lord Vishnu, instead of you giving boons to us “. Vishnu grabbed the opportunity and said “ Please give me the boon ofkilling you two brothers”. They realized that they were trapped, and can't go back on their word,instead they thought of a plan. The brothers gave an excuse, that the boon could be given only provided,there was no water or wetness in the Ocean. Lord Vishnu then expanded his thighs extensively, so that there could beadequate space for the killings and could cover the water in the Ocean. The Demons too expanded their bodies and thus the thighs of Lord Vishnuand the body sizes of the brothers kept on increasing horizontally andvertically proportionately. Finally, the illusion created by Lord Vishnu proved stronger and thebrothers had to yield to their own killings. Thus Goddess Shakti who assumedhuman physique could pave the way to the killings of the Danava brotherswithout breaking the Rules of ‘Dharma Yuddha’, partly by trickery and partly byMaya or Illusion. Source :: Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam’s article on Lord Vishnu killing Madhuand Kaitabha. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 05/06-05 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on7-5- 2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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