Dear Mr G To whom do we post ? KR IRS 26521 On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 16:47, gopala krishnan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Respected sir > My posting is to groups which has members *world wide*. Just think a > minute before hurriedly responding in negative > Sincerely, > Gopala Krishnan > > On Tuesday, 25 May, 2021, 04:13:48 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Pranam > I wrote long back a feature about this year's astronomy which none read or > Mr G did not. In India no eclipses shall be visible at all. This lunar > tomorrow is not visible in India. So talking about as written gives an > impression that we are going to face some Rahu ketu etc to morrow. > 2 Why would one call it a legend?. Probably another word for Myth?. We > read it as a legend a purana a novel and a story ; WHEN IN ENGLISH IT IS > SAID THAT THE FACTS ARE GOBBLED UP it is correctly understood as suppressed > and not eaten; but when in legend it is said that devoured by rahu ketu we > laugh at it as nonsense?. It is a story no doubt if you want to spend time; > but its depth has to be fathomed too and question why it is said so?. > Tarabalam and chandrabalam are not stories; I had written about them this > week. Lets not kill ourselves. KR IRS 25521 > > On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 07:36, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < > [email protected]> wrote: > > THE MOON- CHANDRAN 2 > > Continued from part1. > > Dear friends, > > In the introductory lines I like to add about the ECLIPSES. We know the > period and occurrences of lunar eclipses are more. While lunar eclipse > might be 4 or five, solar eclipse is one or two in a year. > > In pure scientific terms, a lunar eclipse may be described as the > phenomenon when the Earth moves in between Sun and Moon and obstructs the > sunlight reflected by the lunar surface. 26-5-2021 Wednesday, a lunar > eclipse is to occur. > > A mythological story about the lunar eclipse is told in this posting. > > Sincerely, > > Gopala Krishnan 22-4-2012 > > Reposted after editing and updating information. R.Gopala Krishnan > 25-4-2021 > > 1. Introduction to Sukraacharya and mrithasanjivani manthra. > > Sukraacharya was asura guru. Doing penance on Lord Siva, he obtained the > manthra called- *Mritha Sanjeevani. *This manthra on reciting, > Sukraacharya could revive to life dead asuras in the Devasura yuddam. (Battle > between Devas and asuras) > > So in the battles between Devas and asuras, Devas were getting dead and > asuras were getting revived out numbering devas. *Deva guru Jupiter was > not knowing any such manthra.* > > The situation was alarming and devas approached Mahavishnu for a solution > as usual. > > 2. Lord Mahavishnu suggested to obtain nectar by churning milky ocean. > > By consuming a little nectar, devas could gain immortality. But the task > was not so simple. Finally it was decided *to get the help of asuras who > could do hard works*, and share nectar to them also and make them agree > to churn the milky ocean. > > Using Vasuki (snake) as the rope, Mandhara Mountain as matthu (churn > staff) for churning, the churning started. Asuras hold the head portion of > vasuki and Devas the tail. This holding has slight importance in my > story telling. > > During churning many things appeared. After appearance of Lakshmi, *God > Dhanwanthari appeared with nectar pot finally.* > > In between a beautiful girl called *AHALAYA *appeared. An episode of Ahalya > is slightly related to Moon, I will write it later. Just mentioned it. > > 3. Mohini distribute nectar > > Once nectar got on hand, it was secretly decided to serve it to Devas > alone and to serve liquor in its place to Asuras from deva’s side. > > Mahavishnu took the form of a beautiful women *Mohini* and started to > give from two pots the nectar to Devas and liquor to asuras. Mohini was > also performing an enchanting dance. *Most of the asuras got delighted in > the dance after the tiresome churning and taking intoxicating liquor*. > Probably they would have thought that liquor was nectar. > > 4. Asura Rahu observes distribution. > > All asuras were not unique. One asura by name (Viprachiitti) Rahu > observed, Mohini serving from one pot to devas in continuation and from > another pot only to asuras. *He felt something mysterious*. > > 5. Rahu takes the form of Deva. > > Rahu took the form of a Deva and sat last of Devas which was seen clearly > by the MOON. Sun was also sitting near Moon. He agreed to tell about Rahu > to Mohini, but kept himself as if innocent. > > Mohini was nearing Rahu at the end with her dance and distribution of > nectar. > > MOON gave to Mohini a signal about Rahu sitting in the side of Devas. But > by the time Rahu had consumed one handful already of the nectar served to > him. > > The legend goes, Rahu was severed in the neck with a sword by Mahavishnu, > but due to consuming of nectar just at the moment, *head REMAINED with > life, Body became life less.* > > 6. Rahu takes a snake’s form. > > Probably churning was done with snake as rope, Rahu took the form of a > person with his asura head and SNAKE BODY. The lower part of the body was > fitted with a snake head. > > 7. Rahu develops enmity to moon since he pin- pointed him and want to > attack. > > It was decided, better Rahu could be approved, and if possible he can > attack Moon occasionally, opposing him rather than going to other terms and > conditions to close the issue. > > 8. Rahu moves always in a path opposing Moon. > > Due to fear of Rahu opposing, MOON moves quickly, mostly without coming > under his eyes. *Rahu moves slowly knowing “Slow and steady” is better > for attacking the moon.* > > 9. Lunar eclipse. > > The aim of Rahu is keep moon slightly frightened. When Rahu recollects, > the old incidents, he makes a careful watch on MOON and stop him and > swallow him, but after some time release him. > > This period is called *Grahanam (eclipse*) .When anger is more for Rahu the > period is more for the eclipse. Four or five times Rahu becomes angrier > in a year. > > 10. Solar eclipse. > > Since the Sun also favoured MOON in telling about Rahu disguise, but kept > quiet, Rahu’s enmity is less with Sun. Hence only one or two solar > eclipses occurs for short duration. > > There is exaggeration, and slight variations to make the legend > interesting to read. > > Tomorrow I will continue with “Tharablam, chandrabalam, thathaiva”… > > > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1024470702.2823521.1621908393035%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1024470702.2823521.1621908393035%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqg%2BX8xqfEGzMUVKyO0mGGF77DKKExw3P30X1wwd-9EzQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqg%2BX8xqfEGzMUVKyO0mGGF77DKKExw3P30X1wwd-9EzQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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