THE MOON- CHANDRAN 4 Continued from part 3
Dear friends, Yesterday after eclipse at 9 PM the moon appeared very bright and notyellowish bright as on Pournami. Probablya relief after eclipse. I am continuing about Moon in this posting also. Sincerely, Gopalakrishnan 27-5-21 13. Variations in the story of Rahu episode I could read a small variation inthe story of Rahu episode during churning of milky ocean while surfing the net. It is Rahu did not occupy the end seat with Devas, but in between Sun andMOON. Rahu was killed by SUN and MOONand not by Lord Vishnu. But Rahu head could survive since he hasdrunk nectar and reached up to neck by the time. 13a. Guru taking away nectar In the confusion Deva Guru(Jupiter)took away nectar and fled. When the Devas and the Asuras realised that theKumbh was missing and Jupiter as well, they stopped fighting to follow Jupitertogether. A long chaseensued Jupiter. During this time, the Devasconferred together, apprehensive at the thought of Jupiter consuming the entire Amrit,which would certainly make him the Supreme of them all and they does notdesired it. On the way GURU PLACED THE NECTAR POT ATFOUR PLACES TO TAKE BREATH, where little drops were dropped. Theplaces where nectar pot were placed are Nashik, Ujjain, Haridwar and Allahabad, - cities in India. 13b. Origin of Kumbha mela The kumbha mela is conducted inthese four places. It is the period originally ONCE IN 12 YEARS (when theplanet Guru transit Kumbha rasi) 14. Variation in the story of Tara. I was a little more appealed bythe story of Thara and birth of Budha told in various texts with slightvariation. I never wrote Thara eloped with Moon as read in one response. According to Atharvaveda, Budhawas born to Tara and Chandra. In addition to Atharvaveda, Matsyapurana andBhagavata also speak about the birth and history of Budha. The story goes on to say that Tara, wife of Brihaspathi, was attracted towards moon, when MOON came to Brihaspathi in ACADEMIC PURSUIT ANDNOT When Guru attended YAGYA with Tara. This version on reading felt moreappealing and more factual to me. Budha is the son of Tara and Moon. However, Rohini, wife of chandra brought up Budha. This also is a new informationthat it was ROHINI who brought up BUDHA. 15. Another variation in the birth of Budha. Vishnu Dharmottara Purana provides a different story about Budha. Sage Kashyapa had three wives Aditi, Diti and Danuvu. Raja was the son born to Danuvu. Raja loved Vaaruni, daughter ofVaruna. As a token of love, Raja transferred all his powers toVaaruni. Making use of these powers,Vaaruni ‘dissolved’ herself in water to reach her father. However, Rajafollowed her and dissolved in water. 15a. Moon churning sea water At that time, Chandra or MOON churned water for begetting children. Whilethe churning was in progress, Vishnu showed his reflection in water, resulting in transformation of water intoDEVINE LUSTER. Then Guru’s wife TARA HANDS OVER THIS LUSTER TO MOON’S WIFE ROHINI. Budha is said tohave born out of this lustre. Summing up this version, thedivine lustre is handed over to Rohini by Tara and Budha is born of thislustre. Again my Tara balam logically go to TARA. 16 Ila- daughter in law of Budha In due course after growing upbrilliant, Budha married ILA. But ILA got a curse, that she would be female fifteen days and male in anotherfifteen days. Budha got a son of high calibreby name Pururuva through ILA. The lineage of MOON is called CHANDRAVAMSAM. 17. Urvashi- Grand son’s wife Pururuva was a great King andhigher capabilities, He had the power of traverse to celestial plane and afriend of Indra, also hisgrand father MOON’s friend!!!. Once while traversing like thishe found celestial dancer Urvasi going up after coming to earth plane. Unlike other celestialdances, Urvasi liked earthplane more and desired living in earth plane also. king Pururuvas savedher from some miscreants who want tosteal her away. This incident created a friendlyrelation between King Pururuvas and Urvashi in the first instance. Thisdeveloped in to love between the two and Pururuvas married Urvashi and for thefirst time, she remained in earth plane for pretty long time. 18. Urvashi goes back to upper planes Urvashi had laid down threeconditions for king Pururuvas to live with her. He was keeping the same all thewhile. Since Urvasi could not be spared for much time like this, devas created acondition, where king Pururuvas had to violate them. Urvasi so left him and went to celestial region. Pururuvas lost interest in things, become a wanderer.However, he again met Urvasi who had occasionally came to Earth plane and livedtogether for many years again. The king Pururuvas and Urvasistory which may run to pages, I have written earlier and not repeated again… 19. Urvasi and Arjuna. Once when Arjuna went to meet Indra his real father, the same Urvasi met him and desired to marry him.Arjuna had come in the lineage of King pururuvas and expressed his disabilityon this account. But Urvasi replied for CELESTIAL PEOPLE THESE RELATIONS ARENOT SEEN, and still when Arjuna, did not agree to her demand Urvasi cursed Arjuna to become Sikhandi- Napumsakam.During Anjathavasa of Pandavas, this curse helped Arjuna to become a dance instructor in thepalace of King Virata. >From this the saying has come- Urvasi sapam upakaram. (Blessing indisguise) 20. Do any legend that Moon and SUN were equally bright? According to mythology, the Sun and the Moon wereoriginally equally bright. But the gods did not think this was a good idea, so they took a hareand threw it at the face of the moon. The hare struck the moon andmade a dark blotch that dimmed the Moon’s brightness. 21. Chathurthi There is a story about the sayingthat on the Chathurthiday we should not look at MOON. On a Chaturthi day moon, the lordof the stars happened to make fun of Ganesh for his bulging belly and laughedat him. Ganesh got angry and cursed moon that he would never be permanently whole and whoever lookedat him knowingly or unknowingly on the night of Shukla paksha chaturthi daywould attract scandals and unfounded allegations. When there is a difference ofopinion for any thing and every thing between two, it is said- For looking atone by the other is chathurthi. Now too we can see people withdifferences WILL NOT SIT FACE TO FACE. On chathurthi day many would not look at Moon. 22. What are lunar deities? The MOON is considered in mostoccasions as male in Hinduism. But in certain occasions considered as female.Similarly in many country mythologies MOON is female. 23. Menses cycle of women. The monthly cycle of the moon, incontrast to the annual cycle of the sun's path, has been implicitly linked towomen's menstrual cycles bymany cultures, as evident in the links between the words for menstruation andfor moon in many resultant languages. 24. MOON in Astronomy, Astrology and culture. Moon has very much importance inAstronomy and Astrology and culture. Two things are related with MOON in theAstronomy- They are STAR AND THITHI of the day Many samskaras are performedbased on star or thithi or combining both. An example is Ashtami Rohini, Lord Krishna’s birth day. In many parts of India, forsraadha either thithi or star is referred. In Astrology MOON has muchimportance. Based on the position of moon matching is decided. This is last part of the posting on MOON. Writer – R. Gopala Krishnan, 77, retired Asst General Manager, KeralaTelecom, Trivandrum.. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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