DIVINE INFORMATION PART 72 Respected friends,
While goingthrough one of my external memory device, I came across some good information stored from websites. Ithought of sharing interesting ones from them as a series. In part 72, I amstarting with 271th item in this posting. Kindly note the series is a compilation. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 05-08-21 271. VishnuSahasranaamam--benefits. In 1954 P.K.Brothers, Calicut published Vyaakhyaanamin Malayalam by Pundit Vasudevan Moosat.The book was printed by ArunodayamPress Vadakkaancheri and cost 1rupee 12 annas. The word to word bhashyam ends with "sarvaPraharaanuyudha..." and the Phalasruthi ends with"visveswaramajam Devam". Mr.Moosat has also given bhaashyam for Krishna/ArjunaSamvaadam starting with "PadmaPatra Visaalaaksha". Mr.Moosat has quoted some slokaas which explain the benefits of chantingSahasranaamam. 1.Ekopi Krushnaaya KrutahaPranaamoDasaasvamedhavabhrutena Tulyaha Dasaasvamedhee Punareti Janma,Krushna Pranaamo NaPunarbhavaaya. 1 One namaskaara to Krishna is equal toAvabhruta Snaana after performing 10 Asvamedha Yaaga.one who has performed 10 Asvamedha will have rebirth.But namaskaram to Krishna will notcause rebirth. 2.Namaha Kamalanaabhaaya NamasteyJalasaayiney,Namastey Kesavaananda Vaasudeva Namostutey. Salutations to the one who has Padma in hisNaabhi,Salutations to YOU who lies onthe water. Hey KESAVA, ANANTHA, prostrations to YOU, O!VASUDEVA, prostrations to YOU. 3.Yesha Nishkandajaha Panthaa YatraSampoojyatey Harihi,Kupadham Tum Vijaneeyaat Govinda Rahitaagamam. The Path of service by which the dest royer of allpaapaas Lord Vishnu is worshipped that pathwill be free of thorns.The path without Vishnu Puja has to be understood as the bad one. 4.Sarva Vedeshu Yat Punyam Sarva TeertheshuYat Phalam,Tat Phalam Samavaapnoti Stutva Devam Janaardanam. Whatever punyam one gains from learning allVedas,whatever benefits one gets frombathing in all holy rivers, all these and much more are gained by praying�to�Lord Janaardana. 5.Yo Naraha Padathey Nityam TrikaalamKesavaalaye,Dwikaalam Eka Kaalam Va Krooram Sarvam Vyapohati. Whoever chants Vishnu Sahasranaamam in a Vishnu templedaily three times,twice or once, he willsafely overcome all obstacles. 6.Dahyatey Ripavastasya Soumyaaha SarveySadaa Grahaaha,Vileeyantey Cha Paapaani Stavehyasmin Prakeertitey. The enemies ofthose who chant holy Vishnu Sahasranaamam will be burnt away.The planets that are in adversepositions will move to�favourable positions. All the sins will perish and vanish. 7.Yena Dhyaataha Sruto Yena YenaayamPadyatey Stavaha,Dartaani Sarva Daanaani Suraaha Sarvey Samarchtaaha. Whoever thinks about,hears or reads VishnuSahasranaamam gets the same benefitsthat are gained by giving daanams, worshipping devas. 8.Iha Lokey Paret Vaapi Na Bhayam VidyateyKvachit,Naamnaam Sahasram Yo Dheetey Dvadasyaam Mama Sannidhou. Whoever chants Vishnu Sahasranaamam on Dvaadasi day inVishnu sannidhi, will not have tobe afraid of anything in this or the next world/ 9.Sanairdahati Paapaani Kalpakoti Sataani Cha,AswathaSannidhou Paartha Dhyaatva ManasiKesava. Hey!Arjuna if Vishnu is thought of in the mind inAsvathavruksha Sannidhi (if Sahasranaamam is chanted) many of the sinscommitted in number of Kalpakotees willbe slowly burnt away. 10.Naro Muktimavaapnoti Chakrpaaner VachoYadha,Brahmahatyadikam Ghoram SarvaPaapam Vinasyati. Those who chantSahasranaamam as described above will attain moksha and all doshaas due to Brahmahatya will bedestroyed. Posted by: "Raju Easwaran"[email protected] raju2031 Date: Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:56 pm ((PDT)) 272 OURPURANAS- AN INTRODUCTION. THE EIGHTEEN PURANAS:- (A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. ) Our oldbeliefs and culture are the main reasons for whatever has remained with us on honesty, purity, liberalattitude, sacrificial nature, chivalry etc. Truth and good conduct are our basic nature. “Yadbhootahitamatyan tam tatsatyamiti dhaarana”. To remain peaceful without either hate or attachment andto do good to every one is dharma. The basis for dharma is the Vedas.- VedOkhilam Dharmamoolam (Manu 2.1),VedO dharmamoolam (Goutama dharmasootras (1.1). Vedas are also called shruthis (heard). Vedangas help in understanding the Vedas. Shikshaa, Vyakarana,Chandas, Nirukta, Jyothisha and Kalpaare the six Vedangas. Vedas are divided into three groups- Karmakaanda,Upaasanaakaanda and Jnaanakaanda. Based on the Vedas, several Smrithis have come intoexistence to make the contents simpler and easy to understand and follow. These smrithis are the basis for Dharmasastras,Mahakaavyaas, Puranas, Agamas ormethods of worship etc. Smrithis consolidate the rules and regulationsnecessary to regulate the society from time to time. As society grows and changes, smrithis should also change. Otherwise, it will be like forcing a dress stitched for a baby on agrown up man. That is how the smrithiswritten by Manu, Yajnavalkya or Parashara have become outdated. (The Indian Constitution is the smrithi now being followed in our country). Puranas and epics contain stories based on history. However, major portions of these are because of the creativeability of the authors/poets. The main purpose of the puranas is to create anatmosphere where people realize how God has helped in uplifting the humanity. There are eighteen puranas generally accepted. Theyare:- Agnipurana,Bhaagava tha purana, Bhavishya purana,Brahma purana, Bramaanda purana,Brahmavaivar tha purana, Garuda purana,Koorma purana,Linga purana, MaarkanDeya purana,Matsya purana, Naaradeeya purana,Padma purana, Skaandapurana,Vaamanapurana, Varaaha purana,Vaayu purana and Vishnu purana. The Brahmapurana, Brahmaand purana, Brahmavaivartapurana, Markandeya purana,Bhavishya purana and Vaamana purana are prominently Rajasika and dedicated to Brahma. Those which are predominantly saatvika (Sattvaguna pradhaana) are dedicatedto Vishnu. Theyare: - Vishnu purana, Bhaagavatha purana,Naaradeeya purana, Garudapurana, Padmapurana and Varaaha purana. The other six are dedicated to Shiva. We may now see a gist of the contents of these puranas one by one. Then we maydiscuss on the antiquity of the puranas, their general characteristics, their evolution and growth,the recurrent topics in them, their ethics etc. After this, we may proceed to discuss the upa puranas (which are also 18 innumber). AGNIPURANA: Agni told this to Vasishta. It contains descriptions of Rama and Krishna(Ramayana and Mahabharata) in additionto details about the other avatharas of Vishnu. It also givesrules of worship of various deities, installation of idols in temples, Jyotishya, Architecture, medicinehuman physiology and various other such subjects. BHAGAVATHA PURANA:- SRIMADBHAGAVATHA is the most well known of the puranas. Sage Shuka tells the story of Krishna to kingPareekshit. Although it contains storiesof the other avatharas of Vishnu, the emphasis is on the life of Krishna. It explains the cosmic form of God and how theuniverse is created; the story of Jaya and Vijaya and how they had totake three janmas as Hiranyakashipu-Hiranyaaksha etc., the story of Prahlada’s devotion, Story of Kapila, Daksha yajna and itsdestruction by Rudra, stories of Dhruva, Jadabharatha etc., Stories ofGangaavatharana, Tripura samhaara,samudra mathana etc. Krishnaavathaara details are found in the tenth chapter and the eleventh contains the famous Uddhavageetha. There is a vivid description of the present Kaliyuga. There are a number of commentaries on this Purana and isconsidered the most popular among allthe puranas. BHAVISHYA PURANA:- Some scholars consider the second part of this puranaas an independent purana and call itthe Bhavishyottara purana. Among theseveral topics dealt with in this purana mention could be made of the shodasha samskaaras, rules for the study ofVedas, Vrathas and kaamya karmas, varnaashrama dharma, worship of Soorya and snakes, creation of the earth and the world,etc. There is a description of the good conduct one mustemulate. This purana is considered as a pointer and indication of the futureand so, it is called the Bhavishyapurana. Posted by:"shivashankara rao" [email protected] Fri Feb 4, 2011 7:21 am (PST) I will continue in next posting -- 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/369557614.2624775.1628134643792%40mail.yahoo.com.
