QUESANSW DIVINE 29 Dear friends,
These are information posted by members compiledas QA by me in 1998’s-2000’s and stored in my computer. At this date I have noinformation of the members posted. Being compilation there may be errors Posted by RGopala krishnan,78 ,on 25-10-2021 Q1 What tharpan can be performedby a person whose father is alive? A1 It is mentioned in the Padma Puran that a boy whose fatheris alive should also observe Bheeshma Tarpan(Gratification). The eighth day of the Shukla Paksha of the Magha month isknown as Bheemashtami. It was this day when Bheesma Pitamah expired. Thatperson who alike Bheeshma Pitamah sacrifices sesamum and performs rites topacify ancestral souls is blessed with fortunate progeny/child Q2 What is Arundhathi vrata? A2 Arundhatiwas the wife of Maharishi Vashishta and daughter of Prajapati Kardam.Thusbecause of the Saptarshis and Arundhati being the wife of Vashishta, this Vratahas became in existence. This vow is observed for good fortune of the woman (long lifefor her husband) and also said to destroy the problem of child widowhood. Q3 What are all indicate the auspiciousness for a day? A3 It is abelief that the occupants of such a house, at the gate of which is tethered a cow , always win. Since ancient time people believe that if a crowcaws on the roof, in threshold, or inform of the house at dawn,it is a sign that someone dear will visit the house. If at the beginning of the day aSuhagina woman is seen well dressed and in a jolly mood it is highly beneficial. If such a woman isalso carrying a baby it is an additional benefit. If starting for an urgent work one seesa well-dressed prostitute in jolly mood it is an auspicious sign. Success is assured because ofthis omen. However if a person sees a prostitutewith unkept hair and in helter-skelter condititon, while going for some workobstacles arise in the completion of that work. If while going somewhere or starting awork, a mother is seen going or coming with her son, it is an auspicious sign. Ifthe sonfollowing his mother is taken as an omen, even impossible task become possible.Hence, this omen is considered completely auspicious. The only condition isthat the mother should be young and her son should be a child. If a person feels scratching on hispalm he gets money but for male it must be on the right hand palm, while in the female it should beon the left palm. Q4 What are all theauspicious omens? A4 Following omens are considered as auspicious whilestarting a journey. Brahmanas reciting vedas, dancing prostitute urnfilled with water, sailor, sweeper, junk dealer, singing prostitute, playing ofinstruments, ringing of a clock, blooming flowers, gardener with flowers, girl(less than 10 years of age) girl with floral garland, well dressed girl,suhagina woman, mother and son together etc. While starting for a journey if sound of conch is heard, rejoicingoccurs everywhere. Meeting this omen, one gets benefit even matching his rival.Hence, hearing thesound of the conch as an omen is fully auspicious. With this omen evenincomplete and impossible tasks are completed if started with earnest. Sighting of a deadbody or procession of a hearse is foundto be auspicious omen. It is fully proven that while starting for some task,if someone sights a hearse first it is extremely auspicious Usually during the fall season leaves of the trees fall andkeep on floating in the air all aroun. However, a floating leaf falls on a person's head while heis going somewhere it shows success of the journey. Occasionallyin the hurry for getting ready to start a journey, money falls from the clothes. If it happenswith you, cheer up for it is an omen that shows that you will get money. Whilegoing somewhere if you spot a snake climbing up a tree it shows progress in future. Ifduring a conversation a clock begins to ring, the point of conversationdefinitely comes to a successful conclusion. Ifin the beginning of a journey old couple is seen together it is auspicious sign. yoube better beware, for if the milk spills out while boiling happily thank god,because spilling of themilk is a clear and auspicious indication for the increment in the joy,honour, property and luxury of the house. Howeverif the milk is deliberately made to spill it is a dishonour of the water hence,only sudden and spontaneous spilling of the milk is considered as auspicious andbeneficial omen. Flower-Pots in the front and back ofthe houseand blooming with flowers show all kinds of prosperity for the house Q5 What are all indicate the in -auspiciousness for a day? A5 If at the start of a journey the feet strike at somethingand stumble, it must be considered as an indication of problem. While going somewhere if some one is seen coming fromthe front wearing blackclothes, it must be understood as an indication for accident and thejourney must be postponed if possible even if anybody is wearing these clothes, it is considered asinauspicious as omen. If in the beginning of a journey a sage is seen, it is harmfulomen the purpose of the journey never met. Q6 Why do the planet Sun is called Aditya? A6 Once the demons, thetitans and the monsters unitedly fought with the deities and snatched theirpower and authority after defeating them. ‘Aditi’– the mother of thedeities did worship of sun god to get protection from this calamity. Beingpleased with her the sun godtook incarnation as her son and established the eternal path of the Vedaafter defeating the enemies of the deities. He is called Aditya also for thisreason. Q7 What are the attributes of themoon planet? A7 According to the ‘Srimad Bhagawat’ Moon-god is the son ofMaharishi Atri and Anasuya. He is considered to be all pervading Lord Krishna was the descendantof moon god, combined with all the sixteen phases like him. He is the one from whom all thedeities’ ancestors, yaksha, human being, animals-birds and trees get life. The vehicle of Moon god is chariot. There are three wheels inhis chariot. The presiding deity of Moon-god is goddess Uma He holds the second position among all the nine planets. Heis pleased if one fasts on Monday, or if one eulogizes and worship lord Shiva.He is also pleased if a person wears pearls. Q8 What are the attributes of theMercury planet? A8 Mercury is the son of Moon god who took birth from‘Tara’. Mercury is attired in yellow apparels and wears a garland ofyellow flowers According to the ‘Atharavaveda’ Mercury’s father is the moonand his mother is Tara. Hewas given the name mercury by lord Brahma because of his intelligence. According to Shrimad bhagawat he is proficientin all the scriptures and is as radiant as the moon. According to Matsyapuran(24/1-2) lord Brahma made him lord of earth and a planet. Manu impressed by hislearning’s and intelligence married his daughter Ila with him. As a resultof this marriage ‘Pururva’ was born and the descent of moon expanded. Thegoverning deity of the planet mercury is Lord Vishnu Q9 What is the birth story toldabout the planet Mars Kuja? A9 In the ‘Kalpa’ ofVarah’ when Hiranyaksha, the elder brother of Hiranyakshipu had abductedthe earth Lord Vishnu had taken incarnation as a boar and had rescued the earthby killing Hiranyaksha. Mother earth became verypleased after seeing lord Vishnu and had a desire to have him as her husband. In his incarnation as a boar lord Vishnu’s radiance was asdazzling illuminating and unbearable as crores of Suns. Lord Vishnu transformedhis appearance into his enchanting form to fulfill the wish of the presidingdeity of the earth and lived with earth for one year in aloofness. This way the birth of Marstook place (Brahmavaivarta Puran 2/8/29 to 43). There are different stories about the origin of Mars indifferent ‘Kalps’. While doing worship the Mars is addressed as to be belongingfrom Bhardwaj’s clan. This narration has come in the Ganeshpuran. Chantingthe name of ‘Mars’ gives liberation from the debts. Mars is considered as an inauspicious planet. Mars ispacified by the worship of Shiva. Wearing a coral also pacifies mars Q10 What are the attributes ofthe Jupitor planet? A10 According to the Mahabharat (Adiparva), Jupiter is theson of great sage Angira and the priest of the deities In ‘Skandapuran’ there is a description howhe became the preceptor of the deities. Jupiter did a severe and tremendous penance in ‘Dwarka’ (prabhas area) toplease lord Shankar. Being pleased by his penance lord Shiva gave him a boon tobecome the preceptor of the deities. According to the Rigveda Jupiter is very pleasing to watch.He himself has constructed his abode. He is worth worshipping for the wholeworld. If he becomes pleased withhis devotees he blesses them with prosperity and intelligence Jupiter has three wives - Shubhaand Tara and Mamta. Seven daughters wereborn to Shubha – Bhanumati, Raka, Archismati, Mahishrvati, Siniwali andHavishmati. Seven sons and adaughter were born to Tara. Jupiter also had athird wife whose name was Mamta and who gave birth to ‘Bhardwaja’ and‘Kacha’. Presiding deity of Jupiter is ‘Indra’. Q11 A Humourus question- DO actuallyJupitor could have been worst affected while his wife Tara was abducted by Moon? A11 It appears not much . Jupitor had three wives – Tara,Subha and Mamata However he made a big sacrifce by accepting back Tara bymoon. Q12 DO Sukra was a big sacrificer? A YES. After doing a tremendous penance he had pleased lordShiva and received the‘learning’ of ‘Mritasanjivani’ (bringing alive a dead person). By the help of this learning he used to bring back to lifethe demons that got killed in the battles with the deities.(Mahabharat, Adiparva 76/8) He had donated all hiswealth to the demons and had accepted the life of a hermit. His presiding deity is ‘Indrani’. According to theMatsyapuran (94/5) the complexion of Shukracharya (Venus) is fair For the pacification ofVenus, the worship of cow should be done and adiamond should be worn Q13 What are the attributes ofthe Saturn planet? It is told Sani was cursed by his wife. What was the effectof the curse from his wife on him? A13 The complexion and radiance of Saturn is as brilliant asa blue diamond Saturn is the son of Sun god and Chaya (Sanvarna). He isconsidered as a cruel planet. The cruelty, which he possesses in his sight, is due to the curse hereceived from his wife Thenarration which has been mentioned in the Brahma Puran goes as follows: The deity Shani (Saturn) was a great devotee of lord Krishna right from hischildhood. He used to be immersed in the love for lord Krishna. After he grewup, his father married him with the daughter of ‘Chitraratha’. His wife was a chaste woman full ofradiance. One night she went to him after having a bath when hermenstruation periods were over, with a desire of having a son, but her husband Shani (Saturn) was immersed in themeditation of lord Krishna,he was unconscious of his surroundings. She became tired of waiting andshe became angry . She cursed him that from today onwards whoevergets seen by him would be destroyed. After he came out of his meditative trance ‘Shani’(Saturn) tried to make up with her by cajoling her . His wife too feltsorry for her mistake but she was powerless in neutralizing the ill effects ofher curse. >From then onwards Shani has been keeping his gaze downwardsbecause he did not >want to cause harm to anybody. According to the astrology if the Saturn pierces and passesthrough the constellation ofRohini then it is considered to be very inauspicious and causes draughts for twelveyears making even the survival of the living beings impossible. This combination was about to come during the time ofDasharatha. First of all he made salutations to the deity ‘Shani’ but when herefused he fought with him, using his most destructive weapon. Shani’ became pleased by his sense of duty and asked him todemand any boon. Dasharatharequested him not to cross the Rohini-constellation’ till the sun andconstellation exists.Shani agreed to his request. My note- But once in 30years Saturn cross All constellations Q14 What are the attributes ofthe rahu planet? A14 ‘Rahu’s’ mother is ‘Sinhika’ who was the wife of‘Viprachitti’ and was the daughter of Hiranyakashipu. Rahu is also known as‘Sainhikeya’, which is based on his mother’s name. Rahu had one hundredbrothers, but he was the most capable and powerful among all of them.(Shrimadbhagawat 6/6/36). According to the Mahabharat (Bheeshma Parva 12/40) the shapeof the dragon’s head is circular. He too sits in the assembly oflord Brahma along with the rest of the planets. According to the Rigveda (5/40/5) when Rahu – theson of Asuya or Sinhika covers the sun and the moon with his darkness, then itbecomes so dark that the people became unable even to identify their places. Chantingof the Mrityunjay mantra and wearing a turquoise pacifies the dragon’s head. Q15 We have heard of rahu andkethu shadow planets. Do there are many kethus? A15 Answeris a big YES. Both Rahu and Ketu became planets. According to thematsyapuran there are numerous Ketus out of which ‘Dhoomketu’is the main. According to some scholars Ketu is Sombre and mild ascompared to Rahu and is beneficial for a man Although both Rahu and Ketu originated from the same body butafter being transformed into the planets and considering it as their rebirth, newnames of lineages were given to them. Rahu was considered to be of ‘Paithinas’clan or lineage and Ketu was considered to be of ‘Jainini’ lineage Rahu’spresiding dety is chitraketu -- 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/1786417875.587070.1635129130292%40mail.yahoo.com.
