QUES ANSW DIVINE 37 Q1 Is it a correct thinking that you will get good results if you donateat Varanasi on Mahasivarathri?
A1 Place and time arenot important for charity. The deserving person is important. If you get adeserving person that place is Varanasi and that day is Mahashivarathri. So youmust have lot of analysis and patience in doing charity. Q2 It is told Sirdi Baba used to give money even torich people. What was the reason? A2 Sometimes Sirdi babaused to give the money submitted by one devotee to some wealthy person alsobecause the devotee hasto give to that person, as he was indebted to him in his previous birth Q3 We all know we have good and bad qualities. Whatare the bad qualities which can be in a person? A3 There are six bad qualities that are inherent in anyliving being since millions of births. They are Lust (Kama), Anger (Krodha),Greediness (Lobha), Ego (Mada), Blind attraction (Moha) and Jealousy(Matsarya). Anger, greediness, ego and jealousy come underRajas quality. Lust and blind attractioncome under Tamas quality Q4 Every bodyrecite the sloka -Sri Rama Rama Rameti-Rame Raame Manorame Sahasra Nama Tat Tulyam-Rama Nama Varanane Thissloka was told by a God to Goddess. Whoo are they? A4 Lord Shiva told this shloka to Parvati. I meditate upon Sri Ram as Sri Rama Rama Rama,the thrice recital of Rama’s name is equivalent to reciting 1000 times. Q5 What is Maha-Mrityumjaya Shlokam and its meaning? A5 The slokam is Om Trayambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urva-rukamiva Bhandhanaat Mrityor-mukshiya maamritat Om Klim Nama Shivaya Om Shanthi ShanthiShanthihi We worship thethree-eyed One (Lord Shiva), Who is fragrant and Who nourishes all beings; may He liberate me from death, for the sakeof Immortality, even as the cucmber is severed from its bondage of thevine. Om Peace, Peace, Peace Q6Which is Sri Subramanya Shlokam and what is tis meaning? A6 The shlokam is – ShadaananamKumkuma-rakta-varnam MahaamayamDivya-mayoora-vahanam Rudrasya SoonamSura-sainya-natham Guham Sadaa Sharanam-ahamPrapadye I seek Sharan (refuge)in Guha (one who resides in the cave of the heart; another name forSubramanya), Who has 6 faces, Who adorns the color of Kumkum or Blood (red), one Who is a great warrior (?), oneWhose vahana is the divine peacock, one Who is Rudra’s (Shiva’s) son, one Whois the leader of the army of devas. Q7 Whatis Devi/Durga Shlokam and what its meaning? A7 The slokam is- sarva-mangala-mangalye Shive Sarvaartha-sadhake Sharanye Trayambake Gauri Narayani Namostute Its meaning is The onewho is the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious (sarvamangalamangalye), theconsort of Siva (Sive), who is the means of accom-plishing all desiressarvarthasadhake), who is the refuge of all (saranye), the three eyed one (tryambake),thefair comple-xioned one(Gouri), Salutations to you, Narayani(narayaninamostute). Q8 What is Anna poorna ththram and what is itsmeaning? A8 Annapoorne Sada poorne, Shankara Pranavallabhe Gyana Vairagya Sidyartham, Bhikshaam Dehi cha Parvati Mata cha Parvati Devi, Pita Devo Maheswarah Baandava ShivaBhaktyascha, Svadeso Bhuvanatrayam The meaning is OAnnapurna, Who art ever full, the beloved life-force of Lord Sankara (Shive, O’Parvathi – grant me alms that I be firmly established in Knowledge andRenunciation. Mother is shakti, father is shiva, relativesare the devotees of shiva and own country is all the three worlds. Q9 What is Tulasi Shlokam and its meaning? A9 the slokam is -Yenmoole Sarvatheerthaani Yenmadhye Sarvadevatha Yadagre Sarva Vedaascha Thulaseem-tham Namamyaham The meaning is - I bowdown to the Tulasi at whose base are all the holy places, at whose top resideall deities and on whose middle are all the Vedas. Q10 What is Anjaneya slokam and its meaning? A10 The slokam is - Manoj-avam Maruti TulyaVegam Jitendriyam Bhudhi-mataamVarishtam VaataatmajamVaanara-yoota-mukhyam Sri Ramadootam Shirasaa Namami The meaning is Isurrender to Hanuman, the messenger of Lord Rama, whose speed is as swift asthe mind and as swift as the wind, who has controlled his sense organs and isthe most intelligent among the intelligent ones; who is the son of Vayu and thechief of the monkey tribe. Q11 It is told where ever Sreerama story is recitedhanuman will be present. What is the basis sloka for this? A11 The basis slokam is – Yatra yatra Raghunatha Keertanam Tatra tatra Kritamastakanjalim Bhaashpa-vaari paripoornalochanam Marutim namadarakshasa-antakam The meaning is -In allthose nooks and corners, where the lord of Raghunath (Rama)* is sung about, Inall such nooks and corners is he (Hanuman), With tears flooding from the eyes,Salutations to my Lord Maruthi*, He who saw the end of all evil ones. Q12What IS the sloka is to be recited while lighting lamp? A12 The slokam is- Subham Karoti Kalyanam Arogyam Dhana Sampadah Shatru Buddhi Vinashaya Dipa Jyotir Namostute The meaning is I salutethe One who is the lamplight that brings auspiciousness; prosperity, goodhealth, abundance of wealth, and the destruction of the intellect’s enemy. This prayer is chantedbefore lighting the lamplight. Light is considered a symbol of auspiciousness,prosperity, and abundance in many cultures. Light brings with it brightness,but how does it destroy the intellect’s enemy? Theintellect’s enemy is ignorance, which is likened to darkness. Light removes thedarkness and makes it possible to see things clearly. Q13 What is the Prabhata shlokam to be recited whenone is getting out of the bed? A13 The slokam to berecited is – Karagre Vasate Lakshmi , Kara Mule Saraswathi Kara Madhye Tu Govindah, Prabate Kara Darshanam The meaning is On thetip of your fingers is Goddess Lakshmi; on the base of your fingers is GoddessSarasvati; in the middle of your fingers is Lord Govinda. In this manner, lookat your palm This is a Morning Prayer called “karadarshana”. One begins the daywith this prayer. ‘kara” means the palm of the hand and it stands for the fivekarmendriyas, or the organs of action. My note- There are variations in the sloka. One is Karamadhye Saraswathi. Another is Karamoola Gouri Q14 Every body would have heard the prayer –Asato MaSadgamaya-Tamaso Ma Jyotir gamaya-Mrityorma Amritam gamaya-Om Shanti ShantiShantihi.What is tis meaning? A14 Lead me (by givingknowledge) from the unreal to the real; from darkness (of ignorance) to thelight (of knowledge); from death (sense of limitation) to immortality(limitless liberation) Q15 Everybody performing sandhya vandanam know the manthra – Kaayenavaacha Manasendriyerva Budhyadmanava Prakrite Swabhavat Karomi Yadyat Sakalam Parasmai Narayanayeti Samarpayami. What is its meaning? A15 Unto Lord Narayana,I dedicate all the acts that I perform with my body, speech, mind, senses andintellect that are born of deliberation and natural tendencies. Q16 What isevil eye? How to ward it off? A16 The belief in the evil eye is ancient.Virtually every culture has referred to it. The oldest references to it appearsin the cuneiform textsof the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, around 3000 BC. Itis said the evil eye is most likely to strike in good or fortuitous times. Manybelieve good fortune brings bad. Small children and animals are mostvulnerable. In many villages it was not considered wise to let children be seentoo much. Likewise possessions were not to be overlydisplayed or successes should not be bragged about. Almostanything could cause the notion that some person possessed an evil eye. If someone looked too long or lingering at one's children, orpossessions, or livestock. If a child got sick, or somepossession was lost or stolen, or someanimals died, then the person was really suspected of having an evil eye. Anyperson having an unusual characteristic could easily find himself in this category, such as a blue-eyed person amongbrown-eyed people, or people having body deformities. Some people were said to have been born with apermanent evil eye, corrupting everything they looked at. Also they were oftencalled demonic possessed. Spittingis thought to be a powerful aversion of the evileye. This is a holdover from the Greeks and Romans. In Hindu lore, barley is used to avert the evil eye. This is an universalremedy supplied by the gods and the symbol of thethunderbolt of Indra, god of war, thunder and storms. Another practise is to put 3 red chillies in fire after bringing it 3times in front of the subject from head to toe ! Then if thechillies are burnt without pungent smell, again lot of evil eye effect has beencasted upon which is warded off! One fistful of rock salt 3 times moved from head to toe in front of thesubject and out in a vessel of water. By the time it dissolves theevil effect is vanished! Q17Actually Kashmir was once sold to Maharaja of Jammur. Who did it? A17 KASMIR SOLD: 1846: British forcibly separatedKashmir from the Sikhs and sold it tothe Maharaja of Jammu for pounds1,000,000. Q18 Who areBrahmins? A18 Parasurama andDronacarya were Brahmins but they were Ksatriyas by naturen the other hand,Visvamitra, a valorous Ksatriya king known for his violent and passionate temperament,became a Brahmin rsi .In ancient times the name Brahmin was specificallyapplied to thosepriests of the Adharva vedas whose place was at the northern side of the altarduring sacrificial ceremonies. Q19 Is it correct a Brahmin should be able to tracehis origin to one of the seven great Sages? A19 Yes. A Brahmin should be able to trace his origin to oneof the seven great Sages,viz, Kasyapa, Atri, Bharadwaja, Gautama, Viswamitra,Jamadagni, Vasishta. Of these Viswamitra is said to have been born as aKhsatriya and became a Brahmin after severe penance. Q20 What is the meaning of Deepavali? A20 Deepavali means theseries of lights. Krishna Himself toldin Gita ‘Jnana Deepena’ i.e., light means knowledge. Radha became mad for the Lord. Sheis the top most light as the queen of the 15thuppermost world called ‘Goloka’. Hanuman is a devotee ofRama who was born in the dynasty of Sun. Radha is a devotee of Krishna who was born in the dynasty of Moon. It issaid that Sun and Moon are the two eyes of the Lord i.e., Hanuman and Radha arethe two eyes of the Lord. Krishna becomes happy with suchreal lights. -- 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/1815475509.2356380.1635733197553%40mail.yahoo.com.
