Pranam The text is a story retold to kids; as,"*In the lunar line there was a king named Nahusha and Nahusha’s son was Yayati... **Puru inherited the kingdom after Yayati. His descendants were known as the Pauravas. It was in this line that King Bharata was born. It is after Bharata that the land we live in is known as Bharatavarsha. *But right from these a great history of India and Persia (parsi) is hidden which would have rendered the original story frame of the worth of the ancient. KR IRs 291121
On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 09:38, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *DIVINE INFORMATION 2-28* > > *Matsya Purana part14* > > *Posted by: "DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" [email protected] <[email protected]> > prdili Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:20 am (PDT) * > > *Pururava and Urvashi* > > *Pururava was a very strong king who ruled the earth well. He performed > one hundred ashvamedha yajnas.* > > *The three goals of human life are dharma (righteousness) , artha (wealth) > and kama (that which is desired). (Usually, a fourth goal of moksha > (salvation) is added.) These three goals wished to see which of them > Pururava revered the most. They therefore adopted human forms and came to > visit Pururava.* > > *Pururava treated them with utmost respect and gave them golden seats > to sit on. He offered them all sorts of offerings. But in the process, > Dharma received more of the offerings than Artha and Kama. This angered > Artha and Kama.* > > *"You will be destroyed," Artha cursed Pururava.* > > *"You will go mad over Urvashi," Kama cursed Pururava. * > > *But Dharma blessed Pururava. "You will live for long and you will never > deviate from the righteous path," he said. "Your descendants will rule for > ever."* > > *Having thus cursed and blessed Pururava, Dharma, Artha and Kama > disappeared. On one particular occasion, Pururava was driving his hariot > through a forest. He suddenly found that a demon named Keshi was abducting > an apsara (dancer of heaven). This apsara was none other than Urvashi. > Pururava defeated the demon and rescued Urvashi. He restored her to Indra, > the king of the gods. Indra was deligthed at this act and Indra and > Pururava became friends.* > > *The sage Bharata taught mankind how to sing and dance. To celebrate > Urvashis return, Indra asked Bharata to stage a performance. As artistes, > Bharata chose three apsaras. They were Menaka, Urvashi and Rambha. Menaka > and Rambha danced as they should. But Urvashi was attracted by King > Pururava and kept looking at him. The result was that Urvashi fell out of > step. This angered Bharata and he cursed Urvashi that she would have to > spend fifty-five years on earth.* > > *On earth, Urvashi married Pururava and they had eight sons named Ayu, > Dridayau, Ashvayu, Dhanayu, Dhritamana, Vasu, Shuchividya and Shatayu. > (The story of how Pururava lost Urvashi is not given in the Matsya Purana. > Apart from the Mahabharata, it can be found in several Puranas.)* > > *Matsya Purana part15 * > > * Posted by: "DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" [email protected] > <[email protected]> prdili Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:28 am (PDT) * > > * Yayati* > > *In the lunar line there was a king named Nahusha and Nahusha’s son was > Yayati.* > > *Yayati had two wives , Sharmishtha and Devayani. Sharmishtha was the > daughter of Vrishaparva, the king of the danavas (demons). And Devayanis > father was Shukracharya, the preceptor of the demons.* > > *Devayani gave birth to Yadu and Turvasu and Sharmishtha gave birth to > Druhya, Anu and Puru.* > > *Yayati ruled the world extremely well for many years. He performed many > yajnas. But eventually he grew old. The problem was that although Yayati > grew old, he was not yet tired of sensual pleasures. He still desired > to savor the joys that the world had to offer.* > > *Yayati told his five sons. "Because of Shukracharyaтs curse, an > untimely old age has come upon me and I am not content with what I have > savoured of life. I request one of you to give me his youth and accept my > old age in return. When I have sated myself with worldly pleasures, I will > take back my old age and return the youth."* > > * Except for Puru, the other four sons flatly refused such an exchange. > They had no desire to part with their valued youth. They were thereupon > cursed by their father. (Although not mentioned in the Matsya Purana., the > curse was that they or their descendants would never be kings.)* > > *As for Puru, he said, "Please accept my youth and be happy. It is my duty > to serve and I will gladly take upon me your old age." For a thousand > years Yayati savoured the pleasures of the world with Puru’s youth. A > thousand years were not than enough to satisfy Yayati. He accepted his > old age and returned Puruтs youth. He blessed Puru for his obedience and > announced to the word that Puru was his only true son.* > > *Puru inherited the kingdom after Yayati. His descendants were known as > the Pauravas. It was in this line that King Bharata was born. It is after > Bharata that the land we live in is known as Bharatavarsha. The sages > interrupted Lomaharshana. "You are going too fast."* > > *They said. "What is this curse of Shukracharyaтs that Yayati referred > to? You have forgotten to tell us about that."* > > *"I will," replied Lomaharshana.* > > * "But first, let me tell you about Kacha and Devayani."* > > *I will continue in next posting* > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" 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/iyer123/74919255.4074181.1638158924687%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/74919255.4074181.1638158924687%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]. 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