QUES ANSW DIVINE71 Dear friends,
These are informationposted by members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2007’s and stored in mycomputer. At this date I have no information of the members posted. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAYBE ERRORS. I have observed memberMr Rajaram Krishnamurthy former IRS making ugly comments like ignorant, stupid etc.on me without reading the above lines. I am asked to ignore by an authority his responses,but still he irritatesa lot Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, Former AGM Telecom Trivandrum dated 11-12-2021 Q1 DO wehave a mention of the creation of Universe in narayaneeyam? If so where? Whatare in brief its details in simple language? A1 It is in episode 5 -the origin of the universe -- (srishti)narayaneeya is described. The “Brahmanda”, the nucleus of the Universe evolved itself. The Lord thus became the Virat—the Universe of fourteen worlds. The 14 worlds consisted of the following seven higher spheres and seven nether regions. | Higher worlds | | | | Bhuh | Bhuvah | Suvah | | Mahah | Jana | Tapah | | Satyam | | | | | | | | Nether worlds | | | | Atala | Vitala | Sutala | | Patala | Rasatala | Talatala | | Mahatala | | | The earth came from the Lord’s hip. His navel became the sky. His chest became Swarga, the Suvar loka. The Lord’s neck became Mahar loka and the face became Jana loka. The forehead became Tapaloka. Satyaloka is the head of the Lord. Patala -The lower surface of the feet of the Lord is said to be Patala.The upper surface of the feet became Rasatala.The two ankles of the Lord became Mahatala.The shanks became Talatala.The knees became Sutala.The Lord’s thighs became Vitala and Atala. The Vedas came from the “BRAHMARANDHRA” (crown of the head). Clouds came from his hair. The eyebrows are the abode of Brahma. The eyelashes are the night and day. The eyes became the Sun, and His glances became the creation of the whole Universe. The ears became the “directions” (Quarters).The nostril became the Aswini Devas. The lower and upper lips became ‘greed’ and ‘modesty’. The teeth are the stars. The molars are Yama. His smile became ‘Maya’, the breath became the wind, tongue became water, the speech birds, the tunes the siddhas, the mouth fire, hands became Gods and the chest became Dharmadeva. The lord’s back became adharma, his mind became the Moon and the abdomen became ocean. The animals came from His waist. The nails of his feet became elephants, camels, horses etc. His movement became Time. The four castes based on division of labour came from his face, hands, thighs, and feet. The wheel of Samsar came from his activity. The asuras came from His prowess. His bones became mountains. Rivers came from his blood vessels. The Lord’s hair became the trees. This is the VIRAT form of the Lord and this form is meditated upon at the end of all Vedic Karmas and also at the time of death. To summarise- from the supreme being every thing came.Q2 What is SRISHTI and VSRISHTI ?A2 Let us start with a brief recapitulation of what we discussed about “ SRISHTI” or “Primary Creation” before we move on to the “Secondary Creation” or “VSRISHTI”. At the end of the Pralaya lasting for 100 years of Brahma, there was a will for CreationMaya, the cosmic delusive power wielded by Lord to facilitate creation activity Maya, duly activated by the Lord at the dawn of Creation, projected “Intelligence” (MAHAT). The “Intelligence” or Mahat is a product of “Matter” or Prakriti with the three qualities of Satwa, Rajas and Tamas. But at this stage, the Mahat was predominantly Satwic by nature. As such, from Mahat, was created “Ahamkara”(Egoity) with a predominance of the quality of Tamas. With the birth of Ahamkara, a sense of individuality, separateness and relationship came out. It became easier now for Srishti, creation. The Ahamkar or Egoity again mixed with more of the requisite quantity of Satwa to form Vaikarika. This created the deities presiding over the five organs of “knowledge” viz, Dik (hearing), Vayu (touch), Aaditya (sight), Varuna (taste) and Aswini Devas (smell). The five organs of “action” also came out from this Vaikarika. They are Agni (vocal organ), Indra (hands), ‘Upendra’ (feet), Mitra (anus) and Prajapati (generative organ). The presiding deities of the Mind (moon), intellect (Brahma), ego / Ahamkara (Rudra) and Chitta, the mind stuff (Kshetrajna), the in-dwelling spirit). The category of ‘Vaikarika’ which is the product of the Satwa aspect of Ahamkara also produced the internal organs (Anthakkarana). They are Mind (manas), Intellect (Budhi), Ego sense (Ahamkara) and the mind stuff (Chitta). We have seen that the ‘Mahat’, when it mixed with ‘Tamas’, became ‘Ahamkara’. This again mixed with ‘Satwa’ to produce ‘vaikarika’, which in turn created the subtle deities and internal organs. This ‘Ahamkara’ with a helping of ‘Rajas’came to be known as ‘Taijasa’. This ‘Taijasa’, in turn, produced the five organs of action, viz, speech, hands, feet, excretory organs and the generative organs. It also produced the five organs of knowledge (Jnanendriyas), viz. Ear, skin, eye, tongue and nose. Ahamkara then mixed with more of Tamas. This mixture came to be known as ‘Tamasa Ahamkara’. This created the subtle elements and the gross elements one after the other. Let us see the order in which they came out. First came sound (sabda) which was subtle. It developed into the grosser element of sky (Akash). From the gross sky came the subtle element ‘touch’ (Sparsa) which grossified itself into ‘Vayu’ (air). The vayu later led to further grossification by evolving into ‘Form’ (Rupa). Later, a combination of one with the other thus evolved in the creation of ‘Fire’ (Tejas), ‘Taste’ (Rasa), ‘Water’ (Jala),’Smell’ (Gandha) and finally the element of ‘Earth’ (Prithivi). Each of the five elements had their own specific quality as well as the qualities of its predecessors. Thus ‘space’ had sound alone; Air had both touch and sound; Fire had form, touch and sound; Water had taste, form, touch and sound. Earth had smell, taste, and form, touch and sound.In this manner, the subtlest of all evolved itself into the grossest of all. Thus the elements, the sense organs, and their presiding deities had come into existence. They were simply “matter”, having no life of their own. The Lord (Energy) vitalized them and activated them, thereby forming the “Hiranya Garbha” (literally the Golden Egg). The Hiranya Garbha was the seed form of the world to be. When this cosmic egg was hatched for a thousand years, the Lord appeared from the egg in the cosmic form, Virat Purusha comprising the 14 worlds with countless hands, legs and heads. This cosmic form of the Lord became the seven lower worlds, the earth and the six higher worlds of experience. Now Brahma (the Creator) comes out and takes over the “SECONDARY CREATION” which is called “VISRISHTI”. This Visrishti takes place at the beginning of every day of Brahma i.e. after every Naimittika Pralaya that makes His night.Q3 Who is this Brahma? And how does He come into existence on the very first day of His existence? A3 Brahma, the Creator is the soul of all living beings in all the worlds. He is known as Hiranya Garbha, the Golden Egg. When the Universe was ready to come out of this shell form ready for “Srishti”, the Lord also manifested as Brahma in Satya Loka along with the 14 worlds in His Virat.This Brahma who was predominantly Rajasic in nature was impelled to create. But he lacked the technical know-how necessary for creation. The Lord then prompted Brahma to do “TAPAS” (penance).Brahma did penance for thousand divine years with utmost concentration. At the end of His Penance, the Lord gave him the vision of “VAIKUNTA”, the abode of the Lord. The poet now gives the readers a glimpse of that abode of the Lord, Vaikunta and its denizens.Vaikunta is beyond the 14 worlds and is beyond the spell of Maya. It experiences only Supreme Bliss, a state of concentrated, pure and transcendental consciousness. It is the place where the great devotees of the Lord who attain “Saaroopya” reside.The citizens of Vaikunta have all the form of the Lord, with four hands and the bluish colour of the Lord. This abode of Vaikunta is not at all affected by sin. Brahma, who had this vision of Vaikunta, saw the form of Goddess Lakshmi serving the Lord. Brahma had also a vision of the Lord, the very source of creation, seated on a throne of diamonds and shining like the brilliance of a thousand Suns.The Lord was adorned with “Srivastha” and “Kausthubha”. The Lord that Brahma saw had four arms shining with a conch, a mace, a discus and a lotus flower. Brahma was overwhelmed with this marvelous vision. He prayed to the Lord to grant him both duality and non-duality existing in harmony.Brahma prostrated at the feet of the Lord. The Lord granted him the knowledge about creation as well as the blessing of not becoming bound by his action of such creation Remaining in the heart of Brahma, the Lord also directed him in his work of CreationIn each Mahakalpa, Brahma is born from a particular limb of the Lord. The “Mahabharata” states that Brahma was born on the first Mahakalpa from the mind of the Supreme. In the second Mahakalpa, he was born from the eye, in the third from the words, in the fourth from the ear, in the fifth from the nose, in the sixth from the scrotum and in the present seventh from the navel.) “I have been blessed with this divine vision of You. Pray, O Lord, make my intellect sufficiently sharp so that I will be capable of creating the worlds”. Then he created the three worlds from that lotus and started creating various kinds of beings. These three worlds, BHUH, BHUVAH and SUVAH comprised all the 14 worlds. Brahma then created vegetation, birds,animals, men, Gods, etc. in order to provide bodies for all the Jivas who take birth according to their past Karmas.Q4 What was the first creation of Brahma?A4 Then Brahma created four sages,SANAKA, SANATANA, SANANDANA and SANATKUMARA from his mind. Brahma wanted them to continue ‘Creation’.But these sages were solely devoted to the worship of the Supreme Lord. Lord Brahma got angry and from between the eyebrows, RUDRA came. There were eleven aspects of Rudra and they got eleven names and eleven wives. Thereafter Rudra was advised to ‘create’ beings. Rudra’s creations were frightful and he was asked to stop creation and concentrate on penance for the welfare of the worldThereafter, from the body of Brahma, were born Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Kratu, Pulaha, Pulasthya, Bhrigu, Vasishta, Daksha and Sri Narada. Brahma then created Dharmadeva, Kardama, Saraswathi and others.He also brought out the Vedas and the Puranas and taught them to his sons. It was too much for Brahma to attend to all the minor details of ‘Creation’. That would leave him with no time for planning As he was not able to continue further ‘creation’, he meditated upon the lord. Wisdom dawned on him and he symbolically divided his body into two halves i.e. the “MALE” concept and the “FEMALE” concept.From the Male concept emerged the first man in the world, SWAYAMBHUVA MANU and from the female concept sprung the first woman in the world, SATARUPA.With the creation of the first man and the first woman, Swayambhuva Manu and Sataroopa, creation of human and other species picked up slowly. In the meantime, a strange incident occurred.Q5 What is the Jaya vijaya story?A5 At that time( Brahma created the first man Manu and woman Satrupa) , the two door- keepers of Vaikunta gate, JAYA and VIJAYA by name, stopped the The four sages ,SANAKA, SANATANA, SANANDANA and SANATKUMARA who have gone to see Vishnu were prevented from entering that last gate to Vaikunta. This infuriated the sages, even though they were predominantly Satwic by nature. There is no explanation as to how such a thing could happen and that too at the very gates of Vaikunta except that everything takes place as desired by the Lord.The sages who were thus intercepted by Jaya and Vijaya cursed the door- keepers to become Asuras (demons).Their conduct was unbecoming of the denizens of Vaikunta, which is the abode of pure Satwa aloneOn prayer however later Vishnu pacified them- Your demoniac existence on the earth will be for a short time limited to three births only. Thereafter you both will come back to Vaikunta duly purified by your death at my hands.” In this way, Jaya and Vijaya took three births as Asuras, viz.,(1) Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu,(2) Ravana and Kumbhakarna and (3) Sisupala and Dandavaktra. Jaya and Vijaya were first born as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu as the sons of Kasyapa and Diti.One day at sunset, Sage Kasyapa was busy with his evening prayers. Do you know that during the “SANDHYA” time (i.e. the twilight time at dawn and dusk immediately before the sunrise and after the sunset when darkness sets in), one should always engage oneself with prayers and never spend the time in eating, sleeping or mating. At that time Diti approached Kasyapa with passion and lust. Kasyapa advised her to do the Sandhya prayers. But Diti could not be controlled. Kasyapa was forced to oblige his wife helplessly.He, however, cursed Diti to reap the fruits of her own obstinacy. And the curse was that she would become the mother of two ferocious Asuras. No wonder, Diti was now destined to be the mother of Jaya and Vijaya cursed to be born as two Asuras---Hiranyaksha and his brother Hiranyakasipu! Q6 What is the Hiranyaksha story and Varaha Avathara?A6 Hiranyaksha removed the earth from its orbit and submerged it deep in the cosmic waters in a well guarded hide out. He heard from God Varuna, the God of Waters, that Vishnu was the only match for him. Bhoomi Devi being the dear wife of the Lord, the Asura expected that a fight with the Lord was imminent While busy with creation, Manu suddenly noticed that the earth had quite unexpectedly disappeared from sight. He approached Brahma at Satyaloka along with some sages like Marichi.Earth is submerged in the waters,” he prayed, “ where shall I keep my creations now?” Lord Brahma felt helpless and meditated upon the feet of Lord Vishnu.At that time, a strange thing happened. From the nostrils of Brahma, Lord Vishnu came out as a small boar, “VARAAHA”,as small as the size of a thumb.The Boar began to increase itself in size, first as big as an elephant and later into the size of a mountain. He roared again and again.The Boar located the Earth and lifted her up on its tusks. Sage Narada then approached the Asura, Hiranyaksha who was at that time wandering about in the waters in search of Vishnu.Narada was a great diplomat. He flattered the Asura and vehemently criticized the Lord to achieve his end. As he saw the huge animal form of Vishnu, the Asura could not control his laughter. “O, this is only a wild animal.” In the meantime, Mother Earth resting on the tusks of Varaaha was trembling in fear due to the confrontation by the demon. The Lord then placed the earth gently on the waters and got ready for a fight. The Lord in the form of Varaaha gave a fatal blow with the toe of His leg at the base of the ear of the demon. The monstrous demon, Hiranyaksha fell to the ground, with blood gushing out of his mouthAfter the Lord’s re-instatement of the Earth in its orbit during His Varaaha incarnation, the off-spring of Brahma, Swayambhuva Manu ruled over the people successfully during the entire period of his “Manvantara”(71 mahayugas). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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