DIVINE INFORMATION-2-35 Dearfriends, >From thisposting onwards I am forwarding information about vishnupuranam >insubstance. Hope this too will be interesting. The information is stored >incomputer in 2008 April.Gopalakrishnan
VISHNUPURAN* - VOLUME 1 || Episodes 1 to 4 Episode 1: Dharti introducesherself to the viewers and starts narrating the story of the creation ofuniverse. "Beforethe beginning there was an end" she says, and then reveals how theuniverse was created by the supreme God Lord Vishnu. He appeared on our planetas a child floating on a leaf in the ravaging deluge after the world had cometo an end. He created the Hindu trinity of gods Brahma, Vishnu & Mahesh.The three maintained the sacred and moral order of Dharma to ensure harmony inthe free world. Episode 2: Dharticontinues to narrate the story. Manu and Shatrupas first son becomes the firstking of our country. He has two wives from whom he has a son named Uttam. WhenDhruv is neglected by his father he looks to his mother for help. In turn shetells him to pray to Lord Vishnu and ask the supreme god to grant him all hiswishes. Episode 3 Unsatisfiedwith praying to the image of Lord Vishnu, Dhruv leaves the palace in search ofthe supreme god himself. When Laxmi sees a child roaming about alone in thenight she pleads with Vishnu to protect him. Laxmi later saves Dhruv from agang of dacoits. Manu holds Uttanpad responsible for the disappearance ofDhruv. Narad is sent by Vishnu to guide Dhruv to the forest to pray for thesupreme god to appear. Laxmi asks goddess Saraswati to protect Dhruv while heis in the forest. Episode 4: GoddessParvati agrees to the request of Laxmi to protect Dhruv in the forest. She goesto the forest on her Vahan (tiger) and saves Dhruv from a cheetah. She reportsto Lord Shiva that Dhruv was unaware of the attack since he was so engrossed inhis prayers. Dhruv gives up eating to compel Lord Vishnu to come to him. Vishnurefuses to do so until Dhruv goes through what is written in his fate byBrahma. Indra is told of Dhruvs whereabouts and she fears he may ask Vishnu forhis throne. Narad tries to warn Dhruv by sending Rakshita disguised as hismother, but even she is unable to obstruct his VISHNUPURAN* - VOLUME 2 || Episodes 5 to 9 Episode 5: King Uttanpad is unable to do his duty towardshis subjects because his efforts to find his son Dhruv have failed. Lord Indra’sefforts to obstruct Dhruv’s prayers also fail and Narad advises him to refrain.To achieve his goal, Dhruv stops breathing and the entire universe standsstill. Eventually the supreme God Vishnu appears before Dhruv and is questionedby him. Episode 6: Sitting insupreme God Vishnus lap is ecstasy for Dhruv, as he feels fully enlightened.Lord Vishnu gives him a discourse on "Karma" and "Bhakti".He instructs him to return to his people and attain salvation through Karma.Dhruv returns home and the reunion of his entire family completes hishappiness. Goddess Laxmi requests that LOrd Vishnu allow mankind to have thebenefit of his wisdom. "Dharti"introduces the story of a saint Kashyap who had three wives, Diti, Aditi andDhanu. Episode 7: Lord Brahma comes to meet Lord Vishnu. He isasked to pass on the Vedas (the words of the cosmic Lord himself to guidemankind to live a purposeful life) to mankind. Goddess Laxmi is pleased withthe Lord’s concern for humanity however Haygrive - the Dhanav is upset and considers it to beunfair. He steals the Vedas when Brahma is away. Episode 8: Vishnu tellsLaxmi that Dharti is disintegrating and its law are collapsing. It was time forhim to reincarnate himself to purify and save it from the decay that had setin. Once again Vishnuand Laxmi become one. Brahma informs Vishnu that Danav Haygrive hasstolen the Vedas. Vishnu decides to punish him. One day atiny fish swims into Manu’s hands and requests that Manu care for it andprotect it from the bigger fish in the ocean. The fish is none other than LordVIshnu. The Vedas disappear and Haygrive's men who were guarding them rush to inform Haygrive. Episode 9: Haygrive andhis men succeed in searching out the four Vedas. He wants to destroy them but Lord Vishnu rescues them and killsHaygrive. Manu, having gathered all the seeds of the plants and a pairof every bird, awaits Lord Vishnu. He realizes, he has forgotten to take theSaptrishis with him. They would be needed to educate mankind. Lord Shivprepares to create a deluge to purify Dharti. VISHNUPURAN* - VOLUME 3 || Episodes 10 to 14 Episode 10: Kashyaprefuses to attend Haygrives funeral for he believes he deserved what he got.Power corrupted him and his violent ways had brought upon his death. He alsofeared that the violent culture of Danavas would bring about more disaster. A war of succession beginsbetween Kaal Ketu and Harshad. Indra the leader of the gods defeats Kaal Ketu.He declares that he is almighhty and unbeatable but Lord Vishnu is unhappyabout this declaration. Episode 11: Dharticomments on the death of Haygrive. It says that the wise always try to overcome their shortcomingswhen they face opposition. The unwise close their minds and becomevictims of their pride. Chitrath andMalayaketu inform Indra that the Danavs have decided to invade the realm of thegods. Lord Vishnu isunhappy with Indras pride. Shukracharya decides to do penance and obtainSajeevni Mantra as his reward from Lord Shiva. Once he has thismantra he can bring back the dead. Lord Shiva suggests that the mantra be givento the one who can prove his ability to posses this mantra in a test. Episode 12: Devraj Indrais certain that Danav Guru Shukracharya won’t succeed in his penance. Later hesends Chitrath and Malayaketu to witness this failure and bring the good newsback to him. Narad informs Devraj Indra that Shukracharya is going through hispenance with determination and it looks as if he will succeed. Indra sendsApsaras to obstruct him. Indra’sdaughter takes the job instead even though her father asks her not too. Episode 13: Hangingupside down from the branch of a tree, Danav guru continues his penance. Indrasdaughter Jayantiarrives there posing as a disciple and manages to put red chilli powder in thedry burning leaves. The smell causes Shukracharyas eyes, nose &ears to bleed. Unable to handlehis suffering Jayanti confesses her guilt. Lord Vishnu sees a clamityfor Devtas in the event of Shukracharya completing his penance. He grants himthe Sanjeevni Mantra. To resolve her sins Jayanti offers to serve Shukracharyaall her life, and he accepts her as his wife. Episode 14: Devraj Indrais told that Danavs have declared war against Devloke. He orders his associatesto crush the invaders. Shukracharya prepares to leave for the battlefield. The war starts and Danavs giveDevtas a crushing defeat. Goddess Laxmi is worried about the fate of theDevtas. Lord Vishnu tells her not to worry but to wait & see. VishnuBhagwan asks Indra to churn the primeval waters and bring out nectar from it,which would make the Devtas immortal. I will forward from vol 4 in next posting . Posted to google groups on 11-12-2021R. Gopalakrishnan -- 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/1333940665.672599.1639214771308%40mail.yahoo.com.
