QUES ANSW DIVINE-73 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. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, Former AGM Telecom Trivandrum dated 13-12-2021 Q1 Whether any body was eager to take up the creation?A1 During this period, Prajapati Kardama who was born from Brahma’s own shadow, worshipped Lord Narayana for ten thousand years. He was eager to take up the work of ‘creation’ of the species, as instructed by Lord Brahma.Lord Narayana appeared before Kardama in the form contemplated upon by him, seated on the divine Garuda. The Lord blessed him to marry DEVAHUTI, daughter of Manu. He also blessed him to beget nine daughters. The Lord Himself would thereafter, be born to him as a son as the tenth child under the name of KAPILA.Swayambhuva Manu came to Kardama and got his daughter, Devahuti married to him Thereafter he got nine daughters and was awaiting the arrival of the Lord in the form of Kapila. Instructed by her husband, Devahuti engaged herself in devout worship of Narayana. In due course, the Lord Himself was born as Kapila to teach mankind the means for attainment of salvation. Kardama then left for the forest for doing penance as a means for his salvation. Kapila then became a great philosopher and taught the essence of his teachings to his own mother, Devahuti. The essence of Kapila’s philosophy as given out to his mother forms the subject matter of the entire Dasaka-15 Kapila had by then left with other Yogis to the North Eastern region near the Sagar Islands. It is believed that he still lives there for the good of the peopleQ2 What is the importance of Uttarayana?A2 The Path of the Northern Solstice or “Uttarayana” in which one performs actions, surrendering everything unto the Lord and without attachment to the fruits of their actions. This path leads to liberation from the circle of birth and death.Q3 Whether sage Kapila was a stopover?If so how the creation got continued?A3 Yet another daughter of Swayambhuva Manu was PRASUTI. She was married to the son of Brahma-DAKSHA PRAJAPATI. Daksha and Prasuti had 16 daughters. Out of these 16, thirteen were married to DHARMA DEVA. One was married to PITRUS; one to AGNI and another named SATI was married to SIVA. Q4 What is Nara narayana story?4 Out of the thirteen daughters of Daksha married to Dharmadeva, one was MURTHY by name. She gave birth to the divine twins - - NARA and NARAYANA. These twin brothers were the forms of the Lord and they were always together After the killing of the Asura Sahasra kavacha , Nara and Narayana went to Badarika Ashrama where they settled down for teaching and practicing the path to “MOKSHA Indra, the king of Gods, became envious of the pre-eminance of Nara and Narayana. He wanted to see their spiritual downfall. He commissioned the God of Love, KAMADEVA with his retinue of celestial beauties to tempt the ‘Twins’ and cause their fall. All the efforts of the commission to tease and tempt them were in vain. They could not tempt Nara and Narayana even slightly. On the other hand, they were really frightened by the strength of their will. The Lord then created a projection of his mind in which the invaders had a vision of Nara and Narayana attended by a number of maids. The beauty of the maids in attendance enchanted even Kama Deva and his bevy of celestial damsels. The tempters who came to overpower were themselves got tempted and enchanted by the beauty of those who served the Lord.Q5 What is origin of Urvasi?A5 The Lord thereafter presented them a gift to Indra, “URVASI”, whose beauty put to shame the beauty of all the celestial damsels. Indra was thus humiliated forever by the Divine Twins. Q6 Why did Daksha got angry with Lord Siva?A6 In a conference called for by Daksha only two persons did not stand up from their seats nor did they applaud like the rest of the audience when Daksha entered.They were Brahma and Siva. Daksha noticed it and he excused Brahma, as he was his father. But he could not tolerate his son-in-law, Siva, who was never in his good books at any time. Daksha was infuriated by this ‘insult’ and punished him then and there. He decreed that henceforth, no one would ever give to Siva any share in any sacrificial oblations.He deliberately performed another big YAGA shortly just to prove the veracity of his decree. Q7 Every body know Daksha yaga story. DO Sati Juped in to Yagya fire?A7 NO. Sati burned herself in the fire created by her Yogic power. Q8 Every body know Daksha yaga story. What happed after Sati burned herself?A8 Lord Siva became very angry. With a loft of his hair, he created a terrible spirit, VEERABHADRA to avenge her death. The ferocious Veerabhadra disrupted the entire Yaga of Daksha.The head of Daksha was cut off and offered into the sacrificial fire. Later, Siva listened to the requests of Gods and allowed the YAGA to continue by transplanting the head of a goat on the severed body of Daksha. Daksha thus attained peace and tranquility by getting rid of his vices like anger, haughtiness and arrogance. Q9 What is the importance of Sradham and Tharpanam as perVaishanavic thinking? A9 We have toperform "Chratham" or at least Tharpanam in all punya kalams. There are 96 best Punya Kaalams have been defined by our ancestors. From allthe above this period of "Mahalayam"is very significant for Pithru Pooja. So, It is notcompulsory to perform, but it will yield a large amount of punyam and pithruAsirvatham to our account. To perform a "Mahalaya Tharpanam" in any one ofthe day during the Mahalaya Paksham is Nithyam, performing it for the wholeduration is Naimithikam. Q10 What is the importance of Madhyannikam? A10 When performingthe morning sandhya, the sins since yesterday evening through the night in anyform will be vanished and become pure for that day to perform any activity one can get the punyam that equalsto chant all the four vedhas by performing the 'Madhyannigam'. Q11 DO there any sanctity in lighting limelamps by ladies? A11 Reply is negative as per Ahobilamatam who answers the question as-Who told you about lighting lime lights during rahu kalam? Are they taught youthe sankalpam for that? Any action requires a sankalpam in the world ofanmikam/vaideekam. The sankalpam only reaches the devatha/god.The sankalpam will be kept for the perusal of the particulardevatha. The way you perform the action will tempt the devatha to consider thatapplication(sankalpam). If the performance really pleased that devatha your ambitionwill be fulfilled (subject to the availability with your poorva janma punyabhalam). My note- There may be varying opinionsabout it. Q12 Do creation is a mystery?What is Hamsa? Why do temples necessary? A 12 Yes. Creation is a mystery. The questions as to what iscreation, what is the cause for this creation and what is the purpose of thiscreation, are more controversial ones . When anything moves, there must be a mover. Who is thatmover, unseen and little known to make the earth, the sun and the moon move? Our great sages have namedthe mover as ‘God’; whose will commands all movement. The experience of day and night we undergo every dayis at His will only, the Sun rises every morning and so too the Moon everynight and there is also the eclipse of the Sun and the Moon, at scheduled timeswhich have been meticulously calculated by our great sages long long past: Tilltoday we have not seen any difference in their calculation which was based onthe soundest theory of Ajapa Gayatri. It is based on the Mantra orHymn called Hamsa, which is connected with the inhalation and exhalation of ahuman breath. Every human being starts chanting this Mantra the moment heis born into this world and it ends when he ceases to exist. The sound Ha'represents inhalation, i.e. the sound caused while inhaling breath, and thesound 'sha' is caused while exhaling. Control over this breath is the basic principle of Pranayama.When breath is controlled mind is controlled too. The fleeting nature of mindbeing controlled, it can be concentrated on divine thoughts. As a swan (Hamsa) is to bekept under control for utilizing its services, the mind is to be brought undersway by controlling the breath, the hymns of Hamsa or Ajapa Gayatri. According to medicalinvestigation, the normal healthy man has 15 breaths per minute Just as all water raining from the skies goes to the ocean, worship of all Gods goes toKesava" (Mahabharata) Hindus conceived Temples asplaces to which the God minded may repair to escape from the detractions and disturbances ofmundane life and commune with the Spirit by meditating on God's image andsinging His name. Q13 Why it is told to visit Kanyakumari afterworshipping at Kasi? A13It is stated in the Puranas-that those who make a pilgrimage to Banaras shouldalso visit Kanvyakumari to complete their pilgrimage. As the Virgin Goddess is a part of theSakti of Kasi Viswanatha, it is ordained that to fulfil their vows pilgrims should visit both Banarasand the Cape to cornplete their pilgrimage to the shrines of Siva and HisSakti. The extreme southern point of India ismarked by Pitru Tirtha and Matru Tirtha EveryHindu believes that if he takes a holy bath in the sea at the Cape and makeshis offerings to the manes of his father and mother, they would attainsalvation. A visitor to Cape Comorin rarely misses this holy bath. Atthe confluence of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean a fairly big hill shoots upfacing the temple. Swami Vivekananda used to plunge in meditationseated on that hill facing the Goddess. He prayed there for the salvation ofmankind. Hence the Hill is called the Vivekananda Hill. Q14 Everybody knows about the Parasurama axe story and creation of the present Kerala.Questuion-Had he any boon for it? A14 Yes. Parashurama, the son of Sage Jamadagni, obtained a boon by propitiating the Sun God that the area ofthe sea covered by the throw of mighty axe would be reclaimed as an inhabitablecountry.Accordingly, the sea receded and the rich and luxuriant Malabar Coast came intoexistence Theone distinguishing feature of the sand at the Cape is that it is of variouscolors. The modernscientists call it monozite sand. At present, Uranium, which is most valuablefor generating atomic energy, is being extracted from this sand. Q15 What is the convincing version about theorigin of the Kanyakumari temple? A15 Another convincing version about the origin of the Kanyakumaritemple is as Follows: - Therewas a virgin by name Pushpakasi.She was very much devoted to Lord Siva and by her stern penance attainedSayujya Moksha. Sayujya Moksha means entering heaven with human body andremaining in human form with the Supreme lord. Banathe Asura had won a boon that he could not be killed by anyone other than aKannika (virgin). It became a problem how to arrest his depredations and savemankind. People approached Lord Siva for redress. Lord Siva knew that only avirgin could kill this Banasura. ! Immediately he chose Pushpakasi for thetask and sent her back to earth. She killed the demon and restored peace in the land. She did not like to stay onearth after fulfilling her mission and so made further penance praying to Sivato call her back to Heaven. Parashurama,who happened to note the austere penance in which this virgin was engaged,installed her image together with a Vinayaka, in tile firm belief that shealone could save the land, which had been reclaimed from the sea, from beingswallowed by it again. Inthis connection, it is necessary to mention here that the mainland of BharataVarsha had in ancient times extended far beyond the present southern-most point. Theland was known as the continent of Lemuria and it probably connected Madagascarand Africa in a contiguous strip. The ocean gradually swallowed up that area. Now, at the request ofParashurama, this virgin Mother faced the South and arrested the further marchof the sea. Banasurais believed to have been killed near about Pothia Malai, north of Kanyakumari.From this mountain two rivers flow-one called the Tamravarni on the northernside, created by Sage Agasthya, and the other, the Kulithurai River, in thesouth. Itwas stated earlier that Parashuramaestablished a Vinayaka at Kanyakumari just before establishing the KanyakumariAmman. It was done with the idea that Vinayaka would help retaining theAmman there with all Her glory and get Her fulfil his purpose. Indra established another Vinayaka when hearrived there, called Indrakantha Vinayaka. Q16 What is the Sani Gayathri and theimportance of Sani gayathri? A16Oriental astrology is connected with nine planets. Out of these Saturn is one. Its position in theZodiac at the time of birth is considered to be very important forpredicting the future of the newly born man or woman. Saturn is universally worshipped, more outof fear than reverence. He,who directs his energies to propitiate Siva, circumvents the malefic influenceof a wrathful Saturn. Invariably, in a Siva temple of the South, a portion ofthe temple is dedicated to the nine planets (Navagraha) including Saturn. Saturnwill give a clear idea of its parentage, and reverential recitation of -thehymn allays the fears of a malefic Saturn: Neelaanjanasamaabhaasam Raviputram Yamaagrajam Chhaayaa Maartaandasambhootam pranamaami Saneeswaram. Q17 What were the name of Tirunallar in different yugas? HowSaturn is placed in Thyagaraja temple? A17Tirunallar temple was known as Adipuri in the Krita Yuga; in the Treta Yuga it was known as Darbharanyam; in Dwaparait was known as Vedapuriand in the Kali it is known as Naleswaram. AsSaturn cannot exercise its evil influence on any person inside the precincts ofthe Tyagaraja temple, Saturn has been enshrined only at the entrance to thetemple, having no connection with the main temple of the Lord, so as toillustrate the perfect immunity that a devotee attains from the influence ofSaturn once he enters this temple Saturn then promised to touch none thatmentioned the name of Nala.A Marakata Sivalingam is seen here kept in an iron safe inside Tyagaraja'sshrine and worshipped daily Q18 What is the back ground behind Picking upKunnikkuru by children at Guruvayur? A18 You canoffer this to developyour children’s intelligence and smartness. A handful ofthese seeds (Abrus precatorious) are picked up and dropped thrice in the vesselkept for the purpose and an amount desired by the devotee is deposited in thehundi. Q19 What is the most lasting festival atGuruvayur? A19The most important festival during the Mandalam period, lasting for a month. It was on the GuruvayurEkadasi day that Lord Krishna revealed the Gita to Arjuna. An udayastamanaPooja is conducted by the Devaswam. Q20 What is the speciality of Vishukkani atGuruvayur? A20Seeing the kani at Guruvayur is considered very auspicious and hence millionsof devotees stay overnight, blindfold themselves and set their eyes on the Kaniand the glorious deity as the doors are as usual opened for the dharshan at 3 AM. My note- Now with covid 19, there isrestriction of the number of devotees. Q21 What is the speciality odidol in Tirumandan kunnu? A21 The idol of ThirumandhamKunnilamma in Mathrusala is of Daru (wood). Even thoughidols of deities made of Daru can be found in a number of Devi temples inKerala, the one at Thirumandhamkunnu excels them all in size and workmanship. Theidol is about 6 feet high, in a sitting posture, with the left leg on her lapand the right hanging as usual and touching the ground In most temples the Deity is placed in front of theentrance so that devotees can have a clear view. However, at Thirumandhamkunnu,the Deity sits slightly to the left of the entrance -- 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/622744347.862519.1639360692688%40mail.yahoo.com.
