DIVINE INFORMATION 2-43 VISHNUPURAN* - VOLUME 23 ||
Episodes 120 to 124 Episode 120 Meghnad, whois praying to Lord Shiva, is warned by Ravan not to break his meditation as itwould be disastrous. Hanumantakes the shape of a little fly to disturb Meghnad's meditation. After awhile he takes his normal shape and taunts Meghnad for sitting there like acoward. Meghnad isfurious and breaks his meditation and attacks Hanuman. Hanuman managesto bring him outside the temple where Bharat is waiting for him. A dual betweenMeghnad and Laxman follows in which Meghnad is killed. Meghnad's head is lyingon the ground. Vibhushan feels sorry for his death and blames Ravan for hisdemise. Soon Meghnad'swife Sulochana arrives there to claim the head of her husband. Sri Ramtreats her with respect and sympathizes with her. He allows her to collect herhusband and carry him with dignity. Sri Ram comments on the futility of wars.Ravan confronts Sri Ram and boasts he would kill him. Sri Ram accuses Ravan ofbeing a tyrant and killing saints to satisfy his ego. He tells him that he had taken birth to kill himand abolish evil from the earth so that righteousness may prevail. As Sri Ram cuts Ravan's head,another head appears on his shoulders. Vibhushan tells him that Ravan canonly be killed if he attacked on his "Naabhi" (umbilical ). Sri Ramtakes the hint and kills Ravan. Sri Ram is ready to return to Ayodhya with Sita and Laxman. He isworried about Bharat who had vowed to kill himself if Ram's arrival in Ayodhyawas delayed even by a day after the period of his exile was over. Vibhushan lends his PushpakViman to him so that he can fly back and reach in time. Sri Ramarrives in Ayodhya and is united with Bharat.. Episode 121 Mother Earthconcludes that whenever she was riddled with sinners, whenever the human race wasendangered - the Creator of the Universe, the God incarnated Himself.She summarizes the 10 incarnation of Vishnu beginning with the incident of Jaiand Vijay, who due to a curse were borne twice as demons and became enemies ofthe God. and the God had incarnated Himself as Narsimha and Sri Ram to slayHiranyaksh, Hirankashyap, Kumbhakaran and Ravan. In the form of Kans, Jai hasspread terror in Mathura. The tyrant Kans had fixed his sister Devaki'smarriage with his friend Vasudev. He is informed that God of Death was waitingfor this union as Devaki's eighth son will kill him. He imprisons his sisterand brother-in-law so that he could kill their sons. Kans kills Devaki's six sons, but Vasudev's first wifeRohini took away their seventh son. Lord Krishna is borne as theeighth son. Kans sends Demon queen Putna to kill Krishna. Child Krishna sucks out her life.Lord Krishna as child performs Leelas with cowherd friends. Kans goes throughnightmares. Krishna kills Kans' elephant Kuwaliyapeed. Krishna appears invarious forms in Rangshala. Krishna kills Kans.(Kamsa) Episode 122 Using thescenes from previous volumes, this episode summarizes Lord Vishnu's Ten Incarnations. Thefirst incarnation was as a fish to protect Manu and to punish the demon Haideevwho had stolen the four "Vedas" that Brahma had created for thewelfare of mankind. Angered with the slaying of Haideev, demon Hiranyakshkidnapped Mother Earth thus endangering the entire human race. This necessitatedVishnu's third incarnation as a Boar. He killed Hianyaksh and rescued MotherEarth. The menace of demons was increasing specially after their Guru -Shukracharya had gained the precious 'mantra' from Shiva for giving new life todead demons. To grant immortality to gods, it was decided to derive Elixir bychurning the ocean. To raise a mountain from the sea for churning, the LordVishnu took the incarnation of a Turtle. To avenge the death of his brother, demon Hirnayakashpu gained a boonfrom Brahma which made his death almost impossible. He banned the devotion ofVishnu on earth and compelled people, including his son, to worship him. To endhis atrocities Lord Vishnu made his son Prahlad as his ardent devotee.Hirnayakashpu used various methods to get his son killed. Lord Vishnu took theincarnation of Narsingha to destroy him. To end the arrogance of King Bali,Lord Vishnu took theVaman Avtar - His fifth incarnation. When Kings began forgetting their duty asadministrator and were closing down hermitages and schools then Lor Vishnuincarnated Himself as Parshuram and then the seventh incarnation as Rama. Torelieve the world from the injustice of Kans and Kauravas Lord Vishnu took theeighth incarnation as Lord Krishna. And in recent times, when deception was atit's zenith when the priests had spreadthe evils of superstitions in the society, the Lord Vishnu took the ninth incarnation - of LordGautam Buddha - to give a new direction of non-violence to theworld. The present era is called 'Kalyug'. In Srimad Bhagvad - the great Sage Vyas has saidthat in the final phase of 'Kalyug' Lord Vishnu shall reincarnate Himself asKalki. Thus concludes the sacred Vishnupuran. Episode 123 This episodeuses several important scenes from Dr. B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat tv serial todepict the importance of women in the Indian mythology. It deals with Rukmani's marriage toKrishna which highlights a woman's right to have a major say in theselection of her life partner. It also covers the story of Subhadra's abduction by Arjun with the helpof Lord Krishna. (This episode is without English subtitles) Episode 124 This lastepisode also uses material from Mahabharat tv serial. Krishna drives Arjun tothe middle of the battlefield in his chariot. Arjun sees the men on the battlefieldand tells Krishna, "Winninga kingdom after killing one's own kin is too heavy a price to pay. Iprefer to be a beggar if this is the price I have to pay for our throne." Krishna's teaching to Arjun atthe battlefield form the basis of the "Bhagawad Gita"Unable to satisfy Arjun's hopeless consciouce, Krishna grants divine eyesightto Arjun and stuns him with his "Viraat Roop" (divine manifestation).Arjun is consoled and enlightened. He understands that the pure seek the spiritwhile the impure are trapped in "Prakriti" (Matter). He agrees to dohis duty selflessly, lifts his "Gandeev" and prepares to fight theKauravas. (This episode is without English subtitles) The information is stored in my computer. Postedto google groups on 21-12-2021 by R. Gopalakrishnan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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