QUES ANSW DIVINE 90 Dearfriends,
Wish you all a happy new year2022. These areinformation posted by members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s and storedin my computer. At this date I have no information of the members posted. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, Former ITS, AGM Telecom Trivandrum dated 31-12-2021 Q1 What is the power of reciting Srirudram? A1 If anyone who recites Sri Rudrameven once, not only his family but the entire village will be blessed with Subiksham. Women neednot worry thinking that they do not have the baagyam of reciting rudram Q2 What is Manushya mrigam andhas it been refered any where in Pandava story in Mahabharatha? A2The following is based on the sthala-purana, or temple mythology of the Shiva temple in the village ofTiruvatavur, near Madurai. Thisis about the five sons of king Pandu, called the Pancha Pandavas, who were thedescendants of the lunar dynasty. They lived in the era of the Dvapara Yuga.Their capital city was Indraprastha. Narada Maharishi (a divine saint), who travels in the 3 worlds ashe wishes, came to see them. The Pandavas worshipped his feet and praised himin various forms. Narada said to them “Whoperforms the Rajasuya Yajna on earth is honored with the white umbrella inIndra’s world after he dies and goes to heaven. ODharmaputra, your father Pandu, in Indraloka isnot given this respectable honor.” ThePandavas shivered. “OLord, to gain that honor what must be performed? Tell us!” the eldest sonnamed Yushistira or Dharmaraja humbly requested. “ O Dharma,you must perform that glorious yajna. You willoffer the virtue of that offer to your father, then he will receive thathonor”, Naradaannounced. They cleared up their minds. The Pandavas planned toperform the yajna, and they needed immeasurable wealth to accomplish this. Forthat aim they went in all directions. They gained victory over whoever hatedthem and rebelled against them. They gathered great wealth. Bhima went to the northern direction andconquered the opponents and also won victory over Kubera, the divine guardianof the North, and the possessor of great treasures. He gained a lot of wealth. Now the needrequired was to work fast and to be valiant to perform the yajna. While he wasthinking, he realized Kubera’s garden was before him“Is it that?” Human form (purusha rupa), animal figure (Tamil=uruvam) the purushamrigawho possesses that figure pleasantly resides there.My wish is achieved Bhima thought. Withshivering he approached the purushamriga. He praised it from his heart andmouth. “Salute, my prostration. To be able to successfully perform theRajasuya Yajna you weinvite your divine presence in our Indraprastha.” “I will come” thepurushamriga answered. But he made a condition to Bhima. “You must go before meand direct me. You should not be an obstacle for my pace and speed. You must advance beyond my reachalways. Otherwise I will kill you. Do you know why? Thereason is that I always keep Shiva in my thought, word and in my mind. ‘What isthis? Why the guiding person is blocking me?’ my mind will ask. That thoughtwill disturb my Shiva Dhyana (meditation). I warn you” said thepurushamriga. Bhima wonderedand accepted. The dignified purushamriga existsin Kubera’s world. One cannot see it with mortal eyes. One who is able to seeit becomes pious. Bringing it will enable us to accomplish and perform thegreat yajna appropriately. LordKrishna gave a suggestion to Bhima, accept this condition if the purushamrigaagrees to come. Bhima,with that support of Lord Krishna, ran swift but his legs were like pudding.However far he moved, it still kept him almost within its reach. He took one stone, pronounced the mantra and threw it behind him. In theplace where the stone fell it turned into a temple with a temple pond. Seeing this miracle the purushamriga took a bath in theholy water. He performed the ritual. He reached the bank of the temple pond. Hecollected the flowers, and worshipped Lord Shiva. Bhima continued torun. As soon as it finished the worship of Lord Shiva, the purushamrigafollowed Bhima again. Within an instant it approached him. Seeing this again Bhima threw a stone. Thestone again turned into a Shiva temple. Again the purushamriga sincerelyworshipped Shiva. In the same way Bhima threw one stone after the other. Assoon it finished the ritual it started following him. In that way he didit again and again. Hefinished all the magical stones. At that moment Bhima stepped into theterritory of Indraprastha. Thepurushamriga said, “son of the Wind, you have one leg there and one leg in myterritory”. Itstretched out and captured the leg. “My justice is justice”, Bhima said. It said “I also have my justice”. Yudhistira, the eldest brother who was alsocalled Dharmaraja, the Just King, understood what was going on and rushedthere. Dharmaraja realizedthe debate. “O Dharma, am I doing injustice? Youtell me?” said the purushamriga. “Thefoot that is in Indraprastha belongs to Bhima, according to the agreement. Theother leg belongs to you,” said Dharma. The purushamriga was overwhelmed in itsheart. “Dharmaraja,your name befits you. Long may you live! May your reign grow! You achieve rare justice. I am trembling. Bhima does not have to giveany leg to me. He made it possible I could worship Lord Shivacontinuously. This is the argument. I only did it as a test.”the purushamriga said andsmiled. Thenit praised and prostrated to Lord Krishna, who had arrived there. “Purushamriga, the Pandavas areperforming the Rajasuya. Extend all your help to let it be pleasantlyperformed. Kindly stay here. Don’t forget,” said Krishna. >From the beginning to the end of theyajna the help of the purushamriga was >immeasurable. Dharma received the titleof Samrath. After that Mahavishnu thought to invoke the purushamriga atTiruvatavur. He asked the opinion of Vaisampaayanar, Telamiyar,Uroomcanmar, Pirukuccar, Kauntinyaritam. They answered “Lord Kannar, your idea is great.” LordParantaman proceeded with the purushamriga and arrived at Tiruvatavur. Heworshipped Lord Shiva in the temple there. “Vedanatha!Bhima brought it to earth. Where there is the bliss of Shiva sthala it willreside. It can’t reside anywhere else. This place is in all aspectsappropriate." Lord Krishna humbly prayed and asked Lord Shiva’spermission. The Lord appeared before him. “Achyuta,in this time period [garbha kalam] it will reside here in a formless form andguard this place, O Lord.” LordShiva blessed. With an eye full of bliss the Lord looked at it. The purushamrigaasked “I and Lord Vishnu have a great affection for you.” ThenShiva]disappeared in the Linga in the sanctum. Fromthat day onwards the purushamriga resides on the north side of the lake and onthe temple wall and enjoys the bliss. And whoever comesunder his sight the sins that surround him on all four sides and the fear ofdeath will not exist for him anymore. Q3What is sivalaya ottam? A3 During this dayand night, devotees perform a running, visiting and worshipping at twelvespecial Shiva shrinesaround Padmanabhapuram. This is called Shivalaya Ottam. The total length of the run is 75 kilometer. And the whole ritual is incommemoration of the chase of Bhima by the purushamriga Q4Do there are any other version for Purusha mriga story told above? A4 The mythologyrecounted as the origin of this tradition gives a different version of theMahabharata legend recounted above There are two slight variations of this particularepisode. In this onethe stones are Shivalingas. In the other variation Krishna gives Bhima 12rudrakshas. Rudrakshas are theseeds of a tree from the Himalayas which are sacred to Shiva and are used tomake rosaries. For the yajña they were going to perform, Yudhistira (the eldestPandava) required the milk of the purushamriga. Themighty human-beast was deeply devoted to Lord Shiva. And held a deep disliketowards Lord Vishnu, and all Vishnu devotees. Bhima took upon himself to bring the milk forthe yajña, Lord Krishna(the avatara of Vishnu) wished to show that Shiva and Vishnu are One, and alsorestrain the overconfidence of Bhima. Krishna thereforegave Bhima 12 Shivalinga images, and told him he should drop one whenever heneeded help. Bhimatraveled to the jungle where the purushamriga was in deep meditation, heuttered the words “Govinda, Gopala” , (names of Lord Krishna often chanted byhis devotees as a form of worship), while he tried to get milk from thepurushamriga. Hearing the names of Vishnu disturbed itsmediation on Shiva, and it saw Vishnu appearing in the Shiva Linga it wasworshipping. The purushamriga was enraged, and grabbed Bhima. To escape from its claws, Bhima dropped oneShivalinga, which turned into a Shiva shrine. The purushamriga let go of Bhima in order toworship Shiva. Alittle later Bhima once again tried to obtain the milk, and again called“Govinda, Gopala”. Again the human-beast chased Bhima and caught him. Onceagain he dropped one of the Shivalingas Krishna had given him, and anotherShiva shrine appeared. Inthis way the 12 stones created the 12 temples that are known as the Shivalayas. In the end Bhima wasagain caught by the purushamriga, when he still had one foot in the territoryof the sphinx-purushamriga. Because ofthis Bhima disputed that he was rightfully free. But Yudhistira judged that thehalf of Bhima’s body that was still within the territory of the purushamrigabelonged to it. Much impressed with Yudhistira’s great justice,the purushamriga gave the milk for the completing of the yajña. And Bhima’spride was thus subdued. Q5 Do Pandava youngest-Saha deva was ascholar of astrology, palmistry and face reading ?Then why he has not practicedthem? A5 Yes.Sahadeva was the youngest Pandava and, in the South Indian Mahabharata, he is described as an expert inmany predictive sciences such as Astrology, Palmistry and Facereading. But he was cursed: if he ever gave any information voluntarily, hishead will split into a thousand pieces.That is why he is silent throughout the epic. Q6 Who is Bhagavan? A6 Someonewho is absolutely complete in all the six Bhagas, which make him the Bhagawan. Q7 DidSrirama got transformed in to Mahavishnu form when he went to sarayu river inthe end? A7 Yes. WhenRama walked into the river Sarayu, he is believed to have transformed into his eternal Mahavishnuform. My note- This is from Uthara ramayanam. Many contentUthara ramayanam is not authentic. Q8 Is there a view that the famous Venkatachalpathy Temple of Thirumala and Sri.Ayyappa Temple at Shabari Mala were Buddhist Temples ? A8 Somepersons are of the opinion that the famous Venkatachalpathy Temple of Thirumalaand Sri. Ayyappa Temple at Shabari Mala were Buddhist Temples ) Q9 Every body know Sankaracharya carriedhimself his mothers body on death to thefuneral ground . How he made the funeral fire? A9Aryambal’s last wish to see PARA BRAHMAwas realized to herby him by just her touch on his body. When shedied the NAMBOOTHIRI BRAHMINS did not go to help him in her cremation and otherAPARA KIYAS stating that HEas a SANYASI had no right to perform this as he had left all worldly customs. SHANKARA hadto take the body on his shoulders to the CREMATION GROUND where he could notget FIRE WOOD to burn her body.He saw a newly thrown BANANA PLANT with which he burnt her mortal remains andperformed her APARA KRIYA. Q10 What are the different versions about theSAMADHI OF ADI SHANKARA? A10 This subject is alsocontroversial. According tomany SHANKARA BHAGAVATHPAADA attained SAMADHI while trekking the HIMALAYAS near KEDARNATH.. Few otherssay that He attained SAMADHI at VADKKUNNATHA TEMPLE at Thrissur. Some others say that after attainingSarvajna Peettah he attained Samaadhi at Kancheepuram. Where some of isdeciplesstarted a PEETHOM called KANCH KAAMAKOTI PEETHOM. However, there is consensus in his life spanwhich was very short i.e. 32 years of age. Q11 Whowas the wife of Bharata brother ofSriRama? A11 Bharata is said to have been marriedto Mandavi -- 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/223290279.234942.1640913882098%40mail.yahoo.com.
