QUES ANSW DIVINE 11 Dear friends,
These are informationposted by members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s and stored in mycomputer. 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 10-01-2022 Q1 What is the disqualification for Navami? A1 One should not undertake ajourney on Navami. He will become a pauper. one should not return toone’s house on the ninth day ofdeparture or in the ninth month that the Navami disqualification applies mainlyfor travel Q2Which should be the directionfor sleep? A2Here is a Tibetan practice.The Tibetan Buddhists say that by sleeping with yourhead pointing north you will remember more dreams. By sleeping with your headpointing south your sleep will be much deeper and more refreshing. Yoga masterssay that head is north and feet issouth. Similarly back portion of body iswest and front portion ie east. This means if you are sleeping in day time tillnoon, better to keep the head on East and after midday keep the head on west My note- Thegeneral practice is never keeping head towards north. Q3 What do the cow represent? A3 The fourlegs of the cow also represent the fourrighteous qualities: truth, mercy, charity and austerity. Cows are to be servedonly.Cows are used on auspicious occasions. “If you want to purify a place, youwould send a cow through to purify it.” Q4 What is Gayatri mantra and its meaning(Relating to gayathri many questions are repeated with purpose)? A4 Gayatrimantra has been bestowed the greatest importance in Vedic dharma. This mantra has also been termed asSavitri and Ved-Mata, the mother of theVedas. Om bhur bhuvah swah Tat savitur varenyam Bhargo devasya dheemahi Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat Theliteral meaning of the mantra is:O God! You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent andAlmighty. You are all Light. You are all Knowledge and Bliss. You are Destroyerof fear, You are Creator of this Universe, You are the Greatest of all. We bowand meditate upon Your light. You guide our intellect in the right direction. Q5 What is sreechakra? How beautifully she isdescribed? A5 The Sree Chakra is the depiction ofSri Lalitha TRipura Sundari Having sucha beautiful smile that Lord Shiva himself could not take his eyes off, Havingbreasts which were capable of buying the invaluable love of Kameswara, havingrow of faint beautiful hair raising from her belly, having stomach with threepretty folds, wearing red silk tied with a string with red bells. Q6 What is the description ofSree nagara? A6 Tripurasundari Lalitha was given inmarriage to Lord Kameshwara and made to stay in Sree Nagaraat the top of Maha Meru Mountain. Sree nagara had 25 streets circling it. Theyare made of iron, steel, copper, lead, alloy made of five metals, silver, gold,the white Pushpa raga stone, the red Padmaraga stone etc. Inthe eighth street was the forest of Kadambas. This is presided by Syamala. Inthe fifteenth street live the Ashta Digh palakas. In the sixteenth lives Varahialias Dandini who is her commander in chief. In the seventeenth street live thedifferent Yoginis. In theeighteenth street lives Maha Vishnu. In the nineteenth street lives Esana, in the twentieth Thara Devi, twentyfirst Varuni twenty third Marthanda Bhairawa, twenty fourth the moon and twentyfifth Manmatha presiding over the forest of love. Inthe center of Srinagara is the Maha Padma Vana(The great lotus forest) andwithin it the Chintamani Griha (The house of holythought ) and within it is the Sri chakra. Q7 What is another name for trikala Sandhyavandanam? A7 The mostimportant in the Nithya Karmas is perform-ing Thrikaala Sandhyavandanam - performing Sandhyavandanam three times aday. The ritual is also referred to as Gayatryopasana since Goddess Gayatri is the core ofthis worship 1)In the morning at the pre-dawn, when the night ends and the day starts. 2)At mid-noon when the sun is exactly half way when the morning ends and theafternoon start. 3)At the evening prior to sunset, when the day ends and the night begins. To get the full benefit of the manthra youmust remove all other thoughtsfrom your mind andhave to do the japa with a calm mind and with full concentration If“gayatri” is kept on one side of a balancing scale and the four vedas on theother side both sides will remain equal. Q8 What do the parts of the human body youtouch represent when you do Achamanam? A8 As the thumb and the mouth are the seats of fire, thenames (Kesava) and ( Narayana) areuttered with the thumb touching the right and left cheeks respectively. The secondfinger and the eyes are regarded as theseats of Sun and so with the secondfinger the right and left eyes are touched, repeating the names ( Madhava)and (Govinda). Theforefinger and the nose being considered as the seats of Vayu (wind) the right and left part ofthe nose are touched by the forefingerwith the names (Vishnu) and (Madhusoodhana), being repeated respectively. The littlefinger and the ears are the seats of Indra and hence by the little finger the right and the leftears are touched uttering the names(Trivikrama) and (Vamana) respectively. As the middle finger and the shoulder are regarded as theseats of Prajapathi, that fingershould touch shoulders, when the person utters the names ( Sridhara) and(Hrisikesa) respectively. The innerpart of the hand and heart beingconside-red as the seats of Paramathma the inner hand should touch the heart and top of the head,uttering the names ( Padmanabha) andDamodhara) in succession. Thus all parts of the body are protected by repeatingthe names of God.” Q9 What is marjanam ? A9 Marjanam means that youare cleaning yourself, symbolically taking bath by uttering the manthra. Of course as usual afterinvoking the God. Q10 What is Pranayama? What is thepower of pranayama? A10 it is nothing but Breathingexcercise..through the abundant intake of oxygen, by its disciplined technic,subtle chemical changes take place in the sadhaka’s body. Among thepoisonous snakes Rattle snake is the deadliest and there is no antidote to save a person bitten by thatsnake but doing a particular type ofPranayama the poison can be removed and the person can save himselffrom death Q11 What are the Astronomical and Mathematical relations which can be foundin Rigveda? A11 The Rig Veda text consists of TENVolumes. Total hymns in the four books is 324 this is equal to Nakshtra days ina year 12 X 27 TotalHymns in all the ten books is 1017 which is equal to 324 times Pi ( 3.14)Thetotal 1017 is equal to 3 X 339 and 339 is a Sacred Number. The Vedicaltar is made up of 360 Bricks. 21 for earth, 78 for atmosphere and 261 forHeaven.78 plus 261 equals to 339. 339 isa link number to 108. 108 times Pi is equal to 339. My note- I have notchecked the authority of this answer. Q12 What are three debts aperson has to discharge in his life? A12 All of us have to discharge three debts or obligations in our life.they are 1) Pitru Rrinn 2)Rrishi Rrinn and 3) Deva Rrinn. 1)We owe a debt to our parents for having given births to us. This canbe discharged by getting married and having progeny. this is to ensure that therace does not die out. My note- I think caring parents at all ages is the responsibility of son overthan keeping progency 2) We owe a debt to the Rrishis or our teachers who taught usknowledge. This can be discharged by teaching others what we know. 3) we owe a debt to the Devas or heavenlyspirits who send us timelyrains and thus grant us our food. This debt can be discharged by Yagnas Q13 Why an additionalPoonool is added when one marries and one more is added when his father die? A13 When we marry, three more threads are added, to signify that wetake over these debts of the wife, and when a father dies three more are added,to indicate that one has to take over the un discharged debts of the father. So the poonal is a constant reminder of our threefold obligations,which we carery on our shoulder, like any other burden Q14 What is Umamaheswara Vratham? A14 Information aboutUma maheswara Vratham is available in “Siva Rahasyam” . Once Durvasa Maharshi presented a vilvam mala gifted by Lord Siva tohim, to Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu indifferently threw the mala on Garuda.Durvasa Maharshi got annoyed and cursed Lord Vishnu. The Maharshi said thatLord Vishnu is too proud since he hasMaha lakshmi as his wife and that is why he threw the vilva mala. Hecursed that Lord Vishnu will lose Maha Lakshmi and Garuda . Accordingly both Mahalakshmi and Garuda disappeared in the pal kadal. Lord Vishnu under distress was roamingabout in the forest and on his way met Gauthama Maharshi. Realising LordVishnu’s distress Gauthama Maharshi suggested this Vratham as pariharam. Accordingly Lord Vishnu conductedthe vratham and got back Mahalakshmi andGaruda. Who ever does thisVratham is believed to receive all desired benefits. This Vratham is observed on fullmoon day in Purattasi / Thulam month ( September- Ocotber) Whole day fasting isundertaken and completed with Uma-Maheswara Puja Q15 Every body worshipLord Ganesha. What is his colour? A15 Ganesa’s colour is supposed to be yellow Q16 What are the twospecialities with Tiruvilvaamala temple?How the place is related to Pandavas? A16 It is believed that there isa cave (guha) below theTiruvilvaamala temple and it appears there is a Golden leafed BilvaTree also. Hence the name Tiruvilvaamala. There is a tunnel called PUNARJANANI near Tiruvil-vaamala. The tunnel is supposed tobe about half-a-mile long(not too sure about the length).People walk throughthis tunnel on Guruvayoor Ekadasi day when the tunnel is open. It appears tocross the tunnel in some places one has to crawl. It is believed if the tunnelis crossed one Janma is over. It is believed that Paandavaaes cameto Tiruvilvaamala on the advise of Veda Vyaasa and did last rites for those whodied in the Kurukshetra war. It isalso believed that Paandavaas crossed Punarjanani and installed idols in thebanks of the river Q17 What is the legendtold about Bhaarata Puzha? A17 Bhaarata Puzha (Neela River) is supposed to be Ganges brought to Kerala byParasuraama as “antarvaahini”. There are five snaana ghattams in the neela river. These are Tiruvilvaamala,Tirunjikuzhi, Trittaala, Tiruna-avaaya , Tirumittakode. Q18 Which are said to bethe Mahakshethras? A 18 The temples at Kanyaakumari (Bhagavathi), Suche-endram (Sthanumaalaya Moorthy), Trivandrum (AnantaPa dmanaabha Swamy), Harippaad (Vela-ayudha),Ambalappuzha (Krishnan), Ettumanoor (Sivan) and Vaikom(Sivan) are considered tobe Mahaa Kshetraas. Q19 What is meant byPravara? A19 Pravra rishis are popular rishis of the gotra rishi. In some gotrasthere are 7 rishis and in some 5,3 or 1. Therefore we say saptaarsheya,panchaarsheya, trayaarsheya or ekaarsheya etc. Q20 What is sagothra andsapravara importance? A20 People with same gotra are known as sagotra and people with samepravara as sapravara. Usually mariages are not conducted between sagotra asalso between sapravara. Q21 Everybody knows Ramayana story –Ravana was owning the Pushpaka vimanam. Heactually seized it from Kubera, his brother. Rama after the war came to Ayodhyain Pushpaka vimanam. What is the speciality of the vimanam? A21 The speciality is that Sittingin this chariot, one could obtain anything he or she desired. Q22 Everybody knows Ramayana story –Sarama was a loyal rakshasa lady to Seethain Ashoka vanam. How she is related to Vibhishana? A22 Sarama was theWife of Vibhishana. She and Trijata werethe friends among the Rakshasis that Sita had during her incarceration in theAsoka Vana. Q23 Everybody who has read Sesharamayanaknows that the tragic end of Sreerama was by drowning in the river Sarayu.Question-What is its relation to Ganga? A23 Sarayu is a tributary of the river Ganges on the Northbank. Q24 Everybody knows the different stagesin the life-balya,Koumara,Youvana, Vardhyka, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa andMukthi.Question- What is vanaprastha? A24 Vanaprastha is the third stage of a Brahmin’s liferetiring with his wife as a preparation for sanyasa. Q25 Everybody knows Ramayana story –Who was yudhajit? A 25 Yudhayit was the brother of Kaikeyi, uncle ofBharatha. Q26.Every body would have known aboutAdisesha- Adiseshan is said to have incarnated as a sage to see Siva thandavamat Chidambaram. Name the sage. A26.Adishesha wished to see the dance andtaking leave of Lord Vishnu went and prayed to Lord Shiva to grant him thehonour of witnessing his dance. Lord Shiva advised Adhishesha to go toVyagrapuram where he would one day perform this dance. Adishesha was then bornon this land and was given the name Pathanjali. Q27. Every body know of Chidambaram temple.Two specialities are found at Chidambaram temple sanctum and entrance. What arethey? A 27 Thesanctum is not in the centre but slightly to the left denoting the heart. Theentrance to these shrines is not in the front but on the side drawing parallelto the flow of blood into the heart. Q28 What was the deathtoll IN Mahabharata war? A28 Thus all those on both sidesdie in the war, except the five Pandavas. Yudhishthira reports the death tollat six million. Q29 What was the curse of Gandharion Krishna? A29 She curses Krishna, whom she holds responsible for allof the tragedy that has befallen them: the Pandava kingdom will fall in 36years. Even Krishnawill die; he shall be killed by a passing stranger. Krishna calmlyaccepts this curse, then tells her that a light has been saved, even if shecannot see it. Yudhishthira agrees to reign. Q30 What was the surprise forYudhishtira in Heaven? A30 In paradise, further surprises await him. His enemies are there, smilingand contented. His brothers and Draupadi, on the other hand, seem to be in aplace of suffering and torment. Why? Yudhishthira decides to staywith his loved ones in hell, rather than enjoy the delights of heaven with hisenemies. This too was atest, the “final illusion.” They are all permitted to enter paradise. Q31 How did Bhima get the lotus flowers to Droupadi? A31 Bhima meets hishalf-brother, Hanuman the monkey god. He confronts Vaishravana, lord of wealth,and gets lotus flowers for Draupadi. Q32What is the speciality of Parasurama depicted in Mahabharatha? A32In the Medieval Puranas, Parasurama becomes one of the avatars of Vishnu, butthere is no indication of that aspect in the epic. Q 33Everybody knows Ramayana story Question –After the war as desired by Sri RamaSita was brought in a planquin. What was the circumstance which lead to AgniPareeksha? Who suggested Agni pariksha to Seetha ? A 33After the war Sreerama behaved as a Kshathria and saver of Seetha. Agnipariksha was decided bySeetha herself, after expressing dissatisfaction on Sreerama’sbehaviour. (Sreerama expressed later to Seetha that it was to satisfy the public and not doubtingher integrity) For some reason Rama’s face now darkened and with lack-lustre eyes hefell into a frown study. A little later he turned to Vibhishana and said: “Ask Sita to batheand bedeck herself and bring her here.” When the message reached Sita in theAsoka Vana, she said: “I would rather go as I am.”“Not so, my lady,”said Vibhishana, “the prince’s orders should be obeyed.”So, after a bath andbedecked with jewels and seated in a palanquin, Sita went to the camp. When he heard that Sita was coming, Rama woke up from his meditation.Events of the past rose like waves and battering against his mind threw it intoa wild commotion of shame, grief and joy. Rama’s face showed a strange transformation of mind. None of thosearound him, not even Lakshmana could understand. Alighting from the palanquin,Sita, with downcast eyes, proceeded towards Rama. “Aryaputra,” she said andsobbed, unable to speak more. “I have slain the enemy,” said Rama. I haverecovered you. I have done my duty as a Kshatriya. My vow is now fulfilled.” Incomprehensible and wholly unexpected were these words that he uttered.His face darkened for some reason. Then he spoke even harsher words. “It wasnot for mere attachment to you that I waged this grim battle but in thedischarge of duty as a Kshatriya. It gives me no joy now to get you back, fordoubtfulness envelopes you like a dark cloud of smoke.” “What do you wish to do now?” he continued. “You must live alone, for wecannot live together. You can stay under the protection of any of our kinsmenor friends. How can a Kshatriya take back a wife who has lived so long in astranger’s house?” Sita looked atRama. Her eyes flashed fire.“Unworthy words have you spoken!” she said. “Myears have heard them and my heart is broken. The uncultured may speak suchwords but not one nobly born and brought up like you. Your anger, it seems, hasdestroyed your understanding. My lord does not remember the family from which Icome. Janaka, the great seer, was my father and hebrought me up. Is it my fault that the wicked Rakshasa seized me by force andimprisoned me? Butsince this is how you look at it, thereis but one course open to me.”Then turning to Lakshmana, “Fetch the faggots,Lakshmana, and kindle a fire,” she said. Lakshmana, who had been watching Rama’s behavior in dismay andindignation turned to look at Rama’s face seeking his orders, but Rama did notsay ‘No’ to Sita’s request nor show any sign of softening. Obeying Sita,Lakshmana kindled a big fire and the princess, with eyes fixed on the ground,circumambulated her lord and exclaimed:“Ye Gods, I bow before you. Oh rishis, Ibow to you. Oh Agni, you at least know my purity and will take me as your own!” With these words shejumped into the flames. And wonder ofwonders! The lambent flames were crowded with celestial figures, for all thegods came and assembled there. Brahma spoke: “Narayana! Mighty God that tookhuman form to slay Ravana! Is not this your own Lakshmi?” Agni, God of fire,rose in his own body out of the flames and lifting Sita in his arms with allher clothes and jewels untouched and intact, presented her to Rama. Rama said to Brahma: “Who am I? All that I know and can tell is that Iam Rama, son of Dasaratha. You know who I am and whence I came and more. It isyou who must inform me.” Saying this to Brahma, Rama accepted Sita fire-proved. -- 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/1456143394.2590359.1641828337972%40mail.yahoo.com.
