The Kailāsa Mountain Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa
The Sanskrit word "Mansarovar" (मानसरोवर) is a combination of two Sanskrit
words, Mānas (मानस्) meaning "mind" (generally denotes the mental powers
associated including intellect, perception, conscience) and sarovar (सरोवर)
meaning "lake or a large pond".
There are many Mountains and rivers mentioned in the Matsya Purāṇa
, but the description of the Kailāsa Mountain and the river Gangā (Ganges)
in the chapter 121, have particularly enriched the geographical aspect of
India. Mount Kailās is according to mythology a very sacred Mountain where
the abode of Lord Śiva. From the past this Mountainhas been considered as a
special pilgrimage site. Not only Hinduism but this is sacred place for
Buddhism but this is a sacred place for Buddhism and Jainism as well.
There are huge descriptions of Kailāsa Mountain in the verses 1 to 25
of chapter 121. According to the Purāṇa in the middle of the Himālaya
Mountains, there is a Mountain named Kailāsa. From the Kailāsa upatyakā a
lake has appeared named Mandodaka , whose water is very pure and cold. It
is said that the water is so bright as curd. The prosperous divine
Mandākinī river flows from the same lake. There is a divine and great
forest called Nandan on the banks of that river. In the northeast direction
of the Kailāsa is a Mountain named Chandraprabhā , which is bright like a
gem. It is decorated with all kinds of metals and are spread to divine
Subel Mountain, riched with many kinds of fragrant. Near the mount
Chandraprabhā there is a divine lake known as Achchhoda (Achchhavata ),
from which a holy divine river named Achchhodika (Achchhoda ) has emerged.
On the banks of that river is a divine and beautiful great forest called
Chaitraratha . The prosperous Mandākinī and holy Achchhoda –both these
rivers have been found in the ocean flowing through the middle of the
Earth-circle. In the south-east directionof Kailas , there is a huge
Mountain named the Hemaśṛnga . It extends to the divine Suvel Mountain.
Luster of the Mountain is full of all kinds of medicines and is full of
metals called Maiśil . There is a huge celestial lake named Lohit in its
foot land. It is the origin of a great river called Lohitya (the
Brahmaputra ). On the banks of that river is a divine and vast forest
called Viśoka .
In the northwest direction of the Kailāsa , there is a Mountain
called Kakudmān , on which all types of medicines are accessible. It has
three beautiful black peaks like Kājal (eyeliner). At the same time there
is a very great Mountain named Vaidyuta , which is full of all metals. The
Vaidyuta Mountain extends to the Trikuta Mountain. There is a holy, divine,
great lake in the fool-province of the Mountain. The lake is called *‘Mānas
Sarovar ’, from* which the great river Sarayu is originated. On the coast
of the Sarayu river there is a divine forest name Vaibhrājya. In the west
direction of the Kailāsa , there is a heavenly Mountain called Varuṇa ,
full of all the medicines. It is said that this Varuṇa Mountain is the top
Mountain which is adorned with gold, beloved of Lord Mahādeva and rich in
golden divine rocks. It looks like the Mountain is touching the sky with
its thousands of golden shining peaks. There is a great divine Mountain
named Śṛngavān , which is prosperous and inaccessible. It is said that Lord
Mahādeva resides on that Mountain. In the Mountainous region of that
Mountain, there is a lake named Śailoda . From that lake the river
Śailodaka flows. The river also called Cakṣuṣi . It has drifted between the
two Mountains to the west sea. In the north direction of the Kailās is a
huge Mountain named Hiraṇyaśṛnga , which extends from Haritala to Gaura
Mountain. Many divine medicines are obtained on this Hiraṇyaśṛnga Mountain.
In its plant, there is a very beautiful celestial lake named Bindusar which
is enriched with golden sandstone.
* The Kailāsa Mountain is located near Lake the Manasarovar and the* lake
Rakṣāstal close to the source of some of the longest Asian rivers. The
exact location of the Mountain in present time is Tibet Autonomous region,
China. According to the Jain scriptures the Kailāsa Mountain is a holy
place for the religion. The first Jain Tīrthaṅkara , Ṛṣabhadeva attained
the ‘Mokṣa ’ (To heaven and back–Times of India
Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 11 January 2012) in the Aṣṭāpada ,
the Mountain next to mount Kailāsa . For Buddhism this is also a holy
sacred place. In the Buddhist text Mountain Kailāsa is known as mount ‘Meru
’
[Robert E Buswell (2004). Encyclopedia of Buddhism: A–L Macmillan
Reference. P.P. 407-408. ISBN 978-0-02-865719-6).
Matsya Purāṇa, Ch.–121/1, 2; Matsya Purāṇa, Ch.–121/4-13; Matsya Purāṇa,
Ch.–121/14; Matsya Purāṇa, Ch.–121/16, 17, 18; Matsya Purāṇa,
Ch.–121/19–25
Manasarovar is a remnant of the Tethys Sea. What was an ocean
is now at 14,900 feet elevation. The water has turned sweet after these
hundreds of thousands of years, but still it retains the characteristics of
an ocean in terms of what is found there. Above all, there is a whole lot
of transaction of another kind of life… It has been many years now that we
have been going there – it is compulsively drawing me back. Unfortunately,
my stays there have been very, very brief, and it has always been with a
large group of people who are too distracted by their own discomforts and
problems – cold, lack of oxygen in the air, all these things. But whatever
little attention we have paid to it has yielded in many different ways.
What we see in Manasarovar is life, but not the way we know
life. The basic parameters of life the way we know it is, they are either
individual or when they unite, they lose their individuality. That is the
basis of our spiritual process also. And life here is either conscious or
not conscious. But what I see at Manasarovar defies these parameters. It is
individual, at the same time merged together. It seems to be unconscious
and moving by tendencies, but it is very conscious. This time particularly,
I’m 100% clear – they are very, very conscious, far more conscious than
most human beings are, but at the same time they let themselves go about as
if by automation. It is very difficult to explain anything about them since
we don’t have the language to articulate this because it defies all the
fundamentals of logic.
There is a whole lot of traffic of these beings happening at
Manasarovar. Particularly early morning between 02:30 and 03:45, there is
brisk activity. Like clockwork, it starts at that time and exactly at
03:45, it stops. Always, in the yogic systems we have been told, 03:40 to
03:45 is the Brahma Muhurtham, that is the time to wake up. Many of our
brahmacharis in the ashram wake up at that time to do their sadhana.
Essentially, every description about Shiva indicates that he did not belong
to this planet. In fact, in the Shiva sutras, he is referred to as
yaksha-swaroopi. That means he is not from here.
Particularly this time, Manasarovar yielded to me in a different way and
revealed another dimension of itself. Now it might have become just a
belief system or a ritual, but in many cultures, for thousands of years
this has been a live process that some spiritual orders travelled to parts
of the Himalayas and Tibet to meet certain beings who have always been
there, guiding them. Beneath the lake, there is a space where something
beyond what we can logically imagine is happening, and this process is yet
to be deciphered. It is a huge cavity with various kinds of life processes
happening there...
K Rajaram IRS 10125
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 09:23
Subject: Lake Mana (sa) Sarovar
To: Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>
I was looking at the map of Himalyas. There is this lake. What is its
correct name? Manasarovar or Manasa Sarovar?
Sridharan.
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