Tuesday, May 26, 2020

“Vrishbhanujaa (वृषभानुजा)” – an article written by Vishal Aksh


(1) The Sanskrit is a language which has the meaning of several Vyanjana like (K), ख​ (Kh), (G), (Ch), (J), (P), न​ (N), ज्ञ (Gya) where (K) means Who, ख​ (Kh) Sky, (G) Motion, (Ch) And, (J) Genesis, (P) Possessor or Owner, न​ (N) No and ज्ञ (Gya) Wise, Knowledgeable or Astrologer

(2) The Sanskrit Vyanjana (P) when comes in the end of several Sanskrit words indicates the Owner or Possessor of the creature represented by that Sanskrit word. See below

(i) Gop (गोप) where गो (Gau) means Cow and (P) means Owner or Possessor so Gop means Cowman or Milkman

(ii) Ajap(अजप​) where अज (Aja) means Goat and (P) means so owner of Goats is known as Ajap(अजप​)

(iii) Avip (अविप) where अवि (Avi) means Sheep and (P) means owner so owner of Sheep.

(iv) Mahip (महिप) where महि (Mahi) means Earth and (P) means owner so owner Earth i.e. a King

Note: Nowadays the owner of Goats or Sheep is known as Gadaria but in Vedic India the owner of Goat was known as Ajap and that of Sheep the Avip.

(3) The Sanskrit Vyanjana ज्ञ (Gya) when comes at the end of a Sanskrit word it indicates the Knowledge of the amount shown by that Sanskrit word. See below

(i) Alpagya (अल्पज्ञ) where अल्प (Alpa) means Little and ज्ञ (Gya) means knowledgeable so Little Knowledgeable is known as Alpagya (अल्पज्ञ)

(ii) Sarvagya (सर्वज्ञ) where सर्व (Sarv) means All ज्ञ (Gya) means knowledgeable so a man of All round Knowledge is known as Sarvagya (सर्वज्ञ).

(iii) Shaastragya (शास्त्रज्ञ) where शास्त्र (Shaastra) indicates Six Shaastra and ज्ञ (Gya) means knowledgeable so a man having knowledge of all the Six Shaastra is known as Shaastragya (शास्त्रज्ञ).

Note: *A person may be Alpagya (अल्पज्ञ) but no one except Parmatma can be Sarvagya (सर्वज्ञ) someone told me years before*
Note: *Jyotish is one of the Shaastra among Six Shaastra*.     

(4) The Sanskrit Vyanjana (J) when comes at the end of any Sanskrit words then it indicates the genesis from the living or non living beings indicated by that Sanskrit word where (J) indicates Male and जा (Ja) indicates female births. See below:

(i) Pankaj (पंकज) where पंक (Pank) means Mud and (J) means appeared from Mud so it is Lotus so Lotus is known as Pankaj in Sanskrit.

(ii) Padmaj (पद्मज​) where पद्म (Padm) is Lotus and (J) means appeared from Lotus so it is Brahma the Creator.

(iii) Vrishbhanujaa (वृषभानुजा) where it has three possible meanings when viewed from three angles but most of the people knew only two so the two common views are written below first. See below

1. वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) = वृषभानु (Vrishbhanu) + जा (Jaa) that means genesis of a Female from वृषभानु (Vrishbhanu) or the Daughter of वृषभानु (Vrishbhanu) means Radha or Radhika.

2. वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) = वृषभ (Vrishabh) + अनुजा (Anuja) that means the younger sister of a Bull. The younger sister of a Bull is cow but elder one is also a cow but Bull represents a fully grown up calf so its younger one will be She Calf thus वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) indicates She Calf not a Milk giving Cow.    

Note: It was around twenty four years ago on a fine day I was walking on a road and a group of Gurukul students was also walking on that road they were discussing about the Sanskrit word वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) and its relationship with Shri Krishana. There was no Gurukula near that road and still there is not so I though they came here on a tour. I found their discussion about वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) interesting and informative. The essence of their discussion was that Radha and Cows were related to Shri Krishana and still Shri Krishana resides in Goloka (Cow Land in Universe) with Radha. Nowadays several expert think like that and there is no harm in thinking so. Cow is considered as Mother figure in Hinduism but anyway I was not totally satisfied by their logic of relating Cow with Krishana by saying it वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) but still I don’t deny this logic.   

(3) But before producing my logic I would like to write few words as an etymology of Sanskrit word वृषभ (Vrishabh) which we nowadays known as Bull and second sign of Zodiac. In Veda the Parmatma is described as One and Rudra, Shiva, Agni, Indra and वृषभ (Vrishabh) are his names whereas in Purana they are different deities. In Purana वृषभ (Vrishabh) known as Nandi is the Bull of Parmatma Shiva. In following Vedic Mantra the Sanskrit word वृषभ (Vrishabh) appears:
ॐ क्व स्य ते रुद्र! मृडयाकुर्हस्तो यो अस्ति भेषजो जलाषः।
अपभर्ता रपसो दैव्यस्याभी नु मा वृषभ! चक्षमीथाः॥

The above Rig Vedic Mantra can be written in English script as:

Om Kva Esya Te Rudra! Mridyakurhasto Yo Asti Bhesjo Jalaashyo
Apbhart Rapso Deevyesyabhi Nu Ma
Vrishabh Chakshmeethah

(i) The meaning of aforesaid Rig Vedic Mantra is as follows:

O Rudra! Where is your famous hand? That hand removes all the diseases and thus makes us healthy this hand is always devoted to bless all peace and relief.

O Vrishabha! The symbol of fulfillment of all desires! Pardon all the human being by removing all the sins done by them under the influence of divine Maya and bless all the forgiveness.

Note: In aforesaid Vedic Mantra Vrishabha is adored for the removal of all the sins done knowingly or unknowingly and same Shri Krishana speaks as:

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।

अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः
[Sardharmaanparitayjya Maamekam Sharanam Vraj!
Aham Twaa Sarvpaapebhyo Moksyishyamaa Maa Shuchh!!]

Lord Shri Krishana says, Leave all the Dharma and come to my shelter. Do not worry!  I shall remove all of your sins

(ii) This is really insightful and connects Vedic Wisdom with Puranic Wisdom indicating that after the great worships of people towards वृषभ (Vrishabh) for the removal of their sins that lord appeared on earth as Shri Krishana. Shri Krishana was born in Vrish Rashi & Vrish Lagna clearly indicating him as Vedic Vrishabha Parmatma.

(iii) It was that time when there was no TV Channels other than Doordarshan and Doordarshan telecasted a short serial on Krishana. That was really a research oriented serial and in that it was clearly mentioned that the origination of the word Krishana is from the Sanskrit word Krishka which means a peasant and I found it valid as Balrama the elder brother of Krishana also known as Haldhar which mean a Plough Bearer and Haldhar Ji always held a Plough in his hand.

(iv) In ancient India a peasant had plough for ploughing the field and it was kept on the shoulders of the Bulls which means Bulls were the plough bearers so if Krishana was Krishaka then his elder brother Haldhar Ji also becomes the Bull or वृषभ (Vrishabh).

(v) Shri Krishana & Balram the two वृषभ (Vrishabh) had their younger sister named Subhadra so being the younger sister of वृषभ (Vrishabh) indicating Krishana and Balrama Subhadra also becomes वृषभानुजा (Vrishbhanujaa) who was also related to Shri Krishana.     


Written on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 15:18 (IST) by
Vishal Aksh


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Saturday, May 9, 2020

Possible Reason Behind Allotment Of Unfair Results To Ardra Nakshatra Born


Preface

(i) As you all know that the Sixth Nakshatra is Ardra Nakshatra ruled by Rudra and Rudra is also known as Shiva. There are several who believe that the auspicious form of Parmatma id Shiva and his aggressive form is Rudra and it is the reason that person born in Ardra Nakshatra have been allotted unfair results in the texts on Vedic Jyotish like 1. Brihit Jataka 2. Horaratnam 3. Maansagri but how far is it true it will be discussed in this Article.

(ii) In श्वेताश्वेतारा उपनिषद (Shwetshwetaara Upnishada) Rudra is presented as only one Parmatma and Shiva is Rudra so the Ardra Nakshatra comes under the ownership of Rudra or Shiva. In Brihit Jataka the Ardra Nakshatra is called as Rudra Nakshatra whereas in Horaratnam this Ardra Nakshatra is called as Shiva Nakshatra and it will be further discussed in this Article  

(iii) It always surprised me from three decades that not a single Astrologer raised this issue. Vedic Jyotish is based on either common sense or on Vedic Knowhow.

(iv) The Ardra means the water vapors and it is used as auspicious in Durgasaptshati where one of the qualities of Vedic Goddess Durga is Sarvoupkaarkarnaay Sadaardrachita i.e. her heart is always filled with water to do welfare of other and Durga is Parvati the Shakti of Shiva even though unfair results have been allotted to Ardra Born people in Vedic Jyotish. This will also be discussed in this Article.  

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Chapter (I)
Ardra Nakshatra As Described In Brihit Jataka

(i) The following Figure show the concerned Sanskrit Shloka about Ardra Nakshatra  


(ii) According to Varahamihira the Rudra Nakshatra (Ardra) Born are Shathgarvit, Ungrateful, Violent and Sinner.

Note: The Sanskrit Word Shathgarvit can be translated as a person who feels proud in displaying his wickedness.

(iii) Several of you can opine that the Raodra form of Rudra create destruction bur Swhetashwetasha Upnishada described only one Rudra who creates, operates and destructs the infinite Universes and thus this logic is not sufficient to allot unfair results to Ardra Born people

(iv) There are several who opine that the Ardra Nakshatra is ruled by Rahu so but it can be contradicted on the grounds that in Brihit Jataka neither Varahamihira mentioned Rahu nor Vinshottri Dasha.
Note: Brihit Jataka was written several centuries before the writing of Horaratnam and Maansagri.

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Chapter (II)
Ardra Nakshatra As Described In Horaratnam


(i) The following Figure show the concerned Sanskrit Shloka about Ardra Nakshatra as described in Horaratnam as Shiva Nakshatra:


(i) According to Horaratnam the person born in Shiva Nakshatra is skilled in Tantrik Kriya, Brave, expert in sale & purchase, torture cows, outrageous & ungrateful
Note: In aforesaid Sanskrit Shloka of Horaratnam person born in Shiva Nakshatra tortures the cows and it should be noted that Shiva likes his Bull so how can the people born in Shiva Nakshatra torture cows?

Note: The Vedic Jyotish text Horaratnam considers Rahu so it may be said that one born in Ardra can harm cows and other creatures. But Shiva wears the garland of Snake (Rahu) so how can Snake (Rahu) hurt his Bull (A member of Cow Family) so this logic is also inappropriate.

Note: The Cow Torturing described in Horaratnam should not take to its literal value. There are many sins described in Vedic Literatures equal to the sins coming out of torturing cows.    


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 Chapter (III)
Ardra Nakshatra As Described In Maansagri

(i) The following Figure shows the concerned Sanskrit Shloka about Ardra Nakshatra in Vedic Jyotish text Maansagri:


(ii) The person born in Ardra Nakshatra is 1. Ungrateful 2. Angery 3. Sinner & Wicked and he is without wealth & food.

Note: In Vedic Jyotish text Maansagri the unfair results have been allotted to Ardra Born

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Chapter (IV)
Shiva The Pashupati

(i) In Vedic Literatures Shiva is also called Pashupati or the lord of Animals. The following Sanskrit Mantra from Linga Purana describes this:


(i) Starting from community of gods (Devta) ending to the community of ghosts (Pischaacha) all the communities coming in between are Animals (Pashu) and thus their owner (Pati) that supreme god Bhavh is remembered as Pashupati.

(ii) Indra (King of Devas) has a definite life and he also commits sins equivalent to those of torturing the cows. He always tries to maintain his empire by playing dirty politics so the superior community also acts like Animal (Pashu) and now you can also imagine for other communities (Yonis)

(iii) Thus keeping this in view Varahamihira allotted unfair resultsto Ardra Born.


Written on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 22:28 (IST) by
Vishal Aksh


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