“Chakra Raja Rathaa Roodha Sarvaayudha Parishkritaa”
Lalita Tripura Sundari.
The Devathas were being harassed by Bhandasura and the Devas entreated Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Lord Shiva in his Form as Maha Sambhu performed a Maha Yaga and Lalitha Devi appeared in the Homa Kunda, Chdagni Kunda-Philosophically speaking from the Chit.
Article follows on the Special Homa by Shiva.
Lalita Devi appeared in Her Chariot, Sri Chakra Raja Ratha.
This is the description by Brahmanda Purana and Lalithaopkyana.
The Sri Chakra Raja Ratha had the following dimensions:
A. Width
4 Yojanas (1 Yojana is approximately 9 miles)
B. Height
10 Yojanas
C. Parvas (landings)
9 in number
D. Chakras (wheels) – the four Vedas
E.
Horses – the four-fold aims (Purusharthas)
F.
Flag
absolute bliss
G.
The seat at the topmost landing is the Bindu Peetha.
H.
Form :
of the form of Meru Prastara.
I.
The material that was used to make this was ‘Tejas
1. Prajapathim kanda rishim tharpayami. I satisfy the Kanda rishi called Prajapathi.
2. Somam kanda rishim tharpayami. I satisfy the Kanda rishi called moon.
3. Agnim kanda rishim tharpayami. I satisfy the Kanda rishi called fire.
4. Viswaan devaan kanda rishim tharpayaami. I satisfy the Kanda rishi called devas of the world
5. Saahinkeer devatha upanishadha tharpayami. I satisfy Upanishads which are devathas of collection of Vedas.
6. Yagnigeer devatha upanishadha tharpayaami. I satisfy Upanishads which are devathas of collections of Yagnas.
7. Vaaruneer devatha upanishadha tharpayami. I satisfy Upanishads which are devathas of collections of Varuna.
8. Brhamanagum swayubhuvam tharpayaami. I satisfy the Brahmam which is within me
9. Sadasaspathim tharpayami. I satisfy the presiding deity.
Dundhu was granted the boon of remaining Deathless by Indra, who was happy with Dundhu’s penance.
Dhundhu attacked Indra to capture Indra Loka and Indra, along with the Devas ,rushed to Brahma Loka, the Abode of Brahma.
On being advised that he needed the help of Sukracharya, the Asura Guru, Dundhu obtained Sukracharya’s help.
Sukracharya advised Dhundu to perform 100 Aswamedha Yagas.
Dhundhu started performing the Yaga.
Scared Devas, catching the whiff of the Homa Smoke, rushed to Vishnu seeking refuge in Him.
Vishnu in took the form of Vamana (Midget) and pretended to commit suicide near the place where the Yaga was being conducted.
The Brahmins who were conducting the Yaga, saved the Brahmin boy Vamana and asked him the reason for his attempted suicide.
Vamana(Vishnu) told them that he was the second son of Prabasa.
After the death of Prabasa, Vamana added that his brother Nethrabasa refused to give him his share of the property saying that Midgets,Physically disabled and Eunuchs were not entitled to property Rights.
So , Vamana said that he wanted to commit suicide.
The Brahmins requested Dhundu to provide help to Vamana.
Dhundu informed Vamana that he would give whatever Vamana wanted.
Vamana replied that he was not greedy and wanted only land equivalent to his three steps.
Dhundu agreed.
Vamana grew in size, measured the Earthh with one step, Heavens by the second.
Angered that he did not have a place to place his third step, he fell on Dhundu .
Unable to bear Vamana’s weight, Dhundu fell on the ground and Vishnu buried him in the sand and built a Grave.
This, Vamana Purana , declares is the First Vamana Avatara.
My research into Sanatana Dharma having spread through out the world has come to a sort of shape.
Studies on Vedas, Puranas ,Ithihasas and Tamil literature has given me a fair idea.
Cross checking this information with the geographical information with the Legends and the Physical locations of the world provide some interesting information.
I have written auite a few articles on the evidence of Sanatana Dharma being present throughout the world, with the help of archeological findings, culture and linguistics.
Sanatana Dharma was in practice in Sri Lanka,Malaysia, Cambodia,Vietnam, Laos, Philippines,Japan,Fiji,China, New Zealand, Australia on the eastern side of the present India,
South America, Central America,Mexico and North America(US).
This Sanatana Dharma had Dravida or South India conncetion.
This becomes evident when one reads Sanskrit Literature and Hindu religious texts in conjunction with Tamil literature and cross referencing the events found in these texts with the Great floods referred to in them.
Lord Rama’s ancestor Satyavrata Manu migrated from the South , land between Goa and the Indian Ocean, to Ayodhya with his two sons.
His other son with the help of Ganesha and Shiva moved towards the West through the Arabian Sea and settled down in Europe and Africa.
This happened during the third Great Flood.
But the is another reference to the migration of the people from the Sarasvati Valley/Indus Valley towards North through Afghanistan and Russia .
A group among these moved into Europe as well.
This accounts for the migration of people from Asia into Europe in intermittent waves.
Sagara, he ancestor of Rama, more ancient than Satyavrata Manu who moved from the South to North.
This was the period when Ganga, the Ganges did not flow.
This was subsequently brought (Ganges) by Bhagiratha, Sagara’s descendant.
Sagara fought a great Battle with the Kings of the South,they were also a part of Sanatana Dharma and won.
He banished them to the west through Afghanistan and asked them not to practice Sanatana Dharama, have the heads shaved and cursed them to be called Milechas.
Milecha is the term used in a derogatory sense to indicate the people of the west.
This is also the reason for prohibiting Sanatana Dharma followers from traveling through the Ocean.
Some of these people settled down Russia and moved into Arctic as well.
Among these people who were prohibited from learning the Vedas, some of them did.
They established Sanatana Dharma and Hindu practices in the Arctic and Russia.
The descendents of this group probably came down to India at a later date through SouthEast of Russia, Afghanistan into Indus Valley.
This probably is called the present Indus Valley Civilization.
Now to the evidence of Sanatana Dharam having been present in Russia.
Airavatha Varsha as described in Puranas.Airavatha Varsha.
Lake Baikal in Russia.
In Sudharshana Dweepa” , the rule of Sanatana Dharma was in place.
It had Bharath in the South (rectangle area in the bottom of this picture) with
Hemakuta or Himalayas in its northern limits,
an intermediary Ilavarsha to the north of Himalayas (noted in dark red square in the middle) and
a vast Airavatha varsha in extreme north of the Sudharshana dweepa.
Most of Russia is covered by Airavatha varsha.
Airavatha is the name of the elephant of Indra, the titular king of the Devas.
The Deva territory is close to the North pole where there was sunlight continuously for 6 months and darkness continuously for 6 months.
The elephant, Airavatha in all probability was the Woolly mammoth which became extinct about 10,000 years ago.
Skanda secured the release of Indra’s son, Jayanthaand killed Sura padma. (Skanda Puaana)
Skanda described in this purana coincides with Ugra kumara born to Meenakshi and Sundareswara who started the first Sangam assemblage in the South-Madurai (Then-Madurai) in Deep South about 11,000 years ago.(post on this follows)
Before the last glaciation, the territory near north pole was very much habitable. The locations called Amaravathy, capital city of Devas and Uttar Kuru existed in Siberia.
The route to Uttarkuru and Deva territories is explained in Valmiki Ramayana through the narration of Shugreevawho detailed the places to be seen and searched to find out Seetha in the north of Bharath. (Valmiki Ramayana -4-43)
Read my post On Sugreeva’s direction to vanaras to search for Sita in Peru.
Once having crossed the vast Himalayas, he describes a pure-water lake called Vaikhanas where sages used to do penance.
This coincides with Lake Baikal.. There is an opinion that the name Russia was derived from Rishi varsha.
There is a mention of Rishi varsha in scriptures which goes well with this region. The presence of Devas in this part of the globe in a distant past had attracted sages to this place.
It is derived from the Persian word ‘rana’ or ‘ra’. But this word ‘rasa’ is a straight Sanskrit word meaning essence, juice, nectar, elixir, soup, love, the finest part of anything and so on.
This name perfectly fits with the river of fine water quality From the river’s name Rasa, the name Russia was derived.
Volga’s tributary is called as ‘Oka’. People connect it with the Latin Aqua which means water, whereas the root word Apa ins again a straight Sanskrit word meaning the same.
From Apa comes ‘aapa-saras’ the waterway and from that ‘apsaras’ the beautiful girls who enjoy playing in the aapa-saras.
This region of Russia was identified with Apsaras women. Menaka, Urvasi, Thiloththama etc were all apsara women who were known to have seduced men.
Another tributary of Volga is known by a name which is very familiar to any Hindu.
It is river ‘Moksha’ which means salvation in Sanskrit.
There is another tributary nearer to this Moksha called as “Mokswa”.
Moscow got its name from Mokswa because of its location on the banks of this river!
Article to follow on Arctic being a Home of The Vedas.
Contrary to popular conception Brahmins did not Drink, it is a fact that Brahmins , Sages, Rishis and Munis drank liquor.
Indian troops deployed in the drastic terrains of the cold desert in Leh may look forward to get a new item in their menu, as the defense researchers find that Soma (Rumex patientia), a common plant found in high altitudes, can be used as a vegetable. According to researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), a division of the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO), Soma is fit to be used as a vegetable in cold desert areas where cultivation of common vegetables are not supported.
But there is a view , including from Mr.Cho.Ramaswamy that Soma and Sura bana were different and that the consumption of Soma Bana does not amount to Drinking Liquor as it is not an intoxicant and it is used in the Yagnas.
Soma bana is assumed to be a non intoxicant which was used in the performance of Yagnas and as such does not constitute drinking.
Sura bana consumption is of course accepted ad a Drink and blamed as such.
Facts seem to be other wise.
if Soma was to be drunk why should it be drunk when one does not perform Yagna?
It is stated in the Rig Veda that it leads to Immortality and it tastes as Nectar.
The Preceptor of the Devas.s, (Bruhaspati) son( Kusa, (was sent by Indra and the Devas to go and serve Asura Guru Sukracharia , get into the good books of Devayani, Sukra’s daughter so that Kusa learns the Sanjeevini Mantra with which Sukra was making the Asuras rise from the dead, against whom the Devas were losing heavily.
Kusa served Sukra as a Brahmachari for 1000 years in total.
After 500 years the Asuras, having learnt that he was the son of Bruhaspati, killed him and fed him to animals twice.
In both the instances Bruhaspati resurrected him.
Exasperated the Asuras killed Kusa,burnt him , dissolved his ashes in the Drink which they made Sukra drink.
When Sukra tried to resurrect Kusa, Sukra learnt from Kusa who was in Sukra’s stomach the story of his killing and how he was drunk by Sukra along with the Drink.
Immediately Sukra declared,
‘May all the Devas, Rishis and Brahmins learn this.
From this day any one who drinks will lose his identity as a Brahmin and will suffer both her and after Life.”
Thus came about the ban on Brahmins Drinking.
Sukra taught Kusa the Sanjeevini Mantra to enable him come out of his stomach.
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