--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wmurphy77 <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Sahadeva=coccyx center=restraint (muladhara chakra)
>
> sahadeva (%{saha4-}) mfn. *with the gods*[emph. added] MBh. BhP. ; m.
> N. of a R2shi (with the patr. %{vArSAgira}) RV. i , 107 ; of a man
> (with the patr. %{zAJjaya}) S3Br. ; of the youngest of the five
> Pa1n2d2ava princes (son of Ma1dri1 and reputed son of Pa1n2d2u , best
> really son of the As3vins , and twin-brother of Nakula ;
>
> . Nakula=sacral
> > center=obedience (svadhishthana chakra)
>
> nakula mfn. (in spite of Pa1n2. 6-3 , 75 prob. not fr. %{na} + %
> {kula}) of a partic. colour (perhaps that of the ichneumon) TS.
> RPra1t. ; m. the Bengal mungoose or Viverra Ichneumon (enemy of mice
> and of serpents from whose venom it protects itself by a medic.
> plant ; cf. %{nAkulI}) AV. MBh. &c. ; a son L. ; a partic. musical
> instrument Lalit. ; N. of S3iva L. ; of a son of the As3vins and
> Ma1dri1 (twin-brother of Saha-deva and fourth of the Pa1n2d2u
> princes)
>
>
> Arjuna=lumbar=Self control
> > (manipura chakra)
>
> arjuna mfn. (cf. %{Rjra4} and %{raj}) white , clear (the colour of
> the day RV. vi , 9 , 1 ; of the dawn RV. i , 49 , 3 ; of the
> lightning ; of the milk ; of silver , &c.) ; made of silver AV. iv ,
> 37 , 4 ; m. the white colour "' L. ; a peacock L. ; cutaneous disease
> Sa1y. on RV. i , 122 , 5 ; the tree Terminalia Arjuna W. and A. ; N.
> of a man RV. i , 122 , 5 ; of Indra VS. S3Br. , of the third of the
> Pind2ava princes (who was a son of Kr2itavi1rya who was slain by
> Paras3ura1ma) ib
>
> >
> > Bhima=dorsal=vitality (anahata)
>
> bhIma mf(%{A})n. fearful , terrific , terrible awful formidable ,
> tremendous RV. &c. &c. (ibc. , fearfully &c.) ; m. Rumex Vesicarius
> L. ; N. of Rudra-S3iva A1s3vGr2. Un2. Sch. ; of one of the 8 forms of
> S3iva Pur. ; of one of the 11 Rudras Pur. ; of a Devagandharva MBh. ;
> of one of the Devas called Vajn5amush ib. ; of a Da1nava ib.
> Katha1s. ; of a Vidya1dhara Katha1s. ; of a son of the Ra1kshasa
> Kumbhakarn2a Cat. ; of the second son of Pa1n2d2u (also called) Bhima-
> sena and Vr2iko7dara ; he was only the reputed son of PñPa1n2d2u ,
> being really the son of his wife Pr2itha1 or Kunti1 by the wind-god
> Va1yu , and was noted for his size , strength and appetite)
>
>
>
> > Yudisthira=cervical=calmness (vishuddha)
>
> yudhiSThira m. (for %{-sthira}) `" firm or steady in battle "'N. of
> the eldest of the 5 reputed sons of Pa1n2d2u (really the child of
> Pr2itha1 or Kunti1 , Pa1n2d2u's wife , by the god Dharma or Yama ,
> whence he is often called Dharma-putra or Dharma-ra1ja ; he
> ultimately succeeded Pa1n2d2u as king , first reigning over Indra-
> prastha , and afterwards , when the Kuru princes were defeated , at
> Hastina1-pura ; cf. IW. 379 &c.) MBh. Hariv. Pur. ; of a son of
> Kr2ishn2a Hariv. ; of two kings of Kas3mi1ra Ra1jat. ; of a potter
> Pan5cat. ; (with %{maho7pA7dhyAya}) of a preceptor Cat. ; pl. the
> descendants of Yudhi-sht2hira (son of Pa1n2d2u) Pa1n2. 2-4 , 66
> Sch. ; %{-vijaya} (or %{-dig-v-}) m. N. of a poem by Va1sudeva Parama-
> s3iva-yogin of Kerala. [855,2]
>
> >
> >
> > When these powers or 'warriors' come to the aid (are unfolded) of
> the
> > chela or 'Arjuna' they fight the evil minded sons of the blind King
> > Dhritarashtra; lust, greed, avarice and so on.....I could go on but
> > you
> > get the idea.
> >
> > The Gita is an alegorical story about the internal battlefield
> > (kurukshetra) of man and his struggle with evil (delusion) and the
> > final victory by ascention to Spirit and the destruction of
> evil.....
> >
>
Of course, the idea that the Pandavas represen 5 virtues ala Raja Yoga is
impossible. They
have to represent 5 chakras even though Chakra is never mentioned in the Gita
or the
Yoga Sutras and only once in the Upanishads.
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