CULTURAL QA04-2021-25 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Who is Durga Devi? Can anyone explain in detail? A1 Naganath Cg 11m ago FormerVice President ( Application Software ) at Premier Computer Support (2010–2010) The name Durga is applicable both for parvati and mahalakshmi Hence if durga is considered asmahalakshmi then vishnu is her husband If parvati is considered thenlord shiva is her husband[i] Durga is a fierce deity who will kill the bad elements and do good to thegood people Now particularly in this covid period, we must pray with devotion Then she will root out the covid with vengeance hence all combined haveto recite durga stotra which gives quick results within a week Hence it is better to keepphotos of lord narasimha and durga devi together and also lord shiva withparvati Then corona will bow to us and get lost and runs back to the place whereit came from Such is the power of narasimha durga shiva and parvati Q2 why are hydrocarbon compounds flammable? A2 Knowledge Village,Stúdying in bsc part 1 PU Jinnah Public School & Jinnah Public School(2021)Answered 30m ago Hydrocarbons compounds are highlyflammable because they cóintain Hydrogen and carbon the carbon is an element which burns With sooty flame carbonis highly combustible when heat and oxygen is supplied to it …so hydrocarbonsare flammable ….examples offew flmàmable hydrocarbon is benzene etc Q3 What is the most interesting fact you learnt this week? A3 Aryan Kapoor Wed Livesin Rajasthan, India Human skin is extremelyresistant to electric current. Do you know what is the resistance of our skin to current is? It’s 1,00,000 ohms(1 lakh ohms)! Yep, but the inside of our body has a resistance of only 300ohms to electric current due to water and electrolytes present in it. So, thecumulative resistance reduces drastically! Hence, we get a shock while touching a live wire. If the cumulative resistance of our entire body were 1lakh ohms as a whole, we would be walking with live wires in our hands! This isthe most interesting fact I learnt this week. MY note- Some people can touchpower wire with bare hand. Very few. Is it due to thicker skin in body or fluidinside body is less. I had a technician while working in Tutucorin named chrisopher who could 230 v power wire withbare hand. Q4 Where is the cheapest place to eat in Sri Lanka? A4 Mahi April 11 I'm a Sri Lankan myself. In Sri Lanka similar to India you will find Annadhana which means Food offering (strictly vegetarian)is given completely free of charge in various temples in northern provincedaily. At least one meal every day. In other parts you will find Hindu temples offering free meal at leastonce a week. in Buddhist temples also foodoffering is given free in special days. If your question mean the place where you must pay. Then I wouldrecommend vegetarianrestaurants ran by Tamils in most popular cities. You have to only payfor the main item. Vegetable curries are unlimited. You can have good fill for just 100 rupees which is just 0.5 US dollars. Q5 Can private boats use the Panama Canal? A5 Arun Visvanathan Wed FormerCommander at Indian Navy (1970–1990) I transited the canal many times. Since my ships were reefers of about 15 mtrs long therewas plenty of space for one, sometimes two small ships to share thelocks with me. Mycompanions were warships, tuna boats, fancy motor yachts, small sailboats, tugsand other ships like that. The Panama Canal is very picturesque unlike the Suez canal which isnothing but flat featureless desert on both sides. The Gatun lake is dotted with many small, heavily wooded areas and thedeep water route passes around and between the islands. Unfortunately day timetransit is reserved for cruise ships (so the passengers can enjoy the view) andlarge Panamax ships. All my transits were at night starting at about 1830 andexiting at about o300–0330 at the other end. Being reefer ships with perishable cargo we always had pre-bookedtransits so we transited on the day of arrival. On occasion it was touch and gowhether we were able to report to the signal station before the cut off timeand not lose our spot. My note- I hope Mr Venkat ramanPerinthalmanna can give added beautifulexperience and information (who is Ex- merchant navy) Q6 Is Ayurveda a science or Belief? A6 Coat Answered 6h ago Obviously its a science and attimes more appropriate then allopathy. It’s a complete properly researched factual and practical science byAncient Indian Sages Q7 What are some of the myths of Arjuna from the Mahabharata? A7 Bhanu Kiran April 13 Exploringancient texts of Sanatana Dharma There are several myths aboutArjuna in Mahabharata. Lets go through them. Krishna created a fake sunsetso that Arjuna can kill Jayadratha:Kripacharya says to Duryodhana that Arjuna used his courage to kill Jayadrathaand none of them were able to stop him. So this proves Krishna creating fakesunset is interpolation. When we saw that Jayadratha waswithin the range of hisarrows, where were the ones on your side—the son of a suta, Drona and hisfollowers, I, you, Hardikya, your brother Duhshasana, and his brothers? O king!While all the worlds looked on, he used his valour to cross all your relatives,brothers, aides and maternal uncles and placing his feet on their heads, slewJayadratha. What is left for us to do? Where is the man who can defeat Pandava. Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Shalya Parva Chapter1222(3) 2. Arjuna used the deadlyPashupata to kill Jayadratha: Arjuna never used his Pashupata in his entire life. The weapon that Arjuna used to killJayadratha is not mentioned by its name. Mahabharat just says Arjuna invoked a weapon that resembledIndra’s Vajra and it severed Jayadratha’s head. He used mantras to invoke a divine weapon that was like Indra’s vajra tothe touch. He used an arrow that was capable of bearing a great load and hadalways been worshipped with fragrances and garlands. To bring aboutJayadratha’s death, Arjuna quickly released it. Released from Gandiva, thatarrow was as swift as a hawk snatching a bird from the top of a tree. Itsevered Saindhava’s head. Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Jayadratha-Vadha ParvaChapter 1098(121) 3. Lord Hanuman himself waspresent on Arjuna’s chariot: Lord Hanuman appears only once in Mahabharat to meet his younger brother Bhima. LordHanuman said he will send fearful shouts to dampen courage of enemies. He wasnot present physically in the chariot of Arjuna. When you rush into the enemy’s battle formations, armed with arrows andspears, and utter a roar like that of a lion, I will add my own roars to thatof yours. Seated on Vijaya’s flagstaff, I will let loose terrible roars thatwill rob the enemies of their lives.” Having said this, he disappeared. Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Tirtha-yatra Parva Chapter447(150) Arjuna had obtained the divinechariot of Moon god during Khandava daha itself. The flag pole already contained a roaring ape. On the flagpole was a divine monkey marked with the signs of the lion andthe tiger. It seemed to roar out from that adorned perch. There were many othergreat beings on that flag and their roars made enemy soldiers lose theirsenses. Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Khandava-daha Parva Chapter216 4. Lord Hanuman breaking prideof Arjuna: Lord Hanuman never met Arjuna. It was Sahadeva who went in southern direction for Yudhishtira’sconquest. Arjuna travelled in northern direction for the conquest. Vaishampayana said, ‘Having thus conquered him, Kunti’s son, themighty-armed Dhananjaya then went towards the north, protected by the lord ofriches. Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Digvijaya Parva 249(24) MY NOTE- Then what isKalayana sougandhikam incident? 5. Urvashi had cursed Arjuna tobecome eunuch: Arjuna never even met Urvashi in heaven. It is an interpolation removed in critical edition ofMahabharat. King Virata tested whether disguised Arjuna is really eunuch or notand Arjuna passed the test. Having tested Brihannada indancing, music and other arts, and on determining that he was a eunuch, theking of Matsya permitted him to enter the quarters of the princess. Lord Dhananjaya instructed Virata’s daughter insinging and music, as well as her friends and attendants. Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Vairata Parva Chapter606(10) 6. Arjuna and Vrushali lovestory: This is only part of Indonesian Mahabharat and not from Vaisampayana’s narration of Mahabharat. 7. Arjuna got blessing fromGoddess Durga before the start of Kurukshetra war: This event is removed in critical edition of Mahabharat as interpolation. My note- The above QA isadded for information sake about variation in different translations Q8 How can we recognise our hidden talent? A8 There are two ways tofind it out. Keep a note of things you do when you have nothing to do. Reading,drawing, editing, singing or dancing anything. That activity you are passionate about and are good at without putting inmuch efforts is your talent. Keep a note of things that you think of actually doing, when you arebusy. You feel like quitting your job or work and start doing that one thing. It can be cooking, writing, dancing singing or as mentioned above editingor painting. This is the easiest way toidentify your hidden talent. Also,pay attention to what you get complimented for the most. That can also be yourhidden talent. Q9 Who was Hansa Avatar of Lord Vishnu? A9 Bhanu Kiran March23Interested in Indian Epics The Hansa (swan) incarnation ofLord Vishnu is mentioned in Shanti Parva of Mahabharat which is narrated byBhishma. It was a discoursebetween Sadhyas and Swan. Yudhishthira asked, “O grandfather! Learned men in this world praisetruthfulness, forgiveness, self-control and wisdom. What is your view?”‘Bhishma replied, “O Yudhishthira! In this connection, there is an ancient history about aconversation between the Sadhyas and a swan. Once upon a time, the eternal Prajapati assumed the form of a goldenswan. In this form, he travelled through the three worlds and came upon theSadhyas. ‘“The Sadhyas said, ‘Obird! We are the gods who are known as the Sadhyas. You are the onewho truly knows about moksha and we wish to ask you about the dharma of moksha.We have heard that you are learned, patient and eloquent. O bird! Virtuouswords are heard from you. O bird! What do you think is the best? O great-souledone! Where does the mind find delight? O supreme among birds! It should be yourtask to instruct us. O Indra among birds! What do you think is the best amongdeeds, so that one can be swiftly emancipated?’ Source: Mahabharata translated by Bibek Debroy Shanti Parva Chapter1616(288) Besides Mahabharata, Bhagavataalso mentions swan incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Once Uddhava asked Krishna on how he cleared the doubts of Sanatkumara. Sanat kumara posed some questions to Brahma to which Brahma did nothave answer. Brahma then prayed to Lord Vishnu to get the answers. Lord Vishnuappeared in the form of a swan and answered all questions of Sanat kumara. Text 17: The sages headed bySanaka said: O Lord, people’s minds are naturally attracted to material sense objects, and similarly the sense objects inthe form of desire enter within the mind. Therefore, how can a person whodesires liberation, who desires to cross over activities of sensegratification, destroy this mutual relationship between the sense objects andthe mind? Please explain this to us. Text 18: The SupremePersonality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, Brahmā himself, who is born directly from the body of the Lord and who is thecreator of all living entities within the material world, being the best of thedemigods, seriously contemplated the question of his sons headed by Sanaka. Theintelligence of Brahmā, however, was affected by his own activities ofcreation, and thus he could not discover the essential answer to this question. Text 19: Lord Brahmā desired to attain the answer to the question thatwas puzzling him, and thus he fixed his mind on Me, the Supreme Lord. At that time, in My form of Haṁsa, I becamevisible to Lord Brahmā.[1] All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 24-04 - 2021. 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