Pranam
ARUNDHATI, Rati and allegory
Wendy DONIGER style narration on “Allegorical text” as presented
by the youth, “Glorious india.com” is written here; the factuality is not
doubted as it does exist in Brahma-vaivartha purana “mainly. However, the
non-application of mind as to what exactly does this complicated, chaotic
version would mean, could have been screened, after going thro the verses
in Brahma vaivartha puranam; lest it would be the modern “SAROJADEVI STYLE
STORIES” WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD 1960S. This would be embarrassing to
answering, when the grandson raises a question after this presentation,
where grandfather would be net-flexed.
*Manasputra* is a Sanskrit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit> term
which literally means "willingly accepted as an own son" or "equivalent to *pan
son".* In Hinduism <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism>, the god
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God> Brahma
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma> created 16 sons and 1 daughter from
his mind, As Brahma is considered their father, Saraswati
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati>, Brahma's wife, is considered
their namesake mother.
According to the *Bhagavata Purana
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana>*, their names are: Angiras
(sage) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiras_(sage)>, Atri
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atri>, Pulastya
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulastya>, Marichi
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marichi>, Pulaha
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaha>, Kratu
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratu>, Bhrigu
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhrigu>, Vashistha
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashistha>, Daksha
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daksha>, Narada
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narada>, Chitragupta
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitragupta>, The Four Kumaras
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Kumaras>, Kardama Muni, and Shatarupa
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatarupa>.
In this 7 Rishis are said to be first sapta rishis in the sky.
Shata rupa and Manu were the first wife and husband in the vamsa hood of
human population. Kardama @ Mehdadati is the foster father of Arundhati the
would be wife of Vasishtar. Dhakshan had 60 children thro Prasyuti wife out
of which 27 (days) were married to Moon.
The *Kalika Purana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalika_Purana>* narrates
the following tale about Rati's birth. After the creation of the 10 *Prajapati
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajapati>*s, Brahma
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma> – the creator-god – creates Kama
(Kamadeva), the god of love, from his mind. Kama is ordered to spread love
in the world by shooting his flower-arrows. *Prajapati* Daksha
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daksha> is requested to present a wife to
Kama.
Later in order to distabilise the tapas of Shive, Manu was mind-born
creation of Brahma; Daksha, daughter Parvati was married to Shiva. Till now
Vishnu is not seen with Mahalakshmi since that will be in later creations
out of the manifestations; however , Vaishnav a sambradayam, very close to
within 2000 years , rendered a version that brahma is the son of Vishnu and
siva is the son of Brahma , to raise the level of Vishnu. Earlier Puranas
did contain the starry world in the sky in many descriptions. Sun was the
first and it had the 3 types of sandhyas viz Pratha Kaaale, madhyana
kaale and sandhyana kaale which attracted the Brahma and 10 Prajapathis;
and evening is the time that shall not be used for any cohabitations by
sastras. So Brahma desire resulted in Sandya committing suicide-means
Sandhya exists only for a small period. Vishnu the darkness brings back the
Sandhya to l ife again in the morning. Sun has 2 wives Sandhya @ Sanjana @
saruyu and Chaaya the shadow.
Kama first uses his arrows against Brahma and the *Prajapatis*, who
are all incestuously attracted to Brahma's daughter Sandhya
("Twilight-dawn/dusk"). The god Shiva <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva>,
who was passing by, watches them and laughs. Embarrassed, Brahma and the
*Prajapatis* tremble and perspire. From the sweat of Daksha rises a
beautiful woman named Rati, who Daksha presents to Kama as his wife.
The *Brahma Vaivarta Purana
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_Vaivarta_Purana>* narrates that
Sandhya committed suicide, after Brahma lusts for her. The god Vishnu
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu> resurrects her and names her Rati,
and marries her to Kama. The *Shiva Purana
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Purana>* mentions that after her
suicide <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_India>, Sandhya is reborn
from the sweat of Daksha as Rat In some texts, Shiva is described as the
father of Rati, as Shiva gave a boon to Sandhya. { sweat of dhaksha is
symbolism in human sex}.
The name *Rati* in Sanskrit means "the pleasure of love, sexual
passion or union, amorous enjoyment", all of which Rati personifies. Rati
also indicates the female-seed The word *Rati* also gives rise to other
love-related Sanskrit words like *Kama-rati* ("a man stupefied by desire"),
*rati-karman* ("sexual intercourse"), *rati-laksha* ("sexual intercourse"),
*rati-bhoga* ("sexual enjoyment"), *rati-shakti* ("virile power"),
*rati-jna* ("skilled in the art of love"), and *rati-yuddha* ("a
sex-battle").
Professor Catherine Benton of the Lake Forest College
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_College> (Department of
Religion) relates her birth from the "desire-ridden" sweat to bodily fluids
produced during sexual intercourse, which are considered impure in
Hinduism. Benton thus, relates her to pollution too, but her association
with Kama – the auspicious god of love – grants her the status of an
auspicious goddess.
Arundhati out of the process; Sandhya is not only described as
daughter of Brahma but also Shiva because of the boon. It is ordinary
principles of astronomy in ursa major minor, Kritika constellations. Hence
only during the marriage Arundhati is shown. If read in these back ground,
t the presentations are well understood; lest it will be a sex story
presented , decrying our scriptures by ourselves. {In astrology the
Arumugam or Skandan with the six heads is nothing but the constellations
Kritika where 6 starry groups can be seen even today. And in Astrology,
there is a dictum that mostly KRITHIKA star people may not have belief in
GOD Samachar and will be arguing on pragmatism. Kritika 4th Padam could
be a little different. } KR IRS 8621
On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 14:45, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
iyer...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> BIRTH OF ARUNDHATHI
>
> Dear friends,
>
> While I was surfing the net I could get a story about Birth of Arundhathi
> wife of sage Vasistha. I thought of sharing the same with you. The matter
> has been suitably edited
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gopala krishnan 7-6-2021
>
> *1. Birth of Sandhya and Kamadeva*
>
> Lord Brahma narrated the following tale to sage Narada-
>
> "A girl by the name Sandhya manifested from my being. Her heavenly
> beauty amazed me. She influenced me to such an extent that I forgot that
> Sadhya was my daughter and got infatuated by her."
>
> "When I became infatuated by the divine beauty of Sandhya, my infatuation
> resulted into the manifestation of another Manasa-putra.
>
> I first named him Kamadeva. His beauty and qualities were incomparable.
>
> *2. Kamadeva salute Brahma*
>
> Kamadeva made salutations to me and asked as to what was his name and
> purpose of being. I gave him again the name 'Pushpavan' and instructed
> him to help in the process of procreation. *I also blessed him that
> nobody would remain unaffected by his influence including myself and Lord
> Vishnu."*
>
> After being named by lord Brahma as 'Pushpavan', Kamadeva was also given
> various names as Manmath, Kama, and Madan etc. by sages like Mareechi.
>
> They also said to him that he would be married to 'Rati' the daughter of
> Daksha.
>
> *3. Kamadeva test Brahma’s boon*
>
> Kamadeva himself was infatuated with the beauty of Sandhya. To test the
> authenticity of Brahma's boon, Kamadeva took out his five arrows and wanted
> to examine their power. The names of their arrows were Harshan, Rochan,
> Mohan, Shoshan and Maran.
>
> *These arrows had effect on all the people present there including lord
> Brahma and Sandhya*. Getting affected by those arrows, forty-nine types
> of thoughts emerged in Brahma's mind. Similarly, flaws were clearly visible
> in Sandhya's behaviour.
>
> Kamadeva became convinced of his powers and capabilities. But Dharma -
> the manasa putra of Brahma was saddened by this event. He prayed to lord
> Shiva.
>
> When Lord Shiva saw the condition of Brahma, he became amused and made fun
> of him and his Manasa-putras. Everybody was ashamed.
>
> *4. Birth of Pitraganas and Rati*
>
> *Due to his shame, Brahma got perspired profusely. From his perspiration
> were created the Pitraganas.*
>
> *Similarly from the perspiration of Daksha Prajapati was created the most
> beautiful woman-Rati.*
>
> *5. Brahma curse Kamadeva and modify the curse*
>
> Brahma was very angry with Kamadeva because of whom he was ridiculed by
> Shiva. *He cursed him and said- "You would be charred to death by the
> arrow of Shiva."*
>
> Kamadeva became very scared and said that he was only testing the
> authenticity of his boon and he had no other evil intention. He also
> requested Brahma, not to curse him.
>
> Feeling Pity on him, Brahma consoled him that, although he would
> definitely get killed by the arrow of Shiva's sight, *yet he would regain
> his physical body as soon as Shiva get married*.
>
> *6. Kama deva marry Rati*
>
> Daksha requested Kamadeva to get married with his daughter Rati. Kamadeva
> was very pleased at this proposal. Both Kamadeva and Rati got married.
>
> *7.Sandhya does penance*
>
> Sandhya was very ashamed of herself. For the atonement of her sin she
> decided to do penance. She went to *Chandrabhaga Mountain *and commenced
> her tremendous penance.
>
> *8. Vasistha appear as Brahmin before Sandhya*
>
> Lord Brahma then instructed his son Vasistha to go to her in disguise and
> help in getting her initiated. He went to Chandrabhaga Mountain in the
> guise of a Brahmin and gave the mantra - *OM NAMAH SHANKARAYA OM* to her
> and also told her the methods of doing worship, and then he returned back.
>
>
> *9. Sandhya receives boon from Shiva*
>
> After sage Vasistha who was disguised as Brahmin went away. Sandhya did
> penance as per his instructions. *After the passing of one Chaturyuga,
> she had a darshan of lord Shiva.*
>
> Shiva being pleased by her devotion asked her to demand anything. Sandhya
> said-
>
> "Nobody should have lust towards the member of his own clan.
>
> There should be no virtuous and chaste woman greater then me in this whole
> world.
>
> Anybody other than my husband who looks at me with evil intentions become
> an impotent man."
>
> Lord Shiva blessed her by saying- 'EVAMASTU!'
>
> *10 Sandhya go to Yajya of Medathithi*
>
> Lord Shiva then categorised the life span of a man into four parts -
> Childhood, adolescence, youth and old age.
>
> He than told her that it was written in her destiny to die by burning. He
> also advised her to go and surrender her body in the sacrificial fire of
> the yagya, performed by *Medhatithi. "*
>
> *Before jumping into the sacrificial fire, just remember anybody, whom you
> want as your husband, *and your wish would be fulfilled in your next
> birth, you would take birth as a daughter of Daksha Prajapati.
>
> Your father-Daksha Prajapati would marry his 27 twenty daughter to Moon,
> but the moon would have affection only towards Rohini and rest of his wives
> would be neglected by him. For this reason he would be cursed by Daksha. *All
> the deities would take your refuge." *
>
> After blessing Sandhya in the way lord Shiva went back to Kailash
> Mountain. When lord Shiva went away. Sandhya got up and went to the place
> where Medhatithi was performing his yagya.
>
> *11. Sandhya resolve to have the Brahmin as husband*
>
> She made a mental resolution to have that Brahmin who came to her should
> be her husband, who in reality was Vasistha and then entered into the
> sacrificial fire.
>
> *12 Sun God divide Sandhya to three parts*
>
> The fire of the yagya burnt her body and carried it to the solar system,
> where it was divided by the sun god into three parts and established in his
> chariot.
>
> The names of these three parts were Pratah-Sandhya, Madhyanha-Sandhya and
> Sayam Sandhya.
>
> Sandhya Vital force was absorbed by lord Shiva.
>
> *13 Arudhathi emerge from sacrificial fire*
>
> When the yagya ended, the sages were surprised to see the presence of a
> girl, who was radiating like gold in the sacrificial fire.
>
> They took out that girl child from that yagya-kunda. The sages then
> brought up that girl with love and affection. *She was named Arundhati.*
>
> *14 Arundhathi get married with Vasistha*
>
> *When she attained the age of five, Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara arrived
> and married her with Vasistha. Arundhathi enjoyed a happy life and became
> famous for her chastity. (I recollect my narration- Arundhathi was very
> young comparing to sage Vasistha in Know sages 1 and I got the reason now)*
>
>
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