Pranam Q1 Bodhayana had a sishya by name Apastamba; and Apasthamba had a sishyan by name Hiranyakesin. All the three casted each a dharma sutra around 600 BCE. There are so many Dharma sutras and all have one thing in common. Adaption to Vedas. If all are abiding the Vedas why so many variables. Philosophy is one only buty the rituals are too many to walk through the roads. Then what the ancestors of the Bodhayana were doing?. Dharma sutras did exist in all the veda vedangas. Deviations started since 600 BCE. Hence let's move forward rather than classifying the sages. Read my reproductions of Hinduism today elsewhere. Q6 On soundarya lahari I wrote 6 parts in dec 2021 in these columns. Prakriti is energy, activity, vibration and creative power. Parameshvara is stable, inactive, immobile and insensitive- yet the Supreme. Kanchi Mahaswami states: ‗ Shiva is quiescent and motionless and Shakti that keeps everything pulsating, from planets and stars to the atom, and is inseparably united. Shiva can be called matter and Shakti energy. Not only are Shiva and Shakti united being basically the same as confirmed by atomic science according to which too matter becomes energy. Thus ‗without being united with you, can Shiva even stir! The first vibration by which the Parabrahman becomes aware of Itself is caused by Amba. Thereafter it is vibration after vibration in ‗arohana and avarohana‘ manner being Praana the Life Energy!‘ This is the quintessence of Adi Shankaracharya‘s Ananda- Soundarya Laharis or the Waves of Bliss and Beauty. Even the ‗content‘ of the hundred strong stanzas is none too easily digestible even by sanskrit scholars of standing, but the ‗intent‘ of each stanza calls for intellectual seminars for multi- angular discussions without much finality ending up as‗empiricals‘ and elusive conclusions.The poetic finnesse of each stanza is so skillful but deelpy subtle! Ananda-Soundarya Lahari is a revelation of parental concern of Prakriti-Parameshvara towards enlightened humans to strive for; that is why the model frame work of ‗Shat Chakras‘ viz. Bhumi Bhuloka represented by Brahma as Moolaadhara Chakra; Bhuvarloka represented by Narayana and Water as Svadhishthaana Chakra; Svarloka represented Rudra and Agni as Manipoora Chakra; Janoloka represented by Maheshwara and Vayu as Anaahata Chakra; Maharloka represented by Sada Shiva and Akaasaha as Vishudda Chakra; and Tapoloka represented by Parama Shiva as ‗Manas‘as Agjnaa Chakra. Beyond this is the Sahasraara Chakra / Bindu where the Ever Blissfful Pamameshavara and Parameshvari as ‗Ardhanarishvara' are attainable. Only Maha Yogis, Maharshis and Deva / Devis- Indra- Tri Murtis might have a darshan perhaps!Ascent to this Celestial Ladder, constructed as a prototype of Shri Chakra blessed by the ever compassionate Bhagavati whose singular concern is to show the Light; Asato maa sadgamaya, Tamasomaa Jyotir gamaya, mrityor maa Amritam gamaya/ But, Maha Swami warns Sadhakas not to, repeat not to, attempt Shat Chakra Sadhana, without imbibing the full implications; equally foolish to consider the Stanzas as mere fanciful poetry. General Readers are however advised to recite the Stanzas while understanding the textual meaning at least. I am beholden to HH Vijayendra Sarasvati who has been systematically and unfailingly encouraging guiding- inspiring my scripting and editing efforts constantly for over twelve years now to inspire me concise about twenty Puranas, fourteen Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Dharma Sindhu, Dwadasha Sahasranamas, Manu Smriti, and so on- all hosted by Kamakoti website Maha Swami HH Chandra Sekhara Sarasvati of Kanchi is not only our Family God, but a beacon light to innumerable families like of ours. His ‗Voice of God‘ is my personal inspiration as is enormously quoted from his lucid and extremely informative script while attempting this ‗Essence of Ananda- Soundarya Lahari, the Bliss and Beauty Waves ( Adi- Shankara)‘ . Pandita Lakshmidhara‘s commentary emboldened me to follow his Hindi commentary to edit into English too while acknowledging his name invariably. May I be blessed by Maha Swami to place this Essence of Ananda- Soundarya Lahari at His Lotus Feet and possibly reach the voice of God to me, family members and all the devotees always! VDN Rao Chennai June, 2017 KR IRS 8622
On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 11:23, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > QUES ANSW DIVINE 06-2022-06 > > Dear friends, > > These are information compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2014’s and stored in > my computer. They are posted by *very learnt members*. There are some > repeats worth refreshing. > > *BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS.* > > Sincerely, > > *R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 08-06-2022* > > Q1 Can you give some information on sage Apasthambha and sage Bodhayana?: > > A1 Apasthambha, a native of Andhra, belonged to Krishnayajurveda School. He > belonged to fifth century BC. Apasthambha’s teachings are called > Apasthambhasutra or Apasthambhasmriti. > > Baudhayana: (Bodhayana)-Baudhayana also belonged to Krishnayajurveda > School and was an inhabitant of Andhra region. Baudhayana’s teachings are > called Baudhayanasutra or Baudhayanasmriti. > > Q2. Most of us would have listened sasthrikal telling- Bodhyanama ellam > thaniyae vango during upakarma time . We know the Bhodhayana sutra has more > manthras deviating from Aapasthamba sutra . Can you enlighten more about > Aapasthamba and Bodhayana? > > A2 Apastamba and BodhAyana are the two prominent SUtras of those who are > born in the family of KRISHNA YAJURVEDIS. > > The SUtras are named after the great Rishis Apastamba and BodhAyana. > > Though both SUtras follow KrishNa Yajurveda texts, the two *GRIHYA SUTRAS > ARE DIFFERENT in prayoga in certain respects.* > > As the SUTRA IS DETERMINED BY BIRTH, one has to follow the SUtra belonging > to his family while performing the various Vedic karmas.it is generally > held by traditional and modern scholars that the sUtra literature is of > greater antiquity and therefore of greater authority. While the smritis are > there to clarify the often cryptic sUtras, it is to the sUtras that we must > turn to find the original rules which govern our religious practices today. > > The very informative QA is based on a posting by versatile writer Sri > "shivashankara rao" [email protected] on Jul 31, 2013 > > Q3 Can you tell the puilosophy of Vishnu Purana? > > A3 The purana has the same philosophy as in Upanishads. Vishnu here is > none other than Para Brahman. It is clearly said that the appearance of the > world as a separate entity (separated from Him) is an ILLUSION (Vishnu > purana.1.2-6). > > Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara are the three aspects of the same Para > Brahman (SEE VISHNU PURANA-1.2.56, 1.2.66, 1.4.15, 1.9.56). The world > evolves out of the original and absolute cause – Vishnu (1.1.31) or Krishna > (4.12.4) through His power, Prakrithi. Infinite Jeevas, which are the > reflections of the one Vishnu are seen due to Avidya. > > Let us now see some of the slokas to illustrate the point made. > > JNAANASWAROOPAMATHYANTHA > > NIRMALAM PARAMAARTHATHAHA > > THAMEVAARTHASWAROOPENA > > BHRAANTHIDARSHANATHAHA STHITHAM > > (In reality, Vishnu is jnaanaswaroopa and pure, But because of ignorance, > he appears in the shape of several things) – V.P.1.2.6. > > SRISHTISTHITHYANTHAKARANEEM BRAHMAVISHNUSHIVAATHMIKAAM > > SA SAJNAAM YAATHI BHAGAVAAN > > EKA EVA JANAARDHANAHA (V.P.1.2.66) > > (In order to handle creation, sustenance and destruction the one and only > Janaardhana takes the names of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara) > > YATKINCHINMANASAA GRAAHYAM > > YADGRAAHYAM CHAKSHURAADIBHIHI > > BUDDHYAACHA YATPARICHCHEDYAM > > THADROOPAMAKHILAM THAVA (V.P.1.4.19) > > (Whatever the mind can understand, whatever the eyes and other organs > can comprehend, whatever the brain can decide- they are all your forms > only). > > PARAMAARTHASTVAMEVYKO > > NAANYOSTHI JAGATHAHAPATHE > > THAVYSHA MAHIMAAYENA > > VYAAPTHAMETHACHCHARAACHARAM (1.4.38) > > (Oh Master, you are the only truth. there is nothing other than you. > Because of your power, this world is seen) > > YADETHAD DRISHYATHE MOORTHAMETHAD > > JNAANAATMANASTHAVA BHRANTHI JNAANENA > > PASHYANTHI JAGADROOPAMAYOGINAHA. > > (V.P.1.4.39) > > (This world as we see is your own forms. Those who are incompetent see it > as a different thing because of their ignorance.) > > SHAKTHAYO YASYA DEVASYA > > BRAHMA VISHNU SHIVAATMIKAAHA > > BHAVANTHYABHOOTHA POORVASYA > > THADVISHNOH PARAMAM PADAM (V.P.1.9.56) > > (The deity who has all the powers of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva is the seat > of Para Brahman) > > There are several other such slokas to prove the Vedic assertion, “ ekam > sat, vipraha bahudaa vadanthi”. > > The following are just a few examples of the common words in the sahasra > naamas of shiva and vishnu. > > 1. bhootabhaavana,2. pavitram,3. mahaan,4. niyama,5. sahasraaksha, > > 6. soma,7. soorya,8. anagha,9. mahaatapaa, 10.pramaaNam, > > 11.yOgi,12.sarvajna,13.animisha.14.kaama,15.dhanvee,we can go on like this > further too.---enough to indicate the commonality. > > The very informative QA is based on a posting by versatile writer Sri > "shivashankara rao" [email protected] on Jul 31, 2013 > > Q4 What is the period specified for Dana of daughter by Manu? > > A4 Manu himself says that *the right of the father to give his daughter > as a daana ceases if the girl is not married before three years after her > puberty.* > > The very informative QA is based on a posting by versatile writer Sri > "shivashankara rao" [email protected] on August 5, 2013 > > Q5 Does Vishnu is an Aditya? Where do we have Vishnu sahasra namam? > > A5 Vedas mention 33 dieties- eight vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, > Indra and Prajapathi. All these came from Hiranyagarbha. Adithi, Ushas > and a few other female deities also find a place. Surprisingly, anger, > belief and such other feelings and even a grinding stone are deified. > > The twelve Adityas include Mitra, Savitr, Aryaman, Daksha, Bhaga, Amsha, > Twashtra, Pooshan, Shaktra, Vyvaswatha and VISHNU. > > These are the 12 spokes of the wheel of time > Thus Vishnu was a minor deity representing one aspect of SUN. By about > second century BC, Narayana of the Dravidic origin got added to Vishnu. > > Almost at the same time, the name Krishna was also added to this. The > devotees of this deity were called Bhagavathas or vaishnavas. By 6th > century, a few Vaishnava scriptures including Bhagavathapurana came into > existence. By about 12th century this started growing fast and by 17th > century, it reached its climax. > > Vishnu literally means one who pervades everywhere. He is predominantly > satvik and is responsible for preservation. To protect Dharma and to > punish Adharma, he takes incarnations- -Matsya (fish), Koorma (tortoise), > Varaha (pig), Nrsimha (man lion), Vamana (dwarf), Parashurama, sree > Rama, sree Krishna and finally Kalki (yet to come). > > Some people add Balarama also to this list. It may be observed that this > tallies with the Darwinian theory of evolution. > > The thousand names of Vishnu are found in Padma purana, but the one found > in the Anushasana parva of Mahabharatha is more popular. > > Sree Shankara says, " Vishnu sahasranama is easy to practice, yields > happiness and several benefits. > > (SAKALA PURUSHARTA SADHANAM, SUKHA SAMPADYAM, ALPA PRAYASAM, ANALPA > PHALAM.). He also says that the sahasranama should be sung along with > Bhagavad-Gita (GEYAM GEETA NAMA SAHASRAM). > > In order to impress that God is one, this sahasranama contains names of > Shiva, Skanda, Ganesha, Soorya, Agni etc., Not only these, but even > Rishabha,Vardhamana etc. are also mentioned. > > Some fifteen great teachers have written explanatory notes (Bhashyas). > > Ramanujacharya says that the names represent different aspects of Almighty > and that there is connectivity and continuity in the meanings. > Madhvacharya asserts that Mahabharatha represents the essence of all > shastras and Bhagavad-Gita and Vishnu sahasranama are the essence of > Mahabharatha. > > The QA is based on a posting by Sri : "shivashankara rao" > [email protected] on July 31 , 2013 > > Q6 Can you give some information about Soundarya lahari? > > A6 The large parts of India also celebrate Vijayadasami as the culmination > of nine days of Duragapuja !... For extolling Sakthi there is nothing > more exhilarating than reading Sankaracharyas Saundaryalahari !!. Every > sloka of Saundaryalahari is a mantra with its own Yantra ! .. > > It is a poem displaying the finest touches Poetry extremely pleasing to > read. But knowing its antecedents this aspect is of least concern to the > most. The most ardently felt thought about " Saundaryalahari " is it is > Stotra . It is a stotra in praise of Goddess Tripura sundari > > For the practitioners of Saundaryalahari , it is a series of Mantras to > be used by upasakas along with Yantras where in the Goddess is to be > conceived as residing. > > From the point of view of Vedantins , it is also an exposition of the > Agama or and Tantras bearing on the worship of the Supreme being in its > aspect of Sakti , known as Srividjya . > > There are several legends about this work One legend says that, once Adi > Shankara visited Kailash to worship Shiva andParvathi . There, the > Lord gave him a manuscript containing 100 verses which described the many > facets of the Goddess, as a gift to him. > > While Shankara was returning after visiting Kailash, Nandi stopped him on > the way. He snatched the manuscript from him, tore it into two, took one > part and gave the other to Shankara. Shankara, desolate, ran to Shiva and > narrated the incident to him. Shiva, smiling, commanded him to retain the > 41 verses with him as the initial part of the 100 verses and then, write an > extra 59 verses in praise of the Goddess himself. > > Thus, verses 1 - 41 are the original work of Lord Shiva, shedding great > light on the ancient rituals of Tantra , Yantra and various powerful > Mantras . The remaining verses, i.e. 42-100 are composed by Adi Shankara > himself, which mainly focuses on the appearance of the Sakti. > > A very good exposition on Saundaryalahari is a book published by > Theosophical Publishing House, Adayar , Madras ( 1937) authored by Pandit > Subramanya Sastri and Srinivasaiyyengar > > The QA is based on a posting by [email protected] Sri > jaganathanmadhavan on Oct 19, 2013 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1369239879.597457.1654667582586%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1369239879.597457.1654667582586%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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