Very interesting! VARARUCHI
1 Sisyphus teaches us to never give in to circumstantial disappointments
or try to escape from the failures, rather accept failures the same way we
accept our achievements. And most importantly, no matter how much we lose
in our quest, we must never back down till we fulfil our potential.
Relentless activity, defeating the defeat, the death.
2 What exactly Mr Babusenan is trying to say, I am unable to
comprehend. May be NARANATHU BRANTHAN, CAN ALSO BE INTERPRETED AS OF ALL
THE MEN THE EXCELLENCY IN MADNESS. And many siddhas were also called
PITHANS; A MAD FELLOW. Madness is absence of a normal mind, which is an
appearance to many who think they are normal and not mad; but the siddha
said that all are mad only towards something which they keep on doing.
Running the stone up and down the hill, for us, looks like madness. But
have we ever noticed what we are doing? Right from age 5 till now, what are
the acts you are doing daily, relentless, untiring? and if the 250
generations of your family are taken and reviewed, have they not done the
same doing which you do now, and are you not the Branthan? And you are
doing it including your ancestors in this HELL the earth life, PUNISHMENT
FOR THE KARMA.
3 Vararuchi is a common name lived or legendary between 360 BCE till
1250 AD. The best true known Vararuchi was in the North as one of the
Navaratnas when Kalidasan (here also mentioned as son of Kaali in the
anecdote);the names of the nine gems are found in the following Sanskrit
verse:
Dhanvantari// kṣapaṇakā// amarasiṃha// śaṅku//
vetālabhaṭṭa// ghaṭakarpara// kālidāsāḥ// |
khyāto varāhamihiro// nṛpate sabhāyāṃ
ratnāni vai -vararucirnava - vikramasyā ||
The names of the nine gems and their traditional claims to fame are the
following:
Dhanvantari <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanvantari>, a medical
practitioner
Kshapanaka, probably Siddhasena, a Jain monk, author of Dvatrishatikas
Amarasimha <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarasimha>, author of Amarakosha
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarakosha>*Amarakosha
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarakosha>*, a thesaurus
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus> of Sanskrit
Sanku (little known)
Vetalabhatta <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetalabhatta>, a Maga Brahmin
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maga_Brahmin> known as the author of the
sixteen stanza Niti-pradeepa (*The Lamp of Conduct*) in tribute to
Vikramaditya
Ghatakarpara, author of *Ghatakarpara-kavya,* in which a wife sends a
message (reverse of Meghaduta <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghaduta>)
Kalidasa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalidasa>, a renowned classical
Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the
Sanskrit language
Varahamihira <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Var%C4%81hamihira>, astrologer
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrologer> & astronomer
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer>
Vararuchi, poet & grammarian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philologist>//
This Vararuchi is disbelieved on the misconception of the periods of the
books one of which was supposed to have been written by him; and also to
stress, he is only a Kerala Nambudiri even though, Namboodris went to
Kerala from Tanjore as normal Brahmins, around the Chera dynasty in late
ADs. One who wrote the great stories called KAATHAACHARAT SAGARA The ocean
of stories was attributed to Kerala Vararuchi but that was in Sanskrit
earlier to Namboodris’ arrival; thus, Vararuchi is a name mis-handled by so
many. There is one real version as per our Sanskrit literature but
disbelieved by the western writers. Vararuchi is the brother of Vikram
Aditya, Birth Hari and in the stories of Vikram Aditya one can see his own
brother as his minister. But another Vararuchi was the author of the
Grammar, Vakya Vritti etc. Another Vararuchi was an astronomer cum Vakya
Panchangam authority. Another Vararuchi did Vakya grammar which was
followed by Birth Hari and Panini. The PPP story was so well coined,
Namboodris felt shaming many tall claims as dwarfing, which in 2022-23 one
such from Singapore followed suit, along with one in Chennai, calling
Tiruvalluar as VALLON one of Vararuchi PPP; Panan the nadodi singer of TN
as one. Probably, even today, Keralites do make fun of TN. However, by
placing the periods of the existing Vararuchi and Valluvar, Panan etc it
can be surmised that THE NARANATHU PRANDHU was living only in Kerala,
making fun of Namboodiris also.
The Kerala famous story of PPP written here by Babusenan, where 12
children are termed under various professions and one of them was supposed
to be as a stone version in Kerala next to rock; and was branded as Prandhu
or brandhu. (Incidentally that was also brought in this group by the 12th
man of Vararuchi at Singapore, calling me as that) Anyhow the moral of the
story is NEVER GIVE UP; 2 EVERYONE IS A MADCAP ONLY. Though I have written
about a lot on Vararuchi and Namboodiris long ago in this group, wrt the
one more singleton of the group at Chennai Q and A, again through
Babusenan, some more details I could give.
Thank you K Rajaram IRS 3 5 23
On Wed, 3 May 2023 at 08:08, Chittanandam V R <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
> *A myth, rarely, is like a coin whose obverse happens in a certain clime
> and certain time, while its reverse manifests in some other clime and at
> some other time. What I have in mind is the Grecian myth of Sisyphus.*
>
> *Sisyphus was the founder king of a city state in ancient Greece later
> came to be known as Corinth. He was said to be a very clever person whose
> villainy was as fabled as his cleverness. The gods frowned upon him and
> bodily pushed him down to the nether world with an eternal punishment which
> was a very peculiar one. *
>
> *Hell too has its ups and downs. At one place, there is a pretty tall
> hill. Sisyphus was to push a big boulder up this hill and, on reaching the
> top, the boulder would slip off his hands and roll down. He should start
> pushing it up again and continue this boring, strenuous and futile job ad
> infinitum. *
>
> *The above is the obverse of the myth- coin. Its reverse, one could see
> in the tiny Kerala, thousands of miles away from Greece. Close to the
> small town of Pattambi in the Palakkad district, there is the Rayiranellur
> hill on the top of which stands the majestic statue of a man beside a
> boulder. It is that of an evolved soul known as Naaraanathu Bhraanthan.
> (Naaraanathu = Belonging to Naaraanam village) 'Bhraanthan' in Malayalam
> means 'a mad fellow'. *
>
> *He actually belonged to a Namboodiri illam and was a learned man but
> eccentric in behaviour. Totally fearless, **he used to sleep in a burial
> ground which happened to be a favourite dancing ground of goddess Kaali
> (the same goddess whose sishya was the great Sanskrit poet) and her
> associates. In order to persuade him to shift his **sleeping place, the
> goddess offered him several boons. He would have none of it, but she
> persisted. And, finally he said: "Madam, please do one thing: shift the
> swelling on my left leg to the right one." That was Naaraanathu
> Bhraanthan! *
>
> *But, he got this appellation not because of this. He took pleasure in
> rolling a boulder up the hill where he stands now, let it fall on reaching
> the top, clapping his hands in joy like a mischievous lad when the stone
> fell with a roar. Unlike Sisyphus, who was forced to perform a meaningless
> job that entailed both physical and mental torture, our Bhraanthan
> willingly chose **it and did it with pleasure. And, that makes the
> difference, a lot of it, indeed. *
>
> *Folktale has it that the Kerala Sisyphus was the son of the legendary
> astrologer, Vararuchi who belonged to the famous court of the king
> Vikramaditya. Vararuchi chose northern Kerala for his honeymoon when he
> happened to marry a Paraya girl. It is said that twelve children were born
> in that trip!*
>
> * As if a progenitor of the dictum: 'Less luggage, more comfort,'
> Vararuchi asked his wife to leave each child where it was born. Thus
> Naaraanathu Bhraanthan belonged to the famous group called 'Parayi petta
> panthirukulam'(the tribe of twelve children born of a Parayi) *
>
> *- V.Babusenan*
>
> *********************************************************
>
>
> *Chittanandam*
>
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