Guest guest Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 krtajNa : Judge of actions. Krta good and bad [actions]. "The Sun, the moon, the god of death, time and the five elements, these nine are the witnesses of good and bad actions." She is not separated from these, she is called KrtajNA. Or, krta, the actions done, jNa [ ie she rewards them by imparting] knowledge. Or, krta [vat] already-acquired, jNa knowledge, she possesses. Krta : krta Yuga, the golden age, as then rigtheousness was perfectly established; knowledge [jNa], also was perfect, ie she has perfect knowledge [as the golden age had] According to the science of dice there are four dyUtas which are called Krta, TretA, DvApara and Kali, and numbered respectively four, three, two and one; but they count then, six, three and one, respectively; because in the higher number the lower ones are included. So the Sruti [ChA. Up., IV. 3.8] says, "Now these five, and other five, BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 kruta = action; jna = knower. She who knows all actions of every one???? I dunno; I am not euredite. Just a stray thought. NMadasamy <nmadasamy wrote:krtajNa : Judge of actions. Krta good and bad [actions]. "The Sun, the moon, the god of death, time and the five elements, these nine are the witnesses of good and bad actions." She is not separated from these, she is called KrtajNA. Or, krta, the actions done, jNa [ ie she rewards them by imparting] knowledge. Or, krta [vat] already-acquired, jNa knowledge, she possesses. Krta : krta Yuga, the golden age, as then rigtheousness was perfectly established; knowledge [jNa], also was perfect, ie she has perfect knowledge [as the golden age had] According to the science of dice there are four dyUtas which are called Krta, TretA, DvApara and Kali, and numbered respectively four, three, two and one; but they count then, six, three and one, respectively; because in the higher number the lower ones are included. So the Sruti [ChA. Up., IV. 3.8] says, "Now these five, and other five, BhAskararAya's Commentary Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Visit your group "" on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 "KritajNA [means] witness and judge of all actions. The Sun, Moon, and stars, death, time and the PaNcabhUtAs are [said] to judge all actions while witnessing them. And they are all Her form -- Krita means ten, which stands for VirAt, which is Brahman. So KritajNa means that She is the knowledge of Brahman." - Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary, 1962 , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...> wrote: > krtajNa : Judge of actions. > > Krta good and bad [actions]. > > "The Sun, the moon, the god of death, time and the five elements, > these nine are the witnesses of good and bad actions." She is not > separated from these, she is called KrtajNA. > > Or, krta, the actions done, jNa [ ie she rewards them by imparting] > knowledge. > > Or, krta [vat] already-acquired, jNa knowledge, she possesses. > > Krta : krta Yuga, the golden age, as then rigtheousness was > perfectly established; knowledge [jNa], also was perfect, ie she has > perfect knowledge [as the golden age had] > > According to the science of dice there are four dyUtas which are > called Krta, TretA, DvApara and Kali, and numbered respectively > four, three, two and one; but they count then, six, three and one, > respectively; because in the higher number the lower ones are > included. So the Sruti [ChA. Up., IV. 3.8] says, "Now these five, > and other five, > > BhAskararAya's Commentary > Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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