Guest guest Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 Jai durga!!! Where can I find Ganapati muni's work Uma Sahasram? Subramaniam Sankaran On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 satisharigela wrote : > shrIH > Namaste > > Sage used to perform Yagna daily to which mother > Renuka used > >to bring water out of pot just made that day. One day > Mother will > >see a Gandharva flying. She will loose her mind on > that due to the > >maya or the play of the great shakti. Sage due to his > powers will > >come to know of this things. Mother too will feel > shameful because > >she is late for the yagna by mere maya. SO the sage > will ask his > >sons to chop monther head out of her body. Only > parasurama will come > >forward to do it. A Dobi (Cloth washers) will come to > save the > >mother. Parasurama will kill all of them. Parasurama, > then will come > >back to sage. The sage thus pleased will ask > parasurama what he > >wanted now. Prasurama, will ask for his mother back. > > Shri Ganapati Muni gives the following opinion on > this story in his > work, Uma Sahasram. Shri Ganapati Muni is widely known > as a great > upasaka of Renuka. > > ambaiva sA surabhirarjunabhUpatiryAM > vIryAjjahAra sa ca bhArgava AjahAra > tasyA hateH paragR^ihasthitireva hetuH > gandharva darshanakathA ripukalpitaiva > > A rough translation is as follows: "That cow(Surabhi) > is Amba > herself. When Kartavirya carried it away by force, > Parashurama > brought it back. The reason for her punishment is her > stay in > Kartavirya's house. The story of seeing gandharva is > made up by > inimical people." > > Shri Muni also says that the power(Tejas) of > the Devi, Chinna > Masta entered the body of Renuka Devi after Parashurama > seperated the > head from her body. > > namaste. > > > > This all happened in Padavedu. there is a river > near by where > >dobi's washed the clothes. The Holy ash given in the > temple is the > >one from the sages Jamadagni's yaga gonda and that > still exists. > > > > The presiding goddess is Renuka parameshwari or > othwerwise > >called "Padavettamman". > > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > AUM namaH shivAya > AUM namaH shivAbhyAm > > Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) > : /messages// > > Contact : help > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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