Bagavathan- asura

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Pranams to all bhagavathas.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

 

Till now I was under the impression that only

Prahladha was the devotee of Lord from Asura kulam.

But, when I was going through the archives, in May

1995, Sriman Krishna Kalale wrote about Bhagavatham.

In that he mentioned about Vritrasura/Chitraketu.Since

I don't have the meaning of Bhagavatham book, can

someone tell me more about this Asura (bhagavatha)?

 

Pranams

raji sridhar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chitraketu was a Gandharva who was cursed by Narada to be born as an asura and

he was born as Vrtrasura.

 

To give you the history of Vrtrasura.

 

Once Devaguru Brihaspati was insulted by Indra and hence he left Amaravati.

Indra went to Brahma and asked him for advice. Brahma advised him that one

should never be without a Guru and hence advised Indra to approach Twasta's son

(I forgot the name here. It probably was Viwaswan). The wife of Twasta bwlonged

to the Asura clan and hence Viwaswan was caught between two worlds. But he

agreed to be the Devaguru

 

Interestingly he had three heads and while with one head he would do yagnas for

the benefit of the Devas, the other head would pray for the benefit of Asuras.

But Indra got know of this and he cut of Viwaswan's head. The heads turned into

birds and flew away.

 

Twasta was very angry on the death of his son and hence he offered a yagna and

from the yagna came Vrtrasura.

 

Vrtrasura defeated Indra and Indra ran to the Lord for protection. The Lord told

Indra that Vrtrasura could not be killed by any normal weapon, since he was

begotten on the penance of Twasta, and told him to get the bones of Dadichi (a

sage) to make a weapon.

 

Dadichi graciously gave his bones to Indra and Viswakarma (the Divine Architect)

made the Vajra from this. Indra used the Vajra to kill Vrtrasura,

 

Vrtrasura though an asura, was a great devotee of the Lord and he always prayed

for deliverance. Even when defeat and death stared him in the face, Vrtrasura

urged Indra to strike him down so that he may reach the Lotus Feet of the Lord.

A staunch devotee, Vrtrasura, is glorified as one of the Great Devotees of the

Lord.

 

Hope this clarifies

 

Ranganath

 

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RAJI SRIDHAR

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Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:11 PM

Bagavathan- asura

 

 

Pranams to all bhagavathas.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

 

Till now I was under the impression that only

Prahladha was the devotee of Lord from Asura kulam.

But, when I was going through the archives, in May

1995, Sriman Krishna Kalale wrote about Bhagavatham.

In that he mentioned about Vritrasura/Chitraketu.Since

I don't have the meaning of Bhagavatham book, can

someone tell me more about this Asura (bhagavatha)?

 

Pranams

raji sridhar

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I remember the name now. Twasta's son was Viswaroopa and not Viwaswan.

 

Sorry for the mistake.

 

Ranganath

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I would like to add the following in this regard.

 

The creation of Vrtrasura by twashta is a classic example of the need to

recite the vedic mantras with the proper pronounciation and intonation. even

though Vrtrasura was created to kill Indra, twashta used the wrong swara for

the mantra, which in turn led to Vrtrasura being killed by Indra. (

Taittiriya Samhita 2:5:2)

 

Also could you please let me know the source of the explanation provided by

you.

 

Regards

Venkatakrishnan.

 

 

 

 

 

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