EXPLORING PURANAS

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EXPLORING PURANAS

 

Before the onset of Kaliyug Maharshi VedVyas was asked by his father

to provide the gist of Vedas and Upanishads in the form of

Puranas.Maharshi VedVyas had written 18 Puranas, which includes

(Rather last of it) Kaliyug Puran. In Kaliyug Puran he narrated how

the Yuga starts and ends.

 

Some of the glimpses are;

"People in Kaliyug do not speak Sanskrit; a language similar to it

would be adopted" Maharshi given how the language looks like, "For

Bhubukshu (Hunger) people speak Bhook". Further he gave narration of

various rulers, for example, he narrated about Britisher's language

as "for Shasti the speak Sixty". There was mention of Queen Victoria

as Vikatavati.

 

The guide line followed in all these puranas is to pass on the

knowledge to be understood by both common person and a knowledgeable

too. Some of the examples to corroborate this fact are as enumerated

under.

 

It is said "The Earth is resting on Shesh Naag"

As per Common person, to rest anything sturdily, it needs a base. The

word of Shesh naag was created. Shesh in Sanskrit means zero. So the

earth is floating in space and not resting on anything is the

explanation for a learned.

 

While Lord Hanuman was leaping to Lanka, he felt his speed is getting

retarded. He looked down to find a large demon floating on the sea.

He remembered the narration given by Sugriv that it is named as

Simhika. When Simihika appealed Lord Brahma, bestowed a boon to catch

the shadow of any flying animal and can attract any animal close to

it as prey. So he went down and increased his body size. Accordingly

Simhika too enlarged its mouth. Lord Hanuman then took a miniature

form of the body and went inside and destroyed the sensitive parts to

kill it.

 

For common person this is a warning that while talking journey one

should be careful about such huge monsters. For a learned, it is

nothing but BERMUDA TRIANGLE (Pacific Ocean)

When Lord Krishna and Balaram were returning to their capital after

killing their enemy in the battle, they were stopped by a man and a

lady having huge bodies. The Man said that he was a king in previous

Yug. He had the capacity to visit Vishnu Lok. So he took his daughter

along with him to Vishnu Lok to Consult Lord for a better suitor.

Lord said that the king made mistake of visiting him as the time

difference between Bhulok and Visnulok is too large and on his return

the king will find the change of Yug. He advised the king to approach

Lord Krisna and give her daughter's hand in marriage to Balaram.

 

For a common person it was narrated that there are lokas above and

below the Earth. Atal, Vital, Talatal, Mahatal, Rasatal, Pataal are

below Earth and Bhuvar, Suvar, Maha, Jana, Tapo, satya, Vishnu lok

are above Earth. Further it was clarified that the duration of time

for any day differs greatly between any two Loks. For a learned the

theory of relativity fits in here.

 

Any epic shall be read with reverence and regard and one should also

study to explore the hidden meanings in it.