Kasyapa Sutras - 2 - More on Kasyapa Rishi

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Dear All,

JAI MAA !!!!

Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm on this text , Sadhu Maa and Linda. I look forward to your insights.

 

Namaste Dolly and anyone that wants a copy of "The Guru and the Goddess", that contains the Kasyapa Sutras, the book is available in the bookstore at http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/404

Querida Kalachandra said :

The book says: "Diti gave birth to all of the other beings of physical creation" Is it the same thing? Are we children of Diti or Aditi?

Querida, In the book, Swamiji says that we are all the children of Aditi, ie we are all divine beings.

Chetanji - Thank you for sharing the stories on Kasyapa Muni. I was intrigued by the line "Any one who does not know his ‘gotra’ usually takes ‘Kashyapa’ as his gotra since he (Kashyapa Muni) is father of all, good and bad."

I searched on the web, and found that Kasyapa had many wives in addition to Aditi and Diti, and with them he populated the various species.

>From the web , here is the scoop on a few more wives of Kasyapa.....

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Danu, Kashyap's third wife had a hundred sons known as Danavas.

Tamra had six daughters who began the lines of various animals and birds.

Vinata was the progenitor of bird deities among whom were Garuda the vehicle of Vishnu and Jatayu, who played a crucial role in the Ramayana.

Surabhi was the mother of cows and buffaloes, Surasa and Kadru of snakes and Ira of trees.

Muni is said to be the mother of the Apsaras or divine maidens whereas Arishta mothered the Gangharvas who were the custodians of music and dancing.

Krodhavasha was the mother of another set of demons called the Rakshasas while Vishva was the mother of the Yakshas, a clan of the demi-Gods.

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Here is the answer to the question that I had posed earlier - The Names of the SaptaRishis . The Wikipedia article has different names depending on the origin of the text. I will also check with Swamiji and get back to you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saptarishi

Jai Maa

Nanda

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

i don't know much about the scriptures so i am just mostly a silent

observer in all this, but i found the below about Diti at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diti

 

Seeing Diti's cowives being blessed with children;Diti too was eager

to have a son.So,she had asked Kashyapa for company.Though Kashyapa

had acceded to her request,He had asked her to wait for an hour as

it was then the time when Shiva and his retinue of ghosts and

spirits moved about;which was considered inauspicious and unsuited.

However;Diti;shaken by the passion of love and lust, couldn't wait

and she seized kashyapa by his garments,which was a sign of

immodesty. Since Diti's mind was impure;tainted by lust,she would

give birth to two unworthy sons who would violate all the ethics

(Dharma) and follow the path of Adharma.When Diti felt sorry,

Kashyapa consoled her by saying that they would be slained by Lord

Vishnu himself and thus be blessed by the Lord's contact in the end.

Also; one of her four grandsons'by her first son,would be a great

devotee of Vishnu and also the noblest man(He is Prahlada.). In this

way, Jaya and Vijaya were born in this earth to Diti as

Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha.

 

so maybe we are really all from one of those "non-traditional"

families. we have two mothers(really only One but you know what i

mean) 1. Aditi - our Divine Mother, Mother of our True Nature.

and 2. Diti - our Earthly Mother, who is here like us because we

still have a few asuric qualities to work out.

 

JAI MAA

 

ps. i am not sure that i agree with Wikipedia that when Siva and the

boys are on the move it is inauspicious or unsuited. but i guess it

makes for a better story. Cowives? what did Kashyapa live in Utah.

 

 

, Nanda <chandimaakijai wrote:

>

> Dear All,

> JAI MAA !!!!

>

> Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm on this text , Sadhu Maa

and Linda. I look forward to your insights.

>

> Namaste Dolly and anyone that wants a copy of "The Guru and the

Goddess", that contains the Kasyapa Sutras, the book is available in

the bookstore at http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/404

>

> Querida Kalachandra said :

> The book says: "Diti gave birth to all of the other beings of

physical creation" Is it the same thing? Are we children of Diti or

Aditi?

> Querida, In the book, Swamiji says that we are all the children

of Aditi, ie we are all divine beings.

>

> Chetanji - Thank you for sharing the stories on Kasyapa Muni. I

was intrigued by the line "Any one who does not know his `gotra'

usually takes `Kashyapa' as his gotra since he (Kashyapa Muni) is

father of all, good and bad."

>

> I searched on the web, and found that Kasyapa had many wives in

addition to Aditi and Diti, and with them he populated the various

species.

>

> From the web , here is the scoop on a few more wives of

Kasyapa.....

> ============================

> Danu, Kashyap's third wife had a hundred sons known as Danavas.

> Tamra had six daughters who began the lines of various animals

and birds.

> Vinata was the progenitor of bird deities among whom were Garuda

the vehicle of Vishnu and Jatayu, who played a crucial role in the

Ramayana.

> Surabhi was the mother of cows and buffaloes, Surasa and Kadru

of snakes and Ira of trees.

> Muni is said to be the mother of the Apsaras or divine maidens

whereas Arishta mothered the Gangharvas who were the custodians of

music and dancing.

> Krodhavasha was the mother of another set of demons called the

Rakshasas while Vishva was the mother of the Yakshas, a clan of the

demi-Gods.

> =============================

>

> Here is the answer to the question that I had posed earlier - The

Names of the SaptaRishis . The Wikipedia article has different names

depending on the origin of the text. I will also check with Swamiji

and get back to you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saptarishi

>

>

> Jai Maa

> Nanda

>

[Guest guest]

This was very interesting. The Kasyapa Sutras will be a great text to

study!

 

Thank you,

Karen []

 

, Nanda <chandimaakijai wrote:

>

> Dear All,

> JAI MAA !!!!

>

> Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm on this text , Sadhu Maa and

Linda. I look forward to your insights.

>

> Namaste Dolly and anyone that wants a copy of "The Guru and the

Goddess", that contains the Kasyapa Sutras, the book is available in the

bookstore at http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/404

>

> Querida Kalachandra said :

> The book says: "Diti gave birth to all of the other beings of physical

creation" Is it the same thing? Are we children of Diti or Aditi?

> Querida, In the book, Swamiji says that we are all the children of

Aditi, ie we are all divine beings.

>

> Chetanji - Thank you for sharing the stories on Kasyapa Muni. I was

intrigued by the line "Any one who does not know his `gotra'

usually takes `Kashyapa' as his gotra since he (Kashyapa Muni)

is father of all, good and bad."

>

> I searched on the web, and found that Kasyapa had many wives in

addition to Aditi and Diti, and with them he populated the various

species.

>

> From the web , here is the scoop on a few more wives of Kasyapa.....

> ============================

> Danu, Kashyap's third wife had a hundred sons known as Danavas.

> Tamra had six daughters who began the lines of various animals and

birds.

> Vinata was the progenitor of bird deities among whom were Garuda the

vehicle of Vishnu and Jatayu, who played a crucial role in the Ramayana.

> Surabhi was the mother of cows and buffaloes, Surasa and Kadru of

snakes and Ira of trees.

> Muni is said to be the mother of the Apsaras or divine maidens whereas

Arishta mothered the Gangharvas who were the custodians of music and

dancing.

> Krodhavasha was the mother of another set of demons called the

Rakshasas while Vishva was the mother of the Yakshas, a clan of the

demi-Gods.

> =============================

>

> Here is the answer to the question that I had posed earlier - The

Names of the SaptaRishis . The Wikipedia article has different names

depending on the origin of the text. I will also check with Swamiji and

get back to you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saptarishi

>

>

> Jai Maa

> Nanda

>