Guest guest Posted November 30, 1999 Report Share Posted November 30, 1999 OM KRISHNA GURU OM Dear Gauranga, Here the reference to krishna is as Jagannatha. This is correct as it is the truth. I have added a few comments to your other mail as well. Om Tat Sat Best Wishes Sanjay Rath - Gauranga Das <gauranga Varahamihira <varahamihira > Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2:39 AM [Jagannath] Krsna is the Source of All Incarnations > JAYA JAGANNATHA! > > Dear Gurudeva and members, > > Pranaams. > > Let me submit here a short essay. I'm interested in Your opinions. > > KRSNA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL INCARNATIONS > > In the second chapter of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Maharishi > Parashara, the father of Jyotish explains the different incarnations of the Lord > who descend as divine Avatars in different Yugas of the world's history and > who also expand into the Navagrahas, or the nine planets: Sun, Moon, Mars, > Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. Although technically we > say that these Avatars and Grahas are the incarnations or expansions of Lord > Vishnu, Sri Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita that He is the source of all > incarnations and everything else in the worlds. > > In the 10th chapter of the Bhagavad-gita entitled Aisvarya-yoga Sri Krishna > also stresses this point: > > Aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate > Iti matvaa bhajante maam budhaa bhaava-samanvitaah > > " I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates > from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service > and worship Me with all their hearts. " (Bg. 10.8., transl. by. HDG. A. C. > Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) > > In the proceeding shlokas Lord Krishna elaborates on His opulences, > actually enlisting all the Grahas there as well. In the 21st shloka He says: > jyotishaam ravir amshumaan, " Of lights I am the radiant Sun " . All writers of > Jyotisha consider the Sun (Ravi) as the most powerful and important Graha > amongst all. He is the source of light, and these rays of light are distributed > to all the other Grahas, therefore they will represent the different colours and > qualities originally manifested by the Sun. > > And the counterpart of the Sun is the Moon (nakshatraanaam aham shashi), > which is the crest-jewel on the crown of the stars in the night sky. We see the > Sun and the Moon mentioned elsewhere also as Krishna's manifestations: > prabhaasmi shashi-suuryayoh (7.8) - " I am the light of the Sun and the > Moon " ;or later, in the 15th chapter (Purushottama-yoga) we also read > Krisnhna's description: > > yad aaditya-gatam tejo jagad bhaasayate 'khilam > yac candramasi yac caagnau tat tejo viddhi maamakam > > " The splendor of the Sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, > comes from Me. And the splendor of the Moon and the splendor of fire are > also from Me. " (15.12.) > > We know perfectly well, how inportant is the role of the Sun and the Moon > in Jyotish. Maharishi Parashara states that the Sun is the soul of all, and the > Moon is the mind. Of course everything else arises from these two. And even > this is supported by Krishna's words: indriyaanaam manash caasmi > bhuutaanaam asmi cetanaa - " Of the senses I am the mind, and in living > beings I am the living force (consciousness) " (10.22) > > Then Maharishi Parshara gives these two planets royal status, while all the > others are subordinate. The basic units of time measurement in Jyotish are > also based on the Sun (Aho-raatra - a day and Varhsa - a year) and on the > Moon (Paksha - fortnight, Maasa - month). Of course Krishna is the > controller of the months and seasons as well: maasaanam maarga-shiirsho > 'ham rtuunaam kusumaakarah - " Of months I am Maargashiirsha, and of > seasons I am flower-bearing spring. " (10.35) > > The two basic divisions of the Zodiac are also based on the Sun (Rasi) and > the Moon (Nakshatra). Most of the Muhurta calculations are also dependent > on these two planets. The elements of Panchanga (Nakshatra, Tithi, Yoga > and Karana) with the exception of Vaara are also dependent on the Sun and > Moon. We usually associate the masculine energies to the Sun and the > feminine to the Moon in the chart. This can be used in many ways, let alone > mention the Hora (D-2) chart. > > In the same shloka mentioned before (10.22) Krishna says that of the > demingods (devas) He is Indra, the king of the demigods (deevaanaam asmi > vaasavah). Indra also represents Jupiter, the planet of wisdom and divine > knowledge. We also call this planet Brihaspati-graha, and Krshna says: > purodhasaam ca mukhyam maam viddhi paartha brhaspatim - " Of priests, O > Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brhaspati " (10.24.) So Jupiter also > represents Krishna. > > Brihaspati is the Guru of the Devas (demigods). So there is the counterpart, > Shukracharya, who is the Guru of the Asuras (demons). He is the lord of > Venus (Sukra-graha), and we know that many times the relationship between > Jupiter and Venus is somewhat antagonistic, especially from the side of > Venus, let alone take the natural relationship of the planets (Naisargika > Sambandha). So Krishna says: kaviinaam ushanaa kavih - " Among great > thinkers I am Ushanaa (Shukracharya) " (10.37) > > Usually we take Venus as the Karaka (significator) of Shukra (semen), or > potency for procreation. But at the same time Venus represents the feminine > sexual potency, which is usually the cause for procreation. So Krishna also > says: prajanash caasmi kandarpah - " Of causes for procreation I am > Kandarpa, the god of love " (10.28) > > If Venus represents the feminine sexual potency, then Mars will represent the > masculine traits, and the demigod presiding over Mars (Kuja) is Kartikeya, > the son of Lord Shiva. So Krishna says: senaaniinaam aham skandah - " Of > generals I am Kartikeya " , therefore, Mars is also the expansion of the > Supreme Lord. > > The next planet is Mercury. Usually it is said that Mercury is lorded by > Vishnu. In the 21th shloka He says that of Adityas He is Vishnu > (aadityaanaam aham vishnur). Elsewhere He also says that He is speech > (kiirtih shriir vaak ca naariinaam, 10.34), which is the main signification > (Karakatva) of Mercury. > > And the last palanet in Jyotish is Saturn. It is said that Saturn is governed by > Brahma. So Krisnha says: dhaataaham vishvato-mukhah - " Of creators I am > Brahma " (10.33). But usually we also say that Saturn is the planet of > longevity or death, and according to the Jyotish Shastras Sani is the brother > of Yamaraja. Shri Krishna enlists as His representatives both Aryamaa, the > lord of the departed ancestors (Pitris) and Yamaraja, the lord of death as > well: pitrnaam aryamaa caasmi yamah samyamataam aham. " Of departed > ancestors I am Aryamaa, and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, the > lord of death. " (10.29) > > And finally, we should not forget, that the science of Jyotish is actually > devoted to the study of time, as the almighty agent promoting the > manifestation of karmic reactions and molding the chains of fruitive activities > and the individual or collective karmas of the living entities. Time is also the > representative of Lord Krishna. In this same chapter Krishna states: kaalah > kalayataam aham - " Among subduers I am time " (10.30); aham evaakshayah > kaalo - " I am inexhaustible time " (10.33). > > And later, in the next chapter Arjuna sees the manifestation of the Universal > Form, where he is able to see the workings of the law of karma under > Krishna's direction. There Krishna says: kaalo 'smi lokakshaya-krt pravrddho > - " Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds " (11.32.) There Arjuna was > able to see the past, present and future of the living entities, just like a > learned astrologer sees the thread of the individual's karma in the horoscope. > > And Lord Krishna even mentions the great Maharishis, who were also great > Jyotishis, as His representatives: maharshiinaam bhrgur aham - " Of the great > sages I am Bhrgu " (10.25); devarshiinaam ca naaradah - " Of the sages among > the demigods I am Naarada " (10.26); muniinaam apy aham vyaasah - " Of the > sages I am Vyaasa " (10.37). > > The purpose of this short essay was to show how we should remeber Shri > Krishna while casting horoscopes or reading any individual's indications. > Arjuna asked Krishna to give examples of His opulence so that we could > remember Him all the time. So Lord Krishna concludes the chapter in the > following way: > > yad yad vibhuutimat sattvam shriimad uurjitam eva vaa > tat tad evaavagaccha tvam mama tejo 'msha-sambhavam > atha vaa bahunaitena kim jnaatena tavaarjuna > vishtabhyaaham idam krtsnam akaamshena sthito jagat > > " Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a > spark of My splendor. But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed > knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this > entire universe. " (10.41-42) > > > Yours, > Gauranga das > > > ------ > HARI OM TAT SAT > Jaya Jagannatha Mahaprabhu > > ------ > -- Check out your group's private Chat room > -- /ChatPage?listName=varahamihira & m=1 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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