Guest guest Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, Continuing on aanaka dhundhubhi -- In sreemadh bhagavatham also, one can find the slokams saying about the beating kettle drums at the time of birth of vasudhEva -- slokams 28-31 of chapter 24 of ninth skandham -- thasyaam sa janayaamaasa dhaSa puthraan akalmashaan | vasudhEvam dhEvabhaagam dhEva SravaSam aanakam || 28 srnjayam Syaamakam kankam Sameekam vathsakam vrkam | dhEva-dhundhubhayO nEdhur aanakaa yasya janmani || 29 vasudhEvam harEh sthhaanam vadhanthy aanaka dhundhubheem | prthaa cha SruthadhEvaa cha Sruthakeerthih Sruthasravaah || 30 raajaadhidhEvi cha EthEshaam bhaginyah pancha kanyakaah | kunthEh sakhyuh pithaa SoorO hi aputhrasya prthaam adhaath || 31 meaning: Through Maareeshaa, King Soora begot vasudhEva, dhEvabhaaga, dhEvaSrava, aanaka, Srnjaya, Syaamaka, Kanka, Sameeka, Vathsaka and Vrka. These 10 sons were spotlessly pious personalities. When vasudhEva was born, the demigods from the heavenly kingdom sounded kettledrums. Therefore vasudhEva, who provided the proper place for the appearance of the Supreme lord KrishNa, was also known as aanaka dhundhubhi. The 5 daughters of King Soora, named Prtha, SruthadhEvaa, Sruthakeerthi, Sruthasrava and raajaadhidevi, were vasudeva's sisters. Soora gave prtha to his friend kunthi, who had no issue. And therefore another name of prtha was Kunthi. Note: from these two slokam references it is clear that kettle drums were beaten at the time of birth of vasudhEva and hence his name “aanaka dhundhubhi”. Points: 1. Further if one analyses the other meanings of 'aanaka' – it means “a thunder-cloud or a cloud to which the thunder is ascribed” as per dictionary. Since krishna, the son, who is the rain from that dark cloud, is going to strike later through this vasudhEva, the cloud meaning of 'aanaka' is also equally applicable. For krishNa the rain, the father or rain producing cloud 'vasudhEva' is 'aanaka'. 2. Another meaning of dhundhubhi is poison – which is seen above from dictionary. Since that “poison” krishna [for kamsa, sisupaala, et al and not for bhakthaas] is going to come through this vasudhEva, even if you combine the meaning a “poisonous cloud” which is going to pour out the dark coloured rain - krishNa rain - on these dhushtaas, then also the meaning of 'aanaka dhundhubhi' seems fully justified. 3. also note in these slokams, kunthi or prthaa is sister of vasudhEva and thereby she is 'aththai' – aunt - of krishNa, and paaNdavaas are krishNa's 'aththai piLlaigaL' - sons of aunt to krishNa. So it is natural that krishNa helped paandavaas and not duryodhana. [there was a question in other why krishna helped paandavaas and not dhuryOdhana] 4. on the lighter side, vasudhEva produced so many children thru his many wives – apart from the 8 sons thru dhEvaki – may be that also is a reason for his name 'aanaka dhundhubhi' – the cloud - for he rained a population on this earth. See slokams from bhagavatham – chapter 24 9th skandham slokams 45 to 55 which gives detailed account of vasudhEva's sons and only daughter. pouravee rOhiNee bhadhraa madhiraa rOchanaa ilaa | dhEvakee pramukhaa aasan pathnya aanaka dhundhubhEh || 45 balam gadham saaraNam cha dhurmadham vipulam dhruvam | vasudhEvasthu rOhiNyaam krtha aadheen udhapaadhayath || meaning: dhEvakee, pouravee, rOhiNee, bhadhraa, madhiraa, rOchanaa, ilaa and others were all wives of Anaka dundubhi [Vasudeva]. Among them all, dhEvaki was the chief. vasudhEva, by the womb of his wife rOhiNee, begot sons such as bala, gadha, saarana, dhurmadha, vipula, dhruva, krtha and others. Slokams 47-48 subhadhrO bhadhravaahas cha dhurmadhO bhadhra Eva cha | pouravyaas thanayaa hi EthE bhoothadhyaa dhvaadhaSa abhavan || nandha upanandha-krthaka-sooraadhyaa madhiraathmajaah | kousalyaa kESinam thu Ekam asutha kula-nandhanam || meaning: From the womb of Pouravi came 12 sons, including bhootha, Subhadhraa, Bhadrabaahu, Dhurmadha and Bhadhra. Nandha, Upanandha, Krthaka, Soora and others were born from the womb of Madhira. Bhadhra [Kousalyaa] gave birth to only one son, named kESi. Slokams 49, 50 rOchanaayaam athO jaathaa hastha-hEmaangadha aadhayah | ilaayaam uruvalka aadheen yadhu-mukhyaan ajijanath || viprshThO dhrtha dhEvaayaam Eka aanaka dhundhubhEh | Saanthi dhEvaathmajaa raajan Srama- prathi sruthaadhayah || meaning: VasudhEva, by another of his wives, whose name was rOchana, begot hastha, hEmaangadha and other sons. And by his wife named Ila he begot sons headed by Uruvalka, all of whom were chief personalities in the dynasty of Yadu. From the womb of DhrthadhEva, one of the wives of Anaka dundubhi [Vasudeva], came a son named Viprstha. The sons of SaanthidhEva, another wife of VasudhEva, were PraSama, PraSeethaa and others. Slokams 51, 52 raajaanah kalpa varshaadhyaa upadhEva-suthha dhaSa | vasu-hamsa suvamSa aadyaah SreedhEvaayaasthu shat suthaah || dhEvarakshithaya labdha nava cha athra gadha aadayah | vasudhEvah suthaan ashta vaadhadhE sahadhEvayaa || meaning: vasudhEva also had a wife named upadhEva, from whom came 10 sons, headed by raajana, kalpa and varsha. From SridhEva, another wife, came 6 sons, such as vasu, hamsa and suvamSa. Thru vasudeva in the womb of dhEvarakshithaa, 9 sons were born, headed by gadha. vasudhEva, who was religion personified, also had a wife named sahadeva, by whose womb he begot 8 sons, headed by Srutha and pravara. Slokams 53-55 pruvi-Srutha-mukhyamsthu saakshaadh dhharmO vasoon iva | vasudhEvasthu dhEvakyaam ashta puthran ajijanath || keerthimantham sushENam cha bhadrasEnam udhaaradheeh | rjum sammardhanam bhadhram Sankarshanam aheeSvaram || ashtamas thu thayOr aaseeth svayam Eva harih kila | subhadhraa cha mahaabhaagaa thava raajan pithamahee || meaning: The 8 sons born of Sahadeva such as Pravara and Sruta, were exact incarnations of the 8 Vasus in the heavenly planets. Vasudeva also begot 8 highly qualified sons through the womb of dhEvaki. These included keerthimaan, susheNa, bhadrasena, rju, sammardhana, bhadhra and Sankarshana, the controller and serpent incarnation. The 8th son was the Supreme lord Himself--KrishNa. The highly fortunate Subhadra, the 1 daughter, was your grandmother. Point: thus you can see vasudhEva the father of krishNa has really rained a number of children on this earth just around krishNa's birth time. So krishNa had lot of brothers thru many wives of his father, unlike raama who had only 3 brothers thru his father's other wives. How this word 'aanaka dhundhubhi' is appearing in yoga practices, what are the different names of thaaLa musical instruments where we have this aanakam and dhundhubhi - those points we will see in next post. Dhasan -- Vasudevan MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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