Guest guest Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Respected members of this illustrous community, can any one you plz highlight on the imporatnce of vasantha navarathri? kind regards Aravindan - Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Given below is just a childish blabber of mine. Comments from learned members are welcome. The 6th mantra of purusha sukta says: yatpurushena havishA | devA yajnam atanvata | vasanto asyAsI-dAjyam | grIshma idhma Saraddhavih || 6 || The Devas performed a sacrifice,with Purusha as offering. This is the shrishti yajna or the start of creation. In this sacrifice, Spring was the molten butter, summer the fueland autumn the oblation. What the seer wanted to convey is that the Creation or Kala Chakra or the Time Wheel with 12 zodiacs, 6 Seasons has sprung up as a result of this Sacrifice which is reflected in the next rik. saptAsyA san paridaya: | tri: sapta: samida: krtA: | deva yad yajnam tanvAnA: | abadhnan purusham paSum || 7 || The 21 samidhAs denote the 12 zodiacs, 6 seasons, 3 lokas, 1 asAvAditya. It could also be 5 bhutas, 5 tanmatras, 5 jnanendriyas, 5 karmendriyas, 1 manas. Hence, it becomes evident that during the process of Creation or when the Wheel of Time (Kala Chakra) revolves, it takes off FIRST with Spring or Vasanta ritu. SO, THE CREATION STARTS WITH VASANTHA RITU (SPRING) IN THE MONTH OF CHAITRA.. And, hence, most of the southern region (Karnataka & Andhra), celebrate this " FESTIVAL OF CREATION " as " UGADI " which is Upasana of kAla purusha or samvatsara purusha. Ugadi is the corrupted form of " YUGA-ADI " which implies the Start or Commencement of Yuga (Creation). As a part of this festival, a recipie is prepared called " Ugadi Pacchadi " with the help of 6 ingredients which represents 6 forms of tastes (shad ruchi) representing the 6 seasons of Samvatsara Purusha. During this ritu ie., Vasanta ritu, chaitra month, 9th day, Goddess Parvati takes birth as the Daughter of Himavan. Now, this story of Himavan and Parvati janana, has also esoteric sense in it like birth of Sati, Daksha Yajna and Birth of Matrika Varnamala (which is also creation). The Veda, Purana and Itihasa have to be correlated to arrive at a common point. The mythological stories cannot be brushed aside as cock and bull stories but have to be contemplated with vedic background and reference. Daksha Yajna similarly the Birth of Parvati has " VEDIC SIGNIFICANCE " attached. Also, mentioned in Devi Bhagavata, that King Sudarshana regained his kingdom by worshipping Divine Mother during the 9 days of Chaitra. Much can be said about Dvine Mother Tripurasundari who is of the form of this Wheel of Time - Kala-chakra swarupini, as she is of the form of Graha-Nakshatra-Yogini. The upasana of Mother on the commencement of Creation is supposed to be auspicious which is the " Celebration of Life " or " Celebration of Rasa " . Since, Sringara Rasa is the " King of 9 Rasas " , which is in its full swing in Vasanta ritu which sparked off this Sringara Rasa in the Divine Couple which paved the way for the birth of Subramanya and annihilation of Tarakasura. So,VasantOtsava is the " Celebration of Life / Rasa " to the brim. Maharishi Bodhayana in formulating " Grihya Sutras " takes a cue from the 6th rik of Purusha sukta and says that the best time for upanayana samskara for a brAhamaNa, kshatriya and vaiShya are Vasantha, GriShma and Sarad respectively. For a serious study on " kAla chakra " or the " wheel of time " , i suggest to read the " AsyavAmIya sukta " of Rg Veda. regards, sriram --- On Fri, 27/2/09, Aravindan Viswanathan <the_thornbird_16 wrote: Aravindan Viswanathan <the_thornbird_16 vasantha navarathri Friday, 27 February, 2009, 2:37 PM Respected members of this illustrous community, can any one you plz highlight on the imporatnce of vasantha navarathri? kind regards Aravindan - Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger ./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Given below is just a childish blabber of mine. Comments from learned members are welcome. The 6th mantra of purusha sukta says: yatpurushena havishA | devA yajnam atanvata | vasanto asyAsI-dAjyam | grIshma idhma Saraddhavih || 6 || The Devas performed a sacrifice,with Purusha as offering. This is the shrishti yajna or the start of creation. In this sacrifice, Spring was the molten butter, summer the fueland autumn the oblation. What the seer wanted to convey is that the Creation or Kala Chakra or the Time Wheel with 12 zodiacs, 6 Seasons has sprung up as a result of this Sacrifice which is reflected in the next rik. saptAsyA san paridaya: | tri: sapta: samida: krtA: | deva yad yajnam tanvAnA: | abadhnan purusham paSum || 7 || The 21 samidhAs denote the 12 zodiacs, 6 seasons, 3 lokas, 1 asAvAditya. It could also be 5 bhutas, 5 tanmatras, 5 jnanendriyas, 5 karmendriyas, 1 manas. Hence, it becomes evident that during the process of Creation or when the Wheel of Time (Kala Chakra) revolves, it takes off FIRST with Spring or Vasanta ritu. SO, THE CREATION STARTS WITH VASANTHA RITU (SPRING) IN THE MONTH OF CHAITRA. And, hence, most of the southern region (Karnataka & Andhra), celebrate this " FESTIVAL OF CREATION " as " UGADI " which is Upasana of kAla purusha or samvatsara purusha. Ugadi is the corrupted form of " YUGA-ADI " which implies the Start or Commencement of Yuga (Creation). As a part of this festival, a recipie is prepared called " Ugadi Pacchadi " with the help of 6 ingredients which represents 6 forms of tastes (shad ruchi) representing the 6 seasons of Samvatsara Purusha. During this ritu ie., Vasanta ritu, chaitra month, 9th day, Goddess Parvati takes birth as the Daughter of Himavan. Now, this story of Himavan and Parvati janana, has also esoteric sense in it like birth of Sati, Daksha Yajna and Birth of Matrika Varnamala (which is also creation). The Veda, Purana and Itihasa have to be correlated to arrive at a common point. The mythological stories cannot be brushed aside as cock and bull stories but have to be contemplated with vedic background and reference. Daksha Yajna similarly the Birth of Parvati has " VEDIC SIGNIFICANCE " attached. Also, mentioned in Devi Bhagavata, that King Sudarshana regained his kingdom by worshipping Divine Mother during the 9 days of Chaitra. Much can be said about Dvine Mother Tripurasundari who is of the form of this Wheel of Time - Kala-chakra swarupini, as she is of the form of Graha-Nakshatra-Yogini. The upasana of Mother on the commencement of Creation is supposed to be auspicious which is the " Celebration of Life " or " Celebration of Rasa " . Since, Sringara Rasa is the " King of 9 Rasas " , which is in its full swing in Vasanta ritu which sparked off this Sringara Rasa in the Divine Couple which paved the way for the birth of Subramanya and annihilation of Tarakasura. So,VasantOtsava is the " Celebration of Life / Rasa " to the brim. Maharishi Bodhayana in formulating " Grihya Sutras " takes a cue from the 6th rik of Purusha sukta and says that the best time for upanayana samskara for a brAhamaNa, kshatriya and vaiShya are Vasantha, GriShma and Sarad respectively. For a serious study on " kAla chakra " or the " wheel of time " , i suggest to read the " AsyavAmIya sukta " of Rg Veda. Upasakas, kindly correct me if i have exceeded any sastra maryada. with regards, sriram , Aravindan Viswanathan <the_thornbird_16 wrote: > > Respected members of this illustrous community, > > can any one you plz highlight on the imporatnce of vasantha navarathri? > > kind regards > > Aravindan > - > > > > > > > > > > > > Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger./ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Please refer to the devI bhAgavathaM in the section whcih talks about significance of navarAtri. The summary of that section is that during the period of sarannavarAtri and vasanta navarAtri, there is a tendency for beings to fall ill and die. Therefore to ward apamR^ityu and attain the grace of devI, these vrata-s are done. Regards , Aravindan Viswanathan <the_thornbird_16 wrote: > > Respected members of this illustrous community, > > can any one you plz highlight on the imporatnce of vasantha navarathri? > > kind regards > > Aravindan > - > > > > > > > > > > > > Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger./ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Dear SrirAm, It is certainly an excellent ellaboration. In addition, I wish to express my opinion also in this regard. Almost all the festivals or pUjAs are mainly intended to divert our minds from the material activities of ours into divine consciousness, As you and Sri Satish said the two R^itus of vasanta and Sarat are mainly dragging us towards the worldly attractions especially towards sex. These two were called as " yama damShtrikAs " . Our chief aim is to attain divinity, coming out from the clutches of death. " mR^ityOrmA amR^itam gamaya " To acheive this, we have to divert our minds towards the divine god. This is in one way, reactivating our buddhirUpa kuNDalini to assend upwrds to " sahasrAra sudarSana " to remain cautiously, particularly during these two critical periods, even while indulging in worldly affairs. Being ordinary gR^ihastis, it would be inevitable for us to involve in so many worldly affairs, like cinema, arts,politics and also sex. But if we are cautious of the dharma in our actions, and avoid the things which are against dharma, no danger will be there. It is just like ringing the Ganta while perform dhUpa and deepa, to avoid the effects of agnimanDala. " apa upaspR^iSya " Yours always in the service of the mother, krishnarao , " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > Given below is just a childish blabber of mine. Comments from > learned members are welcome. The 6th mantra of purusha sukta says: > > yatpurushena havishA | devA yajnam atanvata | > vasanto asyAsI-dAjyam | grIshma idhma Saraddhavih || 6 || > > The Devas performed a sacrifice,with Purusha as offering. This is > the shrishti yajna or the start of creation. > > In this sacrifice, Spring was the molten butter, summer the fueland > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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