AATHREYA - RUSHYA SRUNGA , THE INNOCENT

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AATHREYA - Dr. Bala Krishna Murthy Ramaraju

 

RUSHYA SRUNGA , THE INNOCENT.

 

RushyaSrunga is the son of Vibhaandaka Muni

 

of Kashyapa Prajaapathi lineage and Chithrarekha.

 

RushyaSrunga lost His mother in early infancy and

 

hence knew only His father Vibhaandaka.

 

RushyaSrunga was born with a small horn-loke

 

Epidermoid Sebaceous Calcareous Projection

 

on His forehead , hence called RushyaSrunga;

 

Srunga=horn like ; Rushya = son of Rushi.

 

Ontogeny repeats Phylogeny - meaning - we

 

humans during our intra - uterine sojourn in our

 

Mother's womb , go through various stages of

 

evolution - we had gills like a fish and sometimes

 

they persist after birth as small openings on the

 

sides of neck known as BRANCHIAL CLEFTS;

 

we had tails which attenuate as a small Coccyx Bone ,

 

yet sometimes we may be born with a tail to wag.

 

In Utero we can swim like a fish

 

but we are helpless in waters after birth ; that is why

 

if swimming lessons are started very early on one can

 

become a very good swimmer. What distinguishes us

 

from our immediate ancestors , monkeys , is our

 

ability to oppose our thumbs to enable us to hold very

 

delicately - Prehension - which monkeys cannot do -

 

their thumbs are in the same plane as other fingers -

 

Simian hands. A milk line extends from middle of

 

Clavicle ( collar bone ) to middle of groin and some times

 

small nipple like appendages may appear along this

 

line ; all this shows that all of us humans share certain

 

common characteristics with other animals . So Be It.

 

Back to RUSHYA SRUNGA who was born with a small horn

 

on His forehead which sometimes is seen in humans.

 

RushyaSrunga 's fatherVibhaandaka is a widower and He

 

raised His son RushyaSrunga all by Himself without ever

 

exposing RushyaSrunga to any Feminine touch .

 

So RushyaSrunga even upto His adulthood has not seen

 

anyother human - male or female , and hence known as

 

RUSHY SRUNGA , THE INNOCENT. Gods liked His

 

innocence and oradained that where RushySrunga dwells there

 

shall be good seasonal rainfall and there shall be no famine.

 

King Dasaradha of Ayodhya had a daughter Shaantha who

 

was given in adoption to King Romapaada of Anga Desh.

 

Anga was stricken with famine whence Romapaada sent

 

courtesans to entice RushyaSrunga which they did in His

 

father Vibhaandaka's absence and brought Him to Anga..

 

When once RushyaSrunga stepped into Anga there were rains

 

and famine has abated . Romapaada gave his daughter

 

Shaantha in marriage to RushyaSrunga as per the old

 

armistice agreement between ParashuRaama and Dasaradha.

 

It was RushyaSrunga who presided over PuthraKaameshtti

 

Yajnam performed by Dasaradha .

 

RushyaSrunga and Shaantha lived happily everafter .

 

What a contrast in the way Vibhaandaka brought up His Son

 

RushyaSrunga and modern no secrets left out education.

 

Which is preferable ; probably a balance needs to be struck

 

and parents had to tread carefully while dealing with their

 

children's education and the way they are raised in this

 

modern world filled with Information Explosion.

 

om Thath Sath.

 

aathreya