Mastyavatara.

Mastyavatara

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It is a natural doubt for any reader who is devoted to Sanathana Dharma about Mastyaavataara, where in an ASURA (Not Demon. We may equate Demon to Rakshasa as there is no equivalent word. The distinction between Asura and Rakshasa we will discuss in some other occasion.) by name Somakasura who was born from the nose of Brahma While he was in deep meditation which we call Yoganidra. Let us not first match their births with normal human birth. One fact we should accept is that there are so many things in the world/universe which are true but not seen or experienced by us. The moment he came out he realised that Vedas were the treasure of knowledge and they were within the mind of Brahma. He enters therein and takes a photo flash of the knowledge, for which they are capable, and escaped from there, taking refuge in the ocean. Brahma after attaining conscious came to know what happened and conveyed the same to lord Vishnu who is STHITHI KARTA. He enters into the bowl of Satyavratha Maharaja as a small fish, when Raja went to the river for his ARGHYAPRADANA. When the king was astonished to see the fish, he gets a reply in human language that he should nourish the fish as it would save the king and all the species of the nature by a big ship to be arranged to be made by the king within a week. The fish grows bigger and bigger day by day and the king was forced to leave the fish into the ocean. There he finishes Somakasura and averted the threat of supreme knowledge falling in the wrong hands. On the seventh day with the help of a strong rope he saved the king and the entire living beings from Maha Pralaya by landing them in safe place.

Now coming to the point, Veda is apourusheya. The puranas facilitate to be understandable to a common man. A scholar, when approached can tell about the intricacies of the subject.

Srimadbhagavatam - Prathama Skandam (first Canto) - Chaturtho'dhyAyam (Fourth Chapter) says:

चातुर्होत्रं कर्म शुद्धं प्रजानां वीक्ष्य वैदिकम्।

व्यदधाद्यज्ञसन्तत्यै वेदमेकं चतुर्विधम्॥१९॥

ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार उद्धृताः।

इतिहासपुराणं च पञ्चमो वेद उच्यते॥२०॥

 

cāturhōtraṃ karma śuddhaṃ prajānāṃ vīkṣya vaidikam|

Vyadadhādyajñasantatyai vēdamēkaṃ caturvidham||19||

Ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvākhyā vēdāścatvāra uddhṛtāḥ|

Itihāsapurāṇaṃ ca pañcamō Veda ucyatē||20||

These shlokas say Vedam is one that is made into four parts, as you know By Veda Vyasa for easy approach of the people of Kali Yuga. Let me try to explain as to why the Veda is vocal than scriptural.

It is mentioned in the holy texts of Srimad Bhagavatam: 1.1.10,

Präyeëälpäyuñaù sabhya

kaläv asmin yuge janäù

Mandäù sumanda-matayo

Manda-bhägyä hy upadrutäù

TRANSLATION

O learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all, always disturbed.

After foreseeing and understanding the extra ordinary qualifications of the people of the current age the great sage Vyasa, out of his compassion, wrote down the Vedas for our reference and ultimate benefit into four parts. During kritayuga there was no need for segregation as the physical and mental structure of the people was people then were so impeccable and irreproachable they could retain Vedas as a single unit. During Tretayuga they were three i.e. Rigveda Yajurveda and Samaveda. Lord Rama himself says to Lakshmana at their first sight of Hanuman

Nan Rigveda vinitasya na[RM1]  Yajurveda dhaarinaH

Na Samaveda vidushaH shakyamevaabhibhaashitham

Here only three are mentioned. Veda as a single unit was called 'Trayi' during those days. I dwapara at the end Veda Vyasa knowing our mental abilities segregated Veda into four. Adharvana Veda mostly consists of several hymes from mostly Rigveda related to several shastras like Astronomy, Medicine, Mathematics, Chemistry, Botany Zoology, Light, etc.

As regards existence of Sanatana dharma we cannot fix the age. It still remain undetermined. Hence this should never be compared to the Religions formed on the commandments of those who formulated them some 2000, 1500 years back.

Let us save our dharma.

Swasti. ·        

డా.వనదీప్ కలువగుంట: Sir excellent.

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Raghav Reddi : Nice to know. Sir.

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