Friday, September 2, 2022

Bakasura

http://www.draupadithali.org/

In Dwapara-yuga, Kaiwara was known as Ekachakrapura and was dwelling of Pandavas during their exile. 

Pandavas lived here as poor brahmanas in incognito. Kaiwara’s citizens were being constantly harassed and harmed by a demon named Bakasura. Kunti Devi requested Bhima to put an end to this menace. Bhima fought and slew Bakasura. Bakasura was a devotee of Lord Shiva. In order to counteract the sinful reaction of killing Bakasura . The shiva-linga installed by pandavas are Bhima is famous as 
  1. Dharmalingeshwara
  2. BhimaLingeshwara 
  3. Parthalingeswara, 
  4. Nakuleshwara and 
  5. Sahadevalingeshwara. 
A temple dedicated to Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva is also nearby. Hence Kaiwara became famous as Pancha-linga Kshetra.

Friday, August 26, 2022

Bhima & Hanuman

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=Hanuma+Bheema

Movie
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bheemanjaneya+yuddham

When the Pandavas were in the forest, Draupadi requested Bheema for a Saugandhika flower of heavenly fragrance. Bheema went forth into the forest to bring it. As Bheema was walking fast with long strides, he saw a monkey's tail across his path.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Saugandhika+flower


He angrily shouted, "You ape,remove your tail and clear my way." The monkey slowly looked at Bheema and said, "My dear man, I am very old and can't even move. Push my tail away and walk on." Bheema was angry, amused and full of contempt. Was it what an unequalled hero like him should do? He tried to push the tail with his mace. But nothing happened. Try as he would, he could not even move that old tail. Then his mind grew clear and it dawned on him that this was not any ordinary monkey but could be Hanuman. With folded hands he begged his pardon and hanuman blessed bheema.

 Detail / Temple
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03145.htm
http://personal.carthage.edu/jlochtefeld/picturepages/pilghanumanchatti.html

Palace

  1. The mighty-armed Vrikodara like Maghavat entering his own beautiful fane, entered the palace of Duryodhana, that was adorned with many excellent buildings and rooms, that adorned with gems of diverse kinds, that teemed with servants, male and female, and that Yudhishthira assigned to him with the approval of Dhritarashtra. 
  2. The mighty-armed Arjuna also, at the command of the king, obtained the palace of Dussasana which was not inferior to Duryodhana's and which consisted of many excellent structures and was adorned with a gate-way of gold, and which abounded in wealth and was full of attendants of both sexes.
  3. The palace of Durmarshana was even superior to that of Dussasana. Looking like the mansion of Kuvera himself, it was adorned with gold and every kind of gem. King Yudhishthira gladly gave it to Nakula who deserved it best and who had been emaciated (with the miseries of a life) in the great forest. 
  4. The foremost of palaces belonging to Durmukha was exceedingly beautiful and adorned with gold. It abounded in beds and beautiful women, with eyes like lotus-petals. The king gave it unto Sahadeva who was ever employed in doing what was agreeable to him. Obtaining it, Sahadeva became delighted as the Lord of treasures upon obtaining Kailasa. 
  5. Yuyutsu and Vidura and Sanjaya, O monarch, and Sudharman and Dhaumya, proceeded to the abodes they had owned before.

Thou

"Vaisampayana said, 'Having got back the kingdom, king Yudhishthira of great wisdom and purity, after the ceremony of installation had been over, joining his hands together, addressed the lotus-eyed Krishna of Dasarha's race, saying, 'Through thy grace, O Krishna, through thy policy and might and intelligence and prowess, O tiger among the Yadus, I have got back this ancestral kingdom of mine.

  1. O thou of eyes like lotus leaves, I repeatedly bow to thee, O chastiser of foes! 
  2. Thou hast been called the One only Being. 
  3. Thou hast been said to be the refuge of all worshippers. The regenerate ones adore thee under innumerable names. 1 Salutations to thee, O Creator of the Universe! 
  4. Thou art the soul of the Universe and the Universe hath sprung from thee. 
  5. Thou art Vishnu, 
  6. thou art Jishnu, 
  7. thou art Hari, 
  8. thou art Krishna, 
  9. thou art Vaikuntha, and 
  10. thou art the foremost of all beings. 
  11. Thou hast, as said in the Puranas, taken thy birth seven times in the womb of Aditi. 
  12. It was thou that tookest birth in the womb of Prishni. 
  13. The learned say that thou art the three Yugas. All thy achievements are sacred. 
  14. Thou art the lord of our senses. 
  15. Thou art the great Lord worshipped in sacrifices. 
  16. Thou art called the great swan. 
  17. Thou art three-eyed Sambhu. 
  18. Thou art One, though known as Vibhu and Damodara. 
  19. Thou art the great Boar, thou art Fire, thou art the Sun, thou hast the bull for the device on thy banner, and thou hast Garuda also as thy device.
  20. Thou art the grinder of hostile hosts, thou art the Being that pervadest every form in the universe and thou art of irresistible prowess. 
  21. Thou art the foremost of all things, thou art fierce, thou art the generalissimo in battle, thou art the Truth, thou art the giver of food, and thou art Guha (the celestial generalissimo); Thyself unfading, thou causest thy foes to fade and waste. 
  22. Thou art the Brahmana of pure blood, and thou art those that have sprung from intermixture.
  23.  Thou art great. 
  24. Thou walkest on high, thou art the mountains, and thou art called Vrishadarbha and Vrishakapi.
  25. Thou art the Ocean, thou art without attributes, thou hast three humps, thou hast three abodes, and thou takest human forms on earth, descending from heaven. 
  26. Thou art Emperor, thou art Virat, and thou art Swarat. 
  27. Thou art the Chief of the celestials, and thou art the cause whence the Universe has sprung. 
  28. Thou art Almighty, thou art existence in every form, thou art without form, thou art Krishna, and thou art fire. 
  29. Thou art the Creator, thou art the sire of the celestial physicians, thou art (the sage) Kapila, and thou art the Dwarf. 
  30. Thou art Sacrifice embodied, thou art Dhruva, thou art Garuda, and thou art called Yajnasena.
  31. Thou art Sikhandin, thou art Nahusha, and thou art Vabhru. 
  32. Thou art the constellation Punarvasu extended in the firmament, Thou art exceedingly tawny in hue, thou art the sacrifice known by the name of Uktha, thou art Sushena, thou art the drum (that sends forth its sound on every side). 
  33. The track of thy car-wheels is light. 
  34. Thou art the lotus of Prosperity, thou art the cloud called Pushkara, and thou art decked with floral wreaths. 
  35. Thou art affluent, thou art puissant, thou art the most subtle, and it is thou whom the Vedas describe. 
  36. Thou art the great receptacle of waters, thou art Brahman, thou art the sacred refuge, and thou knowest the abodes of all. 
  37. Thou art called Hiranyagarbha, thou art the sacred mantras swadha and swaha, thou art Kesava.
  38. Thou art the cause whence all this hath sprung, and thou art its dissolution. 
  39. In the beginning it is thou that createst the universe. This universe is under thy control, O Creator of the universe! Salutations to thee, O wielder of Sarnga, discus and sword!' 
Thus hymned by king Yudhishthira the just in the midst of the court, the lotus-eyed Krishna became pleased. That foremost one of the Yadavas then began to gladden the eldest son of Pandu with many agreeable speeches."

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Ananta

Lord Krishna said, 'Oh Dharmaraja, the fruition of one's previous karma is indeed relentless. However, it cannot torment those who are devoted to me. So you observe the vow called Ananta Vrata. Indeed, I am Lord Ananta and the vow is dear to me. I am the Lord of all that is; for I am in all the forms of existence. I am above karma, motive and the modes of existence. This vow has to be observed on the 14th day (chaturdasi) of the dark half of the lunar month of Bhaadrapada. This vow can bestow infinite blessings on the observer.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ananta+Vrata

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Sammohana

 https://www.google.com/search?q=Sammohana

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m04/m04065.htm

Audience

 O king, mounted on a beautiful car, Sakra came there accompanied by the celestials,--the Viswas and Maruts. And crowded with gods, Yakshas, Gandharvas and Nagas, the firmament looked as resplendent as it does when bespangled with the planetary constellation in a cloudless night. And the celestials came there, each on his own car, desirous of beholding the efficacy of their weapons in human warfare, and for witnessing also the fierce and mighty combat that would take place when Bhishma and Arjuna would meet. And embellished with gems of every kind and capable of going everywhere at the will of the rider, the heavenly car of the lord of the celestials, whose roof was upheld by a hundred thousand pillars of gold with (a central) one made entirely of jewels and gems, was conspicuous in the clear sky. And there appeared on the scene three and thirty gods with Vasava (at their head), and (many) Gandharvas and Rakshasas and Nagas and Pitris, together with the great Rishis. And seated on the car of the lord of the celestials, appeared the effulgent persons of king, Vasumanas and Valakshas and Supratarddana, and Ashtaka and Sivi and Yayati and Nahusha and Gaya and Manu and Puru and Raghu and Bhanu and Krisaswa and Sagara and Nala. And there shone in a splendid array, each in its proper place the cars of Agni and Isa and Soma and Varuna and Prajapati and Dhatri and Vidhatri and Kuvera and Yama, and Alamvusha and Ugrasena and others, and of the Gandharva Tumburu. And all the celestials and the Siddhas, and all the foremost of sages came there to behold that encounter between Arjuna and the Kurus. 

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m04/m04056.htm

Alone

  1. Alone he saved the Kurus (from the Gandharvas), and 
  2. alone he satiated Agni. 
  3. Alone he led the life of a Brahmacharin for five years (on the breast of Himavat). 
  4. Taking up Subhadra on his car, alone he challenged Krishna to single combat. 
  5. Alone he fought with Rudra who stood before him as a forester. It was in this very forest that Partha rescued Krishna while she was being taken away (by Jayadratha). 
  6. It is he alone that hath, for five years, studied the science of weapons under Indra. 
  7. Alone vanquishing all foes he hath spread the fame of the Kurus. 
  8. Alone that chastiser of foes vanquished in battle Chitrasena, the king of the Gandharvas and in a moment his invincible troops also. 
  9. Alone he overthrew in battle the fierce Nivatakavachas and the Kalakhanchas, that were both incapable of being slain by the gods themselves. 

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m04/m04049.htm

Saturday, July 16, 2022

lamentations

 "O sire, thou shouldst not give way to anger nor grieve for thyself. Without doubt thou bearest the dreadful consequences of thy own former acts. Without doubt this sad and woeful result had been ordained by the Creator himself, that we should injure thee and thou shouldst injure us, O foremost one of Kuru's race! Through thy own fault this great calamity has come upon thee, due to avarice and pride and folly, O Bharata! Having caused thy companions and brothers and sires and sons and grandsons and others to be all slain, thou comest now by thy own death. In consequence of thy fault, thy brothers, mighty car-warriors all, and thy kinsmen have been slain by us. I think all this to be the work of irresistible Destiny. Thou art not to be pitied. On the other hand, thy death, O sinless one, is enviable. It is we that deserve to be pitied in every respect, O Kaurava! We shall have to drag on a miserable existence, reft of all our dear friends and kinsmen. Alas, how shall I behold the widows, overwhelmed with grief and deprived of their senses by sorrow, of my brothers and sons and grandsons! Thou, O king, departest from this world! Thou art sure to have thy residence in heaven! We, on the other hand, shall be reckoned as creatures of hell, and shall continue to suffer the most poignant grief! The grief-afflicted wives of Dhritarashtra's sons and grandsons, those widows crushed with sorrow, will without doubt, curse us all!" Having said these words, Dharma's royal son, Yudhishthira, deeply afflicted with grief, began to breathe hard and indulge in lamentations.'"

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m09/m09059.htm

weapons of the Pandavas who longed for victory blazed forth of their own accord

https://www.google.com/search?q=weapons+of+the+Pandavas+who+longed+for+victory+blazed+forth+of+their+own+accord

Upaplavya

 https://www.google.com/search?q=Upaplavya

Friday, July 15, 2022

carnage

 After Bhishma had been struck and thrown down on the Earth, I do not know the reason why the battle proceeded! I regard the Dhartarashtras to be foolish and of weak understanding in every way, since they continued the battle even after the fall of Santanu's son! After that when Drona, that foremost of all utterers of Brahma, fell, as also the son of Radha, and Vikarna, the carnage did not still cease! Alas, when a small remnant only of the (Kaurava) army remained after the fall of that tiger among men, Karna, with his sons, the carnage did not still cease! After the fall of even the heroic Srutayush, of also Jalasandha of Puru's race, and of king Srutayudha, the carnage did not still cease! After the fall of Bhurishrava, of Shalya, O Janardana, and of the Avanti heroes, the carnage did not still cease! After the fall of Jayadratha, of the Rakshasa Alayudha, of Bahlika, and of Somadatta, the carnage did not still cease! After the fall of heroic Bhagadatta, of the Kamboja chief Sadakshina, and of Duhshasana, the carnage did not still cease! Beholding even diverse heroic and mighty kings, each owning extensive territories, slain in battle, the carnage, O Krishna, did not still cease! Beholding even a full Akshauhini of troops slain by Bhimasena in battle, the carnage did not still cease, in consequence of either the folly or the covetousness of the Dhartarashtras!

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m09/m09024.htm

Tvashtri

  King Yudhishthira the just, took up a dart whose handle was adorned with gold and gems and whose effulgence was as bright as that of gold. Rolling his eyes that were wide open, he cast his glances on the ruler of the Madras, his heart filled with rage. Thus looked at, O god among men, by that king of cleansed soul and sins all washed away, the ruler of the Madras was not reduced to ashes. This appeared to us to be exceedingly wonderful, O monarch. The illustrious chief of the Kurus then hurled with great force at the king of the Madras that blazing dart of beautiful and fierce handle and effulgent with gems and corals. All the Kauravas beheld that blazing dart emitting sparks of fire as it coursed through the welkin after having been hurled with great force, even like a large meteor falling from the skies at the end of the Yuga. King Yudhishthira the just, in that battle, carefully hurled that dart which resembled kala-ratri (the Death Night) armed with the fatal noose or the foster-mother of fearful aspect of Yama himself, and which like the Brahmana's curse, was incapable of being baffled. Carefully the sons of Pandu had always worshipped that weapon with perfumes and garlands and foremost of seats and the best kinds of viands and drinks. That weapon seemed to blaze like Samvartaka-fire and was as fierce as a rite performed according to the Atharvan of Agnirasa. Created by Tvashtri (the celestial artificer) for the use of Ishana, it was a consumer of the life-breaths and the bodies of all foes. It was capable of destroying by its force the Earth and the welkin and all the receptacles of water and creatures of every kind. Adorned with bells and banners and gems and diamonds and decked with stones of lapis lazuli and equipped with a golden handle, Tvashtri himself had forged it with great care after having observed many vows. Unerringly fatal, it was destructive of all haters of Brahma. Having carefully inspired it with many fierce mantras, and endued it with terrible velocity by the exercise of great might and great care, king Yudhishthira hurled it along the best of tracks for the destruction of the ruler of the Madras. Saying in a loud voice the words, "Thou art slain, O wretch!" the king hurled it, even as Rudra had, in days of yore, shot his shaft for the destruction of the asura Andhaka, stretching forth his strong (right) arm graced with a beautiful hand, and apparently dancing in wrath.

Shalya, however, roared aloud and endeavoured to catch that excellent dart of irresistible energy hurled by Yudhishthira with all his might, even as a fire leaps forth for catching a jet of clarified butter poured over it. Piercing through his very vitals and his fair and broad chest, that dart entered the Earth as easily as it would enter any water without the slightest resistance and bearing away (with it) the world-wide fame of the king (of the Madras). Covered with the blood that issued from his nostrils and eyes and ears and mouth, and that which flowed from his wound, he then looked like the Krauncha mountain of gigantic size when it was pierced by Skanda. His armour having been cut off by that descendant of Kuru's race, the illustrious Shalya, strong as Indra's elephant, stretching his arms, fell down on the Earth, like a mountain summit riven by thunder. Stretching his arms, the ruler of the Madras fell down on the Earth, with face directed towards king Yudhishthira the just, like a tall banner erected to the honour of Indra falling down on the ground. Like a dear wife advancing to receive her dear lord about to fall on her breast, the Earth then seemed, from affection, to rise a little for receiving that bull among men as he fell down with mangled limbs bathed in blood. The puissant Shalya, having long enjoyed the Earth like a dear wife, now seemed to sleep on the Earth's breast, embracing her with all his limbs. Slain by Dharma's son of righteous soul in fair fight, Shalya seemed to assume the aspect of a goodly fire lying extinguished on the sacrificial platform. Though deprived of weapons and standard, and though his heart had been pierced, beauty did not yet seem to abandon the lifeless ruler of the Madras. 

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m09/m09017.htm

Suratha

 That great car-warrior, the son of Drona, then, O king, shrouded Suratha (the Pancala) with showers of shafts before the eyes of all the Kshatriyas. At this, Suratha, that great car-warrior among the Pancalas, in that battle, riding upon his car whose rattle was as deep as the roar of the clouds rushed against the son of Drona. Drawing his foremost of bows, firm and capable of bearing a great strain, the Pancala hero covered Ashvatthama with arrows that resembled flames of fire or snakes of virulent poison. Seeing the great car-warrior Suratha rushing towards him in wrath, the son of Drona became filled with rage like a snake struck with a stick. Furrowing his brow into three lines, and licking the corners of his mouth with his tongue, he looked at Suratha in rage and then rubbed his bow-string and sped a keen cloth-yard shaft that resembled the fatal rod of Death. Endued with great speed, that shaft pierced the heart of Suratha and passing out entered the Earth, riving her through, like the thunderbolt of Shakra hurled from the sky. Struck with that shaft, Suratha fell down on the Earth like a mountain summit riven with thunder. 

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m09/m09014.htm

Bhima Mace

Resembling the very bludgeon of Yama, impending (upon the head of the foe) like kala-ratri (Death Night), exceedingly destructive of the lives of elephants and steeds and human beings, twined round with cloth of gold, looking like a blazing meteor, equipped with a sling, fierce as a she-snake, hard as thunder, and made wholly of iron, smeared with sandal-paste and other unguents like a desirable lady, smutted with marrow and fat and blood, resembling the very tongue of Yama, producing shrill sounds in consequence of the bells attached to it, like unto the thunder of Indra, resembling in shape a snake of virulent poison just freed from its slough, drenched with the juicy secretions of elephants, inspiring hostile troops with terror and friendly troops with joy, celebrated in the world of men, and capable of riving mountain summits, that mace, with which the mighty son of Kunti had in Kailasa challenged the enraged Lord of Alaka, the friend of Maheshvara, that weapon with which Bhima, though resisted by many, had in wrath slain a large number of proud Guhyakas endued with powers of illusion on the breasts of Gandhamadana for the sake of procuring Mandara flowers for doing what was agreeable to Draupadi, uplifting that mace which was rich with diamonds and jewels and gems and possessed of eight sides and celebrated as Indra's thunder, the mighty-armed son of Pandu now rushed against Shalya. With that mace of awful sound, Bhima, skilled in battle, crushed the four steeds of Shalya that were possessed of great fleetness. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bhima+Mace

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Arjun Names

 

  • the word Arjuna means white, clear or silver.
  • Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) – one who conquered wealth and gold
  • Gudākesha (गुडाकेश) – one who has conquered sleep (the lord of sleep, Gudaka+isha) or one who has abundant hair (Guda-kesha), like an ascete keshin.
  • Vijaya (विजय) – always victorious, invincible and undefeatable
  • Savyasāchī (सव्यसाची)– one who can shoot arrows using the right and the left hand with equal activity;Ambidextrous.[5]
  • Shvetavāhana (श्वेतवाहन) – one with milky white horses mounted to his pure white chariot
  • Anagha (अनघ) – one who is sinless[6]
  • Bībhatsu (बीभत्सु) – one who always fights wars in a fair, stylish and terrific manner and never does anything horrible in the war
  • Kirītī (किरीटी) – one who wears the celestial diadem presented by the King of Gods, Indra
  • Jishnu (जिष्णु) – triumphant, conqueror of enemies[8]
  • Phālguna (फाल्गुण) – born under the star Uttara Phalguni (Denebola in Leo)
  • Mahābāhu (महाबाहु) – one with large and strong arms
  • Gāndīvadhārī (गाण्डीवधारी) – holder of a bow named Gandiva
  • Pārtha (पार्थ) – son of Pritha (or Kunti) – after his mother
  • Kaunteya (कौन्तेय) – son of Kunti – after his mother
  • Pānduputra (पाण्डुपुत्र) – son of Pandu – after his father
  • Pāndava (पाण्डव) – son of Pandu – after his father
  • Krishnā (कृष्णा) – He who is of dark complexion and conducts great purity.
  • Brihannalā (बृहन्नला) – another name assumed by Arjuna for the 13th year in exile

Trained

Trained in arms by the 

  1. preceptor Drona, 
  2. by Sakra, and 
  3. Vaisravana, and 
  4. Yama, and 
  5. Varuna, and 
  6. Agni, and 
  7. Kripa, and 
  8. Krishna of Madhu's race, and 
  9. by the wielder of the Pinaka (Siva)

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m04/m04045.htm

Androgyny

 https://www.google.com/search?q=Vrihannala

https://www.google.com/search?q=Shikhandi

Bribe

'Listen, O good Vrihannala, O thou of handsome waist. Turn thou quickly the course of the car. He that liveth meeteth with prosperity. I will give thee 
  1. a hundred coins of pure gold and 
  2. eight lapis lazuli of great brightness set with gold, and 
  3. one chariot furnished with a golden flag-staff and drawn by excellent steeds, and also 
  4. ten elephants of infuriate prowess. Do thou, O Vrihannala, set me free.'

Celestial weapons

Arjuna, having dwelt for five years in the abode of him of a thousand eyes, and having from that lord of celestials obtained all the celestial weapons,--such as those
  1. of Agni, 
  2. of Varuna, 
  3. of Soma, 
  4. of Vayu, 
  5. of Vishnu, 
  6. of Indra, 
  7. of Pasupati, 
  8. of Brahma, 
  9. of Parameshthi, 
  10. of Prajapati, 
  11. of Yama, 
  12. of Dhata, 
  13. of Savita, 
  14. of Tvashta, and 
  15. of Vaisravana; and having bowed down to and gone round him of a hundred sacrifices, and taken his (Indra's) permission, cheerfully came to the Gandhamadana.
thou hast perfectly learnt
  1. the discharge (of those weapons) and 
  2. (their) withdrawal, and 
  3. (their) re-discharge and 
  4. re-withdrawal, and 
  5. the Prayaschitta connected (with them), and also 
  6. their revival, in case of their being baffled.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03163.htm 
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03167.htm

Pandavas Weapons 

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Yoga Meditation


(Kesava) of eyes like lotus petals, began for Partha's sake, to think of various means would dispel (Partha's) grief and anxiety and enhance his prowess and splendour. Of soul wrapt in yoga, that Supreme Lord of all, viz., Vishnu of wide-spread fame, who always did what was agreeable to Jishnu, desirous of benefiting (Arjuna), lapsed into yoga, and meditation.

what should be said on such an occasion

lotus-eyed one said, 

'Grieve not, O Subhadra! O Panchali, console Uttara! Abhimanyu, that bull among Kshatriyas, hath obtained the most laudable goal. O thou of beautiful face, let all the other men yet alive in our race obtain that goal which Abhimanyu of great fame hath obtained. 

Ourselves with all our friends, wish to achieve, in this battle, that feat, the like of which, O lady, thy son, that mighty car-warrior, hath achieved without any assistance.' 

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m07/m07075.htm

Murmu

 https://www.google.com/search?q=Murmu

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Biju

 Biju (Malayalam: ബിജു) is a popular male name in India, especially in 

  1. Bengal, 
  2. Orissa, 
  3. Kerala, and 
  4. Bangladesh.

Biju is derived from the similar rhyming name Viju. It is highly likely that Viju is an affectionate version of the name Vijaya, which means 

  1. Victory in Sanskrit and several Indian languages. 
  2. It has a similar meaning in Chinese as well. 
Biju is associated with Arjuna, the great warrior hero of the Mahabharatha.

In Kerala, the name Biju is used by all communities: 

  1. Hindus
  2. Christians, and 
  3. Muslims, and thus is a secular name

https://www.google.com/search?q=Biju

Thursday, March 3, 2022

dwarf

The dwarf of anger

There is a story in the Mahabharata. Once Sri Krishna and the five Pandava brothers went hunting in the forest. By the time they had finished the hunt, the sun had gone down and night was about to fall. They realized that they couldn't return to the kingdom that day and decided to spend the night in the forest. A cave was found and it was agreed that each person would stand guard for two hours while the others slept.

The youngest brother, Sahadeva, was given the first watch. He sat down at the entrance of the cave, holding all his weapons aloft and the others went to sleep inside. After an hour and half, Sahadeva suddenly noticed a dwarf coming towards him from the forest. "Stop!" said Sahadeva.

"Who are you? Where are you going?" The dwarf said, " You can see that I am a tiny dwarf. I want to fight you. "Sahadeva thought, " Here is a foot-and-a-half tall dwarf and here I am, a six-footer. I will win with no difficulty at all. "Therefore, for the sake of entertainment, he agreed to fight the dwarf. However, this was no ordinary dwarf. He defeated Sahadeva, tied him up with a rope, left him on the ground and went away.

A little later, Nakula woke up. He went out and found Sahadeva missing. He called out to him and a faint voice replied, "I am here." Nakula found him in the state in which the dwarf had left him. " Who did this to you?" he asked. Sahadeva could not bring himself to say that he had lost to a small dwarf, so he replied, "I just felt like tying myself up and resting on the ground." Nakula said, "Okay, go and sleep inside now, I will keep watch. "Towards the end of Nakula's two hours, again the dwarf appeared and the same sequence was repeated. Next was Arjuna's turn. He also found Nakula lying on the ground tied up with a rope. All the brothers faced the same situation, including Bhima and Yudhishthira.

Finally, Krishna came out and found Yudhishthira on the ground. Now, Yudhishthira was one who always spoke the truth. He told Krishna the whole story.

"I don't understand what happened," he said. "When my watch was just about to finish, this tiny dwarf appeared from nowhere and said 'I want to wrestle you. ' When we started wrestling, something strange happened. The more I fought, the bigger the dwarf became until he was a huge giant and I was like a child before him. He easily caught hold of me, threw me on the ground and tied me up. I am unable to understand what kind of a dwarf he was. "Krishna smiled and said, " Never mind. Go and rest. Now that I am awake, I will see to him.

Just as dawn was about to break, Krishna saw the dwarf walking towards him. When the fellow was right before him, Krishna asked, "What brings you here?" The dwarf replied, "The same desire with which I came to your five friends and defeated them. I want to wrestle and fight you. "

Krishna prepared himself and the two started wrestling. Soon, the dwarf began to increase in size. Krishna understood the matter. He threw down his weapons, sat down quietly on the ground and said to the dwarf, "You can hit me." At this, the dwarf began to reduce in size. Krishna simply watched him. Finally, when he became tiny, Krishna tied him up in his peetambari (Krishna's customary yellow wrap), and sat down.

Soon after, all the brothers woke up and came out of the cave. Seeing Krishna, they asked him, "Did someone come to see you while you stood guard?" Krishna replied, " Ah yes, a tiny dwarf came. "The brothers asked, " So what did you do with him? "Krishna replied, " I did nothing. Here he is, tied up in my peetambari. "In surprise, the Pandavas asked, " What is the meaning of this? When we fought him, he continued to become bigger and you have him tied up in your wrap! "Krishna now told them who the dwarf was. It was anger. He said, " Anger assumed the form of a dwarf and fought you. The more you fought the anger before you, the anger within you also rose. This made the anger confronting you bigger and bigger until it became so huge that it completely overpowered you and tied you to the ground." Yudhishthira said, " The matter has become clear now. You were the only one who recognized him. When you did not express anger in turn, he became so small that he was insignificant. "

This story signifies that negative qualities will always exist. If you try to remove them from your life, you will end up in a fight which you are bound to lose, as the more you struggle with negativities the stronger they become. Therefore, simply ignore them and focus on adopting positive qualities, tendencies, actions and behaviours in your life. The negativities will then go away on their own; they will become mute.

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