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Kalaa
There
are 64 types of Kalaa (art): (1) Singing (2) Playing various instruments
(3) Dance, (4) acting, (5) Art and Painting (6) Drawing, (7) Creating designs
for worship with rice and flowers, (8) Making beds of flowers - for sleeping,
(9) Coloring teeth, cloth and body parts, (10) Construction of floors with
jewels, (11) making beds - for sleeping, (12) Constructing dams, (13) Showing
Siddhi, (14) Making garlands and necklaces, (15) Making jewelry from flowers,
(16) Making cloth and jewelry, (17) Making flower jewelry and put it on, (18)
Creating designs from Kaan's leaves, (19) making perfumes, (20) Indra-Jaal -
magic, (21) To change in any form, (22) Works of hands fastness, (23) Cooking,
(24) Making beverages, (25) Needlework, (26) Puppet work, (27) Puzzles and
riddles, (28) Sculpture, (29) Koot Neeti, (30) Teaching, (31) Writing plays,
(32) Solving problems, (33) Making canes, arrows etc, (34) Carpet making, (35)
Wood work, (36) Construction Work, (37) Jeweler's and goldsmith's work, (38)
Creating gold and silver, (39) Recognizing the colors of gems, (40) Knowing all
about mines, (41) Gardening and forestry, (42) Buffalo, birds, fishery, (43)
Speaking the language of birds, (44) Uchchaatan Method, (45) Cleaning hair, (46)
Knowing about hidden things in the fist or thinking in the mind, (47)
Understanding Mlechchh poetry, (48) Knowledge of various countries' languages,
(49) Knowledge of bad and good omens, (50) Making different types of Yantra,
(51) Gem cutting, (52) Creating sign language, (53) Katak Rachanaa in Man, ((54)
Discovering new things, (55) Getting work done telling lies, (56) Knowledge of
all dictionaries, (57) Knowledge of all poetry structures (Chhand), (58) Hiding
or changing clothes, (59) Playing speculation games, (60) To attract human
beings or things, (61) Children's games, (62) Knowledge of Mantra, (63) How to
win a war, (64) To control ghosts etc
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Abhishek
When an idol is offered Jal or
milk, it is called Abhishek. In Shiv Jee's case, normally the milk is offered by
pouring it on the Shiv Ling. In other cases where idols are wearing clothes, Jal is
sprinkled only with the thumb and third finger only. Giving the idol a bath is
different than Abhishek. Abhishek is under the Poojaa process after giving the
idol bath and putting on clothes.
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As
a Criminal
In
the whole life of Vishshweshwar Bhagvaan, it was the first time that He stood
like a criminal before His mother.
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Aashram
of Nar-Naaraayan
Why Naarad Jee went to the Aashram of Nar-Naaraayan? Giving Shaap or Var decreases the result of
Tapasyaa, so maybe Naarad Jee thought after giving this Shaap, I should restore
my Tap OR maybe He wanted to tell His action to Nar-Naaraayan.
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Fed
Krishn
Once Brahmaa Jee
kidnapped Gwaal Baal and calves, then Bhagvaan Himself appeared in the form of
all Gwaal Baal and calves till they were returned and consequently till then He
was fed by those Gwaal Baal's mothers and He sucked milk from calves' mother
cows. Read the whole story...
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Gargaachaarya
Garg Muni was the son of Brahmaa Jee and the disciple of Shankar Jee. Brahmaa had
appointed him as the Kul Guru of the Vrishni Vansh, that is why only he had to
perform al Samskaars of Krishn and Balraam to him only.
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Geetaa
Krishn Jee has said in Geetaa
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Gopee
Many Gopee were
Bhagvaan's Siddhi. But there were many Gopee who were Dev girls, Shruti,
Tapaswee, Rishi and other devotees. Their stories can be found in various Puraan.
Shruti Roop Gopee who always describe Paramaatmaa as "Neti, Neti" (not
like this, not like that), but still cannot get Him, then they worship Bhagvaan
with Gopee and then take the form of Gopee and get Him as their lovers. Main
Shruti are Udgeetaa, Sugeetaa, Kalgeetaa, Kalkanthikaa, Vipanchee etc. Siddh,
Rishi who got attracted to Raam, but could not get married Him because of His
one-wife Vrat, got the Var of being Gopee, so they were born as Gopee in Brij.
Besides, Gopee from Mithilaa, Koshal, Ayodhyaa; Pulind Gopee, Ramaa vaikunth,
Shwet Dweep Gopee and Jaalandharee Gopee etc were several groups of Gopee who
did a very difficult Tapasyaa and then became Gopee. Many of such Rishi are
described in Paataal Khand of Padm Puraan. They did a lot of tapasyaa and after
several Kalp they were born as Gopee.
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Mathuraa
Mathuraa is in UP. It is one of the many holy places in India. Krishn was born
in Mathuraa, but He was taken to Nand Baabaa's house at Gokul, across the
Yamunaa River, for His protection from Kans. He passed His childhood there. It
is said that Mathuraa Nagaree was inhabited by a Maduraa named Raakshas. Later
it was called as Mathuraa. This is the place (in Madhuban on the bank of Yamunaa)
where child Dhruv did Tapasyaa and got
his Parampad.
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Ookhal
This particular Ookhal was a very large mortar, made of wood, to beat the rice
or any other grain, to separate it from its husk.
[page 10/p4]
Own
Feelings
Here I remember Tulasee Daas Jee 's one couplet from his Raam Charit Maanas :
"Jaakee rahee bhaavanaa
jaisee, Prabhu moorat tin dekhee taisee". Means people saw Bhagvaan in the same
Roop whatever feelings they had for Him, for example if there was a mother, she
saw Him as her child, if some woman wanted Him like her husband then she saw Him
in that way, Yogee saw Him as Jagadeeshwar, Kans saw Him as his Kaal (Mrityu, or
death) etc. These feelings are called Ras in
Hindi Literature. There 10 Ras. So all feelings can be divided under those 10
Ras. For more explanation see below under the heading "Virah
Geet"
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Pootanaa
Pootanaa was the Dhaay of
Kans. Dhaay is that woman (other than the real mother) who breastfeeds to another
woman's
child. So Pootanaa breastfed her milk to Kans. Kans asked her to go to Brij and kill
the children below 10 days old by feeding her milk. So she was doing that one
day Krishn's turn came. She had already killed many children in Brij, but at the time of
Krishn she herself was killed. And she was given the Paramdhaam as Bhagvaan's
mother. Why?
Pootanaa
was the daughter of Daityaraaj Bali in her previous life. At that time her name was Ratnmaalaa. Seeing Bhagavaan
Vaaman in her father's Yagyashaalaa, she wished, "Oh, Only if I could have such
a child and breastfeed him." Vaaman Bhagavaan heard the wish of His
devotee's daughter and fulfilled it in this life. The same girl was born as
Pootanaa in Dwaapar Yug and her wish was fulfilled by breastfeeding Shree Krishn. But
when she saw His Viraat Roop, then she got frightened and thought, "If my
son had been like this then I would have given him poison." So Vaaman
Bhagvaan heard her this wish also and fulfilled it, that she applied poison on
her breast and went to feed Krishn.
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Sarp as a Gift
Garud's mother Vinataa and Sarp's mother Kadru had enmity with one another. So
remembering mother's enmity, Garud Jee used to eat any Sarp whatever he saw. At this
all Sarp went to Brahmaa Jee. Then Brahmaa Jee made this a rule that, the Sarp
community will offer one Sarp to Garud every Amaavasyaa. And this Sarp will come
from a separate family each time.
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Trinaavart
There was a king named Sahastraaksh in Paandu Desh. Once he was enjoying with
his queens on the bank of Narmadaa River. Durvaasaa Rishi was passing from that
side, but he did not greet him, so he got angry and gave him Shaap - "Go,
and become Raakshas." When he asked for forgiveness then Durvaasaa
Jee said - "You will get Mukti from Raakshas Gati when you will touch Shree
Krishn. The same Raajaa Sahastraaksh was born as Trinaavart and got Mukti from
his Daitya Yoni with the touch of Shree Krishn."
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Tulasee
Wild Basil - a holy plant in India. Normally it is found in every household. Men
and women all alike worship it in the morning and evening. Its leaves are an
essential part of Bhagvaan's Prasaad. There is a wonderful story connected to
it: There was a Raakshas named Jalandhar. He had a Satee wife. Her name was
Vrindaa. She was a great Satee and a great devotee of Vishnu. With the backup of
his wife's being Satee that Raakshas was doing very bad Karm and was not able to
be killed. Because of her being Satee Vishnu also could not do anything of him.
Then He thought of breaking her Satee Dharm. And so He did. When she came to
know about this she gave Him Shaap, "You have tricked a Satee, go and
become a stone." Then Vishnu turned into Shaaligraam. But Vishnu gave
her Vardaan, "You go and appear as Tulasee in Vrindaavan, near Mathuraa and grow there
in abundance. Because of you it will be called Vrindaa Van. I will come in
Dwaapar Yug and then you will see me there. From now on I will not eat anything
without you, thus you will always be with me."
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Two Finger Game
There are some good explanations for the rope being short only by two fingers.
(1) Bhagvaan thought when I give my Darshan then it is only through Sat Gun, so
only one Gun should see me, one should not see me with all three Gun. Since
human beings have all Gun and they cannot be only Sato Gun, so they cannot
control Him with three Gun. (2) He thought where there are names and forms, then
there is a Bandhan (relationship, or connection, or bondage). I have no name, no form,
then how can I be tied so rope fell short by two fingers. (3) Yashodaa used
short, long, alone, together, all kinds of ropes to tie Him but all fell short,
because Bhagvaan do not discriminate in short, long, small, big. To show these two
concepts ropes fell short by two finger short.
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Vaartaa
Vritti
Vaishya's Vaartaa Vritti is of four types - agriculture, trade, cow protection and charging interest.
[page 10/p11]
Vaanar
Raaj Dwivid
He is the same Dwivid who was with Raajaa Sugreev in the times of Raam and
Lakshman. He fought with Raavan's army from Raam's side.
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In this Yug he was killed by Balaraam Jee when he went to Teerth Yaatraa and
came to Brij. He killed him because he troubled women there whom Balaraam was
playing with
Virah Geet
There are nine Ras in Hindi literature:
1. Veebhats Ras - which generates the feelings of hatred
2. Vaatsalya Ras - which generates motherly feelings
3. Shringaar Ras - which generates the feelings of sexual love. In this area there
are two sides: when hero and heroine are meeting; and when any of them is alone
and remembering him or her. This loneliness description when expressed in
poetry is called Virah (=separation) Geet (=song) means a song which is sung
when hero and heroine are separated
4. Veer Ras - which generates or describes the feelings of bravery and fighting
5. Bhakti Ras - which generates the feelings of devotion to God
6. Raudra Ras - which generates the feelings of anger
7. Adbhut Ras - which describes wonderful things
8. Haasya Ras - which makes people laugh
9. Bhayaanak Ras - which describes horrid things
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Went
Away
Yaksh thought till He is Sa-Gun and is tied by a rope, we can see Him, otherwise
it is not possible even to imagine Him in His Nir-Gun Roop, so let us go so that we
can see Him in His Sa-Gun Roop.
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