Fwd: ** Eclipse alert: Universal terrorist Rahu to attack the Sun god tomorrow 04DEC2002

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Rajinder Nath jinderman

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Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:04:04 -0800 (PST)

Re: ** Eclipse alert: Universal terrorist Rahu to attack the Sun god tomorrow 04DEC2002

julienne that was a good i forgot story i forward this

to vedic group .

are you going to take holy bath in a river i know lot

of devotee go to holi ganges

rajinder

--- julienne <julienne (AT) ptd (DOT) net> wrote:

> Tomorrow, 04DEC2002 UT, the terrorist demon called

> Rahu will launch an

> attack on the Sun god and the conflict will black

> out the Sun for several

> minutes on 0.14% of the Earth's surface in a

> phenomenon described as a

> total solar eclipse.

>

> As during the last total solar eclipse of 21JUN2001,

> the blackout will

> again occur in the Southern Hemisphere sweeping

> through a 12,000km arc from

> southern Africa to southern Australia over a

> duration of 3 hours and 21

> minutes - from 05:50 to 09:11 UT (Universal Time).

>

> Rahu's attack may seem astounding to those who have

> assumed a solar eclipse

> to be merely the Moon blocking the Sun and a lunar

> eclipse to be Earth's

> shadow falling on the Moon. The Vedic texts, which

> include some the oldest

> astronomical treatises, do not contradict with the

> above understanding.

> However they also reveal a lesser-known

> behind-the-scene dimension to the

> phenomenon - that of Rahu or Ketu creeping up on the

> Sun or the Moon.

>

> It can be shown by astronomical calculations that

> Rahu or his accomplice

> Ketu will be in close proximity longitudinally to

> the Sun or the Moon at

> every eclipse. Modern astronomers have no idea of of

> the existence of these

> two planets, described in Vedic Astrology texts as

> "invisible", but they do

> recognise mathematical points which correspond to

> their positions - the

> ascending and descending nodes of the Moon. About

> two or three times a

> year, the Sun and Moon each travel near the danger

> zone of Rahu or Ketu.

> The universal terrorists, true to their demoniac

> nature, seize the

> opportunity to attack.

>

> The enmity between these demons and the Sun and the

> Moon stretches back

> into Puranic history, interwoven into a wonderful

> pastime of the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Although we have

> narrated this episode a

> few times before, Lord Krishna's pastimes can be

> relished again and again.

> So here it is, straight from the topmost Vedic

> scripture - the Srimad

> Bhagavatam:

>

> In days of yore, the demigods headed by Indra, the

> king of heaven (upper

> planetary systems), made a pact with the demons of

> the lower planetary

> systems headed by Bali Maharaja to achieve a goal

> that could only be

> realised by their combined strengths. The objective

> - to churn the

> celestial Ocean of Milk for amrita or nectar of

> immortality.

>

> They worked together in mutual co-operation to bring

> out the nectar. When

> the nectar finally came out, a fight broke out

> between the demigods and

> demons over the rights to it. The demons grabbed the

> container of nectar

> and fought among themselves over who gets to drink

> it first. The Supreme

> Personality of Godhead, Krishna, immediately

> appeared on the scene in the

> guise of a seductive temptress called Mohini to

> beguile the senses of the

> demons and trick them out of the nectar.

>

> Enchanted by the beauty of Mohini, the lusty demons

> handed over the nectar

> to Her, hoping to enjoy it with Her after She had

> dispensed with the

> demigods quickly. Mohini seated everyone in two

> lines - one comprising the

> demigods and the other the demons. She talked

> sweetly to the demons, that

> She would come to them after distributing some of

> the nectar to the

> demigods. Then She walked down the other line and

> started giving it all

> away to the demigods.

>

> While the demons waited in anticipation for Her

> return, Rahu alone among

> them caught on to what was really going on. Quickly

> he disquised himself as

> a demigod and joined their ranks, seating himself

> between the Sun god (Lord

> Surya) and the Moon god (Lord Chandra), and received

> a share of the nectar.

>

> While Rahu was about to drink the nectar, the Sun

> god and the Moon god

> realised that an imposter was in their midst and

> alerted Mohini. She

> instantly summoned the weapon of Vishnu, the

> Sudarshana chakra (disc) and

> released it to severe Rahu's head from his body -

> just as the nectar

> entered his mouth. While the body fell off (and

> later transformed into

> Ketu), Rahu's head became immortal, having been

> touched by nectar.

>

> The demons have still not forgiven the celestial

> luminaries for exposing

> them. Tomorrow they will be out to wreak vengeance

> again.

>

> No doubt the Sun god will survive this attack, as he

> has the previous ones.

> He is protected by the Supreme Lord. This is nicely

> explained by His Divine

> Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in his

> purport to Srimad

> Bhagavatam verse 5.24.3. "The Supreme Personality of

> Godhead, Vishnu, is

> always the protector of His devotees, who are also

> known as demigods. The

> controlling demigods are most obedient to Lord

> Vishnu, although they also

> want material sense enjoyment, and that is why they

> are called demigods, or

> almost godly. Although Rahu attempts to attack both

> the Sun and the Moon,

> they are protected by Lord Vishnu. Being very afraid

> of Lord Vishnu's

> chakra, Rahu cannot stay in front of the Sun or Moon

> for more than a

> muhurta (about forty-eight minutes). The phenomenon

> that occurs when Rahu

> blocks the light of the Sun or Moon is called an

> eclipse."

>

> Total eclipses are almost always harbingers of war

> and disaster, especially

> for the areas afflicted by the blackout. In muhurtha

> (science of timing),

> an eclipse is considered inauspicious for most

> events. For marriage

> timings, the constellation where an eclipse occurs

> (in this case, Jyeshta

> nakshatra) is to be avoided for six months.

>

> The fallout of Rahu's or Ketu's attack on the Sun

> or the Moon will

> immediately contaminate the atmosphere. Avoid

> cooking, drinking, eating,

> evacuating, sleeping or mating for the duration of

> the eclipse. Determine

> it by converting the given universal time to your

> local time zone. For

> example, 05:50 - 09:11 UT will correspond to 13:50 -

> 17:11 local time for

> Malaysia, Singapore, Perth, Hong Kong and China (who

> are all on the same

> timezone 8 hours East of Greenwich).

>

> You may eat or evacuate before or after the given

> time period. Pregnant

> women should stay indoors. They should not handle

> the knife, scissors,

> needle or sharp metallic instruments during this

> time, otherwise the foetus

> they are carrying may be afflicted with hare-lips or

> other defects.

> Certainly, nobody should look at the Sun directly,

> lest they go blind.

>

> The best thing to do during this period is to purify

> oneself by bathing in

> a holy river (if you are fortunate enough to have

> access to one) and/or

> chanting the Holy Names of God. This is also an

> excellent time to give

> charity to worthy causes. The best of causes is of

> course a God-conscious one.

>

>

> Regards,

> Goloka Candra dasa

>

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