Brahma and Jyotish....

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Frank, Namaste.

 

First of all, reg. the quote you have given, I do not agree to several

points. Brahma can be called a neuter in a sense he was created from the

lotus stemming from the navel of Garbhodakashayi Vishnu, thus his name is

Svayambhu, i.e. not born from a material fathern and mother. Secondly, he

does not procreate progeny, rather he creates by meditation, and thus the

seven Rishish, the four Kumaras, the 12 Adityas (demigods) and the

prajaapatis are created. Saraswati is indeed his wife who was born from his

mouth. But their marriage is accepted as dharmic. Vak was probably another

daighter created from his mouth (Saraswati is goddess of learning, while Vak

is goddess of speaking). So he desired to have sex with her (he did not do

it) and then the sages rebuked him (or according to another Purana Siva

attacked him with his trident).

Then Brahma gave up his body and thus he got purified from this sin. The

moral is that the Jiva (Brahma is usually a Jiva wereas Siva and Vishnu are

above the jiva category) has this atatstha nature, so he may come under the

snare of Maya even if he is in the position of Brahma. Brahma got attracted

to his own creation, so the Jiva usually gets attached to the results of his

activities and wants to enjoy it. Of course he is unable to do so because he

is servant of God by nature, so as Saturn (representing Brahma) is by nature

a servant.

 

On the other hand, Lords Vishnu is the acturla creator, maintainer and

destructor of the universe, as many slokas from Bhagavatam support, and Hes

is always above the influence of Maya. When Kamadeva wanted to allure

Nara-Narayana Rsi (the incarnations of Krsna and Arjuna), he was

unsuccessful, as Nara-Narayana created much more beautiful girls from Their

energy than Kamadeva had in heavens. Thus he was defeated.

Kamadeva also wanted to test Siva, so the result was that Siva opened his

third eye and burnt him down. This is why he is also called Ananga (wihtout

body) and he can wander amongst humans unnoticed and attack their hearts

with lust.

 

Still Siva is considered to be in the category of Siva-tattva, in between

Jiva-tattva and Visnu-tattva. So when Bhagavan appeared as Mohini-murti who

distributed the kumbha of nectar to the demigods, then Lord Siva wanted to

see this form and he became attreacted to her sexually. So even Siva is

somewhat in connection with Mayadevi as she is his consort, and therefore he

became bewildered in this way.

 

So coming back to Jyotish, Lagna represents the cause for our incarnation,

i.e. the desire to interact with the material energy. Vishnu maintains us,

both in conditioned and liberated stage (2nd house is maintenance) and Siva

is the destruction of the desire, i.e. th gate to Moksa.

 

Also Srimad Bhagavatam 5.20.33. gives a mantra with which the inhabitants of

Pushkaradvipa worship Lord Brahma as the representative of Vishnu:

 

yat tat karmamayam linga

brahma-lingam jano 'rcayet

ekaantam advayam shaantam

tasmai bhagavate nama iti

 

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahmä is known as karma-maya, the form of ritualistic ceremonies,

because by performing ritualistic ceremonies one may attain his position and

because the Vedic ritualistic hymns become manifest from him. He is devoted

to the Supreme Personality of Godhead without deviation, and therefore in

one sense he is not different from the Lord. Nevertheless, he should be

worshiped not as the monists worship him, but in duality. One should always

remain a servitor of the Supreme Lord, the supreme worshipable Deity. We

therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto Lord Brahmä, the form of

manifest Vedic knowledge.

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer

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> Om Rum Ramameshavara Nama

>

> Namaste,

> We know that Brahma in the chart is Lagn, Vishnu is 2nd housea

> And Siva is 7th...

>

> What is not clear is we have many Mantram's for Siva and Vishnu.

> Yet for Brahma who has created the gods, we find none due

> to a transgression of " incestuous intercourse with his own daughter"

> (*see below for more).

> My question is, what is this story a methapor of? what does it

> tell us as a Jyotisha about Lagna, the nature of this engery

> or about the creative principle ?

>

>

> Pranams,

> Frank

>

> *** from http://www.mypurohith.com/Encyclopedia/EnclopB3.asp

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> "The name Brahma is not found in the Vedas and Brahmanas, in which

> the active creator is known as Hiranya-garbha, Prajapati, &c.; but

> there is a curious passage in the Satapatha Brahmana which says: "He

> (Brahma, neuter) created the gods. Having created the gods, he

> placed them in these worlds: in this world Agni, Vayu in the

> atmosphere, and Surya in the sky." Two points connected with Brahma

> are remarkable. As the father of men he performs the work of

> procreation by incestuous intercourse with his own daughter,

> variously named Vach or Saraswati (speech), Sandhya (twilight), Sata-

> rupa (the hundred-formed), &c. Secondly, that his powers as creator

> have been arrogated to the other gods Vishnu and Siva, while Brahma

> has been thrown into the shade. In the Aitareya Brahmana it is said

> that Prajapati was in the form of a buck and his daughter was Rohit,

> a deer. According to the Satapatha Brahmana and Manu, the supreme

> soul, the self-existent lord, created the waters and deposited in

> them a seed, which seed became a golden egg, in which he himself was

> born as Brahma, the progenitor of all the worlds.

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> [Om Kleem Krishnaaya Jagannathaaya namah]

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