On Sani (SANI PUJA)

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Namaskaram Anna and others,

 

Yes, Sri J.R. is right. I think there is a common confusion between the following two valid Sanskrit words for Saturn:

 

(1) Sanaischara: "sainaih charati iti sanaischarah" = one who moves slowly (while Chandra goes around the zodiac in 28 days, Surya does so in 1 year and even Brihaspati takes only 12 years, Sani takes the longest - 30 years!)

 

(2) Saneeswara: "sani + eeswara" = Lord Saturn

 

People mix up both and say "Saneeschara". That is wrong and has no meaning. They should either say Sanaischara or Saneeswara.

 

People are scared of Sani, but those who realize that this world and the so-called happiness and the so-called unhappiness are just illusory have nothing to fear. Sani is a great friend to them. He increases the detachment in them. It is people who are deeply sunk in the illusion and do not want to rise above it, who have to fear Sani. Because Sani does not hesitate to shock them in order to bring about some level of detachment.

 

Sani is nothing but the discipline, detachment and the spirit of hard work within us. All the gods, demons and celestial beings who exist in this universe exist within each person also, in a microcosmic form. After all, while the universe is the macrocosm, each person is the microcosm of the universe. Everything that exists in the macrocosm also exists in the microcosm. Brihaspati is nothing but a personification of the wisdom, judgment and discretion within each person. Just as Brihaspati guides devatas, our wisdom and discretion guide the good qualities (gods) within us. Surya is the soul. Chandra is the mind. And so on. Each graha and each devata is a personification of certain aspecty. Like that, Sani is the personification of the discipline, detachment and the spirit of hard work.

 

Sani is the son of Surya. Surya is the soul. Soul is ever-radiant and full of bright light. When the shadow of self-doubt, confusion and identity crisis (servant maid Chhaayaa) combines with the radiant soul (Surya), Sani is born. So the discipline, spirit of hard work and detachment within us (Sani) is the combined result of our soul's radiant light and the darkness of our self-doubts and identity crisis. When there is no confusion about the true self ("I, you, he, she" etc confusion), there is no need of austerities and discipline. So, there is no Sani without Chhaayaa. Similarly, if there is only Chhaayaa (i.e. confusion and self-doubts) and no light of the soul, again there is no discipline and austerities. Disciplines and austeriries are a result of self-doubts and a result of the desire to realize self fully. If you think of this more deeply, you will realize the symbolism embedded in the story of Sani's birth from Surya and Chhaayaa!

 

All stories from Puranas are metaphorical representations of various realities that play out within our consciousness from time to time!

 

Best regards,

Narasimha

 

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Narasimha Rao

Friday, February 23, 2007 12:53 PM

Fwd: [sivacharya] SANI PUJA

---------- Forwarded message ----------Radhakrishnan Jambunatha <krisra22Feb 23, 2007 8:33 AM RE: [sivacharya] SANI PUJAsivacharya

 

 

 

 

 

The name "Sanischara" is not correct. It should be "Sanaischara" meaning who has a slow gait. Who comes late .

J.R.

 

 

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