[Jagannath] Krsna is the Source of All Incarnations

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Jai Jai Sri Jagannath!!!

 

Dear Gauranga,

 

I cannot hold myself from appreciating your work. You have called it a

small essay. Nevertheless, it is a good job done on relating the

Navagrahas - and thereby the entire study of Jyotish, to Krishna (Maha

Vishnu in the end) which is also the goal of traditional vedic jyotish i.e.,

the path to Narayana.

 

May I seek your permission (before I obtain Sanjay jis's) to include this

essay of yours in SJVC's forthcoming December issue of Jyotish News as your

article?

 

Hare Krishna,

Regards,

Sarat.

-

Gauranga Das <gauranga

Varahamihira <varahamihira >

Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2:39 AM

[Jagannath] Krsna is the Source of All Incarnations

 

 

> JAYA JAGANNATHA!

>

> Dear Gurudeva and members,

>

> Pranaams.

>

> Let me submit here a short essay. I'm interested in Your opinions.

>

> KRSNA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL INCARNATIONS

>

> In the second chapter of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Maharishi

> Parashara, the father of Jyotish explains the different incarnations of

the Lord

> who descend as divine Avatars in different Yugas of the world's history

and

> who also expand into the Navagrahas, or the nine planets: Sun, Moon, Mars,

> Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. Although technically we

> say that these Avatars and Grahas are the incarnations or expansions of

Lord

> Vishnu, Sri Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita that He is the source of

all

> incarnations and everything else in the worlds.

>

> In the 10th chapter of the Bhagavad-gita entitled Aisvarya-yoga Sri

Krishna

> also stresses this point:

>

> Aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate

> Iti matvaa bhajante maam budhaa bhaava-samanvitaah

>

> " I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates

> from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service

> and worship Me with all their hearts. " (Bg. 10.8., transl. by. HDG. A. C.

> Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

>

> In the proceeding shlokas Lord Krishna elaborates on His opulences,

> actually enlisting all the Grahas there as well. In the 21st shloka He

says:

> jyotishaam ravir amshumaan, " Of lights I am the radiant Sun " . All writers

of

> Jyotisha consider the Sun (Ravi) as the most powerful and important Graha

> amongst all. He is the source of light, and these rays of light are

distributed

> to all the other Grahas, therefore they will represent the different

colours and

> qualities originally manifested by the Sun.

>

> And the counterpart of the Sun is the Moon (nakshatraanaam aham shashi),

> which is the crest-jewel on the crown of the stars in the night sky. We

see the

> Sun and the Moon mentioned elsewhere also as Krishna's manifestations:

> prabhaasmi shashi-suuryayoh (7.8) - " I am the light of the Sun and the

> Moon " ;or later, in the 15th chapter (Purushottama-yoga) we also read

> Krisnhna's description:

>

> yad aaditya-gatam tejo jagad bhaasayate 'khilam

> yac candramasi yac caagnau tat tejo viddhi maamakam

>

> " The splendor of the Sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole

world,

> comes from Me. And the splendor of the Moon and the splendor of fire are

> also from Me. " (15.12.)

>

> We know perfectly well, how inportant is the role of the Sun and the Moon

> in Jyotish. Maharishi Parashara states that the Sun is the soul of all,

and the

> Moon is the mind. Of course everything else arises from these two. And

even

> this is supported by Krishna's words: indriyaanaam manash caasmi

> bhuutaanaam asmi cetanaa - " Of the senses I am the mind, and in living

> beings I am the living force (consciousness) " (10.22)

>

> Then Maharishi Parshara gives these two planets royal status, while all

the

> others are subordinate. The basic units of time measurement in Jyotish are

> also based on the Sun (Aho-raatra - a day and Varhsa - a year) and on the

> Moon (Paksha - fortnight, Maasa - month). Of course Krishna is the

> controller of the months and seasons as well: maasaanam maarga-shiirsho

> 'ham rtuunaam kusumaakarah - " Of months I am Maargashiirsha, and of

> seasons I am flower-bearing spring. " (10.35)

>

> The two basic divisions of the Zodiac are also based on the Sun (Rasi) and

> the Moon (Nakshatra). Most of the Muhurta calculations are also dependent

> on these two planets. The elements of Panchanga (Nakshatra, Tithi, Yoga

> and Karana) with the exception of Vaara are also dependent on the Sun and

> Moon. We usually associate the masculine energies to the Sun and the

> feminine to the Moon in the chart. This can be used in many ways, let

alone

> mention the Hora (D-2) chart.

>

> In the same shloka mentioned before (10.22) Krishna says that of the

> demingods (devas) He is Indra, the king of the demigods (deevaanaam asmi

> vaasavah). Indra also represents Jupiter, the planet of wisdom and divine

> knowledge. We also call this planet Brihaspati-graha, and Krshna says:

> purodhasaam ca mukhyam maam viddhi paartha brhaspatim - " Of priests, O

> Arjuna, know Me to be the chief, Brhaspati " (10.24.) So Jupiter also

> represents Krishna.

>

> Brihaspati is the Guru of the Devas (demigods). So there is the

counterpart,

> Shukracharya, who is the Guru of the Asuras (demons). He is the lord of

> Venus (Sukra-graha), and we know that many times the relationship between

> Jupiter and Venus is somewhat antagonistic, especially from the side of

> Venus, let alone take the natural relationship of the planets (Naisargika

> Sambandha). So Krishna says: kaviinaam ushanaa kavih - " Among great

> thinkers I am Ushanaa (Shukracharya) " (10.37)

>

> Usually we take Venus as the Karaka (significator) of Shukra (semen), or

> potency for procreation. But at the same time Venus represents the

feminine

> sexual potency, which is usually the cause for procreation. So Krishna

also

> says: prajanash caasmi kandarpah - " Of causes for procreation I am

> Kandarpa, the god of love " (10.28)

>

> If Venus represents the feminine sexual potency, then Mars will represent

the

> masculine traits, and the demigod presiding over Mars (Kuja) is Kartikeya,

> the son of Lord Shiva. So Krishna says: senaaniinaam aham skandah - " Of

> generals I am Kartikeya " , therefore, Mars is also the expansion of the

> Supreme Lord.

>

> The next planet is Mercury. Usually it is said that Mercury is lorded by

> Vishnu. In the 21th shloka He says that of Adityas He is Vishnu

> (aadityaanaam aham vishnur). Elsewhere He also says that He is speech

> (kiirtih shriir vaak ca naariinaam, 10.34), which is the main

signification

> (Karakatva) of Mercury.

>

> And the last palanet in Jyotish is Saturn. It is said that Saturn is

governed by

> Brahma. So Krisnha says: dhaataaham vishvato-mukhah - " Of creators I am

> Brahma " (10.33). But usually we also say that Saturn is the planet of

> longevity or death, and according to the Jyotish Shastras Sani is the

brother

> of Yamaraja. Shri Krishna enlists as His representatives both Aryamaa, the

> lord of the departed ancestors (Pitris) and Yamaraja, the lord of death as

> well: pitrnaam aryamaa caasmi yamah samyamataam aham. " Of departed

> ancestors I am Aryamaa, and among the dispensers of law I am Yama, the

> lord of death. " (10.29)

>

> And finally, we should not forget, that the science of Jyotish is actually

> devoted to the study of time, as the almighty agent promoting the

> manifestation of karmic reactions and molding the chains of fruitive

activities

> and the individual or collective karmas of the living entities. Time is

also the

> representative of Lord Krishna. In this same chapter Krishna states:

kaalah

> kalayataam aham - " Among subduers I am time " (10.30); aham evaakshayah

> kaalo - " I am inexhaustible time " (10.33).

>

> And later, in the next chapter Arjuna sees the manifestation of the

Universal

> Form, where he is able to see the workings of the law of karma under

> Krishna's direction. There Krishna says: kaalo 'smi lokakshaya-krt

pravrddho

> - " Time I am, the great destroyer of the worlds " (11.32.) There Arjuna was

> able to see the past, present and future of the living entities, just like

a

> learned astrologer sees the thread of the individual's karma in the

horoscope.

>

> And Lord Krishna even mentions the great Maharishis, who were also great

> Jyotishis, as His representatives: maharshiinaam bhrgur aham - " Of the

great

> sages I am Bhrgu " (10.25); devarshiinaam ca naaradah - " Of the sages among

> the demigods I am Naarada " (10.26); muniinaam apy aham vyaasah - " Of the

> sages I am Vyaasa " (10.37).

>

> The purpose of this short essay was to show how we should remeber Shri

> Krishna while casting horoscopes or reading any individual's indications.

> Arjuna asked Krishna to give examples of His opulence so that we could

> remember Him all the time. So Lord Krishna concludes the chapter in the

> following way:

>

> yad yad vibhuutimat sattvam shriimad uurjitam eva vaa

> tat tad evaavagaccha tvam mama tejo 'msha-sambhavam

> atha vaa bahunaitena kim jnaatena tavaarjuna

> vishtabhyaaham idam krtsnam akaamshena sthito jagat

>

> " Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a

> spark of My splendor. But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this

detailed

> knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this

> entire universe. " (10.41-42)

>

>

> Yours,

> Gauranga das

>

>

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