The great sages of India -1

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Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji

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13th December 2006

My dear friends and like minded persons

 

Reg: The great Sages of India and History of some of them – No 1 -

Shri Jaimini Maharishi

 

The great sages of India were born with an intention of serving the

Mankind and keeping the generations duty minded. Since the very

purpose of their birth is for a noble cause, they never tried to get

themselves popularized for material means of satisfaction.

 

Since the great sage Jaimini happened to be a directive force for

the recently held Shri Aswamedhayaagam, and since he happened to

remain very close to the great grand father Shri Veda Vyas Bhagavan,

I had chosen him to be the first one to write about.

 

I am not able to trace out the parental chart of Sage Jaimini at the

same time I can confidently write about the sage as one of the

disciples of Bhagavan Veda Vyas, who divided the Vedas into four

parts and taught Rig Veda to Sage Paila, while Yajurveda was taught

to Sage Vaisampaayana. Sage Jaimini was taught Sama Veda and in

turn he taught the same to his son Sage Sumanta. Sage Sumanta taught

Adharva Veda and gradually Sage Pippalaayana took lead to spread

this part of Veda.

 

On one occasion Sage Jaimini approached Sage Markandeya and

requested to enlighten him on the secrets of Mahabharata. Sage

Markandeya expressed his inability to spare much time and he

requested Sage Jaimini to reach Vindhya Hills where four great birds

namely Pingaaksha, Virata, Vruta, Sumugha are living who are capable

of explaining what it is. The four great birds were born to female

bird by the name of Tarkshi and male bird Drona. During the time of

Mahabharata War the female bird was nearer to Suprateek named

elephant of Raja Bhagadatta and incidentally Arjunaas arrow hit the

womb of the bird at which time the bird was pregnant. Four eggs came

out of the womb and they fell on the ground at the same time the

bells of the elephant fell on the earth and covered the eggs to

their safety. Some time later, after the end of the war the four

birds listened carefully the conversation between Dharmaraja and

Bhishma. One day Sage Sameeka was passing through the area and

heard the voices of the bird and to his surprise he found four birds

beneath the bells and took them to his Ashram. The Markandeya Puran

described this most philosophically narrating this incident that

when Lord wishes to grant life, he can do so by all means and even

if one runs out of the battlefield to cover his life, he can not do

so if HE – the ultimate wishes.

 

Sometime later the four birds narrated their history to Sage Sameeka

about the curse they received from their father Sage Sukrusa. Sage

Jaimini learnt the secrets of Mahabharata from the four birds.

Perhaps this is the only sage who described about the heaven and the

hell and their nature to King Subahu. Sage Jaimini also wrote

Mahabharat and gave explanation to some parts of it while describing

the same to King Janamejaya. This sage got Chakri Yaaga performed

by the king and he is the person responsible for getting the

Aswamedhayaaga performed by King Janamejaya and this is one of the

most important Yaagaas during the post war period.

 

The principles of Poorva Meemamsa were taken up by Sage Jaimini

while Uttara Meemamsa by Bhagavan Veda Vyas. He narrated totally

sixteen principles. He is primarily responsible for Astrological

theories and translation relating to Chandogya. He is the author for

Jaiminiya Sroutha Sutra and Gruhya Sutra. He is also the author of

Smriti Meemamsa.

 

And therefore he retained a very important position in Ancient India

and Indian Philosophy.

 

I shall be back again soon with another sage of Ancient India.

Yours affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI

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Dear sir,

 

Excellent work... India's / world's breath is Great Rishis and their

life only... Continue this kind of compilation plz...

 

P.Vijaya Sarathi

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