The great sages of India - Shri Pippalaada Maharishi

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14th December 2006

My dear friends and like minded persons

 

Reg: The great Sages of India – No 2 the Great Brahma Gnani –Shri

Pippalaada Maharishi

 

I consider myself as very fortunate to write about this great sage

of India . The parental branch of this great sage remains always

worth saluting. Sage Chyavan and his wife Sukanya gave birth to

sage Dadhichi. Sage Chyavan is famous for his medicinal theories

which are being followed today by all branches of medicine. Dadhichi

was to sacrifice his body for the welfare of mankind and the bones

to be used by Divine forces. His wife Suvarcha was pregnant at the

time of his body sacrifice. Suvarcha sat under Pippala Tree and

gave birth to a male child, while cursing the divine forces to

remain childless all times for all the trouble they gave to a

pregnant lady and thus she sacrificed her life leaving the tree to

take of the new born child.

 

Wonder it is, even a non movable like a tree could take care with

all its diligence, of the new born and as a result the new born was

named as Pippala or Pippalaada. Pippalaada Maharishi intended to

take revenge against divine forces and thus he preached Lord Shiva

and with the Lords blessings he used Krutya on the Divine forces.

At the request of the Divine forces, Lord Shiva withdrew Krutya and

blessed Pippalaada to reach physically the Divine world to take the

blessings of his parents there. Later he entered his Ashram.

 

He performed penance for long time and attained Brahma Gnana. He

desired to have his marriage and incidentally met Padma daughter of

King Anavanya who relates to the dynasty of Swayabhuva Manu. Under

the guidance of Sage Bhrugu, King Anavanya conquered Indra Loka etc

but they refused to have the powers of Indra. Such a great person

agreed to offer his daughter to the Sage and ultimately performed

the marriage. After sometime of the marriage, Dharma Devata – the

God of Dharma – desired to test Padma and he was cursed by Padma

Saadhwi to remain with four legs, three legs, two legs and one leg

during Krita, Treta, Dwapara, and Kaliyugaas. Later she narrated all

this to her husband Pippalaada Maharishi who was much pleased to

know all that happened. Subsequently during the course of the

period they gave birth to many children and ultimately walked to

Vaanaprastaasharama.

 

It is certain, we call it our fortune to recollect, remember and

narrate the incidents in the life of Pippalaada Maharishi once we

know how he narrated the facts and truth of life and death besides

what is Brahma Gnana to Sage Kabandha Rishi of Katyayana Maharishi

dynasty; Vaidarbhi Rishi of Bhrugu Maharishi Dynasty; Sowryaayana

Rishi of Garga Maharishi Dynasty; Saibya Rishi of Satya Kaama

Maharishi Dynasty; Sukesa Rishi of Bharadwaja Maharishi Dynasty;

Kowsilya Rishi of Aswalaayana Maharishi Dynasty- when the six of

them were under the guidance of the Great Rishi Pippalaada for one

year. He was pleased with all the six disciples and on one

occasion, he clarified how the life and death cycle takes place to

Sage Kabandha; about the life cycle, how it glows and who makes it

to glow etc. to Sage Vaidarbhi; about the placement of angaas and

their function in each body to Sage Kowsalya; about the happiness

and the sorrow and how peace can be derived etc to Sage Sowryayani;

about the pranavopaasana to Sage Saibya; and about the sixteen

characters of a human body to Sage Sukesi. The references for all

this can be had from Garbhopanishat and Para Bhramopanishat. He is

the Sage who narrated what is Moksha Sastra and how Moksha can be

attained to his disciples.

 

He opened the doors for Bhrahma vidya to all of us through Sage

Sownaka and this can be found in Para Bhrahmopanishat. There is

nothing for all of us to learn beyond what has been clarified by the

great Bhrahma Gnani Pippalaada Maharishi and his life alone is

totality of human existence.

 

I shall come back with the history of another sage soon.

Yours affly HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI ASWAMEDHAYAAJI