B G Giridhar
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Angiras - His Pilgrimage Angiras was the greatest pilgrim in the world. There was not even a single sacred place which he did not visit. He in his turn leant from Kasyapa, the great progenitor of mankind. Once Saint Gautama came to Angiras with a request to enumerate all the places of pilgrimage. " You are the best knower of self. Your mind, heart and soul are very pure. Peace and joy are your body-guards. Please let me know the significance of the great centres of pilgrimages." Angiras replied : " Gautama, you have asked an excellent matter. Those who hear with devotion, what I say are sure to attain Godhead.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Angiras - Blessing Chitraketu In those days Chitraketu became the king of the country, called Surasena. He was equal to Devendra, the King of Heaven in wealth. Credited with many virtues, he ruled over the hearts of the people as well as the country. Winning name and fame he won the hands of many maidens, who were full of youth, beauty, wisdom and wealth. They were like the horses of Cupid, the sharp-edged swords of Madana, and the lotus eyed damsels of Cupid, Inspite of happy marital life, to none of them he was able to give a child male or female. Chitraketu was famous for beauty, valour, youth, virtue, victory,truth, fame and a number of rare qualities. But, he had no issue. His sorrow for its absence had no limits. With all the great qualities to his credit, he had only this single item to his debit side. All his pleasures were unable to givve him solace for this childlessness.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Angiras - Progeny According to the Maha Bharatha, Saint Angiras had only three sons Utathya, Brihaspati and Samvarta and only one daughter Gunasrayayoga siddhi. These sons had their sons and their sons had their sons. Thus in course of time the family tree had spread far and wide. All the descentants of Angiras were called by the name Angirasas. They were famous in the smrithi sruti and the puranas.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Angiras - Penance Angiras began severe penance. The physical body is made up of the five elements. It has the five senses. They have their attractions and influences. They are so powerful that man cannot understand his real self when he is under the influence of the senses. So, penance is no other than the control of the five senses and concentration of the mind. If one can control the body, he can control everything. If one cannot control the body and the senses, he is good for nothing. Worshippers of the spirit must be the controllers of their bodies and senses. The constant practice of controlling the body and the senses is called the Tapas. Penance is a vague term, but ' Tapas ' is a great term signifying a greater and deeper meaning. If you repeat the word Tap, Tap, Tap, you will hear the echo of it Pat, Pat, Pat. Tap means Tapas. Tapas is that which saves man from ' Pat ', fall. Man is the crown of God's creation. If he does not realise Godhead, he is sure to fall down from the celestial heights of being the Crown of God's creation. When one falls down from the glory of manhood, he will have to take millions of births before he could aspire to become a man again. So, Tapas saves man from falling.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Agastya - The Aditya Hridaya In the course of his wanderings, Rama with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana came to the hermitage of Agastya, who received him with great affection and reverence. He became his friend, adviser and protector. He gave Rama the bow of Vishnu. He accompanied him to Ayodhya when he was restored to his kingdom after fourteen years of exile.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Agastya - His stay in Andhra Agastya began his piligrimage in the south. To compensate his loss of Banaras he reached Draksharama, called the southern Banaras in Andhra Pradesh. He worshipped Lord Bhimeswara there. He lived there happy and contended. One who helps the good and the pious will always remain happy. There is no virtue higher than helping others. The constant desire of helping the good is the highest glory of man and the noblest quality in him. No wonder that Agastya who dedicated his life to the service of others is always blissful and happy.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Agastya - Curbing the Vindhyas Jealousy and anger are qualities very dangerous to anybody in the world. Once upon a time, the Vindhya mountain grew jealous of the Meru mountain for the simple reason that the Sun-God every day turns round the former and never the latter. So, the Vindhya mountain grew to the maximum height and became a hindrance to the regular course of the Sun, the Moon, other planets and stars. Everything came to a standstill. On one side of the mountain, it wass always day due to the fact that the Sun-God was stopped there; on the other side it was always night due to the absence of the Sun. It was not possible to distinguish day from night and night from the day. The gods requested the Vindhya mountain to be kind towards them and go back to the old position. The request was repeated and repeated ; but it was of no avail. They approached the lord of creation for protection. He advised them to approach Saint Agastya, who alone can save them and none else. He was doing penance in Avimukta Kshetra, a holy place in Anandavana, the woods of bliss. The gods came down to the earth, approached the holy Banaras and began a search with all devotion for the holy saint.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Agastya - The Ideal Couple In course of time, the queen was blessed with a daughter. Her name was " Lopa Mudra " the spotless and the most virtuous. She is said to have been formed by the sage himself from the most beautiful parts of different animals so as to havve a wife after his own heart and then secretly introduced into the palace of the King of Vidarbha where she grew up as his daughter. She became the centre of all affection of her parents. She grew up like the lotus in the lake and the Goddess of fortune in a man of virtue. With superhuman beauty and virtue she adorned the house of her father. As her playmates, hundreds of girls of such beauty and virtue that she possessed were employed. She grew up to marriageable age. Virtue and wisdom went hand in hand with her.
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Lives of Ancient Indian Saints
Agastya The Birth But Surya and Varuna could never forget the beautiful face of Urvasi, the lovely nymph. They became love-lorn. On account of their excessive passion for her their semen (seed) was about to fall. They looked inward and could understand Indra's curse to the two Gods and heir desire to take their births on the earth. Agni entered the Sun-God and Vayu entered the god of waters. Surya and Varuna never wanted to obstruct their birth through their semen (seed). Therefore, unseen by each other, the two Gods left their semen in a pitcher - a jar of water and went away. In course of time from that pitcher two great saints were born. One was Agastya, the other was Vasistha. They were "Kalasijas or Kumbha Sambhavas" meaning " the Pitcher - born." They got the epithet "Mitra Varuna Putras: sons of the Sun-God and the water - God and also " Vahni Maruta Sambhavas," the sons of fire and wind. From this parentage Agastya is also called " Mitra Varuni" " Aourvaseya". This sotry is found in the Rigveda in the Padma Purana, in the chapter on creation and in the Vanaparva of the Mahabharata. This is the story of Agastya's birth.
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