Their real benefit is esoteric in terms of spiritual evolution. The benefits of physical exercise that one derives from the performance of this ritual are only incidental. The mantras of this chapter have great spiritual significance. That is why this chapter of the Vedas is called Surya-namaskara prashna. It has been the tradition among brahmins educated in the Vedas to recite this chapter and make a full prostration to the Sun towards the East at the end of each panchAshat, particularly every Sunday (the day of the Sun) morning. The entire matter is a compendium of information on the Sun as was ‘seen’ by the Vedic Seers. Of these two the Taittiriya ShAkhA has a chapter (= prashna) which has 32 anuvAkas divided into 132 sub-paragraphs (panchAshats), each of which has ten sentences except when it occurs at the end of the anuvAka. Of the 101 branches (ShAkhAs) of the Yajur Veda only two are extant now. But the Sun was revered not just for these – because man recognized these very much later –but because the Sun was and is the only visible symbol of the Infinite power, majesty and glory of the Unseen Almighty. It is true that the invisible rays of the Sun can kill bacteria and give life to the plant world. Ever since the Vedic times the Sun (Surya) has been worshipped adored and revered. ISBN 978-4-4.28.1.4: SURYA NAMASKARA PRASHNA FROM KRISHNA YAJURVEDAĪs an expression of the divine power there is nothing to beat the Sun. Questioning Rāmāyaṇas: a South Asian Tradition. "Thereupon Hangs a Tail: the Deification of Vali in the Teyyam Worship of Malabar". Puranic Encyclopaedia: a Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature. Monier Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary.Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend ( ISBN 8-1) by Anna Dallapiccola.The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. ^ "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Astika Parva: Section XVI".Both children were given to Ahalya for rearing, but her husband sage Gautama cursed them, causing them to turn into monkeys, as he did not like them. The next day, at Surya's request, Aruna again assumed female form, and Surya fathered a son, Sugriva. Indra fell in love with Aruni and fathered a son named Vali from her. Īnother legend, generally told in Indian folk tales linked to the Ramayana, states that Aruna, once became a woman named Aruni and entered an assembly of celestial nymphs, where no man except the king of Heaven - Indra was allowed. There is a legend about Mahabharata that Surya offered Aruna and his divine chariot to his son Karna which he denied as he didn't want to rely on others to win the war, especially against Arjuna, who he acknowledged as a capable rival. Both of his sons played important role in the epic. In the epics Īccording to the Ramayana, Aruna was married to Shyeni with whom he had two sons – Jatayu and Sampati. The god Brahma asked Aruna to become the charioteer of Surya, to shelter beings from Surya's burning heat. The heat was so intense that it started destroying all living beings. The epic narrates that in another tale that Surya began burning intensely angered by the attacks of Rahu (Rahu swallowing Surya is described to cause solar eclipses in Hindu mythology). Accordingly, Vinata waited, and later the fully developed mighty eagle, her second born named Garuda (vehicle of Vishnu) was born. He was bestowed to be the charioteer to Surya by his father, Prajapati Kasyapa. Having cursed his mother, Aruna disappeared. Enraged by the haste of his mother, he cursed her that she will become the slave of Kadru for 500 years, when the second egg will break and his son will redeem her. Since Aruna was born prematurely, his body was partially developed. Vinata eager for her sons, broke one of the eggs from which emerged the partially formed Aruna. These incubated for five hundred years, upon which Kadru broke the eggs open and out came her 1,000 sons. Later, Kadru gave birth to one thousand eggs, while Vinata gave birth to two eggs. Kashyapa blessed them, and then went away to a forest. Kadru asked for one thousand 'Dirghadeha' (meaning long bodied) Nāga (serpent) sons, while Vinata wanted only two yet extremely strong 'Divyadeha' (meaning emitting golden aura from body). According to this version, Kashyapa Prajapati's two wives Vinata and Kadru wanted to have children. In the epic Mahabharata, he was born prematurely and partially developed from an egg. He is also found in Buddhism and Jainism literature and arts.Īruna is found in different, inconsistent Indian legends. Aruna and Garuda are the sons of Vedic sage Kashyapa and his wife Vinata, daughter of Prajapati Daksha. Aruna ( Sanskrit: अरुण) is the charioteer of Surya (Sun god) in Hinduism.
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