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IV . Places suitable to live.
1.Smrithi Chandrika:-
The places frequented by the Krishna(black) Saara deer, where Durbha grass, Barley and other irrigated cereals are grown and where all the four castes live happily is the place of Dharma.. The followers of Dharma should stay in such places.
2.Vishnu:-
You should not do Sradha (oblations) to the ancestors in the Countries of Mlechas (Barbarians/Non Aryans/In general foreign countries). You should not go to the countries of Mlechas. Mlecha countries are those countries where Varnashrama Dharma is not followed. Bharatha Desa is the Karma Bhoomi (Country of action) On the north is the Brahma vartha , in the middle is the Rishi Desa . The aryavartha (the place where gentlemen live) is called the blessed land.
In the South of Bharatha , Kaveri, Thungabhadhra , Krishna veni and Godhavaree rivers flow and in the north the five Ganga rivers flow . The regions bordering these rivers are fit place to stay.
V. Yuga Dharma (The dharma in different eons.)
1.Parasara:-
There are four yugas(eons) , and they are Krutha, Threthaa , Dwapara and Kali. These consist of 12000 Deva years. All the four yugas together is called Deva yuga.
One year of man is one day for Devas. The Uthrayana(northern solactice of the Sun) in every year is day time for Devas and Dakshinayan(southern solstice) is the night time for them. Three sixty five man years is one deva year. Krutha yuga has 4000 such years and four hundred dawns and four hundred dusks, , Trethayuga has three thousand such years , three hundred dawns and three hundred dusks, . Dwapara has two thousand such years , two hundred dawns and two hundred dusks and Kali has one thousand such years with one hundred dawns and one hundred dusks.
Life in Krutha yuga depends on bones, In tretha yuga it depends on flesh , in dwapara it depends on blood and in Kali it depends on food.
In Krutha yuga , one becomes a sinner by speaking to a sinner, , in Tretha Yuga one becomes a sinner by touching a sinner, In tretha Yuga one becomes a sinner by partaking food prepared by a sinner but in Kali Yuga, one becomes a sinner only by doing sins. In spite of it , it is better to reduce our interaction with sinners.
2.Vishnu Purana:-
In Kali all people will talk about Vedas and Brahmam but their practices would not be according to the Vedas. They would be busy in filling their stomachs and fulfilling their passion.
Whenever troubles surround from all directions those who follow the tenets of Vedas then you can understand that the Kali eon is at its peak .Understanding this people have to take precautions.
3.Vyasa:-
That Dharma which is done in 10 years in Krutha Yuga , can be done in one year in Tretha Yuga, one month in Dwapara yuga and one day in Kali Yuga.
That benefit which you can get by meditating on God in Krutha Yuga , can be got by performing yagas and worshipping God in Tretha yuga and by mere worship of God in Dwapara yuga. The same effect can be got in Kali Yuga, simply by singing the names of God.
Those devotees who sing the names of Hari. Kesava , Govinda, Vasudeva , Janardhana daily are never troubled by the Kali Purusha.
Those devotees who sing the names of Shiva , Rudhra , Eesa, Neelakanda and Trilochana daily are never troubled by the Kali Purusha.
4.Those things that can be avoided in Kali Yuga:-
Entering Vana Prastha, remarriage of daughters, travel in the sea, pleasing devas by performing yagas, Life long celibacy , sacrificing cows in Yaga, doing yaga by sacrificing men or horses, reducing ritual cleanliness , depending on status , wisdom and good conduct, paying the fee charged by teachers, Sanyasis begging in front of the houses of all castes, Brahmin taking meals along with other castes, etc.
VI. The process of creation.
1.Manu:-
Before the creation of this world , the God shone in solitude. He cannot be felt by senses, he is micro of micros, he exists always, and he keeps the entire world within himself and is a witness to the entire universe.
The God having decided to create the universe , with a desire to create all the worlds, creates water first and makes his power enter the water. This water is not the ordinary water but Karanodhaka(causal water) , in which all the beings and non beings exist in micro form. These beings have to come out of it according to their Karma. This cannot happen unless God wills it.
Since this water was created by God Nara , it is called Naaraa. This was the place where God lived in the first age. That is , he was within what he created , as a witness. Since God lived in Naaraa , he was called Narayanan (Born out of water) . After this a golden egg was born in that water. After one thousand years, it split in to two, From that God Brahma came out in his supreme form. The top of the egg are heavens, middle is the environment and bottom is the earth. .This creation of the world is macro creation.
Now we are telling about the micro creation. The four headed Brahma , took from the place near God , Manasthathwa (Principle of the mind) .In this state large number of things get buried in it. When sath (real) and asath (unreal) comes out of it, it is called Sath asathathmakam (State of real and unreal). From that state arises Ahankara Thathwam (the ego state). This state has the concept of “I did it”. From that arose the Mahat Thathwa(The great state) . This is the state of the (avyakrutha) non stable aspect of God. This state as well as the Sathva(good) Rajas(regal) and Thamas (base) qualities , and the Shabdha(sound) , Sparsa(touch) , roopa(form) , rasa(taste) gandha (smell) senses as well as the organs of intelligence which understood them were created after this. The Veda tells that Brahma creates only the world and physical aspects of the things in the worlds
The four headed Brahma got the Vedas from the God and using that created , the moving and non moving things in all the worlds , their names and their duties, That is ,he created the forest, mountains, rivers, planes, the four castes (viz Brahmin, Kshathriya, Vaisya and the fourth caste) .the four stages of life (celibacy, family life , semi saintly life(vana prastha) and life after renunciation ), Dharmas, Dharmas of individual varnas , using the tenets of Vedas. Because of this the world came first and would last till the end.
VII . The Brahmana Dharma
1.Devala:-
The child born to a Brahmin lady sired by a Brahmin father is a Brahmin. Similarly for Kshtriya. Vaisya and Shudhra.
2. Manu :-
Learning of Vedas, Teaching of Vedas, conducting Yagas, conducting Yagas for others , giving alms and taking alms are the six duties of Brahmins.
3.Madhaveey:-
The Brahmin who has learned the Vedas, if due to non belief or due to laziness, does not do fire sacrifices (agni Hothra) , he would go to hell. So The Brahmin should do all rituals and sacrifices and pray God.
4.Gargya:-
Suppose you are not fit to do the Vedic rituals, at least do Aupasana (mainitaing the fire of the home) and Sthaleepaka,. If you are not able to even do that take bath, do Sandhya Vandhana and ritual worship with interest and attention and remain clean.
5.Yama:-
Teaching Vedas, getting alms given in charity, helping others to conduct Yagas are not the daily duties allotted to Brahmins. These are meant to earn a living for them . If one has sufficient wealth , there is no need to do the above. Among the three earning wealth by conducting Vedic rituals is the best, for the sin of doing that can be washed off , by doing chanting of God’s names and by doing Homas. But the sin of getting wealth through begging cannot be even washed off by even Vedas.
6.Manu:-
Along with several rituals and the laws laid out in the Sashthras , Vedas should be learned fully. The Upanishad part also should be learned.
Learning Vedas of other families by leaving out the Vedas which they inherit from their family ,makes one a great sinner. He does not have right to do any Vedic duties.
7.Manu:-
The Brahmin who wants to do Thapas, should chant Vedas again and again. That is the greatest Thapas that he can do.
8.Daksha:-
The learning of Vedas is of five types viz Learning it from the Guru, Thinking and doing research on its meaning (Arthavicharam) , again and again repeating it, Reading it as per rules and teaching it to one’s students.
9.Yama:-
The teachers should get up early in the morning, clean their teeth , take bath, do Sandhya Vandhana (ritual prayers at dawn, noon and dusk) , do Agni Hothra(make offerings in the fire) , Oupasana (maintaining family fire) and teach Veda to students
10.Manu:-
Teacher’s son, he who does service to you, he who teaches other knowledge to you, he who follows Dharma, he who leads ritualistic life , relatives , intelligent people, he who gives money , good people, wise men are the ten people ,who can adopted as your student. Thy can be taught the Vedas.. Sashthras say that Vedas should not be taught to those who do not follow rituals, atheist and a jealous man.
1.Smrithi Chandrika:-
The places frequented by the Krishna(black) Saara deer, where Durbha grass, Barley and other irrigated cereals are grown and where all the four castes live happily is the place of Dharma.. The followers of Dharma should stay in such places.
2.Vishnu:-
You should not do Sradha (oblations) to the ancestors in the Countries of Mlechas (Barbarians/Non Aryans/In general foreign countries). You should not go to the countries of Mlechas. Mlecha countries are those countries where Varnashrama Dharma is not followed. Bharatha Desa is the Karma Bhoomi (Country of action) On the north is the Brahma vartha , in the middle is the Rishi Desa . The aryavartha (the place where gentlemen live) is called the blessed land.
In the South of Bharatha , Kaveri, Thungabhadhra , Krishna veni and Godhavaree rivers flow and in the north the five Ganga rivers flow . The regions bordering these rivers are fit place to stay.
V. Yuga Dharma (The dharma in different eons.)
1.Parasara:-
There are four yugas(eons) , and they are Krutha, Threthaa , Dwapara and Kali. These consist of 12000 Deva years. All the four yugas together is called Deva yuga.
One year of man is one day for Devas. The Uthrayana(northern solactice of the Sun) in every year is day time for Devas and Dakshinayan(southern solstice) is the night time for them. Three sixty five man years is one deva year. Krutha yuga has 4000 such years and four hundred dawns and four hundred dusks, , Trethayuga has three thousand such years , three hundred dawns and three hundred dusks, . Dwapara has two thousand such years , two hundred dawns and two hundred dusks and Kali has one thousand such years with one hundred dawns and one hundred dusks.
Life in Krutha yuga depends on bones, In tretha yuga it depends on flesh , in dwapara it depends on blood and in Kali it depends on food.
In Krutha yuga , one becomes a sinner by speaking to a sinner, , in Tretha Yuga one becomes a sinner by touching a sinner, In tretha Yuga one becomes a sinner by partaking food prepared by a sinner but in Kali Yuga, one becomes a sinner only by doing sins. In spite of it , it is better to reduce our interaction with sinners.
2.Vishnu Purana:-
In Kali all people will talk about Vedas and Brahmam but their practices would not be according to the Vedas. They would be busy in filling their stomachs and fulfilling their passion.
Whenever troubles surround from all directions those who follow the tenets of Vedas then you can understand that the Kali eon is at its peak .Understanding this people have to take precautions.
3.Vyasa:-
That Dharma which is done in 10 years in Krutha Yuga , can be done in one year in Tretha Yuga, one month in Dwapara yuga and one day in Kali Yuga.
That benefit which you can get by meditating on God in Krutha Yuga , can be got by performing yagas and worshipping God in Tretha yuga and by mere worship of God in Dwapara yuga. The same effect can be got in Kali Yuga, simply by singing the names of God.
Those devotees who sing the names of Hari. Kesava , Govinda, Vasudeva , Janardhana daily are never troubled by the Kali Purusha.
Those devotees who sing the names of Shiva , Rudhra , Eesa, Neelakanda and Trilochana daily are never troubled by the Kali Purusha.
4.Those things that can be avoided in Kali Yuga:-
Entering Vana Prastha, remarriage of daughters, travel in the sea, pleasing devas by performing yagas, Life long celibacy , sacrificing cows in Yaga, doing yaga by sacrificing men or horses, reducing ritual cleanliness , depending on status , wisdom and good conduct, paying the fee charged by teachers, Sanyasis begging in front of the houses of all castes, Brahmin taking meals along with other castes, etc.
VI. The process of creation.
1.Manu:-
Before the creation of this world , the God shone in solitude. He cannot be felt by senses, he is micro of micros, he exists always, and he keeps the entire world within himself and is a witness to the entire universe.
The God having decided to create the universe , with a desire to create all the worlds, creates water first and makes his power enter the water. This water is not the ordinary water but Karanodhaka(causal water) , in which all the beings and non beings exist in micro form. These beings have to come out of it according to their Karma. This cannot happen unless God wills it.
Since this water was created by God Nara , it is called Naaraa. This was the place where God lived in the first age. That is , he was within what he created , as a witness. Since God lived in Naaraa , he was called Narayanan (Born out of water) . After this a golden egg was born in that water. After one thousand years, it split in to two, From that God Brahma came out in his supreme form. The top of the egg are heavens, middle is the environment and bottom is the earth. .This creation of the world is macro creation.
Now we are telling about the micro creation. The four headed Brahma , took from the place near God , Manasthathwa (Principle of the mind) .In this state large number of things get buried in it. When sath (real) and asath (unreal) comes out of it, it is called Sath asathathmakam (State of real and unreal). From that state arises Ahankara Thathwam (the ego state). This state has the concept of “I did it”. From that arose the Mahat Thathwa(The great state) . This is the state of the (avyakrutha) non stable aspect of God. This state as well as the Sathva(good) Rajas(regal) and Thamas (base) qualities , and the Shabdha(sound) , Sparsa(touch) , roopa(form) , rasa(taste) gandha (smell) senses as well as the organs of intelligence which understood them were created after this. The Veda tells that Brahma creates only the world and physical aspects of the things in the worlds
The four headed Brahma got the Vedas from the God and using that created , the moving and non moving things in all the worlds , their names and their duties, That is ,he created the forest, mountains, rivers, planes, the four castes (viz Brahmin, Kshathriya, Vaisya and the fourth caste) .the four stages of life (celibacy, family life , semi saintly life(vana prastha) and life after renunciation ), Dharmas, Dharmas of individual varnas , using the tenets of Vedas. Because of this the world came first and would last till the end.
VII . The Brahmana Dharma
1.Devala:-
The child born to a Brahmin lady sired by a Brahmin father is a Brahmin. Similarly for Kshtriya. Vaisya and Shudhra.
2. Manu :-
Learning of Vedas, Teaching of Vedas, conducting Yagas, conducting Yagas for others , giving alms and taking alms are the six duties of Brahmins.
3.Madhaveey:-
The Brahmin who has learned the Vedas, if due to non belief or due to laziness, does not do fire sacrifices (agni Hothra) , he would go to hell. So The Brahmin should do all rituals and sacrifices and pray God.
4.Gargya:-
Suppose you are not fit to do the Vedic rituals, at least do Aupasana (mainitaing the fire of the home) and Sthaleepaka,. If you are not able to even do that take bath, do Sandhya Vandhana and ritual worship with interest and attention and remain clean.
5.Yama:-
Teaching Vedas, getting alms given in charity, helping others to conduct Yagas are not the daily duties allotted to Brahmins. These are meant to earn a living for them . If one has sufficient wealth , there is no need to do the above. Among the three earning wealth by conducting Vedic rituals is the best, for the sin of doing that can be washed off , by doing chanting of God’s names and by doing Homas. But the sin of getting wealth through begging cannot be even washed off by even Vedas.
6.Manu:-
Along with several rituals and the laws laid out in the Sashthras , Vedas should be learned fully. The Upanishad part also should be learned.
Learning Vedas of other families by leaving out the Vedas which they inherit from their family ,makes one a great sinner. He does not have right to do any Vedic duties.
7.Manu:-
The Brahmin who wants to do Thapas, should chant Vedas again and again. That is the greatest Thapas that he can do.
8.Daksha:-
The learning of Vedas is of five types viz Learning it from the Guru, Thinking and doing research on its meaning (Arthavicharam) , again and again repeating it, Reading it as per rules and teaching it to one’s students.
9.Yama:-
The teachers should get up early in the morning, clean their teeth , take bath, do Sandhya Vandhana (ritual prayers at dawn, noon and dusk) , do Agni Hothra(make offerings in the fire) , Oupasana (maintaining family fire) and teach Veda to students
10.Manu:-
Teacher’s son, he who does service to you, he who teaches other knowledge to you, he who follows Dharma, he who leads ritualistic life , relatives , intelligent people, he who gives money , good people, wise men are the ten people ,who can adopted as your student. Thy can be taught the Vedas.. Sashthras say that Vedas should not be taught to those who do not follow rituals, atheist and a jealous man.