RamarpaNam-79

File 79.

Dated: July 18^th, 2012.

Jai Sri Ram.

Diti’s appetence for a Deva-satru.

Ramaya Rama bhadraya Ramachandraya vedase

Raghunathaya Nathaya Sitaya Pataye Nama:

By offering oblations to Sita Rama, we shall continue on the story of churning the milky ocean, as it happened that

pravivesha atha paataalam manthaanaH parvatottamaH |

Mandara, the mountain stirrer, caved into the bottom of the ocean, when

Lord VishNu reached out and participated in churning of the same by holding the mountain upright.

As they did, Dhanvantri-God designate for Ayur veda, Apsara-60000 deva kanyas, Koustuba-the jewel in VishNus chest, VaruNi- daughter of rain God, Uchaisharavas-the white horse and finally the amrita emerged. 

In the war that ensued for the possession of the amrita-sudha

asmin ghore mahaayuddhe daiteyaa adityaayoH bhRisham

The Daityas were crushed by the Devas, by virtue of the amrita given to them, to the exclusion of the Asuras and by the magical act of Mohini avatar of VishNu. Thereafter

saa aham tapaH chariSyaami garbham me daatum arhhasi

Diti, wife of Sage Kashyapa, seeking permission to do penance to beget such a son who will win back Deva-loka from Indira, was advised

puurNe varSa sahasre tu shuciH yadi bhaviSyasi |
putram trailokya hantaaram mattaH tvam janayiSyasi ||

to complete a thousand years of asceticism without blemish.

She then chose Kushaplava, where the City of Vishala grandeurs, to practice highly rigorous asceticism.

But Indira, her step son, had his own plans to disrupt the same.

agnim kushaan kaaSTham apaH phalam muulam tathaiva ca |
nyavedayat sahasraakSo yac ca anyat api kaankSitam ||

He offering firewood, water, (dharbai) the sacred Kusha grass, fruits and other things required in her ascetic practice and by rendering massaging services helped her remove bodily pains resulting from arduous practices. This way He got into her good books.

sarveSu kaaleSu ditim paricacaara ha |

 By doing such intimate services and when 10 years were remaining for the completion of 1000 years, Diti speaking to Indira, expressed that

yam aham tvat kRite putra tam aadhaasye jaya utsukam |
trailokya vijayam putra saha bhokSyasi vijvaraH ||

you are after all his brother whom I am carrying, and no harm shall be done to you.

But what Indira did after that is an act of returning the cunningness she brewed towards Him.

Penance and other austere methods yield good or bad returns, as the motto goes.

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