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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 15, 2016, 04:14:25 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shanta Karam Bhujaga Shayanam,
Padmanabham Suresham.
Vishvadharam Gagana Sadrusham,
Megha Varnam Shubhangam.
Lakshmi Kantam Kamala Nayanam,
Yogibhir Dhyana Gamyam.
Vande Vishnum Bhava Bhaya Haram,
Sarva Lokaia Kanatham.

OM SAI RAM ॥

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1st section

Maitreya and Parashara

Once the sage Maitreya came to the sage Parashara and wanted
to know about the creation of the universe. And this is what
Parashara told him.

In the beginning the universe was full of water. But in that water
there emerged a huge egg (anda) that was round like a water-bubble.
The egg became bigger and bigger and inside the egg there was Vishnu.
This egg was called Brahmanda. And inside Brahmanda there were the
mountains and the land, the oceans and the seas, the gods, demons
and humans and the stars.

On all sides, the egg was surrounded by water, fire, wind, the sky and
the elements. Iinside the egg, Vishnu adopted the form of Brahma and
proceeded to create the universe. When the universe is to be destroyed,
it is Vishnu again who adopts the form of Shiva and performs the act of
destruction. Let us therefore salute the great god Vishnu.

There are four yugas or eras. These are called krita (or satya), treta,
dvapara and kali. Krita era consists of four thousand years, treta of three
thousand, dvapara of two thousand and kali of one thousand. All the four
eras thus pass in ten thousand. And when all the four eras have passed
one thousand times each, that is merely one day for Brahma. I hope you are
good at elementary arithmetic. How many human years are equal to one of
Brahma’s days ? Ten thousand times one thousand.

That is, ten million years. During each of Brahma’s days, the sages the
gods and the kings are destroyed and recreated fourteen times. Each of
these cycles is called a manvantara. But at the end of Brahma’s day, there
comes the final destruction. The world is burn. Brahma sleeps throughout his
night, for ten million human years. Thereafter, there is creation once again.

Parashara said, “Maitreya, let me tell you about how Brahma performed the
act of creation.”

Brahma is merely part of Narayana. And Narayana is Vishnu. Nara means water
and ayana means resting-place. When the earlier creation was destroyed, the
world was full of water and Vishnu slept on the water. That is the reason why he is
called Narayana. Narayana saw that there was water all around and desired to
create the world. He, therefore, adopted the form of a boar (varaha) and went
all the way down to the underworld. There the earth saluted him and asked him
to rescue her from the underworld Upon haring the earth’s request, vishnu in his
form of a boar began to roar. He used his tusks to lift up the earth from the
underworld. Then he carefully placed the earth on the waters. The earth floated
on the oceans like a huge boat. Vishnu levelled out the earth and placed the
mountains in their proper places. The earth was divided into seven regions or
dvipas.

After that came the question of creating the beings. There were four types of
beings that Brahma created through the powers of his mind. The first were the
demons or asuras, they came out of Brahma’s thighs. Next came the gods or devas,
they emerged from Brahma’s mouth. From Brahma’s sides there were created the
ancestors or pitris. And the humans came out the last. Many other things were
created.

After that Brahma was both hungry and angry. The demons of hunger took form
and wanted to eat up Brahma, their creator. There were some among them
who did not want to eat their creator, but wanted to protect (raksha) him. They
came to be known as rakshas. And those who wanted to eat him came to be
known as yakshas. When Brahma saw these undesirable creatures, the hairs on his
head fell off and grew up and stood up again. From these hairs were born the snakes.
The gandharvas were born. They were known as gandharvas because they sing.

Many other things were created. From Brahma’s age were created the birds, from
his chest sheep and from his mouth goats. From his stomach and sides there
came out cattle and from his feet horses, elephants, deer and camels. Plants sprouted
from the hair on Brahma’s body.

There were four classes of humans that were created, the brahmanas, the kshatriyas,
the vaishyas and the shudras. The brahmanas came out of Brahma’s mouth, the
kshatriyas from his chest, the vaishyas from his thighs and the shudras from his feet.

May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !


OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 15, 2016, 10:02:52 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shanta Karam Bhujaga Shayanam,
Padmanabham Suresham.
Vishvadharam Gagana Sadrusham,
Megha Varnam Shubhangam.
Lakshmi Kantam Kamala Nayanam,
Yogibhir Dhyana Gamyam.
Vande Vishnum Bhava Bhaya Haram,
Sarva Lokaia Kanatham.

OM SAI RAM ॥

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1st section

Lakshmi

Brahma also wanted to create a son who would be just like him.
When he thought of this, a son appeared on his lap. But the child
kept on crying (rud) and thus came to be known as Rudra.

He was crying because he did not have a name. The crying stopped
when Brahma gave him the name of Rudra from the word for crying.
The child, however, began to cry once more and did not stop until
he was given another name. This happened seven times. And so
Rudra also has the names of Bhava, Sarva, Mahesha, Pashupati, Bhima,
Ugra and Mahadeva. Rudra’s wife was called Sati. She gave up her life
because of what her father Daksha had done and was born again as
Uma, the daughter of Himalaya and Menaka. Mahadeva married Uma
yet again.

There was a sage called Durvasa who was descended from Mahadeva.
Once upon a time, Durvasa was wandering around the world. And in
the hands of a pretty woman he saw a beautiful and fragrant garland.
Durvasa wanted the woman to give him the garland, which she gladly did.
Durvasa placed the garland on his head and continued to roam around
the world. Who should he then run into but Indra, the king of the gods?
There were other gods with Indra and Indra was seated on his elephant,
Airavata. Durvasa picked up the garland and threw it at Indra. Having
caught the garland, Indra placed it on the head of his elephant. Airavata
must have been surprised at the pleasant smell that was coming from
his head. For he raised his trunk to get a better sniff. And in the process,
the garland fell off his head and onto the ground.

Durvasa was very angry. He thought that Indra had insulted him. He had
not even bothered to thank Durvasa for the garland. And instead of placing
the garland on his own head, he had seen it fit to place the garland on the
head of an elephant. From which place it had fallen off onto the ground.
Durvasa therefore got ready to curse Indra. By then, Indra had realized
his mistake. He got off the elephant, fell at Durvasa’s feet and begged that
he might be forgiven. But Durvasa was not like the other sages; he refused
to be pacified. And so he cursed Indra. What was the curse? That Lakshmi
should disappear from Indra’s abode. Lakshmi, you may know, is the goddess
of wealth and prosperity.

When Indra returned to where he lived in Amaravati, he found the place to be
dreary and dilapidated. Lakshmi had left. The plants were dying. The sages were
not performing sacrifices. People had become selfish. It was not simply Amaravati
that had become like this. Indra ruled over all the three worlds. And in all the
three worlds this was precisedly what had happened.

The demons never liked the gods and were forever trying to fight with them.
They now discovered that the gods were less powerful and less well protected.
So they attacked the gods and gave them a good thrashing. What were the poor
gods to do? They elected the god Agni as their leader and fled to Brahma for
refuge and help. Brahma told them that he was unable to help them himself;
they should seek help from Vishnu. On the northern shores of the great ocean
the gods assembled and began to pray.

How could Vishnu ignore such prayers? He manifested himself before the gods
and gave them the following advice. The gods should meet the demons and
have a temporary truce. Both sides should get together and prepare to churn
the great ocean. Before the churning, herbs were to be thrown into the ocean.
The mountain Mandara was to be used as the churner and the great snake
Vasuki as the rope for churning. It was expected that amrita ( a drink that made
one immortal) would come out of the ocean as a result of the churning. And the
gods should promise the demons that this amrita would be equally shared out
among the two sides stronger. But the promise of the amrita would make sure
that the demons took part in the churning. This was nothing but an empty promise.
Vishnu hastened to assure the gods that he would ensure that the demons got
none of the amrita.

This the demons did not know, they gladly agreed to the churning. Herbs were
hurled into the ocean and the churning began. The gods grasped Vasuki’s tail
and the demons its head. In fact, it was Vishnu who asked the demons to grasp
the head of the snake. Flames and smoke belched out of the mouth of the snake
and made the demons suffer. The gases that came out of the snake’s mouth
went up into the sky and formed clouds. These clouds were driven towards the
tail and poured down as soothing rain on the gods who had grasped the tail.
On what was the huge mountain Mandara to be balanced? The solution was
again provided by Vishnu. Vishnu adopted the form of a gigantic turtle on which
the mountain could be placed.

Thus the churning went on. And wonderful were the things that emerged out of
the ocean as a result of the churning. The first to come out was the cow Surabhi,
worshipped by the gods. Next the goddess Varuni emerged. Followed by the
fragrant tree known as parijata. Out came the apsaras (dancers of heaven).
And the moon, which Mahadeva accepted as an adornment for his head. There
were bad things as well. The poison that came out was accepted by the snakes.
And dressed all in white, the god Dhanvantari came out with the pot of amrita in
his hands. At the sight of the amrita, the gods, the demons and the sages were
delighted. But there was more to come. There emerged a lotus flower with the
shining form of the goddess Lakshmi. She held another lotus in her hand.

The sages began to chant hymns in front of her. The gandharvas sang, the apsaras
danced. Rivers like the Ganga arrived so the Lakshmi could have a bath. There
are eight elephants who protect the eight directions. These elephants took clear
water from golden vessels and bathed the goddess. The ocean gave her a garland
of lotus flowers which would not fade. Vishvakarma provided the jewels. Thus bathed,
dressed, jewelled and garlanded, Lakshmi embraced Vishnu. Since the demons did not
like Vishnu, this meant that Lakshmi had forsaken the demons. And Lakshmi smiled
upon the gods. The demons did manage to get hold of the pot of amrita. But Vishnu
adopted a female form to trick the demons of the amrita and give it to the the gods.

The gods drank the amrita and attacked the demons with swords. The amrita ahd
made the gods strong and the demons were not match for them. Their armies scattered
and they fled into the underworld. The gods were delighted. They bowed before Vishnu
and continued to rule over heaven. The sun went back to its old path across the sky.
So did the stars. Indra ascended his throne and ruled over the three worlds, after
having prayed to Lakshmi.

Parashara told Maitreya. “Indra’s prayers pleased Lakshmi and she agreed to grant
him boons”. The first boon that Indra asked for was that Lakshmi should never
leave the three worlds. And the second boon was that Lakshmi should never turn
away from anyone who prayerd to Lakshmi using the same prayer that Indra
had used.

May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !


OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 16, 2016, 01:06:04 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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1st section

The Story of Dhruva

From Brahma’s body was created Manu. All humans are descended
from Manu’s son and daughters. This is the reason for their being called
manava. Manu had two righteous and brave sons known as Priyavrata
and Uttanapada. Uttanapada had two wives, Suruchi’s son was Dhruva.
King Uttanapada was fonder of Suruchi than of Suniti and liked Uttama
much more than he liked Dhruva.

One day, Dhruva found that Uttama was sitting on his father’s lap on the
throne. Naturally, Dhruva also wanted to climb onto his father’s lap. But
Suruchi scolded him saying that he should not aspire to that which was
Uttama’s. He should always remember that the throne was meant for
Uttama and not for Dhruva.

Dhruva was angry. He went running to his mother. And he told his mother
what had happened. Suniti consoled him and told him that men suffer or
prosper depending on what they had done in their past lives. If one has
done good deeds in an earlier life, one becomes a king, has an umbrella
held over one’s head and rides excellent horses and elephants in this life.
Suruchi and Uttama must have performed many good deeds in their
earlier lives. And Suniti and Dhruva must have performed many evil deeds
in their earlier lives. This was not something to be unhappy about. Wise
men were satisfied with what they got. If Dhruva was really upset at what
Suruchi had said, he should stop being unhappy and should instead spend
his time on being good, religious, righteous and selfless.

Suniti’s words convinced Dhruva. He said, “Mother, your words have given
me peace. I will try to achieve the highest position of all. True, the king loves
Suruchi and true, I am not Suruchi’s son. But I am your son and I will show
you what I can do. Let Uttama have his throne. I do not wish for something
that is someone else’s. Through my own work I will achieve a place that not
even my father has achieved.”

Dhruva said this and went out of the house. There was a forest not very
far away. And in the forest he met seven sages. He bowed before them
and said, “I am Dhruva, the son of Uttanapada and Suniti. I am unhappy
and so I have come before you.”

The sages were surprised. “Prince,” they said, “You are only four or five years
old. You have nothing to be unhappy about, you have nothing to worry about.
Your father is a king and he is still alive. Nor do you seem to be ill. Why then are
you unhappy?”

Dhruva told them the reason for his unhappiness. He said that he desired neither
wealth nor kingdoms. He simply wanted to go to a place where no one had
ever been before. The sages advised him to pray to Vishnu. They also taught him
the mantra that was to be used for praying to Vishnu.

Dhruva made his way to the banks of the river Yamuna. This was the region that
was known as Madhuvana, because the daitya (demon) Madhu had ruled over it.
Rama’s brother Shatrughna had defeated Madhu’s son Lavana and built the city
of Mathura here. Here it was that Dhruva prayed. He prayed so hard that even
the gods were disturbed. They did their best to break this tapasya of Dhruva’s.
The rakshasas appeared to attack him with many weapons. Jackals howled
around him. Ghosts threatened him. But Dhruva was undisturbed. He thought
only of Vishnu. And saw nothing but Vishnu.

The gods were worried because they thought that Dhruva was praying so that
he might obtain the power to defeat them. Perhaps he wanted to become Indra,
or the sun, or Kubera, Varuna or Soma. They went to Vishnu and asked him to
stop Dhruva’s tapasya. Vishnu reassured the gods. He knew that these were
not the things that Dhruva wanted.

Vishnu appeared before Dhruva and offered him a boon. The boy opened his eyes
and saw Vishnu standing before him. He wanted the boon that he should always
feel like praying to Vishnu. In fact, he did not really want a boon at all. He had seen
Vishnu with his own eyes and there was nothing more that he desired. Vishnu was
however so pleased that he presisted in granting Dhruva some boon. Dhruva then
wanted the boon that he might attain a place that was on top the entire world.

Vishnu told him that he would grant what Dhruva desired. He also told Dhruva that
in an earlier life Dhruva had been a brahmana who was devoted to Vishnu. But the
brahmana’s friend had been a wealthy and beautiful prince. Having got a boon from
Vishnu, the brahmana had desired that in his next life he might be born a prince.
That was the reason why he had been born as Dhruva, the son of King Uttanapada.

But since Dhruva no longer wanted kingdoms or wealth, Vishnu would place him
in the middle of the sky so that all the stars would revolve around him. His mother
Suniti would also be placed in the sky near him.

Have you seen Dhruva in the sky? Of course you have. Near the seven sages
who form the constellation of the Great Bear. Dhruva is nothing but the Pole Star.

May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !


OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 17, 2016, 01:07:27 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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1st section

The Kings Vena and Prithu

Some generations further down from Dhruva, there was a king
called Vena. Vena was not a good king at all. He announced that there
would be no sacrifices on earth. There was absoultely no reason for
praying to Vishnu, wasn’t king Vena superior to even Vishnu? The sages
tried to persuade the King to change his ways, but Vena was not in a
mood to listen.

The sages therefore decided that Vena should die. They chanted mantras
over a straw and killed Vena with the straw. The problem however was
that who would rule the kingdom in Vena’s place? Vena did not have
any children. The sages then began to knead the dead king’s thighs.
After the kneading, a dwarf who looked like a short pillar came out of
the thighs.

“What shall I do?”, asked the dwarf.

“Sit,” said the sages and the dwarf came to be called nishada from the
word for sitting. Later, the sons of Nishada came to live in the Vindhya
mountains.

The sages then began to knead the dead body’s right hand. And a shining
man came out because of the kneading. This was Prithu. As he was born,
a divine bow, arrows and armour fell on him from the skies. Everyone
was happy at Prithu’s birth. Even Vena no longer had to go to the hell that
one has to go to if one does not have a son. The rivers and the oceans
arrived with water and jewels for Prithu’s coronation. The gods and Brahma
arrived to bathe Prithu before the coronation. Brahma noticed that Prithu
had the mark of a chakra (Vishnu’s weapon) on his right hand. This was a
good men, because it meant that Prithu was decended from Vishnu. Only
kings whom even the gods cannot rival have this sign on their hands.

Prithu was crowned. He was a powerful king. The waters of the ocean trembled
when he passed and the mountains made a path for him. His flag was never
lowered. The earth yielded crops without any ploughing. The cows gave a
lot of milk and the flowers were full of honey. As soon as he was born, Prithu
arranged for a sacrifice (yajna). From this sacrifice were born the sutas and
the magadhas, who chanted songs in Prithu’s praise.

But there had been a short period between Vena’s death and Prithu’s birth
when there had been no king on the land. The land does not flourish in the
absence of a king. The herbs disappeared from the earth and people were
hungry. These people went to Prithu and begged him to restore the herbs.
To obtain the herbs, Prithu took up his bow and arrow and began to chase
the earth. The earth adopted the form of cow and started to run. But wherever
the earth went, Prithu followed. Finally, Prithu caught up with the earth and the
earth restored whatever few herbs were left. To ensure tha the earth returned
to normalcy and once again became fertile. Prithu levelled out the mountains
with his bow. In the earlier creation, there had been no cities, villages, grains,
animal husbandry, agriculture or trade.

It was because of Prithu that all this became possible. This is the reason why
the earth is called prithivi.

May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !


OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 18, 2016, 01:34:22 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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1st section

The Kings Vena and Prithu

Some generations further down from Dhruva, there was a king
called Vena. Vena was not a good king at all. He announced that there
would be no sacrifices on earth. There was absoultely no reason for
praying to Vishnu, wasn’t king Vena superior to even Vishnu? The sages
tried to persuade the King to change his ways, but Vena was not in a
mood to listen.

The sages therefore decided that Vena should die. They chanted mantras
over a straw and killed Vena with the straw. The problem however was
that who would rule the kingdom in Vena’s place? Vena did not have
any children. The sages then began to knead the dead king’s thighs.
After the kneading, a dwarf who looked like a short pillar came out of
the thighs.

“What shall I do?”, asked the dwarf.

“Sit,” said the sages and the dwarf came to be called nishada from the
word for sitting. Later, the sons of Nishada came to live in the Vindhya
mountains.

The sages then began to knead the dead body’s right hand. And a shining
man came out because of the kneading. This was Prithu. As he was born,
a divine bow, arrows and armour fell on him from the skies. Everyone
was happy at Prithu’s birth. Even Vena no longer had to go to the hell that
one has to go to if one does not have a son. The rivers and the oceans
arrived with water and jewels for Prithu’s coronation. The gods and Brahma
arrived to bathe Prithu before the coronation. Brahma noticed that Prithu
had the mark of a chakra (Vishnu’s weapon) on his right hand. This was a
good men, because it meant that Prithu was decended from Vishnu. Only
kings whom even the gods cannot rival have this sign on their hands.

Prithu was crowned. He was a powerful king. The waters of the ocean trembled
when he passed and the mountains made a path for him. His flag was never
lowered. The earth yielded crops without any ploughing. The cows gave a
lot of milk and the flowers were full of honey. As soon as he was born, Prithu
arranged for a sacrifice (yajna). From this sacrifice were born the sutas and
the magadhas, who chanted songs in Prithu’s praise.

But there had been a short period between Vena’s death and Prithu’s birth
when there had been no king on the land. The land does not flourish in the
absence of a king. The herbs disappeared from the earth and people were
hungry. These people went to Prithu and begged him to restore the herbs.
To obtain the herbs, Prithu took up his bow and arrow and began to chase
the earth. The earth adopted the form of cow and started to run. But wherever
the earth went, Prithu followed. Finally, Prithu caught up with the earth and the
earth restored whatever few herbs were left. To ensure tha the earth returned
to normalcy and once again became fertile. Prithu levelled out the mountains
with his bow. In the earlier creation, there had been no cities, villages, grains,
animal husbandry, agriculture or trade.

It was because of Prithu that all this became possible. This is the reason why
the earth is called prithivi.

May BABA BLESS us and our family abundantly !


OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 19, 2016, 12:10:56 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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1st section

The Story of Prahlada

Hiranyakashipu had received a boon from Brahma. On the strength
of this boon, he conquered the three worlds. He drove out Indra
from heaven and assumed the title of Indra. He also assumed the
titles of Savita, Vayu, Agni, Varuna, Soma, Kubera and Yama.
The gods fled from heaven (svarga) and roamed around the world
in human forms. Everyone had to worship Hiranyakashipu, the king
of the daityas (the sons of Diti). Hiranyakashipu lived in a magnificent
palace made of crystal. There the apsaras danced. And Hiranyakashipu
indulged in drinking wine.

Young Prahlada had been sent away to study with his guru (teacher).
On a vacation he came home with his teacher and Hiranyakashipu
naturally wanted to find out what his son had learnt.

“I have learnt to pray to Vishnu,” said Prahlada.

Hiranyakshipu was furious. “Why have you taught him this nonsense?,”
he demanded of the guru.

“I have not,” replied the teacher “This is not what I have taught him.
He is saying this of his own accord.

“Dear son,” asked Hiranyakashipu, “who has taught this rubbish?”

“The teacher of all teachers, Lord Vishnu,” came the reply.

“Who is this Vishnu?,” asked Hiranyakashipu.

“The Lord of my heart,” said Prahlada.

“Lord of your heart. How can you have a Lord other than me?”

“He is not only my Lord, he is yours as well,” repied Prahlada.
“Lord of everyone.”

“Take him away,” said the angry Hiranyakashipu. “Send him back
to the teacher. Let him unlearn all this.”

Prahlada went back to his guru’s home and studied there for many
ears. He was then again brought back before Hiranyakashipu.

“Son,” asked Hiranyakashipu, “what did you study?”

“To pray to Vishnu,” was the reply.

“Kill my evil son,” said Hiranyakashipu. “There is nothing to be gained
by his remaining alive. He is a disgrace to my family.”

On hearing these words, hundreds and thousands of daityas attacked
Prahlada with all sorts of weapons. But because Prahlada was protected
by Vishnu, the weapons could do him no harm. Hiranyakashipu then let
loose many poisonous snakes on Prahlada. But because Prahlada had
Vishnu’s protection, the fangs of the snakes could not penetrate his skin.
Hiranyakshipu then asked many elephants to kill Prahlada with their tusks.
The elephants threw done Prahlada on the gound and gored him with their
tusks. But Prahlada thought of Vishnu and the tusks broke on his breast.
On the orders of Hiranyakashipu, the daityas next lit a fire. Prahlada was put
into the fire, but the flames could do nothing to him. On witnessing all this,
Hiranyakashipu’s priests requested him to take Prahlada out of the fire.
“Don’t worry,” they said, “We will give him a proper education.”

Prahlada went back to his guru. But whenever he could find the time,
he began to teach the sons of the daityas. He taught them to pray to Vishnu.

This was reported to Hiranyakashipu, who instructed the cooks to poison
Prahlada’s food. The cooks did as they were told. But because Prahlada
thought of Vishnu, the poison had no effect. The priests tried to persuade
Prahlada once more. But to no avail. The priests then created a demon.
 The demon was like the flames of a fire. It dug up the earth with its feet.
And attacked Prahlada with a huge trishula (trident). But the trishula struck
Prahlada’s chest and broke into many pieces. This frustrated the demon
and it turned around and began to attack the priests instead. The priests
ran here and there, but were all killed by the demon.

This made Prahlada very unhappy. “Lord Vishnu, teacher of all the worlds,
creator of all the worlds,” he prayed. “Please restore these priests back to life.”
And as soon as Prahlada touched the dead bodies, the priests came back to life.
The priests went back to Hiranyakashipu and told him what had happened.

Prahlada was taken to Hiranyakashipu once more. “What gives you these powers?,”
asked Hiranyakashipu.

“There are not my powers,” replied Prahlada. “There are the powers of Vishnu.”

On hearing Vishnu’s name, Hiranyakashipu became angry once again. He instructed
his servants to take Prahlada to the top of the place and throw him down so that
his bones might break on the rocks below. The servants did as they were told.
But Prahlada thought of Vishnu as he fell, and nothing happened to him.
Hiranyakashipu then called Shambarasura. This was an asura who was well versed
in the use of maya, the technique of creating illusions and hallucinations.

Shambarasura used maya to create illusions around Prahlada. But Prahalda kept
thinking of Vishnu. And Vishnu’s weapon, the sudarshana chakra, came and
destroyed all the maya. Hiranyakashipu then asked the wind to dry up Prahlada’s
body. But this too failed. And Prahlada returned to the home of his teacher.

The teacher taught him the things that a king should know. These precepts of
royal policy had been laid down a long time ago by Shukracharya. They taught
one the rules for dealing with one’s enemies and one’s friends.

When his education had been completed, Prahalda was brought again before
Hiranyakashipu. “Son,” said Hiranyakashipu, “show me what you have learnt.
How will you deal with your enemies?”

“What enemies?,” asked prahlada. “Vishnu is in me, Vishnu is in my friends
and Bishnu is in my enemies. I fVishnu is everywhere, how can there be enemies?
I see firnds everywhere, Gods, humans, birds, animals, tree and snakes are
all ful of the same Vishnu. Therefore, one should look upon the whole world
as one looks upon oneself.”

Hiranyakashipu became mad with anger. He got up from his throne and kicked
his son on the chest. He told his soldiers to tie Prahlada in nooses of snakes
and throw him into the sea. They were then to throw down mountains on the
sea so that Prahlada got crushed. This is precisely what the daityas did. But Prahlada
kept on praying to Vishnu. He forgot all about himself and thought only of Vishnu.
Prahlada became like Vishnu himself and the nooses of snakes fell away from his body.
Prahalada removed the mountains tha thad been thrown down by the daityas and
emerged from the water. He prayed to Vishnu and Vishnu appeared before him.

“What boon do you desire, Prahlada?,” asked Vishnu.

“That I may be forever faithful to you.”

“Granted,” said Vishnu. “What else do you want/”

“That my father’s sins be forgiven.”

“Granted,” said Vishnu.

Prahlada returned to Hiranyakashipu and the father relented and embrace his son.
Eventually, Vishnu adopted the form of a man-lion (nrishimha) and killed Hiranyakashipu.
Prahlada became the king of the daityas and he ruled well and wisely. He had many
sons and grandsons. One of Prahlada’s sons was Virochana and Virochana’s son was Vali.

(This is where the first section ends.)

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 21, 2016, 02:29:42 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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2nd section

Priyavrata and Bharata

Maitreya told Parashara, “Sage, I have learnt that Manu had two sons,
Priyavrata and Uttanapada. You have already told me about Uttanapada’s
son Dhruva. But what about Priyavrata?” And this was Parashara’s reply.
And this was Parashara’s reply.

Priyavrata married the daughter of Kardama and had ten sons. Their names
were Agnidhra, Agnivahu, Vapushmana, Dyutimana, Medha, Medhatithi.
Bhavya, Savana, Putra and Jyotishmana. Medha, Agnivahu and Putra
were not interested in becoming kings, they became sages. The world is
divided into seven regions or dvipas. Priyavrata gave each of the remaining
seven sons a dvipa to rule over. Agnidhra got Jambudvipa, Vapushmana,
Shalmalidvipa, Dyuti mana Krounchadvipa, Medhatithi Plakshadvipa, Bhavya
Shakadvipa, Savana Pushkaradvipa and Joytishmana Kushadvipa. King Agnidhhra
had nine sons, Nabhi, Kimpurusha, Ilavrita, Ramya, Shashtha, Hiranvana, Hari,
Kuru and Bhadrashva. Jambudvipa was divided up by Agnidhra among these sons.
Nabhi got the region that was to eventually became Bharatavarsha. Nabhi had
a son called Rishabha. Rishabha had a hundred sons, the eldest of whom was
Bharata. It is after Bharata that the country was called Bharatavarsha.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 21, 2016, 12:13:08 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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2nd section

Some Geography

You have already been told that the world is divided into seven dvipas,
Jambu, Shalmali, Krouncha, Palksha, Shaka, Pushkara and Kusha.
The seven dvipas are surrounded by seven oceans. Their names are
Lavana, Ikshu, Sura, Sarpi, Dadhi, Dugdha and Jala. Jambudvipa is right
in the middle. And in the middle of Jambudvipa is the golden-hued
Mount Meru. If the earth were to be a lotus flower, Mount Meru
would be the stamen.

To the south of Mount Meru lies first Bharatavarsha, then Kimpurushavarsha
and eventually Harivarsha. To the north lies first Ramyaka, then Hiranmaya
and eventually the northern part of Kuruvarsha. Mount Meru is actually
in Ilavritavarsha. And on four sides of Mount Meru are four mountains.
To the east is Mandras, to the south Gandhamadna, to the west Vipula
and to the north Suparshva. These mountains have a lot of jambu or
jamum trees. That is why the region is known as Jambudvipa. There are
four beautiful lakes around Mount Meru. Their names are Arunoda,
Mahabhadra, Asitoda and Namasa. On the peak of Mount Meru is
Brahma’s famous city.

The river Ganga originates from the feet of Lord Vishnu. It flows around
the moon and then falls on Brahma’s city. It then divides into four rivers,
Sita, Alakanada, Chakshu and Bhadra. Sita flows eastwards, Alakanada
southwards into Bharatavarsha, Chakshu westwards and Bhadra northwards.
In Bharatavarsha, Alakananda divides into seven rivers.

The region around Mount Meru is regarded as a svarga on earth. Here live
the gods, goddesses, gandharvas, yakshas, rakshasas, daityas and danavas.
Only the righteous people can go there, the sinners are not permitted to enter.

The sons of Bharata live in Bharatavarsha. There are seven major mountains
in Bharatavarsha and their names are Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Shuktimana,
Riksha, Vindhya and Paripatra. To the east of Bharatavarsha live the kirtas
or hunters and to the west live the yavanas. The rivers Shatadru and
Chandrabhaga flow out of the Himalayas, the main rivers mentioned in the
Vedas from Mount Paripatra and the rivers Narmada and Surasa from
Mount Vindhya.

Jambudvipa is surrounded by the ocean named Lavana. The people of
Jambudvipa worship Vishnu. In other dvipas, other gods are worshipped.
Bharatavarsha is the best part of Jambudvipa.

There are seven underworlds (patala) on earth. Their names are Atala,
Vitala, Nitala, Gabhastimata, Mahatala, Sutala and Patala. Here live the danavas,
daityas, yakshas and nagas. Narada once went on a trip to patala and discovered
that patala was more beautiful than svaraga. It was a place full of jewels.
During the day, the sun only provided light, but no heat. And during the night,
the moonbeams provided light, but no cold. Patala was full of rivers, forests
and lakes. The inhabitants of patala wore beautiful clothes, rubbed scented paste
on their bodies and loved music. At the bottom of patala was Vishnu in the form
of a thousand-headed snake. This snake was known as Shesha.

Under the earth and the water are several hells (naraka). They form the kingdom
that Yama rules over. There are different narakas for different types of sinners.
Those who lie and bear false witness go to Rourava. Those who kill cows go
to Rodha. Those who drink, kill brahmanas or steal gold go to Shukara. Those
who kill kshatriyas or vaishyas go to Tala. Those who treat their teachers’ wives
badly go to Taptakunda. Those who kill messengers or sell women or horses
go to Taptalouha. Those who treat their daughters and daughters-in-law badly
go to Mahajvala. Those who show disrespect to their seniors or those who
criticize the Vedas go to Lavana. Thieves go to Vimohana. Those who criticize
good things, Vedas or brahmanas and those who hate their fathers go to
Krimibhaksha.

Those who eat before their fathers, gods or guests go to Lalabhaksha. Those
who make arrows go to Vedhaka. Those who make swords go to Vishasana.
Astrologers go to Adhomukha. Fathers who eat sweets without offering them
to their children and brahmanas who sell meat, milk or salt to go to Puyavaha.
This is also the naraka that is reserved for brahmanas who keep cats, hens, goats,
dogs, pigs or birds to make a living. Brahmanas who make a living as actors or
fishermen and poisoners and arsonists go to the naraka known as Rudhirandha.
Those who destroy villages go to Vaitarani. The unclean go to the naraka kown
as Krishna. Those who destroy forests for no reason go to Asipatravana. Those
who make a living by keeping sheep or those who kill deer go to Vanhijvala.
Fathers who study under their sons go to Shvabhojana. Those who oppose the
law of the four classes go to Niraya.

Apart from these narakas, there are thousands of others. Apart from the sins
mentioned earlier, there are thousands of other sins. In the narakas, sinners
suffer for their sins. They are hung upside down. Once they have spent the time
in naraka and have paid for their sins, they are born again. Depending on how
they have behaved, people are born as trees, creepers, worms, fish, birds,
animals, human religious people or gods. A sinner does not however have
to go to naraka if he repents for his sins. And the best way to repent is to t
hink of Vishnu.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 22, 2016, 11:33:58 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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2nd section

Some Astronomy

Many miles above the earth is the world of the sun. Then come the
several worlds of the moon, the Stars, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, the saptarshis (the Great Bear constellation) and Dhruva
respectively. Dhruva is the centre of all the stars. Above it is Janaloka,
where Brahma’s sons live. Gods live in Tapoloka, above Janaloka.
Satyaloka is still higher up. It is divided into Brahmaloka and Vaikunthaloka,
abodes of Brahma and Vishnu respectively.

The inhabitants of Dhruvaloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka are
not destroyed at the end of each cycle of creation. But the inhabitants
of the other three lokas are destroyed. The first of these lokas is of course
the earth or bhurloka. The second is bhuvarloka, where live the sages,
the region between the earth and the sun. And the third is svaroka, the region
from the sun to Dhruva. There are thus seven lokas in all.

Actually, the universe consists of fourteen regions, the seven lokas and
seven patalas. A loka or a patala is called a bhuvana and there are fourteen
such buvanas in the universe. The first of these lokas is of course the earth
or bhurloka. The second is bhuvarloka, where live the sages, the region between
the earth and the sun. And the third is svarloka, the region from the sun to
Dhruva. There are thus seven lokas in all.

Actually, the universe consists of fourteen regions, the seven lokas and seven
patalas. A loka or a patala is called a bhuvana and there are fourteen such burvanas
in the universe. The bhuvanas are surrounded by darkness on all sides. Around
the darkness is water. And around the water is fire. Beyond the fire is the wind
and beyond the wind there is the sky.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 23, 2016, 12:56:04 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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2nd section

The Story of Jadabharata

Many years ago there used to live a king named Bharata. He was the
son of Rishabha and used to live in a place known as Shalagrama.
He thought of Vishnu all the time, even in his dreams and he had
given up all thought of violence.

Once Bharata had gone to bathe in a river. A deer had also come to
drink water there. While the deer was drinking water, there was the
terrible roar of a lion. The deer gave a frightened leap and gave an
untimely birth. The baby fell into the river. The mother deer died as a
result of the leap. But Bharata rescued the baby deer from the water
and brought it home to his ashrama (hermitage). Every day, the king fed
the baby and slowly, the deer grew bigger. It wandered around the hermitage.
Sometimes it even wandered out, but returned quickly as it was frightened of
tigers. Asit grew older, the deer would leave the ashrama in the mornings and
return in the evenings.

Bharata grew attached to the deer and forgot everything else. He had given up
his kingdom, his sons, and his friends and forgotten them all. But he could not
forget the deer. If the deer was late in returning to the ashrama, he would
worry that it might have been eaten up by a wolf or a tiger or a lion. He would be
happy only when the deer returned. And because Bharata thought about the
deer so much, he forgot to think of Vishnu.

Many years passed. Bharata died watching the deer and thinking of it.
Since he thought of the deer while dying, he was born as a deer in his next life.
The only difference was that he was born as a jatismara deer, that is, a deer that
remembered the incidents of its past life. As a deer, Bharata left his mother and
came again to Shalagrama because he remembered his old place. He lived on
dry leaves and dry grass and eventually died. He was reborn as a jatismara
brahmana. In this life he was truly learned, well versed in all the shastras.

Since he had attained the supreme knowledge, he saw no point in reading the
Vedas or in doing work. He kept to himself and spoke little, only when he had to.
His body was dirty, his clothes were filthy and he never cleaned his teeth.
Because of this, people treated him badly. But since interaction with people
was an obstacle to attaining supreme knowledge. Bharata kept up this pretence
of beigh slightly mad. He moved so little that he came to known as Jababharata.
He ate whatever was available to him. And when his father died, his brothers,
nephews and friends, gave him only dirty food to eat. Since he was strong and
stout, they used him in their farming work.

The sage Kapila had an ashrama on the banks of the river Ikshumati. One day,
the King of Soubira wanted to go there on a planaquin to learn words of wisdom
from the sage. The servant of the king looked for palanquin-bearers who would
carry the palanquin free of charge and found Bharata. So Bharata bore the palanquin
along with the other bearers. But he walked slowly while the other bearers walked
fast. The result was that the palanquin did not move smoothly. When scolded,
the other bearers naturally blamed Bharata for this difficulty.

“What is wrong?” Asked the king of Bharata, “Haven’t you borne the planquin
only for a little while? How is it that you are tired? Can’t you bear a little burden?
You look quite strong to me.”

Bharata’s answer was this. “Who am I and who are you? What you have seen is
only my body and your body. I am not my body and nor are your your body.
Our atmans or souls are what we really are. My atman is not strong or tired,
nor is it carrying your palanquin upon its shoulders.”

Having said this, Bharata was quiet again. But the king got down from the palanquin
and fell at his feet. He wanted to know who Bharata really was, for such words
of wisdom do not come from an ordinary man. Bharata then told him the truth
about the atman, which is never destroyed and takes up different bodies from
one life to another. This is the jivatman. In additon, there is the paramatman,
which I s Vishnu and is everywhere. There is no difference between the jivatman
and the parmatman and the person who has realized this is truly wise. To think that
the jivatman is different from the parmatman is to suffer from maya or illusion.

Bharata also told the king a story. Many years ago Brahma had a son known as Ribhu.
Ribhu was very learned and his disciple was Nidagha, the son of Pulastya. The teacher
and the pupil used to live in the banks of the river Devika, near a city known as Viranagara,
but Ribhu realized that Nidagha was still not ready for the supreme knowledge.
So he sent the pupil to live in the city, although he continued to live in the forest.

One day, Ribhu decided to pay Nidagha a visit to see how the disciple was getting on.
After Ribhu had washed his hands and feet, Nidagha offered him food. “Please eat,”
he said.

“What have you got to eat?” asked Ribhu. “Is it clean food?”

“I have rice and cerals and fruit and sweets.” Replied Nidagha.

“That is unclean food,” said the teacher. “Make me rice pudding, curds and wine.”

Nidagha asked his wife to prepare the desired food. The food was prepared and
Ribhu had his fill.

“Are you content now?” asked Nidagha . “Where are you going and why did
you come here?”

Ribhu replied as follows. “Those who are hungry become content on eating food.
I was not hungry, so the question of my being content after eating does not arise.
Why ask me a silly question? The body feels hungry, I do not. I am not the body.
You asked me where I was going and why did I come here. These are meaningless
questions. My atman is everywhere, it cannot go or come. I am not really
what you see. Nor are you what I see. I did not care at all about what you gave me
to eat. I said all that just to see what you would say. Since all food is made of the
same elements, it all tastes alike. Learn this, for this is true knowledge.”

Threreupon, Nidagha bowed down before Ribhu and said that his illusions have
now been destroyed.

After one thousand years had passed, Ribhu came again to Nidagha. And he found
that Nidagha now lived outside the city, eating grass and straw. He didn’t mix with other
people and had become frail and thin. Ribhu again gave him a lesson on true knowledge,
which does not distinguish between all things and paramatman.

And Bharata said that this was the knowledge that the king should learn. The sky
sometimes looks blue and sometimes white, but it is the same sky. These who suffer
from illusions look upon different atmans separately. But they are truly all part of the
same atman. There is nothing in the world except this atman and all of us are parts
of the same atman.

This is the end of the second section of the Vishnu Purana.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 24, 2016, 11:11:22 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

The Manvantaras

The manvantara is a cycle of creation and destruction. A Manu rules
over each such manvantara. There have been six manvantaras till now
and the names of the respective Manus were Svayambhuva, Svarochasha,
Outtami, Tamasa, Raivata and Chakshusha. Vaivasvata, the son of the sun,
rules over the present and seventh manvantara. Each manvantara has its
own gods and rishis. The gods of the present manvantara are the adityas,
the vasus and the rudra and Purandara holds the title of Indra, the king of
the gods. The names of the seven rishis of the present manvantara are
Vashistha, Kashyapa, Atri, Jamadagni, Goutama, Vishvamitra and
Bharadvaja.

These were the seven manvantaras that have passed. But there are
seven manvantaras yet to come.

Vishvakarma had a daughter named Samjna who was married to Surya,
the sun. Their children were called Manu, Yama and Yami. After some time,
Samjna found that she could no longer bear the energy of her husband.
So she created a woman known as Chhaya who looked exactly like her.
She left Chhaya to look after her husband and went off to meditate in a
forest. Surya did not know that this was Chhaya and not Samjna. Surya
and Chhaya had two sons called Shanaishchara and Savarni Manu and
a daughter called Tapati.

One day, for some reason, Chhaya became very angry and cursed yama.
Both Yama and Surya then understood that this woman could not be Yama’s
mother Samjna and must be someone else. Chhaya told them what had
happened. And Surya learnt that Samnjna was performing tapasya in a forest
in the form of a mare. Surya himself adopted the form of a horse and joined
his wife. As horses, they had three sons, the two Ashvinis and Revanata.

Surya wanted to bring Samjna back to his home. The problem however was
Surya’s energy, which Samjna could not stand. Therefore, Vishvakarma sliced
off Surya’s energy and the sliced off part fell on the earth. With this energy
Vishvakarma made Vishnu’s chakra, Rudra’s trishula, Kubera’s palanquin,
Kartikeya’s spear and other weapons of the other gods.

As mentioned earlier, Surya and Chhaya had a son called Savarni Manu.
This would be the Manu in the eighth manvantara and Indra would then
be Vali, the son of Virochana. The ninth Manu would be Dakshasavarni,
the tenth Brahmasavarni, the eleventh Dharmasavarni, the twelfth Savarna,
the thirteenth Rouchya and the fourteenth Bhoutya. At the end of each four
cycle of yugas, the Vedas are destroyed and in each satya yuga, the respective
Manu rewrites the sacred shastras. In each manvantara, Manu, the seven rishis,
Indra the gods and the kings are created afresh. Fourteen manvantaras make a
kalpa comes Brahma’s night. During that night, Vishnu in his form of Brahma
sleeps on the waters that are everywhere.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 25, 2016, 12:48:02 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

Vedavyasa

In each age, Vishnu in his form of Vedavyasa, divided the Vedas.
In every dvapara yuga, this is done. The present manvantara is the
Vaivasvata manvantara and in this manvantara, the Vedas have
already been divided twenty-eight times. The names of these
twenty-eight Vedavyases were Svayambhu, Prajapati, Ushana,
Brihaspati, Savita, Mrityu, Indra, Vashishtha, Sarasvata, Tridhama,
Trivrisha, Bharadvaja, Antariksha, Vapri, Trayaruna, Dhananjaya,
Kritanjaya, Rinajya, Bharadvaja, Goutama, Haryatma, Vena, Trinavindu,
Riksha, Shaktri, Parashara, Jatukarna and Krishna Dvaipayana.
The Vishnu Purana says that the next Vedavyasa will be Drona’s son
Ashvatthama. As you may know from the Mahabharata, Ashvatthama
is immortal.

The essence of brahman and the four Vedas is captured in the word Om.
Brahman is everywhere, but appears to different people in different forms.

The four Vedas, Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharva, together have one lakh
shlokas. It is from the Vedas that the ten famous sacrifices (yajnas)
originate. When Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa sought to divide the
four Vedas, he first gathered around him four disciples who were learned
in the Vedas. Paila was taught the Rig Veda, Vaisham-payana the Yajur
Veda, Jaimini the Sama Veda and Sumantu the Atharva Veda. Krishna
Dvaipayana taught the Puranas to his discipline Romaharshana.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
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SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

Yajnavalka

Once upon a time, the famous rishis decided that they would have a
gathering. They also decided that whoever did not come to this gathering,
would after a period of seven days commit the crime of killing a brahmana.
All the sages came to this gathering, but Vaishampayana did not. After
seven days, Vaishampayana stepped on his nephew and killed him by
mistake. This was a terrible sin and had to be atoned for.

Vaishampayna had divided the Yajur Veda into twenty-seven parts and
had distributed these parts among various disciples. One of these disciples
was Yajnavalka. Vaishampayana called his disciples together and said,
“I have committed the crime of killing a brahmana. Please arrange
for a sacrifice so that I might atone for this sin.”

On hearing this Yajnavalka said, “There is no need to bother about these
other disciplines. They do not have much power. I will arrange for the
sacrifice myself.”

This made Vaishampayana angry. “You have insulted the other disciples,
Yajnavalka,” he said. “Return to me hwat I have taught you. I do not need
a disciple like you.”

Yajnavalka replied,”I said what I did because I respected you. But since
you have misunderstood, I too do not require a teacher like you. Here is
what I have learnt. I am returning it.”

Yajnavalka then vomited out the Yajur Veda and the other disciplines ate
it up in the form of birds. That is why this branch of the Yajur Veda is called
the Taittiriya after the name of the bird Tittira.

But Yajnavalka still wanted to learn the Yajur Veda. So he began to pray to
the sun. The sun finally appeared to him in the form of a horse and taught
him those branches of the Yajur Veda which even Vaishampayana
did not know

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 27, 2016, 12:23:12 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

The Puranas

Now the Vishnu Purana describes what the Puranas are and how they
came to written. It says that the original text Purana Samhita was taught
by Vedavyasa to his disciple Romaharshana (also called Lomaharshana).
Romaharshana had six disciples, Sumati, Agnivarchah, Mitrayu,
Shamshapayana, Akritavrana and Savarni. Each of these disciples
composed a Purana on the basis of the Purana Samhita. It was on the
basis of these that the Vishnu Purana had written. It was written after
 the Padma Purana and is devoted to the glory of Lord Vishnu.

There are fourteen types of knowledge (vidya). These are the four Vedas,
the six Vedangas, Mimamasa, Nyaya, the Puranas and the Dharmashastras.
To this one might add four further forms of knowledge, Ayurveda, Dhanurveda,
music and Arthashastra. There are three types of rishis, brahmarshis,
devarshis and rajarshis

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Title: Re: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
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SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

Yama

When people die, they come under the control of Yama and Yama sends
them to different narakas. When they have atoned for their sins, they are
reborn. Maitreya wanted to know if there was any way in which men
could avoid going to Yama after death.

Parashara told him that Nakula had asked the same question of his grandfather
Bhishma. And Bhishma had told him that he used to have a brahmana friend
from Kalinga. This friend had learned words of wisdom from a jatismara sage.
The sage had told Bhishma’s friend of a conversation that had once taken
place between Yama and Yama’s servant.

Yama told his servant, “Do not touch those who are devoted to Vishnu.
I am the lord of all the others except these. I am not really independent,
I work under the supervision of Vishnu. He is also capable of punishing me.
Even the gods worship the lotus-like feet of Vishnu. Stay away from the
devotees of Vishnu.”

“How does one become a devotee of Vishnu?” asked the servant.

Yama replied, “Those who do not deviate from what is laid down from their
class, those who make no distinction between friends and enemies, those
who are thieves, those who are non-violent and those whose hearts are pure
and free of anger, these are the devotees of Vishnu. They think of Vishnu
all the time. And because they think of Vishnu all the time, they are of pleasing
appearance. When Vishnu is in one’s heart, one commits no sins. Do not go near
such people. For the strength of Vishnu’s chakra is such that your or mine
powers would immediately be destroyed.”

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Title: Re: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 29, 2016, 01:41:43 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

The Four Classes and the Four Stages

The most important way of following Vishnu is to follow the law of the
four classes (varna) and the law of the four stages (ashrama) as laid
down in the shastras (sacred texts)

The four classes are brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras.
It is the duty of the brahmana to give alms, worship the gods through
sacrifices and study the Vedas. They should treat all living beings well and
not harm anyone. The most important wealth a brahmana can have is the
friendship of others. A kshatriya should donate to brahmanas, study and
perform sacrifices to Vishnu. But his most important duty is to bear arms
to protect the earth. The king’s duties are to punish the evil and protect
the good. The vaishyas are to do animal husbandry, trade and agriculture.
In addition, they should study, donate alms and perform sacrifices. The shudra’s
duty is to serve the other classes. If it is impossible to make a living through
this, the shudra may make a living through trade or handicrafts.

Common duties of all four classes are kindliness, cleanliness, hard work,
truthfulness, friendship and the capacity to bear hardship. If for some reason
a brahmana cannot make a living through the methods that have been
laid down, he can take up arms and perform the duties of kshatriya. Or he can
take up agriculture, animal husbandry or trade. A kshatriya can also take up
agriculture, animal husbandry or trade. But a brahmana or a kshatriya should
never take up the duties of a shudra. This is permitted only in times of great
danger or if there is absolutely no other way out. Everyone should ensure that
the duties of the four classes do not get mixed up.

The first of the ashramas is brahmacharya (celibate studenthood). After he has
been invested with his sacred thread, a son should be sent to his teacher’s house
to learn the Vedas. There he will lead a clean life and pay attention to the rituals.
He will serve his guru and study the Vedas. In the morning and the evening he will
pray to the sun and the fire and bow to his teacher after the prayers are over.
The disciple (shishya) will sit only after the guru sits, he will walk only after the
guru walks. He will never oppose his guru. When the guru asks him to, he will sit
down and study the Vedas. Every morning, the shishya will bring water and flowers
 for his guru. Eventually, the shishya will have learnt the Vedas and attained knowledge.
He will then pay the guru the price of the knowledge (dakshina), take the guru’s
permission and prepare to step into the next ashrama, that of garhasthya
(householder stage).

This is the time to get married and choose a proper living. Such a person has
to serve gods through sacrifices, guests through food, rishis through reading the
 Vedas, Brahma through having children and the entire world through truthfulness.
In many ways, a garhasthya ashrama is superior to the others. The brahmanas
and those who follow brahmacharya may have to through alms. It is the person
in garhasthya ashrama who provides them this. When guests arrive, the householder
will offer whatever he can in the nature of food, seats and beds. If a guest goes away
dissatisfied, he takes away the householder’s punya (store of merits) and leaves
his sins with the householder. A guest is never to be refused.

After a person has lived a full life as a householder, he may proceed to the
forest-dweller stage, vanaprastha. He can take his wife with him or leave her in the
care of his son. He will live in the forest on fruits and roots and leaves, he will sleep
on the ground and he will not cut his hair or shave his beard. He will worship the gods,
tend to guests and give alms to those who need them. His main duty is meditation.

The final ashrama is that of sannyasa. A person is ready to enter this when he can
give up his sons, wife and all material possessions. To him all living beings will be
friends and he will not harm any living being. He will live alone and perform yoga
(excerises that unite man with God). He will never stay in a village more than
one night at the time and in a city for more than five nights at a time. A sannyasi
or hermit will beg for his food. But he will come to a house for alms only after
he is sure that everyone in the house has eaten.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 30, 2016, 02:00:14 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

Rituals

There are some rituals to be followed when a son is born and some others
to be followed when a funeral cermony (shraddha) is to be held. The father
gives a name to the son after the tenth day of birth. There are eight types
of marriage. Their names are Brahman, Daivya, Arsha, Prajapatya, Asura,
Gandharva, Rakshasa and Paishacha. For each varna or class, specific
forms of marriage are prescribed.

There are some rituals that are laid down for a householder. Every day
he must worship gods, cows, brahmanas, sages and elderly teachers.
He should never steal, never lie and never utter what is unpleasant to
others’ faults. He should not be envious of other people’s property. Nor should
he associate himself with those who are evil. He should never enter a burning
house or climb to the very top of a tree. He should cover his mouth when
yawning. He should be careful of stepping on the shadows of gods and flags
and those who should be worshipped. One should not live in a house alone,
nor should one go to a forest alone. One should avoid going near wild beasts.

A good householder does not leave his house before bowing to a religious object,
a flower, a jewel, clarified butter or a respected person. When he travels at night
or goes to a forest, he carries a stick in his hand. He always wears sandals
and uses an umbrella when it rains or when the sun is out. He is a friend to
all beings. He always tells the truth. But when the truth harms other people,
he keeps quiet.

Several rituals have to be followed when a son or daughter gets married, when
a new house is to be entered, when a son is to be named or when a new-born
baby is to be first seen.

When someone dies, the dead body is to be bathed and garlanded. The dead body
must always be burnt outside the village. For a brahmana the shraddha ceremony
takes place after ten days, for a kshatriya after twelve days, for a vaishya after
fifteen days and for a shudra after a month. At a funeral ceremony an odd number
of brahmanas must be fed. If ordinary food is given to brahmanas at a funeral,
the ancestors remain satisfied for a month. But they are satisfied for two months
if fish is given, for three months if rabbit is given. For four months in the case of
the meat of birds, for five months with pork, for six months with mutton, for
seven months with venison, for eight months if a special sort of deer meat is given,
for nine months with gayal meat, for ten months with lamb, for eleven months
with beef, and forever with the meat of a vardhinasa bird. The best place to perform
a shraddha is Gaya.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on July 31, 2016, 01:06:45 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

Mayamoha

Many years ago there was a war between the devas and the asuras
that lasted for a year. At the end of the war, some daityas named
Hrada defeated the devas. The devas fled to the northern shores of
an ocean and there began to pray to Vishnu. Vishnu appeared before
the devas and created for them a being called Mayamoha out of
his own body. Led by Mayamoha, the devas went to fight with
the asuras.

The asuras were performing tapasya on the banks of the river Narmada.
Mayamoha appeared before them dressed in leaves and with a shaven
 head. He told them that the best way to attain what the asuras desired
was through the religion preached by Mayamoha. The asuras were persuaded
by Mayamoha to leave the path of the Vedas. The asuras who adopted this
new religion came to be known as arhats. They began to criticize the Vedas
and the devas. Others criticized yajnas and brahmanas.

The asuras were thus dislodged from the righteous path and the devas
attacked them afresh. This time the devas could defeat the asuras, since the
asuras had lost the power of their religion.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 01, 2016, 01:19:50 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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3rd Section

Shatadhanu and Shaivya

Many years ago there used to be a king known as Shatadhanu.
His wife Shaivya was a religious woman. Together, they used to pray
to Vishnu, on the banks of the river Bhagirathi. They were not interested
in other things. One day a fraudulent teacher came to them. Shatadhanu
spoke to this person, but Shaivya did not. Some years later, Shatadhanu
died and Shaivya also died with him on the funeral pyre.

Because he had spoken to the false teacher, Shatadhanu was born as a
dog in his next life. And Shaivya was born as a jatismara daughter to the
king of Kashi. When the king of Kashi wished to get his daughter married
off, Shaivya refused. She had learnt that her husband had been born as a
dog and was living in the city of Visisha. So she went there and met the dog.
She gave it good food to eat. The dog merely wagged its tail. At this,
Shaivya felt ashamed and tried to remind the dog of its earlier life.

Finally the dog did remember its earlier life and this made it very sad.
It left the city and climbed a mountain peak. From there it threw itself down
on the desert and died. This time it was born as a jackal and again Shaivya
met the jackal in the mountain named Kolahal. She reminded the jackal of
its earlier life. Thus reminded, the jackal died in the forest and was born
as a wolf. Shaivya met the wolf and and reminded it of its earlier life. When the
wolf died, it was born as a vulture. Shaivya went to meet it. This time, after the
death of the vulture, Shatadhanu was born as a crow. The crow was next born
as a peacock. Shaivya made friends with the peacock.

King Janaka was performing an ashvamedha sacrifice. The peacock had a
bath at the time of the sacrifice. When Shaivya reminded the peacock of its
earlier life, it died. It was now born as the son of Janaka and Shaivya agreed
to marry him. After Janaka died, his son became the ruler of the kingdom of
Videha. In this life Shatadhanu performed many sacrifices and gave many
alms. He had several sons and ruled the kingdom and the earth well. When
he died, Shaivya again died on the funeral pyre with him. Husband and wife
went to heaven.

The story illustrates the evils of speaking to fraudulent people who have
given up the Vedas. One goes straight to naraka if one mixes with
such people.

This is the end of the third section of the Vishnu Purana.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 02, 2016, 12:39:21 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Dynasties

There were many great people inthe line of Manu. The first in this line was
Brahma. In the beginning of creation, Vishnu in his form of Brahman came
out of brahmanda. From Brahma’s fingers was born Daksha Prajapati. Daksha’s
daughter was Aditi, Aditi’s son was Surya and Surya’s son was Manu. Because
Manu wanted a son, he prayed to the gods Mitra and Varuna. From the yajna
that was done, a daughter named Ila came out. But Manu had really wanted
a son. So, for a while, Ila became a son called Sudyumna.

Chandra’s son was Budha. Sudyumna was one day wandering around Budha’s
ashrama as the girl Ila. Budha married her and they had a son called Pururava.
After Pururava was born, Sudyumna peformed sacrifices so as to become
a man again. Once he became a man, he had three sons called Utkala,
Gaya and Vinata.

In this dynasty there was a king called Marutta. Marutta performed a wonderful
yajna. No such yajna has been performed ever since. Every article used in
the cermony was made of gold. Indra drank a lot of soma juice and was satisfied.
So were the brahmanas. It was the gods who served the food.

Further down the family tree there was a king called Sharyati. Sharyati had
a daughter named Sukanya. Sukanaya was married to the sage Chyavana.
Sharyati also had a son named Anarta and Anarta had a son named Revata.
Revata had one hundred sons, the eldest being Kakudmi. Kakudmi’s daughter
was Revati. Kakudmi did not know who to marry off this beautiful daughter to.
He decided to go to Brahmaloka to ask for Brahma’s advice. When he reached
Brahmaloka, the gandharvas were singing and Kakudmi decided to listen to
the songs for a while. When the songs were finished, he asked Brahma
whom he should get Revati married to.

`”What is your opinion?” ,asked Brahma.

Kakudmi named several kings who the thought might be good husbands
for Revati. But Brahma told him that while he had been listening to the songs
in Brahmaloka, several thousand years had passed on earth. These kings and
their sons and grandsons were all dead. In fact, Kakudmi’s captial Kushasthali
was now a city called Dvaraka. And Vishnu had been born as Baladeva there.
There could be no better husband for Revati.

Kakudmi returned to earth and found that men were now much shorter than
they used to be. He married Revati off to Baladeva. But Revati was very tall.
So with his plough, Baladeva pulled Revati down to the right size

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 03, 2016, 12:25:55 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Ikshvaku, Yuvanashva and Soubhari

Many happened to sneeze once. As a reult of the sneeze, a son known as
Ikshvaku came out of his nose. Ikshvaku’s son was Vikukshi. Ikshvaku
wished to perform a shradha ceremony and sent his son off to the forest
to bring meat for the ceremony. Vikukshi killed many deer and felt hungry
and tired. To satisfy his hunger he ate a rabbit and brought theother meat
to his father, who then offered the meat to Vashishtha who was looking
after the ceremony.

“This meat is unclean,” said the sage, “your son has already eaten the
meat of a rabbit.”

Ikshvaku banished Vikukshi, although Vikukshi did rule the kingdom after
Ikshvaku died. Vikukshi had a very brave son called Paranjaya. The devas
and the asuras once fought a terrifble war and the devas could not defeat
the asuras. The devas prayed to Vishnu and Vishnu told them that he would
be born on earth as Paranjaya. Under Paranjaya’s leadership, the devas
would be able to defeat the asuras. So the gods came to paranjaya and
asked him to be their leader in this war. Paranjaya agreed to do this only
if he could fight te war perched on Indra’s shoulders. Indra adopted the form
of a bull. Paranjaya fought the war seated on the bull. The demons wre defeated.
But from the word kakut, which means shoulder. Paranjaya hereafter came
to be known as Kakutstha.

Among Kakutstha’s descendants was a king called Yuvanashva. Yuvanashva
did not have any son. He persuaded the sages to perform a yajna so that he might
have a son. The ceremony finished at midnight and the sages kept the sacred
waters of the yajna in a pot for the night. The intention was to give the sacred
waters to Yuvanashva’s wife to drink in the morning. Then she would have
a strong son. But Yuvanashva felt very thirsty in the night. And without knowing
that the waters in the pot was sacred, drank them by mistake. So a baby came
into Yuvanashva’s body and grew bigger and bigger. When the time came for the
baby to be born, it burst out through the king’s right side, although the king
did not die. But the problem was, who would be a mother to the baby? Given
the peculiar circumstances, Indra agreed to be the mother. He came and said,
“Mam dhata,” which means “I will be the nurse.” The baby thus came to be
known as Mandhata. Because Indra was rearing him, he became fully grown
in a single day. He ruled the entire world from where the sun rises to
where it sets.

During Mandhata’s reign, a sage named Soubhari lived under the water for
twelve years. He used to see the king of the fishes playin the water with
his children and grandchildren. This made Soubhari feel that he should also have
children and grandchildren. But to do this, he needed to get married.

Mandhata had fifty daughters. Soubhari went to Mandhata and wanted one of
these daughters in marriage. Mandhata did not like the look of Soubhari’s
diseased body. But at the same time, he was scared that he might be cursed if
he refused. So he said that the custom of his family was that daughters married
bridegrooms whom they chose and approved of. Soubhari realized that this was
merely a ploy of Mandhata’s to avoid giving a daughter in marriage to a diseased
old man. Soubhari therefore requested that he might be given one chance to
meet the daughters of Mandhata. If any one of them wished to marry him, only
then would he marry. If all of them refused to marry him, he would go away and
no more would be heard of the matter.

This seemed to be a reasonable enough request and Mandhata agreed. But Soubhari
was a powerful sage. Before meeting the daughters, he transformed himself into
a very handsome man. He was so handsome that all the daughters wished to
marry him. The result was that Soubhari was married to all the fifty daughters
and took them to his ashrama. He then called Vishvakarama and asked Vishvakarma
to build separate palaces for the fifty wives. Each palace was to have a like with
lotuses and swans, each palace was to have a pleasure garden and beautiful beds,
seats and jewels. Vishvakarma did as he had been instructed.

After some days, Mandhata wished to find out how his daughters were. He came to
the ashrama and saw the beautiful palaces and pleasure gardens. He entered one
of the palaces and met one of his daughters there. “How are you, daughter?”, he asked.

“I live in a wondeful palace, father,” the daughter replied. “Look at this pleasure
garden, look at these beautiufl birds and the gorgeous lake. I eat good food and
wear nice clothes and jewels. I am very happy. The only complaint that I have is this.
My husband spends all his time with me, he never leaves me. This means that
he must be neglecting my sisters.”

Mandhata came out of this palace and went into another. To his great surprise, the
second daughter said exactly the same thing. In fact, this is what all the daughters
said. For what had happened was that Soubhari had created fifty different forms of
himself with the powers of his tapasya. Mandhata had never witnessed anything
like this. He fell down at Soubhari’s feet and begged for forgiveness.

Soubhari had a hundred and fifty sons to whom he got quite attached. But after
some time he realized the dangers of such attachment. It had made him deviate
from his path of tapasya. He realized the illusions he had been living with ever since
he had seen the king of the fishes. He devoted the rest of his life to Vishnu.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 04, 2016, 12:17:08 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Sagara

There were many powerful kings among Mandhata’s descendants. One of these
was Purukutsa. Many years ago, the underworld was occupied by the gandharvas.
They upset the rule of the snakes (nagas) and stole their jewels. The besieged
nagas prayed to Vishnu for deliverance. Vishnu told them that he would enter
Purukutsa’s body and thus destroy the gandharvas. The nagas sent the river
Narmada to bring Purukutsa down to the underworld and Purukutsa destroyed
all the gandharvas. The happy sankes grated Narmada a boon. Whoever says,
“I pray to Narmada morning and evening; Narmada, protect me from snake
 poison, ” will never be bitten by snakes.

In the same dynasty was born King Vahu. Vahu lost a war with some other kings
and went to the forest with his wife. There Vahu’s wife was about to give birth
to a baby. But Vahu had another wife as well. And out of jealousy, the second wife
gave the first wife some poison. The result was that the baby did not come out
but stayed inside the mother for seven years. King Vahu died in the hermitage
of the sage Ourva. And Vahnu’s wife also wished to die on the funeral pyre.

But Ourva told her, “Queen, what are you doing? You are carrying a son who will be
the bravest of the brave. He will conquer many lands and perform many sacrifices.
Don’t die on the funeral pyre.”

The son was born and Ourva named the child Sagara. He taught the boy the Vedas,
the shastras and the art of fighting. When he grew up, Sagara wished to win back
his father’s lost kingdom. He defeated the enemy kings and ruled over the
entire world.

Sagara had two wives, Sumati and Keshini. These two prayed to Ourva that they
might have sons. Ourva granted them the boon that one of them would have a
single son, while the other would have sixty thousand sons. This is what happened
and Keshini’s son was called Asamanjas. But all these sons turned out to be
quite evil. The gods went to the sage Kapila and asked him to rescue the world
from the bad deeds of Sagara’s sons.

At the time, King Sagara was performing an ashvamedha yajna (horse sacrifice)
and his sons were the protectors of the sacrifical horse. Someone stole this horse
and took it down to the underworld. The sons of Sagara looked for the horse and
followed its trail down to the underworld. They found the horse wandering around
in the underworld and not far from the house, they saw the sage Kapila. They
concluded that Kapila must have stolen the horse and attacked the sage with
their weapons. But a terrible fire issued out of Kapila’s eyes and reduced Sagara’s
sons into ashes.

Asamanjas had a son known as Amshumana. On learning that this sons had been
burnt into ashes, Sagara sent Amshumana to fetch the horse. Amshumana went
to Kapila and began to pray to him. Pleased at this, Kapila offered to grant
Amshumana a boon and Amshumana desired that his uncles might go to heaven.

Kapila said, “Your grandson will bring down the river Ganga from heaven. When
the water of the Ganga touches the bones of your uncles, they will ascend to
 heaven.”

Amshumana’s son was Dilipa and Dilipa’s son was Bhagiratha. It was Bhagiratha
who brought Ganga down from heaven. That is why Ganga is also known as
Bhagirathi.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 05, 2016, 01:27:58 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Soudasa

In Bhagiratha’s line there was a king called Soudasa or Mitrasaha. One day
the king went out hunting in the forest and saw two tigers there. He killed
one of these with his arrow and before dying, it adopted the form of a fierce
rakshasa. The other tiger said, “I will have my revenge” and disappeared.

Some days later, King Soudasa began a yajna. The priest for this yajna was
the sage Vashistha. Vashishtha finished his rituals and left. But the rakshasa
adopted Vashishtha’s form and sat down in Vashishtha’s place. “At the end
of the ceremony get me some rice and meat to eat,” he said. “I am returning
in a short while.” Having said this, the rakshasa went away. But it adopted the
form of a cook and cooked some human meat. Unknowingly, King Soudasa
placed this meat in a golden vessel and waited for Vashishtha’s return.

When Vashishtha sat down to eat, he was served this meat. In a trice he realized
that this was human meat, and he cursed that Soudasa would become a rakshasa.
But through his mental powers Vashishtha also learnt that much of the trouble
had been caused not by Soudasa, but by the rakshasa. So he reduced the duration
of the curse such tha tSoudasa would have to be a rakshasa only for twelve years.

But Soudasa still thought that he had been unfairly cursed. So he took some water
in his hand and prepared to curse Vashishtha. At this, Soudasa’s wife Madayanti
said, “What are you doing? Don’t curse Vashishtha. He is our guru.”

Soudasa refrained from uttering the curse. But what was to be done with the water
that he had taken in his hand? Since it was water meant for a curse , if it were to
be thrown onto the ground or up into the sky, the grain and the clouds would be
destroyed. So Soudasa poured the water onto his own feet and his feet became
diseased and black. He came to be known as kalmashapada.

As a rakshasa, Kalmashapada lived in the forest and ate people. In the forest
he once met a brahmana and his wife. He proceeded to eat the brahmana,
although his wife begged him for mercy. At this, the brahmana’s wife cursed him
that he would die as soon as he met his own wife.

After twelve years the king was freed of Vashishtha’s curse. But he refrained from
going near his wife because of the other curse.

In this line was born Rama, who destroyed Ravana. Rama’s brothers were
Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. Bharata destroyed three crores of gandharvas.
Shatrughna defeated a rakshasa named Lavana and built the city of Mathura. Rama’s
sons were Kusha and Lava, Lakshmana’s son were Taksha and Pushkara and
Shatrughna’s sons were Suvahu and Sharasena.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 06, 2016, 11:26:28 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Nimi

Ikshvaku had a son named Nimi. Nimi once started a yajna that went on for
a thousand years. He wanted Vashishtha to be the main priest. But Vashishtha
said that he was already busy with the yajna that Indra planned to conduct
for five hundred years. He asked Nimi to wait. He promised to come to
Nimi’s yajna as soon as Indra’s was over.

Nimi returned without saying anything and Vashishtha assumed that Nimi
had agreed to wait. But Nimi began his ceremony with Goutama and other
sages. After finishing Indra’s yajna, Vashishtha came to Nimi’s yajna expecting
to be the chief priest there. But he found that the sacrifice had already been
begun with Goutama as the chief priest. Since he felt insulted, Vashishtha
cursed Nimi that he would henceforth be without a body. Nimi felt this curse
to be unfair. So he too cursed that Vashishtha would be without a body.
Vashishtha however, received antoher body. Thanks to the gods Mitra
and Varuna.

Meanwhile, King Nimi’s body lay there, oiled and perfumed. When the yajna
was over, the assembled gods wished to give the host of the yajna a boon.
They wished to give Nimi a new body but Nimi said that he would have none
of it. He desired instead that he might be allowed to live on the eyelids of
people. This boon was granted. Nimi lives on the eyelids of all people and
that is why the blinking of the eyelids is known as nimesha.

But Nimi had no son and the kingdom would have gone to ruins in the absence
of a son. So the sages pounded the dead body with wood and a son emerged.
Since he came out in this fashion from his father’s body he came to be known
as Janaka (father). And since his father had no body, Janaka was also called
Vaidha (bodyless). When Janaka was ploughing the earth to obtain a son,
a daughter came out of the earth. She was named Sita.

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Title: Re: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 07, 2016, 11:31:28 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Chandra

Having heard accounts of the kings of the solar dynasty, Maitreya wished
to hear of the kings of the lunar dynasty, Parashara obliged.

Brahma’s son was Atri and Atri’s son was Chandra. Brahma made Chandra
the ruler of stars and herbs. Chandra performed a rajasuya yajna (royal
sacrifice). But because he successfully completed a rajasuya yajna, Chandra
became arrogant. The guru of all the devas was Brihaspati and Brihaspati’s
wife was Tara. Chandra kidnapped Tara. Despite Brihaspati’s repeatedly requesting
him to return Tara, Chandra refused. A war began between the two sides. Since
Shukra did not like Brihaspati, Shukra took Chandra’s side. Also on Chandra’s
side were the danavas. Rudra and Indra sided with Brihaspati.

Since the war took place over Tara, it came to be known as the tarakamaya
war. It was a terrible war and it seemed as if the whole world might be destroyed.
The entire world asked Brahma to mediate and stop the war. Brahma stopped
the war and returned Tara to Brihaspati.

But Chandra and Tara had a son and this son was called Budha. Budha married
Ila and their son was called Pururava. Mitra and Varuna once cursed the apsara
Urvashi that she would have to spend some time on earth. Urvashi to be his
wife and Urvashi accepted, subject to a condition. Two sheep were to stay forever
near her bed and if the sheep were to be ever stolen, Urvashi would return to
heaven. Pururava readily agreed. They lived quite happily for sixty thousand years.

Urvashi had no desire to return to heaven. But in Urvashi’s absence the gandharvas
of heaven felt very lonely; they plotted ways of taking Urvashi back to heaven. One
night they stole the two sheep. And since the condition was broken, Urvashi went
back to heaven. Pururava and Urvashi however, had six sons, the eldest being Ayu.

But to remind Pururava of Urvashi, the gandharvas taught him the secret of fire
and the king was instructed to divide this fire into three types. Earlier there used
to be only one sort of fire. But Pururava introduced the three types of fire known
as Garhapatya, Ahavaniya and Dakshina.

In Pururava’s line was born Jahnu. Jahnu once saw that the bowl he used for his
yajna was flooded with the water of the Ganga. He thereupon drank up the entire
Ganga and restored the river only when the devarshis so requested. That is why
Ganga is also called Jahnavi.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 08, 2016, 11:17:45 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Satyavati and Richika

Gadhi was descended from Jahnu. Gadhi had a daughter called Satyavati.
The sage Richika wanted to marry Satyavati. But Gadhi had no desire to
marry off his daughter to an old brahmana who was also very hot-tempered.
So he demanded one thousand horses were to be fleet of foot and white
in colour with black ears. But Richika managed to get such horses from
Varuna and thus married Satyavati.

Satyavati wanted a son. So Richika performed a yajna and obtained some
rice prudding as a result. But Satyavati wished that her mother might
also have a son. Richika, therefore, prepared a second bowl of rice pudding.
He gave the two bowls to Satyavati and said, “This is for you and this for
your mother.” He then went off to the forest.

But Satyavati’s mother said to her daughter, “Usually people want good
sons for themselves, they are not keen about obtaining a good brother-in-law.
I therefore suspect that your rice pudding is better than mine. Let us exchange
bowls. I am a queen and my son will rule the world. He has to be strong.
Your son will be a brahmana. He does not have to be that powerful.” They
exchanged the bowls.

Richika came back fromt he forest and heard what had happened. He was very
angry. Into Satyavati’s mothers’s bowl he had put the ingredients for a son
who would be brave and violent as a kshatriya should be. And into Satyavati’s
bow he had put the ingredients for a son who would be peacefula and non-violent
as a brahmana should be. As it was, everything had now been reversed.

On hearing this, Satyavati begged forgivness and requested that her grandson,
rather than her son, should be brave and violent. This request Richika granted.
Satyavati’s mother gave birth to Vishvamitra. And Satyavati gave birth to
Jamadagni. Jamadagni married Renuka. Their son Parashurama killed many
kshatriyas.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 09, 2016, 12:50:03 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Raji

Pururava’s son Ayu had five sons. Their names were Nahusha, Kshatravriddha,
Rambha, Raji and Anenah. Raji had five hundred brave sons. Many years ago,
the devas and the asuras fought a war. Both the devas and the asuras went
to Brahma and asked, “Who will win this war?” Brahma replied that the
side for which King Raji fought would win.

The asuras came to Raji and asked him to fight on their side. “I will,” said
Raji, “provided that you make me Indra after the devas have been defeated.

“This we cannot do,” replied the asuras. “We cannot promise you one thing
and do another. Prahlada will be our Indra.”

The gods too came to Raji and asked him to fight on their side. And faced
with the same condition, they replied. “Yes indeed, you will be our Indra.”

Raji fought on the side of the gods and killed the demons. After the enemy
had been defeated, Indra touched Raji’s feet and said, “You have protected us,
so you are like my father. And since I am Indra, my father is obviously the
supreme ruler of the world.” Although Raji saw through the flattery, he permitted
Indra to continue as the king of the gods and returned to his capital.

But after Raji died, Raji’s sons demanded that Indra shoud hand over that which
had been promised to them. This Indra refused to do. So Raji’s sons defeated
Indra and themselves assumed the title of Indra. After many years had passed,
Indra went to Brihaspati and prayed that his kingdom might be returned to him.
Brihaspati performed sacrifices so that Indra’s powers might increase and slowly
weaned Raji’s sons away from the path of righteousness. He made them do
evil deeds and turned their minds against the Vedas and the brahmanas. Indra
could now easily defeat and kill the sons of Raji. Indra could now easily defeat
and kill the sons of Raji. He assumed the title of Indra.

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Title: Re: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
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SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Nahusha and Yayati

Nahusha had six sons. Their names were Yati, Yayati, Samyati, Ayati, Vivyati
and Kriti. Yati had no desire to be king, so Yayati became king after Nahusaha.
Yayati had two wives. The first was Shukra’s daughter Devayani and the second
was Vrishaparva’s daughter Sharmishtha. Devayanai’s sons were Yadu and
Turnvasu. And Sharmishtha’s sons were Druhya, Anu and Puru.

Because of a curse imposed on him by Shukra, Yayati became old much before
he should have been. He called his eldest son Yadu to him and said, “I have become
old much before my time. I still want to enjoy material things. Please take my
old age for a thousand years.” Yadu refused and Yayati cursed him that no son
worthy of being a king would ever be born in the line of Yadu. Yayati asked Turvasu,
Druhya and Anu. But they too refused and were given the same curse by their father.
Yayati asked Puru and Puru immediately agreed to his father’s request. He took upon
himself his father’s old age and gave his father his own youth.

Yayati immersed himself in material pursuits. But after having spent many such years
in enjoying life, he got tired of it all. He got back his old age from Puru and returned
Puru’s youth to him. Yayati made Puru the king and went off to do tapasya in the
forest. Turvasu, Druhya and Anu merely received very small kingdoms that surrounded
Puru’s kingdom.

In Yadu’s line was born Arjuna. This Arjuna prayed to Dattatreya and obtained several
boons from him. The first boon was that Arjuna would have a thousand arms. The second
was that he would fight adharma and serve the cause of dharma, fight the evil and serve
the good. The third was that enemies woud not be able to defeat him. And the fourth
and final boon was that Arjuna would be killed by someone who would be famous
throughout the world. This Arjuna came to be known as Kartaviryarjuna. He performed
ten thousand yajnas and ruled for eight-five thousand years. The name of his capital
was Mahishmati. Once Ravana invaded this city and was defeated and imprisoned by
Arjuna. Eventually Arjuna was killed by Parashurama. All who were descended from
Yadu, were known as Yadavas.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 11, 2016, 12:18:22 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

The Jewel Syamantaka

Krishna’s wife was Satyabhama and Satyabhama’s father was Satrajit.

Satrajit sat down on the shores of the ocean and began to pray to Surya.
Surya was pleased with his prayers and appeared before Satrajit.

Satrajit could not see Surya very well and said, “Lord, the sky you appear
 like a burning ball of fire. Yet you have appeared before me and I am not
able to see much.”

Surya was wearing a jewel known a syamantaka on his throat. On hearing
what Satrajit had said, Surya took off this jewel and laid it aside. Satrajit
could now see Surya properly. Surya’s eyes were brownish yellow and his
body was birht, short and of a copper colour. Satrajit bowed down before
Surya and Surya offered to grant him a boon. As a boon. Satrajit wanted the
jewel and Surya granted this wish.

Satrajit put it round his neck and entered the city of Dvaraka. But because
he was wearing the jewel, his body was radiant and energy seemed to flow
out of him. The citizens of Dvaraka at first thought that it was Surya himself
who was entering the city.

Satrajit kept the jewel in his house. Every day it produced gold. And thanks
to its influence, disease, drought, wild animals, fire and theft disappeared from
the kingdom. Krishna thought that the syamantaka jewel should really belong
to the king, Ugrasena. Satrajit was aware of this desire of Krishna’s. Scared that
he might be compelled to part with the jewel, he gave it to his brother Prasena
for safe keeping. The jewel had the property that if someone pure held it, it
would produce gold. But if someone impure held it, it would kill the holder.

One day Prasena wore the jewel around his neck and went off on a hunt. In the
forest he was killed bya lion. The lion was about to go off with the jewel, when
Jambavan, the king of the bears, arrived on the scene. Jambavan killed the lion
and took the jewel. He returned to his home land gave it to his young son to
play with.

Meanwhile, the citizens of Dvaraka noticed that Prasena was not returning
from the hunt. There was a general impression that Krishna had had his eyes
on the jewel. So a rumour went around that it was Krishna who had killed Prasena
and stolen the syamantaka. To put an end to such rumours, Krishna followed
Prasena’s trail into the forest. There he discovered Prasena’s trail into the forest.
Ther ehe discovered two dead bodies, Prasena’s and the lion’s. He quessed what
must have happened. He followed the trail right upto Jambavan’s hole and discovered
Jambavan’s son playing with the jewel. The child’s nursemaid raised an alarm on
seeing Krishna and Jambavan quickly arrived. A terrible fight raged between Krishna
and Jambavan. This fight went on for twenty-one days. Several Yadava soldiers
had also followed Krishna upto Jambavan’s hole. When seven or eight days had
passed and still there was no sign of Krishna, they concluded that Krishna must have
been killed. They, therefore, spread the news of Krishna’s death.

Krishna’s friends arranged a shraddha ceremony and the offerings made at this
funeral ceremony served to increase Krishna’s strength. Krishna finally defeated
Jambavan and Jambavan bowed down before him, The two became friends and J
ambavan married off his daughter Jambavati to Krishna. He also returned the
syamantaka jewel.

The citzens of Dvaraka were delighted to see Krishna and Jambavati. Krishna told
them what had happened and returned the jewel to Satrajit. Satrajit was ashamed
that he had ever doubted Krishna. He therefore gave his daughter Satyabhama
in marriage to Krishna.

But there were other Yadavas like Akrura, Kritavarma and Shatadhanva who had
also wanted to marry Satyabhama and they were not at all happy at this turn of
events. They thought that they had been insulted. Hearing that the Pandavas had
been burnt to death in the house of lac, Krishna went on a trip to Varanavata.
Taking advantage of Krishna’s absence, Shatadhanva killed Satrajit while the
latter was sleeping and stole the jewel.

Satyabhama was furious that her father had been killed. She got up on her chariot
and drove it to Varanavata to tell Krishna what had happened. Krishna came back
to Dvaraka and told Baladeva that the two of them should get together and kill
Shatadhanva. Shatadhanva ran for help to Kritavarma, but Kritavarma refused
to oppose Krishna and Baladeva. Shatadhanva then, ran to Akrura¸only to be
met with another refusal. Shatadhanva then asked Akrura to at least keep the
jewel for him. This Akrura agreed to do, provided that Shatadhanva did not tell
anyone where the jewel was.

Shatadhanva got up on a fast horse and fled. But Krishna and Baladeva followed
him on a chariot. After travelling for a long distance, Shatadhanva came to the
forests on the outskirts of Mithila. His horse died. He started to flee on foot. At this,
Krishna said that he would follow Shatadhanva on foot. He asked Baladeva to
wait for him in the chariot.

Krishna caught up with Shatadhanva and sliced of his head. But despite searching
all Shatadhanva’s belongings, he could not find the jewel. He came and reported
this to Baladeva. But unfortunately, Baladeva did not believe this . He said, “Krishna ,
you are not a brother I would like to associate with. Go your own way and I will
go mine. We do not belong together.” Baladeva went off to the kingdom of Videha
and lived there as a guest of King Janaka’s. It was then that Duryodhana learnt
from Balaeva how to fight with the mace (gada). Krishna reutrned to Dvaraka.
After three years had passed. Vabhru., Ugrasena and the other Yadavas managed
to convince Baladeva that Krishna had indeed not stolen the jewel. Baladeva then
returned to Dvaraka.

Meanwhile, Akrura started to perform many yajnas. It is a crime to kill someone
who is performing a yajna. Akrura reasoned that even if Krishna got to know that
he possessed the jewel, Krishna would not kill him as long as he was performing
a sacrifice. The sacrifices went on for sixty-two years. And because the jewel
was in Dvaraka, disease and other evil things disappeared from the city.

But some relatives of Akrura’s killed some other yadavas and fled the city. Akrura
also fled with them. And the moment this happened, wild beasts, drought and
disease returned to Dvaraka. At first people thought that this was happening
because a holy man like Akrura had left the city. Akrura was therefore brought back
and immediately the wild beasts, drought and disease disappeared.

Krishna, however, reasoned that all this could not be happening simply because
Akrura was a holy man. There must be more to it than that. How was it that Akrura
performed one yajna after another? Where did he get the money? He was not a
rich man. He must therefore have the jewel.

Krishna called an assembly of the Yadavas in his house. And there he told Akrura.
“We all know that Shatadhanva had left the syamantaka jewel with you. Let the
jewel remain with you, there is no harm in that. We are all gaining from its
presence here in the city. But Baladeva suspects that I have stolen it. Will you
please show it to him once to set his suspicions at rest?”

Akrura reasoned that if he lied, they might search his clothes and discover
the jewel. So he took out the jewel from a golden box that he kept hidden inside
his clothes. He offered it to the Yadava who was most worthy of it.

The jewel was so attractive that Baladeva also began to covet it. So did Satyabhama,
since she thought that if the jewel had belonged to her father it was now rightfully
hers. Krishna felt that a quarrel was imminent and intervented. He said, “this jewel
brings happiness to the kingdom only if someone pure wears it. If someone impure
wears it, the wearer is destroyed. I should not wear it, I am not really pure, I have
sixteen thousand wives. For the same reason, let not Satyahama possess it. Nor
should Baladeva have it, he drinks all the time. Let the jewel stay with Akrura.”
And this was agreed to.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 12, 2016, 12:00:08 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Shishupala

In an earlier life, Shishupala had been Hiranayakashipu. He was subsequently
born as Shishupala, the son of Dama Ghosha, the King of Chedi. His mother
was Shrutashrava, the sister of Vasudeva, Krishna’s father. Just as Hiranyakashipu
was killed by Vishnu, Shishupala was killed by Krishna. Shishupala had also been
born as Ravana and had been killed by Rama.

Shantanu and Devapi

In the line of Kuru there used to be a king known as Pratipa. Pratipa had three sons,
Devapi, Shantanu and Vahlika. Devapi left for the forest when he was very young
and Shantanu became king.

For twelve years there was no rain in Shantanu’s kingdom. To find out why, King
Shantanu called all the brahmanas. The brahmanas explained that this was happening
because Devapi should rightfully have been the king. An elder son is the person who
should rule, unless of course the elder son happens to be an outright sinner. To make
the rains come, it was thus imperative that Devapi should be brought back as king.

Shantanu had a minister named Ashmasari. This minster sent a preacher to Devapi
in the forest. The preacher preached against the Vedas. Slowly the preacher turned
Devapi’s mind away from the holy texts. When the brahmanas and Shantanu went
to the forest to offer the kingdom to Devapi, they found that Devapi was saying
various things that were against the Vedas. Devapi had thus become a sinner and
the kingdom was not offered to him. Shantanu continued to be the kinga nd now
it rained.

Shantanu and Ganga married and they had a son called Bhishma. Shantanu also
married Satyavati and had two sons called Vichitravirya and Chitrangada. Dhritarashtra
and Pandu were descended from Vichitravirya. The five sons of Pandu, the Pandanvas,
married Droupadi and Droupadi’s sons were Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutakiriti,
Shantanika and Shrutakarma. The Pandavas had other sons as well. Yudhishthira
married Youdheyi and had a son called Dvaka. Bhima married Hidimba and had a
son called Ghatotkacha. He also married Kashi and had a son called Sarvatraga.
Nakula married Karenumati and had a son called Nirmitra. Sahadeva married
Vijaya and had a son called Suhotra. Arjuna had many wives. From Ulupi he had
a son called Iravan, from Chitrangada he had a son called Babhruvahana and
from Subhadra he had a son called Abhimanyu.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 13, 2016, 11:33:07 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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4th Section

Kali

The Vishnu Purana says that in future there will be a king called Mahapadmanada.
Like a second Parashurama, he will destroy all the kshatriyas. The shudras will
then become kings. Mahapadma will have eight sons and he and his sons will
rule the earth for a hundred years. But a brahmana named Koutilya will kill
all of them, and the shudra kings known as the Mouryas will rule. Koutilya will
make Chandragupta king.

The Maura kings will rule for a hundred and thirty-seven years. Then the Shunga
kings will rule for a hundred and twelve years. After that the Kanva kings will rule
 for forty-five years. Then the Andhra kings will rule for four hundred and fifty-six
years. Then there will be various dynasties known as the Abhiras, Gardhabhilas,
Shakas, Yavanas, Tukharas, Mundas, Mounas, Pouras, Kailakilas, Vahlikas, Nishadas,
Nagas, Magadhas and Guptas.

The kali era will be a terrible period. Subjects will flee to the mountains because
they will not be able to bear the taxes levied by the kings. They will not have food
to eat and clothes to wear. Dharma will be destroyed. Vishnu will be born again as
Kalki to destroy all the evil-doers. It is after this that dharma will be established.
Kali yuga will last for three lakh and sixty thousand years.

This is the end of the fourth section of the Vishnu Purana.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 14, 2016, 11:27:13 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Vasudeva and Devaki

Vasudeva married Devaka’s daughter Devaki. Kamsa drove the chariot of the
couple on the occasion of the marriage. At that time, divine words were heard
 from the sky. A voice said, “Stupid Kamsa, whom are you driving in the chariot?
The eighth child of this woman is going to kill you.”

When he heard this, Kamsa took up his sword and wanted to kill Devaki.
But Vasudeva said, “Brave warrior, do not kill Devaki. Rest assured that I will
hand over to you all the children who are born.” Kamsa agreed to this
arrangement.

At that time, Prithivi (the earth) went to the gods on Mount Sumeru and
complained. She said that the daityas who had been born on earth were creating
havoc there. Many years ago, a daitya known as Kalanemi had been destroyed
by Vishnu. This Kalanemi had now been born as Kamsa, the son of Ugrasena.
He had got together with other evil and powerful kings like Arishta, Dhenuka,
Keshi, Pralamba, Naraka, Sunda and Vanasura. All this oppression was proving
to be too much for the earth.

Brahman corroborated what the earth had said. He said, “Let us all go to the
northern shores of the great ocean and pray to Vishnu there. Whenever something
like this happens, Vishnu is born on earth to protect the cause of dharma.”

On hearing these prayers, Vishnu appeared before Braham and the other gods.
He heard what the gods had to say and tore off two hairs from his head. “These
two hairs of mine will be born on earth to destroy the asuras,” he said. “And all
these other gods will also be born on earth to fight with the asuras.” Before
disappearing, he also added, “I shall be born as the eighth child of Devaki.”

Kamsa heard all this from the sage Narada. He was furious and imprisoned Vasudeva
and Devaki. One by one, six sons were born to Kevaki and Kamsa killed each of
these sons. Vasudeva had another wife known as Rohini who lived in Gokula. The
seventh son was magically transferred from Devaki to Rohini so that Kamsa never
got a chance to kill it. This son grew up to be Sankarshana.

When Vishnu entered Devaki’s body , Devaki looked so bright that no one could
bear to glance at her. Krishna was finally born during the monsoon in the month
of Shravana. (The accounts in different Puranas do not always agree. In some other
accounts, it is stated that Krishna was born in the month of Bhadra.) The actual date
was the eighth day of krishnapaksha. He was born right at the stroke of midnight.
All the sages were happy at this birth, the winds and the rivers became peaceful.
The gandharvas sang and the apsaras danced. The gods showered down flowers
form the sky.

Since there was the danger that Kamsa might kill the baby, Vasudeva, proposed to
leave the child somewhere else. The guards slept, the prison door opened and the
chains fell away by the grace of Vishnu. It was raining furiously that night. But a
great snake held up its hood to protect Vasudeva and the baby. Vasudeva had to
cross the river Yamuna which was very deep. But thanks to Vishnu, the water never
rose above his thighs. Vasudeva corssed the river and met Nanda and other cowherds.
Yashoda had given birth to a daughter known as Yogamaya. Vasudeva placed Krishna
on Yashoda’s bed and removed Yogamaya. He then returned to the prison with
Yogamaya.

The guards woke up and reported to Kamsa that Devaki had given birth to a child.
Kamsa rushed to the prison, picked up the baby and threw it down on the stones so
as to kill it. But Yu\ogamaya was really a goddess who had been sent by Vishnu. When
Kamsa threw her down, the baby rose up into the air and adopted the eight-armed
form of the goddess. “Stupid Kamsa.” She said, “the person who will kill has already
been born. It was the who had killed you in your last birth.” So saying, Yogamaya
disappeared intot he sky.

Kamsa called all his evil friends together and said.”My friends, the mischievous devas
are trying to get me killed, but because I am brave, I am not going to pay any attention
to this. Have you not seen how Indra fled like a coward before my arrows? In this
whole world I am not sacred of anyone other than my guru Jarasandha. These attempts
of the devas made me laugh. Nevertheless, one has to be careful as I have been told
that Devaki’s son will kill me. We have to kill any male child who seems to be unduly
strong.”

He was no further point in detaining Vasudeva and Deaki. He released them and said,
“I have unnecessarily killed your children but that must have been their fate. The
person who is to kill me must have been born somewhere else.”

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:09:48 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Death of Putana and Other Incidents

Nanda and the other cowherds had come to Mathura to pay taxes to the king.
Upon his release, Vasudeva congratulated Nanda for the birth of Nanda’s son.
He did not tell Nanda that the son was really his. He told Nanda to quickly
return to Gokula and take care of Nanda’s own son as well as Vasudeva’s
other son who was with Rohini.

The cowherds returned to Gokula. One night in Gokula, Putana came to feed
the young Krishna. Putana was evil. The limbs of any child she fed at night
got destroyed. But Krishna grasped Putana and began to drink her life out
of her. With a thunderous noise Putana fell down and died.

Another time, the baby Krishna was lying down under a cart. He felt very
hungry and was crying and kicking his legs up in the air. As a result of his
kicking, the cart got overturneed and all the pots and vats that were on the
cart got broken. Everyone came running to see what had happened. They
were very surpised to find tha such a small baby had over turned a huge
cart. Yoshada worshipped the cart with curds, flowers and fruit.

The sage Garga came to Gokula and named the two sons. Rohini’s son
was named Rama and Yoshada’s son was named Krishna. Soon the babies
learnt to crawl, and smeared with cowdung, roamed around everywhere.
They went into the cowsheds and pulled the tails of calves.

On one particular day Yoshada got tired of all this. She got hold of some ropes
and tied up Krishna to a thresher. Then she went away to do her housework.
Krishna pulled and tugged at the thresher. There were two big arjuna trees
that grew not very far away. Krishna dragged the thresher to these trees and
tried to pass through the space between them. But the thresher got stuck in
the space between the two arjuna trees. And as Krishna pulled and tugged,
the huge trees were uprooted trees on the ground. And Krishna sat there
amongst the wreckage, smiling. The rope that Yoshada had tied around his
stomach was still there. Because a rope is called dama, Krishna came to be
known as Damodara.

But the cowherds of Gokula were worried at what they thought were bad omens.
First there was the death of Putana, next there was the overturning of the huge
cart and finally there was the uprooting of the trees. They were not aware that
Krishna was responsible for all this. They thought that some terrible danger was
about to befall Gokula. So with hteir carts and their cattle, they left for Vrindavana.

Rama and Krishna grew up there. They looked after the calves,they played in
the fields, they wore peacock feathers on their heads and they played the flute.
Amongst their close firends were Shakha and Vishakha.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:10:34 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Kaliya Humbled

Part of the Yamuna river was known as the spot of Kaliya. Kaliya was
huge snake that lived in the water. Because the snake lived at that
spot, all the trees along the banks were scorched. And if any birds
flew over the area and the spray of the water struck them, the birds
immediately died. Krishna realized that his snake was none other than
the snake which had been defeated by Garuda in the ocean. It had now
fled from the ocean and had made a home in the Yamuna. The result was
that no one could drink the water of the Yamuna at the spot.

Krishna resolved to kill the snake. He tied his clothes firmly around his body
and jumped into the water from a kadamba tree. As Krishna jumped into the
river, the spray struck the trees along the bank and because the spray was
poisoned by the poison of the snake, the trees began to burn.

Krishna began to swim in the water. On hearing the sound, Kaliya quickly
arrived there. His eyes were red with anger and flames issued out of his mouth.
He was surounded on all sides by poisonous snakes and the wives of those
snakes also accompanied them. All the snakes coiled round Krishna’s body and
began to bite and inject venom into him.

Some cowherds saw Krishna in the water, surrounded by snakes. They rushed
back to Vrindavana and told everyone what they had seen. Nanda, Yoshada,
Rama and the others all came running to the banks of the river. “Where is Krishna,
where is Krishna?”, screamed Yoshada.

They all saw Krishna in the water in the midst of the snakes. The women began
to cry. Some of them proposed that they should also kill themselved if Krishna
had indeed died. Hearing all this commotion, Balarama indicated to Krishna that
it was high time that he killed the snake.

Krishna then shook off the coils of the snake. He lowered Kaliya’s hood and
climbed up on the top of the hood. There be began to dance. At this the hood
began to bleed. Whenever the snake tried to raise his hood, Krishna stamped
down with his feet. The snake became unconscious and began to vomit blood.
The head and the neck broke and blood began to issue out of these parts as well.

Kaliya’s wives then prayed to Krishna. They begged for mercy. They asked him
to spare Kaliya’s life. Kaliya also started to pray to Krishna. At this, Krishna spared
the snake. But the condition was that Kaliya and his servants and relatives would
have to leave the waters of the Yamuna and go back to the ocean. Henceforth,
the mark of Krishna’s feet would stay on Kaliya’s hood. And seeing this mark Garuda
would not pester Kaliya any more.

The waters of the Yamuna were purified.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:10:52 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Killing of Dhenukasura

One day, Balarama and Krishna were wandering around in the forest
and came to a grove where there were a lot of tala trees. A daitya who
looked like a donkey lived there and survived on deer meat. His name
was Dhenuka.

The tala trees were full of rich fruit and the other cowherds wished to
help themselves to the fruit. The problem, however, was Dhenukasura,
who guarded the tala trees. The cowherds, therefore, requested Balarama
and Krishna to pluck some fruit for them. This the two brothers proceeded
to do. But as the fruit fell on the ground, the sound attracted the angry
Dhenuka who arrived on the scene. With its hind legs the donkey kicked
Balarama in the chest. But Balarama caught hold of those legs and began
to twirl the donkey round and round. At this, the donkey died and Balarama
flung the dead body on the tala trees.

Many other daityas in the form of donkeys also arrived. But Krishna and
Balarama killed all of them

The tala grove became safe and cattle began to graze there once again.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:11:26 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Killing of Pralamba

After killing Dhenukasura, Krishna and Balarama reached a banyan tree.
They played and plucked flowers. They wore garlands. Ropes for tying
cattle were round their shoulders. Their clothes were in golden
and black hues.

Sometimes they rode on swings, sometimes they wrestled, sometimes
they flung stones.

An asura known as Pralamba adopted the form of a cowherd and joined
the games. Pralamba thought that Krishna might be too strong to kill,
so he decided to kill Balarama. The boys were playing at a special sort
of race then. Two boys would race upto a point and whoever was the loser
would have to run again with the winner on his shoulders. Krishna defeated
Shridama at this race. And when Balarama and Pralamba raced, Balarama
defeated Pralamba. This meant that Pralamba would have to carry Balarama
upon his shoulders. But as soon as Balarama got up on Pralamba’s shoulders,
Pralamba began to run away. He adopted the size of a huge mountain and
his eyes were as large as cart-wheels.

Balarama cried out, “Krishna, I am being kidnapped. What will I do?”

“Why ask me,” Krishna replied. “You are strong enough. Kill the asura.”

Balarama’s eyes became red with anger. He beat down on the asura’s head
with his fists and the asura died. Blood flowed out of his mouth.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:11:43 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Govardhana

This happened one autuman.

The cowherds decided to have a yajna to honour Indra. Indra was the ruler
of the waters and it was he who sent the clouds. Without the clouds there
would be no rain and without rain there would be no grain. What would the
cattle eat in that case? This was the reason why the cowherds wanted to
worship Indra.

But Krishna told Nanda, “Father, we are not farmers or traders. We live
through animal husbandry, we live in the forests. Our gods should be cattle
and the mountains. Let us stop this worship of Indra and let us instead
worship the mountain Govardhana.”

Nanda and the other cowherds agreed to this and that was how giri yajna
(mountain ceremony) started. Curds, rice pudding and meat were offered to
the mountain. Hundreds and thousands of brahmanas and guests were fed.

But Indra was very angry because his yajna had been stopped and he called
the clouds to him. “Listen to what I say,” he instructed them. “Destroy the cattle
with rain and wind. I will come on Airavata and pour down rain as well.”

Wind and rain started. The clouds were everywhere. There was lightning. And
thunder and heavy rain. The world became dark and there was water everywhere.
Cows and calves began to die.

Krishna had to do something to protect these unfortuante beings. So he uprooted
Govardhana mounatin and held it aloft like an umbrella. The entire mountain was
thus balanced on only one of Krishna’s hands. The cowherds and the cattle took
refuge under the mountain and in the holes that were there. For seven nights Indra
showered down rain. But after that he gave up and Krishna returned the mountain
to original place.

Having been defeated in his purpose, Indra appeared before Krishna. “You have
saved the cattle,” he said. “You are like their Indra. Therefore, from now on,
you will be known as Govinda.”

Indra took down a bell from Airavata’s neck. He filled it with holy water and anointed
Krishna. And he said, “My son Arjuna has been born on earth. Please look after
him and take care of him.”

Krishna assured Indra that he would do so. The two embraced and parted
ways.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:12:09 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Various Exploits

By then the cowherds had realized that Krishna was no ordinary man.
They were slightly scared, but Krishna comforted them and told them
that he was their friend.

One day, an asura known as Arishta arrived there. This asura had the form
of a bull. The bull was dark as the clouds. The horns were sharp and pointed
and his eyes were bright as the sun. He tore up the ground with his hooves.
He was so tall that it was impossible to climb over him. This bull used to
kill the calves and the sages.

Everyone was frightened at Arishta’s arrival. But Krishna clapped his hands.
On hearing the sound of the clap, Arishta charged at Krishna with horns lowered.
Krishna grasped the horns and stopped the bull. Then he hit Arishta with his thighs.
Finally, he tore off one of the horns and attacked Arishta with it. The daitya vomited
blood and died.

Narada related all of Krishna’s exploits to Kamsa and Kamsa was enraged. He decided
that Balarama and Krishna would have to be killed before they became adults. Kamsa
had two strong wrestlers known as Chanura and Mushtika. He plotted to have a wrestling
match between Balarama and Krishna and these two wrestlers, and thereby kill the
two brothers off. The occasion for this wrestling match would be a yajna that Kamsa
would arrange. He would therefore send Akrura to Gokula to bring Balarama and
Krishna to Mathura. In addition, he would send an asura known as Keshi to try and
kill the two brothers in Gokula itself. A strong elephant called Kubalayapida would
also be let loose on the brothers.

Keshi adopted the form of a horse and went to Vrindavana. He tore up the earth
with his hooves, she shook the clouds with his mane and he attacked the sun and
the moon on his way to Vrindavana. The cowherds were naturally frightened.

But Krishna was there to protect them. He inserted his hands into the horse’s
mouth and broke off the horse’s teeth. Like white clouds, one by one the teeth
fell down on the ground. After that, Krishna tore off the asura’s lips and the asura
began to vomit blood. His eyes fell off. Krishna then tore Keshi into two with his
hands. Because Krishna killed Keshi, he came to be known as Keshava.

Meanwhile, Akrura arrived in Gokula and told Balarama and Krishna of Kamsa’s
invitation. The two brothers accepted the invitation and resolved to go to Mathura.
The cowherds were naturally sorry to see Krishna go. They thought that he would
never return to Gokula again. In a chariot, Akrura, Balarama and Krishna set out
for Mathura.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 15, 2016, 12:12:43 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Mathura and Kamsa

They reached Mathura in the evening. Akrura went ahead to the palace
in the chariot, while Balarama and Krishna entered the city on foot. On the
street they met a washerman. They asked the washerman for some nice
clothes. But the washerman was Kamsa’s servant. Not only did he refuse
them the clothes, he also abused that two brothers. So Krishna hit the evil
washerman with his palm and split his head in two. Balarama and Krishna
then took away whatever clothes they wanted. Balarama dressed in blue
and Krishna dressed in yellow. They then went to the house of a garland-seller.
The garland-seller thought that these two were gods. And when Balarama and
Krishna asked for flowers, not only did he give them many flowers, he also
worshipped them. Krishna blessed the garland-seller.

On the streets they also met a young woman. The woman was pretty, but had
a hump on her back. Her name was Kubja. She carried a salver of sandalwood
paste in her hands.

“For whom is the paste?”, asked Krishna.

“This is for Kamsa,” was the reply. “He has appointed me to make fragrant
paste for him.”

“Please give us the paste,” said Krishna. “This paste is fit for our bodies.”

Kubja complied and Balarama and Krishna rubbed the paste on their bodies.
Then Krishna grasped Kubja’s chin with his index and middle fingers.. He pressed
down her feet with his own so that they did not move. As he exerted pressure
upwards, Kubja’s body straightened and the hump disappeared. Kubja became
a beautiful woman.

At the yajna that Kamsa had arranged, a bow was to be worshipped. Krishna
and Balarama asked various guards where this bow was being kept. They arrived
at that room and Krishna proceeded to tie a string to the bow. But the bow snapped
and the sound of the bow snapping was heard throughout the palace. The guards
came and attacked Krishna and Balarama, but the two brothers killed all the guards.

By then, Kamsa had got to know that Krishna and Balarama had come to Mathura.
So he called Chanura and Mushtika and told them to go and wrestle with the two
brothers and kill them. He also called the servant who was in charge of his elephant
known as Kubalayapida at the main gate to the palace. It was night. After issuing
these instructions, Kamsa waited for morning.

When it was morning, arrangements were made for the wrestling match. There
were ordinary seats for ordinary citizens around the arena where the match was
to take palace. Kings and special guests had special seats reserved for them.
Kamsa sat on the highest seat of all. The women sat behind a partition. Amongst
the spectators were Nanda and the cowherds, Vasudeva, Akrura and Devaki.

Marital music started to be played. Chanura and Mushtika stood in the middle of
the arena, exhibiting their strength. Krishna and Balarama entered the arena. At the
main gate they had killed the elephant Kubalayuapida and they carried the bloody
tusks in their hands.

The schedule was that Krishna would fight with Chanura and Balarama would fight
with Mushtika. The first wrestling match between Krishna and Chanura began. It was
a terrible bout to behold. Both were strong fighters. But eventually, Krishna raised
Chanura’s body aloft and whirled it around a hundred times before throwing Chandura
down on the ground. Chanura died. Meanwhile Balarama had started to fight with Mushtika.
He hit Mushtika’s head and chest with his fists and thighs. And he grasped Mushtika so
hard that the breath of life went out of Mushtika’s body. Krishna also killed another
wrestler whose name was Toshalaka.

Kamsa was very angry. He instructed his guards to capture Krishna and Balarama and
tie them up in iron chains. The guards were also to chain up Vasudeva and the cowherds.

But Krishna merely laughed. He jumped up on the stage where Kamsa was sitting and
caught hold of Kamsa’s hair. He threw Kamsa down on the ground and Kamsa, the son
of Ugrasena, died. Krishna pulled the dead body down to the arena. Kamsa’s body was
so heavy that a huge pit was created where the dead body was placed.

Kamsa had a brother called Sumali and Sumali attacked Krishna and Balarama. But
Balarama killed Sumali very easily. Krishna and Balarama then ent and met Vasudeva
and Devaki.

Kamsa had imprisoned his own father Ugrasena. Krishna released Ugrasena from the
prison and made him king. Krishna also obtained a beautiful assembly hall named Sudharma
from Indra. This he repesented to King Ugrasena.

Since Kamsa was now dead, it was time for Krishna and Balarama to go to their guru’s
house for studying. Their guru was a sage named Sandipani, who lived in Kashi. There Krishna
and Balarama went to learn amongst other things, the art of fighting. It took them only
sixty-four days to learn all this. After the shishya’s studies are completed he has to give
a dakshina to his guru. Sandipani’s son had died and as a guru dakshina, Sandipani desired
that his dead son might be brought back to life.

After death, the sage Sandipani’s son had gone to the great ocean. Krishna and Balarma
took up their weapons and went to the ocean to demand the son. The ocean told them
that the son was actually with a daitya named Panchajana who had the form of a conch-shell.
Krishna entered the ocean and killed it. From the skeleton of the daitya was made the
conch-shell Panchajanya that Krishna blows. To get back the dead son, Krishna and Balarama
also had to go to Yama’s world and defeat Yama. They did that and returned the son to
the sage Sandipani.

They then returned to Mathura.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:46:23 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Jarasandha

Kamsa had married two of Jarasandh’s daughters. These daughters were
known as Asti and Prapti. On hearing that Krishna had killed his son-in-law,
Jarasandha raised a huge army and attacked the Yadavas. The city of Mathura
was under seize by the king of Magadha.

Krishna and Balarama had only a few soldiers, as compared to Jarasandha’s
gigantic army. But still they came out to fight. From the sky a bow called
Sharnga, two quivers that never ran out of arrows, and a mace named
Koumodaki fell into Krishna’s hands. For Balarama the weapons were a plough
and a club named Sounanda. Jarasandha was defeated by the two brothers
and he fled.

After a few days Jarasandha attacked once more and was defeated yet again.
This continued. There were eighteen occasions on which Jarasandha attacked
and was defeated by the Yadavas.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:47:07 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Kalayavana

There was a brahmana named Gargya who had been insulted and ridiculed
by the Yadavas. This brahmana went to the shores of the southern ocean and
began to perform tapasya. His desire was a son who would be the scourge of
the Yadavas. As part of the tapasya, he ate only iron dust for food. The tapasya
went on for twelve years and at the end of it, Mahadeva was pleased. The
 brahmana obtained the desired boon.

The son who was born was black of hue. The king of the Yavanas had no son
and the brahmana’s son was adopted by the Yavana king. Eventually, this son
became the king of the Yavanas and came to be known as Kalayavana.

Kalayavana wanted to know the names of all the powerful on the earth from
Narada. He was told the names of the Yadava kings. So he decided to attack
the Yadavas. He collected thousands and thousands of chariots, horses, elephants
and infantry. Then he came to Mathura to wage war.

Krishna was worried. He realized that the Yadavas would become weakened from
their war with Kalayavana. And if Jarasandha’s attack came after that, the Yadavas
might even lose at the hands of Jarasandha. On the other hand, if the Yadavas
became weak from a war with Jarasandha, they might lose the war with Kalayavana.
There was danger from both sides. It was, therefore, necessary to build a strong
fort from where the Yadavas could wage a long drawn out war, even in the absence
of Krishna. On the shores of the ocean Krishna, therefore, built the city of Dvaraka.
There were many gardens and lakes in Dvaraka. But more importantly, it was
surrounded by walls and moats on all sides and there were several forts inside the
city. All the citizens of Mathura were brought to Dvaraka.

Krishna then appeared before Kalayavana. At the sight of Krishna, Kalayavana began
 to follow him, desirous of a fight. Krishna had a plan. He went inside the cave where
a powerful king known as Muchukunda was sleeping. Kalayavana followed Krishna
inside the cave. It was dark inside so that Kayavana could not make out that the
person who was sleeping was Muchukunda and not Krishna. So, thinking that it was
Krishna, Kalayavana kicked the body. When the king woke up, the anger in him came
out as fire through his eyes and this fire burnt up Kalayavana into ashes.

Many years ago, King Muchukunda had taken part in a fight between the devas and
the asuras. After killing many asuras Muchukunda was tired. He craved a boon from
the gods that he might sleep for a long period of time. The devas granted the boon
and also said that whoever woke up Muchukunda would be burnt into ashes by the
flames that would come out of the king’s body.

Having burnt up Kalayavana King Muchukunda came out of the cave and found that
people were now much shorter than they used to be . He realized that the kali era
must have arrived and went off to do tapasya on Mount Gandhamadana.

Kalayavana’s soldiers were defeated by Krishna.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:47:58 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Balarama and The River Yamuna

Now that there was peace, Balarama went on a trip to Gokula. There he met
all his old friends and throughly enjoyed himself.

One day he found that there was wine issuing out of a kadamba tree. Balarama
drank a lot of the wine and became drunk. Since he was drunk he had lost control
of his senses. He, therefore, told the river Yamuna, “River Yamuna, I feel like having
a bath. Change your course and come here so that I may fulfil my desire.”

Yamuna ignored this instruction. At this, Balarama was enraged and took up his
plough. With his plough he grasped the river and pulled her towards himself,
“You won’t come , will you?”, he said. “Let me see how you can flow where
you wish.”

The course of the river was changed.

Yamuna appeared before Balarama and begged for forgiveness.

This was granted.

When Balarama’s bath was over, Lakshmi appeared before him and gave a garland
of lotuses which never fade. She also gave him two pieces of blue clothing.

Balarama returned to Dvaraka after having spent two months in Gokula. He married
King Raivata’s daughter Revati and had two sons named Nishatha and Ulmuka.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:48:51 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Rukmini and Rukmi

There was a king named Bhishmaka who ruled in the kingdom of Kundina.
The king had a son named Rukmi and a daughter named Rukmimi. Krishna
and Rukmini wished to marry each other. But Rukmi did not like Krishna,
so he refused to get his sister married off to Krishna.

Bhishmaka was also an ally of Jarasandha’s. So he agreed with Rukmi and
decided to marry his daughter to Shishupala. All these allies of Jarasandha’s
went to Kundina to witness the marriage and Krishna and the Yadavas also
went there. But one day before the marriage was due to take place, Krishna
abducted Rukmini.

Thereupon several kings like Poundraka, Dantavakra, Viduratha, Shishupala,
Jarasandha and Shalva attacked the Yadavas so as to kill Krishna. But they
were defeated by Balarama and the other Yadavas.

Rukmi resolved, “I will not return to Kundina without killing Krishna.” He followed
Krishna with many soldiers, horses, elephants,and chariots. But Krishna easily
defeated Rukmi.

When Krishna was about to kill Rukmi, Rukmini said, “I have only one brother.
Please spare his life.”

Krishna spared Rukmi’s life. But Rukmi had resolved that he would not return
to Kundina without killing Krishna. So he had to build a new city known as
Bhojakata where he began to live.

Krishna married Rukmini according to the rakshasa form of marriage. They had
a son called Pradyumna who was kidnapped by Shambarasura as soon as he
was born. But later, Pradyumna was to kill Shambarasura.

“Tell me this story,” asked Maitreya of Parashara.

Shambarasua knew that Pradyumna was destined to kill him. So six days after
Pradyumna’s birth, he kidnapped the newly born baby and threw it into the ocean.
The ocean was full of sharks and crocodiles. The baby might have died, but a fish
swallowed it up and the baby was saved. Later on, some fishermen caught the
fish and brought it to Shambarasura’s kitchen.

Shambarasura had a housekeeper named Mayavati. When the fish was cut,
Mayavati found the baby inside. She was very surprised. “Who is this boy and how
did he come to be here?’, she wondered. She went to Narada to find out who the
boy was and Narada told her the entire story. He also told her to ensure that the
boy was brought up properly.

This Mayavati proceeded to do. She was well versed in the techniques of maya or
illusions and these she taught to Pradyumna. When Pradyumna grew up, she told
him the entire story of his birth and kidnapping. Hearing this, Pradyumna challenged
Shambarasura to a duel. Shambarasura used a lot of maya, but thanks to Mayavati,
Pradyumna had also learnt the use of maya. So he did manage to kill Shambarasura.

After this, Pradyumna and Mayavati returned to Krishna and Rukmini. Everyone was
happy and Pradyumna married Mayavati.

Apart from Pradyumna, Krishna and Rukmini had eight other sons and a daughter.
And apart from Rukmini, Krishna had seven other major wives. Their names were Kalindi,
Mitravinda, Satya, Jambavati or Rohini, Sushila, Satyabhama, and Lakshmana. The total
number of Krishna’s wives was sixteen thousand.

Pradyumna married King Rukmi’s daughter and had a son named Aniruddha. Aniruddha
married Rukmi’s grand-daughter. On the occasion of this marriage, Krishna, Balarama
and the other Yadavas arrived at Rukmi’s capital Bhojakata.

After the marriage was over, some kings told Rukmi, “Balarama is addicted to playing
dice, although he cannot play it at all well. Why not arrange match of dice in which
we can defeat Balarama?”

Rukmi agreed to this proposition and a match was arranged in which Rukmi played with
Balarama. In the first round, Rukmi won four thousand gold pieces off Balarama. This
happened a second time and a third time as well. At this, the king of Kalinga and Rukmi
began to laugh at Balarama.

Balarama got angry and placed four crores of gold pieces as a bet. Rukmi threw the dice,
but this time Balarama won.

“I have won,” said Balarama.

“No, you haven’t”, replied Rukmi. “You did place the bet, but I did not accept it.
So you have not really won.”

Words were then heard from heaven which said that it was Balarama who was in the
right. Although Rukmi had not verbally accepted the bet, his throwing of the dice meant
that the bet was acceptable to him.

This roused Balarama’s anger and he picked up a dice and killed Rukmi with it. He also
caught hold of the king of Kalinga and broke off the king’s teeth. It was with these teeth
that the king of Kalinga had laughed at Balarama. Many were the other kings whom
Balarama killed on this occasion.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:49:45 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Killing of Narakasura

Once Indra came to Davaraka on the elephant Airavata. He met Krishna
and complained about the behaviour of a daitya named Narakasura.

This Narakasura was the son of Prithivi and the king of Pragjyotishapura.
He was oppressing all living beings. He was kidnapping the daughters of
devas, asuras and kings and imprisoning them in his house. Naraka had
also stolen Varuna’s umbrella from which the rains came, and the peak of
Mount Mandara. In addition he had robbed Indra’s mother Aditi of her
earrings and was now threatening to steal Airavata.

Krishna decided to do something about Naraksura. He thought of Garuda
and immediately, Garuda appeared before him. Krishna and Satyabhama
got onto Garuda and flew towards Pragjyotishapura. There was an asura
named Muru who had installed many sharp stakes around Naraka’s city.
But Krishna sliced off these stakes with his sudarshana chakra. And when
Muru attacked him, Krishna killed Muru and his seven thousand sons with
the chakra. He also killed two others. Hayagriva and Panchajana, and arrived
at Pragyotishapura.

A terrible war raged between the armies of Narakasura and Krishna. Krishna
killed thousands and thousands of asuras and sliced Narakasura in two with
his chakra.

Inside Narakasura’s palace Krishna found sixteen thousand and one hundred
women whom Narakasura had imprisoned. There were also several horses and
six thousand elephants with four tusks each. All of these Krishna sent to Dvaraka.
Krishan put the other things that Naraka had stolen on Garuda and proceeded
towards heaven to return them to their rightful owners.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:50:39 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Taking of Parijata

Krishna arrived at the gates of heaven and blew upon his conch shell.
The gods came out to worship Krishna. Krishna first went to Aditi’s house
and returned her earrings. Aditi blessed Satyabhama and gave her the
boon that Satyabhama would never grow old or ugly, she would be in a
state of perpetual youth.

Aditi also told Indra to worship Krishna. But Indra’s wife Shachi thought
that Satyabhama was a mere human, so she did not give Satyabhama
any parijata flowers, although she wore them herself.

Krishna and Satyabhama went for a stroll in the gardens and there they
saw the parijata tree. The leaves of the tree were of copper colour and the
bark was of gold. Satyabhama said, “Why don’t you take this tree to Dvaraka?”
And she persisted, “If you really love me, please take this tree to our house.
I will wear the flowers on my hair.”

Krishna laughed. He uprooted the tree and placed it on Garuda’s back. The guards
said, “Please don’t take this tree. It belongs to Shachi, the wife of Indra.” They also
pointed out that the taking of the tree would arouse the wrath of the gods.

At this, Satyabhama grew angry. “Who is Indra and who is Shachi?”, she said.
“This tree came out of the churning of the ocean, so it belongs to everyone. Why
should Indra alone enjoy it? My husband is taking away this tree, go and tell Shachi
this. Let me see if her husband can prevent it from happening. Go and tell Shachi
that a mere human is taking the tree away.”

The guards went and told Shachi what was happening. Incited by Shachi, Indra
attacked Krishna with all the soldiers that the gods could muster. Indra had his
vajra for a weapon, the other devas had clubs, swords, maces and spears. On seeing
Indra on Airavata, Krishna blew on his conch shell and let loose thosuands and
thousands arrows. The gods flung many weapons at him, but Krishna repelled all
these weapons. Garuda also helped in the fight. With a mace Krishna destroyed Yama’s
weapon. With his chakra he destroyed Kubera’s palanquin. With a glance he robbed
the sun of all energy. Agni was defeated with Krishna’s arrows. The vasus, the rudras,
the maruts and the gandharvas had to flee.

Indra and Krishna fought with each other while Garuda fought with Airavata. Indra
finally took up his vajra and Krishna took up his chakra. Everyone in the worlds was
frightened because the worlds might be annihilated. But when Indra hurled his vajra,
Krishna simply caught the weapon in his hand. He did not fling the chakra. Indra
started to run away.

Satyabhama taunted him. “Indra, king of the gods, why are you running away?”,
she said. “Aren’t you Shachi’s husband? Fleeing does not become you! Don’t run away.
Here , take the parijata tree. Let the minds of the gods be at rest.”

Indra then apologised for all that had happened. He also said that there was no shame
in losing to Krishna. For Krishna was, after all, nothing but Vishnu.

Krishna smiled and returned the parijata tree, as well as Indra’s vajra. But Indra refused
to take the tree back. He requested Krishna to take the tree to Dvaraka. Once Krishna
died, the tree would return on its own to heaven. This Krishna agreed to do and the
tree got the pride of place in Krishna’s garden in Dvaraka. All the Yadavas came to see it.

Narakasura’s elephants, horses and other wealth had also been brought to Dvaraka.
The sixteen thousand and one hundred women that Narakasura had imprisoned had
come to Dvaraka. Krishna married all of them.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 23, 2016, 11:51:35 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Usha and Vanasura

Krishna had more than one lakh and eighty thousand sons. But the best of
them was Pradyumna and Pradyumna’s son was Aniruddha.

Vali’s son was Vanasura and Vanasura’s daughter was Usha. Usha once met
Parvati and Shiva. She asked Parvati who her husband would be. Parvati
replied that in the month of Vaishakha a person would appear in Usha’s dreams.
And this person would be her husband.

As promised by Parvati, Usha did see a person in her dreams. But she did not
know how this person was. She told her friend Chitraleka about this. Chitralekha
thought that the only way to find out was to show Usha the protraits of various
important personages amongst the devas, gandharvas and asuras. But the required
person could not be identified from these portraits. Usha was then shown the portraits
of humans and immediately she identified Aniruddha.”

Many years ago, Vanasura had prayed to Mahadeva,” he had said, “please grant me
fights. I have ten thousand arms. What will I do with all these arms if I don’t get a
chance to fight?”

“Be patient,” replied Mahadeva. “One day you will find your flag lying broken. When
that happens, you will get the opportunity to fight as much as you wish.”

At this Vanasura was happy.

Meanwhile, once Aniruddha’s identity had been established, Chitralekha wondered
what could be done. She went to Dvaraka and secretly brought Aniruddha to meet Usha.
That was the very day on which Vanasura found his flag lying broken. The guards also
came and informed him that Aniruddha was with Usha. Vanasura sent his soldiers to
fight with Aniruddha, but Aniruddha killed them all with a club.

Then Vanasura himself entered the fray. Initially, he was beaten by Aniruddha. But he
used maya to tie Aniruddha up.

Narada went to Dvaraka and told the Yadavas this. So Krishna, Balarama and Pradyumna
came to rescue Aniruddha. Many were the soldiers that Krishna killed before entering
the city. Also at the gate was a demon known as Jvara, a demon with a huge body,
three arms and three legs. This demon had been born out of Mahadeva’s body. The
demon was so powerful that it even caused Balarama some discomfort. But Krishna
created a demon from his own body which killed the demon Jvara.

Krishna killed many asura soldiers. Vanasura himself came out to fight. Mahadeva and
Kartikeya fought on Vana’s side and Vanasura’s chariot was driven by Nandi. Terrible
was the war between Krishna and Mahadeva and everyone thought that the world would
come to an end. But Krishna tired out Mahadeva. Pradyumna defeated Kartikeya, and
Balarama killed many of Vanasura’s soldiers. Krishna and Vanasura shot arrows at each
other. Then Krishna took up this sudharshana chakra and sliced of all Vanasura’s arms.
But when he was about to kill Vanasura, Mahadeva intervened and begged for Vana’s life.
This boon Krishna granted.

At the end of the war, Aniruddha and Usha too returned to Dvaraka with the other Yadavas.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 31, 2016, 06:36:33 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Slaying of Pundraka

There was a king named Poundraka who suffered from the illusion that
he was Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu on earth. He adopted the name
of Vasudeva and sent a messenger to Krishna saying, “Stop pretending
that you are Vishnu. It is I who am Vasudeva. Come to me and beg for
your life.”

Poundraka was a friend of the king of Kashi. Krishna told the messenger
tha the would leave for Kashi the very next day.

Hearing the message, Poundraka got ready with his army. Krishna arrived
in Kashi on Garuda. Krishna killed the enemy soldiers with his arrows, mace
and chakra. He sliced Poundraka’s body with his chakra and eventually killed
him with a mace. He also killed Poundraka’s friend, the king of Kashi. He cut
of fthe king’s head with his arrows and flung it into the city of Kashi. After that,
Krishna returned to Dvaraka.

When the head of the king of Kashi fell inside the city, the inhabitants were
surprised at this strange phenomenon. But the king’ son found out that Krishna
was responsible for this and prayed to Mahadeva. When as a result of the yajna
Mahadeva appeared before him, the son begged, “Please create a demon that
will kill Krishna, my father’s murderer.”

Mahadeva agreed and created such a demon fromt he fire of the yajna. This
demon arrived in Dvaraka wishing to kill Krishna. Flames issued out of its mouth
and its hair was also like fire. Krishna flung his sudarshana chakra at the demon.
The demon turned and ran, but whereever the demon went, the chakra followed.
Finally, the demon arrived in Kashi. But the chakra followed it there and burnt
up the entire city. All the kings, servants, horses, elephants and cattle thee
were burnt.

Having achieved its purpose, the chakra returned to Krishna.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on August 31, 2016, 11:55:27 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

Shamba’s Wedding

Krishna’ son Shamba wanted to marry Duryodhana’s daughter. He kidnapped
her. But Karna, Duryodhana, Bhishma, Drona and other warriors fought with
Shamba and managed to imprison him. On learning the news, the Yadavas
got ready to fight with the Kauravas.

But Balarama restrained the Yadavas. “Leave it to me,” he said. “Let me go
alone. The Kauravas will listen to me and will let Shamba go.” Balarama went
to Hastinapura but did not enter the city. Duryodhana and the others learnt
of this and came to pay thier respects. Balarama then told them that King
Ugrasena had requested that Shamba might be released.

But this request made the Kauravas angry. “Balarama, what are you saying?”
they asked. “How dare the Yadavas order the Kauravas?” This is a bit like a
servant ordering a master.

Refusing to release Shamba, the Kauravas returned to Hastinapura. This angered
 Balarama. He grasped the foundations of Hastinapura city with his plough and
prepared to hurl the city into the Bhagirathi river. This brought the Kauravas to
their senses and they begged for forgiveness.

Shamba and his wife were brought to Balarama and he forgave the

Kauravas. Ever since tha tday, Hastinapura leans towards the river on one side.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on September 01, 2016, 11:31:07 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The Death of Dvivida

The asura known as Naraka was opposed to the devas. And Naraka had
a monkey friend named Dvivida. Dvivida fought with the devas and became
particularly belligerent after Naraka was killed by Krishna. He destroyed all
the yajnas and persecuted the sages. He also destroyed cities, villageas and
forests. He even tore up mountains and flung them into the ocean. The ocean
overflowed and flooded cities and villages.

One day, Balarama was busy drinking in a garden. Dvivida arrived there and
began to make a general nuisance of himself. He picked up Balarama’s plough
and club. And despire Balarma’s warning him, he continued to laugh at him.
Greatly angered, Balarama picked up his club and the monkey also picked up a
huge boulder. Balarama broke up the monkey’s boulder with his club. The monkey
then began to hit Balarama on the chest. But Balarama brought down his fists
on the monkey’s head and the monkey died.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on September 02, 2016, 11:59:04 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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5th Section

The End of the Yadavas

There was a place of pilgrimage known as Pindaraka. Some Yadava
youths once met the sages Kanva, Vishvamitra and Narada there.
The Yadava youths dressed Shamba up as a woman and brought him
to the sages. “Sages,” they asked, “tell us whether this woman will
have a son or a daughter.”

The sages saw through the game and were angered at the insult.
“This person will give birth to a club,” they said. “And that club will
destroy your clan.”

In due course a club came out of Shamba’s body. But learning of the
curse, King Ugrasena pulverised the club and had the dust scattered in
the ocean. But the dust got changed into sharp reeds that grew on the
shores of the ocean.

A small part of the club could not be crushed. This was thrown into the
ocean as it was, and a fish swallowed this piece. When the fish was caught,
this piece of the club came out of the fish’s stomach and a hunter named
Jara acquired the piece.

There was a place of pilgrimage known as Prabhasa and eventually the
Yadavas went there. Only one Yadava named Uddhava went off to do tapasya
on Mount Gandhamadana. In Prabhasa, the Yadavas began to drink and soon
lost all control of their senses. They started to fight and picked up the reeds
that were growning on the shores as weapons. Krishna did try to restrain them,
but the Yadavas were in no mood to listen. Soon, Krishna and Daruka were
the only Yadavas who were left alive.

Krishna and Daruka were wandering around and found Balarama seated under
the tree. A huge snake came out of Balarama’s mouth and disappeared into
the sea. This meant that Balarama died.

Krishna told Daruka, “Go and tell King Ugrasena all this. Soon I too will die. And
soon the sea will swallow up the city of Dvaraka. Go and tell the Yadavas who
are left in Dvaraka that they should wait for Arjuna’s arrival and that they should
leave the city with Arjuna. And go and tell Arjuna to protect my people as best
as he can. Vajra is to be made the king the Yadavas.”

Daruka paid his respects to Krishna and left.

Krishna sat down to meditate. The hunter named Jara arrived there. He had fashioned
an arrow-head out of the piece of the club. Seeing Krishna’s feet, he thought that it
was part of a deer and let loose an arrow. When he came up to see what happened,
he found that his arrow had pierced the body of a man. He begged for forgiveness
and Krishna assured him that Jara would go to heaven. In fact, a chariot immediately
arrive to take Jara to heaven.

Krishna died. He was a hundred years old.

Arjuna found the dead bodies of Krishna, Balarama and other important Yadavas
and performed their shraddha ceremonies. Krishna’s eight major wives died on
Krishna’s funeral pyre. Revati did the same on Balarama’s . Urgasena, Rohini, Devaki
and Vasudeva also entered a fire. The others left Dvaraka with Arjuna.

As soon as Krishna died, the parijata tree and the assembly hall named Sudharma
returned to heaven. The kali era began. And the city of Dvaraka was swallowed up
by the sea, with the exception of Krishna’s own dwelling.

Arjuna settled some of the Yadavas in the Punjab. But when he was taking the Yadava
women with him, the party was set upon by a band of dacoits. Arjuna tried to repel
the dacoits but found that he had lost all his powers. His strength had left him with
Krishna’s death.

This is the end of the fifth section of the Vishnu Purana.

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Title: Re: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on September 03, 2016, 11:45:58 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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6th Section

The Kali Era

Maitreya wanted to know more about the kali era.

In the kali era, the norms of varna and ashrama will not be followed as is
laid down in the Vedas. No one will pray to the gods . Relations between
guru and shishya will cease. Might will be right. Women will all the time
take care of their hair. Wealth will mean everything. Instead of spending
money on dharma , people will spend money on building houses. Money
will be spent for oneself and not for guests. Men will be selfish. Money will
be earned through evil means. There will be drought.

Men will not bathe before their meals. Both men and women will become
shorter. Women will not obey their husbands. The kings will not take care of
the subjects, but will only impose taxes. People will become old when they
reach the age of twelve and no one will live for more than twenty years.
Evil will flourish. No one will worship Vishnu. All the classes will become like
shudras.

There is only one good thing about kali yuga. In satya yuga one had to do a
lot of tapasya to earn some punya. In kali yuga the same punya can be acquired
through a little tapasya. The equivalence is like this. Ten years of tapasya in
satya yuga are equal to one year of tapasya in treta yuga, one month of tapasya
in dvapara yuga and one day of tapasya in kali yuga.

Vyasadeva said that shudras and women are fortunate. The other varnas have to
do many things to enter that dharma is being followed. But for the shudras the path
of dharma is simple. They only have to serve the other varnas to acquire punya.
Similarly men have to do many things to achieve punya. For women, the attainment
of punya is easy; they only have to serve their husbands.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on September 05, 2016, 09:38:42 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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6th Section

Destruction

There are three types of pralaya or destruction, the first being brahma
or naimittika. Naimittika pralaya takes place after a kalpa, that is after
one of Brahma’s days and after fourteen Manus have passed. Before this
pralaya, the earth becomes weak and there are no rains for a hundred years.
Vishnu adopts the form of Rudra and drinks up all the water that there is in
the rivers, the oceans, the seas and the mountains. The seven rays of the
sun manifest themselves as seven different suns. These suns burn up the
three worlds. Not only is bhuloka burnt up, but bhuvarloka and svarloka are
also destroyed. There are dark and thick clouds everywhere. For a hundrd
years it continues to rain. All is darkness. For a hundred years the winds blow.
And Vishnu sleeps on the waters that are everywhere till the worlds are created
again.

The second type of destruction is known as prakrita pralaya. The three basic
gunas are, as you know, sattva, rajas and tamas. Their perfect balance is known
as prakriti. At the time of destruction when prakriti becomes assimilated into the
paramatman, that is known as prakrita pralaya. The third type of pralaya is known
as atyatika pralya. This refers to the disppearance of three types of distress,
adhyatmika, adhidaivika and adhibhoutika. Adhyatmika distress consists of physical
and mental ailments like fever and sadness. Adhidaivika distress is that due to the
elements, such as coldness and heat. Adhibhoutika distress is that which humans
face from other livings beings, such as ghosts and snakes. At the time of atyantika
destruction, these distresses also disappear.

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Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on September 05, 2016, 09:42:24 AM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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6th Section

Keshidhvaja and Khandikya

Many years ago there was a king named Dharmadhvaja. He had two sons,
Mitadhvaja and Kritadhvaja. Kritadhvaja was interested in acquiring knowledge
and his son Keshidhvaja also became interested in acquiring spiritual knowledge.
Mitadhvaja’s son Khandikya was a king, interested in karma yoga, that is,
union with God through action.

Both Khandikya and Keshidhvaja tried to outdo each other. Khandikya eventually
lost his kingdom to Keshidhvaja and went off to the forest with his priests and
minsiters. Although he became a king, Keshidhvaja used to perform yajnas.
Once the cow intended for the yajna was eaten up by a tiger. This was a sin and
Keshidhvaja had to atone for it. He asked several sages what the form of penance
(prayashchiita) should be, but none of the sages knew. They all said that the right
person to ask was Khandikya, who was now living in the forest.

Keshidhavaja dressed himself up in deerskin and went to meet Khandikya. Thinking
that Keshidhvaja might have come to kill him, Khandikya took up his bow and arrow.
But Keshidhvaja told him that he had merely come to ask Khandikya a question.
Khandikya told him what the right penance was and Keshidhvaja successfully
completed the yajna.

But he then realized that he had not given Khandikya the dakshina or fee that was
due to a guru. As dakshina, Khandikya desired that Keshidhvaja instruct him on the
path to spiritual knowledge.

Keshidhvaja told Khandikya about the true nature of the atman, which was different
from the mere physical body. True knowledge was that which taught that the atman
was part of the paramatman and that one should therefore not get attached to
material possessions. This realization came about through the practise or yoga.

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OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAY JAY SAI RAM !!!
Title: SHREE VISHNU PURANAM
Post by: ShAivI on September 06, 2016, 12:40:34 PM
SHREE VISHNU PURANAM

Sri Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryeshu Sarvada॥

Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam
Padmanaabham Suresham Vishwaadhaaram
Gaganasadrasham Meghavarnam Shubhaangam
Lakshmikaantam Kamalanayanam
Yogibhirdhyaanagamyam Vande Vishnum
Bhavabhayaharam Sarvalokaikanaatham

OM SAI RAM ॥

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6th Section

How The Puranas Came Down to us

At the end, the Vishnu Purana narrates how the Puranas came to be handed
down to us through generationsof disciples.

The Puranas tell men of the ways to attain moksha (salvation). Ages ago,
Brahma himself had told the sage Ribhu the story of the Puranas. From Ribhu
the knowledge had passed to Priyavrata and from Priyavrata to Bhaguri. Bhaguri
gave the knowledge to Stavamitra and Stavamitra to Dadhichi. From Dadhichi
it passed to Sarasvata, from Sarasvata to “Bhrigu, from Bhrigu to Purukutsa,
from Purukutsa to Narmada, from Narmada to Dhritarashtra and Purana.
Dhritarsashtra and Purana gave the knowedge to Vasuki, Vasuki to Vatsa and
Vatsa to Ashvatara. Ashvatara passed it on to Kambala and Kambala to Elapatra.

The sage Vedashira acquired the knowledge of the Puranas from the underworld
and gave it to Pramati, Pramati gave it to Jatukarna and Jatukarna passed it
on to many sages.

Parashara had learnt of the Puranas from Vashishtha and he had now passed
on the knowledge to Maitreya. Maitreya would eventually teach it to Shamika.

So ends the sixth and final section of the Vishu Purana.

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