According to the scriptures, there are 21 types of sages. Very few people know about this. They're classified as follows: 1) Vaikhanas - This group of sages was born from the nails of Lord Brahma. 2) Valakhilya - This group sages had appeared from the body hair of Lord Brahma. 3) Samprakshal - This group of sages empty and clean the utensils after meals and do not save anything for the next time. 4) Marichip - This group of sages only live by consuming the rays of the sun and

१.ईश = शुक्ल यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् २.केन उपनिषद् = साम वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ३.कठ उपनिषद् = कृष्ण यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ४.प्रश्‍न उपनिषद् = अथर्व वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ५.मुण्डक उपनिषद् = अथर्व वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ६.माण्डुक्य उपनिषद् = अथर्व वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ७.तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् = कृष्ण यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ८.ऐतरेय उपनिषद् = ऋग् वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ९.छान्दोग्य उपनिषद् = साम वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् १०.बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् = शुक्ल यजुर्वेद, मुख्य उपनिषद् ११.ब्रह्म उपनिषद् = कृष्ण यजुर्

He comes down into our world as the Hero with his shining horses And slays darkness and division with his lightnings, Pours down the life-giving heavenly waters, Finds in the trace of the hound, intuition, the lost or hidden illumination and Makes the Sun of truth mount high in the heaven of our mental plane. - Sri Aurobindo 🙏 Jayatu Indra 🙏 🙏 Namo Narasiṁha 🙏

We will give here several phrases indicating Indra's help in guiding the intellect and thoughts of jivas. 1) "Indra the seer, is the supporter of all actions in the universe", (1.11.4); kaviḥ amitaujā ajāyata indro vishvasya karmano dhartā (1.11.4) क॒विरमि॑तौजा अजायत । इन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ कर्म॑णो ध॒र्ता । 2) "Thoughts shaped for you", (brahma kriyamaṇa), (5.29.15); indra̱ brahma̍ kri̱yamā̍ṇā juṣasva̱ yā te̍ śaviṣṭha̱ navyā̱ aka̍rma . vastre̍va bha̱drā sukṛ̍tā vasū̱yū ratha̱ṃ

Rig Veda mandala 1 sukta 75 ju̱ṣasva̍ sa̱pratha̍stama̱ṃ vaco̍ de̱vapsa̍rastamam . ha̱vyā juhvā̍na ā̱sani̍ .. 1.075.01 athā̍ te aṅgirasta̱māgne̍ vedhastama pri̱yam . vo̱cema̱ brahma̍ sāna̱si .. 1.075.02 kaste̍ jā̱mirjanā̍nā̱magne̱ ko dā̱śva̍dhvaraḥ . ko ha̱ kasmi̍nnasi śri̱taḥ .. 1.075.03 tvaṃ jā̱mirjanā̍nā̱magne̍ mi̱tro a̍si pri̱yaḥ . sakhā̱ sakhi̍bhya̱ īḍya̍ḥ .. 1.075.04 yajā̍ no mi̱trāvaru̍ṇā̱ yajā̍ de̱vām̐ ṛ̱taṃ bṛ̱hat . agne̱ yakṣi̱ svaṃ dama̍m .. 1.075.05 जु॒षस्व॑ स॒प्रथ

Rudra's name means howler or crier, he is the god of destruction, thunder, disease, medicine, chaos, wildness, anger and hunting. He is the father of the Maruts and is the most terrifying god in the Rig-Veda. Contrary to popular belief his main weapon wasn't the trident/trishul, they are the bow- Pinaka and arrow with the trishul/trident and the Vajra as secondary weapons. Rudra as the god of hunting is known as Mrgavyadha which means beast hunter. He is known as Triambaka fo

Born from the eye of Brahma, Rudra was born neither male nor female. Brahma told him to procreate through love, and so Rudra then split him-self to create the Rudras/ Rudraganas/ Pramathaganas through sexual union as male and female. Brahma saw that Rudra had created beings resembling him-self and then requested him to create mortal beings and not just immortals. But Rudra refused and so the Grand-sire later on gave birth to the Prajapatis to procreate and populate the world.

Agni is the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods. In the physical world he is the general devourer and enjoyer. He is also the purifier; when he devours and enjoys then also he purifies. He is the fire that prepares and perfects; he is also the fire that assimilates and the heat of energy that forms. He is the heat of life and creates the sap, the rasa in things, the essence of their substantial being and the essence of their delight. He is equally the Will in

Agni is the mediator between the Earth and the atmosphere and the gateway to the other devas. Agni gives Indra his vitality and power for his lightning bolt (vajra). This strength enables Indra to slay any obstacles or beings which are guarding or have stolen the Soma. Sometimes Soma is deified and sometimes Soma is the juice contained within a vessel - typically a plant that is pressed with stones to extract the Somarasa. By kindling Agni, one has the power of Indra who retr

कस्ते॑ मा॒तरं॑ वि॒धवा॑मचक्रच्छ॒युं कस्त्वाम॑जिघांस॒च्चर॑न्तम् । कस्ते॑ दे॒वो अधि॑ मार्डी॒क आ॑सी॒द्यत्प्राक्षि॑णाः पि॒तरं॑ पाद॒गृह्य॑ ॥ ४.०१८.१२ kaste̍ mā̱tara̍ṃ vi̱dhavā̍macakraccha̱yuṃ kastvāma̍jighāṃsa̱ccara̍ntam . kaste̍ de̱vo adhi̍ mārḍī̱ka ā̍sī̱dyatprākṣi̍ṇāḥ pi̱tara̍ṃ pāda̱gṛhya̍ .. 4.018.12 "Who made thy mother a widow? Who has sought to slay the sleeping and the waking? What god has been more gracious than you since you slew the father having seized him by his foot?!"

On Skambha the fervour rests, the worlds and Holy Law repose on him. Skambha, I clearly know that all of thee are set within Indra! On Indra Fervour rests, on him the worlds and Holy law (Rita) recline. Indra, I clearly know as all established in Skambha. Be reverence paid to him, that highest Brahman, whose base is Earth, his belly Air, who made the sky to be his head. Homage to highest Brahman, him whose eye is Surya and the Moon is mind, who grew young and new again, him w

The Romans practiced a utilitarian worship. They did not worship the deities out of love. Their worship was targeted towards obtaining some form of material wealth from the deities. Their religion hence has materialistic and ritualistic attitudes. Their supreme God is called Jupiter Optimus Maximus. The name Jupiter is derived from Sanskrit words Djaus-pitar or Diu-pitar which mean “father of heaven” and “father of light”. They worship Janus before beginning anything. The wor

The suovetaurilia was one of the most sacred and traditional rites of Roman religion: the sacrifice of a pig (sus), a sheep (ovis) and a bull (taurus) to the deity Mars to bless and purify land . It has been said to be derived from the Sautramani yagna. Sautramani-yajna - a particular sacrifice in honor of Indra which is described in the Yajur Veda. It is said that by performing this yajna, one obtains a place in the heavenly planets. This yagna is also said to be associated

Of the 21 nityakarmas, there are Seven Soma Yagyas The Vedas have listed around 400 yagyas of which Agnihotra is obligatory. There are 21 nityakarmas only Agnihotra and Aupasana are performed twice at dawn and dusk. The rest have allotted time frame over the entire span of a year. If a yagya is complicated then it performed less number of times and the complex ones once in a lifetime. Of the 21, the first seven are cooked sacrifices or ‘pakayagyas’ , the second seven are obla

Somayaga is the yadnya performed using the Somalata. It has sixteen Ritvikas. (Those who perform Yagya by taking Dakshina are called Ritvik) There are further clarifications of sixteen Ritvikas of the Som Yaga into four types : 1. Adhvaryu Gan, 2. Brahma Gan, 3. Hotrigan and 4. Ugdata Gan. Each of these ganas has four different Ritviks under them whose names are also differently upheld. 1- Adhvaryugana:- (1) Adhvaryu (2) Pratiprashtata (3) Neshta and (4) Unneta. 2- Brahmagana

The Rig Veda Mantra Samhitä has 1024 Sūktās assigned to 10 Mandalas. Each Sūkta has several manträs or poetic metric verses, usually about ten on an average. The total number of manträs in RVS is 10,512. Every mantra is in Vedic Sanskrit (Nirukta). A mantra is not an intellectual composition. It was revealed to a rishi, usually through hearing; the rishi was in a state of deep concentration (samadhi) during the receiving of the revelation. Every mantra is one of the several m

The total number of mantra-verses dedicated to Soma is about 1200; this number includes all the mantras in the Mandala 9 with 114 Sūktās or 1108 verses. To understand the nature and function of Soma, one has to study all these 1200 mantras in some detail. The scholars in the past have taken short cuts in this study. There is a creeper by the name of Somalata which was used in the rituals of the Vedic age called as yadnya. Specifically, the Soma creeper was crushed and its jui

Before beginning let us clear one thing that lord Sharabha has been killed by lord gandabherunda Narasiṁha in many Kalpas and in some Kalpas, Hari may have been killed by Sharabha, therefore they say, Hari Anant Hari Katha Anantha. Both the scenarios are possible as per Hari's wish. As he's only the karta (diet) and he's only the bhokta (enjoyer). Killing of Sharabha by Lord Narasimha: तो युध्यमानौ तु तदा चिरेण बलवत्तरौ। न शमं जग्मतुर्देवौ नृसिंहशरभाकृती ॥ ततः क्रुद्धो महाकाय

1. The teacher of “Shravana bhakti” is “Maharaj Parikshit”. 2. The Acharya of “Kirtan” is “Shri Shukdev paramahamsa”. 3. The Acharya of “Smarana Bhakti” is “Prahlad maharaj”. 4. The Acharya of “Paad Sevan” is “Shri Lakshmi ”. 5. The Acharya of “Pooja Archana” is “chakravarti Samrat Prithu”. 6. The Acharya of “Vandan Bhakti” is “Shri Akrur Ji”. 7. The Acharya of “Dasya Bhakti” is “Shri Hanuman”. 8. The Acharya of “Sakhya Bhakti” is “Arjun”. 9. The Acharya of “atma nivedana” (s

Lord Narasimha is the Son in law & the lord of the Chenchu clan of the Nallamala forests near Ahobilam. When lord Mahavishnu took the Narasiṁha Avatar, goddess Laxmi was born as Chenchu Laxmi on the Chenchu tribe. When the lord was in Ahobilam, they both fell in love, married and spent a lot of happy time with the Chenchu clan. The time was so good for the lord that he didn't want to go back to vaikuntha after his avatar karya was over on bhu loka. Today also lord Narasimha a