Mahabharata Originals #2

Mahabharata Originals #2                                    Somewhere in the Himalayan mountains , in a cave Maharushi Vedvyas after taking bath in pure waters of Himalayan river and morning prayers , spread out a carpet made of grass and thus seated comfortably, started meditating.                                        During meditation he went into " dhyan yoga " ( a deeper concentration of the mind) and thought about the "dharma"( the eternal law of the cosmos, inherent in the very nature of things.) and through his divine concentration visualized the whole history of mahabharata from start to end and thus created this great epic!.....further more Vedvyas visualized:-                                                           Before our universe there was nothing in structure or name. To every extent there was only darkness , not even a single speck of light to be seen. It is during this period that a big egg shaped structure appeared which was Avinashi Beej ( a seed which cannot be destroyed) of all living things. This structure was the cause of all living things which were to come from it. In this big egg the pure energy "Brahma" entered.
           अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च सर्वत्र समतां गतम्।.       
        अव्यक्तं कारणं सुक्ष्मं यत् तत् सदसदात्मकम्।।३१।।     
   This Brahma is very minute, it's extent is everywhere, has no particular structure , it's unthinkable, and acts as a "Cause" and is the reason of everything. Everything which is available in form of truth and false both , is "Brahma."                                                                 From that seed came Brahma Dev who had structure,  Rudra , Manu ( refers to the archetypal man, or to the first man, progenitor of humanity) , Prajapathi (Lord of creatures) , Parameshthi  ("five supreme beings in Jainism are a fivefold hierarchy of religious authorities), many Pracheta's and their children, Daksh and his seven sons, after that came 21 Prajapathi's (Sapta rishi's (7) + 14 Manu's) , Vishnu , Aditya (sun),  Vasu ( They are eight elemental gods) and Ashiwinikumar (twin brothers , they are the doctors of gods and are Devas of Ayurvedic medicine). After that appeared the yaksh (broad class of nature-spirits) , sadhya , pishaach (flesh-eating demons) , gruhak , pitrr , and rishi gana ( council of intellectuals).                                                    All the above said living entities were blessed with highest form of virtues.                                               
         आपौ द्योः पृथिवी वायुः अन्तरीक्षं दिशस्तथा।।३६।।     
      From that universe itself came water, fire, earth, sky, space and disha(directions). Seasons, months , days, day and night , and whatever which is perceived by us all came from that Big Egg!                                   
"Everything which is living and nonliving seen by us, at time of PRALAY Kala -(Dissolution, judgement day) returns to its Cause.". Same way as in specific season a tree bears fruits and flowers and when the season ends, it sheds of its flowers and its fruits fall.... That way in specific Time Frame a specific thing appears and when that Time Frame ends we see the लय that is destruction of that specific thing!  And this goes on and on like a cycle (काल चक्र - time cycle), in this cycle- things are created and people are born and they die in an unending fashion!  This cycle never ends!!!!!                                                                          Seeing that this knowledge was well understood by Maharushi Vedvyas and his wish to give it to his disciples and to common people , Lord Brahma and many sages visited him in that cave. Vedvyas was surprised , he stood up and did "namaskaar" to everyone and arranged for everyone to sit. On a high rise stone Lord Brahma was sitting and Vedvyas was standing beside him with his hands folded. His joy was profound for he was standing beside the Almighty , The Cause of everything! Including his!.     
       Vedvyas said " Bhagwan I have created a Mahakavya ( a great poem) and in that I have inculcated all the secrets and essence of every known Vedas also I have described in full length all other Upavedas and Upanishads in this great poem".  It is filled with great HISTORY of mankind. As well as the past , present ,and future has been mentioned.     In this great epic- Aging, Death, Fear, Disease and all such thing's truth and false has been described! And authority wise - work and civilizations are described. Like Brahmin , Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra and has roots of all Purana's and other scientific and religious works , the earth, the sun, the moon , the planets, constellations of stars, Satyuga - Tretayuga -Dwaparyuga -Kaliyuga all of these in content -measure -concept and effects have been told. Rig-Veda, yajurveda , saamveda have been discussed at length in this great poem. Justice, Education , Medicinal and Surgical treatment and procedure,Donations , and also " Why a we take birth as a human being ?" or cause of birth in any other species is described.  Rivers , places of worship , countries and their land , mountains , large forests and seas are described. Peculiarities of different languages and religions and products to lead a successful life are told by me in this great poem.".  He said " I have only one worry which causes unrest in my mind . There is no human being on earth who can write this great HISTORY".                                              Lord Brahma said " Vedvyas , you are the most knowledgeable among sages , all your life you have spoken nothing but only the truth. And you said that this was a great poem so it will in future be famous as a poem. No poet in this world can ever create a poem like you have created. In order to write down this great poem you pray to Lord Ganesha." Having said this Lord Brahma went back to Brahma loka       ( abode of Brahma)."Thus hey Shounak -  the great Vedvyas remembered and prayed to Lord Ganesha and Lord visited Vedvyas in his cave" said Ugra-shrava.                                                                       
                                                                                      Note :-  please remember this is a conversation going on or rather a story is being told by Ugra-shrava to Sage Shounak and his disciples! ........nxt blog - writing of Mahabharata by Lord Ganesha and birth of Kauravas and Pandavas.