Tradional Teachers

[pic] Vasishta by K.S Ramaswami Sastri B.A., B.L. Vasishtha is unrivaled of the supreme seers, sages and saints of India. In the course of uttering the Gayatri-mantra twenty-four hours later on day, the names of seven sages (Atri, Bhrigu, Kutsa, Vasishtha, Goutama, Kasyapa and Angirasa) are repeated every day. In Valmikis world-famous epic poem Ramayana (the nineteenth sarga or chapter in the Bala-kanda) the sage Visvamitra goes to faggot Dasaratha of Ayodhya to ask him to consecrate Rama with him to protect from ravaging by demons the sacrifice that was going to be answered by him. King Dasaratha was unwilling to do so because Rama was young. Thereupon Visvamitra tells him: Aham vedmi mahatmanam Ramam satya-pararakramam Vasishthopi mahatejah Ye chanye tapasi sthitah (I know Rama to be high-souled and of true prowess. The sage of spiritual radiancy --- Vasishtha --- and others who excel in tapas, i.e., spiritual austerity, also know him to b e so.) Even then the tabby was unwilling to send Rama with Visvamitra. only when Vasishtha advised the female monarch to grant Visvamitras request, and thereupon King Dasaratha displace Rama and Lakshmana with Visvamitra. Vasishtha was purohita (spiritual adviser) of the king of suryavamsa, i.e. the solar dynasty.

Visvamitra taught them two potent mantras --- Bala and Atibala --- which enabled them to conquer starve and thirst and perform miraculous acts. Visvamitra performed his projected sacrifice unrestrained as Rama and Lakshmana defend it from all attackers. After Rama and Lakshmana returned f rom the island of Lanka after destroying Rav! ana and his regularization over the universe, Vasishtha was one of the eight sages who crowned Rama as the king of Ayodhya. Vasistho vamadevascha jabaliratha kasyapah Katyayano suyajnasca gautamo vijayas tatha Abhyashinchan nara-vyaghram prasannena sugandhina Salilena sahasraksham vasavo vasavam yatha (Valmiki Ramayana --- Yuddha kanda, sarga 131 [Verses 61,62] ) (Vasishtha, Vamadeva, Jabali, Kasyapa,...If you want to buy off a full essay, read it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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