Re: Siva consumes poison
Originally Posted by
yajvan
Hari Om
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Namaste,
In the Srimad Bhagavadam Book 8, section 7, one reads the churning of the ocean of milk for the reward or result of nectar.
Yet poison is produced from this churning of the devas and asuras.
They then solicit the help of Śiva.
It is said that Śiva then squeezing into the cavity of His palm the hālāhala which was spreading all around, The Protector of all living beings swallowed it. He said, may a happy and (prosperous) life be assured to all created beings through Me.
Does anyone have opinions on what this hālāhala represents?
1. hālāhala हालाहल - deadly poison prepared from the roots of a plant; poisonous plant in which the seed of which is said to resemble a cow's teat.
pranams
Pranam Yajvan ji
This is a great topic to discuss.
Duniya mein hum aaye hein to jina hi padega,
Jeewan hein agar jeher too pina hi padegaa,
Maalik he tere saath naa darr gam se tu-e-dil,
Mehnat kare insaan to kya kaam he muskil,
Jaisa jo karegaa, yahan waisa hi bharega
As we churn our life, in pursuit of happiness we invariably encounter distress and joy, both for our self and to others. The halahal that results from our endeavor, which no one wishes but it comes all the same, devas and ashuras did not expect it either. How we handle it in our everyday life either makes us or breaks us, and when every thing else fails we take shelter of that benevolent one.
If we must churn why not churn dahi only good comes out of it, just a thought.
Coming back to the incidence of bhgvatam and Lord Siva becoming Nilkanth Mahadeva, we (Atanu ji) have had to encounter poison spewed by a so called vaishnav belittling this great deed, trying to reduce Lord Shivs act of mercy, by quoting rig veda sukta Kesins, saying Vayu was the main participant of drinking the poison and Lord Siva just had a small portion, such is the nature of this world.
Jai Shree Krishna
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
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