THE GENEALOGY OF KURUS AND PANDUS.
THEIR NATUAL ELEMENTS.
The great epic Mahabharata was written by Veda Vyasa who him self was responsible for his own criterion. It cannot be read as a novel or an epic or Upanishad but it interprets how our body is related to the various characters and scenes that we live in.
When the humans were living in a barbaric stone age many testaments and treatises proved that the Hindu civilization was in its peak both spiritually and materially. That age was considered to be the golden age and it was in its pinnacle. Dating back to 6,700 B.C, the Hindu civilization followed for many thousands of years. Indian civilization which had scriptural literature lists many generations of kings and sages lived prior to the events that are the main subject of Mahabharata. Though in this blog I was mentioning about Hindu or Indian, in my research I never found these words during or before the period of Mahabharata. In the later stages these two words had originated. But for connivance sake at so many places I am compelled to use these two words other wise I could not complete.
Though the dynasty kaurava was not dated let me start the GENEALOGY of kurus and pandus start with the king SHANTANA or SHANTANU who represents Parabrhman for the Kuru Dynasty. He was the God father of the creation of this great epic.
The great Epic Mahabharata was written by Veda Vyasa who was also a part of the great Epic and lived in that age, played his role but without any much involvement in the Story. He wrote this Epic and depicted how human body or this human world can be attributed to the characters of this great Epic and how their attitudes can be interpreted is so marvelous, subjective and exemplary.
The king Shantanu had two wives
Ganga Mata who came to this earth to give birth to the Ashta Vasus who committed a sin of stealing a cow belonging to Vasista. Due his curse they were to born on earth. On their prayer Ganga accepts them to conceive those as children and send those back to their original respective places immediately after their birth so that their souls would be purified and get rid of the sin that they had committed, except one, who had to live on this earth because among all the eight (Ashta) Vasus, he was the big sinner.
The eight Vasus are:Apa – water, Soma - the moon, Dhara - the earth, Anila – wind, Anala – fire, Prabhasa dawn Pratyusa – light and
Dhruva - the North Star remained on earth because he was the main person who stole the cow at the behest of his wife and the other seven though not willing but accepted hence they were forced to be born on earth. As they have to perform their regular duties without which nature stops functioning Ganga Mata accepted to conceive them as her children and sent them back immediately after their birth.
Ganga represents the Chaitanya who was conscious that what she was doing. She represents the nature as intelligence or MAHA PRAKRITI, OR MAHA ENERGY.
SATYAVATI another name of her was Gandhakali. a daughter of fisher man beautiful as nature but flavors foul, the smell of fishes( represents that fishes never wets) (represents detachment with matter but still it is matter, the theory of duality) was the second wife Shantanu – a primordial in nature represents MATTER where as Ganga Mata (mother) represents Energy. So energy and matter existed at the same time but in different forms to play their role. Depending on their attitudes and behavior, their children had to act accordingly.
Ganga perhaps a holy Ghost as said earlier gave birth to eight children, who were physiological children- representing Kutastha Chaitanya. And representing six governing intelligent elements and ahamkaras coupled with universal ego. Among the eight, the eight one was the highest egoist, hence herd his wife’s words to steal the cow, and has to face the birth in this earth (the seventh one) for long time. This one was Devavrata later took the title Bhisma because of the oath he took “not to marry for ever. He has to live till his ego vanishes and learns what PARAMA – ATMA IS: THE GREAT LORD KRISHNA.
Where as Satyavati, though representing primordial matter gave birth to three Psychological children (as Ganga gave) In her maidenhood she had a son by Parasara, named Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, later known as Veda Vyasa because he has comprehended Vedas, or separated them in to four Vedas, who was conscious (as Ganga) but with relativity and had the capacity to discriminate power to discern different ion (Dissimilar). He was the one who can read matter and energy separately and unified (The theory of relativity)
The second son of Satyavati- Chitrangada, who was Mahatatva or Maha jnani or a devine primordial nature of matter as his mother is, later slay by Gandhrvas.
The third son Vichitravirya a Devine Ego whereas Bhisma was universal ego. He married the two daughters of the king of Kasi, named Ambika and Ambalika. But Vichitravirya died childless. Hence kuru dynastry would have been ended.
Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa on the request of mother Satyavati had to engage Ambika, who was negative, proud, the widowed wives of Vichitravirya.
Vyasa engaged with Ambika, and she could give birth to Dhritarashtra. Though he represents, manasa, who expressed occasionally, but a blind sense of mind. He was also born blind. Because of Ambika who was not interested in getting engaged to Vyasa.
The second engagement of Vyasa was with Ambalika, who represents positive, obedient, whole heartedly accepted Vyasa but became pale. She belongs to faculty of positive, discriminative, intelligent, hence could birth to a child Pandu, Because of his mother’s paleness who represents Buddhi, the pure discriminating intelligence, latter restarted his own clan disowning Kuru clan, hence his children are Pandavas, the sons of Pandu.
Satyavati once again sends Vyasa to Ambika’s bed again, to ensure that there would be children; she placed her maid-servant instead in her bed. The dutiful maid-servant was not frightened. Hence her son was not born flawed like his half-brothers. Thus, Vidura was born who was raised as brother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu.
Dhritarashtra’s first wife Gandhari who was power desirous where as his second wife Vaishya who has attachments with desires.
Pandu- the first wife was Kunti – the power of dispassion and his second wife was Madri- the power of attachments to dispassion. Look at the second wives of both Dhrtarastra and Pandu both have material attachments. Where as their wives are power mongers. If one was desirous and the second one was dispassion.
Gandhari gave birth to Duryodhana, vigorous, desires, valor, power monger as his mother is and the villain of Mahabharata. Gandhari gave birth to another 99 children along with lone girl child Dussala. The 99 brothers were only sense ten-dents.
Vaishya gave birth to Yuyutsu – the desire to give physiological battle only. Yuyutsu, in fact he was born to a maid, but he was younger to Duryodhana, and elder to dushashan...Duryodhana, Dushshaasan, Vikarn, Dussah, Duragrah and others including Yuyutsu...Dussahana,Dussalan were some names among the 100 brothers.
Pandus two wives Kunti, also called Pritha, and Madri. Pandu was childless. So Kunti raised up offspring upon the wishes of Pandu. By Dharmaraju (Yama) she had Yudhishthira; A vibratory ether element.
by Maruta, (Vayu) Bhima: A vibratory air or life force element – vayu tatva.
and by Sakra, or Indra Arjuna. Was raised- a vibratory fire element. Tejas tatva
On Madri were raised by the twin Aswins, the twins Nakula: a Vibratory water element. Aptattva
and Sahadeva. A vibratory earth element. Kshiti tatva
These five became well known as the Pandavas. Pandu and Madri died.
Intentionally the birth of Karna the first brother of Pandavas, born to Kunti when she is in her maidenhood is omitted. It may be analyzed in my next blog.
So all five elements have come to earth along with Lord Krishna the universal pervade and protector of dharma. Along with good evil spirits have also come to this world to teach us how dharma is to be performed by all of us living in this worldly society.
Now to energizing these five elements and to give the necessary prana to them Kundalini had to be awakened. So the Kula Kundalini the coiled life force that energize spinal chakras in DRUPADI the daughter of king Dhrupad.
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