15 हिन्दू ग्रंथों से ऋषि: ऋषि गारगा या गर्ग मुनी

Vipasana  search  FEB 15 Sages from the Hindu Scriptures: Rishi Garga or Garga Muni  Garga Muni author of Garga samhita was born to Rishi Bharadwaja and Suseela. He was a Brahma-Kshatriyas or what we call Warrior Brahmins, who have a Kshatriya charateristic as their mother is one. According to Anuloma marriage though the father is technically a Brahmin the child sort of inherits the kshatriya traits from their mothers. Dronacharya and Devavarnini (Kubera’s mother) are his half brother and half sister. Gargya was the son of Garga, the author of some of the Sukthas of the Atharvana Veda. Gargi Vachaknavi was too a hermit who was named after the sage Garga, in whose lineage she was born; she inherited her last name Vachaknavi from her father Vachaknu. His wife was Gargī. We unfortunately do not have much information on Garga Muni, all the information is from Garga Samhita. Ashram of Garg Muni was at Dunagiri after whom river Gagas is said to have been named. Garga Rishi is one of the important 18 Saints of astrology. Of the descendents of Garga some became Brahmins and migrated westwards and joined the Yavanas (Ionians) and possibly why we referred to Greek mathematicians and astronomers as Gargacharyas. Yet another branch of Gargas became Vaishya who are mostly come from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana. (WIKIPEDIA). GARGA AND THE THREE RAKSHASAS In the Narada purana there is this story about the three rakshasas who lived near the bank of the river Narmada who tried to gobble up Garga Rishi and failed. But then the Muni realised that they were who they were because of a curse they got, so he sprinkled the water of the Ganges on them with a Tulsi leaf, which got them reinstated to their original form. One of these rakshasas was Soudasa who was in actuality King Kalmashapada, who was turned into a Rakshasa by Sage Vaisishtha. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS In India astrology is considered to be an important aspect of Vedas and Garga is one of the founders of the  subject. His work Garga Samhita is based on the six fractions of the astrological science. His work Garga Purana lays down the rules of astrology in detail. Garga Muni’s major contribution is in the field of Vaastushastra and Ayurveda. He laid the foundation for the future research in these fields. Rishi Garga starts the list of twenty seven nakshatra’s starting with Krittika. Choice of Krittika as the first of twenty-seven is very significant as it is in contrast with the Jyothisha saastra we follow that uses Ashwini as the first star. PREDICTIONS At the birth of Agrasen, Maharishi Garg predicted that Agrasen will become a great emperor & he will introduce a new Governance system and will be known for it for thousands of years. Even when he was very young prince Agrasen was well-known for his compassion he never discriminated against anyone and the subjects were very pleased with him. Garga discovered a constellation during the time of Pandavas and Kauravas. The future life of Krishna and Arjuna was predicted by him. Even the Kurukshetra war was foretold by him. GARGA MUNI AND LORD KRISHNA  But thats not all that Garga Samhita deals with: it is also a place where we find accounts of life of Lord Krishna. There is a detailed account of Krishna’s character. There is but one variation in the story of Krishna here. Here he is said to have been married to Radha, his childhood friend and one of the gopis. Vasudeva approaches Garga Muni after few months of Lord Krishnas birth and beseeches him to go to Nanda to calculate the horoscope of the Lord. He was the priest for the Yadu dynasty. Nanda received Garga Muni with respect and enquired the reason for his holy presence. Nanda knew about his astrological knowledge. He requested Garga Muni to bless Krishna and Balrama. Then to Nanda he explained the reason for his visit but he did not explicitly tell him that Krishna as Vasudeva’s child although they knew that Balarama was, as Rohini was Vasudevas wife, but then he did not reveal that Balarama was also transferred from Devaki’s womb. Garga Muni decided to name the child without much pomp as not to arouse any suspicion in the mind of Kamsa. He predicted that Balarama would have a very pleasing personality so he was to be called Rama and in the future he would also acquire a lot of strength for this reason he would be called Balarama/ Baladeva. Garga also said that he would also be called Sankarshana as he brings to two families together. Nanda is given many hints about the greatness of Krishna. Garga muni told him that he was a very extraordinary boy. He warned Nanda about the problems the child will encounter but he will be protected by his grace Lord Vishnu. He predicted that he would be given a name Giridhari because of his past times at Govardhana hills. He told him that Krishna would be very pleasing to all the cowherd men and cows, would be the cause of all good fortune, he overcome all kinds of material calamities, despite opposing elements. He warned that there would be various attempts on Krishna life by many demons, so Garga Muni asked him to careful and protect Him. And he named him as "Krishna" after receiving the name while he was in meditation. In various ways he described the transcendental qualities of his son. After giving this information, Garga Muni returned. Posted 15th February 2014 by BINA NAIR 0 Add a comment  Loading